To build a house, you need to start with the foundation. To build a basketball team from scratch, you need a point guard — a capable floor leader.
Toshimitsu Kawachi, center, the bj-league commissioner, poses with 2007 draft selections (from left to right), Bryan Simpson, Shoji Nakanishi, Ken Tanaka, Naoto Nakamura and Naoto Takushi on Tuesday at Mita NN Hall in Minato ward. Takushi was the top draft pick of the expansion Ryukyu Golden Kings.
YOSHIAKI MIURA PHOTOThe expansion Ryukyu Golden Kings made point guard Naoto Takushi the No. 1 pick in the 2007 bj-league draft on Monday at Mita NN Hall in Minato ward.