Sono-DB 'off-field conflict' due to pro-basketball coach Kim Seung-gi's abusive language scandal
Coach Kim Seung-gi of the Goyang Sono professional basketball team became at the center of a conflict between the two clubs by making abusive language to the Wonju DB coaching staff and secretariat staff after the game.
According to Yonhap News coverage on the 20th, coach Kim Seung-gi swore at the coaching staff, including DB coach Kim Joo-seong, in the hallway of the stadium after the 2023-2024 Jeong Kwan-Jang professional basketball home game held at Goyang Gymnasium in Gyeonggi-do the previous day.
In this day's game, DB won 99-91 after a close battle.
It is known that coach Seung-gi Kim acted like this because he was angry after seeing DB's general manager Soon-cheol Kwon approach the headquarters where the game supervisors were seated during the game and protest the referee's decision.
Coach Kim Joo-seong graduated from Chung-Ang University and is Coach Kim Seung-gi's junior in college.
Director Kim also criticized DB's Secretary General Lee Heung-seop, who visited the site belatedly, and is said to have briefly argued with Director Kwon, who pointed this out.
DB has requested disciplinary action against coach Kim Seung-gi, saying that although he is a junior in the basketball world, he has a problem with his attitude of not respecting the opposing team's head coach, coach Kim Joo-sung, and club staff.
DB submitted a related official document to KBL on the morning of the 20th.
Sono is also preparing an official document pointing out DB's mistakes.
Sono expressed his apology, saying there was no room for excuses for coach Seung-gi Kim's actions, but his position was that public discussion was needed, saying that DB's general manager Kwon's behavior was behavior that should disappear from professional basketball.
Director Kwon, who saw that the referee did not make the right decision despite the rough fight, went to the headquarters and protested even though the game was not over.
Director Kim Seung-gi, who confirmed this scene, is known to have been dissatisfied immediately afterward as he judged that the referee's decision-making tendency had changed to be unfavorable to Sono.
While Sono points out that the cause was the actions of Director Kwon, who tried to influence the game even though he was a third party other than the manager, coach, or player, DB believes that Coach Seung-gi Kim's sudden swearing and Director Kwon's problem are separate issues.
It is not a matter to complain directly to the opposing director or employee, without going through formal procedures or official channels like Director Kim Seung-gi.
A KBL official said, "There are many areas where the two sides' positions differ. The first thing to do is to find out the truth. If necessary, we will hold a finance committee and discuss it."
Last season, coach Kim Seung-gi made critical remarks against officials of Anyang Cheong Kwan-jang (formerly KGC Ginseng Corporation), his 'parent', in public, sparking backlash from the Jeong Kwan-jang secretariat, and was eventually referred to the KBL Finance Committee. https://www.totositeweb.top/