Seoul SK Knights

The Seoul SK Knights (Korean: 서울 SK 나이츠) is a professional basketball club in the Korean Basketball League. The club was originally founded by Jinro Group in 1997 as Cheongju Jinro McCass. Before the official launch of the basketball club, Jinro Group filed for bankruptcy due to the 1997 Asian financial crisis, and eventually sold the club to SK Telecom.

Seoul SK Knights 서울 SK 나이츠
League	Korean Basketball League
Established	1997; 26 years ago (1997)
History	Cheongju Jinro McCass 1997 Cheongju SK Knights 1997–2001 Seoul SK Knights 2001–present
Arena	Jamsil Students' Gymnasium
Capacity	5,400
Location	Seoul, South Korea
Team colours	Red, Orange, White
Team manager	Oh Kyung-sik
Head coach	Chun Hee-chul
Team captain	Choi Bu-kyung
Ownership	Park Jung-ho
Affiliation(s)	SK Telecom
Championships	3 Korean Leagues
Retired numbers	10 Moon Kyung-eun 13 Chun Hee-chul
Website	sksports.net/Knights
Home Away

Current roster

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Seoul SK Knights roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 0   Yang Woo-sub 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 38 – (1985-06-27)27 June 1985 F 2   Choi Jun-yong 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 29 – (1994-04-04)4 April 1994 G 3   Choi Won-hyuk 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 31 – (1992-08-07)7 August 1992 C 4   Leon Williams (I) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 37 – (1986-07-24)24 July 1986 G 5   Kim Sun-hyung 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 35 – (1988-07-01)1 July 1988 F 6   Jang Moon-ho 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 30 – (1993-06-01)1 June 1993 G 7   Hong Gyeong-gi 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 35 – (1988-10-04)4 October 1988 F 9   Kim Geon-woo 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 34 – (1989-07-16)16 July 1989 F 11   Heo Il-young 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 38 – (1985-08-05)5 August 1985 F 12   Song Chang-yong 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 36 – (1987-03-12)12 March 1987 F 14   Choi Bu-kyung (C) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 34 – (1989-06-28)28 June 1989 G 20   Kim Soo-hwan 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 25 – (1998-09-18)18 September 1998 C 21   Seon Sang-hyuk 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 24 – (1999-06-10)10 June 1999 G 22   Oh Jae-hyun 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 23 – (1999-11-30)30 November 1999 F 23   Kim Hyung-bin 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 23 – (2000-06-05)5 June 2000 28   Baek Ji-woong 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 22 – (2000-11-16)16 November 2000 C 32   Kim Seung-won 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 34 – (1989-06-02)2 June 1989 C 34   Jameel Warney (I) 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1994-01-31)31 January 1994 F 35   Lim Hyun-taek 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 26 – (1997-09-18)18 September 1997 37   Moon Ga-on 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 22 – (2000-11-21)21 November 2000	Head coach   Chun Hee-chul Assistant coach(es)   Kim Ki-man   Han Sang-min   Lee Hyun-jun Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player   Injured Roster Updated: 6 October 2022

Enlisted players

Player name	Military branch	Enlisted	Expected discharge
Choi Sung-won^[1]	Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps	May 2021	November 2022
Ahn Young-jun^[2]	Republic of Korea Reserve Forces	May 2022	N/A

Honours

Domestic

• Korean Basketball League championship

Winners (3): 1999–2000, 2017–18, 2021–22

Runners-up (3): 2001–02, 2012–13, 2022–23

• Korean Basketball League regular season

Winners (2): 2012–13, 2021–22

Runners-up (3): 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2017–18

• KBL Cup

Winners: 2021

Runners-up: 2020

Continental

• FIBA Asia Champions Cup

Third place: 2018

• East Asia Super League

Runners-up: 2019

References

1. NEWSIS (2021-05-04). "프로농구 최성원·김광철 등 9명 상무 합격". newsis (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-09-08.
2. "'공수 겸장' 안영준 "베스트5 무산, 아쉽지만 통합우승에 만족"". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-09-08.

External links

 

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