This is an exciting, challenging era for Japan pro basketball.
Entering season two of the B. League's existence, teams are bolstering their fan clubs, enticing sponsors to come on board, building their rosters, planting the seeds of future growth, among other objectives.
All of these things, of course, help create legitimate fan and media interest and generate a buzz about budding (and already heated) rivalries.
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