With a month to go until Olympic qualifying in Belgrade, the provisional Japan men's national basketball team entered its third training camp at Tokyo's National Training Center on Wednesday.
Head coach Kenji Hasegawa selected 16 players for the squad on Tuesday, but Ryusei Shinoyama and Naoto Tsuji of the Toshiba Brave Thunders and Kosuke Kanamaru, Ryoma Hashimoto and Makoto Hiejima of the Aisin SeaHorses, all of whom played in the NBL Finals which ended Sunday, didn't participate in the afternoon practice on the first day of the camp.
Hasegawa said that all five players were hurt and hinted that the injuries to Kanamaru and Tsuji were a little more serious.
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