Lee Seung-Jun (born Eric Lee Sandrin; 18 May 1978) is an American-born South Korean professional basketball player. He last played for

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of the ASEAN Basketball League.

Career

Lee's basketball career took him around the world, including two years in Luxembourg and one in Brazil. He later returned to the United States, and was playing for the Bellingham Slam in 2005 when he caught the attention of scouts for the

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, and signed for a season with them. On the team, he acquired the nickname "Shanghai". That year, he also played for the

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in the

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and the Sacramento Kings in the NBA preseason. He went on to play for the Singapore Slingers, where he was noted for a September 2008 incident in which his trash-talking provoked members of the opposing Air21 Express team to violence; Ranidel de Ocampo deliberately walked under him during a dunk to cause him to lose his balance and fall over, while

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later kicked him in the head and was ejected from the game. He played for South Korea at the

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and the

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. In mid-November 2016,

of the ASEAN Basketball League announced that they have signed Lee.

Personal life

Lee grew up in the Pacific Northwest. His mother is Korean. His younger brother Daniel Sandrin also plays in the

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, for the Seoul Samsung Thunders under the name Lee Dong-Jun. He became a

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in 2009, relinquishing his United States citizenship in the process. Lee is fluent in both Korean and English.

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