Capítulo 1329: Chapter 533: Final Battle (Part 1)_6

Advanced Task: New Definition of Dynasty, after defeating the Warriors, win the Finals, achieve 4 consecutive championships, reward: You’ve Got Someone Behind You (Primary), 1 Speed Talent Point, 1 Strength Talent Point.

You’ve Got Someone Behind You (Primary): During defense counterattack, speed +1. If you keep pace with the fast break player, during shooting, position yourself to interfere with or block the shot, jumping +1.

Three-point Talent Point, not sure if it’s from Curry or Thompson, the assassin is definitely Durant, got it while playing against Durant before. But this advanced task, it’s related to James, right? Three rewards! Aside from peak Jordan, no one ever gave so many rewards!

A reward related to Old James, why does it seem so shady? Without reading the description, you might think it’s designed for picking up soap.

But, what if the Cavaliers don’t make it to the Finals? Unfortunately, in recent years, it seems unlikely in the East.

Compared to the second task, the first one truly wins his heart—Final Battle.

In his past life, when chatting basketball with friends, he also viewed Durant’s joining the Warriors as the NBA’s Final Battle.

From then on, the world of basketball changed, regularly seeing players in their early thirties requesting buyouts despite having large contracts, then joining championship-contending teams on minimum salary.

Paul, nearing retirement age, still demands a high salary; otherwise, he’ll switch teams, insisting on a contract befitting his status, considered a rare case in the NBA.

“Experience Mode:

Name: Zhang Yang.

Age: 28 years old (June 6, 1988).

Height: 196 cm (barefoot), wingspan: 216 cm, weight: 96 kg.

Ability Assessment: Three-point Shooting 96, Mid-range shot 94, Layup 94, Dribbling 91, Passing 87, Speed 94, Strength 89, Jumping 92, Stamina 96…

Experience Gains:…”

As Zhang Yang expected, the ‘him’ here is clearly weaker compared to the ‘him’ at the 1980 line of the same age.

Even he himself, in another two years? At about twenty-three or twenty-four years old? Could surpass the ‘him’ here.

Of course, this strong or weak comparison is self-comparative; compared to the larger environment, his personal abilities from the 1980 line might rank second or tie for second, with no true superior here.

The ‘him’ here has more exaggerated stats than the ‘him’ from the 1980 line, with a significant relation to defense confrontation intensity and rule changes. He remembers during the 2014 playoffs, when he jumped and shot threes, thinking it was being interfered with by blocking, but the referee awarded three free throws.

Since the 2014-15 season, he broke the average of four three-pointers per game for three consecutive years, with a surprisingly high shooting percentage, also related to rule changes.

Similarly enjoying the benefits of rules, Curry managed to average more than five threes over two consecutive years until Durant joined, dropping it below four. There’s still a gap here… He desires more three-point talent points; in his own timeline, he must overshadow the elementary kid!

However, the rule change originally intended by Silver to weaken tall center rim protection ended up giving three-point shooters an epic enhancement…

After returning to his room and taking a shower, Zhang Yang checked the schedule on his phone; today’s schedule is team training. The G4 with the Clippers on the 19th has concluded, and today marks the fourth rest day; team training had resumed since the afternoon of the day before yesterday to maintain form.

While having breakfast, Zhang Yang browsed the news, initially planning to catch up on current affairs, but unexpectedly encountered some amusement.

According to a Los Angeles Times exposé, Cannon Brother discussed with Clippers GM Frank regarding trade or opting out after G3 even before the second round ended!

This matter was revealed to the old owner by Clippers coach Rivers… After Little Assassin Thomas rejected a four-year $70 million extension offer, the Celtics withdrew their offer to the Little Assassin and showed immense interest in Paul.

Paul, too, expressed his desire to join Danny Ainge before G4, showing keen interest in the Celtics, who were already East’s regular-season number one, and owned the Brooklyn Nets’ lottery pick this year.

This… Zhang Yang truly doesn’t know how to describe it, but if Cannon Brother and Little Assassin swap teams, the Celtics then really become interesting. Both rely on pick-and-roll, Cannon Brother is way stronger than the Little Assassin, a league-exclusive.

After breakfast, Zhang Yang planned to watch some tape before heading to the arena; it was only past 7 a.m. However, before he managed to turn on his computer, the video doorbell chimed. Upon answering, Ji Ke Jun Yi, with his dreadlocks and beard, stared eagerly into the camera!

Zhang Yang shouted furiously, “Get away, you scared me!”

Despite cursing, he still opened the door.

Chatting briefly with Harden upon entry, Zhang Yang learned that these three Whirlwind Kings had arranged an early morning training session and tape watching together.

After being urged to change his clothes, Zhang Yang hitched a ride with Harden, took a turn, picked up DeRozan, with three All-Stars inside a car heading for the ‘UCLA Health Training Center’.

Zhang Yang sneakily searched and discovered this is the Lakers’ new training facility that commenced in 2015, completed at the beginning of 2016, and put into use this ‘year’ in February, simultaneously offering training grounds and guidance to the UCLA Brown Bears Team, but only the Lakers’ trainer provides guidance, with player participation being optional.

Two blocks away, another training facility was opened this year, the ‘Ballmer Home’. One month after Lakers’ training facility began construction in 2015, Ballmer purchased an old building and demolished it to build a training facility, larger by over one-third compared to the ‘UCLA Health Training Center’, promoting a theme of overshadowing the Lakers.

Even after purchasing the Great Western Forum Arena in Inglewood for exclusive use, just to contend with this mysterious momentum, spending 100 million US dollars on a new training facility?

Really worthy of the Microsoft tycoon title, akin to another Microsoft tycoon, not treating money as money!

Upon reaching the training facility’s parking lot, Big Luo, Second Ha, and Zhang San didn’t immediately alight; instead, they turned on the audio system, exchanged glances, then started singing and setting the beat… Just because the mood struck.

This scene was witnessed by a certain veteran guiding training today.

Old Ironsmith: Are these three morons my successors? How come I didn’t notice Zhang San before?