MM Racing Chapter 641 You guys keep practicing, I'm too old to participate.
Chapter 641 You guys keep practicing, I'm too old to participate.
This offseason has been absolutely exciting and lively, and the landscape of the league has undergone tremendous changes.
And it's not just a change in the landscape of a few teams, but a collective change in the championship contenders across the entire league!
That massive five-team trade, the trade between the Celtics and the Pacers, and the Pacers' decision to split up their team—all of these provided fans and media with plenty of entertainment during the offseason!
That's so exciting!
All sorts of rumors, deals, and transfer news flew around almost all summer!
Before this year, no NBA season had ever seen so many top players swap teams. This offseason, the scale of the trades, the stars involved, and the quality and strength of those stars all reached a peak!
An unprecedented peak!
In layman's terms: there's no offseason more exciting or chaotic than this!
Of course, although this offseason was exciting and there were so many big news stories, there were also some things that were not resolved during this offseason.
For example, the Pacers couldn't find a suitable buyer in the end and couldn't trade Pierce. They could only bring Pierce into training camp, and the two sides also negotiated amicably.
Pierce, you can leave anytime you want, and I'll try my best to accommodate you. But I, Bird, am not prepared to include you in my long-term team-building plans. If someone offers a high price, I'll trade you away immediately.
Where Pierce will go will undoubtedly be the biggest suspense in this season's regular season trade market!
After all, the changes, trades, and transfers made by other teams have already been finalized!
The only one missing is you, Pierce, who doesn't have anywhere to go yet.
Another noteworthy point is that the Lakers' head coach has been confirmed as former Rockets head coach Norman Tomjanovich. As for Phil Jackson, he has not yet returned to coaching, having announced that he will take a few years off and then see how things go before considering a comeback.
Whether or not he will make a comeback, and when he will make a comeback, remains to be seen!
Old man, it's time to enjoy life.
With the Lakers' head coach finally confirmed before training camp began, all the teams are gearing up and ready to start their new season!
As soon as the training camp started, Lin Tian quickly noticed that his team had undergone significant changes, and the players were in a much different state.
Especially Anthony and Stoudemire, who participated in the World Championship!
These two are working even harder than after they lost the Eastern Conference Finals in their first year as a team!
Take Anthony for example. Although he's a power type, much of his strength comes from natural talent! What he hates most is boring and tedious strength training.
But at this year's training camp, this guy always arrives an hour early and leaves an hour late for each training session, and then does a set of strength training with the trainer.
As for Little S, this guy has started to add changes to his breakthrough!
Although he had already developed his shooting skills, he relied on his powerful shooting ability and athleticism to drive to the basket. So most of the time, when he wanted to drive to the basket, he would use his shooting to intimidate the opponent and then drive to the basket.
With his physical attributes, this move would be more than enough for him to dominate 90% of the interior players in the entire league.
Of course, when the tactics are too simple, they are easily seen through, and once they are seen through, they will be targeted.
So this year, Stoudemire's training camp actually started practicing things like crossover dribbling followed by a jump shot, quick turnaround after receiving the ball to attack the basket, and dribbling once before stopping and shooting a jump shot.
This type of player, who is more like a small forward and more like someone Carmelo Anthony should practice, was used by Stoudemire to practice every day during training camp!
These two guys clearly suffered a great loss at the World Championships, and after much reflection, they decided to strengthen their weaknesses.
These two guys are really going all out to show off at the Olympics two years from now!
The same kind of hard work and dedication that Anthony and Stoudemire have shown has happened in other teams as well!
For example, both James and Paul are working hard to improve their shooting. James is focusing on practicing his three-pointers, while Paul wants to leverage his strengths by practicing his mid-range pull-up jump shot.
For example, Howard would always actively seek out Duncan during training to box out for positions, compete for rebounds, and try to outdo Duncan in terms of dominance under the basket.
And there's Hinrich, Ben Gordon, Deron Williams...
These players who participated in the World Championships, regardless of their previous personalities or self-perceptions, have now recognized their shortcomings and weaknesses, and are determined to give it their all.
They need to train hard in the coming days to improve their weaknesses and make up for their shortcomings.
Then, two years later at the Olympics, they redeemed themselves!
This defeat in the World Championship is definitely a good thing for the long-term development of American basketball! For this group of young players on the American team, it's a great opportunity to improve and grow!
Regarding the hard work and dedication of the two young men in the team, Lin Daguanren said: "I'm too old for those things right now."
I have an easier way to improve!
Our system hasn't been around for a long time!
Now, after such a long period of accumulation, including a complete season, the World Championships, and the 2 experience points from the gift pack, plus the remaining 2 experience points, Lin Tian has now accumulated a wealth of experience.
Lin Tian is now a real millionaire! He has accumulated over 6 experience points alone!
With so much experience, Lin Tian didn't hesitate at all. He directly upgraded the "Peak Moment" skill that he had always wanted to improve, but which required 4 experience points to upgrade from LV4 to MAX level.
This thing has accumulated over 14000 experience points over the past few years, so Lin Tian only needs to invest less than 26000 more points to level up!
"Peak Moment LV5 (MAX): The host's rebounding ability increases by 22%, and the ability to find teammates after grabbing a rebound increases by 19%. If a teammate receives the ball during a fast break and shoots without dribbling, the shooting percentage increases by 13%! If a teammate shoots within 7 seconds of the start of the offensive possession, the shooting percentage increases by an additional 3%! When using the Williams passing motion, the turnover rate increases by 2%! If a one-handed pass is used, the above passing bonuses increase by an additional 7%, and the passing speed and accuracy increase by an additional 21%! If any shot by a teammate that counts as an assist to the host is made, the shooting percentage increases by an additional 1%."
Looking at the dense descriptions and numerous bonuses, Lin Tian's first passing skill has finally reached its maximum level!
Furthermore, once the skill reaches its maximum level, it gains an additional attribute: whenever Lin Tian passes the ball and a teammate makes a basket, it counts as an assist from Lin Tian, and the teammate's shot will have an additional 1% increase in accuracy.
Although this 1% may seem insignificant.
But if you do the math, you'll find that this bonus is not only not small, it's quite significant!
Because this additional attribute increases all of your teammates' attacks!
In a game, Lin Tian's teammates would take at least 30 shots after receiving his pass. If all 30 shots had a 1% increase in shooting percentage, that would be a significant improvement!
If Lin Tian plays 80 games throughout the season, his teammates will have 2400 shots that will benefit from Lin Tian's accuracy bonus. If you calculate it that way, the improvement will be even greater!
What does "little drops make a mickle" mean, or "constant dripping wears away a stone"?
After upgrading this skill, Lin Tian didn't plan to keep the remaining 34000 experience points; there was no point in keeping them.
Especially now that the system hasn't given him a new skill for at least 5-6 years, who knows when the next new skill will be available? Even if a skill is released, it's unlikely to provide any substantial improvement for Lin Tian.
Instead of hoarding that little bit of experience, it's better to just use it directly!
Lin Tian allocated 34000 experience points to three skills: 'Quick Gunner LV4', 'Flying Mamba LV4', and 'Utah Wall LV4'.
As for why we need to improve these three skills?
Because their positions were very close to the front, once these three were upgraded to MAX, when Lin Tian looked at the system, the first few rows were all MAX, which looked very comfortable!
Why not use the remaining 12000 experience points?
Because it's not enough! The remaining two skills only have about 10000 experience points, which isn't enough to level them up, so I'll save them for later.
Yes, that's the reason, so simple and unpretentious!
"Quick Draw Master LV5 (MAX): Host's attack time reduced by 22%!"
"Utah Wall LV5 (MAX): Increases the host's screen success rate by 12%, and increases the accuracy of mid-range shots taken directly after receiving a pass from a teammate after a screen by 10%."
"Flying Mamba LV5 (MAX): The host's finishing ability under the basket is increased by 18%! The shooting percentage of reverse layups or baseline layups is increased by 18%, and jumping ability is increased by 13%. If the jumping rating reaches A-, the finishing ability and layup ability will be increased by an additional 3% for each subsequent increase in jumping level!"
Lin Tian was somewhat disappointed after upgrading these three skills. None of them had any new additional attributes, which was really boring!
This stingy and broken system!
At the same time, after these four skills were upgraded, Lin Tian's data panel also underwent a completely new and unchanged state!
Yes, nothing has changed.
The attributes and abilities improved by these skills, except for the hidden skill of shooting speed (not displayed on the panel) and the S-level rebounding, have all reached S+, meaning they can't be improved any further. And Lin Tian's rebounding ability clearly can't be broken through to S+ level with just one skill upgrade.
He'll have to wait.
Regardless of the rebound attribute, Lin Da Guanren has truly shattered the system this time!
After upgrading all his skills, Lin Tian didn't hesitate any longer. He opened the panel and studied it carefully!
Name: Lin Tian
Age: 33
Height: 191 cm
Weight: 98KG
Physical Assessment: Jumping S+, Speed S+, Strength S+, Stamina S+, Explosiveness S+, Coordination S+, Awareness S+
Overall physical rating: S+
Offensive ratings: Shooting S+, Dribbling S+, Passing S+, Penetration S+, Low Post S+, Dunk S+, Fast Break S+
Overall Offense Rating: S+
Defensive ratings: Rebounds S, Steals S+, Top defense A, Blocks A+, Help defense S-, Boxing out A-, One-on-one defense S+
Overall defensive rating: S-
Special abilities: All-Seeing Eye, Pretty Boy, Lightning Speed, Human Cannon, Czech Iron Man, Leap of China, Great Bird Spirit, Light of Asia, Iron-Blooded Wolf King
技能：犹他城墙LV5（MAX)、飞翔曼巴LV5(MAX)、顶峰时刻LV5(MAX)、飞天神猪LV5(MAX)、快枪手LV5(MAX)、攻防一体LV5(MAX)、射手之王LV5(MAX)、精钢手套LV5(MAX)、真理手套LV3(3131/24000)、闪蝶效应LV3（5393/36000）神之背打LV5(MAX）
Items: Injury exemption (1 time), Flagrant foul (3 times), Draymond Green (1 month), Status retention card (1 year), Health pod, Ramadan (1 month)
XP: 12198
Task: None
After casually glancing at the system he hadn't seen in a long time, Lin Tian quickly closed the system interface.
Lin Tian is no longer the kind of young man who stares at the data panel every day, hoping for any changes. Now, looking at this thing, Lin Tian has a sense of nostalgia.
Yeah, it's ridiculous, but that's exactly how it feels!
Why is it that this thing hasn't evolved or been upgraded at all in over ten years? The interface is so outdated!
But anyway, while everyone was training hard and sweating profusely, Lin Tian had secretly upgraded himself! This year's Knicks are definitely stronger than last year's! They're all ready!
We're just waiting for the order to start the war!
With the training camp progressing rapidly, the next season, the 2006-2007 season, is about to begin!
It is worth mentioning that, because of Lin Tian's arrival, this world has now become quite different from, or even vastly different from, what Lin Tian remembered.
For example, in his memory, Auerbach passed away in November 2006, but now, he has suddenly left us in the summer.
For example, the chaotic draft and the mega-trade he had never seen before.
In short, the difference between this alliance and the one Lin Tian remembered is getting bigger and bigger.
However, Lin Tian didn't care whether the gap was big or not.
He has destroyed countless super teams and crushed countless teams eager to win the championship.
Lord Lin, I have nothing to fear! Come and try to defeat me by teaming up!
Then, Master Lin will show you all what a real galactic battleship is!
I will destroy you all!
With the training camp drawing to a close, the schedules for each team have already been arranged.
This year, the Knicks and Lin Tian no longer have to travel around to play in international competitions. Lin Tian himself has lost count of how many times he has gone abroad to play. This time they can finally take a break.
This was also a completely new attempt by Stern. He wanted to see just how influential the NBA really was. He wanted to see if other players could support ticket sales and the level of attention for the games if a superstar like Lin Tian, who was the best in the league, didn't go abroad.
Since they didn't have to go abroad, the Knicks team naturally stayed in the United States with relative ease and played eight preseason games.
In these eight games, the Knicks had both wins and losses. Of course, the main reason was that the key players had less playing time. For example, Lin Tian did not play more than 20 minutes in any of the eight preseason games. The other key players were in similar situations.
Honestly, with such limited playing time, they had to sit down almost as soon as they started sweating. Lin Tian, Stoudemire, Anthony, and others even gave feedback to Don Nelson about this.
"Coach, I want to play basketball!"
"What do you want to fight for?" Old Nelson curled his lip at the players' requests, implying that they should just go home and get some sleep.
"Last season, I made it all the way to the finals, and after only a few days of rest, I went to join the national team. In the World Championships, I was treated like a beast of burden and played all nine games. Then, after a short rest, I started training camp."
"I feel sorry for you guys! I'm afraid you'll get exhausted! There's no need for you to play so many matches a year!"
"Your domestic coaches are using you like a cow, pushing you to the limit! I saw that group stage match against us; even with a 30-point lead, they didn't dare let you rest. How can you use your absolute core player like that? It's outrageous!"
"And you two, that bastard K doesn't even know how to use you sparingly. He makes you play for so long in one game, damn it, doesn't he think you're his own kids? Next time I coach the national team, I'll bring 12 Duke players and exhaust them to death! Damn it."
After Old Nelson finished speaking, he glanced at Lin Tian, his meaning all too clear.
The old man's biggest worry is Lin Tian, after all, he's getting old, isn't he? In the NBA, a league where youth represents everything, Lin Tian is practically an old man.
What if an old man, who plays so many games a year, gets injured, loses control, or becomes too tired and can't exert himself at the end of the season? Who can he complain to?
Anyway, Don Nelson has decided that this season, he will avoid playing in the preseason and play as few games as possible in the regular season, and then unleash his full potential in the playoffs to fight tooth and nail against his opponents.
To reiterate: the old man wants a dynasty, not just a single championship. To build a dynasty, we must be cautious in using these core players in advance!
"Coach, since you care about us, think we're too tired, and are afraid we'll get injured from playing too many games," the clueless Stoudemire looked at Don Nelson with an innocent expression and said, "then why don't you let us rest more during training camp?"
"Training camp is much more tiring than the competition!"
"Hmm?" Old Nelson rolled his eyes, clearly not intending to explain to Stoudemire at all, and instead looked at the assistant coach beside him and said, "Starting tomorrow, Amares' training volume will increase by 10%, and after training, give him two extra sets of strength training."
After saying that, old Nelson ignored the dejected Stoudemire and looked at Lin Tian and Anthony, asking, "Do you two have any more questions?"
"No! Absolutely none!" Anthony quickly waved his hand, not daring to say another word.
Lin Tian couldn't help but laugh. Xiao Si was really reckless!
You can choose not to play in a match, but if you don't want to participate in training, aren't you just asking for trouble?
If Don Nelson were two years younger, he probably wouldn't have just gently and simply increased the training volume a little.
If this old man doesn't spray Xiao Si's face with spittle, then he must have drunk too little water today.
The Knicks had a mediocre 5-3 record in the preseason, and nobody really cares how many wins or losses they have in the preseason.
The regular season, and even the playoffs and the finals, are what New York fans care about!
All I can say is that after that crazy championship last year, New York fans have become incredibly discerning!
All they care about is the championship! (End of Chapter)