I am Really an Insider

Wayne looked at the few growth points left in his hand, and thought about his future development direction.

In this era, NBA teams still attach great importance to the inside line.

The greatest value of inside players is the dominance of the restricted area.

You may not be able to score at the basket, but as long as your defense around the basket is good enough, you will not have to worry about food.

The reason why Ben Wallace, who has almost no independent offensive ability, can flourish in the NBA now is his excellent inside defense.

An African center of unknown age also relied on his excellent inside defense and became an All-Star starter three times.

If you don't have superb offensive skills around the basket and excellent frame protection ability, it's really hard to move an inch in this era.

The stretch power forward wasn't a popular concept in 2003. He can only shoot and not defend, but he can't survive in the NBA.

Thinking about how miserable the future Italian champion Bargnani is, it is not difficult to imagine the end of an insider who can only shoot.

So Wayne decided that after improving his three-point shooting ability, he should increase his ability to defend inside.

Whether it's in 2003 or 2020, players with good defense are always the favorites.

Who said that 3D players are exclusive to outsiders? Wayne just wants to be a 3D player in the fourth position!

However, the attributes of inside defense and shooting are different, and the composition of this ability is very complicated.

Judging from the abilities that have been unlocked so far, if you want to become a defensive gate, then the three attributes of blocking shots, strength and inside defense are indispensable.

Among them, Wayne's strength urgently needs to be improved. But even if he invests in all the remaining points, his strength will not improve significantly.

And the recent training has increased Wayne's strength by 1 point. That is to say, in addition to krypton growth points, training can also improve ability value.

Since the basic value is too low, it is relatively easy for Wayne to improve his strength through training.

Strength can be relied on to practice. After almost all players enter the NBA, they will go through a process of physical changes, which is actually a process of strength growth.

Even Shaq didn't get fat until he was in the league for several years.

Very few players enter the league at their peak.

Generally speaking, strength is something that can be made up for with acquired efforts.

But other things cannot be achieved simply by practicing.

That's all Wayne's talent is. If he can become a superstar just by practicing, why does he need a system?

So Wayne decided to rely on his own strength for the time being. When you really reach the bottleneck and can't practice, then use growth points to rush.

At the moment, it is better to reserve points for some attributes that are not easy to train.

Then, only blocks and low post defense are left.

Blocking shots and low-post defense should not be confused. For example, many floor-flow insiders don't have much blocking data, but the actual defensive effect is very good.

Because even if they can't complete the block, they can effectively interfere with the opponent's shooting and force the opponent to hit the iron.

The ultimate goal of the defensive end is to keep the opponent from scoring.

So as long as the opponent can hit the iron, even if there is no block, it is a good defense.

But Wayne can't do this, because defense can't simply use statistics to reflect whether it's good or bad.

Unable to use data to reflect good or bad, Wayne will not be able to maximize his value in front of coaches and scouts.

Think about it, if Wayne averages 0.3 blocks per game, no matter how good his interior defense is, many people will subconsciously think that Wayne is not a good rim protector.

But if Wayne's block numbers can go up, even if his defensive ability is actually not that good, it will give people the illusion of "this guy is very dominant in the paint".

In Wayne's previous life, Marcus Camby, the best defensive player award winner in the 2006-07 season, did just that.

That season, Duncan led the Spurs to the league's best defensive efficiency, while Camby's Nuggets were a mid-to-low defensive team.

Many people believe that the Defensive Player of the Year award should have belonged to Duncan that year.

So why did Camby beat Duncan to win the Defensive Player of the Year trophy?

It is because Camby's data on the defensive end is too dazzling.

In the 06-07 season, Camby averaged 3.3 blocks per game and was the league's block leader that season. At the same time, he was able to average 9.3 defensive rebounds per game.

But anyone who has watched the Nuggets game knows that Camby's defense at that time was basically not stuck, ignoring the opponent, just brushing blocks and backcourt rebounds. The statistics were good, but the actual defensive effect was a mess.

But so what? The best defensive player award is still in hand.

This is the power of data.

There is one thing to say, Marcus Camby's defensive ability was real money when he was young, but he suffered from the disadvantage of not being appreciated for his good defense.

So in the middle and later stages of his career, he began to go farther and farther on the road of brushing data.

The irony is that, on the contrary, Camby got bigger and bigger contracts because of this, and more and more honors

Wayne didn't want to be a data brush, but he didn't want to suffer from the data either.

To put it bluntly. In fact, I just want to brush!

Since you can't improve your defensive ability all at once, then create an illusion for others that you have a good defense!

After weighing the pros and cons, Wayne decided to invest all the remaining growth points in blocks.

8-point block attribute, costing Wayne 1800 growth points, and the block ability value increased from 46 to 54.

If this ability value is calculated based on the NBA standard, then 54 blocks are probably not too weak in the NCAA.

After confirming the point addition, Wayne still has 10 chances to add points.

He can choose to use up these 10 opportunities as soon as he accumulates growth points, or he can choose to digest them 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 there is no time to "trust the process".

After adding points, the prompt at the bottom of the system also changed to "Growth points required to unlock the next stage of the system: 10,000."

"Do you need 10,000 growth points for the next upgrade? Compared with the first time, it's ten times higher. But it's just a piece of cake!"

Wayne laughed triumphantly. At first, Wayne found it very difficult to save 1000 points. But now that he has found the two major tricks of the card system bug, even if it is 10,000 points, Wayne doesn't think it is too much.

He earned more than 3,000 growth points in one day today, wouldn't it only take three or four days to accumulate 10,000 points?

Even if the growth points that Wayne needs to use to increase attributes are removed, that one week is definitely enough to upgrade.

It is absolutely feasible to become the starter in two months!

Wayne, who was so confident, was about to close the system interface, but the system suddenly jumped out a line of words and made a "ding".

"The mission system has been unlocked, the first mission: to prove 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 seems that this new version of the upgraded ship is not just as simple as adding a few visible attributes to Wayne.

For this task, Wayne has nothing to complain about. After all, his goal was to get into the starting lineup.

But this mission rewards.

The lottery package should be similar to opening a box.

Thinking of his black-faced experience of opening the box, Wayne was very desperate.

It's not good for you to reward something, but you rewarded an unboxing item. As far as I am of African descent, what good stuff can I get.

Look at the big heart shooter badge that was drawn last time, Wayne didn't know what to use until now.

Well, before the next lottery draw, be sure to wash your face first!

Just as Wayne closed the system interface, the door of the dormitory was opened.

It was only then that Wayne remembered that before he left for training this morning, his short, rich and handsome roommate Cody Brant hadn't come back yet.

If he doesn't show up again, Wayne will forget about this roommate.

"God, Wayne, you don't know how crazy last night was, I changed two in one night. Hey man, why do you have bandages on your head? What happened? Who bullied you?"

After entering the door, Cody saw the bandage on Wayne's head, and his expression immediately became serious.

Just like in memory, Cody and Wayne really have a good relationship.

Cody has a flamboyant personality, while the former Wayne was very kind and knew how to be quiet and listen. The two personalities just complement each other.

Naturally, there will be no problem getting along.

"You may not believe it, but I was hit by a car yesterday."

Not to mention Cody, Wayne himself didn't believe it, so many things happened in just two days.

"What? Has the perpetrator been found?"

"The hospital he sent me to paid for all my medical expenses, and he also said that I could get a discount if I went to his restaurant. Don't worry, Cody, I'm fine. I went to training today, it's just some skin trauma."

"Oh my God, I was scared to death! Fortunately, you're fine. So, I told you not to go for a run early in the morning, and just run a few laps around the school, isn't it good?"

Cody breathed a sigh of relief, and after confirming that Wayne was fine, he continued the topic just now: "By the way, where did you just say? Oh, it's a pity you didn't go yesterday Wayne, those new school girls are simply too Crazy!"

"Uh..." Seeing Cody happily talking about his tragic hand-to-hand combat experience last night, Wayne thought he might as well 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?" Cody extended an invitation to Wayne after talking about his experience last night.

Wayne waved his hand, "Forget it, I just want to play basketball honestly now."

Of course, Wayne is not unfeminine, but that kind of multiplayer sports party... To be honest, Wayne is really not easy to let go.

And now that he has the task of reaching the starting line-up within two months, there is no extra time and energy to waste.

"Oh? Are you sure? You'll regret it if you don't go." Cody raised his eyebrows.

"You say that all the time, Cody."

"Well, forget it. It's a pity that the opportunity to participate in the NBA fan day is not always available. I thought, you are interested in anything related to basketball."

"What are you talking about!? An NBA fan meeting?" Wayne's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Yeah, otherwise what kind of activity do you think it is? Damn, you don't think I want to take you there. Tsk tsk tsk, I knew you were just being honest on the surface, hahahaha!"

Seeing the laughing Cody, Wayne was speechless.

It's not that you make people think easily!

In the end, he was accused by Cody on the moral high ground.

But Wayne really wants to go to this NBA fan meeting. As a fan in his previous life, he could only watch the NBA through a screen.

This time I have the opportunity to meet a real person, which fan can resist this temptation?

Speaking of which, it is already September, and the new NBA season is about to start. There are indeed quite a lot of meetings like this during this period of time.

But...it's still 2003, and the Thunder won't be born until five years later. At this time in Oklahoma, there is no NBA team at all.

"So, are you going?" Cody asked again.

"Yeah." This time, Wayne nodded obediently.

"My uncle was a team reporter for the Trail Blazers, and he got a few slots for meetups and asked me if I'd like to go and see. You know, I'm not that interested in basketball anymore. But if you want to go, I'm I don't mind having fun either."

It turned out to be a "relationship household", so it made sense.

While Wayne isn't a Trail Blazers fan, he doesn't quite remember who the Blazers were during this period.

But Wayne is still excited to be in close contact with the NBA for the first time.

"Then, I'll thank you in advance, Cody." It's convenient to have a rich second-generation friend.

"Tch, what are you doing so far. Besides, I heard that the girls at Portland State University are also good."

Cody, who was serious just now, showed a meaningful smile again.

"Damn, there really are other purposes!" Wayne shook his head, Cody's fox tail was exposed too quickly.

Let's count the votes for the favorites, Lao Ge begs!