Chapter 98

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"Surprised, aren't you? Although your current strength is indeed quite good, you are still far, far away from top NBA players like Malone and Stockton. You don't even qualify as a first-class NBA player."

Seeing Lin Han stunned, Alice was very pleased. She didn't like seeing Lin Han act so smug after a little bit of success. She would prefer if this pervert suffered every day. However, what made Alice very frustrated was that this guy had too much luck. Sometimes, even when she wanted to trick this bastard, she couldn't.

But from what she could see now, although this guy was a bit of a scoundrel, he wasn't without self-awareness, and he wasn't someone who became arrogant and conceited because of a little success. This was much better than most young players. As the main brain of the legendary system, Alice knew that in the NBA's over 100-year history, countless young players had fallen due to various weaknesses. For Alice, Lin Han was already on the edge. This guy had too much luck and grew too fast. Although he was now earning more and more money, in the long run, Alice was very worried. If Lin Han only shone for two or three seasons and then became useless, what would she do?

"Do you know what a true NBA star is like? Take your competitor, Jeff Malone of the Jazz, for example. Jeff Malone is not a top star, nor is he even a first-class player. Even at his peak, he was at most a borderline first-class player in the league. Don't think that just because you won the position competition against him in the Jazz, you are on his level in terms of strength."

"Although your current basketball fundamentals are already quite good and have reached the NCAA level, you are not a basketball prodigy. With your own basketball talent, reaching the NCAA level after four years of hard training in the system space is already quite good. But you need to know that most NCAA-level players do not have the ability to enter the NBA. Most NCAA players have a basketball foundation but lack basketball skills."

"Before, I said that with your talent and potential, no matter how hard you worked, you couldn't develop any skills. That's because your physical talent and basketball IQ were too poor. This is a fact. Even if you imitate Kobe's shooting form to a high degree, and from my perspective, your jump shots and set shots are almost identical to Kobe's, Kobe's jump shots and set shots are skills above the gold level. Your jump shots and set shots, although similar in form, lack the essence. Whether it's jump height, release speed, or control of shooting form and balance in the air, they are far inferior. This is something you still can't change now. However, there is one thing you can change, and that is your endurance skill or physical skill."

"Can endurance skills be changed? Does that mean I can create my own endurance skill through my own efforts?"

When Alice finished speaking, Lin Han was once again surprised. He, of course, knew what Alice meant. Although he had performed well after entering the NBA, he never forgot that he was just an ordinary person with limited basketball talent. Perhaps he was a bit stronger than ordinary fans, who might imitate Jordan's fadeaway jump shot, Stockton's one-handed long pass, or Pippen's spider-like defense. Lin Han could do these things too, and he might imitate them a bit better. But no matter how well he imitated, as Alice said, it was only similar in form, not in essence. In NBA-level games, they were useless. So, what Lin Han relied on was never his special moves. He had thought about it, and even dreamed every night about having his own special move, which would be so interesting. But this was just a dream. The reality was that he didn't have the high basketball talent. Alice said, don't think that every NBA player has a special skill, or that every professional player in the world has a special skill. According to Alice, less than half of all professional players have bronze-level skills, which is the lowest level recognized by the system. Less than 20% of professional players have five or more bronze-level skills or one silver-level skill. Professional players who have gold-level or higher skills might be less than one in a thousand.

To put it simply, any player who can enter the NBA, no matter how mediocre, is a genius among geniuses. Lin Han, however, was just an ordinary person who couldn't even touch the edge of genius. So, he could only dream every day of having a skill named after himself, like other NBA players. In Lin Han's view, this was already a dream, and it had nothing to do with effort. It was just that his talent was too low. But he never thought that his dream might actually come true one day.

"Endurance skills are different from other skills. Most ordinary basketball skills require a combination of many attributes, which you know. However, endurance skills or physical skills are the only special skills. Even ordinary people can create their own special endurance skills. Just like many ordinary people have their own ways of conserving energy while working, or have their own efficient ways of moving. Although most ordinary people, due to their low talent, create physical skills that don't even reach the bronze level, you, with your endurance attribute now at 15 or above, have the ability to create bronze-level or higher endurance skills. Of course, if you want to create other skills besides endurance skills, you must have all attributes at 15 or above. You are still far from that, so start by creating your own endurance skill."

"You already know that Malone and Stockton's endurance skills are purple-gold, right? You can learn from them, but don't get too obsessed. Remember, you are just an ordinary person, not a genius. Don't think that you can create a gold or purple skill right away. That's impossible."

After the young girl left, Lin Han's heart was filled with enthusiasm. Although Alice had poured cold water on him at the end, it wasn't that important anymore. He was eager to learn from Malone and Stockton and create his own endurance skill!

"How does this feel like creating martial arts in a wuxia novel? I won't end up creating something like Yang Guo's Dark Dismay Palm or the Heavy Sword Technique, will I?"

As a hardcore fan of Jin Yong, Lin Han was now lost in his own imagination. If Alice knew what Lin Han was thinking, she would definitely mock him for overthinking. Stockton and Malone were indeed close to the level of Diao Xian, but Diao Xian could guide Yang Guo to enlightenment and become a great hero because of Yang Guo's extraordinary talent. With Lin Han's talent, he wouldn't need the legendary system to enter the NBA if he could compare to Yang Guo.

Of course, Lin Han didn't care about that at all. He was completely focused on creating his first skill. He didn't even think about whether he could succeed. It would be a joke if he couldn't succeed with the help of Stockton and Malone. He would be a fool.

Indeed, the next morning, Lin Han excitedly went to the team to seek advice from Malone and Stockton, wanting to know their secrets for controlling their stamina on the court. In the end, after listening to these two, Lin Han was completely confused. Malone had no idea how to explain it, saying that he felt endless energy on the court. Who doesn't know you have endless energy? The key is how you get that endless energy, you idiot. Of course, this was all in Lin Han's mind, and he wouldn't say it to Malone's face. As for Stockton, he talked in a very abstract way, even bringing up sports science. Lin Han, who had dropped out of high school and never studied biology, didn't understand any of it. But from Stockton's smirking and squinting eyes, Lin Han knew that this cunning guy was deliberately fooling him, taking advantage of his lack of education and trying to trick him.

Damn, this guy is too cunning. Stockton definitely wanted to teach him a lesson. According to this guy, who else should he trick if not someone who was so disrespectful like Zhuang Fei?

With these two teachers, Lin Han would have a hard time creating his own endurance skill quickly.

But on this day, December 4th, the New York Knicks, the championship contenders, came to Utah with a fierce determination. This team had been loudly proclaiming their desire for revenge for the recent defeat. Especially the New York players, whether it was John Starks, who was humiliated by Lin Han, or Ewing or Oakley, they all declared that they would make Lin Han pay in this game.

Very few players who were targeted by the New York mafia had a good ending. Jordan and Reggie Miller could be considered half exceptions. Jordan, although he won the game, performed poorly against the New York Knicks. Reggie Miller, on the other hand, lost the game but almost outplayed his New York Knicks counterpart with his clever movements.

As for whether Lin Han would end up like Jordan or Miller, or a combination of both, was still unknown.

However, Lin Han knew very well that he was completely different from half a month ago. Half a month ago, without the "McGrady moment," he was brutally dominated by Starks. But now, he wasn't afraid of this guy who had made Jordan struggle. At worst, he could learn from Miller and play keep-away with Starks. Miller used his movements, three-point shooting, and height to outplay Starks. Of course, Lin Han didn't have the strength to play hard against the New York Knicks and Starks like Jordan did. Even Jordan, when he played hard against the New York mafia, won the game but was left battered and bruised.

Although Lin Han couldn't match Miller, he wasn't completely helpless.

"Hmph, whether it's underestimating or not, if we lose, we lose. There's no need for so much talk."

Putting down the newspaper where the New York Knicks were taunting him, Lin Han sneered inwardly.

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