Laguna Return to ‘Korean Basketball’… “I finish my life here and sell it”
‘If there was Laguna… . ‘ In the basketball world last season, his name was constantly mentioned. Busan KCC (KCC) fans missed Laguna who played in Kei until the previous time when the team had a problem with foreign players. The men’s basketball team, who could not find the right naturalized player, did not leave in his head, who was the first male basketball naturalized player. ‘If there was Laguna… . ‘
Laguna (Ricardo Ratliffe), the name she called in and out of the basketball world, is back. Laguna, who has been playing in Korea for 12 seasons since 2012, will take a Korean coat again in the next season’s Daegu Korea Gas Corporation uniform. Laguna, who met at the Korea Gas Corporation Club House in Daegu on the 12th, said, “Korea is back because I thought it was my home and the second home. I want to finish my career in Korea.”
For the past year, he left Korea, “We have received a signing offer from other teams, but Korea Gas Corporation has been most active.”
Laguna scored an average of 18.6 points, 10.7 splattering, and 2.0 assistive cycles from the 2012-2013 season to the 2023-2024 season. He scored second in the overall score (11,1343 points) and the first place to catch the ball (6567). “I don’t care about personal records,” said Laguna. He has led his team to win five times in 12 seasons.
However, he was in his early 20s (36 years old), who was in his early twenties. Kang Hyuk -hyuk, director of Korea Gas Corporation, said, “Laguna still plays well and has improved the outskirts.
Laguna has played in China and the Philippines for the past year. But “when I first came to me, I was welcomed and devoted to a rookie.” Korea seemed to be more special for him. “My daughter was also born in Korea,” he laughed. In 2018, he won Korean nationality as an excellent talent in the sports sector and played as a national team with a Taegeuk mark on his chest until 2023-2024.
“I want to help to find another naturalized player for our country,” he said. “I want you to ask me about the problem of finding other players. I know the process well, and I think the player can help you know well.”
With the joining of Laguna, the Korea Gas Corporation emerged as a ‘terrible team’ next season. Korea Gas Corporation entered the playoffs last season with a blast and ranked fifth. Kang said, “We will go one step further than last season.”
Daegu/Reporter Nam Ji -eun myviolet@hani.co.kr
