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| The Goyang Orion Orions' Boris Savovic, center, the Busan KT Sonicboom's Allen Durham, left, and Byron Mullens / Yonhap |
By Jung Min-ho
A Serbian basketball player will leave the Korean professional league (KBL) before the end of the 2019-20 season over coronavirus concerns.
According to the Goyang Orion Orions, Boris Savovic said Thursday that he would terminate his contract to leave Korea ― the third foreign athlete to do so.
Savovic, the first European to play in the KBL, joined as a center in November. He is eighth in the league with 15.3 points per game and 12th overall with 5.9 rebounds per game.
Two other players ― the Busan KT Sonicboom's Allen Durham and Byron Mullens ― also have decided to return to the United States.
The regular season was initially scheduled to finish on March 31. But faced with health issues and the star players leaving, the KBL said Saturday that it will suspend the season for four weeks.
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