Jeon Jun-beom

In this Korean name, the family name is Jeon.
Jeon Jun-beom
No. 17 – Jeonju KCC Egis
PositionForward
LeagueKorean Basketball League
Personal information
Born (1991-08-27) August 27, 1991 (age 33)
Seoul, South Korea
NationalitySouth Korean
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Career information
High schoolKyungbock High School
CollegeYonsei University
KBL draft2013: 1st round, 9th overall pick
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2013–2021Ulsan Mobis Phoebus
2018–2020→ Sangmu (loan)
2021–presentJeonju KCC Egis
Career highlights and awards
  • KBL Championship (2014, 2015)
  • KBL regular season champion (2015)
Medals
FIBA Asia Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Lebanon
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Team
Jeon Jun-beom
Hangul
전준범
Hanja
金鐘奎
Revised RomanizationJeon Jun-beom
McCune–ReischauerChŏn Junpŏm

Jeon Jun-beom (born August 27, 1991) is a South Korean professional basketball player. He plays for Jeonju KCC Egis in the Korean Basketball League and the South Korean national team.[1]

Career

College

Jeon played college basketball for Yonsei University.[2]

Professional

In the 2013 KBL rookie draft, Jeon was drafted ninth overall in the first round by Ulsan Mobis Phoebus. He was mostly a substitute player as he was behind Lee Dae-sung and Song Chang-yong in the depth chart.

Jeon gained cult hero status among domestic basketball fans for a series of viral incidents which led to his manager Yoo Jae-hak coining the term "Jeon Jun-beom Day". On December 17, 2014, Ulsan Mobis Phoebus was up 89-88 in the game against Seoul SK Knights. In the dying seconds of the fourth quarter, Jeon committed a foul, prompting a visibly furious Yoo Jae-hak to swear out loud on camera. Fortunately, Seoul SK Knights' Aaron Haynes missed the free throw and Ulsan won the game. The next year on the exact same day, with Ulsan ahead by a point against Seoul Samsung Thunders, he conceded a foul during the last 2 seconds of the fourth quarter. However, Seoul Samsung Thunders' Jang Min-guk scored the free throw and the Thunders won the game. During the post-game interview, Yoo commented that Jeon's jersey number happened to be 17 and sarcastically declared that December 17 should be known as "Jeon Jun-beom Day".[3][4] The incident went viral among fans and netizens and the club started to sell Jeon's jerseys at a 17% discount on December 17 every year.[5] While Jeon's coaches and teammates have clarified that the incidents were one-off mistakes and did not comprehensively reflect Jeon's overall skills as a player, fans and sports writers have continued to extensively document Jeon's exploits whenever he has a game on December 17.[5]

Jeon applied to serve his mandatory military service with the Sangmu basketball team but was rejected.[6] He was accepted the second time and enlisted in June 2018.[7] He was discharged in March 2020.[4]

With his contract ending after the 2020-21 season, Jeon became a free agent. He signed with Jeonju KCC Egis as part of a two-player deal.[8]

National team

He participated at the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup and the 2018 Asian Games.[9] When Kim Sang-shik took over as the new national team coach, he participated in the qualifiers for the 2019 FIBA World Cup. However, he was ultimately cut from the final tournament squad.

References

  1. ^ FIBA profile
  2. ^ "12년 만에 뭉친 경복고 동기, KCC서 재기 꿈꾼다" (in Korean). BasketKorea.com. 17 July 2021.
  3. ^ "또 '전준범 데이', 유재학 감독의 시선". Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). 19 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b "2년 연속 경기 말아먹었더니 떴다…12월 17일 '전준범 데이' 아시나요". Seoul Shinmun (in Korean). 18 December 2019.
  5. ^ a b "[바코 인사이드] 오해를 풀어드립니다_전준범 그리고 12월 17일" (in Korean). BasketKorea.com. 26 February 2020.
  6. ^ "'농구대표팀 슈터' 전준범의 상무 탈락 이유, 알고 보니..." JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 2 April 2018.
  7. ^ "입대예정 전준범, 13일까지 대표팀 훈련하고 입소". Jumpball (in Korean). 4 June 2018.
  8. ^ "국가대표 슈터 전준범, 사인 앤드 트레이드 통해 KCC로 이적". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 1 June 2021.
  9. ^ 2017 FIBA Asia Cup profile