‘Declaration of overseas expansion’ Women’s basketball player Park Ji-hyun “I want to contribute to the development of Korean women’s basketball”

2024-04-16 02:45:59

Woori Bank’s Park Ji-hyun is shooting under the goal in the 4th game of the Woori Bank WON 2023-24 Women’s Professional Basketball Championship match between Asan Woori Bank and Cheongju KB Stars held at the Yi Sun-shin Gymnasium in Asan, South Chungcheong Province on the afternoon of the 30th. 2024.3.30/News1 ⓒ News1

Women’s basketball player Park Ji-hyun (24), who left behind the exercise of her first free agent rights and declared to challenge herself on the overseas stage, expressed her desire to contribute to the development of Korean women’s basketball.

On the 15th, Park Ji-hyun posted on her SNS, “I plan to challenge overseas leagues other than WKBL this coming season. “He leaves behind satisfactory treatment and begins a challenge in a new place.”

He continued, “I made a big decision because I wanted to contribute to the development of Korean women’s basketball.”

Park Ji-hyun, who was evaluated as a great prospect in middle school, was selected by Woori Bank as the first overall pick in the rookie draft held ahead of the 2018-19 season.

He quickly established himself as a professional. He won the Rookie of the Year award in his debut season, and became a starting player in the 2019-20 season, where he performed consistently.

As a member of the national team, she participated in the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games and the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, and was recognized as a leader in women’s basketball in the future.

In the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons, he led the team to victory in the championship for two consecutive seasons. Afterwards, Ji-Hyun Park obtained free agency status and decided to leave the domestic stage and continue her career as a player overseas.

Ji-Hyun Park is not aiming for the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) right now, but is trying to advance to the European league. Unlike the WNBA, where dual contracts are recognized, dual contracts are not recognized in European leagues, so Park Ji-hyun chose to have her contract arbitrarily terminated by Woori Bank.

Park Ji-hyun said, “I hesitated and missed the opportunity to take on a challenge, so I didn’t want to regret it later,” and added, “I am truly grateful to the Woori Bank team for understanding and being considerate of my challenge. In addition, I would like to express my gratitude to the fans who sent a lot of love.”

At the same time, he pledged, “No matter what trials and errors I go through, I will never give up and will continue to move forward and spread hope.”

(Seoul = News 1)

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2024-04-16 02:45:59