Slam Dunk Master: Why did the author set the position of the protagonist Sakuragi Hanamichi as a big forward? Personally, I think that Inoue's setting allows Sakuragi to play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses on the one hand, and on the other hand, to make the starting lineup configuration in Shonbei more reasonable.
Sakuragi Hanamichi's ability to play as a beginner in basketball in all aspects is almost zero, and arranging Sakuragi to play a big forward can maximize his good physical talent.
Friends who are familiar with slam dunk masters know that the reason why Sakuragi joined the Shonbei basketball team was originally for Haruko Akagi, and then slowly began to like basketball with the passage of time.
Therefore, Sakuragi is quite scarce in terms of basketball knowledge and the skills required, but Sakuragi has a physical talent against the sky, and for such a basketball novice who is good in height but almost useless on the offensive end, Inoue set Sakuragi's position as a big forward is understandable.
Of course, it's not that the big forwards in the so-called 1790s world basketball trend were all dirty blue-collar players, look at the NBA's contemporaries Barkley, Garnett and Duncan are all good offensive and defensive players. Rather, sakuragi's abilities in the early stages of contact with basketball have not yet been developed, and he can only play his physical advantages against the sky first.
Sakuragi 188's height is very suitable for training as an inside player in the environment of slam dunk masters, after all, most of the team center players that appear in the plot are up to about 190, and centers that can exceed 2 meters are rare in the plot, and there are many small forward positions above 184, but they need to have strong offensive ability.
At this point, Sakuragi is unable to be qualified for the small forward position due to the short contact time with basketball, and Shobei has Kaede Yasukawa as a small forward Sakuragi can not compete with Kaede Yasukawa, the scoring guard also emphasizes offensive ability, Sakuragi can not play, the point guard for dribbling skills, the overall view and the ability to pass the ball is too high Sakuragi can not be competent, only in the Shonbei lineup relatively single function of the large forward position suitable for Sakuragi.
After all, Akagi Tsuyoshi's ability to attack the end is still one of the best among Kanagawa's inner players, with the existence of Akagi points, you can let Sakuragi maximize his ability advantages to do dirty work, accumulate game experience, improve his ability in all aspects, and at the same time avoid the defects of Sakuragi's early lack of stable offensive means, anyway, Shonbei starters in addition to Sakuragi The other four have the threat of attacking with the ball, Shonbei's opponents do not dare to easily wrap up Sakuragi's own single-handed attack to expose the problem of his weak offensive ability. Otherwise, it will pay a heavy price.
Grabbing rebounds and blocks are relatively more dependent on the athlete's athletic talent, and Sakuragi can easily complete these tasks even for beginners with the blessing of his protagonist's aura.
Therefore, inoue's reason for setting Sakuragi's position as a big forward is simple, early on, Sakuragi as a beginner has the opportunity to use his talent on the defensive end to accumulate game experience, while improving his ability to attack and defend at both ends.
And being able to take advantage of shobuku's other positions allows Sakuragi to avoid his lack of offensive ability from being targeted by other teams.
In fact, the number of good players in the big forward position of the dunk master is relatively small compared to other positions, and if Sakuragi is arranged in other positions, it is easy to be suspicious of life.
For example, Sendo in the small forward position, Mike Okita who appears in the theater version of Sawaki, Nan Lie, Fujima on the guard line, and Maki Shin teach Sakuragi to be a person in a minute.
Inoue's arrangement allows Sakuragi to grow smoothly and avoid a loss of self-confidence due to a huge gap with other players.
Another reason Why Inoue set Sakuragi as a big forward was to make the offensive and defensive ends of the protagonist's starting lineup more rational.
The starting lineup of the Shonbei team has taken on enough offensive tasks, and Akagi, Kaede Ryugawa and Mitsui Shou are the tridents of the offensive end of Shonbei.
However, there are not many roles in the defensive end that Xiangbei can handle, and there are no roles similar to Lingnan Chishang, Hainan Muto and Xiangyang Hasegawa, which are specifically responsible for defensive functions. Therefore, in order to reduce the pressure on the defensive end of the inner pillar Akagi, he can put more energy into the attack.
It is very appropriate to let Sakuragi take on the task of assisting in the internal defense and grabbing rebounds, coupled with the problem of ball distribution, Sakuragi can not get too many shot opportunities in the early days, it is better to put the main energy into grabbing rebounds, which is very helpful for the improvement of the overall offensive and defensive efficiency of Shonbei.
Taking on the big forward before Sakuragi's offensive end ability was developed can only make up for the problem of its weak scoring ability, after all, Shonbei's Akagi scoring ability is strong enough in Kanagawa Prefecture, Sakuragi only needs to occasionally pick up leaks to score or participate in the counterattack, which is what Sakuragi is good at doing, and Shonbei is also more reasonable because of the allocation of tasks at both ends of Sakuragi's inner line attack and defense, Akagi can reduce the physical consumption on the defensive end to improve its performance on the offensive end.
When Sakuragi gradually mastered the jump shot scoring skills, the overall offensive threat of Shonbei's starting was further enhanced, after all, Akagi lacked the ability to shoot from mid-range, and Sakuragi in the later stage was able to open up the offensive space for Akagi so that the defender did not dare to easily wrap Akagi Tsuyoshi.
When Sakuragi's ability to further improve his excellent athleticism can allow him to defend multiple positions on the outside line, playing Hainan in charge of defending Shen Zong ichiro is another option for Sakuragi to use on the defensive end.
The players of the Shonbei defender line have their own disadvantages on the defensive end, Miyagi is too short in height, the defensive tall defender is relatively disadvantaged, and needs other teammates to assist in defense (when dealing with Maki Shinichi, Miyagi basically can't defend one-on-one and can only rely on other position players to assist), and Mitsui Shou has just returned to the team, although the defensive experience is sophisticated, but the physical strength is insufficient.
Sakuragi has no physical problems at all, height, strength and speed of movement defensive outside players do not suffer losses, Inoue arranged Sakuragi to play a big forward is to try to balance the gap between the ability of Shonbei attack and defense, after all, Shonbei's overall play style is still relatively heavy attack and light defense.
Finally, to sum up, in fact, Inoue Yuhiko set the position of Sakuragi Hanamichi as a big forward for a simple purpose: on the one hand, to play the defensive advantage provided by Sakuragi's protagonist's aura, and to avoid the problem of lack of sufficient offensive means and lack of experience in the game in the early stages.
On the other hand, the offensive and defensive abilities in the starting lineup of Shonbei are more balanced, in fact, Sakuragi has gradually become one of the cores of Shonbei's defense as the plot progresses. Please forgive me for the place where the analysis is not in place, and if you have other ideas, please leave a message to discuss.