Jet Chang (; born December 27, 1988) is a Taiwanese professional

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player. A former player for the BYU–Hawaii Seasiders in

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, United States, he led the Seasiders to a runner-up finish in the 2011 NCAA Division II tournament, in which he was named Most Outstanding Player. Chang also plays for the

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and made his national team debut at the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship.

International career

Chang played primarily off the bench for the Chinese Taipei team at the 2009 Asian Championship as the youngest player on the team. In his most extensive action of the tournament, he had game highs in points in Chinese Taipei's preliminary round victory over

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and narrow eighth final loss against

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/ref> In 2012, After going undrafted in the

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, Chang played for the

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summer league team, but did not make the opening day NBA roster.

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Jet Chang
at BYU–Hawaii basketball site 1988 births BYU–Hawaii Seasiders men's basketball players Terrafirma Dyip players Living people Philippine Basketball Association imports Sichuan Blue Whales players Small forwards People from Yilan County, Taiwan Taiwanese men's basketball players Taiwanese expatriate basketball people in the United States Taiwanese expatriate basketball people in China Sportspeople from Taipei Taiwanese expatriate basketball people in the Philippines Formosa Dreamers players Fubon Braves players Taipei Fubon Braves players Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team players Super Basketball League players ASEAN Basketball League players P. League+ players {{Taiwan-basketball-bio-stub