Niigata Albirex BB
The Niigata Albirex BB is a professional basketball team based in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, Japan that compete in the third division of the Japanese B.League.
Outline
The club was founded in 1954 as the company team of Daiwa Securities, a Tokyo-based securities brokerage. In 1991, it joined the Japan Basketball League. In 2000, the company club was dissolved after NSG purchased it, and the club was moved before the 2000–2001 season to Niigata and renamed Albirex.In 2004, it joined the bj league along with five other clubs.
Team name transition
- 1954: The Daiwa Securities basketball club
- 1994: The Daiwa Securities Hotblizzards
- 2000: Niigata Albirex
- 2006: Niigata Albirex basketball
Coaches
Honors
Japan Basketball League Div.2- * Champions : 2000/2001, 2001/2002bj league
- * Runners-up : 2005/2006Asia Professional Basketball Invitation Tournament
- * '''4th Place : 2006'''
Season-by-season records
Key:- Win%: Winning percentage
- GB: ''Games behind''