National men’s basketball team coach Ahn Jun-ho said, “Woo Bo-man-ri…”Trying to win the 2028 Olympics”

The Korean men’s basketball team, led by coach Ahn Joon-ho, returned home on the 8th after two away games with the Japanese national team in Tokyo, Japan, on the 5th and 7th.

It was an away game that was expected to be difficult as Japan ranked 26th in the FIBA world ranking and Korea 50th, and Japan has boosted its condition to the fullest ahead of the Paris Olympics, which will open at the end of this month. 안전 슬롯사이트

However, Korea won 85-84 in the first game on the 5th, and lost the second game 80-88 on the 7th, but it was relatively tight.

In particular, Lee Jung-hyun (Sono) scored 27 points with six 3-pointers in the first game, and also scored 26 points in the second game, emerging as the ace of the national team.

Except for Byun Joon-hyung (Sangmu), who was born in 1996, the rest of the 11 players were all young players born in 1999-2001, and the team also earned income from this away evaluation match in Japan.

Coach Ahn Joon-ho said in an interview after returning home, “Japan is a team going to the Olympics, so there was a lot of training and solid organization,” adding, “We made up of young players, and although the practice period was only four days, we did our best with spirit and fighting spirit.”

Coach Ahn, who took the helm of the men’s national team in December last year, said, “The players who went on the road to Japan are the present and future of Korean men’s basketball. We have not been able to go to the Olympics since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, but we will move forward with a mid- to long-term plan until the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.”

Coach Ahn’s contract period is until the FIBA Asia Cup finals in 2025, but he is determined to do his best to raise the men’s basketball team’s international competitiveness to the extent that he will challenge the Olympic finals.

He cited the spirit of ‘One Team Korea’ as the secret to his success in this tournament.

Coach Ahn praised the players, saying, “I emphasized to the players that there is no better individual than the team, and the players also performed 100% and 200% better teamwork than that, showing a strong cohesive performance.”

Asked to “pick just one Su-hoon player,” he said, “All 12 players are Su-hoon players, but if I had to pick one, I would definitely be Lee Jung-hyun.” He evaluated, “I have grown into an Asian ace beyond Korea.”

Coach Ahn praised Lee Jung-hyun, saying, “Lee Jung-hyun is a player who has a variety of offensive routes, including a long three-point shooting distance, and has excellent defensive concentration, so he is likely to develop further in the future.”

As a complement, he pointed out, “We also gave up a lot of rights to provide in this away game in Japan, but it is very urgent to find and foster tall people,” adding, “As we gave a lot of points and rebounds to a naturalized Japanese player in the second game yesterday, we should prepare for the naturalized player.”

Coach Ahn, who often cited four-character idioms in interviews even when he was the head coach of Samsung in professional basketball, replied, “Procedure Takma,” which means to grind jade or stone to shine.

Coach Ahn explained, “Young players who played their best are unfinished jewelry, which means that they must grow by diligently cutting, trimming, and cutting in the future.”

The men’s national basketball players will return to their respective teams and be re-collected ahead of the FIBA Asia Cup qualifying tournament in November.