The Ryukyu Golden Kings, one of the two expansion teams for the 2007-08 bj-league season, announced the appointment of former New Jersey Nets executive Junichi Yasunaga as a director of the Okinawa-based club. The 40-year-old Yasunaga was hired by the Nets in 1995 and has worked mainly in the team's basketball operation division. Elsewhere in the league, the Toyama Grouses re-signed coach Masato Fukushima and guard Takanori Goya.