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Style change to “running basketball” that led girls to win the silver medal
The Japanese men’s basketball team will face the World Cup qualifying Window 3 on July 1st and 3rd, both against Australia and Chinese Taipei in the enemy territory Australia.
1 win and 3 losses in 4 games, Window1 in November last year and Window2 in February this year. The Japanese national team, who welcomed Tom Hovasse as the new commander after the Tokyo Olympics, has not yet achieved the desired results. However, with Rui Hachimura, who is the main player in the NBA Wizards, playing a 180-degree shift from the previous system of Julio Lamas, who challenged a head-to-head match with the world’s strongest players, Hovasse led the women’s Japan national team to the Tokyo Olympics. The women’s “running basketball”, which has achieved the feat of winning the silver medal, is adopted.
Since I have just begun to work on basketball centered on speed and 3-point shooting, it is unavoidable that no results will be obtained. Next summer’s World Cup will be co-sponsored by Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia, and Japan has been given participation in the host country frame, so through this qualifying round, we will find players who fit Hovasse’s new style and instill team tactics. That is more important than winning or losing.
It is hard to say that the shooter who is good at 3-point shooting was useful in the Lamas system. Also, because he prioritized height and physicality, the small and skillful guard was Yuki Togashi’s one slot, and the remaining players were given little chance. With the change of commander, guards are selected regardless of size if they have speed and skill, and shooters are expected to be the lifeline of the team. Takumi Saito is in the guard position, and Yudai Nishida is already the mainstay in Window 1 and Window 2 as a shooter.
Keisei Tominaga and Yuki Kawamura join the Japanese national team “with full satisfaction”
Keisei Tominaga and Yuki Kawamura will be the focus of attention as representative candidates for Window 3 this time.
Tominaga became the top scorer in the tournament in 2018, when he was in his third year at Sakuragaoka High School, scoring an average of 39.8 points in six games in the Winter Cup, which decides the best high school basketball in Japan. He then moved to the United States and played for the NCAA last season as a member of the University of Nebraska. He participated in the Tokyo Olympics last summer as a representative of Japan for 3×3 basketball. Not only the 3-point shot that he is enthusiastic about “I want to decide 50%”, but also the scoring ability to decide the shot even if he cuts in and receives the Big Man mark has been proven at the Olympics. I am looking forward to seeing how the offense ability, which is far from the Japanese, will be utilized by the Japanese national team, which is a five-person team, and I hope that the ace class will play an active role.
Kawamura is a point guard who livened up the Winter Cup with Tominaga, and has led Fukuoka Daichi to the championship by defeating Tominaga who shows overwhelming scoring ability. From around this time, I was making high-speed transitions with a pass that made good use of my judgment as well as my own speed. After that, while playing at Tokai University, he gained experience in the B League as a specially designated player, improving the accuracy of play without compromising the advantage of speed, and becoming physically stronger.
Both Tominaga and Kawamura are the youngest 21-year-old members to participate in this training camp, but there is a feeling that they will be “A representatives with full satisfaction”. Both should be able to fit Hovasse’s speedy switching of offense and defense, and the style that emphasizes 3-point shooting. Although he will be a rookie in the national team, he wants to have an impact that surpasses that of proven players.
Australia is a basketball powerhouse that lets you experience the “world”
Australia, who will play on July 1, is the opponent who won a big Venus by the activities of Hachimura and Nick Fazekas in the last World Cup qualifying held in June 2018. It was a victory that was a turning point for the Japanese national team, who had been struggling, but that was a story of the past. Australia has many NBA players and is well combined with the domestic team to form a strong team and won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. The current world ranking is 3rd.
This time, the team is made up of only players who play in Australia, but it is likely that Matthew Dellavedova, who has a lot of NBA experience, will unite the team. There is no doubt that his height and physicality will overwhelm the Japanese national team, and his skills are also high. The key is how well Japan’s “running basketball” works and how it can swing the opponent.
Not only Saito and Nishida, Tominaga and Kawamura mentioned above, but also Kai Toews and Hirotaka Yoshii, and even veteran teams such as Yuma Fujii and Evans Luke had the potential to explode their potential by engaging with Hovasse’s style. There are many players.
Australia is a basketball powerhouse that allows you to experience the “world” at Asian competitions, and is a great partner for making progress in team building. I would like you to take on as many challenges as possible by striking with all your might to see how much the power of the current Japanese national team can be applied.
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