Slam Dunk Fox Rukawa

Soon, Akagi, who had finished changing, came to the school gate surrounded by Mitsui, Rukawa, Sakuragi and others (actually under surveillance), and met with Haruko, Ye Zi and Noma who had already received the news and were waiting there.

There was one more Mumu accompanying him. After all, it was Akagi who was treating him. He wanted to call out one more person, but Rukawa and the others would not refuse.

On the way, Rukawa quietly asked Mitsui why a player in the second grade was hospitalized. Mitsui said that there was a defender in the second grade named Ryota Miyagi. Anyway, he was quite arrogant in school. Mitsui had disliked him before and wanted to find someone.

The only thing that surrounded him was that he later returned to the basketball team. But later, it seems that because Miyagi went to woo a girl, and that girl was the son of a bad gang boss in the third grade, so Miyagi was tragically killed by a group of 3

The delinquent boy in his grade went to the hospital. Mitsui's answer left Rukawa speechless. Unexpectedly, Miyagi was still hospitalized.

A group of people then came to a well-known ramen restaurant 2 blocks away from the school. After everyone sat down, Akagi was surprised by Sakuragi and the others' orders, because Sakuragi ordered 5 bowls of ramen.

, Takamiya ordered 5 bowls, and Tokuo also ordered 4 bowls. Akagi’s heart was bleeding when he thought about having to treat such a large group of people to eat for a month.

There are 14 people in Akagi and others in total, and there are big eaters like Sakuragi who ordered several bowls, so the boss apologized and asked Akagi and others to wait for a while after they finished ordering. It will take some time for so many bowls of noodles, but the boss is out.

The flattering words of Akagi made Akagi's face turn red, while Rukawa and the others were all laughing.

When the boss bowed and exited the private room where Akagi and the others were, he said to Akagi: "Thank you for your understanding. Sir, you are really capable. You are not tired with so many children."

"Ah ha ha ha!" Mitsui and Sakuragi laughed so exaggeratedly that they even burst into tears. Only Haruko suppressed her blush and did not dare to laugh out loud.

Mu Mu helplessly looked at Akagi's dark face, which was so red that it almost glowed. This was not the first time he saw Akagi being misunderstood because of his mature appearance. When Mu Mu saw Akagi, he could not help but get angry, and quickly

Come out and be his good old man.

"Okay, okay, don't laugh. I have something to ask Rukawa." Mumu's skill in smoothing things over was very good, and he immediately diverted everyone's attention. "Rukawa, during the training just now, there was a dispute between the five people on your team.

The cooperation is so smooth that there is no interruption or flaw at all. And I heard from Mitsui that the five of you have only been training together for half a year. Akagi and I have been practicing together for at least 5 years. Yasuda and the others have been training together with us.

We have been together for more than a year, why don't you have such a good understanding? Please give me some advice."

In fact, Rukawa originally wanted to find an opportunity to remind Akagi and Mumu. After all, Rukawa knew that Shohoku's lineup was weak. Apart from the five main players, only Mumu could temporarily support him. Of course, Rukawa hoped that the teammates he played with would be stronger.

Okay, and Akagi is still his elder brother-in-law now.

After pondering for a while, Rukawa said sincerely to Mumu and Akagi, who pretended not to look at him but his ears were perked up: "Senior Mumu, I personally think that there are reasons why the five of us have been able to develop a relatively tacit cooperation within half a year.

But before I tell you the reason, I want to ask a question to Senior Mumu and Captain Akagi."

"Well, okay, you say." Mu Mu answered for Chimu.

"Then, please tell me, Senior Mumu and Captain Akagi, since you started practicing basketball, how many positions have you practiced in total?"

"Well, Akagi has always been very tall, so he has been playing the center position since junior high school. As for me, my speed is not fast enough, my height is not high enough, my strength is even worse, and my dribbling is average. I can't be high or low.

I have no choice but to play the small forward position. Does this have anything to do with the tacit understanding of cooperation?" Mu Mu directly answered on behalf of Akagi who was too embarrassed to ask his brother-in-law for advice.

"Well, I think this has a lot to do with it. Because in the six months of training with Mitsui, Tokuo, Sakuragi and Yohei, everyone has practiced at least two positions. Tokuo has practiced less, he only

He practiced the playing style of center, power forward and a small amount of small forward; although Yohei mainly played point guard and shooting guard, he also practiced the playing style of small forward and a small amount of power forward and even center; Mitsui and Sakuragi also practiced in all five positions.

, it’s just that Mitsui mainly practices small forwards and shooting guards, and Sakuragi mainly practices power forwards and small forwards.” Rukawa’s answer surprised Akagi and Kigure, and Rukawa’s next words surprised them even more, “And I have been practicing 5 at the same time since I was a child.

locations, and none of them are unfamiliar.”

"Nonsense, what's the point of practicing so many positions? Is it just to show your almightiness?" Akagi couldn't help but speak, but his tone was still a bit unpleasant.

"Haha, captain, please listen to me and explain to you." Rukawa didn't care about Akagi's disrespect, because he knew that Akagi had always been resentful about abducting his precious sister, so it would be nice to be able to talk to him. "I practice like this

Playing in multiple positions is not to show your versatility, but because it is an inevitable requirement for the future development of basketball."

"Where's that?! Are you kidding me?"

"Don't worry, first of all, Captain Akagi, your current playing style is that of a traditional center, right?" Rukawa continued to explain after seeing Akagi nod,

"Then I want to ask you, how tall do you think you can grow?" Then he continued without waiting for Akagi to answer,

"You are now 1.97 meters tall. Based on your age, even if you grow taller in the future, you will only be a little over 2 meters tall. In a Japanese high school, you should have no problem playing center at your height, and even if you enter college or even the Japanese national team

, with a height of just over 2 meters, he can still play as a center."

"But, how do you think Japan's basketball level compares with the world? There is no need to hide it, we all know that even in Asia, we are worse than South Korea and many West Asian countries, let alone compared with China, the basketball hegemon in Asia.

There are no Chinese centers under 2.10 meters. The traditional NBA centers we are familiar with are basically over 2.10 meters. Captain, if you represent the national team and compete with other countries, you will be about 2 meters tall against 2.10 meters or even

A center over 2.20 meters tall, do you think you can avoid defeat with your style of play?" Rukawa's question made Akagi deep in thought, because he used to just keep encouraging himself to break out of Kanagawa and enter the national competition.

, I have never considered that I still have the problem of not being tall enough.

Seeing that Akagi couldn't think of an answer, Rukawa suggested: "Captain, do you know Magic Johnson, the NBA's current superstar? Although he plays as a point guard, he is 2.06 meters tall. Johnson has all kinds of wonderful things.

I won't list them here. In Game 6 of the 1980s Finals between the Lakers and the 76ers, he represented. Because the team's main center was absent, Johnson even jumped the ball from the beginning. He played the center position throughout the game and scored 42 points.

He scored 15 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals, leading the team to victory and making him the first player in history to be elected as the Finals MVP as a rookie. You can't say that Johnson is just trying to show off his versatility.

That’s why I went to play center.”

Rukawa saw that everyone was immersed in admiration for Johnson's strong and heroic appearance after listening to his speech, and he concluded: "So I think that as time goes by, more and more swingmen will appear, and even there will be

More all-around great players like Magic Johnson. And there’s one Japanese player that I know of.”

At this time, even Mitsui looked at Rukawa in shock. Mitsui, who had received training from Coach Smith with Rukawa, knew that although Rukawa didn't say it, Rukawa's vision was quite high. He had never heard him say anything about any Japanese player.

, at this time, seeing Rukawa actually want to use a Japanese player as an example, of course he was very interested.

Rukawa continued under the gaze of everyone: "Everyone should know the king of Japanese high schools - Sanno Industries."

Akagi, Mugure, Mitsui and Tokuo nodded. The others did not react at all, but they continued to listen to Rukawa like Akagi and the others.

"The only person I like in Sanno Kogyo is not their so-called No. 1 middle school student in Japan, Sawabita Eiji, but their center Masashi Kawada, who is 1.94 meters tall. Because Masashi Kawada was only 1.65 meters tall when he entered high school.

By the time it was over, he had grown to 1.90 meters. As his height changed, he played from guard to small forward, power forward and finally center. It can be said that he is currently the most versatile player in Japan.

There is no one. I think if you, captain, faced him now, you would lose badly."

"What? There is a person like this who grows 25 centimeters a year. Oh my God, is this true?" This is what Takamiya, the shortest person, commented.

"Rukawa, where did you know this? Is this true?" Mumu asked on behalf of Akagi.

Rukawa thought for a while and decided to tell Akagi, "Actually, Mitsui and I received the guidance of Coach Smith from Oak Hill High School, the dominant high school basketball class in the United States, last year, but I hope you, seniors, will keep it a secret. Through the Oak Hill experience brought by Coach Smith,

From the high school teaching video, we deeply understood how far we are from the world's basketball powers, so our sights have long been no longer in Japan. However, before going to the United States for further studies, we decided to practice the basics first and conquer all of Japan, so

Last year, I asked someone to collect information on the top high school teams across the country."

Akagi and Mumu were stunned by Rukawa's words. They didn't expect Rukawa and Mitsui to have received guidance from outstanding coaches from the world's most powerful basketball country. Moreover, Rukawa and the others had already set their sights beyond their so-called domination of the country, but towards

At this moment, Akagi felt like a frog jumping out of a dry well.

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