Basketball Association Holds Preferential Selection Controversy Evaluation Meeting
Manager Lee Seung-joon's position without any special measures
Lee Seung-joon said, "Select controversial player, feel complacent"
The Korea Basketball Association (Chairman Kwon Hyuk-woon) has been under fire for consistently not knowing about the controversy over the preferential selection of 3-on-3 men's basketball players.
The national team, led by coach Lee Seung-joon (46), was eliminated from the group stage after losing consecutive games to Indonesia and Sri Lanka, which are considered weak, at the 2024 FIBA 3-on-3 Asia Cup in Singapore last month.
Suspicions of preferential treatment arose as Lim Won-joon, who has a special relationship with coach Lee, was selected in the process of selecting players.
Suspicions are rising that Lee might have given preferential treatment to Lim Won-joon, who is serving as a coach at his skill training academy, as a member of the national team. As a result, the coach claims that Kim Jeong-nyeon, who ranks first in the 3-to-3 rankings in Korea, has been excluded.
Lee and his younger siblings, Lee Dong-joon and Lim Won-joon, are the coaches at the academy's website and social networking sites. They are so close that they have played for the same three-to-three team before.
A source at the association said at the time, "The selection strongly reflected the coach's intention. It can be considered as 100 percent. Although some members of the performance improvement committee had negative opinions on the selection of Lim, we decided to give him strength as it was Lee's first competition."
Lim Won-joon showed below-level performance that was not suitable for the national team, and suspicions of preferential treatment spread further.
After the competition ended, the association held a evaluation meeting late on the 19th to review the competition and the selection process of players. Some members did not attend the competition again.
The association organized the competition with a press release representing Lee's position without any clear position or action.
"It is true that the controversial player worked at the same coaching academy," Lee said through the association. "I admit that he failed to show the performance that I expected," adding, "I was complacent because he left the coaching academy while taking charge of the national team, but I should have made a more careful judgment. I will pay close attention to prevent such controversy from happening again."
There was no action or disciplinary action, and the association did not include any position on the suspicion of preferential treatment. If it was a popular sport like baseball and soccer, it is difficult to imagine. 토토사이트
The association concluded with the statement, "In the wake of the Asian Cup's sluggish performance, Shim Chan-gu, chairman of the performance improvement committee, and members agreed on the need for mid- to long-term plans to reinforce the poor three-to-three leagues in Korea and the lack of players. We agreed to revitalize the domestic league and intensively foster promising professional players and ordered the establishment of measures at the association level."
Meanwhile, suspicions were raised that the association appointed Lee without clearly confirming the requirements for Lee's leadership career during the leadership contest.
