When Joe Tsai talks about Han Xu, the Liberty’s 6’9” Chinese rookie, he waxes poetic about her potential. Indeed, at 6’9”, she’s the WNBA’s second tallest player ever and all of 19 years old.
Recalling how she played in the FIBA Women’s World Cup last year, Han’s coming out party, Tsai described to NetsDaily what she did against Team USA, reeling off her stats: 20 points, five rebounds, two blocks.
“People were like ‘Wow. who is this girl?’ The Chinese team, although they lost to the United States, they beat Japan, they beat Senegal who was in their group and they also beat Canada!