‘Touching carrot’ drama that just ended with tears
As the end of the game approached, Anyang KGC Ginseng Corporation players and Goyang Carrot players began to embrace each other. Although he lost, Carrot fans gave him a standing ovation. Eventually, the buzzer sounded announcing the end of the game, and Carrot players greeted the fans surrounding the court with tears in their eyes.
The season of ‘Emotional Carrot’, which has been writing dramas in every game, showing fighting spirit even in difficult situations where salaries have been delayed and recently not receiving a single penny, is finally over.
Carrot lost 61-89 in the 4th game of the 2022-2023 SKT Adot Pro Basketball semifinal playoff (3 wins in 5 matches) against Anyang KGC Ginseng Corporation held on the 19th, and failed to advance to the championship match with a record of 1 win and 3 losses in the series. On the other hand, KGC, where Moon Seong-gon played an active part with 22 points, including 4 3-pointers, will play against Seoul SK for the championship from the 25th, coming up in the championship match for 3 consecutive seasons from the 2020-2021 season.
Founded by Day One Sports, which has Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering as its parent company, taking over Goyang Orion, which announced a suspension of operations after last season, Carrot was on the cutting board due to unstable financial conditions from the start of the season. The deadline for payment to KBL was not met, as well as the salary to be paid to players and club staff. There was no pay at all after the middle of the season.
However, the players and coaching staff came together and made up their mind, and they achieved the impression of advancing to the playoffs with a 5th place in the regular season. In the playoff round of 6, they beat Ulsan Hyundai Mobis, who ranked 4th in the regular season, with 3 wins and 2 losses, and showed their fighting spirit to advance to the semifinals. 메이저놀이터
Fans who were moved by the fighting spirit of the players voluntarily helped the team. They raised money at 10:00 and half and presented eel rice bowls to the entire team. Kim Seung-gi, director of Carrot, said, “I also ate together. I was about to eat it, but all the tears came out,” he said. Along with this, coach Kim said, “Even if KGC has a high chance of advancing to the championship, I will do my best with the determination that I will not be able to let it go.”
The Carrot players played hard, but it was difficult to overcome the limitations of their stamina. KGC players, who went directly to the playoffs in the semifinals with first place in the regular season, were full of energy, while Carrot, who could not move his feet properly, could not keep up with KGC’s fast movements. Still, the Carrot players, who did not give up until the end, took a 13-11 lead in the fourth quarter and burned their fighting spirit to the end. Coach Kim said, “The players were tired and couldn’t move their feet.” “The players suffered too much. And I was very happy this year,” he said.
Carrot’s future is still unclear. Carrot said that he was negotiating a sale with a local company, but negotiations are said to be sluggish. Many fans expect the Carrot players to take to the court in new uniforms for the new season.