Wei Long Wong

Wong Wei Long (simplified Chinese: 黄伟龙; traditional Chinese: 黃偉龍; pinyin: huáng wěi lóng, born 18 August 1988 in Singapore) is a Singaporean professional basketball player. With his ability to knockdown the three ball at a high percentage, he has earned the nicknames of the Long-ranger and the Singapore Assassin.

The native form of this personal name is Wong Wei Long. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Wong.
Wong Wei Long
黄伟龙
Wong with the Slingers
Free agent
PositionPoint guard
Personal information
Born (1988-08-18) 18 August 1988
Singapore
NationalitySingaporean / Indonesian
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight171 lb (78 kg)
Career information
CollegeNanyang Technological University
Playing career2009–present
Career history
2009–2017Singapore Slingers
2018–2019CLS Knights Indonesia
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Singapore
Southeast Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place2013 NaypyidawTeam
Bronze medal – third place2015 SingaporeTeam
SEABA Cup
Gold medal – first place 2014 BatamTeam

ABL career

In 2008, Wei Long had a brief stint with the Singapore Slingers while the team was competing in the 2008/09 Singapore Challenge Series.

On August 2009, Wei Long signed a one-year contract to play for the Singapore Slingers along with 7 other local players.[1] He scored a season high of 14 points, including 4 3-pointers against the Brunei Barracudas on 18 October 2009, the opening night of the inaugural ASEAN Basketball League.

On 29 November 2011, Wei Long, together with Shengyu Lim and Desmond Oh, formed the first trio of Singaporeans that signed new contracts with the Slingers for the 2012 Asean Basketball League season.

For the 2013 season, pursuing a higher education at Nanyang Technological University, Wei Long signed a new contract with the Slingers with a partial commitment, which sees him missing out on most of the teams' away games. Wei Long switched his No 5 jersey to 8. Despite juggling his commitments between his studies and the team, 2013 became Wei Long's most outstanding season yet. He was nominated for the AirAsia player of the month for February, averaging 16.5 points in that month.[2] He was also honoured as one of the three best homegrown talents in the ASEAN region who averaged more than 10 points for their team.[3]

On 31 March, Wei Long scored his career-high of 29 points against the Saigon Heat, the most points ever scored by any local player in the team. This performance topped his previous career-high of 20 points against the same team on 17 February 2013, the Singapore Slingers Cancer Awareness night.[4]

In 2017, after the game against Kaohsiung Truth, Wong scored his 1000th ABL career points.[5]

After sitting out for the 2017–18 ABL season, he officially signed with the CLS Knights Indonesia for the upcoming 2018–19 ABL season. It is believed that he is the first Singaporean to play professional basketball outside of the republic.[6][7]

ABL statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009–10 Singapore 16010:20.302.351.4290.90.60.25.03.2
2010–11 Singapore 1505:30.261.143.429.3.3.0.01.1
2012 Singapore 21325:540.361.291.8271.82.01.1.09.1
2013 Singapore 14122:24.278.361.8182.31.1.9.111.4

International career

Wei Long is also a member of the men's Singapore national basketball team. In the 2011 SEABA tournament, Wei Long averaged 17.0 points and 4.0 rebounds, and shot a team-high 45.8% from three-point range.

See also

References
  1. reader, Red Sports. "Singapore Slingers add 8 more players for ABL". RED SPORTS.
  2. "Asian Basketball | asian basketballleague.com". ABL.
  3. "HOMEGROWN". Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  4. "Game 20: Slingers Sink Heat 80 to 69". Archived from the original on 20 February 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  5. http://aseanbasketballleague.com/news/long-wait-everything-finally-fell-place-singapores-ng-han-bin/
  6. hermesauto (17 October 2018). "Basketball: Ex-Singapore Slinger Wong Wei Long is new Knight in shining armour". The Straits Times. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  7. "Former Slinger Wong Wei Long Joins the CLS Knights". 12 October 2018.
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