Slam Dunk: Muguro

Chapter 152: List of Autumn National Team
Three days later, Xiangbei Basketball Hall!
Looking at the temporary teammates standing beside him, Mu Mu couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

After three days, the Kanagawa representative team was officially formed.

The nature of the Autumn National Games is different from the Summer and Winter Games. A mixed team can be formed with the elites of each team, or one team can be used to represent.

Both have their advantages and disadvantages, the former has a stronger lineup, and the latter has better coordination.

Coach Anzai naturally chose a mixed team to represent Kanagawa in the Autumn National Sports Tournament.

There is no way. The depth of the Xiangbei team's lineup is too poor and there is no chance of winning the championship.

Only by forming a mixed team can we have a chance to win the Autumn National Sports Tournament.

As for why the Kanagawa Organizing Committee chose Coach Anzai, it was mainly due to three considerations.

1. Fame!
Second, qualifications!

Three, connections!

It is completely reasonable for Coach Anxi to be elected.

In these three aspects, Coach Anxi has a huge gap with other coaches.

Tall head coach?

As a mere high school coach, even if he dominates Kanagawa, how can he be compared with Coach Anzai, not to mention that Hainan High School’s record this year is not good.

To be honest, comparing a college coach to 'Anzai Motochu' is an insult to Coach Anzai.

In the entire SD, perhaps only Kazuo Karasawa of Fukazawa Sports University can compare with him.

The mixed team lineup is strong, but it also has its flaws.

In addition to the cooperation between players, the relationship between players is often not harmonious.

In recent years, there has been fierce competition among Hainan, Xiangyang and Buri, and there have been some controversial penalties and conflicts between them.

Even the newly-promoted strong team Xiangbei is only on good terms with Buri, and does not get along well with Hainan High School.

The reason is simple. Xiangbei ended Hainan High School's dream of dominating Kanagawa Prefecture for 15 consecutive years, and also made Hainan High School lose the opportunity to participate in the summer national competition.

In addition, Murasakibara also stepped on the ace player of Hainan High School, Takamiya Motoyu, causing his foot to be broken, and he has not recovered yet.

The coaches of other teams, including Coach Gaotou, may not be able to calm the situation and may even intensify the conflict.

This is also why Kanagawa has used Hainan High School as its representative team in recent years.

Coach Anxi is different. He is a former national player and a well-known university coach. He is enough to intimidate these college players.

After becoming the head coach of the Autumn National Games, Coach Anzai specially recruited an assistant coach on the grounds of his age.

Among many candidates, Coach Anzai finally chose Coach Tiangang.

Coach Tiangang seems strict, but he is actually tolerant and a responsible coach.

Finally, Coach Tanaoka has great respect for Coach Anzai.

For Coach Anzai who is in retirement, Coach Tiangang is definitely the best candidate, no doubt about it.

With Coach Tiangang around, Coach Anzai can just sit back and do nothing.

After Coach Anzai extended an olive branch, Coach Tanaoka gladly accepted it.

Coach Tian Gang has coached Ryonan for ten years and has never left the county!
The Autumn National Games is a great opportunity for him, so he certainly won't let it go.

In addition, he can also open a back door for Ryonan players.

If the players' strengths are similar, the two coaches will naturally prefer the players from their own teams.

This can be seen from the player list.

Each team has a total of 15 player quotas, which can be seen from Takehiko Inoue's painting.

Among them, the best lineup of the county competition automatically becomes a member of the representative team.

Of course, Takamiya Motoyu, who has not yet recovered, will not appear on the roster.

Therefore, the Watanabe brothers, Taro Aso and Murasakibara were selected.

This means that the two coaches still have to consider eleven places.

As the three major centers in Kanagawa, it was expected that Kazuhiro Ikeda from Kainan High School and Shinichi Yano from Miuradai would be selected.

As the four new stars of Kanagawa, Shinichi Maki, Kenji Fujima and Mitsui were also selected.

As for the remaining six, they are Akagi and Yuho Ikeda from Shohoku, Yusaku Ozawa and Uozumi from Ryonan, Shibune Kusanagi from Takezo, and Masaru Matsumoto from Takeri.

Matsumoto Masaru is the defensive stalwart of the Buri team, and his defensive ability has been tested in national competitions.

The reason why Yuho Ikeda was included in the roster is because Coach Anzai planned to make him the leader of the locker room.

As the captain of Shohoku, Yuho Ikeda lacks strength, but he has a tolerant personality, a fighting spirit, and is willing to stand up for his teammates.

Most importantly, Yuho Ikeda has no conflicts with other players and is the most suitable candidate to serve as the locker room leader.

As for Yuzumi, Coach Tanaoka opened a back door for him.

Of course, the key is that Yuzumi’s ability meets the standards.

Among the centers in Kanagawa, his strength is second only to the three major centers and Akagi.

After spending so many days with Akagi, Yuzumi's strength has made great progress.

Of course, there is more than one person like Uozumi who meets the requirements, but Coach Tanaoka has the right to nominate.

Of course, the decision lies with Coach Anxi.

In this regard, Coach Anzai is naturally happy to do Coach Tagora a favor!

After submitting the list to the Kanagawa Organizing Committee, the players gathered at the Shohoku Basketball Hall today.

The players list is as follows
Center: Masao Watanabe, Kazuhiro Ikeda, Shinichi Yano, Takenori Akagi, Jun Uozumi
Power forward: Masayasu Watanabe, Taro Aso

Small forward: Kogure Kiminobu, Ikeda Yuho Shooting guard: Mitsui Hisashi, Ozawa Yusaku, Matsumoto Masaru
Point guard: Shinichi Maki, Kenji Fujima, Shibafune Kusanagi

Seeing such a lineup, Murasakibara’s first reaction was: how strong!
Even Sanno Industrial is somewhat inferior, especially in terms of lineup depth.

He had never fought such a rich battle!
Although there are a few more centers, it doesn’t matter. After all, 15 people are indeed a lot.

Meanwhile, the positions of some players remain up for debate.

With one month left until the Autumn National Sports Tournament, the two coaches immediately called together the players. They had to strengthen the cooperation between the players and determine the starting lineup as soon as possible.

Before that, the team captain, vice-captain and locker room leader must be selected.

Coach Anzai glanced at the players standing in front of him and said in a negotiating tone: "I propose that Watanabe Masao be the captain of the representative team. Does anyone have any objection?"

The players looked at each other, and no one objected.

Even though Ikeda Kazuhiro and Watanabe Masao didn't get along, they had to admit that he was the best candidate.

In this national competition, Masao Watanabe led his team to win the national championship and was also the MVP of the national competition. No one was more qualified than him.

After confirming that Watanabe Masao would be the captain, Coach Anzai then proposed: "I propose that Kogure Konobu be the vice-captain. Who is in favor and who is against?"

Murasaki was a little surprised. Although his leadership achievements were obvious to all, he was only a first-year player after all.

"I am against..."

Ikeda Kazuhiro subconsciously wanted to object, he was simply displeased with Murasakibara.

However, Amu on the side covered his mouth and prevented him from speaking.

Under the strange looks of many players, Amu quickly said: "We have no objection!"

"I agree!"

Surprisingly, the one who agreed was Watanabe Masayasu.

Among the players on the field, Masayasu Watanabe is one of the most competitive candidates for vice-captain.

Because he, like Murasakibara, was also selected as one of the best five players in the country.

The main reason why Watanabe Masayasu gave up was that his brother Watanabe Masao had already served as captain, and it was not reasonable for him to be the vice-captain.

In addition, Murasakibara and the Watanabe brothers have always gotten along well.

After Watanabe Masayasu agreed, others naturally had no objections.

Except for Masayasu Watanabe, no one else is qualified to compete.

Therefore, Murasakibara's appointment as vice-captain was approved.

As for the locker room leader, this is purely a thankless position, so it is reasonable that Yuho Ikeda was successfully selected.

After assigning the positions, Coach Anxi said slowly: "Everyone go warm up first, we will have a competition later, I will determine the starting lineup based on your status and characteristics!"

The next moment, everyone dispersed and began to warm up on the court.

Shinichi Maki took Kazuhiro Ikeda to a quiet corner.

"Amu, why did you stop me just now?"

Ikeda Kazuhiro asked in confusion, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his voice.

Maki Shinichi said in a serious tone: "Senior, have you forgotten that this is Xiangbei!"

"What happened to Xiangbei again?"

Ikeda Kazuhiro was somewhat disapproving.

"Now that Shohoku's Coach Anzai is the coach of the representative team, what qualifications do you think we have to object?"

Ikeda Kazuhiro was not convinced: "So what? I am the center second only to Watanabe Masao, why am I not qualified to be the vice-captain?"

He straightened his back, his eyes full of confidence.

Maki Shinichi couldn't help but roll his eyes and retorted: "Senior, do you have a national honor?"

"no!"

Ikeda Kazuhiro shook his head. In the entire Hainan High School, only Takamiya Motoyu had the national honor, that is, one of the best five.

Maki Shinichi said helplessly: "In this national competition, Mu Mu led Xiangbei to win the top four places in the country, and also won the honors of the best five players, the best newcomer and the scoring champion. These are all national honors. To put it bluntly, what qualifications do we have to be compared with him?"

Ikeda Kazuhiro was left speechless by Maki Shinichi's words, and a trace of embarrassment and frustration flashed across his face.

He finally realized how ridiculous what he had just said was.

Compared to a month ago, Murasakibara has completely surpassed him and has become a national-level player.

And he is still wandering around Kanagawa Prefecture.

Simply put, one is at the national level and the other is at the regional level, and they cannot be generalized.

Ikeda Kazuhiro immediately calmed down and stopped expressing his dissatisfaction.

In the sport of basketball, only strength can win the respect of the opponent.

Although Ikeda Kazuhiro has a bad temper, he does not have mania, which is fundamentally different from Sakurai Kentaro.

Soon, the warm-up was over.

Coach Anxi sat on his 'exclusive throne', drinking tea leisurely.

This competition was entirely under the charge of Coach Tiangang.

"In this competition, there is no distinction between main players and substitutes. We will make adjustments at any time based on your performance!"

Coach Tiangang had a serious expression on his face and began to assign the two teams.

(End of this chapter)