Kamijiro Basketball Association Founded

Good morning Kamijiro! Today, I am pleased to announce the founding of a new professional sports league, the Kamijiro Basketball Association. We are glad to note that there are 10 teams in total and two conferences, five in each. Both conferences are made of five teams from each island, which will be listed alphabetically by location below.

Jiro Island Conference:
- Hanayuki Tenno
- Havenstad Hawks
- Little Osaka Kaiju
- Porto Jiro Suns
- Ulta'i Ali'i

Kami Island Conference:
- Hikarimachi Lightning
- Isla Flores Flamingos
- Jardim Azul Dolphins
- New Volendam Orange
- St. Jerome Power

Without further ado, the starting fives for the ten teams, with non-Kamijiroans italicized and their nationalities listed.

Hanayuki Tenno:
- Devin Moore (PG), American, age 23
- Mamadi Diakite (SG), Guinean, age 24
- Clark White (SF), American, age 25
- Damjan Magdevski (PF), Macedonian, age 25
- Wataru Nishioka (C), Japanese, age 29

Havenstad Hawks
- Leonardo Prince (PG), Kamijiroan, age 24
- Damir Rikic (SG), Bosnian, age 24
- Nikolaos Spyridonidis (SF), Greek, age 26
- Raphaël Dondon (PF), French, age 32
- Manu Gayoso (C), Spanish, age 24

Hikarimachi Lightning:
- Oscar Gustafsson (PG), Swedish, age 25
- Brent Quiñones (SG), Filipino, age 24
- Jia Hanlin (SF), Chinese, age 22
- Yukiyoshi Shigematsu (PF), Japanese, age 25
- Greg Gurley (C), American, age 28

Isla Flores Flamingos:
- Jamie Sobey (PG), Australian, age 29
- Camron White (SG), American, age 27
- Domen Novak (SF), Slovenian, age 23
- Renato Ruggiero (PF), Italian, age 24
- Nemanja Mijatovic (C), Serbian, age 26

Jardim Azul Dolphins:
- Uwe Otto (PG), German, age 25
- Gordan Suput (SG), Croatian, age 26
- Assane Riviere (SF), French, age 26
- Stanley O'Connor (PF), American, age 22
- Karolis Vasylius (C), Lithuanian, age 23

Little Osaka Kaiju:
- Joachim Klein (PG), German, age 27
- Jung Yeong-Hwan (SG), South Korean, age 22
- Mangok Leek (SF), Sudanese, age 26
- Ben McMath (PF), Australian, age 25
- Alain Delmas (C), French, age 24

New Volendam Orange:
- Danny Anigbogu (PG), American, age 27
- Michail Papadatos (SG), Greek, age 24
- Luka Pekovic (SF), Montenegrin, age 24
- Ikechukwu Makanjuola (PF), Nigerian, age 23
- Gino Purdom (C), Kamijiroan, age 25

Porto Jiro Suns:
- Piotr Pawlak (PG), Polish, age 25
- Tim Walker (SG), American, age 27
- Karlo Gabric (SF), Croatian, age 22
- Ryuji Kitamura (PF), Kamijiroan, age 23
- Horacio Yepes (C), Spanish, age 23

St. Jerome Power:
- Filip Vranes (PG), Serbian, age 25
- Christopher Jackson (SG), Kamijiroan, age 25
- Bryan Faure (SF), French, age 30
- Charro Maldonaldo (PF), Argentine, age 22
- Oscar Pellegrini (C), Spanish, age 22

Ulta'i Ali'i:
- Kagetaka Mabuchi (PG), Japanese, age 30
- Morakinyo Okereafor (SG), English, age 29
- Justo Ocaña (SF), Spanish, age 28
- Adrian MacLeod (PF), Canadian, age 24
- Mangok Maker (C), Sudanese, age 30

The league has very few Kamijiroan talents, but the upcoming draft classes offer a lot of potential for the Kamijiroan game. The draft system does not involve a lottery, instead opting for a pure "worst-to-best" system for all ten teams. The salary cap is set at 250 million jiroes. The pre-season power rankings favor the Hikarimachi Lightning to win the league, with odds as low as +250 being offered at Kamijiroan sportsbooks.