The Houston Rockets' Twin Towers — Ralph Sampson and Hakeem Olajuwon — helped pave the way for the team's trip to the 1986 NBA Finals. The Boston Celtics, the superior squad, won the series, but the big men were instrumental in Houston's success that season.

Nearly 30 years later, the Shimane Susanoo Magic hope to replicate the Twin Towers concept by teaming up big men Jeral "Stretch" Davis, a 216-cm veteran and the bj-league's three-time reigning blocked shots king, with fellow 7-footer Rashaad Singleton, another premier shot blocker with a solid low-post offensive game.

The 213-cm Singleton's signing by Shimane was announced earlier this week. With Davis and Singleton, the Susanoo Magic will likely have the tallest twosome in the 21-team bj-league.