Rui Hachimura (25, 203 cm), a Japanese national team player in the NBA, transferred to the Los Angeles Lakers, which is sponsored by Korean company CJ CheilJedang’s Korean food brand ‘bibigo’. .
He eats rice with LeBron James (39), a star representing the league.
The Lakers announced on the 24th (Korean time) that they had acquired Hachimura from the Washington Wizards in exchange for guard Kendrick Nunn and three second pick picks in the draft.
Hachimura, who joined Washington with the ninth overall pick in the 2019 rookie draft, is a mixed-Japanese player in his fourth season in the NBA. 헤라카지노
He was born to a Benin father and a Japanese mother. Having taken over the Japanese amateur stage early on, he entered the NBA through the prestigious Gonzaga University of Division 1 of the National Collegiate Sports Association (NCAA).
Hachimura, who was named to the 2020 All-Rookie Second Team, is a basketball star representing Japan along with Yuta Watanabe (29), who plays for the Brooklyn Nets.
He played in 30 games this season, averaging 13 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists.
The Lakers are the most prestigious NBA team that has won the Finals the most with the Boston Celtics with 17 championships. In 2021, CJ CheilJedang and LA Lakers entered into a global marketing partnership.
The Lakers uniform has the Korean food brand ‘Bibigo’ engraved on it.