The Yokohama B-Corsairs were a solid, hard-working team before guard Draelon Burns arrived in the port city and donned the team's colorful uniform for the first time.
But by signing Burns, the first-year franchise transformed itself into a very good basketball team.
Yokohama went 14-14 in its first 28 games. Since then, with Burns appearing in the final 24 games, the B-Corsairs are the league's most improved — and hottest — team, going 17-7 in that span, including nine straight wins to close out the regular season.