Chapter 1 Training

After a day of training, Tang Tian returned to his room and pulled up the system interface again.

He barely used it a few times a year, so the system felt both familiar and unfamiliar to him.

After opening the system, he looked at the purple skills.

Little Hook Shot (Yao Ming): Increases hook shot stability by 25%, reduces the chance of being blocked by 15%, Condition: Must be taller than 2.10 meters.

Foul Bait (Harden): Increases the success rate of drawing fouls by 25%, with a certain chance of getting a "tickle foul," Condition: Must redeem King of Free Throws (Calderon) in advance.

Iron Wall (Ben Wallace): Increases strength by 25%, reduces opponent's shooting stability by 15%, Condition: Must redeem Muscle Man (Maggette).

Scoring Desire (Kobe): After missing 13 shots in a game, all attributes are increased by 15%.

Court Commander (Rondo): Increases passing stability and passing vision by 20%, Condition: Must redeem Finger Roll Art (Divac).

Overlord Dunk (Stoudemire): Increases the success rate of posterizing dunks by 25%, reduces the opponent's overall attributes by 10% for one minute after a successful poster.

God Turtle Bombardment (Westbrook): Increases breakthrough starting speed and finishing stability by 20%, increases aerial confrontation and dunking by 5 points, Condition: Must redeem Dynamite Pack (Maggette) in advance.

McGrady Fadeaway: Increases fadeaway shooting stability by 20%, reduces defensive interference by 20%, increases core strength and arm strength by 5 points, Condition: Must redeem King of Bounce (James White) in advance.

Ultra-Wide Range Defense (Garnett): Increases lateral movement speed by 25%, when a conflict occurs, there is a certain chance to trigger "fight and retreat," avoiding conflict escalation.

Melo Triple Threat (Anthony): Increases offensive deceptiveness by 30%, Condition: Must have at least one shooting, breakthrough, and passing skill.

Truth Judgment (Pierce): Increases clutch shot success rate by 5%.

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Purple skills were a qualitative leap compared to blue skills, but they also came with more redemption conditions.

God Turtle Bombardment was a good choice, but the Dynamite Pack (Maggette) he needed to redeem in advance was a blue skill.

He didn't have enough krypton gold value, and finding a two- or three-million-a-year endorsement would also take time, so it looked like he'd have to wait.

The good news was that his Coca-Cola endorsement fee for November was due, and he could redeem a Dynamite Pack to lay the foundation first.

Since he couldn't redeem a breakthrough skill for the time being, his goal became clearer.

Ever since he learned the fadeaway from McGrady in last year's playoffs and improved his core strength and arm strength, he had actually been laying the foundation for redeeming the McGrady Fadeaway.

Now that he had the foundation, redeeming the McGrady Fadeaway was a natural thing.

He was even looking forward to his scoring in the new season.

McGrady had relied on his fadeaway and breakthroughs to win the scoring title for two consecutive years. Although he couldn't redeem a breakthrough skill yet, the season had only just begun.

And even without a breakthrough for the time being, he still had his catch-and-shoot three-pointer, and his scoring might not necessarily be less than McGrady's.

There was also the King of Bounce that came with it, which he had been thinking about participating in the All-Star Game last season, and this solved that problem as well.

The King of Bounce directly added jumping ability, and after redeeming it, he glanced at the secondary interface and saw that his jumping ability without confrontation was already over 90.

This was the terrifying thing about the system. These seemingly basic skill packs had conditions, but they also added a lot.

After redeeming the King of Bounce, he redeemed the McGrady Fadeaway without stopping.

Ten million krypton gold value instantly bottomed out. Compared to the previous tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, this wave was like true krypton gold, spending a fortune!

After redeeming the skill and standing up, Tang Tian could clearly feel that his body, which had just finished training, no longer felt sore in his back or swollen in his arms!

Core strength and arm strength were both good things!

The next day at the training hall, Tang Tian increased the intensity of his fadeaway training.

With the skill, the feeling of doing a fadeaway was completely different from before.

Whether it was the suddenness of the jump, the scissor legs and shooting feel after jumping, or even the feeling of freedom when shooting, it was completely different from before.

Although he couldn't see his own state after jumping, he could imagine that it must look very handsome.

"Bang!"

However, the skill obviously still needed time to adapt, and his first attempt went wide of the rim.

He shook his head, it seemed that just being handsome wasn't enough, he needed to practice more.

Fortunately, Tang Tian had built a foundation before, and he picked it up much faster than the other skills before.

This also gave him an inspiration. If he wanted to redeem other skills in the future, it would be best to start preparing half a season or even a season in advance.

That way, his adaptation time would be greatly reduced.

After training, their "hard training five" group found a restaurant outside to eat.

"Shabazz said he wants to join our training."

While eating, Walker asked Tang Tian.

Shabazz, that was Shabazz Napier.

The little brother they had led when they won the championship at UConn was now UConn's absolute core.

However, UConn failed to enter the tournament this season, and he chose to stay for another year.

"Shabazz should be a big boy now."

Unconsciously, Tang Tian was about to start his third season in the NBA, and Napier had also played in the NCAA for three years, and would be a senior next season.

"Yes, he can enter the draft after next year, and he can get his degree certificate directly."

Walker said with a smile, with a hint of envy in his eyes.

That was normal. Those who entered the draft early would have to make up credits if they wanted a certificate later, but Napier wouldn't have to if he completed four years.

The next day, Tang Tian met Napier at the training hall, but what he didn't expect was that Napier wasn't alone, but brought two other starters from the school team with him.

One was forward Porter Wright, and the other was center Niels Giffey.

Napier was at the front, and his walking style already had the aura of a big brother.

But when he saw Walker and Tang Tian, he instantly turned back into the little fanboy he was at UConn.

Walker and Tang Tian were now considered players who had gained a foothold in the NBA and had a promising future.

Napier was doing well in the NCAA, but his ceiling was unlikely to reach their current level.

After introductions, counting Lamb and Drummond who had arrived some time ago, they could form a five-on-five team.

"Let's be a group of five!"

Before anyone could say how to divide, Napier directly pulled them three, as well as Lamb and Drummond, together.

The five of them were on the same team before.

"Are you sure?"

Walker couldn't help but ask when he saw Napier's choice.

Although Drummond was a center who was very popular, the five of them were all already juniors.

One Best Defensive Player, one Best Rookie, and three who were starting in the NBA, did they want to experience the feeling of being ravaged?

"Yes, let's divide it like this."

Napier said with certainty.

"Whatever he wants."

Tang Tian nodded. He hadn't fully adapted to his McGrady Fadeaway yet, so he could use Napier and them to try it out.

If he remembered correctly, Napier would also be the MOP (Most Outstanding Player) in the future, and would lead his team to a championship.

Plus Lamb and Drummond, the five of them were an upgraded version of the NCAA championship team.

"Interesting."

Thompson was stretching his wrists and ankle joints, looking a little excited.

He was being abused by Tang Tian in the training camp every day, and now he could finally abuse others to catch his breath.