No. 12–Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus | |
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Position | Forward |
League | Korean Basketball League |
Personal information | |
Born | South Korea | December 11, 1984
Nationality | South Korean |
Listed height | 197.4 cm (6 ft 6 in) |
Listed weight | 103 kg (227 lb) |
Career information | |
High school | Kyungbock High School |
College | Chung-Ang University |
KBL draft | 2007: 1st round, 10th overall pick |
Playing career | 2007–present |
Career history | |
2007–present | Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus |
2010–2012 | → Sangmu (military service) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Medals |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 함지훈 |
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Hanja | 咸志勳 |
Revised Romanization | Ham Ji-hun |
McCune–Reischauer | Ham Chihun |
Ham Ji-hoon (born December 11,1984) is a South Korean professional basketball player. He plays for Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus in the Korean Basketball League and is the club's captain and longest-serving player after Yang Dong-geun.
Ham attended Kyungbock High School and played as a forward before being converted into a center at Chung-Ang University. [1] [2] Although his height,at just under 200 cm,is not considered tall for a center even by KBL standards,he stood out for his physicality. [2] Together with fellow seniors future MVP winners Park Sang-oh and Yoon Ho-young and freshman Oh Se-keun,they won the MBC Cup two years in a row,breaking Yonsei University's stranglehold and Ham was named tournament MVP of the 2006 edition. [3] They also won the 2007 National Basketball Festival (농구대잔치) competition,the main collegiate competition of that time.
Having been overshadowed by his Chung-Ang teammates,Ham mostly flew under the radar and it was reflected in his draft ranking. He was drafted tenth overall at the 2007 rookie draft by Ulsan Mobis Phoebus. [4] Under Yoo Jae-hak,he developed a reputation as a "blue worker",a Konglish corruption of the term blue-collar worker and a colloquialism in domestic basketball used to describe an unflashy yet essential player often tasked with defending the post or the more physical aspects of the team strategy. By his second season,he had played in all five positions. [2]
Ham enlisted for mandatory military service in April 2010 and was assigned the Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps's Sangmu team. He was discharged in February 2012. [5]
After Yang Dong-geun's retirement,Ham became the team captain and their longest-serving player. [6] He reached two career benchmarks within days of each other during the 2021–21 season:scoring 7,000 points and recording 2,400 assists. [7]
Ham married his girlfriend of six years in April 2012. [5] [8] They have two sons. [9]
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