The Japanese men's basketball team started a training camp in Tokyo on the 12th local time, and head coach Horvath also expressed his views for the first time on NBA Lakers mixed-race star Hachimura Leyo in the past to criticize the Japanese Basketball Association and coach.

NBA Lakers mixed-race star Hachimura

Hachimura questioned the Japanese Basketball Association in an interview last November, criticizing the Japanese men's basketball team for not being moving in the direction of improving the strength of Japanese basketball, but for a sense of money, and more bluntly said that there should be a more suitable candidate than Horvas to be the coach of the Japanese men's basketball team.

At that time, Hachimura's explosive remarks also caused a commotion in the Japanese basketball circle, forcing Shinji Watanabe, a spokesman for the Japanese Basketball Association, and Yuta Watanabe, a member of the Japanese men's basketball team and a former NBA, to come forward to extinguish the fire; The Japanese Basketball Association even sent people to the United States to conduct interviews with the person in charge of Hachimura's brokerage company, and the incident gradually subsided.

According to the Japanese media "Daily" report, the Japanese men's basketball team prepared for the Asian Cup qualifying tournament on the same day, launched the first training camp this year, head coach Horvath responded to this matter for the first time at a press conference on the 12th, he said that this is very regrettable, and further revealed that the two sides have not yet had any communication, and said: "Everyone has their own opinions. ”

Horvath stressed that he hopes to build a good team in this training camp. However, in the face of Hachimura-related questions, the Japan Basketball Association immediately asked the media to stop asking questions. Japan, ranked 21st in the world, will face China, ranked 30th in the world, on the 20th, and Mongolia, ranked 109th in the world, on the 23rd.