Slam Dunk: Muguro

Chapter 241 God's Left Hand

Unexpectedly, a superstar in the NBA appeared in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Like Drexler last year, this is also an active superstar.

Of course, he is not the 'trash talk king' Larry Bird, otherwise as a fan, Murasakibara would not have been able to forget the appearance of the 'king of bullying'.

If it was Bird, Mu Mu would have recognized him at a glance, without having to observe for a long time before recognizing who the other person was.

Although not Bird, like Bird, this future is also a member of the Hall of Fame.

He is Chris Mullin, known as the 'Left Hand of God'. He can be said to be one of the top white players in NBA history.

Chris Mullin, 201 cm, 98 kg, plays as a small forward.

Like Bird, Mullin has extremely delicate hands and top-notch basketball IQ and basic skills.

Mullin has a historical shooting touch, and since he is a left-handed player, he is called "God's Left Hand" by fans.

In the 1985 NBA draft, Chris Mullin was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the 7th pick in the first round.

After a successful rookie season, Mullin fell into alcoholism. He was unable to get rid of the pleasure brought by alcohol and fell into darkness until he met his mentor Don Nelson and successfully got rid of alcohol.

If this guy wasn't such a heavy drinker, his historical achievements would definitely be higher.

1989年，穆林打出了生涯表现最好的一个赛季，他在这个赛季打满82场常规赛，场均能够拿下26.5分5.9篮板5.1助攻和2.15抢断的全能数据。

This season, a total of four players averaged 4+20+5 per game. In addition to Mullin, the other three were Jordan, Drexler and Magic Johnson.

If it is 25+5+5, the range will be further narrowed, leaving only Jordan!
It was also in this season that, led by Mullin, the Warriors swept the Jazz and completed the famous "Black Seven".

During his time with the Warriors, Mullin, Richmond and Tim Hardaway formed the famous TMC combination, which was the most powerful backcourt combination in the league at the time.

Tim Hardaway once commented on Mullin that he had never seen a better left-handed shooter than Mullin anywhere.

The reason why Mullin came to the island country is probably to vacation during the off-season.

However, Mugure thought of another possibility, that is, Mullin might be injured.

In the 1991-92 season, Mullin played 3346 minutes and continued to rank first in the NBA in total playing time, but the long-term loss caused Mullin to suffer injuries.

In the 1992-93 season, Mullin was affected by injuries and only played 46 games. Among these 46 games, this was also Mullin's last peak.

In the next few seasons, Mullin played on and off and made only a few appearances.

It was not until the 1996-97 season that Mullin overcame the impact of injuries, played 79 regular season games, and had a total shooting percentage of 55.3%, a personal career season high, but this also became Mullin's last highlight moment for the Warriors.

Like Drexler, Mullin is also a player whose strength is greater than his fame.

Mu Mu was not interested in the reason why Mu Lin came here. To him, this was more like a gift from fate.

As an NBA superstar, there must be something about Mullin that is worth learning from.

In addition, Mullin is likely to have a special title like Drexler.

This is undoubtedly another opportunity to improve your strength!

Naturally, Murasakibara was unwilling to miss such a good opportunity.

Mu Mu rolled his eyes slightly and said to Mitsui: "Mitsui, lend me the basketball!"

"Give!"

Mitsui handed the basketball in his hand to Murasakibara.

I have to mention here that Mitsui’s main prototype is Chris Mullin!

Mullin had a bad habit of drinking in the early stages of his career, but later turned over a new leaf with the help of his coach, which is similar to Mitsui's experience.

At the same time, he and Mitsui are both players with mediocre physical fitness but are good at shooting.

In addition, Mullin, like Mitsui, suffered an injury to his left foot.

The biggest difference between the two is that Mullin is left-handed!

Then, under the strange looks of Akagi and Mitsui, Murasakibara stood up and came to Emperor Kakuda.

Chris Mullin was sitting right behind Emperor Kakuta!

I can only say that he is worthy of being Emperor Kakuta, he is born lucky!

"Tsunoda, let's switch positions!"

Emperor Kakuta hurriedly stood up and gave his seat to Murasakibara.

Seeing Emperor Kakuda standing there nervously, Mu Mu said helplessly: "You go sit in my seat!"

"Yes, Captain!"

Emperor Kakuda quickly responded and sat in Murasaki's seat.

Akagi asked curiously: "Strange, what is Mumu doing?"

"It should be related to that strong white man!"

Mitsui responded, then held his chin and muttered to himself: "Strange, this guy looks familiar!"

"Hello, Chris!"

While Mitsui was thinking, Murasakibara turned around and greeted Chris Mullin.

Since meeting Drexler, Murasaki's English communication skills have improved greatly and he can now communicate normally with Americans.

Mullin responded in surprise: "Hello!"

"Chris, I'm your fan, can you give me an autograph?"

Murasakibara did not blush or feel nervous, and shamelessly pretended to be a fan, and handed over Mitsui's basketball as a token of his appreciation.

Drexler: Shame on you!

By doing this, Murasakibara can effectively narrow the distance between him and Mulin.

Mullin naturally did not refuse, but was happy that he had "fans" here.

At the side, his wife Elizabeth handed over a signature pen tacitly.

"By the way, what's your name?"

"You can call me Mugu!"

Soon, Mullin signed his name on the basketball, wrote a blessing, and handed it back to Mugure.

While catching the basketball, Mu Mu pretended to ask casually: "By the way, Chris, why did you come to the island country?"

"My wife and I decided to take a vacation here and recuperate at the same time!"

Mullin tells the truth.

"Chris, your average playing time is too long. In the past few seasons, your playing time is no less than 42 minutes. Your body may have reached its limit. If you continue like this, it may be detrimental to your career.

For your health, I think you should cut back on your minutes and focus on the playoffs."

Mu Mu gave an appropriate reminder. As for whether Mu Lin listened or not, that was his business. It was enough for him to have a clear conscience.

As for why no one suggested that Mullin take a rest, in this era, there is no such thing as a rest, not to mention that the coach of the Warriors is still old Nelson.

In this era, the main force is still death-defying.

Rest would not appear until the Spurs' GDP period. In order to allow players to get proper rest, the Spurs gave all kinds of weird reasons, such as being too old, mad cow disease, food poisoning, hip tension, toothache, etc.

After hearing Mu Mu's proposal, Mu Lin fell silent.

Instead, his wife Elizabeth advised: "Chris, I think he is right. For the sake of your career, you should reduce your playing time."

"You are right, but I need to discuss this with the coach."

Mullin showed an embarrassment. The reason why he worked so hard in the past few seasons, and even won the first place in the NBA in total playing time, was mainly to repay old Nelson.

Because Old Nelson helped him quit drinking, Old Nelson's position in his mind was almost equivalent to that of Mitsui to Coach Anzai. To be honest, he couldn't bring himself to say this!
Elizabeth seemed to see Mulin's embarrassment, and then said: "When we get back, I will help you talk!"

With the way out given by his wife, Mullin seemed to have gotten over his worries and was obviously relieved.

"Thank you, Muguro!"

Mu Lin thanked Mu Mu.

"I'm very glad to be able to help you! By the way, Chris, have you ever fought with Clyde?"

In order to get Mullin's guidance, Mugure began to lead out Drexler.

"Of course we have fought each other before. He is a very formidable opponent." Mu Lin asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

“A few months ago, Clyde had two fights in Tokyo and I was his sparring partner.”

After learning that Mumu was Drexler's sparring partner in the island country, Mullin was surprised at first, then smiled and said: "Mumu, it seems that your basketball skills are very good!"

Having said that, Mullin didn't actually take it too seriously. After all, in this era, the island country's basketball was not even ranked in Asia, let alone America.

As for sparring partners, it is not necessary to have excellent basketball skills.

"I'm far worse than Clyde. I played one-on-one against him and I only managed to score once by luck."

Murasakibara knew the character of Americans very well. If he was too humble, it would be disadvantageous to him.

This time, Mulin was a little more shocked.

Because he knew very well how difficult Drexler was.

"Maybe Clyde underestimated his opponent and was stolen by Murasaki!"

However, Mullin found another excuse in his mind.

In fact, Mullin guessed it right.

At that time, if Drexler had been serious from the beginning, there was a high probability that Murasakibara would have had his head shaved bald.

Unfortunately, there is no if!
Despite this, Mulin still became more interested in Mu Mu.

"Mumu, how about we play a one-on-one duel, what do you think?"

Mullin looked eager to try. If he could shut out Murasakibara, in a sense, wouldn't it mean that he was stronger than Drexler?

On the side, Elizabeth clearly saw her husband's little thoughts and couldn't help but push his arm, signaling him to restrain himself.

"Then let's play a round!"

Without hesitation, Murasakibara immediately agreed.

Originally this was his main purpose, and he also wanted to test how powerful Mullin was!

Even though he is just a water cooler manager, he is NBA level.

Secondly, Mullin was affected by injuries last season. Even if he recovers now, his condition will definitely be greatly affected.

"Then it's decided, let's go now!"

Mu Lin stood up and took the initiative to lead the way.

For a basketball player of Mullin's level, no matter how intense the game between Hainan High School and Ryonan is, it is almost like playing house.

Mu Mu took the basketball and left with the Mullins.

It was at this time that Mitsui finally remembered and stood up suddenly from his seat.

Akagi asked in confusion: "Mitsui, what's wrong?"

Mitsui said in annoyance, "That's Chris Mullin! How could he be better than Mugure again!"

Akagi touched his head, puzzled: "Chris Mullin, who is this?"

Akagi couldn't even recognize Drexler, let alone Mullin.

Compared with Drexler, Mullin is much less famous and very few people know him in the island country.

It’s no wonder that Mitsui didn’t recognize it at the first time.

"I don't have time to explain it to you, but this is another NBA superstar. No, we can't let Murasakibara have it all to himself anymore!"

When Mitsui thought about Murasakibara eating alone again, he became jealous beyond recognition and followed him without hesitation.

Akagi also followed. He just wanted to join in the fun and get an autograph.

Soon, the two caught up with Murasakibara.

"Mumu, eating alone is not a good habit!"

Seeing Mitsui following him, Mu Mu shook his head in amusement and asked instead of answering: "Mitsui, do you speak English?"

As we all know, Mitsui's high school performance was not ideal.

Last year, Mitsui failed three subjects and almost had to ask his teacher to retake the exams.

Among them, English is still some distance away from passing the test.

"will not!"

With Murasakibara's reminder, Mitsui finally remembered that he didn't know English, so how could he communicate with Mulin?
This question stumped Mitsui.

"No, then study hard so as not to miss such a good opportunity again."

Mugure didn't know what to say about Mitsui, because compared to Drexler, Mullin's skills were more suitable for Mitsui.

Mu Lin pointed at the two people and asked, "Mu Mu, who are they?"

"They are my teammates and they want to observe."

Murasakibara gave a brief introduction and then led everyone to the training ground nearby.

Kanagawa National Gymnasium, in addition to a competition venue, also has a training ground.

The staff recognized Mu Mu and naturally had no intention of making things difficult for him, so they invited them in.

Before the duel began, the two began to shoot basketballs in tacit understanding to warm up.

Swish~swish~swish~swish~swish~
Swish~swish~swish~swish~swish~
"As expected of a historic shooter, his touch is extremely smooth!"

Mu Mu sighed.

As a historical shooter, Mullin's shooting is extremely accurate.

He shot a total of 100 balls and missed only 1 ball.

NBA players often have high shooting percentages during training, not to mention Mullin, who is famous for his shooting.

In training, Curry made 5 three-pointers in 105 minutes.

Compared with Mullin, Murasakibara is undoubtedly much inferior, missing 100 out of 5 shots.

"Your shooting is pretty good. Few people of your age have such good shooting ability as you."

Mullin couldn't help but praise it.

"My teammate is better than me when it comes to shooting!"

Murasakibara introduced Mitsui at the right time. He hoped that Mitsui could also receive guidance from Mullin, which would benefit him for the rest of his life.

Mitsui looked a little nervous and was unable to communicate with Mullin because his English was not good enough.

This also made Mitsui determined to strengthen his English learning in the future.

"It seems that this young friend has a talent for shooting!"

Mu Lin looked at Mitsui curiously, then set his sights on Mu Mu.

(End of this chapter)