Building a team from scratch, is a step-by-step process. Each new player is a piece to the puzzle.
The Fukushima Firebonds, an expansion team for the 2014-15 season, made forward Shota Kanno the No. 1 pick in Friday's bj-league rookie draft.
The 22-year-old forward hails from Fukushima. He is a 187-cm, 83-kg alum of Fukushima Technical High School and Tohoku Gakuin University in Sendai. He also was a Sendai 89ers trainee player this past season, working out with the team.