2018–19 KBL season explained

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KBL
Season:	2018–19
Champions:	Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus
Runners Up:	Incheon Electroland Elephants
Teams:	10
Games:	54 (6 rounds of 9 games)
Tv:	SPOTV
Mvp:	Lee Jung-hyun (Jeonju KCC Egis)
Playoffs Mvp:	Lee Dae-sung (Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus)

The 2018–19 KBL season was the 23rd season of the Korean Basketball League (KBL), the highest level of basketball in South Korea. The regular season began play on 13 October 2018. Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus won its seventh KBL championship.^[1]

Individual awards

Yearly awards

• Most Valuable Player

Lee Jung-hyun (Jeonju KCC Egis)

• Foreign Player of the Year: Ra Gun-ah (Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus)
• Coach of the Year: Yoo Jae-hak (Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus)
• Rookie of the Year: Byeon Jun-hyung (Anyang KGC)
• KBL Best 5
  • Lee Jung-hyun (Jeonju KCC Egis)
  • Park Chan-hee (Incheon Electroland Elephants
  • Yang Hong-seok (Busan KT Sonicboom)
  • Ham Ji-hoon (Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus)
  • Ra Gun-ah (Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus)
• Sixth Man Award: Kim Nak-hyeon (Incheon Electroland Elephants)
• Skill Development Award: Yang Hong-seok (Busan KT Sonicboom)
• Defensive Best 5
  • Park Chan-hee (Incheon Electroland Elephants)
  • Choi Won-hyuk (Seoul SK Knights)
  • Yang Hee-jong (Anyang KGC)
  • Yun Ho-young (Wonju DB Promy)
  • Ra Gun-ah (Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus)
• Defensive Player of the Year

Park Chan-hee (Incheon Electroland Elephants)

• Fair Play Award: Yang Dong-geun (Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus)

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Individual statistic leaders

Category	Player	Team	Statistics
			26.8
			16.5
		Changwon LG Sakers	14.7
		Changwon LG Sakers	7.4
			5.7
		Jeonju KCC Egis	2.48
			1.6
FG%	Ra Gun-ah	Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus	63.3%
FT%	Lee Gwan-hee		82.0%
3FG%		Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus	40.5%

Round MVP

The following players were named MVP of the Round:^[3]

• Round 1: Ra Gun-ah (Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus)
• Round 2: Yang Hong-seok (Busan KT Sonicboom)
• Round 3: Lee Jung-hyun (Jeonju KCC Egis
• Round 4: Park Chan-hee (Incheon Electroland Elephants)
• Round 5: Giddy Potts (Incheon Electroland Elephants)
• Round 6: Lee Dae-sung (Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus)

Records

• On 29 January 2019, Yang Hong-seok became the youngest player in KBL history to record a triple-double at age 21 years and 6 months. Joo Hee-jung previously held the record, achieving it at age 23 years.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ulsan Mobis claim KBL title, ticket to FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2019 - FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2019 - FIBA.basketball. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190421234953/http://www.fiba.basketball/asiachampionscup/2019/news/ulsan-mobis-claim-kbl-title-ticket-to-fiba-asia-champions-cup-2019. 2019-04-21.
2. News: 2018-2019SKT 5GX 프로농구 시상식 결과 안내. Korean Basketball League. 20 March 2019. ko.
3. News: 2020-2021 현대모비스 프로농구 6라운드 MVP. Korean Basketball League. 9 April 2021. ko.
4. News: '데뷔 첫 트리플더블' 양홍석 "선수 생활 오래, 잘 하고 싶어요". Yonhap News Agency. 29 January 2019. ko.
5. News: [인포그래픽] '최연소 트리플더블' 양홍석-박지수, 누가 더 빨랐을까?]. Rookie. 30 January 2019. ko.