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Professional basketball league (2007–2013)
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Basketball league
TheJapan Basketball League (JBL) was aprofessional basketball league inJapan .It made up the top-tier of basketball in Japan alongside thebj league ,Japan's other basketball competition, with nopromotion and relegation between bj and the JBL.
The JBL was composed of two divisions, theJBL (Division 1, formerlyJBL Super League JBL2 (Division 2, formerlyJapan League ).
In June 2012, theJapan Basketball Association announced the establishment of theNational Basketball League (NBL) as the topflight professional league in Japan. The 2012–13 season was the last JBL season as JBL teams joined the NBL.
The Japan Basketball League was formed after theJBL Super League ,which was held from 2001 to 2007, was disbanded. The new Japan Basketball League started with the 2007–08 season with 7 teams of the JBL Super League (Aisin SeaHorses ,Hitachi SunRockers ,Mitsubishi Electric Diamond Dolphins ,OSG Phoenix ,Panasonic Super Kangaroos ,Toshiba Red Thunders ,Toyota Alvark ), and one team from another league,Rera Kamuy Hokkaido .[ 1] [ 2]
J. R. Sakuragi won the Regular season MVP award 3 times in a rowStatistical leaders [ edit ] Takuya Kawamura led the league in scoring for 4 consecutive seasonsThe playoff final game between the Aisin SeaHorses and the Toshiba Brave Thunders in 2013 The teams that played in JBL's last season in 2012–13 were:[ 19]
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