At 167cm tall, Japanese Yuki Togashi is the shortest basketball player at the Paris Olympics. And he is often compared with the tallest, the French international Victor Wembanyama who reaches 222cm. 55 cm difference.
Few will remember that the Japan national team point guard wore the blue and white shirt, albeit only during the 2015/16 pre-season. Togashi arrived after being MVP of the Japanese league and having amazed in the American Summer League with the Dallas Mavericks. A deadly three-point shooter and excellent assistman, the Japanese point guard was released after a month. That Dinamo, which had Marquez Haynes and Rok Stipcevic as point guards, disappointed the probably exaggerated expectations that had been created after the treble the previous year.
Now Togashi leads the Japanese national team at the Olympics where they are missing Italy who did not qualify and scored 5 points in the match lost against the world champions Germany. Meanwhile, Dinamo have signed Justin Bibbins, who is 173cm tall. In short, another pocket playmaker after Marques Green (just 165cm tall but winner of the 2014 Italian Cup in Sassari) was clearly in destiny.
