Chapter 181: On the eve of the national competition

In August, Japan is in the midst of a scorching heat. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the basketball hall of the county Xiangbei High School, everyone was sweating and training. For the Xiangbei players who are about to participate in the national competition, time is a very cherished thing, so during the summer vacation of a month, everyone is soaked in the basketball hall.

"I really envy Ryumasa for taking Haruko and Michael Jordan to travel around Japan."

During the training, Mitsui Shou found Akagi Goken and said with envy.

"By the way, last time I heard you say that they were in Osaka, where are they now?"

"Oh," Akagi said, wiping the sweat from his face with a towel.

"Haruko called back last night and said they had arrived in Hiroshima and told us to leave tomorrow. They have already booked a hotel, and we will have a good time in Hiroshima three days before the national tournament starts. ”

"Nani?"

Mitsui Shou jumped up violently, "Such an important matter, why didn't you say it earlier, Akagi." ”

"Little San, what's wrong?"

Sakuragi Hanamichi and the others quickly came up and surrounded the two of them.

"The gorilla said that the coach (Ryumasa) told us to go to Hiroshima tomorrow and that he had already booked a hotel for us. We had three days to go out and play. Mitsui Shou laughed.

"Really?" Sakuragi Hanamichi and the others were very excited.

"Then I'm going to go to the hot springs, I heard that the hot springs in Hiroshima are very good." "I'm going to Miyajima, one of the three major islands in Japan!" ......

"I knew it would be like this after I said it."

Looking at the twittering teammates, Akagi Gangxian had a black line on his forehead, "Today's training is over!! ”

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Tokyo, Shinjuku-ku, Japan Basketball Association Headquarters.

An impromptu meeting was being held urgently, initiated by Minister of Defense Yataro Ando, and organized by President Kagawa Kiriyo himself, and within a day, the leaders of the Basketball Association, scattered throughout Japan, rushed to Tokyo.

President Kiri Kagawa, First Vice President Yasunari Hatoyama, Second Vice President, Director of Administration and Organization Manager Shinnosuke Okamoto, Minister of Publicity Yaitaro Ando, Director of External Relations Masao Yamashita, Director of Referees, and eight leaders of the Japan Basketball Association Headquarters gathered.

After a brief greeting, Minister of Defense Yataro Ado went straight to the point.

With the start of the National High School Basketball League in August, Oak Hill High School basketball team captain and main scoring guard Long Zheng, who has just participated in the NBA Draft, brings basketball superstar Michael Jordan to Japan.

At the same time, Long Zheng will represent Xiangbei High School as the head coach and player in the national competition.

Through the efforts of Minister of Defense Yataro Ando, Ryumasa agreed to select the best group of players to form a high school basketball team after the national competition.

The team will travel to the United States for a half-month exchange study with Oak Hill Middle School, the nation's No. 1 school, to improve basketball skills.

There are 12 places for the team, all of which are extremely precious. In order to be fair, the selection of the twelve spots must be based on a combination of individual strength and team record.

In addition to this matter, Yataro Ando initiated the meeting with the aim of facilitating the Chicago Bulls to come to Japan for the preseason.

The NBA preseason is a warm-up game played by teams before the start of the NBA regular season.

Because at the end of each season, each team has considerable changes in the lineup, in order to let each team run in the lineup, familiarize themselves with their respective teams' playing style, determine the lineup of each team for the new season, and also improve the communication between players and coaches, so before the start of each season, the NBA holds several preseason games, so that they can be in a better state to participate in the long regular season games.

Because the purpose of pre-season is to familiarize yourself with the style of play of your respective team, there is no restriction on who your opponents are.

Since Hatsunori Oda bought the Bulls, the Japanese Basketball Association has repeatedly sent warm-up games to the Bulls, but the management of the Bulls has always been in the hands of the team management, and Hatsunori Oda has not interfered.

The Bulls, who are in the three-year championship, are at their peak, and their management is very contemptuous of the level of Japanese basketball, so the Japanese Basketball Association applies once and the Bulls reject it once. Until now, the Japanese men's basketball team has not played against the Bulls.

When Yataro Ando and Ryumasa discuss the high school basketball team, Michael Jordan was also present.

During this period, Long Zheng and Jordan expressed their willingness to facilitate the Bulls' trip to Japan (several warm-up games with the Japanese men's basketball team as preseason). What Yataro Ando didn't know was that Jordan, who was planning to retire, was actually using these warm-up games as the curtain call for his basketball career.

The main topic of the meeting was the selection of the new Japanese men's basketball team......