Suwon KT Sonicboom
professional basketball team based in Suwon, South Korea
Suwon KT Sonicboom (Korean: 수원 KT 소닉붐) is a professional basketball club based in Suwon, South Korea that plays in the Korean Basketball League. Their home games are played at the Suwon KT Sonicboom Arena. Founded in 1997, the team was initially based in Gwangju and was later relocated to Yeosu, Busan and Suwon, respectively.
History
Foundation and Gwangju era
With the foundation of the professional Korean Basketball League in 1997, Gwangju Nasan Flamans was the ninth team founded as an expansion franchise and was then sponsored by clothing manufacturer Nasan Group. The company bought over the Industrial Bank of Korea's basketball team prior to the start of the newly-founded professional league. While some players from the former IBK team remained, the new team did not inherit its legacy and history with the takeover. The IBK basketball team had been founded in 1962 and was one of the oldest teams in domestic basketball.
The new team participated in the inaugural KBL season, which began in February 1997. As a relatively new franchise sponsored by a smaller corporate company, the Nasan Flamans did not have star players of that era, nor did they have the financial resources to lure the biggest names like some of their counterparts. It was one of the few franchises whose players were not selected for the 1998 Asian Games, although one of the better-known players from that era was future South Korea national team coach Kim Sang-shik, the free throw percentage leader for the 1997–98 season.
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