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Jermaine Dixon signs in Japan
Jermaine Dixon (191 cm, Pittsburgh’10) has signed in Japan with BJ League team Gunma Crane Thunders. Dixon started the season in the German Pro A where he averaged 14.5 ppg in four games for Heidelberg. Last season Jermaine Dixon already played in the BJ League and averaged 18.2 ppg and 5.5 aspg for Hamamatsu Phoenix…
Read MoreDan Fitzgerald signs in Japan
Dan Fitzgerald (206 cm, Marquette’08) has signed in the Japanese BJ League with Akita Northern Happinets. Fitzgerald started the season in Argentian with Obras. Last season he already played in the Japanese BJ League where he was one of the best players and averaged 18.5 ppg and 6.2 rpg.
Read MoreAnthony Mason signs in Japan
Anthony Mason (201 cm, St.John’s’10) has signed in Japan with BJ League team Akita Northern Happinets. Mason played in the D-League and Bahrain last season and started this season in the French Pro A with Cholet.
Read MoreBrandon Cole signs on with Toyama Grouses
Brandon Cole (203 cm, Xavier’07) has agreed to join the Toyama Grouses (Japan-BJ League) for the 2012-13 season. He most had signed to play for Ceara State (Brazil-NBB), but has decided to leave the squad before the season started… In 2011-12 he played for multiple teams, namely KK Fersped-Rabotnicki Skopje (FYR Macedonia-Superleague); Vestelspor Manisa (Turkey-TB2L);…
Read MoreDennis Carr replaces Ilija Milutinovic at Tokyo Cinq Reves
Dennis Carr (201 cm, Embry Riddle’03) replaces Serbian Ilija Milutinovic (211 cm) at Japanese team Tokyo Cinq Reves. Carr last played in Taiwan and before that he was active in various leagues around the world.
Read MoreDarren Fenn signs with Hitachi Sunrockers
Darren Fenn (208 cm, Canisius’01) has signed in Japan with the Hitachi Sunrockers from the JBL. The last seven seasons Darren Fenn played in the German Bundesliga for several top-teams.
Read MoreDion Harris signs in Japan
Dion Harris (190 cm, Michigan’07) has signed in Japan with the Akiat Northern Happinets of the BJ League. Last season Harris split his time between Venezuela and the German Pro B.
Read MoreFIBA Asia Cup: Iran denies host Japan title
Host squad Japan found themselves up by four points in the finals of the FIBA Asia Cup held yesterday in Tokyo, Japan, with a minute and a half left in the game, only to see that lead erased on two different types of three-point plays. Iran ran the table in the competition going undefeated in…
Read MoreFIBA Asia Cup: Iran – Japan in Finals today
The FIBA Asia Cup finals are set and not surprisingly it’s a rematch of the last game of the qualifying round between Iran and host Japan. In the first contest, Iran came out on top 71-65. Japan – Qatar 73-66 In yesterday’s semi-finals Qatar got out to a small lead after the first quarter. The…
Read MoreFIBA Asia Cup: Qatar stuns in Quarter-Finals
On a day that the Lebanese Basketball contingent was earlier celebrating their good fortunes after being awarded the 2013 FIBA Asia Championships for Men, they seem to have forgotten that they were in Tokyo to play some basketball. The top-ranked team in Group A squared off with Qatar, the fourth-ranked team in Group B, and…
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