Slam Dunk: I'm the Glasses Brother

Miyagi joined Ryonan, but Murasaki was completely unaware. Murasaki was training with the Shohoku players and the Shohoku reserve team. After several months of training, Sakuragi's basic skills were already solid. Murasaki felt it was time to teach Sakuragi something new.

"Okay, Sakuragi, I'm going to teach you how to shoot today. You just pay attention to my movements." As he said that, Murasakibara took the ball to the mid-range position 45 degrees diagonally facing the backboard. He pretended that there was a defensive player in front of him. He suddenly jumped up and threw the ball onto the backboard. The basketball hit the white square corner above the basket and bounced into the basket.

"Hey, Brother Mumu, you can obviously throw the ball directly into the basket, why do you have to knock the ball against the backboard?" Sakuragi was a little confused. When he saw the Xiangbei players shooting, they all shot into the net. This was the first time he had seen such a shooting method.

"Haha, then you come and try to defend me." Murasakibara picked up the basketball and said to Sakuragi with a smile.

"Okay." Sakuragi rubbed his hands and stood in front of Murasakibara. Murasakibara dribbled the ball to the previous position and Sakuragi immediately stuck to him. Murasakibara made another jump shot. Sakuragi jumped up immediately to block Murasakibara's shooting angle. Just when he thought the defense was successful, the basketball was thrown out from his hand by Murasakibara.

The ball would not go in from that angle. With Sakuragi's defensive experience, he was very sure. Unfortunately, a bang was heard behind him. He turned around hurriedly, only to see the basketball falling from the net.

Sakuragi's eyes lit up, and he turned around excitedly and asked, "Is this the bank shot that we just demonstrated, one that ignores the defense?"

"Haha, it's not that exaggerated. There is no offensive method that can ignore defense. It's just that this shooting method pays more attention to the strength of the shot and the position where the basketball touches the backboard, and there are not many requirements for the shooting angle, so it is not easy to defend. Moreover, this shooting speed is fast and the shooting force is strong, which is suitable for players like you." Murasakibara paused, "and very few players use this shooting method to score, don't you think..." Murasakibara did not say anything else.

But Sakuragi has already imagined the scene in his mind: Sakuragi shoots, and the opposing player blocks it using conventional defense, but fails to block it, “This ball won't go in.” As a result, the ball hits the backboard, and the opponent has a surprised expression on his face, “How do you defend this?” Thinking of this, Sakuragi laughed: Brother Mugure, you still understand this genius. This is the genius's unique way of attack.

The reason why Murasaki taught Sakuragi to shoot off the bank was that through long-term observation, he found that Sakuragi had a large palm. Such a palm is of course very useful in rebounding, blocking shots, and stealing, but it is a little unsatisfactory for shooting, because people with such palms often have more power to flick the ball with their hands than others. In the original work, Sakuragi often shoots too hard or passes too hard for this reason. Moreover, before Murasaki traveled through time, the power forward xhq of the university team was similar to Sakuragi, and also had a pair of big hands. Murasaki saw his shooting method when he trained with him for the first time. After asking, he learned that xhq had practiced with conventional shooting methods before, but his hit rate was low. Later, he adopted Duncan's bank shooting, and his hit rate increased a lot. So Murasaki felt that the bank shooting was the most suitable shooting method for Sakuragi. (There is another reason. The author is also a die-hard fan of Duncan. He also wants to train Sakuragi in Duncan's way)

"Yohei, from today on, you will also start practicing shooting. However, Sakuragi's shooting method is not suitable for you. You should practice according to the conventional shooting method. Practice mid-range shots first, and then practice long-range shots after you have become proficient in mid-range shots." Murasakibara turned his gaze to Mito Yohei again.

"Senior Mugure" At this time, Nakajima also came to the gym for training. Seeing Mugure, he hesitated to speak.

"What's wrong, Nakajima?"

"Miyagi has decided to go to Ryonan."

"What?" Mugure was surprised. Miyagi went to Ryonan? He didn't choose Xiangbei like in the original book. "Do you know the reason?" Mugure asked

"I asked Miyagi, and he said that he would have to be your substitute when he came to Xiangbei, and he didn't want that. His goal was to defeat you. And the sincerity of Coach Tanaoka also touched him. Miyagi said that when he is in the first year of high school, he will have a chance to defeat you."

"Alas... I still took it for granted." Mumu secretly regretted that he was still not serious and only thought that Miyagi would join Xiangbei like in the original book, so he never went to recruit Miyagi. Little did he know that his growth had changed history, but he still lived with the old perspective. As a result, a talent was lost. Mumu was heartbroken.

"Senior Muguro, what's wrong with you?" Nakajima noticed Muguro's expression.

"Oh, I just feel it's a pity. It would be great if I could come to Xiangbei. Never mind. Everyone has their own aspirations. Okay, let's continue training."

Winter has passed and spring has come. The new year has come again. The Xiangbei basketball team has welcomed a group of fresh blood.

"Hello everyone, I'm Katsume Ichiro from Class 177, Grade 74, height cm, weight kg, position: shooting guard. From Takeishi Junior High School."

"Hello everyone, I'm Ryo Nakajima from Class 186, Grade 78, height cm, weight kg, position: center. From Rikkai Junior High School."

Although they had been training together for a long time, Katsumi and Nakajima still followed the procedure to officially join Xiangbei. Kusao Tsuyoshi nodded, "Next."

"Hello everyone, I'm Hongming Yue from Class 172, Grade 65. I'm cm tall and weigh kg. I'm a shooting guard. I'm from Jinqiu Middle School." A student with a middle part came out to introduce himself.

"Yuyue, why did you come to Shohoku?" Mumu looked at Yuyue and asked curiously.

"Kumure-senpai, I watched your match against Kainan last year. I was shocked by that match and I admire the spirit of the seniors who never give up. In addition, in the junior high school competition, our Kinshigao Junior High School lost to Rikkai Junior High School where Miyagi is. My opponent at that time was Miyagi, and I was defeated by him. Originally, I was going to Ryonan High School, but after hearing that Miyagi joined Ryonan High School, I changed my mind. I want to defeat him. I heard that Kiure-senpai once defeated Miyagi, so please guide me."

"Yueyue, first of all, welcome to Xiangbei. I can coach you, but basketball is a team sport. I won't allow you to ignore the game just to defeat Miyagi. If you do that, it will be meaningless even if you defeat Miyagi."

"Yes, Senior Mumu," Yueyue answered solemnly.

Muguro nodded. Although in the original book, the ball skills of the cross country were not outstanding, but the character of not admitting defeat was also admired by Muguro. The freshmen continued to introduce themselves. Kakuda from the original book was also there, but Chaoqi and Yasuda were nowhere to be found. Maybe they went to other high schools. Except for Katsumi, Nakajima and Cross Country, the other students were unremarkable.

"Sorry, I'm late. I'm Ayako Inoue from Class 1, Grade 1. I was the manager of the basketball team when I was in junior high school." A beautiful girl ran into the basketball hall.

"Inoue-san, welcome to join us," Kusao Tsuyoshi nodded. With a manager to take care of the team affairs, he, as the captain, had a much easier time. The previous Xiangbei did not have a manager, and the captain before him had to distract himself with the team affairs. Now that there is such a capable manager who is also good-looking and pleasing to the eye, the players will definitely be more enthusiastic in their training.

In addition to the Xiangbei team, other teams also welcomed their own newcomers. The traditional top four will not be introduced here, but only a new team will be mentioned.

"My name is Sendoh Akira, I'm 188cm tall, 76kg in weight, from Tokyo Saijo Junior High School, and I'm a small forward."

"My name is Miyagi Ryouta, I'm 166cm tall, 56kg, and I'm from Rikkai Junior High School. Although I'm only a competent defender now, my goal is to become the best point guard in Kanagawa." In the gym of Ryonan High School, freshmen introduced themselves one after another.

"Very good..." Tanaoka Shigeru looked at his new players with a smug look. Sendoh was a talented player that he had dug from Tokyo with great effort, and Miyagi Ryouta was also a well-known point guard in junior high school. With Yuzumi, who had gradually grown up after a year of training, Tanaoka vaguely felt that his team had the shape of a strong team. Moreover, there was a steady point guard like Uekusa among the freshmen. The departure of the third-year student left the team with only one genuine point guard. The addition of these two people also greatly supplemented Ryonan's back line. There was also a guy named Fukuda, who was in good shape and seemed to be able to help Yuzumi share some responsibilities in the interior.

"Maybe...Ryonan's chance will come this year..." A smile gradually appeared on Takeo's usually serious face.