A few days before the Rio Olympics kicked off, Mototaka Kohama, the godfather of Japanese basketball, reunited with one of his closest friends.
Toronto Raptors head coach Dwane Casey made a long-awaited visit to Japan to see Kohama.
The two men hadn't seen each other in nine years, though Casey frequently asks about Kohama via email and telephone conversations with his vast network of Japan basketball colleagues.
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