"Lee Sang-min, Huh Woong, who's popular?" The cheerful 'Coffee Car Battle'

"Lee Sangmin and Heo Woong, who is more popular?" A cheerful "Coffee Car Battle"...Lee Sang-min's fan 'first attack' - Heo Woong's fan 'response' in the off-season's first coffee truck cheering match

Coach Lee Sang-min's cheering coffee truck appeared at KCC Club House on July 3.

Heo Woong's cheering coffee truck sent by Heo Woong's fans to KCC Club House on July 20.

The most popular men's professional basketball player 'Origin' and '...When 'ing' meets, the coffee overflows. These days, at the Jeonju KCC Club House in professional basketball, there is a joke saying, "I don't have to buy coffee and snacks separately."

This is because the so-called "coffee car cheering battle" has been taking place since Lee Sang-min (51), the original "oppa unit," returned as a KCC coach on the 26th of last month. KCC is a club with Heo Woong (30), who boasts the most popularity in active duty. With coach Lee joining, the best "new and old popular guy" ever combined as a guard teacher and pupil, drawing the best picture.

Heo Woong has reigned as a star with the strongest fandom since the days of "Lee Sang-min Oppa Unit." The enthusiastic fan club membership is also wide from the MZ generation to the middle and elderly, and it has also been called the "Basketball Ami (BTS Fan Club)" because it is a "national ball." Coach Lee remained the most popular player during Yonsei University's basketball festival until his appearance with outstanding looks and skills.

When the two stars gathered at KCC Club House in Mabuk-ri, Yongin-si, their sleeping fans began to shake. Memorable fans who said, "After Lee Sang-min left KCC in 2007, he gave up being a KCC fan and took out the KCC uniform again," first started to "save Lee Sang-min's energy." On the 3rd, the day coach Lee first went to work at the clubhouse, a coffee truck appeared. "Coach Lee Sangmin!" It was a coffee truck carefully decorated with a main placard reading 'Congratulations on your re-entry~!!' and a cheering phrase 'I support the KCC basketball team with coach Lee Sang-min' and pictures of memories of KCC days.

Thanks to the "present to commemorate re-entry" sent by enthusiastic fans, KCC players enjoyed coffee and drinks as well as snacks to suit their tastes, realizing coach Lee's popularity. It is said to be the first coffee truck for a coach in KCC's history.

Since then, Heo Woong's fan club has also started cheering for coffee trucks. Since the news of Lee Sang-min's coffee car became known, the club's secretariat has been flooded with inquiries from Huh Woong's fans. "I'm going to send a coffee truck for Heo Woong, what can I do?" he said, asking Heo Woong to meet the training schedule so that he can greet the coffee truck himself.

After consulting with the club, Heo Woong's fans set the 20th as "D Day" and mobilized coffee trucks. The group that sent the coffee truck is the "Heoong's Best Plcadan," one of the enthusiasts among numerous fan club organizations. "Plcadan" is short for the "Plcadan" and is said to be a group of about 10 enthusiastic fans who carry placards to cheer for Heo Woong every game.

They put forward a sign saying, "Heo Woong is the best," and used not only Heo Woong but also director Jeon Chang-jin's picture to decorate the coffee truck. On top of that, the team carefully turned the travel kit into a "gift box" to be used for summer off-season training. 스포츠토토

Even though it is an off-season, the popularity competition between Lee Sang-min and Heo Woong seems to have opened the season early due to the "Coffee Car Battle." The KCC club, which has realized the effect of spectators since joining Huh Woong (May 2022), is also full of joy in anticipation of a "double spectator jackpot" this season. A club official said, "I left for Taebaek, Gangwon-do for 10 days from the 24th for summer off-season training. "I hope there are no fans who come to Mabuk-ri Gymnasium recklessly to see coach Lee and Heo Woong and walk in vain," he said with a smile.