Samsung has completed the formation of foreign players for the new season.
Seoul Samsung has completed the formation of foreign players this season, announced the recruitment of option No. 1 Kofi Coburn (24, 210cm) in June, and completed the recruitment of Ishmael Lane (26, 200cm) on the 9th, and the two will enter Korea in early September for a medical test.
1 Option Coburn is 210cm tall and weighs 130kg, and is an excellent player with excellent under-the-goal play from an overwhelming build. My second option Vido is 200cm tall and weighs 115kg, so I’m good at playing 2v2. With two players of similar type, Samsung’s under the basket has become more solid.
Lane played for Tokyo Z in Japan’s B.2 League last season. Tokyo Z is a team joined by Goyang Carrot Lee Jung-je at the end of the season, and Lane averaged 17.0 points and 10.2 rebounds in 32 games. Director Eun Hee-seok also saw the rain in Japan at the time.
Coach Eun Hee-seok said, “I was one of the players I met in Japan during the break last winter. It was impressive because it was stable, and we had a conversation. We also filmed while staying together. It was impressive to see him grow and develop. I think we can create synergy with a similar type of 1 option Coburn,” he said.
“When I talked to him, he didn’t seem to be a calm and greedy player for his own interests. It feels stable and heavy,” he added.
Samsung has domestic big men Lee Won-seok and Cha Min-seok, who were ranked first in the first round. Since neither of them has outstanding power, they can complement each other by jumping with a strong foreign player. Coach Eun Hee-seok said, “It will also help the growth of domestic player partners (Lee) Won-seok and (Cha) Min-seok. Both are two stretch 4 styles, so if foreign players add strength from the inside, there will be synergy.”
However, foreign players may have concerns about speed instead of good size. Regarding this, director Eun Hee-seok said, “I will have to go through verification after entering Korea, but I am not very concerned about the speed. When I watched a video of Lane training recently, it looked like he had lost some weight. He also said that although he is in the B.2 league, I don’t think he will drop because I’ve seen him play.”
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