# Lee Hyun-joong, NBA Portland and Summer League Contract… First Game Appearance on the 14th Competing in the Summer League for 2 consecutive years… Portland is the team where ‘NBA Leaguer’ Ha Seung-jin played. Our country's rising star in men's basketball, Lee Hyun-joong (23, 202 cm), signed a summer league contract with the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Lee Hyun-joong's father, Lee Yoon-hwan, the basketball coach of Samil High School, announced on the 3rd, "(Lee) Hyun-joong will wear a Portland uniform and participate in the summer league games." **[에볼루션 바카라사이트](https://www.outlookindia.com/plugin-play/2023년-바카라-사이트-추천-실시간-에볼루션-바카라사이트-순위-top15-news-334941)** Lee Hyun-joong, who went to the United States last month, went through a workout with the Dallas Mavericks and Portland as a skill test. Among them, Portland praised Lee Hyun-joong’s shooting ability and defense and offered him a contract, according to an official from Lee Hyun-joong’s management company, A2G. With this, Lee Hyun-joong will be stepping on the summer league court for the second consecutive year after playing in the summer league with the Philadelphia 76ers last season. The NBA Summer League is a competition where rookies and first and second year players form teams and compete during the off-season. If a player shows outstanding performance in the Summer League, he may be signed to an official contract. Last season, Lee Hyun-joong recorded 10 points and 3 rebounds in a game against the New Orleans Pelicans in the Summer League while playing for Philadelphia. Portland is the team that drafted Ha Seung-jin, the first Korean NBA player, in the 2004 rookie draft. [Lee Hyun-joong](https://zb3.org/outlookindia/barias-no-run-lee-do-yoons-3-rbis) is scheduled to play in the first game of the summer league against the San Antonio Spurs on the 14th (Korean time). In terms of position, he is likely to face off against promising prospect Stephon Castle, who was recently drafted 4th overall by San Antonio. Following the game against San Antonio, Portland will play against Philadelphia on the 16th, Washington on the 18th, and Charlotte on the 20th in the summer league. All games will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Coach Lee Yoon-hwan explained, “If I don’t sign a contract with an NBA team after completing the summer league schedule, there is a high possibility that I will play in the Australian league where I currently have a three-year contract.” Lee Hyun-joong signed a three-year contract with the Illawarra Hawks of the Australian professional basketball league in July of last year. According to Lee Hyun-joong, Illawarra wants to continue with him for the new season, and since the contract includes a buyout, the possibility of him transferring to another team cannot be completely ruled out. Lee Hyun-joong played in 27 regular league games for Illawarra, averaging 17 minutes per game, and averaging 7.4 points and 3.9 rebounds. He ranked 5th on the team in scoring and 3rd in rebounds. His field goal success rate was 45%. He also recorded a shooterdown record with a 40% 3-point success rate. Basketball prospect Lee Hyun-joong is the son of [Coach Lee Yoon-hwan](https://www.nn.ru/user.php?user_id=1446647&page=blog&blog_id=3609496), who played for Samsung Electronics as a professional player, and Sung Jeong-ah, who won a silver medal in basketball in Los Angeles in 1984.