The bj league was a professional basketball league in Japan that began in November 2005 as a six-team league. The league was operated as a competitor to the established Japan Super League which was run by the Japan Basketball Association, the official governing body of basketball in Japan. Over the next ten years the league saw continual expansion, with at least one new team joining every season, reaching 24 teams divided into two conferences in its final season in 2015–16. Turkish Airlines was the major sponsor of the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons.
Alan William Westover is a professional basketball coach best known for his tenure with the Melbourne Tigers in the National Basketball League (NBL), where he coached the team to four consecutive Grand Finals, winning two championships, and being the second winningest coach in league history. Westover also played for the Melbourne Tigers in their inaugural season in the NBL.
Alfred Aboya Baliaba is a Cameroonian former professional basketball player and current coach. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, advancing to three Final Fours. He was a member of the winningest class in UCLA history with 123 wins.
D'or Anthony Naheem Fischer is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for Elitzur Eito Ashkelon of the Israeli National League. He has also represented the senior Israeli national team. Standing at 2.11 m, he plays at the power forward and center positions.
Craig Lee Brackins is an American professional basketball player who last played for Shiga Lakestars of the Japanese B.League.
Shiga Lakes (滋賀レイクス) is a Japanese men's basketball team playing in the Western Conference of the B.League. They are based in the Shiga Prefecture.
The Akita Northern Happinets are a Japanese professional basketball team based in Akita that competes in the Eastern Conference of the First Division of the B.League. The team was formed as an expansion team of the bj league in 2010 and found success for the first time in 2013–14, finishing their fourth season as league runners-up. They went on to finish as runners-up for the second year in a row in 2014–15 and in third place in 2015–16, the final season of the bj league.
The 2012 Japan Football League was the fourteenth season of the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese football league system. It has started on March 11, and finished on November 18.
Lucas Joseph Zeller is an American-Georgian former professional basketball player. He is the brother of NBA players Tyler and Cody Zeller, and the nephew of former NBA player Al Eberhard.
Daichi Taniguchi is a Japanese professional basketball player for Shimane Susanoo Magic of the B.League in Japan. He stood six feet, three inches tall as a 12-year-old boy. In 2009 Taniguchi won the "Slam Dunk Scholarship" funded by Takehiko Inoue, and played for the American colleges. He rejected the offers from the Kansai-area clubs and signed with the Akita Happinets in 2015. Due to the B.League's foreign player regulations, he receives significantly more playing time in 2016-17. He has been named the new Akita captain after Toshino's departure in November 2018. He is a Starbucks mug cup collector and a tropical fish addict. Use of the moai emoji is usually meant to imply strength or determination, and it's also used frequently in Taniguchi's posts. He signed with Hiroshima Dragonflies on June 24, 2019.
Greater Kyoto is a metropolitan area in Japan encompassing Kyoto City, the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as its surrounding areas including Ōtsu, the capital of Shiga Prefecture.
Erik McCree is an American professional basketball player for Shiga Lakestars of the B.League. He played college basketball for Murray State and Louisiana Tech.
Will Creekmore is an American professional basketball player for Saitama Broncos of the B3 League. He played college basketball for Boston University and Missouri State.
Samba Faye, born April 25, 1987, is a Senegal-born Japanese professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Toyama Grouses of the Japanese B.League.
Venkatesha "Venky" Jois is an Australian professional basketball player for the Helios Suns of the Slovenian League. He played four years of college basketball for Eastern Washington before playing professionally in Estonia, Croatia, Japan, Serbia and Germany.
Chris Boettcher is the former Head coach of the Shiga Lakestars in the Japanese Bj League. He lived in Takayama, Gifu, from 1997-2000 while serving a Mormon mission and teaching hoops to players ranging in age from elementary school to junior college.
Hirokazu Nema is a Japanese basketball coach and former player. He is currently the U15 coach of the Shiga Lakestars in the Japanese B.League.
Moriyama Citizens Gymnasium is an arena in Moriyama, Shiga, Japan.
Kevin Hareyama is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for Shiga Lakestars of the B.League in Japan. He played college basketball for Tokai University.
Ferdinand "Thirdy" Crisologo Ravena III is a Filipino professional basketball player for San-en NeoPhoenix of the Japanese B.League. Ravena played for the Ateneo Blue Eagles of the UAAP during his college days. He plays the shooting guard position.
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