It's their job to bewilder opposing guards by trying to get them to break their concentration and make hasty, ill-advised decisions with the basketball.
In November, Darin Satoshi Maki and Masashi Joho played aggressive defense for the Tokyo Apache. Two of the top backcourt antagonists in the bj-league, the pair helped the Apache win six of eight games in the month and rise to the top of the Eastern Conference standings.
Maki and Joho are The Japan Times' Defensive Players of the Month in the bj-league.