Yang Jae-min, Korea's first All-Star in the B League, please make a way for him to go overseas, just like his wish in the B League
Jan 19, 2025
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It's not wrong. Yang Jae-min, who is active in Japan's B League, spoke carefully. However, the logic was good enough. There was also justification.
Yang Jae-min participated in the 2025 Japan B League All-Star Game in Funibashi at Lara Arena Tokyo Bay in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on the 19th.
Yang Jae-min was the only Asian quarter in the B League to be selected as an All-Star. It is his first All-Star selection.
After joining Shinshu Brave in 2020, he has been playing in Japan for five seasons. He moved to Sendai last season and has played an average of about 20 minutes. Securing Yang Jae-min's playing time in the B League, where three foreign players and naturalized players play, is an amazing achievement. Yang Jae-min, who met at the B League All-Star accommodation in Chiba, Japan, on the morning of the 19th, spoke logically about the difference between the B League and the KBL.
This season, KCC Choi Joon-yong and LG Carl Tamayo made different claims about the B League and the KBL League. Choi Jun-yong said "The Japanese team seen in EASL is of a high level. It seems that the gap between the KBL and the B League continues to widen, and Tamayo said, `Considering the performance of Korean and Japanese players, there is no big difference. In the B League, foreign players play more."
Yang Jae-min said, `KB is a league where one foreign player plays, and B league is actually a league where three foreign players play. The proportion of mercenaries scoring is absolute. Because of this, the basketball style is different. "If we have our own players, we will not lose out to Korea. "However, the B-League is very open. There was also an issue of protecting domestic players in the B League, but they are pushing it as it is. The B League has a players' association, and Shimada, the president of the B League, said that his country's players can play in the second and third divisions and come up to the first division. The B League has a simple contract process and there are no restrictions on overseas expansion. It is true that the B League grows and helps Japanese players actively advance overseas."
In other words, the competitiveness of domestic players in the league is similar, but the overall basketball industry shows that the B League's opening, expansion policy, and the probability of active overseas expansion of domestic players are high. After all, there will be a gap in the future.
There was also a regret about the return system for players playing overseas.
"The B League has a maximum contract period of three years," he said. During the free-agent season, he goes abroad without any restrictions. Because the contract process is simple, it is free to make decisions about the future. In addition, the system has already been set for the return of players active overseas. Tominaga, who is considered Japan's best shooter, plays in the G League, but the B League can also return at any time. On the other hand, in my case, to return to KBL, I have to go out as a rookie draft through a regular player tryout. I'm already in my 5th year as a professional, but I think it's a disappointment. When college athletes actively go abroad, they are bound to return to their home countries in the end. I think the KBL League will develop only when there is a system to return. I'm showing this part in the B-League."
If not only Yang Jae-min but also Lee Hyun-joong and Yeo Jun-seok, who are playing abroad, choose to go to Korea, it is still KBL with no other way than rookie draft.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
