Ra Gun-ah (35), who also played for the Korean national team, can advance to the Japanese professional basketball league.
The KBL will soon hold a board meeting to discuss Ra Gun-ah's status as a player. Ra Gun-ah acquired Korean nationality through a special naturalization system in 2018. Ra Gun-ah played for Korea at big competitions such as the 2019 Basketball World Cup.
However, Ra Gun-ah remained an ambiguous foreign player in the KBL. The reason was that treating Ra Gun-ah as a domestic player would create a power imbalance between the teams.
The contract between Ra Gun-ah and the Korea Basketball Association ends on the 31st. The time has come for the KBL to decide whether to continue to view Ra Gun-ah as a foreign player or a domestic player.
The fact that Ra Gun-ah maintains her skills even at the age of her mid-30s is working against her. Ra Gun-ah showed off her rusty skills with an average of 20.2 points, 11 rebounds, 2.6 assists, and 1.4 blocks in five games in the last championship match. There was still no stopping him under the basket, with a field goal rate of 59.4%. Ra Gun-ah also played a significant role in KCC's victory.
This makes it all the more ambiguous. If Ra Gun-ah is treated like a Korean player, the team recruiting him can recruit another foreign player. The stumbling block to Ra Gun-ah's age and high salary are too old to be used as one option while treating her as a foreign player. However, it is not realistic for her to lower her ransom and play as two options.
I met Ra Gun-ah at the KCC's victory celebration and asked her where to go. "Of course, I want to stay in Korea. My family likes Korea, too. But there is nothing I can do. It's up to the KBL's decision," he complained.
Ra Gun-ah, who first came to Korea in 2012, is LeBron James of the KBL. If he continues to play in the KBL, he can break the cumulative total of professional basketball records. Ra Gun-ah, who scored 11,343 points overall, could soon break the 13,231 point mark of Seo Jang-hoon, the No. 1 player. Of course, assuming that he continues to play in Korea.
It was a celebration of his championship with KCC, but Ra Gun-ah, whose future is uncertain, was not 100% happy. Ra Gun-ah said, "If I cannot play in the KBL, I am also considering entering the Japanese professional basketball league. I heard a lot of information about the B League from Sean Long, who is playing in Japan. I am considering a lot of things."
Unlike Korea, Japan does not have any salary cap restrictions. Clubs that want to show good performance can make huge investments. Ra Gun-ah, who has Korean nationality, is said to not be able to play as an Asian quarter player in Japan. However, Japan has many options as each team has up to three foreign players and two players can participate at the same time.
In Japan, even a foreign player is regarded as a domestic player upon acquiring Japanese nationality. In contrast, Korea has too many restrictions on recruitment as it has to take into account various external variables, including nationality, parents' nationality, ancestry, and skin color, in addition to players' ability and skills. If Raganza goes to another league, the KBL will inevitably see its power deteriorate due to lack of naturalized players. 토토사이트 추천