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Meet the Texas native who beat the odds and is trying to help Japan's 3x3 basketball team do the same
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How An American Athlete Found Home In Japan And An Olympic Chance : Live Updates: The Tokyo Olympics : NPR
![Ira Brown of Team Japan prepares to take to the court during the... Photo d'actualité - Getty Images Ira Brown of Team Japan prepares to take to the court during the... Photo d'actualité - Getty Images](https://media.gettyimages.com/id/1330517532/fr/photo/ira-brown-of-team-japan-prepares-to-take-to-the-court-during-the-mens-pool-round-match.jpg?s=1024x1024&w=gi&k=20&c=vfCcvd1DCCTNFEqbnCab9dTS_ve5YvQO-h7Z5uTeips=)
Ira Brown of Team Japan prepares to take to the court during the... Photo d'actualité - Getty Images
![Kanagawa, Japan. 22nd Feb, 2018. Ira Brown (JPN) Basketball : FIBA World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifier First Round match between Japan 69-70 Chinese Taipei at Yokohama International Swimming Pool in Kanagawa, Japan . Kanagawa, Japan. 22nd Feb, 2018. Ira Brown (JPN) Basketball : FIBA World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifier First Round match between Japan 69-70 Chinese Taipei at Yokohama International Swimming Pool in Kanagawa, Japan .](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/M5ERNB/kanagawa-japan-22nd-feb-2018-ira-brown-jpn-basketball-fiba-world-cup-M5ERNB.jpg)
Kanagawa, Japan. 22nd Feb, 2018. Ira Brown (JPN) Basketball : FIBA World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifier First Round match between Japan 69-70 Chinese Taipei at Yokohama International Swimming Pool in Kanagawa, Japan .
![Tokyo, Japan. 15th Jan, 2017. Ira Brown (Sunrockers) Basketball : B.LEAGUE All Star Game 2017 Dunk contest at 1st Yoyogi Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan . Credit: AFLO SPORT/Alamy Live News Stock Photo - Alamy Tokyo, Japan. 15th Jan, 2017. Ira Brown (Sunrockers) Basketball : B.LEAGUE All Star Game 2017 Dunk contest at 1st Yoyogi Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan . Credit: AFLO SPORT/Alamy Live News Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/HH056R/tokyo-japan-15th-jan-2017-ira-brown-sunrockers-basketball-bleague-HH056R.jpg)