Mitsubishi Diamond Dolphins
The are a professional basketball team that competes in the first division of the Japanese B.League. Prior to their entry into the B.League in September 2016, the club was the corporate team of Mitsubishi Electric. In 2020, the Diamond Dolphins became the first top-tier professional Japanese sports club to sign on to the "Sport for Climate Action Framework" led by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. History The club was formed in 1950 at Mitsubishi Electric's Nagoya factory and entered the second division of Japan's top league in 1973. The club's women's team had previously entered the women's competition of the upon the league's formation in 1967. Now known as the Mitsubishi Electric Koalas, they continue to compete in the Women's Japan Basketball League. The men's team was promoted to the first division after winning the second division title in 1984. They finished runners-up in the first division on four occasions, in 1986, 1987, 1989 and 2006. The ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dolphins Arena
, also known as , is a multi-purpose gymnasium in Nagoya, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ..., built in 1964. Overview Located on the site of the secondary enclosure of Nagoya Castle, it is host to numerous concerts and events. The gymnasium has 4,375 fixed seats, and can accommodate an additional 3,032 on the floor for certain events, giving it a total maximum capacity of 7,407. In 1966 it won the 7th annual Building Contractors Society Award. Sumo, Professional Sumo's July honbasho, Grand Sumo Tournament is held here every year from the second until the fourth Sunday in July. It is the home arena of the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins of the B.League. Nagoya Diamond Dolphins, Dolphins acquired its naming rights (JPY 25 million, three years) in 2018. File:Sumo, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hilton Armstrong
Hilton Julius Armstrong, Jr. (born November 11, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player and current member of the Golden State Warriors coaching staff who last played for the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins of the B.League. During his college basketball career, he played as a forward and center for the University of Connecticut Huskies. He formerly played for the New Orleans Hornets, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets, Washington Wizards, Atlanta Hawks, and Golden State Warriors of the NBA. He was also on the pre-season roster of the Indiana Pacers in 2014 and played in a summer league for the Los Angeles Clippers in 2012. Hilton Armstrong is currently married and is the father of four children. College career After graduating from Peekskill High School, Armstrong started off slowly as a college athlete, averaging under 4 points in each of first 3 seasons at UConn with the Huskies. However, he greatly improved in his senior year, averaging 9.7 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 3. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alex Jensen
Alex Jensen (born May 16, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player, and current assistant coach for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a standout college player at the University of Utah. College career Jensen, Utah's 1994 Mr. Basketball from Centerville, played for coach Rick Majerus at Utah. As a freshman, he averaged 24.8 minutes, 6.7 points and 6.1 rebounds per game. Following his first season, Jensen left to complete a two-year Latter-day Saint mission in England. Upon returning from his mission, Jensen entered the starting lineup for the 1997–98 season. Jensen and teammates Andre Miller, Michael Doleac, and Hanno Möttölä, led the Utes to one of the best seasons in school history, as the Utes went 30–4 and played for the 1998 National Championship, losing to Kentucky. Jensen averaged 6.8 points and 5.2 rebounds and was named to the All-West Regional team for the NCAA tournament. As a junior, Jensen took anothe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Takumi Ishizaki
is a Japanese retired professional basketball player who formerly played for the Riesen Ludwigsburg in the German Basketball Bundesliga and BV Chemnitz 99 of the German ProA. He has been a member of the Japan national basketball team The Japan national basketball team is administered by the Japan Basketball Association (JBA), (Japanese: 日本バスケットボール協会, ''Nihon Basukettobōru Kyōkai''). At the 1936 founding member of FIBA Asia, Japan has one of Asia .... Career statistics , - , align="left" , 2017-18 , align="left" , Ryukyu , 55 , , 8 , , 12.7 , , .416 , , .402 , , .720 , , 1.1, , 2.1 , , .3 , , .1 , , 3.9 , - References External links German BBL ProfileEurobasket Profile 1984 births Living people Nagoya Diamond Dolphins players Sportspeople from Fukui Prefecture Point guards Ryukyu Golden Kings players Japanese men's basketball players NINERS Chemnitz players Shimane Susanoo Magic players Kawasaki Brave Thunders p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kei Igarashi
Kei Igarashi (五十嵐 圭、born May 7, 1980 in Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan) is a Japanese professional basketball player. He is Matsuzaka Generation.He plays for the Gunma Crane Thunders of the B.League. He also was a member of the Japan national basketball team, playing for the team in the 2006 FIBA World Championship and both the FIBA Asia Championship 2007 and FIBA Asia Championship 2009. Igarashi averaged 9 points and 3 assists per game for the host Japanese at the 2006 FIBA World Championship. Igarashi scored a team-high 18 points and added three assists in Japan's lone win at the tournament, a 78-61 preliminary round victory over Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co .... In his most recent, national team appearance, Igarashi had a team-leading 3.6 assis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jerald Honeycutt
Jerald DeWayne Honeycutt (born October 20, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player. Honeycutt played high school basketball at Grambling Lab in Grambling, Louisiana. He played collegiately at Tulane University, where he finished his career as the leading scorer and fifth leading rebounder in school history.News ::, :: LSUS Men's Basketball ::, :: Louisiana State University in Shreveport He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006. He was selected by the [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tenketsu Harimoto
, birth name Zhang Tianjie (), is a Chinese-born Japanese professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins club of the B.League in Japan. He represented Japan's national basketball team at the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup The 2017 FIBA Asia Cup (formerly known as the FIBA Asia Championship) was the 29th continental basketball championship in Asia. The tournament was organised by FIBA Asia. It took place from 8 to 20 August 2017, a week earlier from the initial sche ..., where he was Japan's best free throw shooter (free throws made). Personal Harimoto is from a family of diverse athletes. His father was a basketball player, his mother was a volleyball player, his grandfather was a fencing coach, and his uncle was a badminton player. References External linksFIBA profileFIBA Asia Cup 2017 profileAsia-basket.com profileReal GM profile [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Satoru Furuta
Satoru Furuta (古田悟, born 3 August 1971) is a Japanese former basketball player. Head coaching record , - , style="text-align:left;", Haneda Vickies , style="text-align:left;", 2015-16 , 25, , 5, , 20, , , , style="text-align:center;", 9th, , , -, , -, , -, , , style="text-align:center;", , - , style="text-align:left;", Haneda Vickies , style="text-align:left;", 2016-17 , 27, , 10, , 17, , , , style="text-align:center;", 8th, , , 2, , 0, , 2, , , style="text-align:center;", Lost in 1st round , - , style="text-align:left;", Yokohama B-Corsairs , style="text-align:left;", 2017 , 19, , 4, , 15, , , , style="text-align:center;", Fired, , , -, , -, , -, , , style="text-align:center;", , - , style="text-align:left;", Earth Friends Tokyo Z The Earth Friends Tokyo Z is a professional basketball team that competes in the second division of the Japanese B.League. Roster Notable players * Shinji Akiba *Zach Andrews * Cinmeon Bowers *Rub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anthony Frederick
Anthony Frederick (December 7, 1964 – May 29, 2003) was an American professional basketball player. A 6'7" forward from Santa Monica College and Pepperdine University, Frederick played in three NBA seasons. He played for the Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings and Charlotte Hornets. In his NBA career, Frederick played in 147 games and scored a total of 718 points. He was born in Los Angeles, California. He was selected by the Denver Nuggets in the sixth round (133rd pick overall) of the 1986 NBA draft. In addition to his time in the NBA, Frederick played four seasons in the Continental Basketball Association for the La Crosse Catbirds, Mississippi Jets, Oklahoma City Cavalry and Rapid City Thrillers. Frederick died of an apparent heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to the coronary artery of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Heshimu Evans
Heshimu Kenyata Evans (born May 8, 1975) is an American-born Portuguese former basketball player, who last played for S.L. Benfica of the Portuguese Basketball League (LPB). Evans, a small forward from Evander Childs High School in The Bronx, went to Trinity-Pawling School as a postgraduate (Pawling, New York) before attending Manhattan College, where he was named Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) rookie of the year in 1995. He followed that up with a first team All-MAAC performance as a sophomore in 1996. Following his sophomore year, Evans transferred to the University of Kentucky. After sitting out the 1996–97 season as a transfer, he was a key player off the bench for the Wildcats' 1998 NCAA championship team. He averaged 8.8 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. His senior year, he moved into the starting lineup, averaging 11.8 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. Evans was not selected in the 1999 NBA draft. He signed with ÉS Chalon-sur-Saône in France, kick ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |