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Tokyo Olympics basketball roster tracker
As the Tokyo Olympic Men’s Basketball Tournament draws closer, all 12 national teams have now finalized their rosters for the big event. Nigeria was the...
Tokyo Olympics basketball roster tracker
As the Tokyo Olympic Men's Basketball Tournament gets closer, the 12 national teams are slowly finalizing their rosters for the big event. Most of the...
What Are the Expectations for the Japanese National Team at This Year’s Summer Olympics?
With the Summer Olympics just a few
months away, anticipation is building ahead of the start of the men’s
basketball event, which has been classed as...
Rui Hachimura to miss the Basketball World Cup classification games
The Basketball Federation of Japan announced that Rui Hachimura will not play in the classification games of the Basketball World Cup. Per the official statement...
Ersan Ilyasova and Turkey kick off Basketball World Cup in style
Ersan Ilyasova made an impressive double-double (19 points, 10 rebounds) and led Turkey past Japan in the opening game of Group E (86-67). The Turks...
Japan announced 12-man Basketball World Cup roster
Japan officially named its 12-man roster for the upcoming Basketball World Cup in China (August 31-September 15). The 12 players are as follows: Seiya Ando, Makoto...
Michael Roll and Tunisia stunned Japan
Michael Roll made the two-pointer, with 0.2 seconds to go, and gave Tunisia the 76-78 victory over Japan in Saitama. Japan came back from a...
Japan and Rui Hachimura stunned Germany
Rui Hachimura was unstoppable (31 points) and led Japan past Germany in a Basketball World Cup preparation game in Saitama (86-83). Hachimura helped his team...
Argentina overpowers Japan in Basketball World Cup preparation game
Argentina led from start to finish against Japan and earned the 93-108 victory in a Basketball World Cup preparation game. Nicolas Brussino led the winners...
Rui Hachimura continues to impress for Team Japan
Washington Wizards rookie Rui Hachimura scored 35 points in an international friendly game against New Zealand on Aug. 12 and followed that performance up...
