LG Professional Basketball Coach Cho Dong-hyun Says, “Yu Ki-sang Should Fefinitely Receive the Rookie Award”
“For me, he is always a player who is lacking, but his contributions, including defense, are high.”
Coach Dong-Hyun Cho of professional basketball team Changwon LG, which raised its professional basketball rankings to third place, praised Yoo Yu-Sang, who scored the most points in the team with 15 points, saying he should definitely receive the Rookie of the Year award. 파워볼
LG defeated Seoul SK 76-67 and rose to third place in the 2023-2024 CheongKwanJang Professional Basketball regular league away game held at Jamsil Student Gymnasium in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 15th.
On this day, Yu Yu-sang scored 15 points, including 4 3-pointers, and also grabbed 5 rebounds, giving a perfect performance.
LG coach Cho Dong-hyun gave a favorable review of Yoo Yu-sang, who is mentioned as a candidate for the Rookie of the Year Award, saying, "To me, he is a player who is always lacking," but added, "He should definitely receive (the award).
His invisible contributions, such as his defensive ability, are high."
Coach Cho said, “Today, I am entrusting the defense of the opponent's key players, such as blocking Heo Il-young (SK),” and added, “Rookies Moon Jeong-hyun (KT, 1st place) and Park Moo-bin (Hyundai Mobis, 2nd place) are also good players, but they are ranked 3rd.
“The person I selected, Yugi-sang, is doing an amazing job.
I think I chose him really well,” he said with a smile.
When asked, "Who is the player with the best shot in LG?", Coach Cho joked by choosing himself and said, "It depends on the condition of the day, but Lee Kwan-hee, Lee Jae-do, and Yoo Yu-sang are also good."
LG, which rose to third place even without foreign player Assem Marey, who is suffering from a knee injury, is now taking a break due to the 2025 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Asia Cup qualifiers.
Coach Cho said, “Yang Hong-seok is joining the national team, so he will be absent from the team.
We plan to give veteran players such as Lee Jae-do enough rest,” and added, “The best thing is how Marey comes back.
“We will get back in touch with Marey through the practice games we have scheduled,” he said.
Regarding the reason for the victory against SK on this day, Coach Cho said, “The other players performed well in a situation where the team was in crisis, and we achieved results.”
“We were able to win because Yoo Ki-sang, Justin Gutang, and Yang Hong-seok played basketball,” he analyzed.
Gutang, who led the victory with 14 points and 4 assists, also added, “Our team has one of the best fast-break offenses, and the coach keeps asking us to do so,” and added, “We try to run as much as possible.”
He continued, "Jamil Warney (SK) is a player who always scores an average of 25 points or more, but today's goal was to prevent the team from scoring less than 20 points.
We were successful in defending Warney well."
Meanwhile, SK's coach Jeon Hee-cheol, who was unable to turn the game around even in a fierce chase in the second half, expressed his frustration, saying, "It was a game we had no choice but to lose.
I said it would be a difficult game without energy and activity, but I started off wrong when I lost a rebound in the first quarter."
He then harshly criticized the players, saying, “The players lost in terms of fighting ability,” and “When the game didn't go well in the first half, the SK players I knew weren't the same.
I was disappointed in the players.”
