Like a veteran boxer with 75 bouts on his resume, the Oita HeatDevils' American quartet —Wendell White, Matt Lottich, Taj Finger and Cyrus Tate — is not going down without a fight.
They've laced up their gloves, so to speak, and are headed into the metaphorical ring for a no-holds-barred fight against HeatDevils management and the league.
One of the aforementioned players' lawyers has crafted a settlement agreement and all four have customized it and issued it to HeatDevils management, demanding payment in full for their work in November — they are still waiting payment after the bankrupt team defaulted on salaries — or else the matter will be taken to FIBA, basketball's world governing body, The Japan Times learned late Friday evening.