Goyang Sono Lee Jung-hyun selected Sports Illustrated 2nd round MVP
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Lee Jung-hyun won 56 out of 104 votes in the second round MVP voting of LG Electronics' professional basketball in the 2025-2026 season, beating Seoul SK foreign player Jamil Warney (23 votes) by 33 votes. As a result, he won the round MVP for the fifth and sixth rounds in the 2023-2024 season, and won the third round MVP honor.
Lee Jung-hyun averaged 36 minutes and 4 seconds in nine games during the second round, scoring an average of 22.3 points. This is the fourth place in the overall ranking, including foreign players, and is overwhelmingly ahead of second-place Carl Tamayo (17.9 points) in terms of domestic players alone. Lee Jung-hyun, who had the best performance in all games in the second round, made 3.2 3-pointers per game, ranking first overall in the category.
Sono recorded five wins (four losses) in the second round with a triangular formation leading to Lee Jung-hyun, Kevin Kembao and Nathan Knight, setting the stage for a mid-range leap with 7 wins and 11 losses.
Lee Jung-hyun, who was selected as MVP in the second round of Sports Illustrated, will be awarded the MVP commemorative trophy and 2 million won in prize money. In addition, Lee Jung-hyun will release various round MVP goods such as uniforms, cheering towels, and key rings that he participated in the design.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
