Hachimura, Japanese basketball's biggest star, publicly criticized the JBA's management of the national team and questioned the competence of head coach Tom Hovasse last year, with the two-time Olympian indicating he was unsure about playing for his country in the future.Shimada and the new head of the JBA's training committee, Takuma Ito, met with Hachimura following the Lakers' game against the San Antonio Spurs in Los Angeles on Dec. 10."We were able to have a conversation that was basically positive about working hard together," Shimada said during his press conference following a JBA b…READ FULL ARTICLE