Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Clarkson is a Filipino-American, and has carried a Philippine passport since he was 12-years-old.
In the past he has expressed interest in playing for Gilas Philipinas, the Philippines men’s national basketball team, but due to scheduling conflicts with the Lakers he was unable to play in the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship.
Clarkson was initially included on the Philippines 17-man roster for the final Olympic Qualifying Tournament for the 2016 Rio Olympics, but the team instead decided to go with former NBA veteran Andray Blatche as its naturalized player due to the team’s lack of size.