Slam Dunk: Muguro

Chapter 97 Sakuragi Hanamichi Wants to Drop Out of School

"Hey, Sakuragi!"

Who else could it be but Sakuragi with red hair?

In addition to Sakuragi, there is also the Sakuragi Army.

But why are they handing out leaflets?
“…Don’t miss it if you pass by!”

Sakuragi held a thick stack of flyers in his hand and distributed them to passers-by.

Mito Yohei and the three idiots helped distribute flyers while teasing Sakuragi.

With their help, the number of flyers in Sakuragi's hands was decreasing at a rate visible to the naked eye.

"Hey, Mumu-senpai!"

Mito Yohei had sharp eyes and noticed Murasakibara at the first moment.

As soon as Mito Yohei finished speaking, Sakuragi Hanamichi and others all turned their heads.

"Kumure-senpai, wow, it's really you!!"

As soon as they saw Murasakibara, Sakuragi and others stopped handing out flyers and rushed to Murasakibara.

"Sakuragi, Yohei..."

Murasakibara greeted Sakuragi and others.

The Idiot Trio: We don't deserve names?

On the side, Murasaki's parents looked at Murasaki with confusion.

"Dad, Mom, they are all my friends! I will chat with them for a while, you should go back first."

"Gong Yan, remember to go home early!"

They also knew that there was a generation gap between them and young people, so naturally they did not refuse.

After his parents left, Mu Mu asked with concern: "Sakuragi, how is uncle?"

Sakuragi said gratefully: "Thanks to you, he has been discharged from the hospital and is now recuperating at home!"

"That's good! By the way, why are you distributing flyers?"

"To make some extra money!"

Sakuragi hesitated for a moment, then put his right hand on the back of his head and gave an unnatural smile.

On the side, Mito Yohei and others seemed to be hesitant to speak.

As someone who has experienced this, how could Mugure not see that Sakuragi was lying.

Mu Mu turned to Mito Yohei and asked, "Yohei, you tell me!"

"Yangping, no!"

On the side, Sakuragi shouted to stop them, but was blocked by the three idiots.

Mito Yohei ignored Sakuragi and chose to tell the truth.

"Senior, this is what happened!"

After this rescue, Sakuragi's father will never be able to do heavy work again.

Unfortunately, Sakuragi's father is a heavy manual laborer and has no other skills, which means that the Sakuragi family is missing the most important labor force.

This sudden accident made the already poor family even worse off.

In order to maintain family expenses, Sakuragi had to work on weekends and even thought about dropping out of school.

"I see!"

Murasakibara held his chin, unable to think of a good solution for the time being.

He is just a student, how could he have any money?

Even if you know that certain stocks will rise sharply in the future, it will be futile if you don't have the capital.

"Too bad, the World Cup won't be held for another two years!"

Murasaki felt a little regretful, otherwise he would just have to keep betting on Brazil and at least he would make a profit.

Unfortunately, distant water cannot quench immediate thirst. "By the way, Mumu-senpai, your basketball is at my house. I'll get it for you right now."

While Murasakibara was in deep thought, Sakuragi seemed to remember something.

"Sakura..."

Before Murasakibara could finish his words, Sakuragi disappeared in a flash.

Takamiya Nozomi wiped his sweat and said with a smile: "Senior Mumu, Sakuragi has always been like this."

"Yes, yes!" Yuji Okusu and Chuichiro Noma also responded.

They were afraid that Murasakibara would misunderstand!
Mu Mu looked at Mito Yohei and asked, "Yohei, what's the current situation of the Sakuragi family?"

"In order to treat my uncle, Sakuragi has used up all the family savings and even mortgaged the house to the bank. However, he will be fine in the short term."

Hearing what Mito Yohei said, Murasakibara breathed a sigh of relief.

Originally, he thought that the Sakuragi family's house was rented.

"So you guys are here to help Sakuragi distribute flyers!"

Murasakibara couldn't help but sigh, he remembered the plot where the Sakuragi Army worked part-time to earn training fees for Sakuragi.

I have to say, the Sakuragi Army is very loyal.

Mito Yohei showed a worried look: "However, given Uncle's current situation, I'm afraid he will run out of money."

“This is indeed a problem!”

Murasakibara nodded. They were all students and didn't have much money. Besides, they didn't have wealthy families like Rukawa, Mitsui, Amaru, Uozumi, Sendoh, and Nanlie.

Uozumi: Let’s learn about this family of chefs!
Nan Lie: My family runs a pharmacy!
Of course, the mustache store manager and Coach Anxi are also very rich.

Not long after, Sakuragi came back without blushing or panting.

This place is not far from Sakuragi's house, only a few hundred meters away.

"Kumure-senpai, this is the basketball you left at my house. I've been wanting to find a chance to return it to you, but I don't know your address."

Sakuragi handed the basketball to Murasakibara.

Judging from the appearance of the basketball, it was obviously wiped carefully.

However, Murasakibara did not take the basketball.

"Sakuragi, do you want to play basketball?"

"In no mood!"

Sakuragi refused without thinking.

There's no way, Murasakibara is not Haruko!
In order to let Sakuragi get in touch with basketball earlier, Mu Mu had to pretend to be regretful and said: "That's really a pity. You have to know that the base salary of NBA players is $707. The highest-paid player, Larry Bird, has a full annual salary of $12 million. Even last year's NBA No. 1.1 pick Larry Johnson signed a -year, $ million contract without playing a single game."

He didn't know what the current NBA minimum salary was, and the reason he said $100,000 was just to increase the appeal of basketball.

In 1989, under the influence of Magic, Bird and Jordan, NBC directly handed the NBA a four-year, $4 million contract, and starting in 6.01, NBA player salaries began to skyrocket!
Last year, the Celtics generously offered Bird a two-year, $1500 million contract extension. Unfortunately, Bird announced his retirement after only playing for one year. His salary was $707 million, the highest in the league. At that time, Jordan made $325 million, Ewing made $314 million, and Magic Johnson made $250 million!
When talking about magicians, Mu Mu thought of his "lifetime contract".

Back then, Magic was short-sighted and signed a 25-year, $2500 million lifetime contract with the Lakers. When his salary soared, Magic asked for more money, but his boss asked him to get a physical examination first. Everyone knows the result.

Mu Mu thought of another short-sighted person, who was also the unit of money in many basketball novels.

Yes, he is Scottie Pippen!
Question: How much is 1 leather?

Pippen's contract was signed on June 1991, 6, for 17 million dollars over 7 years. At that time, the new broadcasting contract took effect and the league had already seen a trend of player 'inflation'. For example, Larry Johnson's billion-dollar contract was signed shortly afterwards.

According to the documentary, in addition to Jordan, even the Bulls general manager Krause had advised Pippen, but Pippen still chose to go his own way.

By the 97-98 season, when Jordan earned $3000 million a year, Pippen could no longer hold back.

That year, Pippen's salary was 278 million, which ranked only 122nd in the entire NBA.

I can only say that Pippen is worthy of being the strongest second-in-command in history.

As a great goalkeeper, he was paid the salary of a first-round pick. Pippen played a vital role in Jordan's two triple crowns.

After the three consecutive championships, although Pippen's performance was much worse, his defense was still there and he could still make great contributions to the Bulls.

(End of this chapter)