Niigata Albirex BB

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	Kazuhiro Shoji
Championships	None
Website	www.albirex.com
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Niigata Albirex BB, formally Niigata Albirex Basketball, is a Japanese basketball club. It is based in Nagaoka, Niigata.

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
Pos. No. Nat. Name SG 2 Yuki Yamaguchi PG 3 Shinsuke Kashiwagi PG 7 Kei Igarashi PF 11 Jun Uzawa (C) SG 14 Shunpei Ishii PG 16 Ryunosuke Watanabe PG 18 Kenta Morii SG 22 Yuki Ueta G 30 Keita Imamura (S) SF 32 Yuichi Ikeda PF 34 Lamont Hamilton C 54 Davante Gardner	Head coach Kazuhiro Shoji Assistant coach(es) Taketo Aoki Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2018

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
• Taketo Aoki (associate)

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

• Nakanoshima Gymnasium

External links

• Official web site Template:Jp icon