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South Korea National Team 2013-2014

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With Lee Seung-Jun aka Eric Sandrin undergoing a season ending surgery as reported, his timetable of return and recovery rate is in question for April - which is the soft start of the national team's training. Yoo Jae-Hak did not fully comment on it, but he wished Lee a strong recovery.

Korea may tap another naturalized player like Moon Tae-Young or may go without a natural player. They could re-enlist Oh Se-Keun or Jang-Jae-Seok.
 
Head coach Yoo Jae-Hak was interviewed by Busan Haps and stated that he has no idea on the player pool that will be formed in April. Yoo stated that he has no control of the names, but instead offer suggestions. As much as possible, Yoo Jae-Hak said that he wants more younger players in the pool to prepare for the future.
 
South Korea is grouped with Lithuania, Angola, Slovenia, Mexico and Australia.

From what I remember, head coach Yoo Jae-hak played in the 1988 Seoul Olympic games against Australia. Korea also met Australia in the 1994 World championship and losing by two points. Last time Korea played Lithuania was in the 1998 world championship where Kim Joo-Sung is the last active member of that squad. Korea played against Slovenia last 2008 in the FIBA Olympic wildcards where the likes of Kim Tae-Sol, Yoon Ho-Young and Kim Joo-Sung were present and counted members of the 2013 FIBA Asia team.

Yoo Jae Hak will issue a statement later.
 
South Korea schedule:

August 30 - Angola
August 31 - Australia
September 2 - Slovenia
September 3 - Lithuania
September 4 - Mexico

In other news, Yoo Jae-Hak quashed names like Rod Benson and Andre Brown as naturalized players. Stating that the level of those players are way below of what Asia has to offer in Hamed Haddadi, Quincy Davis and Yi Jianlian. Yoo added that they cannot inquire among the NBA and D-League as the federation ruled that any naturalize players to be considered should be playing in the KBL. There is also the KBL rule that foreign players must be two years removed from the NBA and D-League to play in the KBL. Then there is the matter of public opinion where naturalizing a player without any ancestry in Korea may lead to public disappointment.

If you ask me, Korea need not pursue that mythical naturalized player that will give the team a true inside presence. They are better off developing Lee Jong-Hyun and Kim Jong-Kyu that works well with any set of players you put around them. A naturalize player like Lee Seung-Jun and Moon Tae-Jong who is relatively ego-less and able to assimilate with the team is something that Korea found as gems. Most likely option is Leon Williams of Goyang who has applied for a Korean citizenship. Not a great individual player with monster stats but can play in a team environment. Williams is more of a traditional PF with some shooting touch.
 
Yoo Jae Hak and the federation decided to move start of training in to give players four weeks to recuperate after the KBL season. Training camp will begin May 19, 2014 but players are welcome to start working on conditioning in the Olympic village.

This is a good call as players who will be playing in the KBL finals mid April will need some time off. Favorites like Ulsan who has Yang Dong-Geun and Seoul SK with Kim Sun-Hyung are projected to meet in the finals.
 
CKR13 said:
Yoo Jae Hak and the federation decided to move start of training in to give players four weeks to recuperate after the KBL season. Training camp will begin May 19, 2014 but players are welcome to start working on conditioning in the Olympic village.

This is a good call as players who will be playing in the KBL finals mid April will need some time off. Favorites like Ulsan who has Yang Dong-Geun and Seoul SK with Kim Sun-Hyung are projected to meet in the finals.
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Korea's lucky. The Philippine team will only start practicing mid-July :mad:
 
Lee Sang-Beom, the head coach of Anyang KGC and Yoo Jae-Hak's assistant coach for the national team told the press that he fully supports Kim Tae-Sol's decision whether or not to play for the national team this summer as Kim, has been playing with lingering injuries this season. Lee also added that he is not holding back KGC's Oh Se-Keun from participating if Oh is chosen once again.
 
It is reported that the KBA is seeking a tuneup match against a wildcard team sometime in July.

The four wildcard teams are Greece, Finland, Turkey and Brazil. I think Greece and Turkey will not be interested but the likelihood of Brazil is also shallow. Maybe Finland will accept.
 
Yoo Jae-Hak revealed in today's interview with the press that the KBA is planning to hire foreign scouts to do their homework for the upcoming World Cup and Asian Games. Names will not be publicized but will be finalized late February and after a week long briefing, will travel abroad beginning in March. Contract is from February to September.
 
would like to commend and thanks CKR13 for continuously giving updates on this thread(and also the other threads). this is very useful!
 
From the 2013 national team, the following have been afflicted by injuries the most:

Kim Joo-Sung - PF / C
Lee Seung-Jun - PF / C
Yoon Ho-Young - SF / PF
Kim Tae-Sol - PG

Since the KBA will submit the same pool to FIBA and the Incheon Asian Games organizers, players with injuries sustained from the World Cup or deemed not healthy enough to be productive in the Asian games will be replaced by healthy bodies. It works the other way if example Kim Joo-Sung is not healthy enough for the world cup, could be rested and be activated when it really counts in the Asian Games.

Scenario replacements could be:

Kim Joo-Sung = Oh Se-Keun, Lee Seung-Hyun, Jang Jae-Seok,
Lee Seung-Jun = Oh Se-Keun, Lee Seung-Hyun, Jang Jae-Seok, Moon Tae-Young
Yoon Ho-Young = Yang Hee-Jong, Choi Jin-Soo, Chang Min-Kug
Kim Tae-Sol = Park Chan-Hee, Kim Si-Rae, Doo Kyung-Min, Park Jae-Hyun
 
Lee Sang-Beom (Anyang KGC) and Lee Hun-Jae (Basketball analysts) were named assistant coaches to Yoo Jae-Hak for the 2014 World Cup and Asian Games. Both are reprising their roles from the 2013 national team.

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Federation has asked Yoo Jae-Hak and his assistants to name a designated naturalize player for the world cup and Asian games by the end of the KBL season. Names to choose from are:

Lee Seung-Jun (Wonju Dongbu Promy)
Lee Dong-Jun (Samsung Thunder)
Moon Tae-Young (Ulsan Mobis Phoebus)
Leon Williams (Goyang Orions)
 
Kim Min-Goo played KCC's final game of the season and finished with 27 points, 4 assists and 5 rebounds to cap off a stellar year where he proved himself as a star. After the game, Min-Goo was interviewed in the post-game panel and he stated that he is looking for a well deserved vacation for a month and plans to show up early for training camp with the national team.
 
CKR13 said:
Federation has asked Yoo Jae-Hak and his assistants to name a designated naturalize player for the world cup and Asian games by the end of the KBL season. Names to choose from are:

Lee Seung-Jun (Wonju Dongbu Promy)
Lee Dong-Jun (Samsung Thunder)
Moon Tae-Young (Ulsan Mobis Phoebus)
Leon Williams (Goyang Orions)
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Where are Andre Brown and Rod Benson?
 
Andre Brown is not willing for now. While Rod Benson, Yoo Jae-Hak said that he is not the player that Korea needs.
 
Will this be the last NT stints for Kim Joo-Sung and Oh Se-Keun (if he plays)?
 
For Kim Joo-Sung, nothing is certain. He did admit last year that this is his last Asian games. But it seems a possibility that the last call of duty is for 2015 FIBA Asia. As for Oh Se-Keun, he is only 26 and is due for the armed forces duty that has a military sports team tenure in the Sang-Moo team that makes him available for this year and 2015.
 
There has been talk of borrowing some of the K-League's concept for national team preparation under FIFA. KBL can segment the weekly rounds into legs to accommodate the impending qualification schedule by FIBA starting in 2017. That means naming a much larger player pool consisting of youth, college and professionals. Unlike the national football team, KBL does not have Koreans playing abroad, not since the days of Ha Seung-Jin, Bang Sung-Yoon and Choi Jin-Soo.

I don't see any difficulties with the KBL or the KUBL academic & sports calendar in adapting what the KBA will address in 2016.
 
Meeting of the Korean Basketball Association and board members of the KBL have suggested to cut six games from the regular 54 games for next season so it will be less taxing players who will be on the national team. Furthermore, A KBL game will now be 48 minutes much like the NBA compared to 40 minutes similar to FIBA.
 
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