High school early Park Jung-woong and Lee Keun-jun sweep the first and second place in the rookie draft. Kim Bo-bae, the best big man in college, was named the 3rd place
Nov 15, 2024
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Anyang Jeong Kwan-jang, who won the first overall pick, selected Park Jung-woong from Hongik University High School in the 2024 KBL Rookie Draft held at Sono Arena in Goyang on the 15th.
It has been four years since Cha Min-seok (Samsung) in 2020 that a player who is scheduled to graduate from high school has been nominated as the first priority.
This season's rookie draft was evaluated as not meeting expectations. Park Jung-woong chose to go straight to the professional league after graduating from high school. Jeong Kwan-jang chose it as his No. 1 pick early on.
Park Jung-woong, who showed good performance at the U-18 tournament, has a good height of 1m92 and speed. He also has good athletic ability. It's a resource to see guards and forwards. At this point, his performance does not reach the professional level, but he was evaluated as being quite strong in his potential.
Goyang Sono, who has the second-place nomination right, also named Kyungbok High School forward Lee Keun-joon (1m94). Sono also picked Lee Keun-joon early on. Coach Kim Seung-ki said, `Shooting ability is unusual. He has good defense, too. If you raise it well, you will grow into a shooter who represents the league."
Yonsei University's big man Kim Bo-bae took the third place. Kim Bo-bae, who has the highest height of 2m2, was nominated by Wonju DB. Originally, Seoul Samsung had the third-ranked pick, but it carried out the first-ranked swap deal by bringing in Park Seung-jae.
Therefore, DB took the third-ranked pick, and Samsung acquired the eighth-ranked pick.
Daegu Gas Corporation, which has the fourth-ranked nomination right, has named Son Joon, a forward in Myongji University who has a British father and a Korean mother. His technique and shooting ability are genitals, but he is a player with strong power.
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