Basketball / NBA May 23, 2020
Jerry Sloan led the Jazz to the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998 and is fourth in NBA history with 1,221 wins.
Basketball / NBA Mar 16, 2020
Jazz's Rudy Gobert regrets not taking virus threat more seriously before testing positive
Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, the first NBA player to test positive for the coronavirus, says he is feeling better every day but wishes he had taken it more seriously. The 27-year-old French national gave an update about his condition Sunday in a video released ...
Basketball / NBA Jul 11, 2019
Antonio Lang enjoying Summer League coaching challenge, seeing growth of Japanese basketball
by Kaz Nagatsuka
One familiar face for Japanese basketball fans is currently serving as a head coach during the ongoing NBA Summer League. Antonio Lang, a former long-time player and coach in Japan, is leading the wannabe Cleveland Cavaliers team here. Antonio Lang was hired by the Cleveland Cavaliers ...
Basketball | HOOP SCOOP Feb 15, 2019
Longtime Timberwolves fan Mitsuaki Ono seeks to foster Japan relations with Minnesota
by Ed Odeven
Like countless sports fans, Mitsuaki Ono can pinpoint a formative period in his life that cemented his fandom. The Kawasaki native was living in Rochester, Minnesota, during the 1989-90 school year because IBM assigned his father, Koji, to work in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. As ...
Basketball / NBA Aug 13, 2018
Jazz assistant Antonio Lang keen to share knowledge with Japan's coaches
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Utah Jazz assistant coach Antonio Lang returned to Japan this year for the third straight summer, to share the knowledge and experience he's learned in the NBA with the country's coaches and players. As an NBA assistant, Lang is busy for most of the year, ...
Basketball Aug 12, 2017
Jazz assistant coach Lang values Japan experience
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Duke University men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski's "fist" analogy to describe how a team gets stronger when it plays as a group is well-known. Antonio Lang, who played for Coach K at Duke, certainly knows the analogy is correct as he and his fellow Blue ...
Basketball | HOOP SCOOP May 12, 2017
Daily conversations about life, basketball strengthen Dick and Diante Garrett's special bond
by Ed Odeven
Diante Garrett's dazzling basketball skills, contagious confidence and veteran leadership have provided a big boost for the title-chasing Alvark Tokyo this season. And it's quite clear his positive relationship with his father remains a stabilizing force in his life. Former NBA guard Dick Garrett, an NBA ...
Basketball / NBA Mar 11, 2015
Former NBL coach Lang enjoying new role with Jazz
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Antonio Lang, who was the head coach of the Mitsubishi Diamond Dolphins in Japan until the end of last season, was fortunate enough to earn a job as an assistant with the NBA's Utah Jazz this season. But he's got no time to celebrate, because ...
Basketball / NBA Jul 8, 2014
New Utah Jazz assistant coach Lang 'grateful' for past coaching experiences in Japan
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Ex-Mitsubishi Diamond Dolphins bench boss Antonio Lang has earned a job in the world's premier basketball league. But he has no intention of cutting his ties with Japanese hoops; after all, he's grown to cherish the game here. Lang was hired as a Utah Jazz ...