One night earlier, Sasaki was seated on the Lakers bench during pregame warmups, when he was greeted by one of the biggest names in sports. Lakers forward Rui Hachimura — who was born in Toyama ...

Roki Sasaki was introduced to Japanese basketball star Rui Hachimura of the Lakers. The two young stars linked up and chatted as Hachimura taught Sasaki the famous "LA" hand sign. Interestingly ...

Sasaki met fellow Japanese native Rui Hachimura, who has often spoke fondly of Shohei Ohtani and drawing inspiration from the superstar. Sasaki additionally got to meet LeBron James and received a ...

And like the other two, Sasaki made a trip to the Lakers game to meet LeBron and fellow Japanese star Rui Hachimura. The Lakers welcomed Sasaki by having him meet LeBron and Hachimura, getting a ...

Rōki Sasaki and Lebron James 🤯🤝 Lakers forward ... in his career than any other Japanese-born player before him. Rui Hachimura already teaching Roki Sasaki how to throw up the LA sign ...

LeBron James meets Rui Hachimura's countrymate and new LA Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki ahead of the LA Lakers' game against the Washington Wizards on Tuesday. [photo: @NBA/X, @rui_8mura/IG] LeBron ...

Dan Woike: ‘I spoke to a Lakers source about this where I was talking about a trade that involves Rui Hachimura going out in the trade and they’re like, ‘I don’t know, Rui’s pretty good!

The Los Angeles Lakers are reportedly unwilling to trade sixth-year forward Rui Hachimura ahead of the Feb. 6 deadline, according to team beat writer Dan Woike of the Los Angeles Times.

Rōki Sasaki and Lebron James 🤯🤝 The Dodgers ... 2025 Sasaki then met with Lakers forward Rui Hachimura, who is also from Japan, and the two posed for a photo while making the "L.A." hand ...

Roki Sasaki is already mingling with the other stars in Los Angeles. Just days after the Dodgers signed the Japanese phenom, Sasaki was sitting courtside for the Lakers game Tuesday night at ...

Shortly before LeBron James posted his 121st career triple-double, he met with Los Angeles' newest star in Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki, who announced last week that he would be signing with the ...