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Jazz center Rudy Gobert still not fully recovered from COVID-19

Basketball / NBA Jun 29, 2020

Jazz center Rudy Gobert still not fully recovered from COVID-19

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, the first NBA player to reportedly test positive for COVID-19 and who drew the ire of numerous people when the league initially suspended the season, says he is still not fully recovered more than three months after his original ...

Jazz's Rudy Gobert regrets not taking virus threat more seriously before testing positive

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 ...

Antonio Lang enjoying Summer League coaching challenge, seeing growth of Japanese basketball

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 ...

Longtime Timberwolves fan Mitsuaki Ono seeks to foster Japan relations with Minnesota

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 ...

Jazz assistant Antonio Lang keen to share knowledge with Japan's coaches

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, ...

Jazz assistant coach Lang values Japan experience

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 ...

Daily conversations about life, basketball strengthen Dick and Diante Garrett's special bond

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 ...

Former NBL coach Lang enjoying new role with Jazz

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 ...

New Utah Jazz assistant coach Lang 'grateful' for past coaching experiences in Japan

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 ...

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