| Niigata Albirex BB | |||
|---|---|---|---|
) | |||
| Leagues | B.League | ||
| Founded | 1954 | ||
| Arena | City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka | ||
| Location | Nagaoka, Niigata | ||
| Team colors | Orange and Blue | ||
| Main sponsor | Sanko Seika | ||
| Head coach | Shogo Fukuda | ||
| Championships | None | ||
| Website | www | ||
| |||
Niigata Albirex BB, formally Niigata Albirex Basketball, is a Japanese basketball club. It is based in Nagaoka, Niigata.[1]
Outline
The club was founded in 1954 as the company team of Daiwa Securities, a Tokyo-based securities brokerage. In 1991, it joined the Japan Basketball League. In 2000, the company club was dissolved after NSG purchased it, and the club was moved before the 2000–2001 season to Niigata and renamed Albirex.
In 2004, it joined the bj league along with five other clubs.
Team name transition
- 1954: The Daiwa Securities basketball club
- 1994: The Daiwa Securities Hotblizzards
- 2000: Niigata Albirex
- 2006: Niigata Albirex basketball
Roster
| Niigata Albirex BB roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | Coaches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Shogo Fukuda
Taketo Aoki
Updated: 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
){kind=small}
Notable players
- Dokun Akingbade
- Zach Andrews
- Wayne Arnold
- David Benoit (basketball)
- Jared Berggren
- Suleiman Braimoh
- Paul Butorac
- Russell Carter (basketball)
- Bennet Davis
- Mark Davis (basketball, born 1963)
- Nick Davis
- Nick DeWitz
- Ronald Draper (basketball)
- Austin Dufault
- Davante Gardner
- Lamont Hamilton
- Reggie Hamilton
- Makoto Hasegawa
- Ben Handlogten
- Charles Hinkle
- Chris Holm
- Kei Igarashi
- Issa Konare
- George Leach
- Tyrone Levett
- Erron Maxey
- Eric McArthur
- Ryosuke Mizumachi
- Tod Murphy
- Chris Oliver
- Ryan Reid
- Kazuhiro Shoji
- Andre Smith (basketball, born 1985)
- Greg Stolt
- Patrick Sullivan
- Michael Takahashi
- Akitomo Takeno
- Antoni Wyche
Coaches
- Osamu Kuraishi
- Matt Garrison (basketball)
- Fujitaka Hiraoka
- Kazuo Nakamura
- Kazuhiro Shoji
- Shogo Fukuda
Honors
- Japan Basketball League Div.2
- Champions (2) : 2000/2001, 2001/2002
- bj league
- Runners-up (1) : 2005/2006
- Asia Professional Basketball Invitation Tournament
- 4th Place (1) : 2006
Season-by-season records
| Year | League | Division | Regular Season | Semi Final | Final | Finish | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | Lose | Place | Win | Lose | Win | Lose | ||||
| 2000 | JBL | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2nd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Champions |
| 2001/2002 | JBL | 14 | 0 | 1st | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Champions | |
| 2002/2003 | JBL Super League | 2 | 9 | 6th | --- | 6th | ||||
| 2003/2004 | 9 | 19 | 8th | --- | 8th | |||||
| 2004/2005 | 8 | 20 | 7th | --- | 7th | |||||
| Season | League | Regular Season | Finish | Average Crowd | ||||||
| Win | Lose | Win% | GB | Place | ||||||
| 2005/2006 | bj league | 29 | 11 | .725 | 2.0 | 2nd | Runners-up | - | ||
| 2006/2007 | 25 | 15 | .625 | 4.0 | 2nd | 4th | 3,008 | |||
| 2007/2008 | 26 | 18 | .591 | 3.0 | East 3rd | 6th | 3,259 | |||
| 2008/2009 | 24 | 28 | .462 | 12.0 | East 4th | - | ||||
Key:
- Win%: Winning percentage
- GB: Games behind
Arenas
- City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka
- Niigata City Higashi General Sports Center
- Region Plaza Joetsu
Practice facilities
References
External links
- Official web site (in Japanese)