Rui Hachimura

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Basketball player
Rui Hachimura
Rui Hachimura with Japan (2018) .jpg
Player information
birthday 8th February 1998 (age 22)
place of birth Toyama , Japan
size 203 cm
position Small forward / power forward
college Gonzaga University
NBA draft 2019 , 9th Pick, Washington Wizards
Club information
society Washington Wizards
league NBA
Jersey number 8th
Clubs as active
2019– United StatesUnited States Washington Wizards
National team
2015–0000 JapanJapan Japan

Rui Hachimura ( Japanese八 村 塁; born February 8, 1998 in Toyama ) is a Japanese basketball player who plays for the Washington Wizards in the NBA .

career

Hachimura is descended from a Japanese mother and a Beninese father.

society

He won the Japanese student basketball championship three times with the Meisei School in Sendai . During the U17 World Cup in Dubai in summer 2014 (he scored 22.6 points per game over the course of the tournament), Hachimura caught the eye of the Gonzaga University's assistant coach . When he moved to Gonzaga University in the United States in 2016, Hachimura spoke little English and struggled to understand the coach's instructions in his freshman year. During the 2016/17 season he scored an average of 2.6 points per game in 28 appearances; in the 2017/18 season, Hachimura was on the field in 37 games for the team nicknamed "The Bulldogs" and averaged 11 , 6 points and 4.7 rebounds per encounter.

In the 2018/19 season he was named Player of the Year at the West Coast Conference and led Gonzaga with an average of 19.7 points per encounter. In April 2019, he announced his decision to participate in the NBA's draft process , for which he was placed in the top ten in several predictions. The Washington Wizards  secured in ninth place the rights to Hachimura, who became the first Japanese to be drawn in an NBA draft in the first round of selection.

National team

In June 2018, Hachimura made his debut in Japan's men's national team and scored 17 points in the 88:80 victory over South Korea.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b The education of Gonzaga's Rui Hachimura. November 15, 2018, accessed January 12, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Rui HACHIMURA at the FIBA ​​U17 World Championship for Men 2014. Accessed January 12, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Rui Hachimura - Men's Basketball. Retrieved January 12, 2019 .
  4. ↑ WCC Announces 2018-19 Men's Basketball All-Conference Team. Retrieved March 8, 2019 .
  5. ↑ 2018-19 Gonzaga Men's Basketball: Season Box Score. In: static.gozags.com. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .
  6. ↑ 2019 Mock Draft | NBADraft.net. Retrieved January 12, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Jonathan Wasserman: Final 2019 NBA Mock Draft Before the New Year. Retrieved January 12, 2019 .
  8. ↑ https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/2019-nba-draft-gonzaga-forward-rui-hachimura-declares-for-nba-draft-after-three-college-seasons/
  9. ↑ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2019/06/21/basketball/nba/rui-hachimura-make-history-first-round-nba-draft-choice-washington-wizards/#.XQxVI635w4Y
  10. ↑ Kaz Nagatsuka: Rising star Rui Hachimura makes impressive debut for Japan men's national team . In: The Japan Times Online . June 16, 2018, ISSN  0447-5763 ( japantimes.co.jp [accessed January 12, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Hachimura, Rui
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1998
PLACE OF BIRTH Toyama