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Former Tokyo Apache coach Joe “Jellybean” Bryant has signed on to coach the Italian league team Rieti. His first Italian team was Rieti, where he played 2 season (from 1984 to 1986) with 32.6 ppg in the first and 37.6 ppg in the second season.
It is sad that our last two Eastern Conference championship teams will be broken up, it would have been nice to challenge for the championship together. Good luck coach!

How has everybody been? Well it’s been over a month since the finals ended and I’m sorry I haven’t written. I haven’t even watched the games yet! Well to recap on my feelings towards this year was something I felt I should do so here it is.

Losing this year’s finals was far more devastating than losing last year’s. Why? Well I truly feel like if there ever was a winnable game, that final game was it. I mean it was such a winnable game I still get irritated thinking about it. Last year against Osaka, I can tell you they were the better team and they beat us straight up. I just thought we were a better team than Okinawa in the finals. Don’t get me wrong, I have a lot of respect for Okinawa and I congratulate them. What they did in the semifinal against Osaka was amazing, I tip my hat off to them.

A lot of people have been asking me this and I agree with them, why is the first round of playoffs a three game series and the finals is just ONE game?? I don’t really understand that either. I think I wrote this last year too but if there is a series, the better team will win. There is no luck in a series, but in just one game anything can happen. Another thing, in the finals we got called for 30 fouls. In my four seasons in Tokyo apache I don’t think we have ever been called for 30 fouls, actually my whole basketball life my team hasn’t been called for 30 fouls. In any league, the playoffs are the most physical and the PLAYERS should always be able to decide the outcome.

But back to the game, I mean I was really disappointed. I am still very disappointed and I will always be disappointed. I wanted to be out there on the court because I felt I could help our team win. Sometimes I don’t always feel like that but for that one game, I felt I could have made a difference. Their guards were getting anything they wanted and I wanted to try and stop that. Even though there were many things not going our way, it was a very close game, very winnable game! Its not many times a professional athlete can win a championship let alone make it to the finals. I feel like this one just slipped through our hands, it will definitely motivate me to work hard and get back to that position. I love all of you who supported throughout this season, we could not have made it without you. 1ove,D-MAK

みんな元気にしてるか？ファイナルが終わって一ヶ月以上経つけど書かずじまいで申し訳ない。まだ試合も観てない状態だよ。今年の気持ちをきちんと報告すべく今日は書こうと思う。

今年の敗北は去年よりもずっと悔しい気持ちでいっぱいだ。どうしてかって？まず、あのファイナルの試合は絶対に優勝できた試合だったからだ。思い返すだけで腹が立つぐらい絶対優勝できた試合だった。去年の大阪との試合は、彼らがチームとして上だった部分があったし、ずっと負け続けていた。でも、ファイナルに関しては沖縄よりも出来てたはずだった。誤解しないでほしい、沖縄はリスペクトしてるし、本当におめでとうと心から思ってる。セミファイナルで大阪との試合は本当に素晴らしいものだった！

いつも周りから聞かれるのは、どうしてプレイオフの最初のラウンドは３試合のシリーズでファイナルは１試合だけなんだ？という質問。これは俺も共感してる。俺も理解できないとこだ。去年も同じ事を書いた気がするけど、シリーズにすれば真の強いチームが優勝する。シリーズ化すれば、「運」とかではなく、正確な結果がでる。１試合だと様々なことが起こり得る。それから、ファイナルでファウルを３０回コールされた。アパッチでの４年間でこんなことは初めてだ。というより、俺のバスケットボール人生でも初めてだ。どんなリーグでも、プレイオフではいつもよりもっとフィジカルでプレイヤーが判断を下せるべきなんだ。

まぁ、試合の話に戻すと、とにかく残念で悔しくて。今でも、気持ちは変わらないし、この先も変わることはない。俺はもっとプレイしたかった。チームに絶対貢献できた。いつもそう思うわけじゃないけど、今回ばかりは本当に心からそう思った。何か違う結果が出せたと思った。相手のガードはやりたい放題でそれを止めたかった。俺達が思うように出来ない事はたくさんあったけど本当におしかった。優勝できる試合だった。プロのアスリートがファイナルに出場すること、しかもチャンピオンシップを優勝するということ、これはそう何回も体験できることではない。今回、そのチャンスが手の中をスーッと通り抜けていった感じだ。でも、俺はここであきらめない。もっともっと努力してより強くなって帰ってくる。今シーズンサポートしてくれたみんな、本当に感謝してる、みんなの応援なしではここまでこれなかったよ！love,D-MAK

A lot of player movement going on this off-season. Shaq to team up with LeBron?? WOW, so who’s next??

What’s up everyone? Well as you know we beat Sendai in the first round of playoffs, they put up a good fight but we played pretty well and swept them 2-0. Sunday’s game was real close but we came together and pulled out the victory, I am proud of the team but its time to forget about that. Its final four time!

Well we made it back to the semis for the second straight year; I hope we play Osaka in the finals to revenge our loss from last year. First we must worry about Hamamatsu and 7’9” Ming Ming. They beat us 6-2 in the regular season so I know they are confident against us. I think we have a real good chance of beating them though, unlike the first round all it takes is one game to advance. I really hope I get to play a lot and guard Michael Gardener, he is a first team all BJL player and a very explosive scorer. It will be very difficult to stop him but I think I can slow him down and make him work for every point. We have been working real hard in practice and we feel just as confident that we could beat them. Well I hope to hear all you guys cheering at ariake! 1ove, D-MAK

Watching game film on Hamamatsu before the semis

Just doing a test run from my iPhone. I guess it works, so now I can update from my phone.
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just having some fun with ID, surprisingly id offers a lot of colorways(not so much with the hyperdunks)

jordan XI low

jordan I

hyperdunk, kobe bryant player exclusive

my second favorite iverson shoe, answer 3

and laces to match the jordan V grapes

and my next venture… copping the og mcfly’s from “back to the future”

good lookin entee