Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mwaka wa2010-11 wakaona ligi ichiwedzera kusvika kumapoka gumi nematanhatu uye hurongwa hwekutamba hwakawedzerwa kuti huwedzere zvikwata zvitanhatu zvepamusoro zvemusangano wega wega. Zvisinei, mwaka wacho wakazoguma wakanganiswa nokudengenyeka kwenyika kwakaitika kuTohoku muna March 2011
, izvo zvakakonzera kuti zvikwata zvitatu zveEastern Conference zvibve mukutamba mwaka usati wapera. Muchikamu cheWestern Conference, icho chakanga chakawedzera kusvika kumapoka mapfumbamwe nekuunzwa kweShimane Susanoo Magic uye Miyazaki Shining Suns, HeatDevils vaive mukukwikwidza nzvimbo yeplayoff panguva yekudengenyeka kwenyika, yavo 16<unk>22 rekodhi inovaisa mutambo mumwe chete kumashure kwechitanhatu-yakagadzwa Shimane. Zvisinei, vatatu vevatambi vechikwata vana vekuAmerica (Taj Finger, Rolando Howell naCyrus Tate) vakaputsa zvibvumirano zvavo ndokusiya nyika muvhiki rakatevera kudengenyeka kwenyika uye timu yakazodzima murairidzi L. J. Hepp nekutadza kugutsa vatambi kuti vagare muJapan. Mutevedzeri wemurairidzi Tony Hanson () akatora mabasa ekudzidzisa mushure mekubva uye timu yakarasikirwa nemitambo yavo gumi yasara, ichipedza mwaka mitambo minomwe kumashure kwaShimane.