The Road to Stardom: Start as a Slam Dunk Master.

Chapter 126 Winter Selection

The Winter Selection Tournament has some differences from the Summer League in terms of competition rules.

Although it is also national in nature, it is different from the situation where the summer league expands at every turn, or some counties and districts have no seats, while some strong basketball counties have two or three seats.

First of all, the quota is strictly controlled and the rules are simple. There are 48 seats in total. The eight seed teams in the first round have byes and are divided among the top eight of the summer league.

For the entire 47 administrative regions in Japan, except for the host country, which will directly receive two seats, any other region, regardless of the summer league record, will have one spot per region.

Kanagawa, as the host of this winter selection, naturally has two automatic places.

In fact, from this rule, we can see why this year's winter selection must be in Kanagawa. After all, Xiangyang and Hainan won the championship and runner-up of the summer league. If Kanagawa only has one spot due to the competition system, then the summer league champion Or maybe one of the runner-ups fails to qualify... That's the organizer's biggest joke.

However, local operations and the popularity of the summer league have resulted in a particularly large number of teams from Kanagawa signing up to participate this year.

There are more than 260 colleges and universities in the entire county, and more than 80 have signed up to participate, so that the original 64 places are completely insufficient.

According to the rules, an additional qualifying round had to be added, so the quota that was supposed to be decided at the beginning of November was postponed until around the 11th.

The local TV station has opened a special channel for the Winter Selection Tournament, which will broadcast the whole process starting from the lottery draw on the 18th. With the previous experience of broadcasting NBA overseas special games on the 3rd and 4th, Kanagawa TV, which was not good at basketball broadcasting, also It can be said that many methods have been discovered, and it is very impressive.

August 8, Yokohama Arena...

The venue was buzzing. There was a huge lottery box in the center, where representatives from 64 participating teams from across the county were gathered. The preliminary round draw was being held.

"Brother Takato!" Sakuragi Hanamichi greeted him excitedly from afar.

Lin Dong and Fujima turned around and saw Coach Anzai walking over with Takenori Akagi and Hanamichi Sakuragi.

"When did you come back?"

"Yesterday! Hahahaha, Brother Gao Ren, I'm telling you, I'm much better now than when you first left! That day, old Earl asked Stephen and me to fight one on one, and I almost won! Guess what the score was? "

Lin Dong smiled and said: "10 to 1?"

"Please! Can you guess some normal numbers?" Sakuragi Hanamichi frowned: "10 to 1, isn't that why I finished it every time you left!"

Fujima also heard Lin Dong talk about the Lloyd Training Base, and also knew about Stephen Brown. He had seen Sakuragi's growth, so he curiously made a guess: "10:5?"

"Wrong!" Sakuragi Hanamichi said proudly: "It's 10:2!"

Takenori Akagi next to him looked embarrassed, while Fujima and Lin Dong were dumbfounded.

Is this any different from 10 to 1...

"I scored against both of them! They were all slam dunks, which made Stephen confused! You don't know how many tricks Stephen used when he defended me, he was so stupid! But I still..."

"Stop showing off, you have to say it again when you see someone. I've heard enough." Takenori Akagi interrupted him dumbfounded, and turned to look at Lin Dong and Fujima: "Xiangyang is still the original member of Xia Tian's team."

"Hanagata and I both plan to go to the sports academy, and the school has already contacted us in advance." Fujima said with a smile, "What, Akagi, you too?"

"I have to thank Lin Dongjun for that street competition..." Akagi said with a smile: "After that, people from Fukasawa came to me, hoping that I could achieve some results in the Autumn National Sports and Winter Selection."

"Then you have to draw a good lottery." Fujima said: "Speaking of which, as long as they don't meet us in Area A in advance, I think there will be no problem for Xiangbei to compete for the final spot in the national competition."

In this year's winter selection, the pattern of Kanagawa has changed drastically.

Hainan's Amu has decided not to participate in the winter selection. This has long been known in Kanagawa. Basketball Weekly has reported several times, saying that Amu has no intention of pursuing a career and wants to apply for the University of Tokyo and let high school basketball The circle felt sorry for him.

Fujima and others were very surprised by this, because when they just returned to Kanagawa during the summer vacation, they heard that Amu's family had spent a lot of money to send him to a professional basketball training school in the United States to seek a career path.

But after coming back, he suddenly gave up basketball... Although the basketball level in the United States is much higher than that in Japan, Amu's character does not look like someone who will give up in two or three months.

In the end, I barely knew the answer until I asked Lin Dong.

That's because Mu Shenyi's ambitions are too great.

This guy is the kind of person who wants to go to the extreme and be the best in everything. In the Japanese high school basketball world, he has indeed achieved this.

But in Lin Dong's eyes, Mu Shenyi's skills are not particularly outstanding. In terms of ball feel, he is one level behind Sendō and Rukawa Kaede. His achievements in the high school league are mostly due to him. mentality and physical fitness.

He is 184 centimeters tall but has a body of 85 kilograms. His impact is indeed enough for Japanese high school basketball, but if you look at the United States, let alone the NBA, there are American high school students who are stronger than him. Well, in such a field, his physical advantage will no longer be there, and he will even suffer a disadvantage, and the shortcomings in his skills will be infinitely magnified. Moreover, given his age, height and weight, there is a high probability that these factors have already been determined. This is something that he cannot change. Even if he can dominate the Japanese high school basketball world, he has no chance to play professionally. Not to mention the United States, it is impossible in Asia. .

When he realized this, he chose to quit and spend his youth as the runner-up in the national competition. It was a wise move.

He can take it up and put it down. Makoto Shinichi is indeed a mature man, worthy of being called the King of Kanagawa...

In addition to Hainan, which lacks Amu, Lingnan's Uozumi Jun has also retired, and it is difficult for Xiandao to survive alone. The original top four in Kanagawa now have only two teams, Xiangyang and Shohoku.

Fujima said that Xiangbei can qualify and get a spot as long as they don't draw lots in Zone A. This is really not a compliment to them.

But Akagi just smiled slightly.

A friend is a friend, a winner is a winner.

"It doesn't matter if you meet us, let's move to the finals ahead of time." Takenori Akagi said calmly: "Don't forget how many points you lost to us during the summer vacation."

"Lin Dongjun had not returned to the team at that time." Teng Zhen responded with a smile.

"Hahahaha, I have gone through secret special training, just to defeat Brother Takato!" Sakuragi Hanamichi chirped beside him, "Hahaha, we will definitely win in Shohoku!"

Lin Dong smiled noncommittally. He had long been used to Sakuragi Hanadao's big mouth.

"By the way, your Rukawa Kaede hasn't returned to the team yet?"

"The devil knows where he went. It seems that he didn't report to the school when the semester started. Dad didn't tell me. He is probably no longer in Japan. However, we don't need such deserters!" This is probably Sakuragi Hanamichi's response to this year. The most satisfying thing about the personnel changes in Xiangbei was that he patted his chest proudly: "It is enough for Xiangbei to have a genius like me!"

At this time, people on the rostrum were shouting: "Xiangbei."

"Akagi, you go ahead." Coach Anxi said with a smile: "Returning captain, let's see how lucky you are. You drew a good draw."

"Yes."

Takenori Akagi took a deep breath and walked onto the stage.

"Gorilla! Draw Area A! Let's fight Brother Gao Ren for [-] rounds first!"

"it is good."

While Akagi Takenori agreed, he turned his head and secretly sighed a few times.

When I was drawing lots, my heartbeat was beating wildly, my hands were shaking slightly, and I kept thinking silently in my heart.

——Don’t be in Area A, don’t be in Area A…

He rummaged around in the box for a while, then opened the note in his hand and took a look...

Area D!
  call……

Takenori Akagi let out a long sigh of relief, and then clenched his fists.

The Qiuzhi National Sports Competition is not taken seriously by universities. The whole team is a star, and there are few opportunities for individual performance. The winter selection is my last chance...

Fukasawa, the basketball dream that has been regained must not be shattered again this winter!
  He slowly showed the note in his hand.

"Xiangbei, District D!"

　PS: After checking some information, it seems that Japan’s winter selection competition generally requires the prefecture qualifiers to end before October, but I don’t know if it is accurate. After all, this time seems to conflict with the Autumn National Sports. Secondly, it is due to plot arrangements. , so I will make some adjustments here without going into details.

　　Only one game in the qualifiers will be detailed. It will probably be the same for various future competitions, with only two or three key games being written down.

　　I think everyone has already guessed the rhythm of the entire winter selection. Don't be like this, brother... You are so smart that you made the author Alexander, but the general outline may be similar to what everyone guessed, but the details should be beyond everyone's guess. It just depends on how to write it beautifully.

　　The updates in the past two days have been like 6000, mainly because I am afraid of being scolded. As for today, it does not seem to be much. In fact, when explaining the layout, I also explained the endings of some people, and I am afraid that you will not like to see it. I have really tried my best. It's streamlined.

　　The main game starts tomorrow. As soon as the rhythm of the game comes out, the speed will come. Starting from tomorrow, we will resume 3 updates a day, with one chapter each in the morning, middle and evening. We must stick to it until the end of the entire winter selection. If there are special reasons, you will be asked for leave separately.

　　
  　
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