In the past decade, there is definitely a seat in Japan in the best developed countries in The Asian basketball world. Compared with the weak asian teams in the past, the Japanese men's basketball team has made great progress in strength by vigorously developing youth training, sending young players to stay in the west, and naturalizing the Japanese league foreign aid. Among the new generation of players in the Japanese men's basketball team, Yamura, who plays for the NBA Wizards, and Yuta Watanabe, who plays for the Raptors, are clearly the best of them. However, as of press time, neither player has yet to appear in the NBA this season. Yuta Watanabe is suspended due to an offseason calf injury and has been fully involved in the Raptors' training a few days ago. In comparison, the problem of Hachimura is obviously much more serious. A few days before the start of the new season, Hachimura was exposed by the media to have an indefinite truce for personal reasons. At first, many media outlets broke the news that Hachimura had been hit because of the unexpected death of a number of family members, but later the news was refuted.
According to the information released by the wizards' top management, we can know that Hachimura has serious psychological problems and is receiving professional psychological treatment. It is reported that the Japanese forward is not in an ideal situation, so the Wizards do not have his comeback date. At present, the status of Hachimura is still "indefinite truce for personal reasons". Yamura is the star of hope in Japanese basketball, and as the first Japanese player to be selected in the lottery area, Yamura has been expected by Japanese fans since entering the league. After entering the league, Hachimura's performance is indeed worthy of this expectation. At present, Hachimura has played for the Wizards in two seasons totaling 105 regular season games and 5 regular season games, and the Japanese forwards can average 13.7 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 0.8 steals per game, shooting 47.3% from the field. Last season, yamura, a second-year player, improved tremendously on the offensive end, with an improvement in all shooting percentages. On his first playoff trip, Hachimura also delivered a brilliant 14.8 points, 7.2 rebounds, which is not difficult to explain why the Wizards regarded a Japanese player as the team's second most important asset.
After trading Westbrook, the Wizards, who had won multiple role players, wanted to play a big game this season, but Yamura's unexpected situation clearly disrupted their position. Fortunately, former Lakers forward Kuzma, who replaced Hachimura, was extremely good at the start of the new season, which gave the Wizards an unexpected four-win start record. Kuzma averaged 34.6 minutes in those five games, with 15.2 points and 11 rebounds. To know that Kuzma is only 26 years old, the 23-year-old Hachimura does not have a significant age advantage. This also makes many critics not optimistic about Hachimura's future in the Wizards, after all, in the case of Kuzma's performance so well, Hachimura, who has missed the entire pre-season training camp and the start of the season, has no reason to come back and occupy the main position. For the 23-year-old, who has just entered the league for two years, the slow-heat season is clearly not conducive to his future development.
For the Japanese national team, Hachimura's unexpected situation is clearly a heavy blow to them. Next July, the new men's basketball Asian Cup will begin, and the Japanese men's basketball team in the "golden generation" of course hopes to refresh its historical results. But there is no doubt that the core of the Japanese team's desire to make progress is Hachimura. Apparently, Hachimura, who averaged 15 points per game in the NBA last season, wasn't enough to lead the Japanese team further on his own, let alone the uncertain present. Compared to Yamura, Yuta Watanabe and Yudai Baba, who plays in the G League, are clearly no threat to China or other opponents. Do fans and friends think that Hachimura has any further possibilities? Welcome to discuss and communicate in the comments section!