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Kawamura Xia Lian s debut only scored 3 points + Japan defeated the all-Korean class. Japanese netizens exclaimed: What can I do if I don t have naturalization?

8:52am, 13 July 2025【Basketball】

Kawamura Nagaki's poor performance also caused the Bulls to make up as many as 33 mistakes in the whole game. When the divine light disappeared, it was even more difficult for the little guard to win the favor of NBA teams.

In recent years, with the rise of the Japanese men's basketball team, many Chinese fans regard them as the strong rivals of the Chinese men's basketball team in Asia, but at the same time, the reserve talent reserve of the Japanese men's basketball team is worrying.

The most popular Japanese men's basketball team in recent years are Hachimura Shizuo and Watanabe Yuta. However, Hachimura Shizuo has long announced that he will not play for the Japanese team again. Watanabe Yuta even returned to the Japanese B League last year, and his performance was very average.

Nagaki Kawamura, who is only 1.72 meters tall, shined at last year's Paris Olympics. He then joined the Grizzlies, but he spent most of his time in the Development League.

This summer, the Grizzlies no longer gave Kawamura Nagaki a two-way contract, who could only represent the Bulls in the NBA Summer League. As a result, they only made 1 of 5 three-pointers in the first game, scoring 3 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Neiki Kawamura's poor performance also caused the Bulls to make as many as 33 mistakes in the whole game. When the divine light disappeared, it was even more difficult for the little guard to win the favor of NBA teams.

At the same time, the Japanese men's basketball team played a warm-up match with the unnaturalized South Korean team, but it ended up losing to the opponent 77-91, which was a big surprise.

It is worth mentioning that in the game, South Korean forward Lu Junxi scored 18 points and 6 rebounds alone, but also made a dunk across the board.

From the previous Asian qualifiers, the Chinese men's basketball team defeated the Japanese team at home, we can see that as long as this Japanese team does not have naturalized center Hawkinson, they can only be slaughtered.

Moreover, in recent years, Japan has not seen too outstanding young players in Asian youth competitions. In the future, they can only rely on naturalization to compete with China, South Korea, and even Australia and New Zealand.

A Japanese netizen said after losing to the South Korean team: "What can I do without Hawkinson?"