David Arnold (Vietnamese: Việt Arnold; born November 10, 1990) is an Vietnamese-American professional

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player for the

Saigon Heat The Saigon Heat is a Vietnamese professional basketball team based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Since the 2014 season, the Heat's home games are played at the CIS Arena on the campus of the Canadian International School in District 7. Saigo ...

of the

ASEAN Basketball League The ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) is a professional men's basketball league in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong/Macau, which includes six teams from Southeast Asian nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam), one tea ...

. He played college basketball for the

Northern Colorado Bears The Northern Colorado Bears are the athletic teams representing the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado in intercollegiate athletics. The university sponsors seventeen teams including men and women's basketball, cross country, gol ...

and the

Montana State Billings Yellowjackets The Montana State Billings Yellowjackets (also known as MSU Billings Yellowjackets and MSUB Yellowjackets and formerly known as the Eastern Montana Yellowjackets) are the athletic teams that represent Montana State University Billings, located in ...

. He is also known as "Viet Arnold" in Vietnam. His favorite team in NBA is Boston Celtics. His favorite NBA basketball player is Kevin Durant.

Pro career

Saigon Heat ABL (2014–present)

Arnold joined the

of the

prior to the 2014 season.

Saigon Heat VBA (2016–present)

With the formation for the

Vietnam Basketball Association The Vietnam Basketball Association ( vi, Giải bóng rổ chuyên nghiệp Việt Nam), often abbreviated as VBA, is a Vietnamese national professional basketball league founded in 2016. History The formation of the VBA was announced by charter ...

, Arnold joined the

side for the league's inaugural season. At the conclusion of the season, he was named to the All-VBA First Team, finishing with averages of 17.2 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 5.9 assists per game.

Career statistics

ABL

VBA

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Awards and honors

VBA

*All-VBA First Team:

References

External links

* Career statistics and player information fro
ASEANBasketballLeague.com
1990 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Vietnam American men's basketball players American sportspeople of Vietnamese descent Basketball players from Colorado Expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam Montana State Billings Yellowjackets men's basketball players Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball players People from Highlands Ranch, Colorado Saigon Heat players Shooting guards Vietnamese basketball players {{1990s-US-basketball-bio-stub