Japan men's national team head coach Julio Lamas said that it wasn't a surprise that his team didn't play as well as it had hoped to at last year's FIBA World Cup.
Instead, he insisted that development takes place on a day-by-day pace.
That said, the Argentine commented on Tuesday that he would focus on the upcoming 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers before he starts building his squad for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.