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“I think that B3 now and when I played there is better than the Latvian-Estonian league [pēdējoreiz 2019./2020. gada sezonā]. “Prometey” is in a different weight class, but it would be no problem to fight with all other teams and win,” Chavar is sure. “When we talk about international tournaments in Europe, it really depends on the specific time of year. If we could also play with this team and get this far when we played with Ventspili in the FIBA European Cup, the Kiev and Bahçeşehir teams would put obstacles in our way just like they did back then. Until then we were playing with “Ventspili” against the Kosovo team, where the score was around +40 at halftime. We went to Cyprus and played in a mystical hall with a mystical team. Only “Bayreuth” from a good league in Germany, but they weren’t that good back then either.”
“Mothers [Jokohamā] A good long ending has been achieved – there is also one other player besides me [Babatunde Olumujiva], who played together with Marci Steinberg in the ACB league. It displays the level like this [Japānā] Have. If I had to compare, I would say this [B3 līga] is something between the FIBA European Cup and the Champions League. “Basketball is faster, there are more bites in the legs in defense, which is not classic European basketball,” explains Klaavs. “The local Japanese basketball players work very hard.” I wouldn’t say I don’t train a lot, but they are in the gym before me, after me and even on vacation. It’s very rare that they shoot threes poorly. The Japanese are fast and play very good defense.
If the Japanese are so good, why are they so rare in the leagues of other, more prestigious countries? “The salary is one of the parameters,” Chavar answers. “The second thing is the size parameters. The average Japanese player is smaller than the average European player and physically it would be more difficult for him in European basketball. So the foreigners are usually big players who try to do that.” [trūkumu] If the linebackers are really smaller, it’s from the number three position onwards – well, there are no third numbers as tall as Dāvis Bertāns or Rodions Kurucs – but the average sizes are already similar. Only sometimes these third parties are allowed to play in the number four positions if there is a shortage.”
“We have 15 players on the team, so in case of injury we have someone to cover for them. We have a physiotherapist, two masseurs, a fitness trainer, a head coach, three assistant trainers and many other work gnomes.” I don’t see it every day. They work in the club office – marketing, management, accounting, etc. Sometimes we travel by bus or plane, but mostly it’s high-speed trains – it’s not a cheap pleasure, but it’s faster and more comfortable,” Chavar reveals the conditions in the Yokohama club , which he describes as the best of his club career. “We have a training hall that I live next to. Unfortunately it’s not an arcade because people live and train in Tokyo, but the gaming arena is in Yokohama. Before the home games there is a hotel next to the arena where you can stay overnight if you want. We live individually in rooms, even when traveling, and that’s almost nowhere in Europe. Food and living are as they should be. Scouting and preparation for games are at a good level.”
Chavar averaged 13.3 points, 9.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.2 blocks in 32 games played. The “Excellence” team took fourth place in the 16-team competition.
You can hear a conversation with Klavas about all his experiences as a legionnaire in Spain, Turkey, Belarus, Poland and now Japan here:
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