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JBL/BJ-League 2010-2011 Season

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Toyota's Satoshi announces retirement

Toyota's Satoshi announces retirement

Toyota Alvark veteran forward Huruta Satoshi has announced his retirement. Satoshi began his career with Mitsubishi when he signed with the team back in 1994 as a rookie and stayed with the team until 2004 where the following season in 2005, Satoshi would sign with Toyota.

Huruta's International Career playing for the Japanese National Team:

1990 Asian Junior Championships
1993 U-22 Asian Championship (Hong Kong) / Universiade (Buffalo)
1994 Asian Games (Hiroshima)
1995 Asian Championships (Seoul) / Universiade (Fukuoka)
1997 Asian Championships (Riyadh) / East Asian Games (Busan)
1998 World Championships (Greece) / Asian Games (Bangkok)
1999 Asian Championships (Fukuoka)
2001 East Asian Games (Osaka) / Asian Championships (Shanghai)
2002 Asian Games (Busan)
2003 Asian Championships (Harbin)
2005 4th East Asian region qualifying FIBA ​​Asian / Asian Championships (Doha) / East Asian Games (Macau)
2006 World Championship (Saitama)

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Link Tochigi Brex

Link Tochigi Brex

Link Tochigi Brex is currently negotiating with the mid-term contract extensions of the following players:

Takuya Kawamura
Masahiro Omiya
Kenji Yamada
Ryozou Anzai
Ken Takeda
Yusuke Matida
Shunsuke Ito
 
Ryukyu Golden Kings claimed the Western Conference Top Seed for the BJ-League playoffs with a rout against the Miyazaki Shining Suns 113-82. Ryukyu is currently 33-16.

For the Eastern Conference, the Hamamatsu Higashi Mikawa Phoenix has been a lock for the Top Seed since December. Hamamatsu lost to Niigata Albirex last night and Hamamatsu is currently 39-6.
 
BJ-League 2011 Awards

BJ-League 2011 Awards

Most Valuable Player: Jeffrey Parmer (Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix)

Best Five Season Players:
Wayne Arnold (Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix)
Takumi Ishizaki (Shimane Susanoo Magic)
Michael Parker (Rizing Fukuoka)
Anthony McHenry (Ryukyu Golden Kings)
Jeffrey Parmer (Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix)


Most Improved Player:
Kensuke Tanaka (Tokyo Apache)
 
Fukuoka reach semis

Fukuoka reach semis

The Fukuoka Rizing have swept the Shimane Susanoo Magic on their first round series and Fukuoka advances to the Western Conference Semi-Finals against the Top Seeded team on the West, the Ryukyu Golden Kings.
 
The Shiga Lakestars win the series against the Kyoto Hannaryz and Shiga advances to the next round in the western conference.
 
BJ-League

BJ-League

BJ-League plans expansion after quake horror

(Reuters) - Japan's professional basketball league has bold plans for expansion rather than mere damage limitation despite being plunged into chaos by the deadly earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

With the two worst-hit teams in danger of collapse, Basketball Japan League Commissioner Toshimitsu Kawachi told Reuters the push to increase the number of clubs from 16 to 20 would continue at full pace.

The Sendai 89ers, the team based closest to the devastating 9.0 magnitude quake, and the Saitama Broncos have had players sent out on loan after being forced to scrap their seasons.

"There is a risk (of bankruptcy) for Sendai, or that both teams will be unable to play next season," Kawachi said in an interview.

"We are doing everything we can to have them among the expanded league of 20 teams in October for 2011-12 in terms of reducing further financial burden on them from the disaster."

Tokyo Apache also halted operations as a result of the quake and giant tsunami, which triggered a nuclear crisis after smashing into a plant 150 miles north of Japan's capital.

"Our practice sites were turned into rescue shelters for the survivors," said Apache President Chris Hetherington, whose club donated $1 million to tsunami relief efforts.

"And while apparently stable, the nuclear reactor at the Fukushima power plant still presented risks. The downside risk was too great."

Unlike Sendai and Saitama, who are staring into the financial abyss, Apache have no such problems, although it remains to be seen if former NBA coach Bob Hill will return.

"It was disappointing to have to leave after all the hard work we had put in," Hill, who led San Antonio to an NBA-best 62 wins in 1994-95, told Reuters by e-mail.

"With so many folks dying ... and the quakes continuing in Tokyo, basketball seemed so unimportant."

RADIATION LEAKS

The disaster left 28,000 people dead or missing and destroyed vast areas of northeast Japan, while blackouts and fears over radiation leaks hit sporting events nationwide.

"I have no idea if I will be back again in Tokyo," added Hill, who also coached the New York Knicks, Indiana and Seattle in his NBA career.

"I have had little communication with ownership and management at this point."

Losing Hill after less than a year would be a blow to Apache, who twice finished league runners-up under Joe Bryant, father of Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe.

But former NFL fullback Hetherington had no regrets about the decision to end the team's campaign with their record at 20-14.

"This curtailed season will not hurt the Apache," he said.

"We will take this time to build a more efficient and effective business."

Apache could also rake in cash and gain extra exposure thanks to 19-year-old power forward Jeremy Tyler, who is tipped as a potential number one overall pick in June's NBA draft.

Kawachi's staff, meanwhile, continue to work tirelessly to keep Saitama and Sendai, two of the trail-blazing six teams who launched the league in 2005, afloat.

"Okinawa are the top team in the West right now and would have a player on loan from Sendai for the final four in Tokyo on May 21-22," said the commissioner.

"There will be bus loads down from Sendai! We will be collecting money from a full house of 20,000. We will take every step to keep these two teams operating.

"The disaster resulted in a big financial loss for the league too but cancelling the whole season would not have been correct.

"Sport has shown it has the power to bring hope to people in despair. It has given us all added incentive to come out of this bigger and better."
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At the moment, the Sendai 89ers and Saitama Broncos are in financial difficulties. Sendai's facilities of both team and front office organization were heavily damaged while Saitama has been dealing with financial problems since last year. The three expansion teams of: Shinshu Brave Warriors, Chiba Jets and Yokohama B-Corsairs are in schedule to debut for next season (BJ-League 2011-2012 season) while the supposedly fourth expansion team, the Iwate Big Bulls have rescinded their application on which the league had approved because of the Tsunami devastation incurred on March's mega quake. I am hoping that Iwate recovers and could join the 2014-2015 BJ-League expansion where five teams are also planning to enter.

For the tenth anniversary of the BJ-League in the 2014-2015 season, the following areas have applied for a franchise:


1. Akita - Will join the Northern Akita Happinets in the area. A team can settle in southern Akita.

2. Ibaraki Longhorns - Confirmed for 2014-2015.

3. Chiba - Will join the expansion team, the Chiba Jets scheduled to play for the the BJ-League 2011-2012 season.

4. Kanagawa - Kanagawa deserves a franchise.

5. Nagano - Will join the expansion team, the Shinshu Brave Warriors that are to debut next season (2011-2012)

6. Nara - Nara also is a potential market for basketball.

7. Shimane - Meaning the current team, the Shimane Susanoo Magic will have a rival within the area.

8. Miyagi - Could be a potential rival for the neighboring Sendai 89ers.
 
BJ-League Final Four

BJ-League Final Four

Western Conference:

Ryukyu Golden Kings vs. Osaka Evessa

Eastern Conference:

Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix vs. Niigata Albirex
 
The Akita Northern Happinets have fired head coach Bob Pierce and is rumored to be eyeing current Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix head coach Kazuo Nakamura.

Meanwhile, the Kyoto Hannaryz also fired head coach Kazuto Aono. No candidates has been named for replacement.
 
Jeremy Tyler All Growned Up

Jeremy Tyler All Growned Up

Former Tokyo Apache player Jeremy Tyler recounts his journey to Israel, Japan and back into the NBA Draft camp. Tyler said that playing professionally abroad had contributed to his maturity.

Jeremy Tyler: I've Grown Up for the Journey
 
Iwate Big Bulls hires first franchise coach

Iwate Big Bulls hires first franchise coach

The Iwate Big Bulls, after a week of signifying their intentions of entering the BJ-League 2011-2012 season as an Expansion team, have hired former Aris Thessaloniki Assistant coach Vlasios Vlaikidis as the franchise's first head coach.
 
Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix BJ-League 2011 Champions

Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix BJ-League 2011 Champions

The Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix won against the Ryukyu Golden Kings 82-68 to claim the BJ-League 2010-2011 Championship. Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix are back to back champions; winning the 2010 BJ-League Championship last year.
 
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