Jeon Jun-beom
{{short description|South Korean basketball player}}
{{family name hatnote|Jeon||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Jeon Jun-beom
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|8|27}}
| birth_place = Seoul, South Korea
| nationality = South Korean
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lb =
| position = Forward
| league = Korean Basketball League
| team = Jeonju KCC Egis
| number = 17
| highschool = Kyungbock High School
| college = Yonsei University
| draft_league = KBL
| draft_year = 2013
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 9
| career_start = 2013
| career_end =
| team1 = Ulsan Mobis Phoebus
| years1 = 2013–2021
| team2 = → Sangmu (loan)
| years2 = 2018–2020
| team3 = Jeonju KCC Egis
| years3 = 2021–present
| highlights =
- KBL Championship (2014, 2015)
- KBL regular season champion (2015)
|medaltemplates=
{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Asia Cup}}
{{MedalBronze|2017 Lebanon|}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Jakarta–Palembang|Team}}
}}
{{Infobox Korean name/auto
| hangul = %전준범
}}
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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20170823161447/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Junbeom_Jeon/pid//_//players.html FIBA profile]
Career
=College=
=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".{{cite news|title=또 '전준범 데이', 유재학 감독의 시선|url=https://www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/201512190643745012|work=Hankook Ilbo|date=19 December 2015|language=ko}}{{cite news|title=2년 연속 경기 말아먹었더니 떴다…12월 17일 ‘전준범 데이’ 아시나요|url=https://www.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20191218030001|work=Seoul Shinmun|date=18 December 2019|language=ko}} 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.{{cite news|title=[바코 인사이드] 오해를 풀어드립니다_전준범 그리고 12월 17일|url=https://basketkorea.com/news/newsview.php?ncode=1065580065050706|publisher=BasketKorea.com|date=26 February 2020|language=ko}} 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.
Jeon applied to serve his mandatory military service with the Sangmu basketball team but was rejected.{{cite news|title='농구대표팀 슈터' 전준범의 상무 탈락 이유, 알고 보니...|url=https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/22500153#home|work=JoongAng Ilbo|date=2 April 2018|language=ko}} He was accepted the second time and enlisted in June 2018.{{cite news|title=입대예정 전준범, 13일까지 대표팀 훈련하고 입소|url=http://jumpball.co.kr/news/newsview.php?ncode=179579830604472&dt=m|work=Jumpball|date=4 June 2018|language=ko}} He was discharged in March 2020.
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.{{cite news|title=국가대표 슈터 전준범, 사인 앤드 트레이드 통해 KCC로 이적|url=https://www.chosun.com/sports/basketball/2021/06/01/QHALSDTL35FGXPJEOJICPJWKLA/|work=The Chosun Ilbo|date=1 June 2021|language=ko}}
=National team=
He participated at the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup and the 2018 Asian Games.[http://www.fiba.basketball/asiacup/2017/Junbeom-Jeon 2017 FIBA Asia Cup profile] 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
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.kbl.or.kr/player-staff/player/290740 Career Statistics] from the Korean Basketball League website {{in lang|ko}}
{{South Korea Squad 2017 FIBA Asia Cup}}
{{South Korea Men Basketball Squad 2018 Asian Games}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jeon, Jun-beom}}
Category:South Korean men's basketball players
Category:Basketball players from Seoul
Category:Forwards (basketball)
Category:Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus players
Category:Busan KCC Egis players
Category:Basketball players at the 2018 Asian Games
Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea
Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
Category:Asian Games medalists in basketball
Category:Kyungbock High School alumni