The U.S. rejected the offer of 16 million won'KXO The proposal of the U.S. Princeton team was also tempting. However, I boldly rejected the U.S. team's offer because I have a clear goal of participating in the 3x3 World Cup in 2025 The opening of the FIBA 3x3 Hongcheon Challenger 2023, which will be held in Hongcheon, Gangwon-do on October 2nd and 3rd, is just six weeks away. The KXO (Korea 3x3 Basketball Federation), which co-hosts and organizes the competition with Hongcheon-gun and the Hongcheon-gun Sports Council, is speeding up preparations for the Hongcheon Challenger. In 2019, KXO held a series of Challengers in Inje and Jeju and invested for the internationalization of 3x3 in Korea. However, due to COVID-19 that broke out the following year, KXO's internationalization work has been stopped all the time, and in the meantimeIt was not until 2023 that KXO, which had experienced difficulties, could invest again in internationalization work. In January this year, KXO l...
He returned to the top of the salary list for the first time in four years, and B-Class for the second consecutive year According to the 2023 annual salary survey released by the Japan Professional Baseball Players Association on April 24, the average annual salary of 714 registered players (excluding foreign players) in both the Central League and the Pacific League is 44.69 million yen (about 410 million won). It is about three times more than the average annual salary of 146.48 million won for KBO League players. There was something that stood out. The Yomiuri Giants have returned to the top of the average annual salary for the first time in four years. It recorded 68.07 million yen (about 675 million won), bringing down Softbank, which had been the "top" for three consecutive years. Softbank, the "big hand" that has recruited the best players through aggressive investment, has decreased from 7002 million yen in 2022 to 67.63 million yen. Yomiuri was nearly thre...