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Another Hawkinson? It is revealed that the Japanese men s basketball team has become a naturalized inside player. NBA Summer League scored 20 points against the Chinese men s basketball team

2:53pm, 27 July 2025Basketball

After Li Kaier, the Chinese men's basketball team has not made much progress in naturalizing players. The previously rumored foreign aid of Guangsha team Brown will not represent the Chinese men's basketball team in the Asian Cup this time.

Due to the lack of strong inside players, the Japanese men's basketball team has naturally naturalized strong inside players to their own use decades ago. In the end, after naturalizing Hawkinson, their strength has improved to a higher level.

At last year's Paris Olympics, Hawkinson played a major role, especially in the fight with the host France team. He carried two top NBA centers, Vinbanyama and Gobert alone, without any disadvantage, helping Japan drag the game into overtime.

However, considering that only Hawkinson is available, the Japanese Basketball Association has been looking for other naturalized insiders in case of emergency. Now, they are focusing on Nick Mayo, who plays for the Hiroshima Dragonflies in Japan.

Mao is 2.06 meters tall and is a white inside player. He has represented the Heat in the NBA Summer League. Coincidentally, in order to prepare for the Basketball World Cup held in the local area, the Chinese men's basketball team chose to participate in the NBA Summer League, where they fought with Mayo. In that game, Mayo showed his personal advantages to the fullest. The make-up dunks and strong plays at the basket made the Chinese men's basketball team unpredictable, and he eventually scored 20 points and 3 rebounds.

The current Japanese team has an excellent defender like Yuki Kawamura. As long as he has a chance in the inside, he will definitely pass the ball in place, so Mayo also has the opportunity to show his athletic ability.

In addition, Hachimura Shizuo is also a swingman in the third and fourth positions, and Mayo can also form a better tacit understanding with him. However, the naturalized player of the Japanese team in this year's Asian Cup is still Hawkinson, which means that Mayo may play against the Chinese men's basketball team in the future World Cup.

Judging from the naturalization situation in Japan, they have already had their own plans. Hawkinson and Mayo both play in the Japanese league and know Japanese basketball and players very well. After Li Kaile, the Chinese men's basketball team has not made much progress in naturalized players. The rumored foreign aid of Guangsha team Brown will not represent the Chinese men's basketball team in the Asian Cup this time. In this regard, the Chinese Basketball Association should really learn well.

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