Can Park Jong-ha’s performance go beyond the regular league and extend to MBC?
Sungkyunkwan University has brought in freshmen well ahead of this season. I brought Kang Seong-wook, one of the main players in winning the 2022 FIBA Asian Men’s Basketball Championship. In addition, Kim Yun-seong and Gu In-gyo embraced it and filled the position that was lacking well. The key was to fill the vacancy of Song Dong-hoon메이저놀이터, Ahn Jung-wook and Kim Geun-hyun.
Sungkyunkwan University, which lacked key players, had an uneasy start to this season. We met Dongguk University from the opening game and lost unfortunately. After that, it was unfortunately lost to Yonsei University by 7 points. However, after that, they recorded three consecutive victories, and even after that, they maintained their team color and succeeded in advancing to the playoffs.
At the center is Park Jong-ha, who has grown into a definite ace. Park Jong-ha led the team’s offense this season, averaging 15.5 points, 3.9 rebounds and 3 assists. At the beginning of the season, I was embarrassed by the opponent’s intensive checks, but I got used to it as time went on.
Park Jong-ha, who finished the regular league, said in a phone call with this magazine, “I took a short vacation after the regular league. But he is working out personally because he still has a season left and important games. He is focusing on physical training, which he feels is lacking. At the same time, he is also practicing shooting,” he said.
Park Jong-ha, who reported the current situation, said, “If you look at the regular league, there were many games that were regrettable. In the beginning, the scoring power did not come out as expected in the opponent check. He didn’t even lead to victory. He couldn’t even win a lot of team wins,” he said, expressing his regret at the beginning of the season.
However, “But as time passed, I learned how to attack. If two or three people stick to me, another chance arises. I learned to see such opportunities. If my teammates survive, the opponent will have no choice but to reduce their checks on me. But it’s still not perfect. I want to show more of that in the rest of the season.”
After finishing the regular league, Sungkyunkwan University is leaving only the MBC Cup and the college league playoff stage. This is the most important game to let Park Jong-ha, a 4th grader, know himself.
Recognizing this, Park Jong-ha said, “There are only a few competitions left. The MBC ship is the most important. The team also needs to go higher. You have to do well personally. A lot of professional stage officials are also coming,” he said after saying, “I have to show only my strengths individually and as a team.”
He continued, “I want to be remembered by pros as a player they want to bring to the team. He is attacking, but he wants to show various aspects of defense and dirty work. Then, I think I will remain in good shape.” He emphasized defense and dirty work.