On Wednesday, news broke that would shake the landscape of women's basketball.
Bucheon Hana One Q has recruited Jinan, the biggest free agent in the FA market. Hana One Q had Jinan under the terms of a four-year contract period of 360 million won (322,000 U.S. dollars), a total of 360 million won (322,000 dollars per year and 60 million won per year). With this achievement, the team will be able to advance beyond advancing to the playoffs for the first time in the last season, and thus take a higher position in the new season.
The voice of Hana One Q's Kim Do-wan, who recruited Jinan, could not stop smiling. "Everyone recognizes him as a player. He works really hard and has scoring ability. That's why I have always been interested in him. I had been agonizing over (Kim) Sonia and Jinan in the FA market this time, and offered to recruit them. Jinan made a good decision after agonizing over it, so I brought him back," Kim said.
As mentioned earlier, Jinan was selected as the FA's biggest fish along with Kim Sonia (Shinhan Bank) and Park Hye-jin (Woori Bank). Multiple clubs offered to recruit along with the original team Busan BNK Thumb, but Hana OneQ became the final winner. Hana OneQ tried to capture Jinan's heart, led by head coach Kim Do-wan.
Coach Kim Do-wan said, "I met Jinan once and had a conversation. Our team has changed a lot, and I thought we would not be pushed back in terms of money because of the full support from the club. The most important thing was to win Jinan's heart. I think that was the reason why we chose our team because we had a conversation with that focus."
Hana OneQ also succeeded in renewing its contract with Yang In-young, Kim Si-on and Kim Dan-ah, who were internal FA. In particular, Yang In-young and Kim Si-on were the main players of the team last season. With Jinan joining the team, it has become more powerful. If Jinan, Yang In-young and Kim Jong-un secure the base of the goal, they are expected to become dark horses in the upcoming season.
"I told the club to recruit internal FA. It is important to recruit external FA, but we can have a positive effect only when we recruit internal FA. In addition to the amount of money, I thought communication with the coaching staff was important. I tried hard to make them feel that Hana One Q's atmosphere has definitely changed. (Yang) In-young, (Kim) Zion, and (Kim) Dan-ah found out and made a quick decision," coach Kim Do-wan said.
"I don't necessarily intend to use Jinan as the center. I also plan to remove him as the fourth (power forward). As he plays under the basket, I want to make him a player who can play outside. Jinan and Inyoung can also play a high-row game. If the three of Jinan, Inyoung and (Kim) Jeong-eun can play inside and outside, I think they can play more fun basketball," he said.
Meanwhile, although the team succeeded in reinforcing its power, it has a concern. Jinan must hand over its compensation players to BNK. Jinan was also second in contribution last season, so it must hand over 300% of its contract amount or one compensation player, excluding four protected players, including Jinan.
"I thought about it even before I entered the FA market. But things didn't work out as I thought about compensating players first. So I decided to set up an internal FA team first, recruit external players first, and then consider becoming a compensating player. As Jinan has been confirmed to be recruited, it seems that he will have to come up with two to three compensating players plans. We also have to wait and see how the rest of the FA players move. I will think about it from now on," he said.
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