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Not true on Ha Seung-Jin having zero post moves, more like average post moves and that is good enough in the KBL but not international competitions. I remember a young Ha Seung-Jin who was touted as the next big thing after Seo Jang-Hoon (the latter was a good post player) as an 18 year old Ha was the third best post player in the country.
Prior to the 2004 NBA draft, NBA scouts compared him to a young Jamal Maglorie in terms of potential and the late Marty Blake called it right: Ha Seung-Jin's post game resembled that of raw American prospects in the orientation of a power type post player, unlike Yao Ming who was pure finesse. Ha's similar American post game got him drafted. I remember those workouts with the Portland scouts that had Ha SJ showcase some post game repertoire involving:
1. Back down - Pivot - Finish
2. Back down - Drop step - Hook
3. Back down - Pivot - Glass
Ha used to dunk effortlessly until he got heavier and slower. With that came trouble on his knees and hamstring. In 2009, Ha lost his mobility and somewhat athletic grasp.
As for Lee Seung-Jun, he was never really a post player. His days globetrotting various leagues had him play PF and SF. When he came to Samsung, he never really played the post game and was more of a screen and roll bigman, relying on athleticism to finish as he moved. He also made a living on the mid-range game. It is Lee Dong-Jun who was a good post player and not Lee Seung-Jun.
As for Kim Min-Soo, he was not much of a post player, but played a pressure release bigman in the mold of a tweening cross between a PF and a SF. Yoo Jae-Hak apparently liked him in the 2009 FIBA Asia due to his presence on stretching the floor.
Not true. Lee Sang-Beom used D'Antoni's 7 seconds or less offense heading into the Olympic wildcards. During the build-up, Lee's national team run and gunned against KBL teams, College teams, Venezuela, Russia and the Dominican Republic. Lee Sang-Beom hoped that speed will make the team atleast competitive so he tapped bigmen like Lee Seung-Jun, Kim Jong-Kyu, Kim Dong-Uk and Lee Jong-Hyun who were mobile and prefer the rolling game. Lee Seung-Jun thrived in that role and couldn't be more happier.
As for the 2013 East Asian championship squad, Choi Bo-Young stressed discipline in the form of the high flex point that involves a double post game in the baseline. Screen - Duck - Roll was the main role of Lee Jong-Hyun and Kim Jong-Kyu. Even against smaller teams like Chinese Taipei and Macau, the team ran the flex all the way to the championship round against China.
So no truth on your claim that Korea was "forced" to utilize the screen and roll over the ad-hoc post isolation. There is a difference between forced and preaching continuity in a motion offense.
