He made his debut on 31 October 2015 against Seoul SK Knights and was mostly a substitute player, averaging around seven minutes per game the entire season.

[7] Frustrated with the lack of playing time, he enlisted for mandatory military service in May 2017 and was assigned to the Sangmu team after completing basic training.

His defensive skills were notably highlighted in the play-off semi-finals against Busan KT Sonicboom, in which he and Yang were able to hold back a team which had some of the league's most prolific young offensive players.

[14] He was first called up to the senior national team in 2013 by Yoo Jae-hak and made the final tournament squad for the FIBA Asia Championship that year.

[1] He has been called up to the national team on multiple occasions but never made the final 12-man squad for any major tournaments since the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship as Moon Tae-jong, Choi Jun-yong and Yang Hee-jong were preferred in the small forward position.