Lee Hyun-jung

Honestly, Lee Hyun-jung's story is the kind of underdog arc that basketball fans should be paying way more attention to. A kid from Seongnam who packs up and crosses the Pacific to play college ball at Davidson — not exactly the flashiest recruiting destination, but that's part of what makes it interesting. Davidson has a tradition of developing smart, skilled players (hello, Steph Curry), and Hyun-jung choosing that program over a more high-profile name says something about his basketball IQ. Still only in his early twenties as of 2024, he's the type of player who's quietly building a résumé across multiple continents, and I have a feeling we haven't seen his ceiling yet.

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Name (English)

Lee Hyun-jung

Name (Japanese)

李賢重

Reading

い・ひょんじゅん

Born

October 23, 2000 (age 25)

Origin

Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea

Occupation

basketball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dragon

University

Davidson College

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/hylee.1023/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20Hyun-jung%20(basketball)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E8%B3%A2%E9%87%8D
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104416379

Tags

• Gyeonggi Province
• basketball player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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