The on-the-verge-of-bankruptcy Oita HeatDevils will field an undermanned team this weekend at home, a squad that's a cheap imitation of the 12-man unit that had the potential to reach the Final Four this season.
And then it'll be back to the drawing board with a new HeatDevil club, minus key ingredients to the team's success so far this season.
Oita doesn't have the money to pay its players, and the team's four imports — Wendell White (UNLV product, former league MVP), Cyrus Tate (Iowa) and Taj Finger and Matt Lottich (both Stanford) — will be gone in the coming days. The paper that their contracts was printed on is now worthless.
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