Sendai 89ers center Chris Holm has become the bj-league's chairman of the boards.

With 16.0 rebounds per game — or 1.8 more than two-time reigning champion Gordon James of the Takamatsu Five Arrows — Holm has been a big-time impact maker for the Eastern Conference squad in his first season in the fourth-year league.

The 24-year-old center is also averaging a steady 15.3 points per game while becoming an important figure in Sendai's halfcourt offense.