What's the new captain you'll lead this season?
What's the new captain you'll lead this season?
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Suwon KT, which played basketball until the last day of the last season, has finally been called up. KT convened on the 5th and had time to strengthen its coaching staff and team's commitment to the new season. The full-fledged training will take place after going through physical fitness tests on the 8th.
The Busan KCC, which won the championship game, was convened about a month after the season ended due to its participation in the 2024 FIBA Basketball Champions League. KCC immediately disbanded the team after returning to Korea after completing their BCL schedule on June 12. KCC will convene on May 15.
As each team convened at least once for the last time as KT, all teams' captains have been confirmed. Only three teams remained unchanged from the previous season: Wonju DB (Kang Sang-jae), KCC (Jeong Chang-young), and Daegu Korea Gas Corporation (Chabawi).
All other teams have changed their captain. Some teams had to change their captain due to transfer or retirement. Goyang Sono will start anew with Kim Kang-sun, the "virtually one-club man," retiring. Kim Kang-sun will be succeeded by transfer student Jung Hee-jae as the captain.
Heo Il-young moved to Changwon LG, and Choi Boo-kyung became the captain again. SK was in the championship game in both the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 seasons when Choi Boo-kyung was the captain. Heo Il-young, who left SK, succeeded Lee Kwan-hee (DB) as the new captain of LG. Heo Il-young set a new record of being the captain of the third team after Goyang Orion and SK. If Sono retooled his team's power around Lee Jung-hyun, LG became the new team by changing all the main players except for Asem Marei. The captain's role is more important than ever, and LG manager Cho Sang-hyun put Heo Il-young in charge of the team, who served as a player-coach during his Orion days.
"He is also the oldest player in the team, and he used to be a coach of Orion. He is well aware of my style and the training atmosphere that I want. He will be able to communicate opinions of players who have newly joined the team. As a senior, I hope he listens carefully to what other players have to say," Cho Sang-hyun said.
The other four teams have chosen changes to take a leap forward. Lee Dong-yeop replaced veteran Lee Jung-hyun as the new captain of Seoul Samsung. It is the first time that Lee Dong-yeop has served as the captain since he was a fourth grader at Korea University. "I felt his love for the team. As a one-club man, I thought he was appropriate because he is the fourth oldest member of the team," Samsung coach Kim Hyo-beom said. "(Lee) Dong-yeop's role is important."
With KT's captain changing from Moon Sung-gon to Heo Hoon, Anyang's Jeonggwanjang was Jung Joon-won handed over the baton to Jung Hyo-geun. Ulsan Hyundai Mobis, which Yang Dong-geun and Ham Ji-hoon have been captain for 13 years, also made changes. In order to ease Ham Ji-hoon's burden, Jang Jae-seok was given a new captain. Heo Hoon and Jang Jae-seok are also in the season ahead of the FA. 바카라사이트
Jang Jae-seok said, "My team kept on drinking in the semi-finals and gave me the captain's position to make any changes. I will take good care of it and put all my energy into it so that the team can go higher."