Basketball’s Next Big Thing: B.League Unveils ‘B.DREAM PROJECT 2025’ to Unleash Rising Stars

On October 31st, the B.League announced that it would hold “B.DREAM PROJECT 2025” with the aim of discovering professional players and coaches. B.DREAM PROJECT is recruiting enthusiastic young people in two categories: “athletes who want to become professionals” under the age of 22 and “coaches who want to become professionals” under the age of 35. The aim is to discover young players who are world-class or have the desire to challenge the world, create opportunities for clubs to develop and strengthen such players by utilizing the special designated player system, and to become future coaches in the B League. Its purpose is to discover young coaches who are aiming to become coaches and provide those coaches with an opportunity to learn coaching methods. This recruitment will start from 17:00 on Wednesday, November 6th. The capacity is 50 “professional athletes” and 10 “professional coaches”, and if the capacity is exceeded, a written screening will be conducted. Details of the project date, time, venue, etc. are as follows.

■Overview of “B.DREAM PROJECT 2025”

・Date and time: January 5, 2025 (Sunday) 10:00-17:00 ・Venue: Komazawa Olympic Park General Sports Ground Indoor Ball Game Field ・Recruitment period: November 6, 2024 (Wednesday) 17:00-December 1, 2024 (Sunday) ) 16:59 *Common application qualifications for both “Aspiring professional athletes” and “Aspiring professional coaches”[Aspiring professional athletes]Must be a male under the age of 22 as of March 31, 2025. *Players who are not registered as athletes with the Japan Basketball Association can also apply. *Participants under the age of 18 must have parental consent. (Document screening will be conducted if the capacity exceeds 50 people)[Coaches who aspire to be professional]The following conditions ① and ②-1, or ① and ②-2 must be met. ①Be between the ages of 18 and 35 as of March 31, 2025. *Gender does not matter ②-1: Must possess a JBA official D-class coach license or higher. ②-2: Coaches enrolled in universities, junior colleges, or vocational schools, and possess a JBA official E-grade coaching license or above. *School name must be entered at the time of application (document screening will be conducted if the capacity exceeds 10 people)

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