Star guard Yuki Togashi has signed with the Chiba Jets, the NBL Eastern Conference club announced on Monday.
Togashi was released from Italian Serie A club Dinamo Sassari, with whom the 22-year-old had signed a preseason contract, last week.
¡°I¡¯m grateful to the Chiba Jets officials for having welcomed me right before the season begins,¡± Togashi, who played for the Texas Legends of the NBDL last summer, said in a statement. ¡°I¡¯d like to learn and absorb as much as I can with the Jets this year and be a player that eventually comes through internationally.¡±
The 167-cm player played high school ball for Montrose Christian School in Maryland, and then returned to Japan to play for the bj-league¡¯s Akita Northern Happinets.
¡°We are pleased that Yuki Togashi has chosen to play in the NBL, as a member of the Chiba Jets, after returning home from his challenge overseas this year,¡± Jets president Shinji Shimada said in a statement. ¡°I think he¡¯ll still look to play overseas, but believe that he¡¯ll do his best to contribute to victories for the Chiba Jets this season.¡±
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