The Japan Basketball Association recently announced plans to hold training camps more often as it becomes more serious, and desperate, about developing the men’s national team ahead of the 2019 FIBA World Cup and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
On Wednesday, the sport's national governing body unveiled a 68-man training camp roster featuring players of various ages and from a variety of teams both inside and outside Japan.
Most are from B. League clubs, but the roster also includes promising young talent from the collegiate and even high school levels.