Dylan Harper joins list of players in NBA with Filipino roots
Dylan Harper reacts after being selected second by the San Antonio Spurs In the first round of the NBA basketball draft, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Dylan Harper, the second overall pick of the 2025 NBA Draft, joins a small but growing list of players in the NBA with Filipino roots.
Harper was drafted second by San Antonio after No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg, who went to the Dallas Mavericks. He bolsters an already promising Spurs core led by Victor Wembanyama.
Dylan Harper is selected 2nd overall by the @spurs in the 2025 #NBADraft presented by State Farm!
Watch on ABC & ESPN. pic.twitter.com/myiSSVj3PT
— NBA (@NBA) June 26, 2025
READ: 2025 NBA Draft: San Antonio Spurs add Dylan Harper at No. 2
Harper will be another active NBA player who has ties to the Philippines, joining his older brother, Ron Harper Jr of the Houston Rockets, Jordan Clarkson of the Utah Jazz and Jalen Green, who was recently traded to the Phoenix Suns.
Philadelphia 76ers’ Jared McCain has also said that he’s part Filipino.
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