NBA Ryo Yamura Selected for Young All-Star Game Member February 1 9:53
NBA = American professional basketball, Wizards baseball player Yachimura Yasushi has been selected as a member of a match for a young player's all-star game.
The NBA conducts a “Rising Stars Challenge” game, a gathering of young promising players, as an event related to the All-Star Game every February.
Members of this game, which is a young player's all-star game, were selected from 30 NBA teams in the first and second years, 10 athletes from the United States and 10 other players. World ".
Members were announced on the 31st, and Wizards' Yamura, who was the first Japanese player to be selected in the draft meeting, was selected as a member of the team "World". Yamura is the first Japanese player to be selected for this match.
He was a rookie, played 25 games so far, and played as a mainstay, with an average of 13.9 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, but for about a month and a half due to foot injury. We are far from the match.
Hachimura said on February 1 that he would return to the game in the match against Nets on February 2nd, Japan time, saying, "I am currently focused on returning to the game as soon as possible, I'm very honored to be there, and look forward to representing our team, our fans and Japan. "
The NBA All-Star Game will be held in Chicago next month, and the Rising Stars Challenge, in which Yamura was elected, will be held on the 14th.