NBA Grizzlies Yuta Watanabe End of this season "I felt growth but also regret" 13:50 on August 19th
NBA = American professional basketball player Grizzlies Yuta Watanabe held a press conference after the season and said, "It was a year of growing growth, but I felt more disappointed."
Watanabe had an online press conference after the second year of NBA season when his Grizzlies missed the playoffs.
This season, Watanabe has participated in 18 games, which is three games more than last season, and the probability of successful shooting increased by about 15% to 44.1%, but the average participation time per game was halved to about 6 minutes. did.
Mr. Watanabe recounted this season, "It was a year of growth compared to last year, but it was a disappointing season because there were fewer opportunities to participate, and I was not able to achieve the contract that was tied to my goals." It was
On the other hand, in December last year, with regard to the first match between Japanese players in the NBA against Riki Yamura of Wizards, he said, "There are more people looking at themselves and young players wanting to stand on that court. I think it was a big thing for Japan."
Watanabe is the second year of a "two-way contract" in which he can participate in NBA games for a certain period of time, and the same contract as Grizzlies cannot be signed next season, so his future employment is not clear.
Because of the influence of the new coronavirus, it has not been decided yet whether or not to return to Japan.
Looking forward, Watanabe said, “I think I have the power to do what I can with NBA. I have no choice but to accumulate what I can do. I can make a more impressive impression by increasing the probability of a three-point shoot. I would like to do my best."