When the Nets signed Yuta Watanabe to an Exhibit 10 contract, the then 27-year-old warned his huge fan base, with its chapters in Tokyo, Memphis and Toronto, that it was only a training camp contract and urged them to be patient. He promised, “I’ll do my best again.”
Indeed, he has.
Watanabe, the 6’9” wing who we’ve learned can play a little 5, is Brooklyn’s darling less than 20 games into the season as well as the NBA’s leader in 3-point shooting at 57.1%. And in the last four games, Watanabe has been on a tear, averaging 13.