Kristian Liem (born September 10, 1994) is an Indonesian professional

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player for the

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of the

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(IBL). He won the IBL Rookie of the Year award in 2015.

Professional career

Liem won the Rookie of the Year award in 2015 with averages of 4,4 PPG and 4,5 RPG. On the 2018–19 season, Liem was supposed to join Satria Muda Pertamina, but he suffered an

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, that made him sidelined for the entire season to deal with healing therapy.

National team career

Liem has represented the

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in the 2012 SEABA Under-18 Championship and won the silver medal.

Personal life

Liem is the cousin of Pelita Jaya Bakrie player

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. He was teammates with Kosasih from 2016 to 2018 while with

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