Shinhan Bank's No. 1 overall draft of women's basketball rookie. Hong Yoo-soon, a Korean Japanese, was selected by surprise
Aug 20, 2024
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Shinhan Bank, which has the first rookie pick in the club's history, chose Hong Yoo-soon in the rookie draft of the 2024-2025 season held at Bucheon Indoor Gymnasium on the 20th.
Hong Yoo-soon, who dropped out of Osaka Industrial University, drew attention with her good physical condition and speed of 1m79. Position is center, but good at forward play. It is similar to Samsung Life Insurance's Lee Hae-ran.
have excellent athletic ability. In the Rookie Draft Combine, he won the overall first place in the Max Vertical Jump (step jump), Refit Jump (repeat jump), Rain Agility (aircraft-direction ability), Pro Agility (instantaneous reflex ability measurement) and Court Sprint (instantaneous acceleration speed).
In the tryout game, he also received the attention of team officials for his excellent transition, strong breakthrough, and solid defense.
Shinhan Bank, which secured the first pick early, struggled with Lee Min-ji, who has the best scoring ability in high school, along with Hong Yoo-soon. Shinhan Bank has already completed two weeks of joint training with Hong Yu-soon, and believed in his potential to improve his performance as the days go by.
In the end, Shinhan made a bold choice. I chose Hong Yu-soon.
Most of the team officials who watched the tryout match said, `Hong Yoo-soon deserves to be ranked first. Both the potential and the performance at this point are good."
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