Shooting guard · Miri
John Tang Jun Kai
- Jersey number
- 22
- Height
- 186 cm (6'1")
- Age
- 25
- Date of birth
- 19 May 2001
- Nationality
The story
Shooting guard from Miri, Sarawak, who goes by John and has scored for Malaysia since the age-group years: runners-up at the 2017 SEABA U16 Championship, then the FIBA U16 Asian Championship in 2018, and he is a 3x3 regular as well. With the Tigers he went 20 of 40 from three across the 2024–25 MBL title run, then wore Malaysia's colours in the 2025 Basketball Champions League Asia-East campaign the national squad played under the NS Matrix Deers banner, before the club's own first BCL Asia-East campaign in 2026, the MJ Cup title in Batam that August and the ACC Asia Challenges Cup in Zhengzhou in September.
Honours
ACC Asia Challenges Cup Champion
2026
Zhengzhou, 11–13 September 2026: on the squad that won all three games of the four-club round robin, 113–66 over Pacific Caesar Surabaya, 88–63 over Chun Yu BC and 101–93 over Pilipinas JM Squad.
MJ Cup Champion
2026
Batam, August 2026: on the squad that beat Ananda 72–63 in the final.
Agong Cup 3x3 third place
2026
MABA Agong Cup 3x3 National Championship, January 2026, with Johor.
Malaysia international
2025
Four games in the BCL Asia-East campaign the national squad played under the NS Matrix Deers banner.
MBL Champion
2024–25
Fifteen games and 20 of 40 from three in the Tigers' first title season.
ASEAN University Games 3x3 runner-up
2024
Second with Malaysia, June 2024.
Sukma 3x3 runner-up
2022
Second with Sarawak at Sukma 2022 in Kuala Lumpur.
FIBA 3x3 U18 Asia Cup
2019
Malaysia's U18 3x3 side, August 2019.
Malaysia U16 international
2017–18
Runners-up at the 2017 SEABA U16 Championship at 16.5 points a game, then the FIBA U16 Asian Championship at 14.7.