May 2 last year. A shocking transfer was announced in women’s professional basketball. Incheon Shinhan Bank franchise star Kim Dan-bi (33) transferred to free agency. The team was even more shocked. It was the strong Asan Woori Bank. Woori Bank manager Wi Seong-woo threw a ‘number of wins’. When Woori Bank brought in Kim Dan-bi, it had to give up one key player as free agent compensation. The target was Sonia Kim. This decision also raised many questions. Sonia Kim is the leader of Woori Bank’s actual attack action. It was a situation where his skills were in full bloom. But Woori Bank’s decision was firm. The goal was to ‘beat down KB’. Coach Seong-Woo Seong-Woo said, “You can’t surpass KB unless you have good defensive organization. Park Ji-hyun and Sonia Kim are great players, but the understanding of the team’s defense still needs to be developed. I decided that I couldn’t do it. That’s why I brought Kim Dan-bi.”
Woori Bank’s choice was, in a word, ‘a great success’. They have completely transformed into a different team. At Shinhan Bank, Kim Dan-bi was a lonely ace. However, when he met experienced teammates such as the Woori Bank system and Park Hye-jin, Kim Jong-un, and Choi I-sam, Kim Dan-bi’s power as both an offensive and defensive player was maximized. Woori Bank coach Seong-Woo Seong-Woo of Woori Bank, who coached Dan-Bi Kim when he was a coach at Shinhan Bank, said, “Dan-Bi Kim’s basketball has become more mature. It has become much stronger than expected.” In the end, Kim Dan-bi formed a strong core with Park Hye-jin, leading Woori Bank to an overwhelming victory in the regular league. He also won the MVP award for the first time in his regular league career. 메이저놀이터
It wasn’t over. Danbi Kim became stronger in ‘Spring Basketball’. In the 1st and 2nd games of the semi-final playoffs against Shinhan Bank, he showed excellent clutch skills with decisive steals and quick attacks. In the championship match, he effectively blocked BNK’s core Kim Han-byeol, who boasts the best power, 1-1 from the bottom of the goal, and led the transition of Woori Bank. What he said, “I’m not confident anyone can beat me in terms of strength,” he did on the court. With BNK’s clear offensive option Kim Han-byul blocked, BNK had no choice but to have Lee So-hee lead the attack, and Woori Bank naturally took the lead. The greatest advantage of Kim Dan-bi’s karate and defense was maximized in the championship game, the final destination of farming for the year.
In the end, Woori Bank became the final winner. Woori Bank defeated Busan BNK 64-57 in the 3rd game of the 2022-2023 Shinhan Bank SOL Women’s Professional Basketball Championship (3 out of 5) held at Sajik Indoor Gymnasium in Busan on the 23rd. Kim Jong-un scored 18 points, including 5 3-pointers, and Park Ji-hyun recorded 17 points and 12 rebounds. Danbi Kim also contributed with 12 points. In BNK, Lee So-hee struggled with 16 points.
Woori Bank, who took first place in the regular league, won all 5 matches without allowing a single loss in the playoffs, including 2 wins against Shinhan Bank in the semifinals. Won the perfect unification win. It was the first unified championship in five years. He won the championship 11 times in the club’s career, and won the combined championship 10 times. This season, he monopolized 60 million won in prize money for winning the championship game and 50 million won in prize money for winning the regular league.
Danbi Kim got 63 out of 75 votes from the reporters and vomited the spirit of winning the MVP from the first regular league in his life to the championship game. With tears of joy, he thanked his teammates with a big bow after being named MVP.