Noriyuki Sugasawa Explained

Noriyuki Sugasawa
Position:Forward
Height Ft:6
Height In:4
Weight Lb:192
League:B.League
Team:Kumamoto Volters
Number:10
Nationality:ese
Birth Date:1987 2, mf=yes
Birth Place:Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, Japan
Highschool:Ishikawa (Uruma, Okinawa)
College:
Career Start:2010
Years1:2010–2012
Team1:TGI D-Rise
Years2:2012-2013
Years3:2013-2017
Team3:Akita Northern Happinets
Years4:2017-2018
Years5:2018-2019
Team5:Sendai 89ers
Years6:2019-2020
Team6:Toyama Grouses
Years7:2020
Team7:Kyoto Hannaryz
Years8:2021-2022
Team8:Nagasaki Velca
Years9:2022-present
Team9:Kumamoto Volters

is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for Nagasaki Velca of the B.League in Japan.[1] [2] Following his college graduation, Sugasawa became a school teacher, but decided to be a professional basketball player. In 2012 he was picked up by the Gunma Crane Thunders with the first overall pick in the bj League draft. He has been a Happinets hooper since 2013. Former Head Coach Nakamura said that "Sugasawa is the best unsung player."

Sugasawa used to sell T-shirts at Brex Arena Utsunomiya when he belonged to the TGI D-Rise, a development club for Link Tochigi Brex.[3] He can speak Okinawan language.

Career statistics

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 2011-12| align="left" | TGI|27||8||15.6 ||50.0%||45.5%||61.0%||3.6 ||0.4||0.3||0||5.7|-| align="left" | 2012-13| align="left" | Gunma|28||0||6.4 ||26.7%||21.1%||45.5%||0.9 ||0.2||0.3||0.1||2.1|-| align="left" | 2013-14| align="left" | Akita|46||0||6.7 ||54.3%||-||47.6%||1.2 ||0.2||0.2||0||1.3|-| align="left" | 2014-15| align="left" | Akita|24||0 ||4.6 ||44.4% ||34.8% ||83.3% ||0.8 ||0.2 ||0.2 ||0.0 ||2.4|-| align="left" | 2015-16| align="left" | Akita||47 ||0 ||10.6 ||41.3% ||34.2% ||76.6% ||1.1 ||0.6 ||0.4 ||0.1 ||3.5|-|style="background-color:#FFCCCC" align="left" | 2016-17| align="left" | Akita||56 ||7 ||11.3 ||24.6% ||20.2% ||73.9% ||1.2 ||0.4 ||0.2 ||0.0 ||1.8|-|style="background-color:#FFCCCC" align="left" | 2017-18| align="left" | Iwate||58 ||39 ||20.0 ||35.8% ||22.4% ||61.1% ||3.6 ||1.5 ||0.8 ||0.1 ||5.9|-| align="left" | 2018-19| align="left" |Sendai||58 || ||10.8 ||40.7% ||35.7% ||74.3% ||1.4 ||0.9 ||0.2 ||0.0 ||3.6|-| align="left" | 2019-20| align="left" |Toyama||32 ||2 ||6.0 ||27.6% ||26.3% ||81.8% ||0.9 ||0.2 ||0.1 ||0.0 ||1.6|-| align="left" | 2020-21| align="left" |Kyoto||12 || ||9.7 ||28.6% ||20.0% ||42.9% ||1.0 ||0.8 ||0.0 ||0.1 ||1.5|-

Playoffs

|-| align="left" | 2013-14| align="left" | Akita|3|| ||1.33||.500||.000||.250||0 ||0.67||0||0||0.67|-|style="text-align:left;"|2016-17|style="text-align:left;"|Akita| 3 || 0 || 24.12 || .667 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 || 0.0|| 0 || 0 || 1.3|-|style="text-align:left;"|2017-18|style="text-align:left;"|Iwate| 1 || 1 || 1.59 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0|| 0 || 0 || 0.0|-

Early cup games

|-|style="text-align:left;"|2017|style="text-align:left;"|Iwate| 3 || 3 || 20:03 || .267 || .375 || 1.000 || 2.3 || 3.0 || 0.33 || 0.0 || 4.7|-|style="text-align:left;"|2018|style="text-align:left;"|Sendai|2 || 0 || 7:53 || .000 || .000 || .500 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0 || 0.5|-|style="text-align:left;"|2019|style="text-align:left;"|Toyama|2 || 0 || 4:31 || .500 || .500 || .000 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0 || 1.5|-

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Noriyuki Sugasawa Basketball Player Profile, Toyama Grouses, News, B1 League stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards - asia-basket. Eurobasket LLC.
  2. Web site: Gunma selects forward Sugasawa with No.1 pick in bj-league draft. Ed. Odeven. June 20, 2012. The Japan Times.
  3. Web site: Sports Hochi. 【バスケット】"Tシャツ販売員"から大出世!秋田・菅沢が3点シュートで貢献. 24 September 2016. 25 September 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160926104611/http://www.hochi.co.jp/sports/ballsports/20160924-OHT1T50173.html. 26 September 2016.