Heo Il-young
Heo Il-young (born August 5, 1985) is a South Korean professional basketball player. He plays for Seoul SK Knights in the Korean Basketball League and the South Korean national team. Early life. A native of Busan, Heo grew up playing baseball in elementary school. He was persuaded to switch sports and attended Dong-a High School, one of Busan's most notable high school basketball programs, and was schoolmates with national teammate Kim Tae-sul. As he was taller than most of his peers in high school, he played as a center, before converting into a  forward in college. Career. College. Heo went on to Konkuk University. During his senior year, he led the unfancied team to the final of the National Basketball Festival, a winter tournament contested by college teams and KBL D-League reserve teams, and was the tournament's top scorer. Professional. Heo was the second overall pick of the 2009 KBL rookie draft and was chosen by Daegu Orions, which later moved to Goyang and became Goyang Orion Orions. Although he came from a lesser-known college basketball program, he emerged as the Orions' brightest prospects and dubbed the team's "solver