While the Los Angeles Lakers made headlines with one of the biggest trades in recent NBA history, Japanese forward Rui ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan men's basketball team head coach Tom Hovasse said Wednesday that he was "disappointed" with Los Angeles Lakers forward Rui Hachimura's criticism on how the team was run by the ...

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He met LeBron James and his fellow Japan native, Rui Hachimura. Sasaki, 23, was the most coveted international free agent of the MLB offseason. He chose to sign with the reigning World Series ...

James and Rui Hachimura, who played for the Wizards before arriving in LA, impacted the game early. The Japanese forward had four points and two rebounds in the first six minutes. King James added ...

Los Angeles Lakers forward Rui Hachimura is coming to a realization about what he's capable of on the court. Fans have long ...

Although the Japanese-born athlete’s numbers have ... there will be more scoring opportunities for other players. Rui Hachimura is one of the guys who will be trusted to deliver in the two ...

Lakers forward Rui Hachimura — who was born in Toyama, Japan, and attended high school in Sendai — also connected with Sasaki before the game. The two athletes shared an exchange in Japanese ...

The Los Angeles Lakers are reportedly unwilling to trade sixth-year forward Rui Hachimura ahead of the Feb. 6 deadline, according to team beat writer Dan Woike of the Los Angeles Times.

Rui Hachimura: In the NBA, we already live in our own bubble, right? The NBA is its own world—300 players, small group. But the Lakers? They have their own bubble inside that. We move differently.

The Lakers got 3 late made 3's (two from LeBron, one from Hachimura) and a dunk from Hachimura to trim what had grown to an ...