(I haven’t been in good shape these past two days, and I don’t feel particularly smooth no matter how I write, so there is only one update, but it is a 4,000-word chapter. I will adjust the status and resume updating as soon as possible. I’m sorry.)
The news that the Chinese men's basketball team won the Men's Basketball World Cup and that the U.S. men's basketball team only ranked seventh in the World Cup triggered a violent response in the United States.
As the dominant country that almost monopolizes the basketball field, American fans find it difficult to accept such a result.
The Internet is full of criticisms of this national team.
And many retired stars have also added insult to injury.
"If we were still playing, it would be absolutely impossible for the American men's basketball team to lose the championship in the international arena. The performance of this Men's Basketball World Cup was really ugly."
Including Spurs coach Popovich has also been controversial for coaching this American men's basketball team.
Popovich felt very innocent, it was almost like he was shot while lying down.
If you can do it, you can do it! Who will be able to coach the US men's basketball team this time?
These American stars all only care about themselves. They took advantage of the offseason to accept a lot of commercial endorsements and participate in TV shows, making a lot of money, but they are unwilling to contribute to the country. Now they are the ones taking the blame?
After returning to China, Popovich immediately participated in a TV interview and unceremoniously fired the map gun during the interview.
"Everyone knows the real reason for our defeat in the Men's Basketball World Cup this time. Do you really expect a team that is not even the second team to win the championship? Please take a look, China won the championship
Team, they have a top superstar who won the regular season MVP, All-Star MVP and Finals FMVP last season!"
"Wang Feng defeated everyone in the NBA, including LeBron, Stephen, Kevin (Durant) and Kawhi (Leonard), and won the final championship. To put it bluntly, he is the current league
The strongest player.”
"But such a top superstar plays for the Chinese men's basketball team without any complaints. As far as I know, even if it was a small tournament in Asia last year, Wang Feng specially returned to China to participate and lead the Chinese men's basketball team to compete for the championship! This way
His dedication to fighting for honors for his country is something that many of our current players should learn from! This is why he was elected as the MVP and won the championship!"
Popovich became so angry that he sprayed all the American stars, and this approach was obviously effective.
The league's top superstars, including James, Curry, Durant, etc., have all been pushed to the forefront. After all, they did refuse to participate in the Men's Basketball World Cup, and the reason was not because of injuries, but just because they did not want to increase the physical burden of playing more games.
Due to the pressure of public opinion, many top stars have promised to participate in the Tokyo Olympics to regain the lost honor for the American men's basketball team.
Including Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, James Harden, Kawhi Leonard and other first-line stars.
This kind of news finally calmed down the anger of American fans a little.
But this situation was somewhat beyond Wang Feng's expectation.
I don’t know if this is the butterfly effect.
Originally, even though they only finished 7th in the Men's Basketball World Cup, the lineup of the American men's basketball team at the Tokyo Olympics was not particularly strong, mainly led by Durant, Lillard, Tatum, Bill, Booker and others.
, the only real top star is Durant.
Players like Curry, Harden, Leonard and others still have not participated in the Tokyo Olympics.
But now, due to the pressure of public opinion, this group of stars have all stated that they will participate in the Tokyo Olympics. If this is true by then, the strength of the American men's basketball team will return to the level of the peak dream team, and it will be desperate.
Originally, Wang Feng wanted to go all out and take advantage of the weak strength of the American men's basketball team in the past two years to win all the World Cup and Olympic championships. But now it is not that easy.
After winning the championship, Wang Feng didn't have much time off to speak of.
The Men's Basketball World Cup ends on September 15th, and the NBA preseason starts in early October. As the core of the team, Wang Feng must return to the team to report a few days in advance to discuss the team's tactics for the new season.
and goals, taking makeup photos for the new season, etc.
Therefore, Wang Feng didn't even have time to go home. Two days later, he got on a plane to the United States in the capital and headed to Los Angeles.
This is actually the reason why many American stars have withdrawn from the national team one after another. The schedule is too full.
I will report to the national team for training in early August, which will last until mid-September. After the game, I will start preparing for the new season immediately. The actual rest time is only two months in June and July, and I will participate in one or two TV programs.
I really don’t have any spare time for interviews or commercial endorsements.
The situations in the United States and China are different. It is natural for the Dream Team to lead the team to win the game, but losing is not what it should be. It will be regarded as a loss for everyone. A month and a half of time is wasted, and it is still a waste of time.
There is no money to be made, and American stars are naturally unwilling to do such a thankless event.
In fact, even Wang Feng is so active because the system will give him generous participation rewards. If there is no corresponding reward commission, Wang Feng will most likely only participate in the Men's Basketball World Cup and the Olympic Games, the two largest and most important events.
Other small-scale events in Asia will also be selectively abandoned, leaving more time for leisure and enjoyment.
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It's hard work, but the rewards are really generous.
Sitting on the plane, Wang Feng began to think about the starting point.
100 freely distributed points and 10 elite strengthening points are definitely a huge amount of money, which can further enhance his strength.
After careful consideration, Wang Feng made the following decision.
First, with 100 freely allocated points, Wang Feng chose his first choice to enhance the pick-and-roll defensive IQ to 90.
As the name suggests, the function of this ability is to strengthen the ability to react and move when facing pick-and-roll screens.
Wang Feng's original attribute value for this ability was 36, which was in a failing state, and he had never thought of rushing to strengthen this ability before.
But the situation is different now. The random purple badge awarded by the system after winning the championship happens to be the pick-and-roll dodger badge related to this ability, and it is also the top purple hall of fame level.
Limited by the ability limitations of the Hall of Fame level badge, if Wang Feng's pick-and-roll defensive IQ does not reach 90, the badge effect cannot be activated at all.
Not wanting to waste a precious purple defensive badge, Wang Feng could only enhance this ability value that was not in his enhancement plan to 90.
With a pick-and-roll defensive IQ of 90 and a purple pick-and-roll dodger badge, Wang Feng's ability to defend the pick-and-roll has been directly elevated to the league's top level.
In the future, no matter who wants to rely on pick-and-roll screens to isolate Wang Feng on the court, it will be almost impossible! Unless it is a heavy center like O'Neal to pick-and-roll.
Strengthening the pick-and-roll defensive IQ cost 54 free distribution points.
As for the remaining 46 points, after Wang Feng thought about it for a while, he chose to strengthen his ability to draw fouls.
Today's Wang Feng, if there are any shortcomings on the offensive end, his footwork and hook shooting ability at the basket, as well as his ability to create fouls are definitely the most obvious.
The first two skills are completely inside offensive skills. Wang Feng is not interested in them for the time being, but his ability to draw fouls still needs to be strengthened.
Although Wang Feng's average number of free throws per game is not very small thanks to the bonus effects of the First Step Master and Counter Terminator badges, compared with Harden and Embiid, they are obviously far behind.
many.
Although diving and causing fouls may sound a bit disgraceful, everyone must admit that foul shots are an indispensable part of basketball.
Wang Feng can ignore the fouls and not use them, but it is still necessary to master this skill.
This skill can also effectively help Wang Feng if he encounters excessive defensive actions in future games.
He doesn't want to be like James, who has to practice his ability to resist blows while playing.
Although Wang Feng has strengthened his endurance to the full value of 99, but even with 99 endurance, his body is definitely not as strong as James, so he must be more careful.
Wang Feng's original foul-making ability was 32, and after adding in all the remaining 46 free distribution points, this value also became 78 points. Although there is still a certain gap from 90, it is at least already above the league average.
On top of that, coupled with Wang Feng's own threat in breaking through and attacking the frame, it is definitely enough.
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The 100 freely allocated points were all spent after Wang Feng strengthened his pick-and-roll defensive IQ and ability to draw fouls.
Wang Feng doesn't feel bad either. Anyway, he will earn a lot of rewards in the new season.
Next, there are elite strengthening points that can be further strengthened on the basis of 90.
10 elite strengthening points are not a lot, so good steel must be used on the blade.
Wang Feng first took out 1 point and strengthened it on physical strength, strengthening the physical strength from 98 to the full level of 99.
He had considered that if his physical strength was originally 98, it would take many years to strengthen it to 99 through competition and daily training, and it might even take five or six years, so he simply used elite strengthening points to strengthen it to 99.
During this Men's Basketball World Cup, Wang Feng deeply realized how useful sufficient physical fitness is.
Whether facing Serbia or the Spanish men's basketball team, if it were not for his super physical support, Wang Feng would not be able to dominate both offense and defense at the same time and lead his team to win the game.
With a physical strength of 98, Wang Feng can barely play the full 40 minutes in international competitions. Strengthening to 99 will definitely make his physical strength even further! This is quite important for the 48-minute NBA game format.
For the remaining 9 points, Wang Feng chose to strengthen his mental abilities.
Different from shooting, defense and physical fitness.
Mental abilities are Wang Feng's only abilities that cannot be improved through competitions and daily training.
There are many of them, including his anti-interference, stability, offensive awareness, defensive awareness, etc. which were first enhanced to 90.
It is true that these cannot be improved through training, many of them are more like innate abilities.
For example, some players are naturally good at defense and have high defensive awareness, while some players are more talented in offense and therefore have excellent offensive awareness. There are also some players who can quickly calm down their anxious mood when their touch is not good.
Find your own feel, so the stability is relatively high.
Wang Feng can directly improve these spiritual abilities through strengthening points. In his opinion, this can be regarded as the biggest advantage given to him by the system!
Therefore, Wang Feng did not choose to use the remaining 9 elite strengthening points to further improve the speed and agility that had already reached 93 and 94 to an even faster level. Instead, he chose to increase all of them to the anti-interference ability and use this mental ability
Directly increase it to the full value of 99 in one go!
As for why he chose anti-interference among these mental abilities, Wang Feng also had his own considerations.
Anti-interference ability, as the name suggests, improves the player's shooting rate under interference.
Among Wang Feng's badges, there happens to be a golden marksman badge, which also has the effect of weakening the shooting percentage under interference.
The two can be superimposed, and adding the two together will take Wang Feng's ability to hit shots under interference to a higher level.
Of course, every mental-related ability is very easy to use and has high applicability, such as offensive awareness, stability, defensive awareness, etc. The improvement of any ability can make Wang Feng better on the field.
Stronger.
But there is no way. Elite enhancement points are far more valuable than freely distributed points. They can only be obtained if you obtain an S-level evaluation. Wang Feng can only give priority to improving the effect on himself after some tangles.
Strengthen to the greatest extent possible.
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After adding some points, Wang Feng looked at his general comments and paused for a moment.
"I have strengthened my abilities by a total of 110 points, but my overall rating still hasn't reached 99?"
At this time, his overall rating is still at 98.
This made Wang Feng a little strange.
Because according to the situation in the 2K series of games, with his current ability value added, I am afraid that the ability has already reached the full value of 99.
I'm afraid this is another change to the system.
At present, there are very few items that Wang Feng has not strengthened. On the offensive end, things that have not yet reached 90 include floaters, dunks, hook shots under the basket, and inside footwork. On the defensive end, it is blocking and blocking abilities.
, offensive rebounds, etc., and then there are fancy dribbling, pick-and-roll screening ability, off-ball running ability, etc.
Since the original values of these abilities are different, it is expected that it will take about three to four seasons to strengthen all of them to 90.
Wang Feng is actually a little curious now. If he waits a few years and all his abilities are enhanced to 90, the free distribution points will be completely useless. Will the system continue to issue this reward? Or will the free distribution points be converted into
Elite enhancement points or other types of rewards.