Yuta Watanabe
Japanese basketball player (born 1994) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yuta Watanabe (渡邊 雄太, Watanabe Yūta, born October 13, 1994) is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball in the United States for the George Washington Colonials (now Revolutionaries), becoming the first Japanese-born student athlete to secure an NCAA Division I basketball scholarship.[1] He was named Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year in 2018. He has also represented the Japan national team, helping them win the bronze medal at the 2013 East Asia Basketball Championship.
No. 18 – Memphis Grizzlies | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Small forward / Power forward | ||||||||||||||
League | NBA | ||||||||||||||
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Born | (1994-10-13) October 13, 1994 (age 29) Yokohama, Japan | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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College | George Washington (2014–2018) | ||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2018: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2018–present | ||||||||||||||
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2018–2020 | Memphis Grizzlies | ||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | →Memphis Hustle | ||||||||||||||
2020–2022 | Toronto Raptors | ||||||||||||||
2022 | →Raptors 905 | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Brooklyn Nets | ||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | Phoenix Suns | ||||||||||||||
2024–present | Memphis Grizzlies | ||||||||||||||
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Before moving to the collegiate level, Watanabe attended Jinsei Gakuen High School in Zentsūji, Kagawa. He later transferred to St. Thomas More Preparatory School in Oakdale, Connecticut in 2013. Watanabe rose to fame in his high school program, and was one of their most valuable players in the National Prep School Invitational as a senior in 2014. In college, he became the fourth Japanese-born Division I basketball player of all time.