"You can't win with Maray"

After LG was eliminated from the semifinal playoff last season, it was time for LG to have talks with its coach Cho Sang-hyun, who is friendly to foreign players. While preparing for the new season, LG had to decide whether to renew the contract or not.

"I need to change it," Maray said. "I have to score 83 to 85 points on average to win the championship (not this season), but Maray seemed to have clear limits. It is regrettable that Maray gives up his ability to guarantee 13 to 15 rebounds in every game, but he can't have everything, right? LG needed a scorer who can score one-on-one points when it matters, and most importantly, Maray suffered from injury every season.

There were probably quite a few people who thought similar to me.

"Ji-wook, I know what you think. That's right. We need to score. But as you know, we are the defense team. We can't give up on ASEM. I'm watching a lot of other players, but there's no one like ASEM (Maray). Our players are playing defense hard, not good. ASEM covers all the shortcomings. I have no complaints about covering all the other players. Do whatever the coaching staff wants. How can we give up on such a player?" 메이저사이트

Cho Sang-hyun's choice has not changed, and LG has renewed its contract with Maray.
Shortly after the opening of the 2024-2025 season, Maray was out again due to injury, and LG was in crisis. Some people around him said, "Why don't we find a substitute for the season?" but Cho Sang-hyun and LG waited for Maray.

Cho Sang-hyun's choice was right.

Maray rewarded that belief and showed that he could win on his own. It was Maray who tied Jamil Warney, who showed overwhelming dominance throughout the season. Warney only scored 16.1 points in his seven final matches (36.4 percent field goal success rate). LG, which blocked Warney through Maray, managed to reach its first championship by erasing SK's biggest winning factor. 

Game 7, which was a close game, was effectively a game that Maray finished. He only scored five points but garnered 14 rebounds due to his ball obsession, including seven offensive rebounds. He also garnered all of the loose balls. It seemed as if he had a magnet attached to his hand.

Immediately after the rebound, LG allowed eight assists, the most among the two teams, to allow its teammates who had an open chance to throw shots. LG allowed a total of 13 assists on the day.

He jumped on the fastball with a trailer 38 seconds before the game ended with a lead of 55-54, one point difference, and scored two valuable points even when he ran out of stamina. It was a score that effectively ended the game. It was a moment when he was more desperate and stubborn than anyone else.

The playoff MVP was taken by Heo Il-young, who scored a three-point shot at a critical moment, but it was Mare who actually supported LG's playoffs.

Ashem Maray, the main character who gave LG its first championship, which neither Bernard Blunt nor Charles Minlend nor Davon Jefferson did. He is the MVP for me.