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Hyunjoong Lee, the hope of Korean basketball who collapsed due to an injury just before the NBA draft, started playing again. 



Reporter Lee Jung-chan met Lee Hyun-joong, who said that he would make his dream come true by surviving like a zombie.



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Still, unbearable pain comes when you stimulate the left foot with clear surgical scars, but Lee Hyun-joong is clenching his teeth and focusing only on rehabilitation.



[Kang Seong-woo/Dr. Sports Medicine: If you become afraid of (pain), your movements become rigid.

This is the most important time.]



Hyeonjoong Lee, who was running towards his dream while growing up as the best shooter in American college basketball, collapsed due to an injury just before the NBA draft in June.



He was invited by the Charlotte Hornets, where his skills were recognized and his hopes were nurtured.



[Lee Hyun-joong/Basketball National Team: (NBA-appointed competitor) I was winning all of them 1 to 1.

During the defense process, his foot was pressed in the process of being bent and it made a 'dump' sound.]



I suffered a major setback as he suffered a severe injury that broke the spine of his foot and cut ligaments.



Lee Hyun-joong took his crisis as an opportunity and stood up again.



[Lee Hyun-joong / National Basketball Team: Find positive situations in negative situations.

Because he injured his foot, he can train with upper body weights.]



While wearing a cast, he intensively developed upper body strength, which was a weakness, and increased his muscle mass by about 6 kg.



After removing the cast three weeks ago, Lee Hyun-joong, who is speeding up his rehabilitation, plans to challenge the NBA's lower league, the G-League, at the earliest, and continue his steps toward the stage of his dreams.



[Lee Hyun-joong/Basketball National Team: I think you have to have that kind of persistence like a zombie.

'Keep persevering until the end and eventually you'll do it.'

I want to hear these words.]



(Video coverage: Gong Jin-goo, video editing: Nam Il, CG: Im Chan-hyuk)