{"id":1733,"date":"2015-10-30T12:32:49","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T19:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loop-sports.com\/?p=1733"},"modified":"2015-10-31T01:13:39","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T08:13:39","slug":"seiya-ando-enters-2015-nba-d-league-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loop-sports.com\/en\/2015\/10\/30\/seiya-ando-enters-2015-nba-d-league-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Seiya Ando Enters 2015 NBA D-League Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loop-sports.com\/seiya-andos-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>we announced<\/strong><\/a> that the first NBL Canada&#8217;s Japanese basketball player, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loop-sports.com\/agent\/seiya-ando\/\" target=\"_blank\">Seiya Ando<\/a>, had been invited for the invitational only tryout for Los Angeles D-Fenders owned by Los Angeles Lakers. In order to achieve this young athlete&#8217;s ultimate goal; &#8220;Playing in NBA&#8221;, Seiya Ando has been focusing on playing in the NBA Development League (NBA D-League) that is the gateway to NBA during this summer.<\/br><br \/>\nSince then, he joined invitational only tryouts for<\/br><br \/>\n&#8211; Bakersfield Jam (Phoenix Suns)<br \/>\n&#8211; Texs Legends (Dallas Mavericks)<br \/>\n&#8211; Reno Bighorns (Sacrament Kings)<\/br><br \/>\nAlso, he participated a private workout for Austin Spurs (San Antonio Spurs). Through the tryouts and workouts, Seiya has showed his skill and built up his great reputation for team, coaches, and other players.<\/br><br \/>\n<\/br><br \/>\nAnd finally, Seiya Ando had the chance to enter the 2015 NBA Development League Draft. You can check the entire list of the eligible players for the NBA D-League draft at <a href=\"http:\/\/dleague.nba.com\/news\/2015-nba-development-league-draft-eligible-prospects-list\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>League.NBA.com<\/strong><\/a>. This draft will take place on Oct. 31 at 2:00pm (ET). You can check the live update on the <a href=\"http:\/\/dleague.nba.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>NBA D-League&#8217;s website<\/strong><\/a> or through NBA D-League App (<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.nbaimd.nbadl.android&#038;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Android<\/strong><\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/d-league-center-court\/id480013627?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>iOS<\/strong><\/a>). Please follow the draft, and don&#8217;t miss the moment when Seiya Ando changes the history!<\/br><br \/>\n<\/br><br \/>\nPlease &#8220;Like&#8221; or &#8220;Share&#8221; this blogpost to support Seiya Ando.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.loop-sports.com\/ja\/seiya-ando-enters-2015-nba-d-league-draft\" data-layout=\"standard\" data-action=\"like\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-share=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, we announced that the first NBL Canada&#8217;s Japanese basketball player, Seiya Ando, had been invited for the invitational only tryout for Los Angeles D-Fenders owned by Los Angeles Lakers. 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