▲ The Korean men’s basketball team is encouraging each other after the evaluation match against Japan at the Jamsil Student Gymnasium in Seoul on the 23rd of last month. Yonhap News Kim Seon-hyeong (Seoul SK), Heo Hoon (Sangmu), and Jeon Seong-hyeon (Goyang Sono) will head to Hangzhou, China in September to win the Asian Games Men’s Basketball Championship.
On the 11th, the Korea Basketball Association announced the final list of the Hangzhou Asian Games men’s national basketball team. The national team, led by head coach Choo Il-seung, aims to regain the top spot in nine years since winning the 2014 Incheon Championship. In 2018, he won a bronze medal in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Heo Hoon, who scored 22 points in the national team evaluation match against Japan on the 22nd of last month, is responsible for leading the national team, including Kim Seon-hyeong, the best player (MVP) in the regular league of the 2022-23 professional basketball season. Lee Jung-hyun (Sono), who led the fighting spirit of Goyang Carrot in the last playoff, was also listed.
Jeon Seong-hyeon, ‘Flame Shooter’ and Moon Seong-gon (Suwon kt), ‘Moon Gil-dong’, each play an active role as the core of the national team’s offense and defense in the forward line. Song Kyo-chang (Sangmu) and Lee Woo-seok (Ulsan Hyundai Mobis) also add strength to the fast attack and outskirts. Moon Jeong-hyeon from Korea University was the only amateur player selected.
Ha Yun-ki (kt), who caught the attention of fans with a dunk shot that broke the rim and a block shot with a flapper in two matches against Japan last month, guards the national team’s goal. Ra Gun-ah, Lee Seung-hyun (above Jeonju KCC), and Kim Jong-gyu (Wonju DB), who have been active in the national team, are also at the vanguard of the championship challenge.
Championship MVP Oh Se-geun, who transferred to SK ahead of the new season, was removed from the roster due to injury.
The national team will begin strengthening training at the Jincheon Athletes’ Village in Chungcheongbuk-do from the 13th. The draw for the Asian Games scheduled for the 17th of last month has been temporarily postponed.
Reporter Seo Jin-sol
2023-08-11 05:50:32
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