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Grizzlies’ Yuta Watanabe makes shocking decision on NBA future after tough season
The Memphis Grizzlies are getting some bad news as they prepare for next season. Grizzlies forward Yuta Watanabe is leaving the team and heading to play in Japan, per Bleacher Report. Watanabe had ...
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NBA player Yuta Watanabe to return to play in Japan next year
National Basketball Association player Yuta Watanabe announced April 20 he will return to Japan next year to play in the professional B. League. Watanabe, 29, played for the Memphis Grizzlies ...
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Yuta Watanabe retires from NBA: Forward shares plans to play in Japan after six-year career
Yuta Watanabe is moving on from the NBA. After a tumultuous year with the Suns and Grizzlies, Watanabe will return to his native Japan to continue his basketball career. The six-year NBA veteran ...
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BASKETBALL/ Japanese hoop teen stars move to U.S. to ‘Be Like Hachimura’
Rui Hachimura and Yuta Watanabe slam-dunked through the glass ceiling for Japanese basketball players to make it to the NBA. Now, they have inspired a succession of young Japanese hoopsters to ...