Any professional basketball team would welcome the option of having a 236-cm center. In a sport that places a premium on height, an inside tower gives a team power.
Any team would also want its starting point guard to be among the league's leaders in points and assists.
By happenstance or a stroke of good fortune, the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix are blessed with both.
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