Chapter Eighty-Five: Kaede Frost
While observing on the pool, more and more teams entered the central gymnasium, including the finale of the Mountain King.
Ikegami's gaze turned to the mountain king, and he saw a few familiar faces among them, that is, Kazunari Fukatsu, Minoru Matsumoto, Satoshi Ichikura, Shohiro Nobe, and Masashi Kawada!
These five are all first-year players of Sanno Industries, but Ikegami's gaze skipped over Kazunari Fukatsu, who was in the same position as him, and fell on Minoru Matsumoto and Masashi Kawada, with a strong interest in their eyes.
Although Minoru Matsumoto does not appear in many scenes in SD, his skills are very comprehensive and exquisite, and he can score from outside the three-point line in the face of Mitsui's defense, or he can use his speed to get rid of Mitsui, cut inside, and cause Akagi to foul and make it 2+1. And when Zebei is not on the court, he is the ace of the Mountain King and is a pretty good scorer. Among them, Coach Umi Takatou once commented on Minoru Matsumoto: If Matsumoto is not in the Sanno team, then he will undoubtedly be an absolute trump card in any team in the country.
Coach Takaotou's vision and experience need not be overlooked, and the performance of Minoru Matsumoto should not be overlooked. It's just that because of the relationship between Eiji Zebei, Minoru Matsumoto has become the second trump card of the Mountain King, and he once sat on the bench sadly, and it can be said that his limelight was stolen by Zebei.
In other words, under the light of Zebei, Minoru Matsumoto can be said to be an underrated player, and his offensive ability belongs to the level of Sendo and Rukawa Kaede in the entire SD, slightly inferior to Eiji Zebei. As for the stars of Love and the Academy, I don't know if there is a gap between them.
"What a waste! It would be nice if Fukuda was replaced by Minoru Matsumoto!" Looking at Minoru Matsumoto, Ikegami thought in his heart, no way, if Fukuda is replaced by Minoru Matsumoto, then next year's Lingnan will be no worse than the King of the Mountain in terms of lineup, but this idea is impossible at all.
Ikegami's eyes fell on Masashi Kawada again, the No. 1 center forward in college two years later, is still only a sturdy defender with a height of only 163 cm, as long as you compare Masashi Kawada with him two years later, Ikegami feels very abrupt, and the gap in visual effects is too big. If it weren't for that ape face, Ikegami might not be able to tell it.
"I heard that it grew a full 25 centimeters taller in one year, became a small forward, and then became a center again! What did this thing eat at that time, and it grew so fast, could it be that the head had a tumor!"
Because the contrast of Masashi Kawada is too amazing, Ikegami can't help but be a little immersed in his imagination, and he is very envious of Masashi Kawada's inhuman growth speed.
This Kawada Masashi, who is called the East African ape man by Sakuragi, can be said to be the strongest center in SD, as for Mori Shigekuan, whether in technology, experience, mentality or attack range, it is far inferior to this ape, especially after two years, the strength of this goods is not even as good as Akagi, which shows the degree of strength. It can be said that he is a veritable No. 1 center in Japanese universities, with super defensive skills and rebounding ability, and even Akagi Tsuyoshi and Sakuragi Hanamichi can't compete with him in these two points, and once forced Kanagawa's No. 1 center Akagi into a desperate situation in the game with Xiangbei.
Because Masashi Kawada has both the experience and skills of the forward and the guard, he has a variety of offensive methods, whether it is the face frame, the back frame, the mid-range shot or the three-point shot, it can be said that he is an alternative all-round center. At that time, Kazuo Karasawa, the coach of Fukazawa Sports University, and Yota Sugiyama, the main center, once commented on Masashi Kawada: "Even if he directly enters the college basketball world in his current state, he is definitely one of the top three centers in the country!"
It can be seen how strong it is, even if such a player enters college, he can easily occupy a starting position in his freshman year, and it is not much of a problem to be called the core in the end.
When I was looking at Ikegami, all 59 participating teams had arrived.
After each team lined up, a temporary stand in front of them came up with several leaders, who were the organizing committee of the national competition, to take the oath here.
The words spoken by these leaders are undoubtedly some scene words, basically such as friendship first and competition second, similar to the bureaucratic style of the Celestial Empire, which is quite boring, and listening to it too much makes people feel drowsy, and they can't keep their spirits up.
Ikegami listened to these official languages boredly, receiving language bombardment, his left ear went in and out of his right ear, and he wondered in his heart, it seems that no matter what country he is, there is such an official language.
After a long time, it was not easy to wait for these organizing committee bigwigs to get off the field, but then another player from the Sanno Industrial lineup came out of the lineup that Ikegami was a little unfamiliar with but seemed to have seen it from somewhere.
This player looks a little handsome, with a medium build, and should be a guard based on his height, but it's hard to say whether it's a point guard or a point guard.
"Kaede Kaede!" Shigeichi Taoka, who was on the side, instantly became solemn when he saw this player.
And after hearing this name, Ikegami showed a look of sudden realization on his face, no wonder he is a little familiar, isn't this the current ace player of Sanno Industries, who is currently known as Japan's No. 1 high school student by various media, and won the MVP of the national competition as a sophomore last year, and is also another player with three top players in the player evaluation of the previous basketball weekly.
"Interesting!" Ikegami watched Kashima Kaede come to the stage, his eyes were a little more solemn, the evaluation of the basketball weekly could not be groundless, plus it was the trump card of Sanno Industries, Kashima Kaede's level was probably not water, and it was really a strong rival to Ikegami.
Like Ikegami, the eyes of the aces or rising stars of the rest of the teams have changed when they look at Kaede Kaede, including Takamiya Motoyu, Makishiichi, Tsuchiya Jun, and Daisei Motoshi. No way, basketball is a competitive sport, and if you want to get status, you must compete for it, and powerful players often set their sights on the first throne, that is, MVP!
"Hope you don't talk too much nonsense!"
And ordinary players are not so conscious, their goal is to play well, among which Yuzhu even read such a sentence in pieces, expressing the thoughts of the rest of the ordinary players.
It's really that the officials of the organizing committee who just came up are too good at talking, and they talk for nearly an hour. It's nothing, the most unfair thing is that they have chairs to sit on, and the players and coaches in the audience can only stand up.
Maybe it was because I heard the voices of the players in the audience, or maybe it was the personality relationship of Kashima Kaede, in short, Kashima Kaede didn't talk about it, just said a few words, and stepped down directly, but this move got much louder applause than before, and the leaders of the organizing committee who watched looked at each other.
Just after Kaede Kaede's 'speech', the master of ceremonies also announced the disbandment.
And tomorrow, the first round of the national tournament will begin, and Lingnan's opponent is the Tokyo team - Jimboh Daidai!