Since the bj-league's inception in 2005, the Saitama Broncos have never been a model franchise.
As the league has rapidly grown from six teams for its inaugural season to its present 24-squad setup, Saitama, one of the league's two charter clubs, has been negatively affected by nonstop personnel changes — a revolving door, really, of players and coaches. And defeats.
The team's win-loss record is stunning — 135 wins, 339 losses and zero playoff appearances or winning seasons since the league's launch. The Broncos went 5-47 in the 2013-14 season, then 6-46 during the 2014-15 campaign. And remember this: At one stretch over the two past seasons, Saitama dropped 42 of 44 games. (Saitama has been assigned to the third division of the Japan Professional Basketball League for the inaugural 2016-17 campaign.)