Jason Brickman isn’t really the adventurous kind. You wouldn’t have known that, though, if you looked at the extended path he took, one that started in his home in Texas, United States, to finally make it to the Philippines.
Left unpicked in the 2014 National Basketball Association Draft, Brickman, who was born to a Filipino mother, found himself playing pro ball in Europe, making stops in Russia and Germany.
“When I first left Texas, I was homesick a lot,” he said. “I think just getting more experience playing and traveling made me more comfortable with the lifestyle of being away from family and friends.”
He later wound up in Asia, where he became a fixture in th…
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