Yang Hee-Jong is a South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

n professional basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 player. He plays for the Anyang KT&G Kites

Anyang KT&G Kites

The Anyang Korea Ginseng Corporation Pro Basketball Club is a professional basketball club in the Korean Basketball League. They are based at Anyang Stadium in the city of Anyang which is located 20 kilometers south of Seoul.-Team Name:...

 of the Korean Basketball League

Korean Basketball League

The Korean Basketball League, often abbreviated to the KBL, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in South Korea. Its inaugural season was in 1997. The season starts in October and ends in April the following year. The KBL consists of 10 teams. Each team plays 54 games . Each team...

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Lee also plays for the South Korea national basketball team and made his senior national team debut at the FIBA Asia Championship 2007

FIBA Asia Championship 2007

The 2007 FIBA Asia Championship for Men is the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the men's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing. The tournament was held in Tokushima, Japan from July 28 to August 5, 2007....

. He also competed for the junior team at the 2003 World Junior Championship.

At the FIBA Asia Championship 2009

FIBA Asia Championship 2009

The 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the biennial Asian continental championship and also served as the FIBA Asia qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from August 6 to 16, 2009 in Tianjin, China....

, Lee had his best individual tournament to date and helped the Koreans to a seventh place finish while averaging a 12 points and 4.9 rebounds per game. Despite his efforts, Korea failed to qualify for the semifinals of the tournament for the first time in their 25 tournament appearances.