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An Asian basketball player who’s only 6′2” (with shoes) throwing the ball up in the air, catching it with one hand to finish it off with a slam dunk is not the typical image you have about Asian basketball players. In fact many of you will be saying “Asian basketball players?” Some of you will go, “Do they even exist other than Yao Ming? ”

Despite all these doubts, KJ Matsui has succeeded in making a name for himself in Manhattan. An Asian baller that made it to the promised land, the NCAA division one basketball league, KJ Matsui, starting shooting guard of the Columbia Lions basketball team decided to join us and talk a little about his basketball life and educational life.

First, here’s a quick video from Youtube about KJ.




Yes, as we previously said he sat with us on Skype to have a nice little conversation. You can listen to the conversation below. Rather than like an official interview, it was more like a friendly conversation. So, what did we talk about? Here’s the table of contents.

• Us Introducing Ourselves To KJ
• KJ Introducing Himself
• KJ’s College Offers
• KJ’s Pre-Game Routine
• KJ’s Childhood Basketball
• KJ On His Game
• KJ’s Dream
• KJ On Japanese And American Basketball
• KJ’s Attitude Toward Studying
• KJ’s Social Life
• Words Of Advice From KJ

Listen to the conversation here. You can also download it to your iTunes [right-click the link and click “save link as” or “save target,” then open with iTunes the link above].

“My goal is to go to NBA, but I don’t think the chances are high,” said KJ. Even though humble he is, he still dreams to go to NBA.

Whether he makes it to the NBA or not, Matsui’s accomplishments are certainly one of a kind. And the words of advice at the end of the conversation should be a good inspiration for those of you ambitious to play basketball in the NCAA.