Once upon a time, Nassir Little was one of the top recruits in the country. He went to North Carolina with a lot of fanfare, ...

During his time suiting up for the Nets, Watanabe wore only jersey No. 18 and put up 5.6 points and 2.4 rebounds per game.

Announcing via Instagram Live, former Phoenix Sun Yuta Watanabe revealed his decision to return to Japan in the 2024-2025 season, bringing an end to his six-year tenure in the NBA.

Watanabe served as one of Japan's top options in their blowout loss to Germany, and he had an efficient outing from beyond the arc Saturday. The 29-year-old's status was up in the air due to a ...

Watanabe is considered questionable for the 2024 Paris Olympics due to a calf injury, Kyodo News reports. Watanabe was absent from Japan's most recent exhibition against South Korea on July 8 due ...

He was the 1st Japanese-born player to earn a D1 Men's college basketball scholarship and the 2nd Japanese-born player to play in the NBA." Yuta Watanabe is declining his player option and leaving ...

Yuta Watanabe has officially signed with Japan’s Chiba Jets, according to Donatas Urbonas of BasketNews.com. The contract terms weren’t released but it is expected to exceed $5MM, which would be the ...

Former Nets fan favorite Yuta Watanabe is leaving the NBA to star in Japan in an upstart professional basketball league. Watanabe, who was born and raised in Japan, played four college seasons at ...

After announcing during an Instagram Live session in April that he plans to return to his home country of Japan, Grizzlies forward Yuta Watanabe is expected to sign with the Chiba Jets.

Yuta Watanabe, who just finished a very short stint with the Memphis Grizzlies could end up being an under-radar signing that the Warriors would need on the wing to win a title around a Curry ...

Grizz forward Yuta Watanabe leaves NBA for Japan News / Apr 20, 2024 / 11:27 PM CDT ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Grizzlies forward Yuta Watanabe announces he won’t pick up his 2024-2025 player option, instead deciding to leave the NBA to play in his home country, Japan. By… ...