FA Jihyun Shin of 290 million Shinhan Remains. Lee Kyung-eun retired and joined coaching. Shinhan Bank and Jihyun Shin Lee Kyung-eun, what happened?
Apr 08, 2025
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Shinhan Bank agreed to a free agent contract with Jihyun Shin on the 8th.
It is a three-year contract period and an annual salary of 290 million won (40 million won in incentives).
He played as the leading star of Bucheon Hana Bank as the No. 1 rookie draft player in 2014. He moved to Shinhan Bank last year, and played an average of 28 minutes and 40 seconds as the main guard, scoring 8.6 points and 4.5 assists.
Jihyun Shin, which qualified as an FA, failed to find a team during the first negotiation period and succeeded in negotiating with Shinhan Bank through the second negotiation.
Shinhan Bank's new head coach Choi Yoon-ah strongly asked Jihyun Shin to stay. Coach Choi Yoon-ah reportedly wants to reorganize the team around Jihyun Shin and Choi Yi-sam.
Shinhan Bank, which failed to advance to the semifinals last season, reorganized under Choi Yoon-ah this season. With Rika Tanimura, the No. 1 player in the Asian quarter, out of the team, Shinhan Bank needed a veteran player to center the team.
Choi Yoon-ah, the new coach, selected Jihyun Shin as the team core along with Choi Yi-sam, and Shinhan Bank focused on contract negotiations with Shin Ji-hyun.
Jihyun Shin also received no special love calls except for Shinhan Bank. Woori Bank, KB, and BNK withdrew from the FA market early on, and Samsung Life Insurance, which caught Kang Yoo-rim, and Hana Bank, which left Jeong Ye-rim, were not very interested in external FA.
The compensation rule (one compensation player other than four protected players) has reduced the value of Jihyun Shin, and last season's ambiguous performance did not have much impact. In the end, Jihyun Shin chose to stay at Shinhan Bank.
As a result, most of the women's professional basketball FA market this season has been covered by big-name players such as Kang Yu-rim (Samsung Life Insurance), Jihyun Shin (Shinhan Bank) and Jung Ye-rim (Hana Bank).
Lee Myung-kwan, Koo Seul, Kang Gye-ri, and Kim Na-yeon remain. In the case of Lee Myung-kwan, who is immediately evaluated as a sense of power, no news of the contract has been heard yet. In the case of Gooseul, they are negotiating with Shinhan Bank, the original team.
Meanwhile, Shinhan Bank veteran guard Lee Kyung-eun (37) retired and signed a contract as a coach. Jihyun Shin succeeded in signing an FA contract.
Shinhan Bank will retire on this day 'Shinhan Bank Lee Kyung-eun. Instead, he will join the coaching staff to assist the new coach Choi Yoon-ah,' he said in an official announcement.
Shinhan Bank selected Kim Dong-wook, who played for SK, as well as Lee Kyung-eun.
With this, Shinhan Bank has completed the system of head coach Choi Yoon-ah, head coach Mayumi Abe, coach Lee Kyung-eun, and coach Kim Dong-wook.
Coach Lee Kyung-eun, who joined Woori Bank in 2006, has been active in KDB (BNK's predecessor) since 2007 and has been active as Shinhan Bank's representative guard since 2018. He qualified as an FA this season, but announced a fresh start as a leader upon retirement.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
