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| Born | July 6, 1982 South Korea | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | South Korean | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 192 lb (87 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Yongsan High School | ||||||||||||||
| College | Yonsei University | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2004–2018 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Guard | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Anyang SBS Stars | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2015 | Seoul Samsung Thunders | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Seoul SK Knights | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus | ||||||||||||||
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| Lee Jung-suk | |
| Hangul | 이정석 |
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| Hanja | 李政錫 |
| Revised Romanization | I Jeong-seok |
| McCune–Reischauer | I Chŏngsŏk |
Lee Jung-Suk (born July 6, 1982 in South Korea) is a South Korean retired professional basketball player. He spent most of his playing career at the Seoul Samsung Thunders of the Korean Basketball League and also played for the South Korean national team at the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship and the 2010 Asian Games.[1]
Career
[edit]Early years
[edit]Lee attended Yongsan High School where he was a junior of Yang Dong-geun.[2] He played college basketball for Yonsei University.
Professional
[edit]Lee was selected by Anyang SBS Stars in the 2004 KBL draft as the second overall pick. The team finished third in the regular season and advanced to the semi-finals of the play-offs. He was traded to Seoul Samsung Thunders for Joo Hee-jung at the end of the season.[3]
Lee spent the next decade at Seoul Samsung Thunders. During the team's successful run to the 2005–06 championship, he was a core member of a formidable squad that included Kang Hyuk, Lee Kyu-sup and Seo Jang-hoon. Due to Lee Kyu-sup and Seo's height (both were over 6 feet and 6 inches tall), the team's quick and physical offensive style was nicknamed "high altitude basketball" by the press.[4] That team was dubbed "Guard Kingdom" by fans because of their strong depth chart consisting of guards who possessed physicality, shooting prowess and defensive ability.[5]
National team
[edit]At the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship, Lee helped the Koreans to a seventh-place finish while averaging a team-leading three assists per game.[6] Despite his efforts, Korea failed to qualify for the semifinals of the tournament for the first time in their 25 tournament appearances.
References
[edit]- ^ Player Profile at FIBA.com
- ^ "[프로농구] 고교때 '형-동생'이 챔프전 '창-방패'로". The Hankyoreh (in Korean). 18 April 2006.
- ^ "[프로농구] 삼성-SBS, 주희정-이정석 맞트레이드". Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). 29 June 2005.
- ^ "서장훈 높이냐, 신기성 스피드냐". The Hankyoreh (in Korean). 17 October 2006.
- ^ "가드왕국 삼성의 몰락, 속 썩는 '컴퓨터 가드'". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 25 October 2014.
- ^ Profile at FIBA.com