A year after his overseas expansion, basketball fans protested against the action of guard Lee Dae-sung (34), who returned to the domestic stage but chose Samsung in Seoul rather than his former team Daegu Korea Gas Corporation.
In front of the KBL Center in Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 24th, a truck with the phrase “Lee Dae-sung and Samsung, who mock Korean basketball and basketball fans, reflect.”
Truck protests aimed at the top of the club, including basketball, baseball, volleyball, and soccer, have often been held when professional clubs are performing poorly, but it is unusual for truck protests to be held targeting specific players as in this case.
The reason why fans are angry at Lee Dae-sung is that he recently broke his trust with Korea Gas Corporation while playing in Japan and returning to Korea.
Lee Dae-sung is considered one of the nation’s top guards, ranking first in scoring among Korean players in the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons. He also served as captain for the national team.
But the latest move is disappointing.
Lee Dae-sung, who finished the 2022-23 season at the Korea Gas Corporation, hoped to advance overseas and advanced to the Japanese B League as the Korea Gas Corporation accepted it.
At the time, KGC did not voluntarily terminate Lee a year ago, giving up the right to a player. The decision was made with the intention that Lee would play in overseas leagues for at least two years. However, controversy escalated when Lee signed an FA contract with Seoul Samsung, not KGC, in a year.
Korea Gas Corporation left Lee Dae-sung as an “uncontracted” player and sent a Class A player without receiving any compensation when he moved to Samsung. There is no problem with the regulations, but it was pointed out that Lee Dae-sung did not fulfill his moral responsibilities.
In particular, there were suspicions that Samsung coach Kim Hyo-beom, who is close to Lee Dae-sung, might have made a “pre-contact (tampering)” with Lee Dae-sung.
In response, Lee Dae-sung denied the allegation of tampering in a press conference on the 22nd, saying, “I received an official offer from Samsung after the contract was terminated at the end of negotiations with the Japanese club,” adding, “I have been close to Kim Hyo-beom (Samsung) for a long time, so I know him even if I don’t tell him.”
However, when it was revealed that Lee Dae-sung opened a single negotiation window with Samsung from the first day of the FA negotiations, and after reaching an agreement, it was criticized for ignoring the Korea Gas Corporation.
Fans who hosted the truck protest strongly criticized Lee Dae-sung’s actions, saying, “There has been no player like this so far. Is this a tamping or a double contract?”
Meanwhile, the Korea Gas Corporation, which unintentionally suffered damage in relation to the “Lee Dae-sung incident,” sent an official letter to KBL earlier in the day to apply for a financial committee meeting.
The Korea Gas Corporation argues that Lee Dae-sung’s actions need to look at detailed regulations as they have problems such as “tampering,” “infringement of profits,” and “violation and defamation of God’s integrity.”
KBL is in a position to decide whether to hold a fiscal committee after more closely checking the facts in the contract between Lee Dae-sung and Samsung.
BY: 토토사이트