KBL Issues Severe Sanction to Coach Kim Seung-gi for 'Unfaithful Game Management'

The Financial Committee of the Korean Professional Basketball League is reviewing whether Kim Seung-gi, head coach of Anyang KGC Ginseng Corporation, has been conducting games irresponsibly.
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[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Seong-yeol] The Korean Basketball League (KBL) has imposed disciplinary action on Kim Seung-gi, head coach of the professional basketball team Anyang KGC Ginseng Corporation, who was involved in controversy over unprofessional game management.

On the 14th, KBL held a disciplinary committee meeting at the KBL Center in Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, and decided to sanction Coach Kim and issue a warning to the Ginseng Corporation team.

Coach Kim received a severe penalty of a one-game suspension and a fine of 10 million won.

The 10 million won fine is the highest amount in KBL history, equal to the fine imposed on Choi Hee-am, then head coach of Incheon Electroland, who protested referee decisions during the 2008-09 season playoffs in a press conference.

The one-game suspension is the second such penalty since Jeon Chang-jin, then KT head coach, who had physical contact with referees while protesting during the 2013-14 season playoffs.

Seung-gi Kim, Head Coach of Anyang KGC Ginseng Corporation / Photo by Anyang KGC Ginseng Corporation

Earlier, on the 11th, during the game against Changwon LG held at Anyang Gymnasium, controversy arose when Coach Kim was accused of unprofessional game management after his player Lee Jae-do was called for a foul with 1 minute and 40 seconds remaining in the game.

Coach Kim called back three starters, including Brandon and Brown, to the bench, and the substitute players only attempted shots from a distance to waste time.

It was also reported that after the game, he made inappropriate remarks to the referees in front of the referees' waiting room.

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