Several factors contributed to 2017-18 B. League MVP's Makoto Hiejima lack of playing time and abrupt departure from the NBL club Brisbane Bullets in Australia last week, The Japan Times has learned.
The Japan Times reached out to several well-informed basketball sources in Australia to get to the heart of the matter.
Bullets assistant coach Mick Downer summed it up best.
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