2023-2024 professional basketball begins on the 21st... Attention to Busan-bound KCC, new Sono, etc.
CheongKwanJang-SK official opening match clash on the 21st... There is also interest in the performance of major transfer players such as Oh Se-geun and Choi Jun-yong.
The 2023-2024 professional basketball season begins this weekend.
Coaches and players from 10 professional basketball teams attended the 2023-2024 season opening media day held at the Olympic Parktel in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 16th and announced their goals for the season and pledged to do well. 먹튀검증가이드
This season, officially named 'Cheong Kwan Jang Professional Basketball' with KGC Ginseng Corporation serving as the title sponsor, will begin with a match between Anyang Cheong Kwan Jang and Seoul SK to be held at Anyang Gymnasium from 2 PM on the 21st.
Ten clubs will compete in the regular league for 5 months until March 31st next year, with 54 games in 6 rounds each, and then play-offs will begin in April.
Ahead of this season, there were more changes in each team and player than ever before.
First of all, Sono, based in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, joined as a new club.
After Day One, which participated in the league last season due to Goyang, was expelled due to problems with financial status, etc., a new team was founded by taking over the club, and the team will begin the first season under a new name while retaining members including coach Seung-gi Kim.
KCC, which boasts 'luxury members' such as Heo Woong, Lee Seung-hyun, La Geon-ah, and Choi Jun-yong, moved from Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do to Busan.
KCC, who left Jeonju after 22 years, finished the warm-up by reaching the top of the KBL Cup competition held until the 15th before welcoming fans at Sajik Gymnasium in Busan.
Of the 10 club managers who attended the media day on this day, 5 chose KCC as the 'winner candidate excluding our team', and including the 2 who mentioned KCC and SK at the same time (coach Sang-sik Cheong and Dong-hyun Cho, manager of Hyundai Mobis), 7 people chose KCC as the winner. KCC was pointed out.
Anyang KGC Ginseng Corporation, last season's unified champion team, changed its team name to 'CheongKwanJang'.
The movement of ‘big name’ players was also active.
Oh Se-geun, who led Cheong Kwan-Jang's combined championship last season, changed his uniform to SK, and Moon Seong-gon changed his uniform to Suwon KT.
Immediately before the official opening game, fans' attention is focused on Oh Se-geun's visit to Anyang as an 'away team player'.
Choi Jun-yong, who was active as SK's star, moved to KCC, and Yang Hong-seok transferred from KT to Changwon LG and started anew.
The new head coaches are Suwon KT coach Song Young-jin and Daegu Korea Gas Corporation coach Kang Hyuk.
Both coaches debut as professional coaches.
DB coach Kim Joo-seong, who took the helm as an acting manager in the latter half of last season, welcomes the new season as the official head coach.
Former coach Lee Sang-min, who returned to his former team KCC as a coach, is also a leader who attracts attention.
Foreign players such as Jamil Warney (SK), Assem Marey (LG), and Gage Prim (Hyundai Mobis), who played last season, are still in good standing, while new faces such as Alize Deshaun Johnson, who played a big role in leading KCC to victory in the recent cup competition, also stand out. indicates.
CheongKwanJang's key foreign player, Omari Spellman, has been diagnosed with an injury for 7 weeks and will not be available for the time being.
The Asian quarter was used by 9 clubs excluding Hyundai Mobis, with Lens Abando (Cheong Kwan-Jang), Justin Gutang (LG), etc. meeting Korean fans following last season, and Gomez Dilliano (SK, Philippines) making his debut.
The Korean men's basketball team's mood was somewhat subdued as it finished in 7th place, its lowest score ever, at the recent Hangzhou Asian Games.
KCC Coach Jeon Chang-jin, who answered questions related to this at the media day, said, "The national team's sluggishness is the overall fault, not just one person's fault, and it is unfortunate that a solution cannot be found."
He added, "I will do my best on the field and show good performance for the fans."
“I think the only thing I can do is give,” he said.