"If I had to pick a weakness, what would it be? I have good strength and good body, but if I have a weakness, it's FA-roids, so even that weakness has disappeared."
The 2024 DB Insurance KBL Cup in Jecheon, which is being held in Jecheon, North Chungcheong Province, has finished the preliminary round and only the semifinals and final are left. The semifinals are Ulsan Hyundai Mobis and Wonju DB, Daegu Korea Gas Corporation and Suwon KT.
Jung Sung-woo, who played for KT until last season, will meet KT as an opposing team for the first time in an official game.
When Jung Sung-woo said in a phone call on the 11th that he was about to face KT for the first time, he said, "I played a practice game once, and I feel like playing comfortably because it's a cup tournament, not a regular league."
When Jung Sung-woo was curious about the KT he met in the practice game, he said, "KT is good. The players are so good and their teamwork is good. I still think it's a strong team," and added, "After moving, there is something that I have to win against the previous team, and I have a lot of good memories at KT and I got along well with the players, so I will be able to play with a comfortable mind."
Jung Sung-woo, who is still fond of KT because he moved to a free agent (FA), said, "KT players are more physical than other teams as they played one EASL game. That's why KT players are having a hard time from EASL to the Cup," adding, "I hope it's a good game without getting hurt in the Cup, and it's the last season's check, so I hope it's a good game."
Jung Sung-woo, who is likely to make a matchup with Heo Hoon, said, "I try my best (laughs) without saying anything else." As I often mentioned, Heo Hoon is such a good basketball player that I don't do anything but think that I should do my best to prevent him. If it's another player, I'll try this and that, but Heo Hoon just tries hard to prevent it. "Instead, rather than thinking that it's because I gave Heo Hoon a lot of points because he was so buried there, I think we should play hard in defense and attack well by doing what we've been doing and doing well."
When asked back if he knows what Heo Hoon is good at, Jung Sung-woo said, "He's good at everything without that, maybe because he's a prospective FA. He's better at basketball than he's good at something," and added, "If I had to pick a weakness, what would it be? He's strong and has a good body, but if it's a weakness, it's because it's an FAoid, so even that weakness has disappeared."
Gas Corporation, which is playing only with foreign player Andrew Nicholson, was able to reach the semifinals because it won the preliminary match against Seoul Samsung. At that time, the three guards of Jung Sung-woo, Kim Nak-hyun and Sam Josef Bellangel were powerful.
"Samsung has three guards who can help its team win the game due to injury. We had three guards, but Samsung was shaken a lot by their drive. It's a cup competition, and we have a lot of young players, so we will supplement it well during the season," Jung said. "We're going to test it at the cup competition, but we prepared it and it came out as we intended, so it was a fun game."
When asked if he would be able to advance to the final, Jung said, "I will do my best. I want to give KT players a quick rest. I really want KT to take one more day off for KT players. I need to take one more day off to concentrate on EASL. I will do my best for KT players." 메이저놀이터
The semi-final between Korea Gas Corporation and KT will be held at Jecheon Gymnasium at 4 p.m. on the 12th.