ballin' out of control!!

just an extremely noteworthy update: my main man yuta tabuse was drafted by the bakersfield jam in the third round of this year's nbdl draft. and it gets better, because the jam are affiliated with my pride and joy (for better or for worse). you know you love it!!


speaking of basketball in japan, to put it simply, it's whack. as much as i want to watch some live action, this country lives and breathes baseball. there actually is a professional basketball league here in this country which gets absolutely zero love. i was thinking it'd be dope to rock a jersey, but then that brings up a brand new discussion point:

the naming of teams.

the aisen sea horses? the matsushita electric panasonic super kangaroos? even yuta's old team the toyota alvark? boy do those names strike fear into the hearts of the opponents.

better question: why do all japanese sports teams have to use english names for all of their teams? even baseball teams have names like hawks, lions, tigers, dragons, giants, etc. i'm sure there are japanese words for all of these mascots, yet the japanese sports machine chooses team names much easier understood by the average american than the average japanese.

and what the hell is an alvark!?