The Japanese men's basketball team officially announced the final 12-man list for the World Cup: Lakers Hachimura is absent, and Sun new signing Watanabe leads
On August 15, Beijing time, the Japan Basketball Association officially announced the final 12-man squad for the men's basketball World Cup, with Lakers forward Hachimura Basei absent, Suns new signing Yuta Watanabe leading, and naturalized player Luke Evans, plus players such as Yuda Baba and Yuki Fuken. The Japanese men's basketball team is in the death group with Germany, Finland and Australia, and has a high probability of losing the group stage.
The roster for the Japanese men's basketball World Cup was streamlined from the initial 25-man roster, when there was Lakers forward Hachimura and Chinese player Zhang Bentianjie, and then to a 15-man roster. Now the Japan Basketball Association officially announced the final men's basketball World Cup 12-man roster, which is to adjust 3 people to leave the team, namely Yutaro Suda, Watanabe Hiyoshi, Kim Jinlian were cut.
The final 12-man roster for the Men's Basketball World Cup in Japan is as follows:
Yuta Watanabe, Luke Evans (naturalized), Yuda Baba, Shin Hiejima, Yuki Tomiken, Shuta Hara, Yutaka Yoshii, Hiroya Kawada, Yuda Nishida, Soichiro Inoue, Keisei Tominaga, Yukiki Kawamura
Lakers player Rei Hachimura was originally the number one star in the Japanese men's basketball team, but he previously announced that he would not participate in the men's basketball World Cup, but focused on preparing for the NBA in the new season. This summer, Hachimura and the Lakers contract renewal negotiations also affected his preparation for the national team competition, and finally Hachimura successfully renewed his contract with the Lakers, and he also gave up representing the Japanese men's basketball team in the World Cup.
Suns recruit Yuta Watanabe, the number one star of the Japanese men's basketball team, has previously said he will quit the national team if he leads the team poorly: "Nobody wants to see us lose constantly whether it's the players or our fans. If this World Cup, we still bid farewell to the game with a crazy losing streak, I am ready to no longer wear this national team jersey, this is my determination for this men's basketball World Cup! ”
Now Watanabe Yuta said of the final 12-man roster: "We have to fight for the three teammates who are finally excluded, we have to feel the responsibility and play one game at a time in order to advance." ”
It is worth mentioning that as one of the hosts of the men's basketball World Cup, the Japanese men's basketball team was divided into the group of death in the group stage, and the rest of the teams in the same group were Germany, Finland and Australia. The Japanese men's basketball team is the weakest, basically there is no suspense to lose all the group stage, they want to hit the Paris Olympics direct place, but also need to hope for the qualifying round. The Japanese men's basketball team will play three warm-up games from August 15 to 19.
(Text/Drunken Lying Float)