The recruitment of foreign players from 10 professional basketball teams, which are in the midst of preparing for the 2024-2025 season, is in the final stages.
Recruiting foreign players is the most important part in preparing for the season. The 10 teams returned to Korea after watching the NBA’s 2K25 Summer League, which took place in Las Vegas since last Wednesday.
Seoul SK (Jamil Warney, Isaiah Hicks), Seoul Samsung (Kofi Coburn, Marcus Derrickson), Suwon KT (Rayshawn Hammons, Jeremiah Tillman), Wonju DB (Chinanu Onuaku, Robert Carter Jr.), Changwon LG (Acem Maray, Daryl Monroe), Daegu Korea Gas Corporation (Andrew Nicholson, Duvan Maxwell), and Ulsan Hyundai Mobis (Shawn Long, Gage Prim) have already confirmed the skills of the players they can recruit in two or three years and checked the players who can be on the list of potential replacement players.
The coaches all love Kenneth Lopton. Lopton, a big, undersized man with a physique measuring 198 centimeters and 125 kilograms, is the best player in the G League and was called up by the NBA for 21 games. In the Summer League, he played as a backup big man for the Utah Jazz. Others attracted attention include David Roddy, Nathan Knight, Gillan Chidham, Adama Sanogo, Robert Princes, and Oscar Shibuye.
Goyang Sono (Allen Williams) and Anyang Jeong Kwan-jang (Cady Lahren), who confirmed only one recruit, looked for a two-option player while watching various workouts during their Las Vegas business trip, where the coaching staff also attended the 2K25 NBA Summer League. 고소득알바
The two clubs are speeding up their recruitment by meeting players in the recruitment candidate group in person to check their physical conditions and see if they are willing to come to the KBL. Sono is only left with the signing of the contract, and Jeong Kwan-jang is also reportedly in the process of signing a contract with a two-option player.
Busan KCC, which has been struggling with fans for not announcing foreign contracts, has also completed recruiting foreigners.
Before coming to Las Vegas, Choi Hyung-gil and Jeon Chang-jin agreed to sign veteran Greg Monroe (34, 211 cm), who scored 8,042 points in the NBA’s regular league. Monroe, who was ranked seventh in the 2010 NBA Draft (designated by the Detroit Pistons), is a player that Korean clubs have been steadily seeking to recruit since three years ago as her NBA career was cut off.
Last season, he signed a contract with China League (CBA) Sichuan, but ended the contract after three games (average 10.3 points and 6.7 rebounds) due to defensive problems.
The KCC also signed a contract with Tyler Davis. Davis, who contributed to KCC’s victory in the 2020-2021 season, is currently playing in 29 games as a member of the Puettorico League (BSN) Manati. His playing time is not that long due to knee surgery last year. He played for 11 minutes per game, scoring 5.1 points and 3.6 rebounds, and is playing as a backup for Cheikh Diallo.
