Hyundai Mobis had a smile at awards ceremonies, producing rookie awards in both recent seasons. This season also aims to create another rookie award with special rookie Park Moo-bin at the forefront. If Park Moo-bin becomes the rookie award, Hyundai Mobis will be the first team to produce a rookie award for three consecutive years.

*This article was published in the February 2024 issue of Rookie.

If you look at Lee Woo-suk as a tall guard, all three rookie awards produced by Hyundai Mobis came from guard positions. What about the players who won the Rookie of the Year wearing Hyundai Mobis uniforms? Let's take a look at their history.

Yang Dong-geun (first pick in the first round of the 2004 draft, Rookie of the Year in the 2004-2005 season)

During the 2003-2004 season, Mobis was at the bottom of the list and was already far from the playoffs. During the season, Choi Hee-am left the team midway through the season due to poor performance. He needed to run a club based on his future performance rather than immediate performance.

In response, Mobis gave up R.F. Bassett, a foreign player, to KCC, which had excellent skills, and brought in Mustafa Hope, to win the first round nomination. The trade was concluded because the clubs' needs were met. After taking Bassett, KCC became the champion of the season, and Mobis secured the first round nomination.

In a competition between Yang Dong-geun, a guard at Hanyang University, and Lee Jung-seok, a guard at Yonsei University, Mobis chose Yang. Yang became the first overall pick since the launch of the KBL, as he graduated from a university other than Yonsei University, Korea University and Chung-Ang University.

After finishing the 2003-2004 season at the bottom, Mobis hired Yoo Jae-hak, former coach of Electro Land, as the head coach, and stepped up efforts to improve his physical constitution. This is how the meeting between the KBL's best coach and the point guard came to an end.

As the No. 1 player in the first round, Yang has secured plenty of time to play in games since his debut season despite being a rookie. He played in 52 games without any major injuries, playing 33 minutes and 10 seconds on average, posting 11.5 points, 6.1 assists, 2.8 rebounds, and a success rate of 36.9 percent with 1.6 steals, solidifying his position as the mainstay of his team in his first season. He also received the honor of participating in the All-Star Game through the recommendation of his coach.

In the midst of a new core, Mobis started its "flying" for a rebound. Although the team failed to make the playoffs, it finished the season in seventh place with 24 wins and 30 losses, a gap of two games from sixth place.

Having successfully settled in the professional league, Yang won the Rookie of the Year award, which is the only honor he has ever had. Despite fierce competition with Lee throughout the season, voters sided with Yang Dong-geun, who was superior in individual performance to Lee Jung-seok, who was ahead of his team's performance.

Winning the Rookie of the Year award was a signal of success that Yang would achieve in the KBL afterwards. Yang, who continued to grow without hesitation, tied with Seo Jang-hoon in the second year of the season to win the MVP award and put his team on the stage for the championship game. However, it was a disappointing season as the team lost all four games to Samsung.

He completely dispelled regret over the ensuing season. Yang, who made a significant contribution to his team's rise to the throne of the regular league, won the MVP of the regular league for the second consecutive year, and accelerated his momentum to win the MVP of the regular league and championship game by beating KTF (currently KT).

Yang Dong-geun, the first contributor to the Mobis Dynasty, played in the 2019-2020 season, and had a splendid career with six championship titles, four regular league MVPs, and three championship MVPs. A symbol of the team, he continued his relationship with Hyundai Mobis after retirement, and now supports coach Cho Dong-hyun as a coach.

Lee Woo-suk (No. 3 player in the 2020 draft 1R, Rookie of the Year in the 2021-2022 season)

Coincidentally, in 2020, when Yang Dong-geun left the court, Hyundai Mobis' second rookie of the year was named to the team. It was Lee Woo-suk, who participated in the draft early in his third year of Korea University.

Lee Woo-suk, who is 196 centimeters tall and has strength in fast speed, showed off his versatility and played a key role in Korea University during his college years. Lee Woo-suk, who announced his entry into the professional league a little earlier than others, joined Hyundai Mobis as the third overall pick in the 2020 draft in recognition of his potential.

Expectations were high, but Lee's face could not be seen immediately on the first team stage. Lee Woo-suk, who was injured in college and needed a rehabilitation period, made his debut in late February 2021.

Even though his debut was later than others, Lee Woo-seok quickly imprinted his presence. Despite the increasing presence of rookies over time, Lee Woo-seok quickly took over a major position in the rotation, and at the end of the 2020-2021 season, more and more games were played for more than 30 minutes.

Lee Woo-seok, who made his debut to fans, had played only 15 games in his debut season due to his injury. Lee Woo-seok, who was still eligible for the Rookie of the Year award, will compete fiercely with his friends of the same age for the only one-time glory in the 2021-2022 season, his second year.

In the same year, talent that is rare in the 2021 draft has been pouring in. Notably, Lee Won-seok (Samsung), Ha Yoon-ki (KT), and Lee Jung-hyun (then Orion), who were the top three picks, took a significant portion of their teams from the first season.

In his second year, Lee Woo-suk has grown significantly more than before, establishing himself as an indispensable player for the team. Making great progress in the mid-range jumper area, he played in 52 games, posting an average of 12.0 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 3.2 assists, recording statistics above the main guard of most teams. Hyundai Mobis, which smiled at Lee Woo-suk's growth, also succeeded in advancing to the playoffs.

As a result, Lee Woo-suk became the first rookie of the year in KBL history to become the second-year rookie of the same age. The element of a used rookie could have acted as a certain disadvantage in the voting, but because the performance was so good, he beat out other groups and took the lead. This is the first rookie award winner of Hyundai Mobis in 17 years since Yang Dong-geun.

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