Slam Dunk: Muguro

Chapter 130 SD Ceiling

This is a giant wearing glasses and with a side-parted hair. He looks elegant and easy-going.

Murasaki's first reaction was that he was definitely taller than Uozumi, possibly exceeding 205 cm.

If these characteristics were placed in America, your first reaction would probably be the first NBA superstar - George Mikan!
Unfortunately, this is an island country!

Therefore, this giant who is over two meters tall can only be Shota Sugiyama!
Shota Sugiyama: 208 cm tall, ace of the Fukasawa Sports University basketball team, and national team player.

Judging from the fact that Haruko Akagi took the initiative to ask Sugiyama Shota for an autograph, Sugiyama Shota was likely a main player for the national team during his junior year.

Of course, at this time, Sugiyama Shota was only a freshman in college and had never been called up by the national team.

In SD, Shota Sugiyama is a character that cannot be ignored, because he represents the ceiling of SD's combat power.

Last year, Shota Sugiyama led the team to the quarterfinals of the national competition. One can imagine his dominance.

Both teams were led by a single core player and were eliminated in the first round of the Akagi Prefecture tournament.

Of course, this also has to do with teammates.

It is not known what kind of teammates Sugiyama Shota has. It could be Yasuda, Kakuda, or they could be at the level of Uesuda or cross country.

No matter which level, the fact that he can lead the team to the top eight in the country single-handedly shows how strong he is.

As soon as he saw Sugiyama Shota, Murasakibara became excited instantly.

If nothing unexpected happens, Shota Sugiyama must have skills that are in line with the learning mechanism, and it is very likely that there is more than one.

As for why Sugiyama Shota came here, Murasakibara could probably guess.

If nothing unexpected happens, Shota Sugiyama came here most likely to recruit good players and enhance the foundation of Fukazawa Sports University.

This dormitory building originally housed more than a dozen teams, but now only two teams from Kanagawa Prefecture are left.

Fukazawa Sports University excels in training centers and is known as the island nation's 'cradle of centers'. It is the first choice for many outstanding centers.

Among the graduating high school seniors, only the Watanabe brothers meet the requirements of Fukasawa Sports University.

With the strength of the Watanabe brothers, they are enough to become starting players in many universities, and even rank among the top players in college.

Before he graduated, Masashi Kawata was ranked as one of the top three centers in college by Shota Sugiyama. Although Masao Watanabe is slightly inferior, he still has a good chance of being among the top ten centers in college. After all, Masao Watanabe is equivalent to Takenori Akagi who can shoot mid-range shots.

At this moment, the following sentence can be used to express Murasakibara's mood at the moment.

You walking towards me makes me so excited!

"Mumu Gongyan!"

Suddenly, Sugiyama Shota stopped and looked interested.

In order to consolidate its position, Shenze Sports University takes the initiative every year to attract talented players from all over the country and enrich the team's foundation.

Murasakibara is known as the strongest freshman in history and is even considered to be qualified to challenge the strongest high school student in the country. How could he not know him!
"Senior Sugiyama!"

Murasakibara took the initiative to stretch out his right hand. In order to learn skills from Sugiyama Shota, he was extremely excited and almost said "I am your fan".

Other people's cheat codes are easy to learn but difficult to master, but his cheat codes are just the opposite. Unfortunately, the videos of this era are not high-definition, so the learning progress is quite touching. For example, Sam Gold's cheat code has only reached 35% of the progress so far.

Sugiyama Shota shook hands with Murasaki in a friendly manner and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you still knew me!"

"Last year, Senior Sugiyama single-handedly led the team to the national quarterfinals. Everyone knows him."

"I'm still far behind you!"

Sugiyama Shota shook his head. He was telling the truth.

Although Murasakibara was not the sole core player of the team, he led the team to the top four in the country as a freshman in high school, which is absolutely of great value.

The two chatted for a while, and Sugiyama Shota remembered the purpose of coming here.

"Kumure, I'm here to look for the Watanabe brothers from the Buri team. Do you know where they live?"

"I'll take you there!"

Murasaki temporarily ignored the idea of ​​buying toiletries for Sakuragi and Yohei, and brought Sugiyama Shota to the Watanabe brothers' dormitory.

Surprisingly, the Watanabe brothers were not in the dormitory, and his teammates had no idea where they had gone.

"Senior Sugiyama, there is a basketball court downstairs. Instead of waiting here, why don't we play while waiting? What do you think?"

Mu Mu couldn't wait to make a suggestion.

"Alright!"

Shota Sugiyama adjusted his glasses and smiled kindly.

The two of them hit it off immediately, and he also wanted to test Murasakibara's strength to see if he was as powerful as the rumors said.

Soon, the two came to the basketball court.

The dormitory arranged by the national competition organizing committee for Xiangbei is located in Luoan University, which is also a national strong team.

Unfortunately, Luoan only made it to the top 16 in the country and was defeated by the affiliated school of Bodo University of Commerce.

There is a whole row of outdoor basketball courts near the dormitory building.

Not far away, there is a basketball hall, where the Luoan University basketball team trains.

Soon, the two finished warming up.

"Mumu, you go first!"

Shota Sugiyama passed the ball to Murasakibara and took two steps away from him.

This guy is not only very tall, but also has a pair of long arms. It is estimated that his arm span is ten centimeters longer than his height. He is a typical example of someone who was gifted by God.

Murasakibara took a tentative step, and Sugiyama Shota rushed forward to grab the ball.

He is very fast and flexible, giving people the feeling that he is not a center at all, but more like a striker. Mu Mu hurriedly pulled the basketball and easily avoided Sugiyama Shota's pressure.

However, he did not complete the breakthrough.

When the two came into contact, Murasakibara's body shook noticeably, causing his movements to become distorted.

Sugiyama Shota's confrontation is far superior to that of Murasakibara. The key is that his arms are too long and cover a large area.

Murasakibara took a step back slightly, then launched the highest level cross step, trying to break through.

Although Shota Sugiyama's agility far exceeds that of ordinary centers, he is ultimately a 208-centimeter giant and naturally cannot be compared with Murasakibara.

However, Shota Sugiyama is experienced and makes up for the lack of speed to a certain extent through his footwork and skills.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Murasakibara is not in his peak form.

While walking, Murasakibara suddenly stopped and put a distance of more than body lengths between himself and Sugiyama Shota.

The two men jumped up one after another. In order to avoid Sugiyama Shota's block, Murasakibara had to use a quick stop and fadeaway jump shot.

There was no way. Sugiyama Sho was too tall and his arms were too long. Even if the distance was more than a body length, he still had a chance to block Murasakibara.

shuh~
The basketball went into the net, creating a splash of color on the net.

Call ~
Muguro was visibly relieved.

At this time, Sugiyama Shota looked at Murasakibara in surprise.

That quick stop and fadeaway jump shot just now made his evaluation of Murasakibara suddenly rise.

This is not something that ordinary players can do. Even in college, it is rarely seen, let alone high school.

"However, I can sense that you haven't recovered yet. To be fair, I will try to minimize the confrontation!"

Naturally, Murasakibara did not refuse, otherwise, with Sugiyama Shota's physique, he would not be able to bear it.

Don't mistake Sugiyama Shota for a flexible center just because he wears glasses.

In fact, Shota Sugiyama is an all-around center, like a combination of Akagi and Hanagata, and an enhanced version!

"It's my turn now!"

After Murasakibara passed the ball to Shota Sugiyama, the latter started quickly and cleverly avoided Murasakibara's block by tilting his body and shifting his center of gravity.

This guy plays more like 'Admiral' David Robinson.

The defect of ordinary centers' poor ball control is completely absent in Sugiyama Shota, who gives people the feeling of a guard over two meters tall.

Murasakibara tried his best to entangle Sugiyama Shota, but the confrontation between the two was completely on a different level, making him feel like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

Even though Sugiyama Shota obviously reduced the confrontation, Murasakibara still couldn't prevent the opponent from entering the three-second zone.

It was also at this time that Sugiyama Shota leaned sideways on Murasakibara, suppressing Murasakibara to the point that he couldn't jump up at all, and then he made a hook shot.

shuh~
The basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air and went through the basket accurately.

Mu Mu didn't say anything, his mind was immersed in a prompt that had just appeared.

[A learnable skill has been detected - Hook, learning progress is 3%! ]

Soon, Shota Sugiyama passed the ball to Murasakibara again.

After receiving the ball, Murasakibara began a series of skillful dribbling moves.

He first dribbled the ball between his legs continuously, with the basketball moving quickly between his legs.

Immediately afterwards, Murasakibara performed a forward change of direction without any warning, trying to get rid of Sugiyama Shota.

Shota Sugiyama was not easily shaken off. He used his height and arm span to interfere with Murasakibara from time to time.

Suddenly, Murasakibara successfully affected Sugiyama Shota's center of gravity through clever changes in pace, causing the opponent's defense to loosen for a moment.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Murasakibara successfully broke through the defense and went straight to the basket.

Shota Sugiyama did not give up. He quickly adjusted his center of gravity and followed closely behind Murasakibara, trying to use his physical advantage to block Murasakibara's layup.

Feeling the movement behind him, Murasakibara did not panic. When he jumped up for a layup, he used a pull-up action to successfully avoid Sugiyama Shota's block, drifted to the other side and scored a reverse layup.

"Mumu, your strength is very strong. It has surpassed the scope of a high school student. Even if you are placed in a university, you can still occupy a place!"

Sugiyama Shota gave a thumbs up and became more and more appreciative of Murasakibara.

Although there were only two attacks, Sugiyama Shota had seen too many excellent players and could roughly estimate Murasakibara's strength.

Even in college, Murasakibara is one of the top-ranked defenders.

Mumu smiled and then passed the ball to Shota Sugiyama.

This time, Shota Sugiyama chose to play one-on-one with his back to the basket.

Although Sugiyama Shota reduced his resistance, Murasakibara still couldn't stop retreating.

The difference in weight between the two was too great, with the difference in weight alone being several dozen kilograms.

When about to enter the three-second zone, Shota Sugiyama placed his center of gravity on his supporting foot and turned his non-supporting foot to Murasakibara's weak side.

At this moment, Shota Sugiyama quickly turned around, turned his back to the basket and faced the basket, jumped up and shot towards Murasakibara.

Sugiyama Shota's actions effectively prevented Murasakibara from getting close to him, thus creating space for attack.

Even if Murasakibara jumped with all his strength, he could not interfere with his attack.

shuh~
The basketball hits the net!

At the same time, another prompt popped up.

(End of this chapter)