Asian Americans in sports  Asian Americans have been involved in sports for as long as they have existed. They have had careers in the NFL, Olympics, PGA Tour, NBA, and many more global sports organizations. Athletes like Tiger Woods, Apolo Ohno, and Kristi Yamaguchi have been seen as trailblazers and game changers in their sports. They have gone from breaking color barriers in the NHL and NBA to becoming world champions in their respective sports. Many of these great athletes careers have fell into the shadows of sports history, but their impact will forever remain concrete in the sports realm. Wataru Misaka broke the BAA, Basketball Association of America, the precursor to the NBA, color barrier when he played for the New York Knicks in the 1947–48 season. Wataru only played in three games for the Knicks averaging 2.3 points a game. Another Asian American NBA player was Raymond Townsend. Townsend played for the Golden State Warriors and Indiana Pacers from 1978 to 1982. Rex Walters, played from 1993 to 2000 with the Nets, Philadelphia 76ers and Miami Heat; he is presently the head coach for the University of San Francisco basketball team. After playing basketball at Harvard University, point guard Jeremy Lin signed with the NBA's Golden State Warriors in 2010 and won an NBA Championship with the Toronto Raptors in the 2018-2019 NBA season. Lin Currently is no longer in the NBA and is playing in the Chinese Basketball Association under the Beijing Ducks. Jordan Clarkson of the Cleveland Cavaliers is also of partial Filipino-American descent. Current Kansas Jayhawks assistant coach Kurtis Townsend is Raymond Townsend's brother. Erik Spoelstra became the youngest coach ever in NBA history. He is currently the head coach of the Miami Heat. A well known Asian American that played in the NFL was Hines Ward. Hines father served in the US army and his mother was a Korean woman named Young He. At a young age Hines moved to Atlanta, Georgia when his father was stationed in Germany. Not soon after his father abandoned him and his family and his mother raised him on her own. Ward was skilled in both football and baseball. Prior to playing wide receiver at the University of Georgia, Ward was drafted by the Miami Marlins and offered a $25,000 signing bonus. He was drafted 92nd overall in the NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers and played all 14 seasons for the organization. Along with being a magnificent athlete, Ward spoke out against discrimination issues that were occurring in his birthplace of South Korea. Walter "Sneeze" Achiu may have been the first great Asian American multisport athlete.