Michael Dale joins Fukuoka

Michael DaleMichael Dale (197 cm, South Illinois’06) will play in Japan for the first time after signing for Fukuoka Rizing, BJ League) this season. The swingman was in Austria last season where he played for UBSC Graz in the A Bundesliga and was in fine form. He featured in 21 games for Graz over the campaign and averaged impressively with 7.5 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.3 steals per game.

The American suffered a stop/start period of his career through the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 seasons as try outs with the Summerside Storm (Canada, NBL) and Lille (France, Pro B) failed to come to fruition.

Michael Dale has previously played in Hungary and will now head to Japan for the first time.

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