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

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

And the greatest value of an interior player is the dominance of the penalty area.

You don't have to score under the basket, but as long as you defend well enough under the basket, you don't have to worry about running out of food.

Ben, who has little to no autonomous offensive ability. The reason why Wallace is now thriving in the NBA is because of his excellent interior defense.

An African center of unknown age also relied on his excellent interior defense to become a three-time All-Star starter.

If you don't have great offensive skills under the basket and excellent rim protection ability, you really can't move an inch in this era.

Space power forward was not yet a popular concept in 2003. You can only shoot and not defend, but you can't survive in the NBA.

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

So Wayne decided that after improving his three-point shooting ability, he should increase his interior defense ability.

Whether in 2003 or 2020, players who defended well were always the most popular.

Who says 3-and-D players are exclusive to the outside? Wayne is just going to be a 3-and-D player in the No. 4 position!

But with different attributes such as interior defense and shooting, the composition of this ability is very complex.

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

Among them, Wayne's strength is in urgent need of improvement. But even if he throws all the points he has left, his strength will not improve significantly.

And the recent training has increased Wayne's strength by 1 point. In other words, in addition to krypton growth points, training can also increase ability values.

Since the base value is so low, it is relatively easy for Wayne to improve his strength by training now.

Strength can be practiced. When almost all players enter the NBA, they go through a process of physical change, which is actually a process of growing strength.

Even Shaq became fat after entering the league for several years.

It's rare for a player to be at the top of their game as soon as they enter the league.

Generally speaking, the power thing can be made up for by the efforts of the day after tomorrow.

But other things are not something that can be practiced simply by practice.

Wayne's talent is so much, if he can grow into a superstar just by practicing, what else does he need to do systematically?

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

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

Then, it's only left to block and defend in the low post.

Blocks and low-post defense can't be confused, for example, a lot of floor-flowing interior lines, they don't have a lot of block stats, but the actual defense 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.

And the ultimate goal of the defense is to keep the opponent from scoring.

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

But Wayne can't do that, because defense is something that can't be simply statistically good or bad.

Without stats, Wayne can't 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 count can go up, even if his defensive ability is actually not that good, it will give people the illusion that "this guy is dominating in the box".

Wayne's previous life, Defensive Player of the Year award winner in '06-07 Marcus Brown. That's how Canby operates.

That season, Duncan led the Spurs to the league's No. 1 defensive efficiency, while Camby's Nuggets were a mid-to-mid-to-mid-level defensive team.

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

So why was Camby able to beat Duncan to lift the Defensive Player of the Year trophy?

It's because Camby's stats on the defensive end are so 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 is also 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 in position, ignoring the opponent, just brushing blocks and backcourt rebounds, the data is good, but the actual defensive effect is a mess.

But so what? The Defensive Player of the Year award is still in hand.

That's the power of data.

There is one thing to say, Marcus. Camby's defensive ability when he was young was real money, but he suffered a loss of defending well but not being appreciated.

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

Ironically, Camby has a bigger contract and more accolades......

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

Plainly...... Actually, I just want to brush!

Since you can't improve your defensive ability all at once, then create the illusion that you are good at defending yourself!

After weighing the trade-offs, Wayne decided to invest all the remaining growth points in the cap.

8 block attributes, it took Wayne 1800 growth points, and the block ability value went from 46 to 54.

If this ability value is calculated according to the NBA, then the block of 54 is probably not weak in the NCAA.

After confirming the extra points, Wayne has 10 extra points left.

He can choose to use up these 10 opportunities as soon as he accumulates growth points, or he can choose to save up and digest them together after leveling up again.

However, Wayne still wants to improve his attributes immediately after gaining growth points, and at this stage, he must become stronger immediately, and there is no time to "believe in the process".

After the bonus points are over, the prompt at the bottom of the system also changes to "Growth points required to unlock the next stage of the system: 10,000." ”

"Do I need 10,000 Growth Points for the next upgrade? Compared to the first time, it's ten times more. But...... It's just a piece of cake! ”

Wayne smirked, at first, it was so difficult for Wayne to save 1,000 points. But now that I've found the two major tricks of card system bugs, even if it's 10,000 points, Wayne doesn't think it's too much.

He earned more than 3,000 growth points in one day today, and it would take three or four days to save enough 10,000 points?

Even if you remove the growth points that Wayne has to use to increase attributes in the middle of the way, that week will definitely be enough to level up.

Two months to become a starter definitely works!

Wayne, who was full of confidence, was about to turn off the system interface, but the system suddenly popped out a line of words and made a "ding" sound.

"The quest system has been unlocked, the first quest: prove your strength.

Objective: Start the team before the start of the new season.

Mission Reward: A B-level raffle package. ”

"Quest 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.

Wayne didn't have anything to complain about for this task. After all, his goal was to make the start.

But this quest rewards ......

The lottery package should be similar to unboxing.

When he thinks about his black-faced unboxing experience, Wayne is desperate.

It's not good for you to reward something, but you are rewarded with an unboxed thing. With my African ancestry, what kind of good things can I prescribe.

Looking at the big heart shooter badge he drew last time, Wayne still didn't know what to do with it.

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

As soon as Wayne turned off the system interface, the door to the dormitory opened.

Wayne then remembered that before going out to practice this morning, his short, rich and handsome roommate Cody. Brandt hasn't come back yet......

If he didn't show up again, Wayne would have to forget about this roommate.

"Oh my God, Wayne, you don't know how crazy it was last night, I changed two in one night...... Hey buddy, why do you have a bandage on your head? What's going on? Who bullied you? ”

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

As I remember, Cody and Wayne do have a good relationship.

Cody has a flamboyant personality, while Wayne in the past is very kind and knows how to listen quietly, and the two personalities just complement each other.

Naturally, there will be no problems getting along.

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

Don't talk about Cody, Wayne himself doesn't believe it, so many things have happened in just two days.

"What? Has the perpetrator been found? ”

"He took me to the hospital, paid me all the medical bills, and said that I could get a discount on eating at his restaurant. Don't worry, Cody, I'm fine, I went to training today, just a few skin injuries. ”

"Oh my God, it scared the hell out of me! Good thing you're okay. So, I told you not to go for a run early in the morning, just run a few laps in the school, isn't it fragrant? ”

Cody let out a big breath, and after confirming that Wayne was okay, he continued the topic just now: "By the way, where did you just go?" Oh, what a shame you didn't go yesterday Wayne, those new schoolgirls are just crazy! ”

"Uh......" Seeing Cody's eyebrows fluttering as he recounted his tragic hand-to-hand combat experience last night, Wayne felt that he should simply stop calling Cody and Teddy.

"Oh yes, there's a fun event next weekend, would you like to come with me?" After Cody recounted his experience last night, he extended another invitation to Wayne.

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

Wayne certainly wasn't unfeminine, but that kind of multiplayer sports party ...... Seriously, Wayne really can't let go.

And now with the task of making the starting point in two months, there is no extra time and energy to waste.

"Oh? Are you sure? If you don't go, you'll regret it. Cody raised an eyebrow.

"You say that every time, Cody."

"Well, forget it if you don't go. It's a shame that the opportunity to attend NBA Fan Day is not always available. I thought you were interested in anything related to basketball. ”

"What did you say!? NBA Fan Meetup? Wayne's eyes lit up.

"yes, otherwise what do you think it is? Damn, do you think I'm trying to take you...... Tut-tut, I knew you kid was just honest on the surface, hahahaha! ”

Looking at Cody, who was laughing, Wayne was speechless.

It's not that you're easy to think crookedly!

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

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

With the chance to meet a real person this time, what fan can resist this temptation?

Speaking of which, it's already September, and the new NBA season is about to start. There are a lot of meet-and-greets like this.

But...... It's still 2003, and the Thunder won't be born until five years later. At this time, Oklahoma didn't have an NBA team at all.

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

"Hmm." This time, Wayne nodded obediently.

"My uncle, who was a reporter with the Trail Blazers, got a couple of spots to attend the meet-and-greet and asked me if I wanted to see it. You know, I'm not very interested in basketball. But I don't mind going if you want to. ”

It turned out to be a "related household", so it makes sense.

Although Wayne is not a Trail Blazers fan, he doesn't quite remember which Trail Blazers players were during this period.

But for the first time in close contact with the NBA, Wayne was still excited.

"Well, I'll thank you in advance, Cody." Having a rich second-generation friend is convenient.

"Cut, what are you doing outside. Besides, I've heard that the girls at Portland State University are pretty good......"

Cody, who had just been serious, showed a meaningful smile again.

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