I don't know anything about basketball tactics, but you can say Ryuu was much like Lebron James before the accident, as he was a very proactive player who dominated with his ability and scored crazy goals all the time. After he recovered, Ryuu became a player more attentive to his surroundings and a distributor of the ball, while still being a goal threat with his shooting ability.
Mirko, after teaching him to be aware of his surroundings, is trying to remind him of his aggressiveness and boldness he had when he was younger, reverting him to kind of a Lebron James, except even more complete.