Niigata Albirex BB
Niigata Albirex BB, formally Niigata Albirex Basketball, is a Japanese basketball club. It is based in Nagaoka, Niigata.Outline
The club was founded in 1954 as the company team of Daiwa Securities, a Tokyo-based securities brokerage. In 1991, it joined the Japan Basketball League. In 2000, the company club was dissolved after NSG purchased it, and the club was moved before the 2000–2001 season to Niigata and renamed Albirex.
In 2004, it joined the bj league along with five other clubs.Team name transition
- 1954: The Daiwa Securities basketball club
- 1994: The Daiwa Securities Hotblizzards
- 2000: Niigata Albirex
- 2006: Niigata Albirex basketball
Roster
Notable players
Coaches
- Osamu Kuraishi
- Matt Garrison
- Fujitaka Hiraoka
- Kazuo Nakamura
- Kazuhiro Shoji
- Taketo Aoki
Honors
- Japan Basketball League Div.2
- * Champions : 2000/2001, 2001/2002
- bj league
- * Runners-up : 2005/2006
- Asia Professional Basketball Invitation Tournament
- * 4th Place : 2006
Season-by-season records
Key:
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