Chapter 176 Golden Skills

There were only five golden skills in total.

And they were completely different from the previous five skills. They weren't stat boosts, but directly granted the strongest abilities.

Great White Shark Body (Shaquille O'Neal): Possesses the same strong physique as Shaq.

God's Sanction (Michael Jordan): 100% shooting accuracy in the last five minutes.

Death Assist (John Stockton): In the last five minutes, after passing the ball, the receiving teammate has 100% shooting accuracy.

Absolute Defense (Hakeem Olajuwon): 100% success in one-on-one defense in the last five minutes.

Buddha's Light (Tim Duncan): After slapping the floor with both hands, the whole team's morale is boosted to 200%.

Among the five skills, God's Sanction, Death Assist, and Absolute Defense had specific numerical values and were easy to understand.

The remaining two skills, Great White Shark Body and Buddha's Light, seemed a bit abstract.

Although there weren't many golden skills, deciding which one to choose was a difficult decision.

Tang Tian ultimately chose the process of elimination.

The first to be eliminated was the Great White Shark Body, which he had initially yearned for.

It wasn't that this skill was bad, but it carried a certain risk.

O'Neal was known for his strength, and having O'Neal's strong physique naturally meant gaining his strength.

However, a large part of O'Neal's strength came from his weight.

He didn't know if, after spending the money, he would get the same strength as O'Neal, or if it would be scaled down to some extent based on his body proportions.

If it was the latter, and he only ended up like LeBron James or even Metta Sandiford-Artest, then exchanging it would be a bit of a loss.

After all, it wasn't worth taking the risk with a hundred million krypton value.

Next, he eliminated Buddha's Light.

200% morale was a mental skill.

If he were playing for the Pelicans, this would be very useful.

But he was about to play in the World Cup.

He knew the level of those on the national team; their inherent strength was limited.

If you increased their ability value to 200%, it would have an effect, but 200% morale would be of limited use.

It was like giving a cat a shot of adrenaline; it still couldn't beat a tiger.

So, his range of choices was narrowed down to three specific skills.

Choosing became even more difficult than before.

After thinking it over, he finally eliminated God's Sanction.

From a personal perspective, his offense was already 360 degrees without blind spots.

Exchanging this skill would only improve his offense from unsolvable to invincible, and only for the last five minutes.

Also, and this was important, if the opponent went all-out with a box-1 defense, even with 100% accuracy, whether he could get a shot off was another matter.

So, all that remained were Death Assist and Absolute Defense.

Compared to his offense, his defense was currently a bit of a drag.

If he could acquire this defensive god-skill, then he could basically defend against the opponent's game-winning shot at the last moment and be in an invincible position.

Death Assist, on the other hand, could disregard the abilities of his teammates.

After thinking it over and over, he finally chose Death Assist.

The reason he made the choice was still the World Cup.

The national team was different from NBA teams, especially European teams, which advocated team basketball.

One-on-one isolation plays like those in the NBA were not as common.

If the opponent chose to pass the ball while holding the ball one-on-one, then Absolute Defense would be useless.

Moreover, the FIBA rules were quite different from the NBA rules, the biggest difference being the absence of defensive three seconds.

This meant that the center could camp in the paint the entire game, in which case outside shooting would become very important.

If he got this assist god-skill, then opening up the outside would be very useful, whether it was to stabilize the situation or chase points.

Another very important point was that he had the Wind's Son skill; the power of these two skills combined would be enormous.

He could pass the ball out, and his teammates could turn the pass into a score, which was obviously more efficient than him going solo.

Having made up his mind, he didn't hesitate any longer and directly chose to exchange it.

The hundred million krypton value instantly bottomed out, and he also acquired Death Assist.

However, this skill was purely about adding abilities, and it was also adding to his teammates.

So, apart from a slight shiver, he didn't experience any major changes.

In other words, he could only experience the effect of this golden skill at the World Cup.

After explaining everything he needed to explain to Dell Demps, Tang Tian took Olsen and his in-laws, preparing to go to China together.

With only one month left before the start of the World Cup, he had to go back and warm up with the national team.

This time, the opponents he would be facing were even stronger than those in 2016.

Coincidentally, Abudushalamu had also just arrived in New Orleans to complete his signing with the Pelicans, so he went back with Tang Tian and the others.

Abudushalamu had risen suddenly, and he hadn't played with Tang Tian in the Olympics, so the two had a lot to talk about.

Tang Tian found that this Xinjiang young man was very chatty and sunny.

Personality, in any field, was actually a very important factor in achieving success.

Yi Jianlian's talent could have been better in the NBA, but his personality detracted from him quite a bit.

So, after getting to know him, he became optimistic about Abudushalamu's prospects with the Pelicans.

After all, he was only 23 years old now, and if he could stay in the NBA for two years, he still had a chance to copy Ding Yanyuhang's path and get a formal contract.

The plane roared as it landed in Shanghai.

Tang Tian settled his family, then went to report to the national team with Abudushalamu.

With exactly one month left before the start of the World Cup, there were still many warm-up games for the men's basketball team.

Take tonight for example, they would be playing a warm-up game against the Japanese team in Shanghai.

The Japanese team was the host team for the 2020 Olympics and wasn't in the same group as the Chinese team, so this kind of warm-up game was still very useful.

Moreover, this time, all three of Japan's core players had come.

Rui Hachimura, who had just been selected by the Wizards with the ninth overall pick, Yuta Watanabe, who played for the Grizzlies last season, and Yudai Baba, a local star who was rumored to be discussing a contract with the Mavericks.

When they arrived at the national team, the players were training.

Tang Tian and Abudushalamu greeted Li Chunjiang.

Because Zhou Yuchen had his career ruined after returning from special training in the United States and playing in a game immediately, Li Chunjiang didn't arrange for them to play in the warm-up game that night.

Including Ding Yanyuhang, who was still in special training in the United States and hadn't returned yet, this year's men's basketball team would face a certain challenge against Japan.

Li Chunjiang only brought Tang Tian the videos last time, but this time he told Tang Tian other news related to the World Cup.

Including the World Cup draw.

The Chinese team was in Group A this year, with Nigeria, Poland, and Argentina.

Nigeria was the top seed in the African qualifiers, and Argentina was from South America.

Among the four teams, only Poland was relatively weak.

Considering this year's format, it would be somewhat difficult to advance from this group.

Of course, that was relative to a Chinese team without Tang Tian.

With Tang Tian coming, in the eyes of most fans, this was a very favorable draw.

Winning all the games in the group and advancing as the first seed was the Chinese team's goal.