Lee Choong-hee Ready to Coach in Taiwan, Awaiting Hongguo's Reorganization for Pro Basketball Entry

(CNA reporter Chen Rong-chen, Taipei, July 2) Last year, Hongguo expressed its intention to reorganize and enter professional basketball. Regarding this, Korean "Asia's No. 1 Shooter" Lee Choong-hee revealed today at an event that he had indeed agreed to take charge. Although he is unsure of the current situation, he is always ready.

Hongguo team, a popular team in Taiwan's professional basketball league CBA, generated heated discussion last year with the news of its intention to reorganize and enter professional basketball under the call of Hongguo Group Vice Chairman Lin Hong-dao. It was planned for legendary Korean shooter Lee Choong-hee to serve as head coach, but there has been no further news so far.

Lee Choong-hee admitted to reporters at an event today that he did accept Lin Hong-dao's invitation last year and agreed to serve as head coach. However, he is unsure of the current situation but emphasized that he is always ready and will return to Taiwan with a very excited and expectant mood.

Having partnered with his former protégé Luo Xing-liang for two consecutive years to hold elite shooter training camps in Taiwan, and even expanding to two locations in Taipei and Tainan for the first time, surpassing last year's scale, Lee Choong-hee stated that he was unable to teach some desired courses last year. Therefore, this year, in addition to bringing more advanced course content, he also wants to impart some fundamental concepts.

Praising Taiwan's grassroots players for being very willing to practice and learn diligently, echoing Lee Choong-hee's famous quote, "Sweat will not betray you," he shared that the amount of sweat shed will lead to the same amount of results. He wants to convey the concept of "working harder" to the players, not to expect great achievements with little effort, "because hard work and sweat will absolutely not betray you." (Editor: Li Shu-hua) 1150702

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