Lee jung hyun wikipedia

Lee Jung-hyun (basketball)

South Korean basketball entertainer (born 1987)

Not to be clouded with Lee Hyun-jung (basketball).

In that Korean name, the family term is Lee.

Lee Jung-hyun (born Walk 3, 1987) is a Southeast Korean professional basketball player pointless Jeonju KCC Egis in significance Korean Basketball League and primacy South Korean national team.[1]

Early life

Lee played baseball and football here elementary school.

A promising clearing prospect, he had considered convenient a professional football player.[2] Sharptasting started playing basketball in ordinal grade when his elementary institute decided to start a hoops team and a classmate recruited him to join the bunch since he already had par athletic background. As a partisan at Gwangju High School noteworthy gained the attention of school recruiters for his shooting skills.[2]

Career

College

Lee played college basketball for Yonsei University.

He was largely obscure during his freshman year unfair to the presence of Tail off Tae-sul and Yang Hee-jong, both in their senior season. Not later than his senior year he was Yonsei's leader in points, assists and rebounds and led grandeur team to the final surrounding the National Basketball Festival (the main collegiate competition at wind time) for the first time and again in five years.[3][4]

Professional

Anyang KT&G Register Anyang KGC (2010–2017)

In the 2010 KBL rookie draft, Lee was drafted by Busan KT Sonicboom second overall and then traded to Anyang KT&G in swell player exchange.[5] Although he scored 19 points and impressed tight spot his debut, he spent jurisdiction first two seasons as class sixth man and went overwhelm to the win the 6th Man Award at the 2011-12 KBL awards ceremony.[2][6] He enlisted for mandatory military service moniker April 2013 and joined description Sangmu team after completing primary training.

He was discharged enjoy January 2015, returning to depiction team roster immediately.[7][8]

During the 2015-16 season Lee was a stanchion of the Anyang team which reached the semi-finals of righteousness play-offs, especially in clutch situations.[9] He was the only Anyang player voted into the KBL Best 5 that season.[10]

Lee was part of the Anyang line-up which won a rare "double" during the 2016-17 season, delightful both the regular season monkey well as the KBL Backing.

The top-scoring domestic player dump season, he was nominated arrangement the KBL Most Valuable Athlete Award (MVP) award but mislaid to teammate Oh Se-keun.[11][12] Undeterred by his stellar record, Lee alternatively became better known for exclude incident during the playoffs, conj at the time that Anyang KGC met Seoul Samsung Thunders in the finals.

Close to Game 2, he elbowed Thunders shooting guard Lee Gwan-hee, fillet former Yonsei teammate, in class neck while defending him gift latter forcefully pushed him veto on the ground as an eye for an eye.

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Both were disciplined and penalized for unsporting behavior, with Side Jung-hyun whistled for a evil and Lee Gwan-hee being ejected for an unsportsmanlike foul humbling suspended for the next game.[13] As a result, he was booed by irate Thunders fans throughout Game 3 and unproductive to replicate his form, solitary scoring 9 points.[14]

Jeonju KCC Breastplate (2017–2022)

After his contract with Anyang KGC ended, Lee became spick free agent and joined Jeonju KCC Egis for the 2017-18 season.

In December 2017, pacify reached a milestone of showing up in his 300th consecutive KBL-sanctioned "A" match (professional match).[15] Unquestionable was voted KBL Most Invaluable Player of the 2018-19 occasion as he led the band in points scored, averaging 17.2 points, among domestic players.[16][17] Enthrone win made him the foremost Jeonju KCC Egis player talk to 20 years to win Player and only the second Player winner not from a Championship-winning team or league top-three uniform since the KBL was established.[12] In December 2019, he was nominated for and won honourableness Male Basketball Player of prestige Year, voted for by friend coaches and his KBL lords and ladies, at the annual Dong-a Amusements Awards honoring domestic professional athletes across all disciplines.[18]

Lee was spruce key player in KCC amiable the 2020-21 regular season allow reaching the finals of probity play-offs, losing the KBL Patronage title to his former crew Anyang KGC.[19] However, he likewise became a controversial figure while in the manner tha the KBL released a heave of players who were ambushed "flopping" (faking fouls) that time and his name was improve on the top of the list.[20]

Lee's appearance record has extended happen to the 2021-22 season.[18][21] in Dec, he reached the record befit playing in 500 consecutive KBL-sanctioned "A" games.[22][23]

National team

Lee participated encompass the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.[24] However, his form during probity group stage was inconsistent.

Control South Korea's opening Group Slogan game against hosts Lebanon, Actor failed to score all pentad attempted three-pointers and his turf shooting guard Heo Ung's dull performance around the perimeter were specifically pointed out as fastidious major cause for South Korea's shock loss to the hostess nation.[25] He bounced back deal with score 19 points in nobleness next game, a win be against Kazakhstan.[26] For the next meagre games, his assist tally exaggerated as he was switched clogging a combo guard role comparatively than a forward-shooting guard swingman.

Lee was in the terminating 12-man squad and named leader for the 2019 FIBA Nature Cup.[27][2][28] In their opening Purpose B game against fifth-ranked Argentina, he scored 15 points, say publicly only South Korean player fear than Ra Gun-ah to best in the double digits.[29] Misstep was injured in the enterprise against China and was nominal to sit out of their last game of the head-to-head, against the Ivory Coast.[30]

Controversy

Lee's or else stellar 2016–17 season was retarded by his infamous confrontation farm Lee Gwan-hee during the playoffs.

It has been speculated prowl both players, who are gather together usually known for such incarnate confrontations on the court, abstruse already been on bad price since their university days nevertheless both players and other person Yonsei alumni have declined disparagement further elaborate on the matter.[31] Ever since the incident, batty games in which the digit players meet has received bonus attention from the media presentday fans.[32][31] Their alleged "feud" has been indirectly referenced numerous historical during "draft day" for position annual All-Star Game, with corollary players and coaches noting deviate they should not be settled in the same team.[33][34]

After dying Anyang KGC, Lee gained say publicly moniker eu-ak-sae (으악새), which comment the Korean equivalent of nobility onomatopoeia "Whoops!", from the travel ormation technol and fans due to sovereignty "flopping" (faking fouls).[35] In influence 2020–21 season alone, he tallied eleven fake fouls, the ascendant of any domestic player impressive nearly twice as many variety the second-placed Lee Dae-sung.[20][36][37]

Personal life

Lee is a fan of her majesty hometown baseball team Kia Tigers and has been spotted attention their games during his off-season.[18][2]

Since 2019, Lee has been every now referred to as "big Side Jung-hyun" (큰 정현) by cover up players and in the telecommunications due to another younger competitor having the exact same title being called up to picture senior national team for excellence same game.[38][39] "Small Lee Jung-hyun" (작은 정현) is also unembellished alumnus of Yonsei University current was drafted by Goyang Constellation Orions in the 2021 indenture draft.[40] Although their names downright spelled the same in Hangul, their given names are impenetrable differently in Hanja.[38]

References

  1. ^FIBA profile
  2. ^ abcde"[농구인생 PEOPLE] 노력의 결실, 국가대표 주장 이정현!".

    Basketball Life (농구인생) (in Korean). 2 September 2019.

  3. ^"연세대，5년만에 농구대잔치 결승에…". Kukmin Ilbo (in Korean). 27 December 2009.
  4. ^"[2009농구대잔치]<개막D-2>이정현 '진가를 보여라'(동영상)" (in Korean). BasketKorea.com. 15 Dec 2009.
  5. ^"KT&G , 드래프트 1-2순위로 박찬희-이정현 지명(종합)".

    The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 3 February 2010.

  6. ^"식스맨상 이정현 "이상범 감독님께 감사드린다"". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 9 Apr 2012.
  7. ^"이정현·정창영 등 29일 상무 입대". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 9 April 2013.
  8. ^"<프로농구전망대> 이정현·정창영 등 상무 전역 선수들 복귀".

    Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 26 January 2015.

  9. ^"에이스 믿은 사령탑, 기대에 부응한 에이스" (in Korean). BasketKorea.com. 3 March 2016.
  10. ^"48 vs 49 태풍 이겨낸 양동근". The Hankyoreh (in Korean). 22 February 2016.
  11. ^"오세근·이정현, 내가 MVP를 받아야 하는 이유". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean).

    14 March 2017.

  12. ^ ab"프로농구 시즌 MVP 이정현 "2년 전 상 놓친 게 전화위복"". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 20 March 2019.
  13. ^"'야유'에 마음고생...욕심 내려놓은 '인삼공사 슈터' 이정현". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 27 April 2017.
  14. ^"종결자 양희종, 4쿼터에 뒤집었다". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean).

    27 April 2017.

  15. ^"[기록] '금강불괴' 이정현, 300경기 연속 출전기록 달성".

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    Jumpball (in Korean). 26 Dec 2017.

  16. ^"4위팀 KCC 이정현, 프로농구 Participant 영예". The Hankyoreh (in Korean). 20 March 2019.
  17. ^"Lee Jung-Hyun, Comfort Gun-A claim MVP awards featureless KBL while Muharraq rise gorilla Bahrain champions". FIBA. 26 Go 2019.
  18. ^ abc"'KBL의 철인' KCC 이정현의 첫 동아스포츠대상 방문기".

    The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). 11 Dec 2019.

  19. ^"이정현 22득점…KCC, 현대모비스 꺾고 선두 질주". The Hankyoreh (in Korean). 3 March 2021.
  20. ^ ab"프로농구 KCC 이정현, 페이크 파울 10회 개인 최다". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 9 April 2021.
  21. ^"KCC 이정현 "'35살 양동근' 보며 자극 받아…팀 기여도 높이는 농구할 것"".

    The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). 26 October 2021.

  22. ^"'금강불괴' 이정현, 500경기 연속출전 대기록 세웠지만…KCC 5연패". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 25 Dec 2021.
  23. ^"'500경기 연속' 이정현, KCC 지키는 '최고의 캡틴'". Jumpball (in Korean). 25 December 2021.
  24. ^2017 FIBA Continent Cup profile
  25. ^"[아시아컵] 임동섭 3점 터진 대표팀, 이정현 침묵 아쉬웠다!" (in Korean).

    BasketKorea.com. 9 August 2017.

  26. ^"'이정현 19점' 한국 농구, 아시아컵 카자흐스탄에 61점차 대승". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 11 August 2017.
  27. ^"Junghyun Enchantment 2019 FIBA World Cup profile". FIBA.
  28. ^"국가대표 — 2019 FIBA 농구 월드컵" (in Korean). Korea Hoops Association.
  29. ^"농구대표팀 주장 이정현 "실력 차 절감…후반 집중력 아쉽다"".

    Yonhap Word Agency (in Korean). 1 Sept 2019.

  30. ^"김상식 감독 "코트디부아르전 9명으로…포기하지 않겠다"". The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). 8 September 2019.
  31. ^ ab"또 충돌. 브레이크없는 이정현과 이관희, 그들은 왜 화해 못할까". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean).

    6 December 2020.

  32. ^"뜨거웠던 이관희VS이정현, 주인공은 김지완…KCC 2연패 탈출". Jumpball (in Korean). 2 Nov 2021.
  33. ^"[스포츠타임]'올스타전 전패' 허웅의 첫 승 도전… KBL 올스타전 관전포인트 2" (in Korean). SPOTV. 14 Jan 2022.
  34. ^"'이정현 대 이관희' KBL 올스타전 빛낸 찐라이벌전". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean).

    20 January 2020.

  35. ^"농구 이정현, '으악새' 오명 벗고 MVP". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 21 March 2019.
  36. ^"역시 '으악새' 이정현". The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). 14 May 2021.
  37. ^"[꿈을 만나다] 이정현 "동작 커서 '으악새' 오명 생겼지만 어린 선수들은 배우면 안 돼"". Hankook Ilbo (in Korean).

    16 October 2019.

  38. ^ ab"[인터뷰]큰 이정현 "신기하네"·작은 이정현 "많이 배울게요"". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 18 Feb 2019.
  39. ^""신인왕 경쟁요? 3순위 작은정현도 있어요"". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 2 November 2021.
  40. ^"선배 이정현 패스, 후배 이정현 슛~".

    The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). 30 January 2019.

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