Toyota Alvark crowned 2011/2012 Champions in the country. The team overcame the Winner of the Regular Season, Aishin in the Final series 3-1. Game 4 became decisive in the series as Toyota Alvark grabbed 83:64 win. Toyota Alvark led from the first minutes and controlled entire game increasing their lead in each quarter. They dominated down low during the game [...]
The Regular Season in JBL just ended. The most crucial game of the last round was a loss of top-ranked Aishin Sea Horses (31-11) in Kariya on Sunday night. Hosts were defeated by second ranked Toyota Alvark (29-13) 88-74. It ended at the same time the four-game winning streak of Aishin Sea Horses. It may be a crucial game in [...]
Carlos Dixon had an amazing evening in the last round for Fukuoka Rizing and that’s him to receive a Asia-basket.com BJ League Player of the Week award for round 24. The 30-year old swingman had the game-high 32 points adding five rebounds and five assists for Fukuoka Rizing in his team’s victory, helping them to beat Shimane SM (#6, 12-10) [...]
Isaac Sojourner, a former professional basketball player in Japan’s top league, stands about 6-8 and carries the athletic build of a prototypical American forward—long-limbed, muscular, the ideal frame for snatching rebounds or throwing down slam dunks. He was—and still is—a ballplayer of uncommon touch and variety: His mid-range jumper is satin, his footwork is fluid and fundamental, and he can [...]
The Regular Season in JBL just started. The round was exceptionally exciting as three games ended with a tiny margin. The most impressive performance of 1st round was 26 points and 18 rebounds by J.R. Sakuragi of Aishin SH. Tochigi Brex – Mitsubishi DD 58-94 The game was mostly controlled by Mitsubishi Dolphins. Tochigi Brex managed to win third quarter [...]
Tokyo Apache coach Bob Hill sees the big picture: Forward Jeremy Tyler is an integral part of the team’s championship aspirations. You could argue that the 19-year-old Tyler, projected as a future NBA player, is the team’s X-factor. Yet due to the team’s awkward schedule — the Apache’s first 12 games have been played away from the capital city — [...]
The JBL’s Rera Kamuy Hokkaido have made another change at the top. Yosuke Kondo, who took over as the team’s chief executive officer late last month, has resigned, the Hokkaido Shimbun reported on Friday. The 37-year-old Kondo had replaced Kazuko Mizusawa, the team’s original chief executive, after serving as general manager/president. Now, Kazuto Hatakeyama is the team’s new CEO. He [...]
25-year old power forward Zachary Andrews (203-F/C-85) put on an amazing game in the last round for Niigata Albirex and receives the Asia-basket.com BJ League Player of the Week award for round 19. He had a double-double of 25 points and 16 rebounds, while his team beat Shimane (#6, 8-11) 77-70. Niigata Albirex is a typical solid league team placed [...]
Who says a 41-year-old can’t be a productive basketball player? It certainly wasn’t Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, who had his second straight stellar game for the Kyoto Hannaryz on Sunday. Abdul-Rauf, who’ll turn 42 in March, scored a season-high 28 points in the series finale, leading Kyoto to a 112-90 victory over the visiting Toyama Grouses. The veteran guard, who started playing [...]
Who is the bj-league’s top Japanese rebounder? Ask this question to a number of people, and you are likely to get the same answer: Saitama Broncos forward Kazuya “J” Hatano. “Rebounding among Japanese players starts and ends with Hatano at Saitama,” Akita coach Bob Pierce told The Japan Times. “J wants them, he works for them, he fights guys for [...]
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