featured in a landmark exhibit, More Than a Game: Sport in the Japanese American Community, at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. A documentary film, Transcending: The Wat Misaka Story by Bruce Alan Johnson and Christine Toy Johnson, premiered in 2008. It recounts Misaka's playing career and his status as the first non-Caucasian player in the NBA. BAA career statistics Regular season See also List of shortest players in National Basketball Association history Race and ethnicity in the NBA Footnotes References Further reading 'Wat' a player NBA.com. Retrieved April 7, 2005 Wat Misaka: an Asian basketball pioneer, Basketball Digest, Feb 2002 by Douglas Stark. Basketball's Jackie Robinson ESPN Magazine May 2002 by Ursula Liang. Breaking the Basketball Color Line 70 seasons ago Ozy media 2018 by Hugh Biggar. Hoop pioneer Wat Misaka reflects on breaking barriers in an incredible life External links Transcending: The Wat Misaka Story film website 1923 births 2019 deaths American electrical engineers American men's basketball players American military personnel of Japanese descent American sportspeople of Japanese descent Basketball players from Utah Engineers from Utah Junior college men's basketball players in the United States Military personnel from Utah New York Knicks draft picks New York Knicks players Point guards Sportspeople from Ogden, Utah Utah Utes men's basketball players Weber State Wildcats men's basketball players