LOS ANGELES — Free agent guard Yuta Tabuse, the first Japanese-born player to appear in an NBA game, has signed with the Los Angeles Clippers.

Terms of the deal were not released.

Tabuse, who played at BYU-Hawai'i, averaged 1.8 points and 1.0 rebounds in 4.3 minutes over four games with Phoenix last season.

The 5-foot-9, 165-pound Tabuse scored a career-high seven points in 10 minutes in the Suns' season opener against Atlanta.

Tabuse, who turns 25 next month, was released by the Suns on Dec. 18, and later played with Long Beach of the ABA, where he averaged 9.0 points and 6.3 assists in 12 games.