Japan¡¯s men¡¯s national basketball team hasn¡¯t been able to carry out any team activities since February due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The virus has also caused the cancellation of the second window of Asia Cup qualifying.
Despite that, the Japan Basketball Association and Julio Lamas have decided to proceed with a training camp in order to renew the bonds within the squad.
¡°Our training camp kicked off today and it¡¯ll be a very important training camp for us,¡± Lamas, the Akatsuki Five head coach, said after the team¡¯s first practice on Thursday. ¡°We haven¡¯t held any training camps or games since February, which wouldn¡¯t have been the case under the normal circumstances. But we¡¯ve finally been able to hold this training camp and we¡¯re looking to get our connections with each other back and hopefully, we¡¯ll develop our team from here.¡±
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