A Golden Opportunity for Men’s Basketball Chu Il Seung-ho

[Asian Games] A Golden Opportunity for Men’s Basketball Chu Il Seung-ho… First Match Against Indonesia on the 26th

 

 

 

Group stage against Indonesia, Qatar, and Japan… The top players in the World Cup are becoming dull

 

The 'Chu Il Seung-ho' men's basketball team takes the first step toward 'restoring the honor' of Korean basketball at the Hangzhou Asian Games. 온라인카지노사이트

 

The men's basketball team, led by coach Chu Il-seung, will play its first match in Group D against Indonesia at Zhejiang University's Zijin River Campus in Hangzhou, China, at 6:30 pm on the 26th, Korean time.

 

After completing the group stage by clashing with Qatar on the 28th and Japan on the 30th, the quarterfinals tournament schedule begins.

 

For Korean basketball, this Asian Games is a golden opportunity to achieve results on the international stage.

 

As the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) World Cup was held this month, Asian powerhouses lost their strength in this tournament.

 

Japan, which won three wins in the World Cup and qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics, formed a team excluding all players who played in the World Cup.

 

Lebanon, last year's FIBA ​​Asia Cup runner-up team, gave up participating altogether due to domestic schedules.

 

In the host country, China, center Zhou Qi, who had been a key resource behind the goal, left the team due to an injury suffered during the World Cup.

 

Iran, the leader in Asia, also lost a lot of weight with the retirement of 218cm center Hamed Haddadi, who had been bothering the Korean national team.

 

Paradoxically, Korea has no power leakage due to the World Cup.

 

This is because they did not participate in the World Cup regional preliminaries due to the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) and did not advance to the finals of the competition at all.

 

Since he was unable to participate in the Olympics, Chu Il Seung-ho, who has no large-scale competitions to participate in until 2026 when the Asia Cup is held, will not be given another opportunity for the time being after this competition.

 

However, even under favorable conditions, victory could not be guaranteed because injuries continued.

 

Chu Il Seung-ho did not receive the opportunity to gather the ‘elite’ players of Korean basketball.

 

Following Korea's best forward Oh Se-geun (SK) and representative defender Moon Seong-gon (KT), even Song Kyo-chang (Sangmu), who established himself as the core of Chu Il-seung-ho's offense and defense, failed to recover from his injury, lowering his overall height.

 

Accordingly, Coach Chu announced a shift from preferred forward basketball to guard basketball, such as selecting Byun Jun-hyung (executive director) as a replacement resource.

 

Coach Chu is well known for his basketball skills that utilize forwards, but the current national team has many guard resources.

 

Last season's regular league Most Valuable Player (MVP) Kim Seon-hyung, Heo Hoon (Managing Director), and Lee Woo-seok (Hyundai Mobis) are in the lineup.

 

Korea's best shooter Jeon Seong-hyun (Sono) is also expected to contribute from the outside.

 

Jordan is considered to be a threat to Chu Il Seung-ho's smooth sailing.

 

While Lebanon, a representative powerhouse in the Middle East, was excluded and Iran's power declined, Jordan properly strengthened its power.

 

This is because Ronde Hollis-Jefferson, a former NBA player who also played in the KBL last season, joined as a naturalized player.

 

Hollis-Jefferson also participated in the FIBA ​​World Cup wearing a Jordan uniform.

 

In the game against New Zealand, he exploded with 39 points, revealing his presence on the world stage.