Thein Han (born 20 March 1998) is a

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player from Myanmar. He represented Myanmar's national basketball team at the 2017 SEABA Championship in

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. There, at only 19 years of age, he was the tournament’s dominant stealer as he averaged 3.0 steals per game, far ahead of the second placed Jio Jalalon of the

who recorded 2.0 per game. Further, Han Thein was the tournament's top shot blocker as he averaged 2.3 per game. At the game against

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, he came close to reaching a

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, an extremely rare achievement for a single player in a basketball game.Nguyen's double-double powers Vietnam past Myanmar
Paul Lintag (ABS CBN - SPORTS), 14 May 2017. Accessed 14 Dec 2017.

References

External links

FIBA Profile

Asia-basket.com FIBA Profile
1998 births Living people Centers (basketball) Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games Myanmar men's basketball players Southeast Asian Games competitors for Myanmar {{Asia-basketball-bio-stub