The Shimane Susanoo Magic on Friday announced recently signed center Rashaad Singleton will not play for the bj-league team this season, citing family issues as the reason.
The team news release contradicts what this newspaper uncovered during interviews with several league sources this past week.
This Japan Times reported on Friday, citing multiple league sources, that unbeknownst to Singleton before arriving in Shimane Prefecture in August, he is ineligible to play until at least February after missing a deadline last February to retake a blood test. At that time, he was on the verge of joining the Gunma Crane Thunders. Now, he's not on the verge of suiting up for the Susanoo Magic, either.