First, the definition of ace player
The so-called imperial players are the absolute pillars of the team. He can break the situation on the court through his own personal ability, without having to obey the team's tactics at a certain time. Such players have absolute shooting rights in the team. When the team is anxious or backward, he must stand up and score and change the situation on the field. Each team can only have one Imperial player. Even in NBA teams, many teams have the Big Three. However, two of them have to make sacrifices to give more ball rights to stronger ace players, and in dunk, Zebei is stronger than Hotan, so he is the ace player of Shanwang.
2. Zebei is better than Hotan.
Zebei's offensive means are very rich and explosive, and he has the ability to break the situation quickly on the court, while Hotan's offensive end is characterized by stability. He is most suitable for positional warfare, and fast break can't play his own strength. This is Hotan's short board in attack. When the two teams were deadlocked on the spot, it was Zebei, a striker and defender with very strong assault ability, who broke this situation.
On the defensive end, Kawada's ability is not as good as Sawakita Eiji's. Take defending Rukawa Kaede as an example. Rukawa Kaede didn't get rid of Zebe's defense throughout the game. The author also mentioned that Rukawa Kaede lost to Zebei in this duel, but at the last moment, Rukawa Kaede easily swayed Kawada when facing him, so Kawada's defensive ability was not as good as Zebei's.
3. Zebei is more popular.
In the cartoon, the author has defined Zebei as the first high school student in Japan. With this aura, Zebei is very popular in the whole Japanese high school basketball circle, and even many fans come from other places to watch Yamamoto's game, just to see Zebei's performance. This super-high popularity is unmatched by Hotan.
It is precisely because of the above reasons that Hotan can't be the ace player of Shanwang, and Zebei is the most perfect player among the slam dunks.