[One Star, Four Shooters. The tactical idea you proposed is very simple, but in this era, it seems very novel.]
[There are only two requirements for this tactic.]
[First, the team must have an absolute ball-dominant core. You believe you can do this very well.]
[Second, the team needs to have excellent 3-and-D players—players who are good at both defense and shooting. The more, the better.]
[Of course, at this time, there is no such term as '3D player'. You euphemistically told your coach that you need some players who can seize the opportunity after you create open shots, preferably three-point shooters.]
[And defensive anchors to wipe your ass when you are fully committed to the offensive end.]
[The coach thought your idea was very advanced and had merit, but the crappy part is that Homi Academy basically has very few such players.]
[This is an academy featuring music, not a sports school.]
[You were prepared and pulled the underused Sakurai Ryō out of the team.]
[He is the future shooting guard of Tōō Academy, a top-tier 3D player with extremely fast and accurate shooting speed, and online defensive abilities.]
[However, also because his shooting was too fast and too unreasonable, the geezer coach thought his shooting was simply nonsense, so he was placed on the bench and not reused.]
"Sakurai Ryō? This guy was in our team? I actually never realized it?"
Yuuto in the outside world was surprised.
If Sakurai Ryō was in the basketball club from the beginning, it's impossible that he didn't know.
Simulation continues.
[The coach didn't like Sakurai Ryō's playing style, especially his constant timid appearance. In the coach's eyes, Sakurai Ryō was a soft egg who shot wildly and would only apologize as soon as he was scolded.]
[Compared to Sakurai Ryō, he prefers a lawless hooligan like you who fights every now and then. That is called a real tough guy.]
[But he decided to give you face. You conducted an intra-squad scrimmage. Sakurai Ryō was arranged to be on your team. You massacred the opponent with a big score.]
[The geezer coach was stunned. He didn't expect that soft egg to be so brave under your command.]
[In the twenty-minute practice match, Sakurai Ryō constantly received your passes and shot with a heaven-defying shooting rate of 5 out of 6.]
[The geezer coach made a decision on the spot, pointing at Sakurai Ryō and saying, "I knew from the beginning that you, dammit, are a talent. You start in tomorrow's game."]
[After the activity ended, you found Sakurai Ryō and asked the doubts in your heart.]
[Sakurai Ryō was grateful to you and told you everything.]
[It turns out he only came to Homi Academy this year. He moved to live in Tochigi Prefecture because of his father's work. His personality made him like a transparent person in the team. Today was the first time he was taken so seriously by the team. He was very grateful to you and treated you to a bowl of ramen.]
"So that's how it is. Does this count as me NTR-ing Aomine?"
"Wait, no. I came first this time!!!"
Yuuto entertained himself in the outside world.
But finding a treasure in such an underdog team was truly a pleasant surprise.
In this world of Kuroko's Basketball.
If the Generation of Miracles and the movie's villain team Jabberwock's Nash are classified as the power ceiling.
Then below the five members of the Generation of Miracles are T1 players like Nijimura Shūzō and Himuro Tatsuya.
Following closely are T1.5 players like the Uncrowned Kings, whose talents are equally top-tier but not enough to cross that threshold.
After that are national-level players like Sakurai Ryō who don't wear "titles."
This is a big helper.
[The next day, Homi Academy welcomed an important battle for qualifying from the group stage.]
[The opponent is a strong team that also made it to the round-robin last year. Like Homi Academy, they are a team that has only risen in recent years. Their foundation is inferior to the Four Heavenly Kings; they rose suddenly because of one or two players.]
[The so-called Four Heavenly Kings mean about the same as the Three Kings of Tokyo. They are the four teams with the most outstanding historical achievements in Tochigi Prefecture.]
[However, the result of the game was unexpected. Homi Academy ended the suspense of the game in just three quarters.]
[The geezer coach boldly used the newcomer Sakurai Ryō in this game. Under your feeding, Sakurai Ryō made 6 of 9 three-pointers in three quarters, 2 of 3 free throws, and blasted 20 points.]
[The opponent obviously didn't expect you to change the lineup in such a key game. Caught off guard, they were beaten until their heads were full of bumps.]
[Fans exclaimed, "I didn't expect Homi Academy to hide such a secret weapon."]
["6 of 9 three-pointers, a shooting rate reaching 66%, scoring a team-high 20 points. Truly amazing."]
[But what puzzled the fans was that in the fourth quarter, Homi Academy's opponent chose to give it their all. Yet they didn't apply too much targeted defense on Sakurai Ryō.]
[It can't be said there was none, just that the defensive focus wasn't on Sakurai Ryō.]
[Fans wondered again, "He already has a 7 out of 10 shooting rate, yet they still let this monster shoot?"]
["Monster? That mushroom head isn't a monster. The real monster is that guy." Someone nearby pointed at Yuuto and said, "That guy is the true core of Homi Academy. With him and without him, Homi Academy is two different teams."]
["Him? Is there anything special about him?" That person didn't think so because Yuuto's playing style was very concise, so concise it could be described as simple. It always gave people the illusion that 'I could do it too if I were him', so you are always selectively ignored.]
[That person shook his head and smiled, "That's why he is a monster. No matter how complicated the matter is, he can complete it in the simplest way!"]
[Beep~]
[The game ended. Homi Academy defeated the opponent with a big score of 102:75.]
[Sakurai Ryō blasted a game-high 29 points, with a three-point shooting rate as high as 60%. achieving fame in Tochigi Prefecture in one battle during such an important group stage qualifying match.]
[However, more and more people discovered your complexity. In this game, you performed stably, contributing 22 points, 10 rebounds, and 13 assists again.]
[A triple-double answer sheet, you got it quietly.]
[Your performance attracted the attention of Momoi Satsuki.]
"Momoi Satsuki?"
Yuuto rubbed his chin.
This super spy from Teiko is truly everywhere.
Few people in the entire Tochigi Prefecture discovered his awesomeness, yet this manager of the Teiko basketball club in the Tokyo area actually discovered him.