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FIBA is putting pressure on the JBA to address issues after the warnings made on 2005 as well as serial recommendations after hosting the 2006 world championships or face sanctions.
1. Ratify a national league that represents Japan's professional basketball league
FIBA finds is strange that Japan has the NBL and BJ-League that are both JBA accredited. FIBA secretary Patrick Baumann stated that JBA unites these two but the shaky history of merger negotiations falls apart due to a lot of technical matters that hinders a feasible model in terms of organization and internal structure from revenue model and franchise standardization. While the JBA is pushing the NBL to FIBA as Japan's national representation, FIBA has doubts on its quality and internal structure. While the BJ-League is a closed circuit, continuously expanding base that does not even care about FIBA's operating standards. Baumann stated that old NBA rules are being used like ball carriers being able to call timeouts. The NBL's re-branding has yet to strike a favorable impression from FIBA's delegates as it still bears the traditional JBL internal structure.
2. Concerns over the men's national team and its programs
Now that the 2020 Olympics will be held in Tokyo, Baumann urged the JBA to craft a long term program or waive the traditional automatic berth being the host team. This has been the concern of Baumann since 2009 in which FIBA expected progress after 2006, but the JBA grew silent and internalized matters rather than report progress. Baumann in his last trip expressed concerns over the dismal performance of the men's teams since 2007. Separately, the women's national team has drawn up a solid program that impressed Baumann and lauded the efforts of the organizers for winning the 2013 Women's FIBA championships. Unlike the women, men's teams suffer from competence but are starting to adapt into the grassroot enrichment that the women's side are implementing. Must be from the recent re-shuffling of the JBA of committees for both women and men's teams.
Facilities are something that FIBA has had no problems with Japan and have praised the existing ones being used by the NBL and BJ-League. From an official statement made by the JBA, they told the press that they will address this and continuously have been doing so.
Rumor has it that Nick Fazekas is being considered as a naturalized player for the men's team but the latter seems to be more interested in playing for the Hungarian national team. While many fans are also appealing and reaching out to Fazekas online to help the team and Fazekas replying each time that he is humbled for the thought but nothing concrete.
Based on recent rumors, JBA wants a foreign coach to handle the national team after Kimikazu Suzuki. Names like Toyota's Donald Becka and Wakayama's Zeljko Pavlicevic, who was the coach fo the 2006 national team.
1. Ratify a national league that represents Japan's professional basketball league
FIBA finds is strange that Japan has the NBL and BJ-League that are both JBA accredited. FIBA secretary Patrick Baumann stated that JBA unites these two but the shaky history of merger negotiations falls apart due to a lot of technical matters that hinders a feasible model in terms of organization and internal structure from revenue model and franchise standardization. While the JBA is pushing the NBL to FIBA as Japan's national representation, FIBA has doubts on its quality and internal structure. While the BJ-League is a closed circuit, continuously expanding base that does not even care about FIBA's operating standards. Baumann stated that old NBA rules are being used like ball carriers being able to call timeouts. The NBL's re-branding has yet to strike a favorable impression from FIBA's delegates as it still bears the traditional JBL internal structure.
2. Concerns over the men's national team and its programs
Now that the 2020 Olympics will be held in Tokyo, Baumann urged the JBA to craft a long term program or waive the traditional automatic berth being the host team. This has been the concern of Baumann since 2009 in which FIBA expected progress after 2006, but the JBA grew silent and internalized matters rather than report progress. Baumann in his last trip expressed concerns over the dismal performance of the men's teams since 2007. Separately, the women's national team has drawn up a solid program that impressed Baumann and lauded the efforts of the organizers for winning the 2013 Women's FIBA championships. Unlike the women, men's teams suffer from competence but are starting to adapt into the grassroot enrichment that the women's side are implementing. Must be from the recent re-shuffling of the JBA of committees for both women and men's teams.
Facilities are something that FIBA has had no problems with Japan and have praised the existing ones being used by the NBL and BJ-League. From an official statement made by the JBA, they told the press that they will address this and continuously have been doing so.
Rumor has it that Nick Fazekas is being considered as a naturalized player for the men's team but the latter seems to be more interested in playing for the Hungarian national team. While many fans are also appealing and reaching out to Fazekas online to help the team and Fazekas replying each time that he is humbled for the thought but nothing concrete.
Based on recent rumors, JBA wants a foreign coach to handle the national team after Kimikazu Suzuki. Names like Toyota's Donald Becka and Wakayama's Zeljko Pavlicevic, who was the coach fo the 2006 national team.
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