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Japan Energy Griffins
The Japan Energy Griffins were a Japanese basketball team that played in the Japan Basketball League. They were based in Tokyo. Notable players *Shigeaki Abe * Yoshihiko Amano * Mike Boyd (basketball, born 1972) * Corey Gaines *Alfred Grigsby *Kenichi Imaizumi * Takatoshi Ishibashi *Akira Kodama *Mototaka Kohama * Koju Munakata * Kunihiko Nakamura * Setsuo Nara * Tetsurō Noborisaka *Kenji Okamura * Yasukuni Ōshima * Eric Reveno * Hiroshi Saitō * Satoshi Sakumoto *Kiyomi Sato *Masashi Shiga * Shūtarō Shōji *Alex Stivrins *Kimikazu Suzuki * Tomohide Utsumi *Howard Wright Howard Gregory Wright (born December 20, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player. Born in San Diego, California, he is a 6'8" (203 cm) 220 lb (100 kg) power forward (basketball), power forward and played collegia ... Coaches * John Patrick (basketball) References Defunct basketball teams in Japan Sports clubs and teams in Tokyo Basketball teams established in 1937 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents ; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Economy of Japan, Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Government of Japan, Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. Originally a fishing village named Edo, the city became politically prominent in 1603, when it became the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. By the mid-18th century, Edo was one of the most populous cities in the world with a population of over one million people. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the imperial capital in Kyoto was mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Clubs And Teams In Tokyo
Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, through casual or organized participation, improve participants' physical health. Hundreds of sports exist, from those between single contestants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals. In certain sports such as racing, many contestants may compete, simultaneously or consecutively, with one winner; in others, the contest (a ''match'') is between two sides, each attempting to exceed the other. Some sports allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure one winner and one loser. A number of contests may be arranged in a tournament producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Basketball Teams In Japan
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John Patrick (basketball)
John Patrick (born February 29, 1968) is an American professional basketball coach and former professional basketball player. Career Patrick attended DeMatha Catholic High School, where he played under coach Morgan Wootten, before moving to Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC. He started his college career at Stanford University in 1987. Playing point guard for coach Mike Montgomery, he won the 1991 NIT Championship as a senior. Patrick led Stanford in assists per game in 1989-90 and 1990–91, while making the Pac-10 All-Academic Team his junior and senior year. Upon graduation, Patrick had a 13-year career as a professional basketball player, mostly representing clubs in Japan and Germany. He had a number of tryouts with NBA team Golden State Warriors, but never made the roster. While sitting out the 1994–95 season with a knee injury, he served as an assistant coach of his team ( Japan Energy Griffins), but later returned to the court and split time between playing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Wright
Howard Gregory Wright (born December 20, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player. Born in San Diego, California, he is a 6'8" (203 cm) 220 lb (100 kg) power forward and played collegiately at Stanford University from 1987 to 1989. Wright played for the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, Atlanta Hawks, and Orlando Magic. He also played in the Continental Basketball Association The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) (originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, and later as the Eastern Professional Basketball League and the Eastern Basketball Association) was a men's professional basketball m ... for the Tri-City Chinook.1992-93 Official CBA Guide and Register, page 359 References External links *https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/wrighho02.html NBA stats] @ basketballreference.com 1967 births Living people 21st-century African-American people African-American basketball players Alvark Tokyo players Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomohide Utsumi
is a Japanese basketball coach. He coached the Japanese women's national team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team finished eighth. Personal His son, Shingo Utsumi is a professional basketball player for the Kyoto Hannaryz. Head coaching record , - , style="text-align:left;", Levanga Hokkaido , style="text-align:left;", 2018-19 , 41, , 6, , 35, , , , style="text-align:center;", 6th in Eastern, , , -, , -, , -, , , style="text-align:center;", - , - , style="text-align:left;", Levanga Hokkaido Levanga Hokkaido is a Japanese professional basketball team based in the city of Sapporo on the island of Hokkaido. The club was founded in 2006 as ''Rera Kamuy Hokkaido'', this name comes from the language of the Ainu, an ethnic group indigenous ... , style="text-align:left;", 2019-20 , 40, , 13, , 27, , , , style="text-align:center;", 6th in Eastern, , , -, , -, , -, , , style="text-align:center;", - , - References {{DEFAULTSORT:Utsumi, Tomohide Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimikazu Suzuki
is a Japanese basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ... coach and former player. Suzuki is the current head coach of SeaHorses Mikawa. He served as head coach of the Japan national basketball team two times. Suzuki's first term was from 2006 to 2007 while his second one was from May 2012 until 2014. Head coaching record , - , style="text-align:left;", Aisin , style="text-align:left;", 1994 , 15, , 11, , 4, , , , style="text-align:center;", 2nd, , , -, , -, , -, , , style="text-align:center;", Runners-up , - , style="text-align:left;", Aisin , style="text-align:left;", 1995 , 16, , 4, , 12, , , , style="text-align:center;", 10th, , , -, , -, , -, , , style="text-align:center;", - , - , style="text-align:left;", Aisin , style="text-align:le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Stivrins
Alex Frank Stivrins (; born November 29, 1962) is a retired Latvian-American professional basketball player. He was a 6'8" (203 cm) 220 lb (100 kg) small forward. Stivrins graduated from Lincoln East High School in 1980 and led East to three state basketball tournament appearances, where they won the state championship in 1978, qualified for state in 1979 and finished runner-up in 1980 in Class A, which is Nebraska's largest classification for high school athletics. He was a two-time Super State and All-Nebraska selection his junior and senior years. He played collegiately at Creighton University and the University of Colorado from 1980 to 1985. He continued his career in the NBA. Stivrins was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics with the 75th overall pick in the 4th round of the 1985 NBA Draft. He played with the Sonics, Phoenix Suns, LA Clippers, Milwaukee Bucks and Atlanta Hawks. His father, ophthalmologist Dr. Kazimirs Stivriņš (1921—2008), a native of I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyomi Sato
is a current basketball head coach for JX-Eneos Sunflowers in Japan and the former head coach for Tokoha University is a private university in the Aoi ward of Shizuoka City, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1946, and it was chartered as a university in 1980. The university is operated by the foundation that also operates Tokoha Gakuen Junio .... Head coaching record , - , - style="background:#FDE910;" , style="text-align:left;", JX-Eneos Sunflowers , style="text-align:left;", 2012-2013 , 29, , 29, , 0, , , , style="text-align:center;", 1st, , , 6, , 5, , 1, , , style="text-align:center;", Champions , - , - style="background:#FDE910;" , style="text-align:left;", JX-Eneos Sunflowers , style="text-align:left;", 2013-2014 , 33, , 30, , 3, , , , style="text-align:center;", 1st, , , 5, , 5, , 0, , , style="text-align:center;", Champions , - , - style="background:#FDE910;" , style="text-align:left;", JX-Eneos Sunflowers , style="text-align:lef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
