YOKOHAMA ¨C The San-en NeoPhoenix¡¯s recent acquisition of former NBA player Josh Childress came as a surprise near the middle of the inaugural B. League season.
Landing in another country to play basketball is a totally different animal, and there is no exception to that even for a guy like Childress, who was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the No. 6 pick in the 2004 NBA Draft.
After the NeoPhoenix¡¯s 80-67 loss to the Yokohama B-Corsairs at Yokohama International Swimming Pool last Saturday, which their head coach Hiroki Fujita called ¡°the worst game of the season by us,¡± Childress reflected on his personal performance, saying he ¡°struggled a lot.¡±
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