“Thank you so much for the undeserved support and love.”
Yang Hong-seok,메이저놀이터 who was evaluated as the biggest fish in the KBL market this year, decided to transfer to Changwon LG on the 18th for a total of 750 million won for a 5-year contract.
Yang Hong-seok, the second overall pick in the 2017 KBL Rookie Draft, led kt, which was classified as ‘the bottom of the 10,000 years’, to basketball every season with Heo Hoon for 7 years. However, kt and Yang Hong-seok broke up in the first FA. KT got Moon Seong-gon and Yang Hong-seok left for LG.
Yang Hong-seok, who was evaluated as the biggest fish in the KBL market this year, decided to transfer to Changwon LG on the 18th for a total of 750 million won for a 5-year contract. Photo = Reporter Kim Jae-hyun
In a phone interview with MK Sports, Yang Hong-seok said, “I signed the contract last night. He was the first free agent, and he had a lot of happy troubles. That’s how much the burden and stress was,” he said. “I didn’t negotiate with kt excluded from the beginning. He thought about the future and as a result I believe he made a good choice.”
It was coach Jo Sang-hyun who made Yang Hong-seok’s decision to transfer to LG. He conveyed his strong will to recruit Yang Hong-seok to the club before starting his schedule in Japan. He also spoke directly with the player, saying that it was absolutely necessary.
Yang Hong-seok said, “I talked to the director about twice. They left the next season right away and thought about it until after I went to the army. He told me how to use it in detail, so I started to believe in him. In addition, there have been many evaluations that it was lacking, but I was looking forward to it because I thought I could make up for that part.”
It was actually not easy to leave the beloved kt. Yang Hong-seok said, “During the free agency period, I think we made the best choice for each other rather than feeling ‘sorry’ or ‘sorry’ at kt. If I had such feelings for kt, I also thought that kt could have the same feelings on the contrary. So, looking at it calmly, I think it was the best choice we could make for each other.”
Of course, it was Yang Hong-seok who expressed regret for kt fans who had loved him generously for 7 years. He said, “When I was interviewed after the transfer, he thought that he really wanted to do it from these words. Thank you for the undeserved support and love. Also, thanks to kt for warmly embracing me. Expectations were high even at the time of our debut, but I’m sorry that I couldn’t show you everything until the contract period was over. Still, I want to say that I did my best. I want you to look at that part prettily,” he said. Also, I want to meet LG fans soon.”
Finally, Yang Hong-seok said, “There was never a time when I didn’t do my best every season. He was never lazy in the preparation process either. The first season after the transfer will definitely be more burdensome than before. So rather than trying to do better, I want to do what I prepared as usual. I didn’t show a good performance last season, so I want to do better. I will try to make LG stronger than now,” he concluded the interview.