The team has changed its name from the Toyota Alvark to the Alvark Tokyo as Japan’s men’s pro basketball enters a new era with the launch of the B. League this fall.
But the name switch is just a fragment of their sweeping reform. More importantly, the Alvark now embrace an attitude as a genuine professional basketball club that will play in the 18-team top division in the new circuit.
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