‘Draft Motivation’ Moon Jung-hyun, Yoo Ki-sang Show Potential to Grow as a Crossroads in Korean Basketball

Despite the defeat, Moon Jung-hyun and Yoo Ki-sang, who were born in 2001, showed performance that made them look forward to the future.

The South Korean men’s basketball team lost 80-88 in the second warm-up match against the Japanese national team at Ariake Arena in Tokyo on the 7th. 메이저놀이터

Yoo Ki-sang, who started side by side on the day, played 33 minutes and 1 second and scored 17 points, including 5 3-pointers, and Moon Jung-hyun played 20 minutes and 24 seconds, showing good performance with 8 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

The first thing that caught my eye was organic image. Yoo Ki-sang, who is joining the national team for the first time this time, displayed bold attempts to shoot from the outside starting from the first game, and displayed three-point shooting from the first quarter with more confidence in the second game.

As Yoo Ki-sang already showed his shooting ability in the first game, Japanese players also defended against Yoo Ki-sang under pressure, but Yoo Ki-sang’s confidence was more than that.

Yoo Ki-sang also showed good performance in defense. Despite the gap, Yoo tried to block Japanese players’ scores by showing strong physical struggle, not like a player wearing the Taegeuk mark for the first time, and after blocking the opponent’s big man’s shot attempt at the end of the third quarter, he passed an accurate pass to Lee to assist him in dunking.

In addition, his performance was enough to threaten Japan, so that whenever Yoo Ki-sang made a three-point shot, the Japanese reporters said, “Next Korean shooter.”

Moon also showed his potential to be competitive in the international arena, although he lacked skills. “I wish I could grow like Doncic,” coach Ahn Jun-ho, whom he met on Thursday after the first leg, said of Moon. “I wish I could grow like Doncic. If I were the coach of my team, I would give Moon the same role as Doncic. He is a very versatile player.”

As coach Ahn said, Moon Jung-hyun drove the ball directly to the offensive court and played a bridge role in the promised pattern play, helping the team’s attack to go smoothly.

Moon also made a bold breakthrough against Jacobs Akira, who is 9 centimeters taller than himself, when his opponent brought Ha to the outside. He even completed a three-point play, which was a bonus.

The current national team is so young that Byun Jun-hyung, who was born in 1996, is the youngest. However, the duo Yoo Ki-sang and Moon Jung-hyun, who were born in 2001, played a central role, recording one win and one loss.

Many said that Korea was inferior in its objective performance, but it will return to Korea on the 8th with many achievements thanks to the young players’ performance. Let’s look forward to Yoo Ki-sang and Moon Jung-hyun, who will grow further and become the future of the national team.