Keyword for LG's off-season training that has changed its power composition 'Creating a One Team'
Sep 23, 2024
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Changwon LG ranked second in the men's professional basketball regular league (36-18 losses) last season. It was a strong team.
Foreign ace Asem Maray (32) took care of the score by keeping the goal firmly under the basket, and double guards Lee Jae-do (33) and Lee Kwan-hee (36) effectively coordinated the game and led the sharp movement. Justin Gutang's outstanding technical basketball, Jung Hee-jae (35) and Yang Hong-seok (27) knocked down their opponents with their internal and external plays and solid defensive skills.
However, in the semifinal playoff, which went straight to second place in the regular league, he lost to Suwon KT in a close game leading to Game 5, failing to reach the championship game. LG manager Cho Sang-hyun promised next season, reflecting on his disappointment at the time. foreshadowed many changes.
With such determination, LG is preparing for a new season. However, LG, which is preparing for the 2024-2025 season, is too different even if it changes. It has become a completely different team from LG in the 2023-2024 season, which ranked second in the regular league.
This is because all of last season's main players have changed except Maray. Veteran core players Lee Jae-do and Lee Kwan-hee moved to Goyang Sono and Wonju DB, respectively. Yang Hong-seok joined the military, and Jung Hee-jae also became an FA and left for Goyang. Gutang also naturally broke up with LG bringing a new Cal Tamayo.
All the vacancies were filled with new faces. Instead of sending Lee Kwan-hee, he received Doo Kyung-min (33), and Lee Jae-do and Jeon Sung-hyun (33) changed their uniforms. In addition, KBL leader Choi Jin-soo (35), Jang Min-guk (35), and Heo Il-young (39) joined. Daryl Monroe (38), who played in Anyang Jeonggwanjang, joined as the new foreign player to work with Maray.
It's such a radical change. The software (Director Cho Sang-hyun's tactics) remains the same, but all hardware (player configuration) is like a machine replaced with new parts. Usually, maintaining the 'consistency of power' is the secret of the strong team, but LG chose an unconventional change.
In the end, the training goal of the LG team before the opening of the season is only one. It's 'Making a One Team' Since all the main players are in sync, the key is how Cho Sang-hyun melts the combination. LG will leave for Okinawa, Japan, on the 21st for training and practice games, and then move to Taiwan on the 24th for off-season training focusing on the main players.
Coach Cho said, `All foreign players came into the training camp in Japan and Taiwan, and all the injured players joined except Jeon Sung-hyun"I'm going to do the final inspection not only for the player combination but also for the part I practiced in defense."
It seems that the hands and feet are not working well yet. In a practice match against the Ryukyu Golden Kings at Okinawa Arena on the 22nd, they lost 67-87. There is no point in winning or losing. However, it can be a 'bitten medicine' for LG in that it has greatly highlighted the complementary points.
I can't afford it. The opening is less than a month away. It is a task assigned to Cho Sang-hyun to make it as much as possible 'one team' for the rest of the year. Depending on how well this task is solved, LG's fate is likely to be polarized.
Reporter Lee Won-man wman@sportschosun.com
wman@sportschosun.com
