Okay, so I wanted to figure out who’s playing for Japan’s basketball team in the 2024 Olympics. It’s a bit of a mess to find this stuff online, so I thought I’d share what I found and how I found it.
First off, I started with a simple search. I typed in “Japan Olympic basketball roster 2024” into the search bar and hoped for the best. You know how it is, sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you don’t.
I got a bunch of results, but most were just general articles about the Olympics. Then, I found this one site that had an article about the tournament. The article was not focused on Japan’s team. It just mentioned that it would show “the rosters of all participating teams at the 5×5 men’s basketball tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.” Not exactly what I needed, but it was a start.
Next, I stumbled upon another website, and it seemed more promising. It had a section specifically for the “Japan 2024 Olympic Games Roster.” It listed players with their positions, height, weight, birth date, and stuff like that. It looked like this:
- Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Pre-NBA Draft Team Nationality
- Yudai Baba SG 6-5 198 Nov 7
I saw a player named Yudai Baba and some details about him. At least now I had a name. The page was kind of a mess, not easy to read, but it was something.
Trying to Piece It Together
Then I looked for another website with a simple title “Complete roster of the Japan National Basketball Team in the Paris 2024 Olympics with players.” This one was better organized and had a list of the team members. Finally!
So, I spent some time going back and forth between these websites, cross-checking the names and trying to make sure I had a complete list. It took a while, but eventually, I managed to put together a decent roster. It was like doing a puzzle, finding pieces here and there.
