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However, in Inoue's setting, Mori Shigehiro's contact with basketball is actually not much longer than Sakuragi's, this setting can't help but make many friends a little curious, but how did the "beginner" Mori Shigehiro lead the team to defeat Aiwa Gakuin in the prefectural competition and shock Japan after the national competition? After all, Sakuragi, who is also a "beginner", has not done this, so is Mori Shigehiro's talent stronger than Sakuragi's?
01 As far as the national competition schedule is concerned, the potential of Xiangbei is not lost
In fact, judging from Inoue's series of speeches after the dunk master, in terms of the performance of Mingpeng and Shonbei in the national competition, Shonbei may be a more dazzling existence. Because Inoue made it clear that Hainan was the runner-up, Mingpeng did not win the championship, but after the end of the game, Mori Shigehiro became famous in Japan.
Mingpeng and Hainan are not in the same half of the district, that is to say, Mingpeng is at most the top four of the national competition, and although Xiangbei is the top sixteen of the national competition, it has defeated the invincible king Of the Mountain King, in terms of influence, Xiangbei will not be much weaker than the Mountain King, so why is Sakuragi not famous after the national competition?
Personally, I think the reason for this situation should be because the two teams play differently, after all, everyone in Shonbei has their own place to shine, and winning the game depends on the cooperation of the whole team, and Sakuragi, who is mainly a blue-collar worker in the team, will naturally not get the same level of attention as Mori Shigehiro.
After all, compared with Shonbei, which tends to team basketball, Mingpeng High School is more inclined to star basketball, and Mori Shigehiro, as the core of attack and defense, will naturally receive higher attention.
02 Sakuragi's value on the court may not be lost to Mori Shigehiro
So why does Mori Shigehiro, who has not been in contact with basketball for a long time, but can play amazing dominance on the court, does this mean that his talent is stronger than Sakuragi's? Friends who know basketball should subconsciously deny this statement, at least question this problem.
The reason is very simple, first of all, although Mori Shigehiro led the team to defeat Aiwa in the prefectural competition, but there is not much performance for him in the plot, just based on what Yuhiko Inoue said about the national competition after Mori Shigehiro shocked the whole of Japan can only see that his talent is good, and can not determine the specific strength of Mori Shigehiro based on this statement.
Secondly, even if Mori Shigehiro's dominance at both ends of the attack and defense is full, Sakuragi's performance on the court will not lose much to Mori Shigehiro. Although Sakuragi's offensive skill pack is relatively scarce, Sakuragi's performance on the defensive end is absolutely remarkable, although there are many players whose overall strength is stronger than Sakuragi's, it should be said that the players who pull Sakuragi at both ends of the attack and defense have not yet appeared in the plot, after all, Sakuragi is also a man who has been affirmed by Ohita.
03 Sakuragi and Mori Shigehiro's talent are expressed differently
The question of who has the stronger talent of Sakuragi and Mori Shigehiro is not good, but it is certain that there are few characters in the entire slam dunk master plot whose talent exceeds Sakuragi's talent, and at most it is between Bo Zhong. The reason is simple, in the setting of the slam dunk master, Japan's basketball level is not much stronger than that of japan in reality, and Sakuragi has become a rising star in the Easter eggs of his other works, presumably to play in the United States.
Judging from this setting, Sakuragi's talent is actually the ceiling of the dunk master, so why can't Sakuragi beat the dominance of Mori Shigehiro? The main reason for this problem is not that Sakuragi's talent is worse than Mori's, but that the two talents are manifested in different forms.
Mori Shigehiro is strong in static talent, and it is easy to play dominant in high school competitions with a little practice, while Sakuragi's talent is mainly strong in dynamic talent, which requires technical support. Therefore, Sakuragi's talent will not be worse than Mori's, but the two talents are different in expression.