농구계 관계자는 '한국 농구를 대표하는 가드를 세대별로 살펴보면 1960년대생에는 허재·강동희, 1970년대생에는 이상민·김승현·주희정·신기성, 1980년대생에는 양동근·김태술·김선형이 있다'면서 '허훈이 성장세를 유지하면 1990년대생을 대표하며 계보를 이을 것'이라고 했다.
"If we look at the guards representing Korean basketball by generation, there are Huh Jae and Kang Dong-hee who was born in the 1960s, Lee Sang-min, Kim Seung-hyun, Joo Hee-jung and Shin Ki-sung who were born in the 1970s, and Yang Dong-geun, Kim Tae-sul and Kim Sun-hyung who were born in the 1980s," a basketball official said, "If Heo Hoon maintains his growth, he will continue his genealogy as a representative of those born in the 1990s."