Pound Family Adventures: Basketball in Seoul

Funny Korean Signs-Part 4:

I can't read much on this sign but what I can read in the lower right corner made me laugh. Korea has a Toilet Association. Do you think it would be a resume builder if I joined? I wonder where they hold their monthly meetings? For that matter what do they discuss at their meetings? I saw this sign while Russ and I were on a hike. We made jokes about it for the next 20 minutes.
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Koreans are not known for their basketball skills. It could be because they are not, on average, very tall people or it could be because they are much more interested in playing baseball or soccer. But for whatever reason basketball is not a huge sport in Korea. So we were really surprised to find out they had an entire professional league of basketball teams here in Korea. I did a little internet searching and found out that there are a few teams that play locally here in Seoul. One very cold weekend we decided to check out a game. Just like the baseball game that we went to we bought our tickets at the door and they were very cheap. Less then $8.00 each and we had pretty good seats. It took us a little bit longer then we had thought it would to get there so we missed part of the first quarter.

After we got settled it didn't take long for Lucy to get right into the excitement of the game.

If you are looking for NBA level basketball, this is not the place to be. If you are looking for NCAA level basketball again you will be disappointed. But if you are looking for a good, above average street ball game then you are at the right place. A few of the players were playing in running sneakers and they all traveled pretty much every time they had the ball. It looked to Russ and I that there were a few players that most likely didn't make it on an American NBA team that were playing for the Korean teams.

One of the great things about Korean sporting events is the cheap snacks. In fact, they don't even care if you bring your own snacks into the stadium. We bought 3 drinks and 2 big buckets of caramel popcorn and our total was about $12.00.

Again just like at the baseball game, watching the entertainment was actually much more fun then watching the game. They had cheerleaders, mascots and random guys running around starting chants and cheers.

The only sign that we could read when they held it up.

After the halftime the cheerleaders changed into different outfits for the second half.

They even had a kiss cam that they played during timeouts and half time and they had a half time competition between family members.

Sorry my pictures aren't great. That is what you get when you use a cell phone camera.

The final score for the game was 78-59. Our team lost.
I can't say that this was the most exciting thing we have done since arriving in Korea, but it was a fun family adventure and it kept us out of the cold.