Naturalized player NO+ Coach Ahn Jun-ho broke up. It's too bad to choose the Korea Basketball Association
Sep 05, 2025
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The Korea Basketball Association decided to openly hire national team leaders, including foreigners, in preparation for the 2026 Aichi and Nagoya Asian Games and the 2027 FIBA World Cup qualifiers through a meeting of the Performance Improvement Committee on the 4th. In the case of coach Ahn Joon-ho, he said, "The establishment of One Team Korea received positive reviews, but there was also a lack of performance."
Coach Ahn, who took the helm of the national team in 2023, last month ended his contract period at the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup in Saudi Arabia.
South Korea did well in the Death Group, which includes Lebanon, Qatar, and Australia. He made it to the quarterfinals. However, South Korea lost to China 71 to 79 in the quarterfinals, failing to advance to the semifinals.
Korea made a lot of money in this competition. There were no naturalized players, but the generational change was completed centering on Lee Hyun-joong, Yeo Jun-seok, and Lee Jung-hyun (Goyang Sono).
With ace Lee Hyun-joong at the center, he showed strong team chemistry by putting up the One Team Korea banner. He performed well at the Asian Cup with strong performance and a strong pressure defense that did not cover the inside and outside.
However, at the same time, there was also a regret that it was a lack of detailed defensive tactics.
In the absence of naturalized players, South Korea has repeatedly promoted propaganda. China, which lost in the quarterfinals unfortunately, reached the final in this tournament and competed closely with Australia, a strong favorite.
In other words, Korea lost in the quarterfinals, but the performance itself was observed.
Such a decision by the Korea Basketball Association is regrettable.
There were some weaknesses that coach Ahn had. The reason for the change of the head coach comes from strengthening the power.
However, the biggest Achilles heel of the Korean national team is that there are no naturalized players. In the Asia Cup, most teams, including Japan and Lebanon, strengthened their team cores centered on naturalized players, leading to improved performance.
Under coach Ahn Joon-ho, South Korea had strong advantages of the success of generational change led by young players and maximizing team chemistry. In other words, there were more strengths than the weaknesses of the coach Ahn Joon-ho system.
In the absence of naturalized players, the Korean national team was successful. However, the head coach was replaced in the name of strengthening the power.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
