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Heo Hoon (31, Busan KCC Egis), known as 'the top guard of Korean men's basketball,' is set to take the microphone for the broadcast of the 2026 Aichi·Nagoya Asian Games final.
SBS announced on the 19th that it will deploy Heo Hoon as a special commentator for the broadcast of the 2026 Asian Games men's basketball final between South Korea and Japan, scheduled to be held on the 20th. Earlier, on the 18th, during the broadcast of the semi-final match against Iran, caster Jung Woo-young also announced that "special commentator Heo Hoon will join the challenge for South Korea's first championship in 12 years."
Heo Hoon is a key guard for the national team who has appeared on the Asian Games stage twice, at the 2018 Jakarta·Palembang Games and the 2022 Hangzhou Games. However, due to his incomplete physical condition and the aftermath of injuries, he unfortunately missed out on his third personal appearance in the Asian Games this time.
Although he will not be breathing together on the court, Heo Hoon will lend his support from the broadcast booth for his national team teammates and juniors' challenge for a gold medal. With rich experience in international competitions, he is expected to vividly analyze the flow of the Korea-Japan match as an active player.
The fateful Korea-Japan final, where South Korea is tightly united by urgent motivations such as military service benefits upon winning the gold medal, and Japan aims for its first-ever Asian Games gold medal on home soil, will be held at 7:40 p.m. on the 20th.
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