Volume 1 Western Cowboy Chapter 007 I'll take you there hehehe
Wayne looked at the few growth points he had left and thought about his future development direction.
In this era, each NBA team still attaches great importance to the inside line.
The greatest value of an inside player is his dominance in the restricted area.
You may not be able to score at the basket, but as long as your defense at the basket is good enough, you will have no worries about making a living.
The reason why Ben Wallace, who has almost no independent offensive ability, is now thriving in the NBA is because of his excellent inside defense.
An African center of unknown age also became an All-Star starter three times thanks to his excellent interior defense.
If you don't have superb offensive skills under the basket and excellent rim protection ability, you will really have a hard time making any progress in this era.
Space power forward was not a popular concept in 2003. A player who can only shoot but not defend cannot survive in the NBA.
Considering how miserable the future Italian No. 1 pick Bagnani was doing, it is not difficult to imagine the fate of an inside player who can only shoot.
So Wayne decided that after improving his three-point shooting ability, he should improve his inside defensive ability.
Whether it's 2003 or 2020, players who are good at defense are always the most popular.
Who says 3D players are only for the outside? Wayne wants to be a 3D player at the 4th position!
But the attributes of interior defense and shooting are different, and the composition of this ability is very complex.
Judging from the abilities that have been unlocked so far, if you want to become a defensive powerhouse, then blocking, strength, and inside defense are the three attributes that are indispensable.
Among them, Wayne's strength is in urgent need of improvement. But even if he puts all his remaining points into it, his strength will not be significantly improved.
Moreover, the recent training has increased Wayne's strength by 1 point. In other words, in addition to krypton growth points, training can also improve ability values.
Since the basic value is too low, it is relatively easy for Wayne to increase his strength through training.
Strength can be developed through practice. Almost all players who enter the NBA will go through a process of physical changes, which is actually a process of strength growth.
Even Shaq didn't become fat until several years after entering the league.
Few players enter the league at peak strength.
Generally speaking, strength can be made up for through acquired efforts.
But other things cannot be acquired simply through practice.
Wayne's talent is limited. If he can grow into a superstar just by practicing, why does he need a system?
So Wayne decided to train his strength on his own for the time being. When he really reached a bottleneck and couldn't train any further, he would use the growth points to push forward.
For now, it is better to save points for attributes that are not easy to train.
Then, the only two items left are blocking and low-post defense.
Blocking shots and low-post defense cannot be confused with each other. For example, many floor-based centers do not have many blocking shots, but their actual defensive effects are very good.
Because even if they cannot block the shot, they can effectively interfere with the opponent's shooting and force the opponent to miss the shot.
The ultimate goal of defense is to prevent the opponent from scoring a goal.
So as long as the opponent can miss the shot, even if there is no block, it is still a good defense.
But Wayne can't do this, because defense is something that cannot be simply reflected by data.
Unable to use data to reflect his performance, Wayne cannot maximize his value in front of coaches and scouts.
Think about it, if Wayne only averages 0.3 blocks per game, even if he is excellent in interior defense, many people will subconsciously think that Wayne is not a good rim protector.
But if Wayne's block number can go up, even if his defensive ability is not actually that good, it will give people the illusion that "this guy is very dominant in the penalty area."
This is what Wayne did in his previous life, Marcus Camby, winner of the Defensive Player of the Year award in the 2006-07 season.
That season, Duncan led the Spurs to the league's top defensive efficiency, while Camby's Nuggets were a below-average defensive team.
Many people believe that the Defensive Player of the Year award that year should have belonged to Duncan.
So why did Camby beat Duncan to win the Defensive Player of the Year trophy?
It's because Camby's defensive statistics are so dazzling.
In the 2006-07 season, Camby averaged 3.3 blocks per game, making him the league's block leader that season. He also averaged 9.3 defensive rebounds per game.
But anyone who has watched the Nuggets game knows that Camby's defense at that time basically did not block or ignore his opponent, and he only focused on blocking shots and backcourt rebounds. The stats looked good, but the actual defensive effect was a mess.
But so what? He still got the Defensive Player of the Year award.
This is the power of data.
To be honest, Marcus Camby's defensive ability was real when he was young, but he suffered from the fact that his good defense was not appreciated.
So in the middle and late stages of his career, he began to go further and further on the road of brushing data.
Ironically, Camby got a bigger contract and more honors because of this...
Wayne doesn't want to be a stat brush, but he also doesn't want to suffer a loss in terms of stats.
To put it bluntly...I just want to brush!
Since you can't improve your defensive ability all at once, then give others the illusion that you are a good defender!
After weighing the pros and cons, Wayne decided to invest all the remaining growth points in blocking.
8 points of blocking attribute, Wayne spent 1800 growth points, and the blocking ability value increased from 46 to 54.
If this ability value is calculated based on NBA standards, then 54 blocks would probably not be considered weak in the NCAA.
After confirming the extra point, Wayne still has 10 extra point chances left.
He can choose to use up these 10 chances immediately after accumulating growth points, or he can choose to save them up and use them all together after upgrading again.
However, Wayne still wants to improve his attributes immediately after obtaining growth points. At this stage, he must become stronger immediately and has no time to "trust the process."
After the points were added, the prompt at the bottom of the system also changed to "The growth points required to unlock the next stage of the system: 10,000. "
"The next upgrade requires 10,000 growth points? Compared to the first time, it's ten times more. But... it's just a piece of cake!"
Wayne laughed proudly. At first, it was difficult for Wayne to save 1,000 points. But now that he had found two tricks to exploit the card system bug, even 10,000 points would not be too much for Wayne.
He earned more than 3,000 growth points today. Wouldn’t it only take three or four days to accumulate 10,000 points?
Even if we remove the growth points that Wayne will use to increase his attributes along the way, one week will definitely be enough to upgrade.
Becoming a debutant in two months is definitely feasible!
Wayne, whose confidence was boosted, was about to close the system interface when a line of words suddenly popped up on the system and a "ding" sound was made.
“The mission system has been unlocked, first mission: Prove your strength.
Mission objective: Become the team's starter before the start of the new season.
Mission reward: a B-level lucky draw package."
"Mission system?" Wayne scratched his head. It seemed that this upgraded version of the ship was not just as simple as adding a few visible attributes to Wayne.
Wayne had nothing to complain about this mission. After all, his goal was to get into the starting lineup.
But this quest rewards...
The lottery package should be similar to unboxing.
Wayne felt desperate when he thought about his embarrassing unboxing experience.
Why did you give me a reward for opening a box? With my African ancestry, what good stuff can I get from opening a box?
Look at the big-heart shooter badge he drew last time. Wayne still doesn’t know what to use it for.
Well, next time before drawing the lottery, be sure to wash your face!
As soon as Wayne closed the system interface, the dormitory door was opened.
Wayne then remembered that before he went out for training this morning, his short, rich and handsome roommate Cody Brandt had not come back yet...
If he didn't show up again, Wayne would forget about this roommate.
"Oh my God , Wayne, you don't know how crazy last night was. I changed two in one night... Hey man, why do you have a bandage on your head? What happened? Did anyone bully you?"
When Cody came in and saw the bandage on Wayne's head, his expression immediately became serious.
Just as he remembered, Cody and Wayne did have a good relationship.
Cody has an outgoing personality, while Wayne used to be very kind and knew how to be quiet and listen. Their personalities complement each other perfectly.
There will naturally be no problem getting along with each other.
"You may not believe this, but I was hit by a car yesterday."
Not to mention Cody, even Wayne himself couldn't believe it. So many things happened in just two days.
"What? Has the perpetrator been found?"
"He took me to the hospital, paid all my medical bills, and said I could get a discount if I went to his restaurant. Don't worry, Cody, I'm fine. I even went to training today. It's just some minor injuries."
"Oh my god, I was scared to death! Fortunately, you are okay. So, I told you not to go running so early in the morning. Wouldn't it be better to just run a few laps around the school?"
Cody let out a sigh of relief. After confirming that Wayne was okay, he continued the previous topic: "By the way, where were we just talking about? Oh, it's a pity that you didn't go yesterday, Wayne. Those new girls are so crazy!"
"Uh..." Seeing Cody excitedly describing his brutal fight experience last night, Wayne thought he should just stop calling him Cody and call him Teddy.
"Oh, by the way, there is an interesting event next weekend. Do you want to go with me?" After Cody told Wayne about his experience last night, he invited Wayne again.
Wayne waved his hand and said, "Forget it. I just want to play basketball honestly now."
Wayne is certainly not averse to women, but when it comes to group sex parties...to be honest, Wayne is not really open to it.
Moreover, he now has the task of breaking into the starting lineup within two months, and he has no extra time and energy to waste.
"Oh? Are you sure? You will regret it if you don't go." Cody raised his eyebrows.
"You say that all the time, Cody."
"Well, forget it. It's a shame that you don't always get the chance to attend an NBA fan meet-and-greet day. I thought you were interested in anything basketball-related."
"What did you say!? NBA fan meeting?" Wayne's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Yeah, what kind of activity did you think it was? Damn, you didn't think I wanted to take you there... Tsk tsk tsk tsk, I knew you were only being honest on the surface, hahahaha!"
Looking at Cody who was laughing, Wayne was speechless.
It's because of you that people tend to think the wrong thing!
In the end, Cody still criticized him from his moral high ground.
But Wayne really wanted to go to this NBA fan meeting. In his previous life, as a fan, he could only watch NBA through the screen.
This time we have the chance to meet the real person, which fan can resist such temptation?
Now it's September, and the new NBA season is about to start. There are indeed many fan meetings like this during this period.
But…it was still 2003, and the Thunder would not be born until five years later. At that time, there was no NBA team in Oklahoma.
"So, are you going?" Cody asked again.
"Yeah." This time, Wayne nodded obediently.
"My uncle is a reporter for the Trail Blazers. He got a few spots at the meet-and-greet and asked if I wanted to go. You know, I'm not very interested in basketball. But if you want to go, I don't mind going."
It turns out he is a "relative", which makes sense.
Although Wayne is not a Trail Blazers fan, he doesn't quite remember which players the Trail Blazers had during this period.
But Wayne was still excited to have his first close contact with the NBA.
"Well, thank you in advance, Cody." It's convenient to have a rich second-generation friend.
"Tsk, why are you being so reserved? Besides, I heard the girls at Portland State University are pretty good too..."
Cody, who was serious just now, smiled meaningfully again.
"Damn, he has other purposes!" Wayne shook his head. Cody's tail was exposed too quickly.
