Former Olympiacos assistant Christos Marmarinos named Storks bench boss
The Nishinomiya Storks on Tuesday appointed veteran Greek coach Christos Marmarinos as their new bench boss. Marmarinos replaces Miodrag Rajkovic, the Serbian who led the second-division team this past season. The Storks went 34-26 under Rajkovic, placing third in the six-team Central Division, 14 games behind ...
Globetrotting Rick Rickert reaches end of the line after 15 seasons as pro player
After a decade and a half as a globetrotting pro basketball player, Rick Rickert has decided that it's time to begin the next phase of his life. The 35-year-old's retirement was made official last weekend. The Ibaraki Robots, for whom Rickert played the past two ...
Aoki looking to set B-Corsairs on even keel
As the season marches closer to the finish line, the Yokohama B-Corsairs are striving to develop consistency and climb in the Eastern Conference standings. Since the start of December, first-year bench boss Taketo Aoki’s club has had the following results: win, loss, loss, win, win, ...
Kabaya looks past glory of title team, forward to new season
Masayuki Kabaya played a starring role in leading the Yokohama B-Corsairs to a championship in their second season in the bj-league. That was in May at Ariake Colosseum, where he grabbed Final Four MVP honors after a 35-point championship game masterpiece in which he buried ...
Japanese players show streetball flair
Masayuki Kabaya wanted Hideki Mitsui to shoot the rock. Actually, he was daring him to shoot it. Kabaya had just drained a 3-pointer in their one-on-one basketball semifinal match at the Red Bull King of the Rock Japan tournament Saturday afternoon, and instead of getting ...
Captain Kabaya picks up MVP award
Masayuki Kabaya, the Yokohama B-Corsairs captain, knocked down five 3-pointers — all five attempts — in a mesmerizing 35-point performance that had fans from both teams dropping their jaws in astonishment. Kabaya was named the playoff MVP after helping Yokohama capture its first championship, a ...
