Niigata Albirex BB

The Niigata Albirex BB () is a professional basketball team based in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, Japan that compete in the third division of the Japanese B.League.

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
• Shogo Fukuda

Honors

• Japan Basketball League Div.2
• Champions (2) : 2000/2001, 2001/2002
• bj league
• Runners-up (1) : 2005/2006
• Asia Professional Basketball Invitation Tournament
• 4th Place (1) : 2006

Season-by-season records

Key:

• Win%: Winning percentage
• GB: Games behind

Arenas

• City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka
• Niigata City Higashi General Sports Center
• Region Plaza Joetsu

Practice facilities

• Nakanoshima Gymnasium

References

External links

• Official web site