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  • Suns sadly have new Yuta Watanabe stuck on their roster
    • Suns sadly have new Yuta Watanabe stuck on their roster
    Nigel Hayes-Davis is sadly occupying the unwanted Yuta Watanabe role for the Phoenix Suns this season....2025
  • • Grizzlies Preview: One Season After Injury Bug Bit Hard, Memphis At A Crossroads
    Grizzlies Preview A look at the Memphis Grizzlies entering the 2024-25 season … Coach: Taylor Jenkins Last Season: 27-55 (failed to make the playoffs) New Faces: Zach Edey, Jaylen Wells, Cam Spencer, Jay Huff Key Losses: Ziaire Williams, Trey Jemison, Derrick Rose, Jordan Goodwin, Timmy Allen, Zavier Simpson, Jack White, Lamar Stevens, Yuta Watanabe Overview The Grizzlies are ...2024
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  • Olympics’ 50 best men’s basketball players for 2024 Paris games, ranked
    • Olympics’ 50 best men’s basketball players for 2024 Paris games, ranked
    Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images Let’s rank the best men’s basketball players competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The most talented men’s basketball tournament in the history of the Summer Olympics is going down at the 2024 Paris Games. The best athletes in the sport are on display representing their home countries, and all of them want the glory that comes with leading their team to a...2024
  • Men’s Olympic basketball teams at 2024 Paris games, ranked by gold medal chances
    • Men’s Olympic basketball teams at 2024 Paris games, ranked by gold medal chances
    Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images Let’s rank every men’s basketball team at the 2024 Paris Olympics by their gold medal chances. USA Basketball can no longer claim to be the single dominant international force it once was in the men’s division. Poor showings at the last two FIBA World Cup competitions — a seventh place finish in 2019 and a fourth place finish in 2023 — sho...2024
  • • Yuta Watanabe Signs With Japan’s Chiba Jets
    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 highest in B.League history. Watanabe’s decision to return to his home country was reported last month. Watanabe, who finished last season with the Grizzlies, […]...2024
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  • • Yuta Watanabe Expected To Join Chiba Jets
    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 widely expected to sign with the Chiba Jets, sources tell Donatas Urbonas of BasketNews.com. Nothing is official yet, but Urbonas classifies the move as “close.” Watanabe, 29, was born and […]...2024

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Yuta Watanabe injury and suspension

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  • Anthony Edwards’ dunk of the year gave John Collins a head injury
    • Anthony Edwards’ dunk of the year gave John Collins a head injury
    Anthony Edwards’ dunk of the year on John Collins injured both players. Anthony Edwards is no stranger to the dunk of the year contest. Back in his rookie year of 2021, Edwards absolutely baptized Yuta Watanabe for one of the best dunks you will ever see. Believe it or not, he may have outdone himself on Monday night against the Utah Jazz. As the Timberwolves were on their way to a 114-104 win i...2024
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  • • Yuta Watanabe Addresses Injury Following Japan’s Upset Win
    Phoenix’s new recruit Yuta Watanabe and his Japanese teammates enjoyed an emphatic victory over Finland in the FIBA World Cup but the sharpshooter admitted he has been playing through injury. “Speaking about my leg, I’ve received numerous suggestions to take a break and focus on the upcoming season,” he said on X. “However, when I […] The post Yuta Watanabe Addr...2023
  • • NBA offseason grades for every team after free agency, trades, and draft
    Let’s give out offseason grades for every team in the NBA. The biggest fireworks of the NBA offseason are still to come. Damian Lillard requested a trade from the Portland Trail Blazers only 24 hours into free agency, but there has been no real momentum on his desired deal to the Miami Heat. James Harden has also asked out from the Philadelphia 76ers, but the team is resolved to keep him unless th...2023
  • • How the Suns can save the Kevin Durant trade after a disastrous early playoff exit
    Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images The Kevin Durant trade looks like it could be a huge bust for the Suns. The pressure is on to salvage it with the right moves this offseason. The Phoenix Suns’ trade for Kevin Durant looks like a bust right now. There’s no other takeaway after the Suns were eliminated from the 2023 NBA Playoffs in the second round by losing to the Denver Nuggets in...2023
  • Nets Sign Yuta Watanabe
    • Nets Sign Yuta Watanabe
    The Brooklyn Nets have signed Yuta Watanabe. The Nets had six open roster spots on the 20-man offseason roster prior to adding Watanabe. Watanabe is a four-year NBA veteran. The small forward spent the last two seasons with the Toronto Raptors after starting his career with the Memphis Grizzlies. During the 2020-21 season, on a Raptors team that struggled while playing out the year in Tampa, Flori...2022
  • • Raptors’ Yuta Watanabe dishes on big game vs. Cavaliers
    There wasn’t much to take away from the Toronto Raptors’ 45-point thrashing to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday night. Indeed, there hasn’t been much to take away from a number of games this season—when they’ve even been played at all. A brutal combination of injuries and mounting COVID-19 infections has made pertinent macro analysis on […] The post Raptors’ Yuta Watanabe dishes on big game...2021
  • • Raptors receive bad news on OG Anunoby injury
    The Toronto Raptors will be without one of their best players for the foreseeable future. Per The Athletic’s Eric Koreen, OG Anunoby is set to miss time with a hip injury: OG Anunoby will be out " a while" with a hip pointer. Precious Achiuwa and Yuta Watanabe also out tonight. Chris Boucher is back. […] The post Raptors receive bad news on OG Anunoby injury appeared first on C...2021

Yuta Watanabe lifestyle

  • • How the Suns became the NBA sleeping giant they were always destined to be
    Photo by Barry Gossage / NBAE via Getty Images The Phoenix Suns are finally realizing the potential the franchise always had. Near the end of the American Civil War, following early settlements by Native Americans, Mormon missionaries, and Mexican immigrants, a prospector named Jack Swilling traveled south from communities in Arizona’s Vulture Mountains to the Salt River Valley and what wo...2023
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Timeline

  • 2025
    "Nigel Hayes-Davis is sadly occupying the unwanted Yuta Watanabe role for the Phoenix Suns this season."

  • 2024
    "Back in his rookie year of 2021, Edwards absolutely baptized Yuta Watanabe for one of the best dunks you will ever see."

  • 2023
    "Free agents like Yuta Watanabe and Georges Niang could provide the shooting, but not the defense."

  • 2022
    "28-year-old Yuta Watanabe continues to prove he fits seamlessly into the Nets’ rotation and out of nowhere, has become their best three-point shooter."

  • 2021
    "A brutal combination of injuries and mounting COVID-19 infections has made pertinent macro analysis on […] The post Raptors’ Yuta Watanabe dishes on big game vs."

  • 2020
    "The Toronto Raptors announced Sunday they have signed forward Paul Watson to a standard NBA contract and forward Yuta Watanabe to a two-way player contract."

  • 2018
    "(AP) -- The Memphis Grizzlies signed forward Yuta Watanabe to a two-way contract Friday and waived guard/forward Myke Henry."

  • 2017
    "PITTSBURGH (AP) Yuta Watanabe scored 18 points, Jair Bolden hit a key 3-pointer and George Washington pulled away late to beat Saint Louis 53-46 on Thursday night in the second round of the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament."

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Yuta Watanabe trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

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  • • Yuta Watanabe Signs With Japan’s Chiba Jets
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  • Yuta Watanabe Intends To Play In Japan Next Season
    • Yuta Watanabe Intends To Play In Japan Next Season
    Memphis Grizzlies forward Yuta Watanabe took to Instagram Live to share his plans for next season. Watanabe said he's leaving the NBA to return home to play in his native Japan. Watanabe said there are many factors in his decision, including it being best for his mental health. There were no indications of what team he intends to play for. Watanabe is also expected to play for Japan at the 2024 Su...2024
  • • Grizzlies To Waive Chimezie Metu
    The Grizzlies are waiving forward/center Chimezie Metu, who they acquired from the Suns in the deadline move that brought Yuta Watanabe back to Memphis, according to HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto (Twitter link). Metu, 26, averaged 5.0 points and 3.0 rebounds in 37 games (five starts) with the Suns this season. He signed with Phoenix on a […]...2024
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  • • 6 NBA teams who got better in free agent frenzy this summer
    Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Here are six teams that should be better next season after making strong signings in free agency. The biggest trade of the NBA offseason is still on the horizon, but the free agency has mostly settled. As the league waits on the Damian Lillard trade to finally go through — and maybe a James Harden trade, too — rosters around the NBA have been reshuffled...2023
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    2023
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  • • NBA free agency: 5 winners, 3 losers from offseason deals so far
    Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports Here are the biggest winners and losers of NBA free agency so far. The opening days of NBA free agency saw players sign for more than $2.6 billion in guaranteed contracts. Most of that money was from teams retaining their own players, highlighted by max extensions for LaMelo Ball and Tyrese Haliburton that could total more than $250 million. The biggest stories...2023
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  • • Suns Officially Sign Yuta Watanabe, Chimezie Metu
    The Suns have officially added free agent forward Yuta Watanabe and center/forward Chimezie Metu, according to the NBA transactions page. Watanabe, 28, averaged 5.6 points on 49 percent shooting, including 44 percent on 3-pointers in 58 games with the Nets last season. Metu averaged 4.9 points and 3.0 rebounds in 66 games. He spent each […] The post Suns Officially Sign Yuta Watanabe, Chimez...2023

Yuta Watanabe stats and results

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  • Phoenix Suns' Yuta Watanabe scores 20 points in Japan's loss to Germany in FIBA World Cup
    • Phoenix Suns' Yuta Watanabe scores 20 points in Japan's loss to Germany in FIBA World Cup
    Phoenix Suns forward Yuta Watanabe posted 20 points, six rebounds and two assists in 31 minutes of Japan's 81-63 loss Friday to Germany in World Cup....2023
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  • Nets Guarantee Yuta Watanabe, Edmond Sumner, Markieff Morris Contracts For Rest Of Season
    • Nets Guarantee Yuta Watanabe, Edmond Sumner, Markieff Morris Contracts For Rest Of Season
    The Brooklyn Nets will guarantee the contracts of Yuta Watanabe, Edmond Sumner, and Markieff Morris for the rest of the season, sources told Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. Watanabe is averaging 7.7 points in 18.7 minutes this season. Sumner is averaging 6.8 points in 14.4 minutes, with Morris scoring 4.2 points in 11.4 minutes per game....2023
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  • • Pacific Notes: Watanabe, Green, Reddish, Dunleavy
    The Suns were quick to sign Yuta Watanabe in free agency, coming to a reported agreement to sign him moments after the NBA’s free-agent negotiation period opened in June. According to Sportskeeda’s Mark Medina, star forward Kevin Durant was instrumental in recruiting Watanabe, his teammate with the Nets last year, to Phoenix. “He texted me […]...2023
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Top Yuta Watanabe news

  • • Brooklyn’s Unsung Performer Who Causes the Least Drama
    With all the theatrics surrounding Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant and Ben Simmons at Brooklyn, it is easy to miss a player that is making waves, on the court that is. 28-year-old Yuta Watanabe continues to prove he fits seamlessly into the Nets’ rotation and out of nowhere, has become their best three-point shooter. In fact, […] The post Brooklyn’s Unsung Performer Who Causes the Lea...2022
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  • • Brooklyn Nets mailbag: Ben Simmons’ role, offseason additions, and more
    Training camp is just three weeks away as the new-look Brooklyn Nets inch closer to their 2022-2023 campaign. Things have been relatively quiet on the Nets front since the Markieff Morris and Yuta Watanabe signings last week. With that, I took some questions from NetsWorld in the first edition of my Nets mailbag. Who do […] The post Brooklyn Nets mailbag: Ben Simmons’ role, offseason a...2022
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  • Yuta Watanabe: 'There was a time I thought I might not belong to this league'
    • Yuta Watanabe: 'There was a time I thought I might not belong to this league'
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  • • Four veteran free agents the Nets could target to fill out roster
    NBA training camps open three weeks from Tuesday and the Brooklyn Nets still have roster spots to fill. Brooklyn added Royce O’Neale, T.J. Warren, Edmond Sumner, Markieff Morris and Yuta Watanabe this offseason. Sumner’s deal is partially guaranteed while Morris and Watanabe both signed non-guaranteed contracts. UNLV forward Donovan Williams is rumored to have agreed […] The post Four ...2022
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  • • Anthony Edwards’ dunk of the year gave John Collins a head injury
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  • • After Leading the League in Three-Point Percentage, Yuta Watanabe is Continuing to Blaze his Own Path
    On November 3rd, 2004, an eight-year-old Yuta Watanabe sat inside his home in Miki, Kagawa Japan with his eyes glued to the television. With 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter of the Phoneix Suns vs. Atlanta Hawks matchup, he began screaming as Yuta Tabuse – the first Japanese-born player to play in the regular […] The post After Leading the League in Three-Point Percentage, Yuta Watanabe...2023
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  • Ben Simmons, TJ Warren Out Wednesday Against Celtics
    • Ben Simmons, TJ Warren Out Wednesday Against Celtics
    Ben Simmons and TJ Warren will miss the Brooklyn Nets matchup against the Boston Celtics on Wednesday. Simmons will miss his third straight game with left knee soreness, while Warren is out with a knee contusion. Yuta Watanabe is listed as probable with back tightness....2023
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