After Ho Seung-jin, another South Korean player is preparing to land in the NBA? Today, Kan Qiujun will introduce the junior guard who plays for NCAA Davidson College - Lee Hyun-chung.
On April 27, Lee Hyun Chung announced his participation in the NBA Draft on his Ins:
"After seriously considering my long-term future as a basketball player and my next move, I decided to move on to a professional for the NBA Draft in June."
Lee Hyun-chung, who turned 22 in October this year, is 2.01 meters tall and weighs 95 kilograms, and is one of the core shooters of Davidson College.
Speaking of this college, it's hard not to think of an NBA supergiant – Steven Curry! Yes, Lee Hyun Chung is his fellow disciple.
I don't know if it is the Factor that Davidson College is rich in shooters, it is also coincidental that the two brothers play extremely similarly, good at catching the ball and shooting, the offensive end has excellent running awareness and sense of space on the field, no ball running position and borrowing blocking and projection to make the opponent cry bitterly.
In fact, Koreans attach great importance to the projection plate, and the older generation of Korean men's basketball team is relying on superb shooting skills to deal with the Chinese men's basketball team with strong internal depth at that time.
There are many famous shooters in the history of kimchi basketball, such as Xu Zai, Wen Jingyu, Fang Sung-yun, Lee Chung-hee, etc., including Cho Sung-min, who just announced his retirement in May last year.
The reference of any industry pays attention to its essence;
Our CBA Jilin men's basketball club hired a South Korean national Kim Young-sik as a three-team head coach to improve the team's projection skills, under his guidance, the Yanbian shooter Jiang Weize in the squad has improved quite obviously, although the figure is not dominant, but he can completely rely on three-point long shots to subdue the opponent, this year's Jilin team can overturn Beijing Shougang in the playoffs, Jiang Weize is undoubtedly one of the heroes.
In recent years, with the Korean men's basketball team's green and yellow, the overall strength of the national team has declined significantly, compared with the beginning of the 21st century, today's Korean men's basketball team outside the projection, transmission characteristics are no longer obvious, want to produce an NBA level player is even more difficult.
Lee Hyun-chung, who is talking about today, is not a short general, he has been strengthening his lethality every year in the three seasons of the NCAA.
In his freshman season, he averaged 8.5 points and 3.5 boards per game, shooting 41.2% from three-point range;
In his sophomore season, his scoring and shooting percentage improved by one level, averaging 13.5 points, 4 boards, 2.5 assists per game, and a three-point shooting rate of 44.2%;
In the third season, In order to prepare for the NBA, Lee Hyun Chung chose to develop more offensive means, transforming from pure shooting to a strong attacker who shoots inside and outside.
Due to the increase in the ball-holding offense, his outside shooting rate has a downward trend, but it can also remain at the level of 38.1%, and the shooting rate is 47.4%;
In his junior season, Lee Hyun-chung made 34 appearances and averaged 15.8 points (second on the team) on 6 boards and 1.9 assists in 32.1 minutes per game.
Through the performance and data of the entire college career, it is not difficult to find that Li Xianzhong's advantages and disadvantages are more conspicuous.
Advantages: has excellent projection ability, high shooting point and fast shooting speed, the average of 6 boards per game as a forward defender swinger, is still quite impressive, proving its positive fighting attitude; as for the ability to break through the ball developed this year, it fills the shortcomings of his single scoring means on the offensive end;
Disadvantages: The physical fitness is really average, far inferior to Yuta Watanabe, who works as a water dispenser in the NBA, and the defensive end is likely to become a big colander.
Pull out Yuta Watanabe for comparison, you will find that the possibility of Lee Hyun-chung entering the NBA is not high, after all, the latter is still based on pure shooting, but the NBA will shoot much more people than the good defenders, and the defenders are talented; Yuta Watanabe has activated the defensive potential and become a scarce front-line interceptor, so that he can gain a foothold in the NBA so far.
Of course, if Lee Hyun-chung can one day practice to the level of Splash Brothers, Korver, and Reddy Dog, then it will be another matter.
Lee Hyun-chung, who is still a junior this year, can actually hone on the college stage for an extra year, but may feel that his age is not dominant and he feels good about himself, so he decided to challenge the NBA in advance.
In this year's mock draft, Lee Hyun Chung was ranked 58th in the second round by the US media hopshype's mock draft ranking, while ESPN's simulation draft jumped off Lee Hyun Chung, predicting that he would be predicted to be selected in the 57th pick in the second round in the 2023 draft.
Basically, they are on the verge of losing.
Instead of that, it's better to play 4 seasons in the NCAA as shown by ESPN's predictions and win the attention of NBA teams as an instant combat force.
Will Lee Hyun Chung be the next Asian player to enter the NBA? What do you think?