Mun Tae-yeong (; born as February 10, 1978 as Gregory Lee "Greg" Stevenson) is an American-born Korean

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player. A forward, he played for the

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High school and college career

After attending

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, Stevenson committed to

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, where he would play from 1996 to 1998. Then, he transferred to

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where he would spend two more seasons.

Professional career

Mun started his professional career in 2001 with the German team MTV Gießen. He went on to play for several teams in different countries n the following years, including France, the Netherlands and Hungary. Mun won a Continental Basketball Association (CBA) championship with the

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in 2007. From 2009 to 2011, Mun represented

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of the

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(KBL). In the summers, Mun represented

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of the Puerto Rican

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(BSN). He reached the BSN finals twice with the team, in both 2009 and 2011. In 2011, he transferred to

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where he stayed for three seasons. He won three straight championships in 2013, 2014 and 2015. From 2015 to 2020, Mun played for the

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Personal

Mun has a brother,

Jarod Stevenson Moon Tae-jong (; or Cameron Jarod Stevenson; born December 1, 1975) is a South Korean former professional basketball player at the small forward position. He is 1.99 m in height. Moon played at the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship games, representing ...

(now known as Moon Tae-jong), who also was a professional basketball player and also adopted Korean citizenship.https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/richmond.sidearmsports.com/documents/2020/4/24/2020_Offseason_Record_Book.pdf

References

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