Teams continue outreach to fans in summer
This is an exciting, challenging era for Japan pro basketball. Entering season two of the B. League's existence, teams are bolstering their fan clubs, enticing sponsors to come on board, building their rosters, planting the seeds of future growth, among other objectives. All of these things, ...
Brave Thunders make NeoPhoenix pay for plethora of turnovers
If teams can dominate in the takeaway department, they often produce successful results. Friday night provided a vivid example in a B. League series opener at Todoroki Arena, where the Kawasaki Brave Thunders outplayed the visiting San-en NeoPhoenix. The result? Kawasaki improved to 42-8, winning 89-76. What's ...
Sunrockers storm past B-Corsairs in pivotal fourth quarter
After an electrifying start to the B. League's inaugural season with a two-game series between the Alvark Tokyo and Ryukyu Golden Kings earlier the week, other clubs made their league debut across the nation on Saturday. At Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium, the Sunrockers Shibuya came through ...
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, ...
Aoki named Yokohama B-Corsairs coach
After two seasons as a Yokohama B-Corsairs assistant coach, Taketo Aoki has been promoted to bench boss, the bj-league squad announced on Friday. Aoki, 41, worked under ex-coach Michael Katsuhisa during the past two seasons. A Kanagawa Prefecture native, he retired as a player in ...
Former Chinese Basketball Association star Mack Tuck has been hired as the Rizing Fukuoka's new head coach, a source close to the situation confirmed Friday morning. The team made an announcement later in the day. "It's a great honor for me to be named the head ...
