Darren Ng

Darren Ng (Chinese: 黄立人; pinyin: Huáng Lìrén; born 18 December 1983) is a Chinese-Australian professional basketball player. Ng was known as one of the better three-point shooters in the NBL.

He decided to sit out the 2012–13 NBL season for family and career reasons, being a new father and a practising physician as a resident doctor at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH). For the 2013–14 NBL season, Ng returned to the 36ers, not as a player but as the club doctor.

Early life

Ng is the oldest child of a practicing Adelaide GP. Both of his younger brothers have also finished medical school making a total of four fully qualified doctors in the Ng family. Born and bred in Adelaide, Ng went to St Peter's College and it was in Year 10 that he decided to pursue a career in medicine. However, he would end up juggling his studies with his career in basketball as he was signed by NBL team the Adelaide 36ers as a development player in 2002.

Career

In 2001, Ng played at the national under 18 tournament where he was ranked fourth overall in scoring at 21 points per game.