Chapter 16 [Must be a mid-range three-pointer without iron blood]

The interview was not long, although reporter Peter asked a lot, but Yang Jian had some reservations when answering.

If he wants to get more attention, he still has to prove himself in the NBA regular season. It is useless to say too much in the summer league, and it may be offensive.  Because the level of the game is too low, the NBA's role players can play gorgeous data when they come.

There will be a press conference with the Sonics in a while, and he'll have more thoughts then.

Just as his agent Oldman told him, he couldn't be blindly confident.  Losing the election is his advantage in a sense, it doesn't matter if he is low-key, the media who play well will definitely blow him.

Leaving the arena, the players were free to move around, and Snow asked, "What's for dinner? How about a nice meal to celebrate?"

"I'll have dinner later. I'm going back to the hotel to take a bath first. Don't you need a bath?" Yang Jian shook her neck.

"How can anyone take a shower every time they play football, can't they just take a shower before going to bed?"

"Aren't you uncomfortable with the smell of sweat on your body?" Yang Jian insisted on returning to the hotel first.  The training hall did not provide hot water for bathing today, which was not well arranged by the organizers.

"Is it necessary to live so carefully? We are not stars." Snow felt that it was a bit of a motherfucker.  It's normal for rough men to not take a bath for a week, and they don't feel uncomfortable.

Yang Jian didn't find it troublesome.  "My goal is to be a star, and to develop the habit of maintaining a good image. I suggest you do the same, if you want to sign a big contract in the future."

When NBA players weren't playing in the 1990s, most of them wore hip-hop outfits to various events.  The players of the future will almost all wear suits in public, turning the NBA into a fashion runway.

Yang Jian is not black, so he cannot understand the Hip-Pop aesthetic of black people. He intends to dress like a Hollywood entertainment star.  If a Chinese wants to become a superstar or even rule the league, he must be a high-quality idol.

With David Stern's urine 80% will suppress international players, he doesn't want to give the opponent a handle.  Stern once praised Iverson, but then he stopped, which is directly related to Iverson's hip-hop streetwear.  From "no clothes" to "zero tolerance," every single one of Stern's policies is targeting the little Philly man.

Back at the hotel, Yang Jian immediately went to the bathroom to take a shower.

In an undisturbed environment, he called up the system panel and checked the extracted skills.

The panel is inanimate, and he doesn't have to worry about being short-circuited by water.  This thing seems to be implanted in his mind, with his spirit.

There is an additional "Jagged Jumper" in the skill column, which has a text introduction: "In a parallel world, Garnett's career assist rate is greater than 60%, which is inseparable from his high catch rate. Yelling after a great goal can slightly increase your catch-and-shoot percentage. It has to be a mid-range shot, not a 3-pointer."

Yang Jian was stunned, and felt more and more that this was not a serious system.  "So, the key to Garnett's jump shot is to shout often? This can not only improve morale, but also make opponents mistakenly think that he will often drive the ball to the basket and dunk, and then pull up and make a mid-range shot."

"I thought it was a skill such as a shooting bag. It took a lot of time to practice, but it turned out to be a skill of causality!"

Yang Jian felt that this skill couldn't be better. After scoring a goal, you don't need to practice it. What's so difficult about practicing your voice?  It's really a bloody thing, as long as he doesn't sound like an orange caramel combo.

If it is the shooting bag skills, Yang Jian will have a headache.  Garnett's shooting posture is not suitable for him at all, he must have a height advantage.

Garnett's shooting point is very high, basically raising his hands above his head, with a little back, and is rarely blocked.  However, his shot speed is not fast. If the defender stays in the air like him and then shoots again, it is simply looking for hats.

"How much is a slight improvement is too vague. It can be 5%. This is an uncompromising magical skill." Yang Jian thought to himself.

A 5% hit rate may seem like a small amount, but in fact, the increase is large enough to determine the outcome of an anxious game.

If Yang Jian passes the training, the normal mid-range shooting rate in the game is 40%, and adding 5% will improve from an ordinary mid-range scorer to an elite.  You know, Tracy McGrady, who is called "no solution" by many Chinese fans, has only shot 40% in his career.

If his normal mid-range shooting rate reaches 45%, adding 5% will be more accurate than Jordan, Nowitzki, and Durant, and will become the most accurate mid-range player in NBA history.

Too bad it's not three points.  In this day and age, players shooting 40 percent from 3-point range are amazing numbers.  The Warriors star Klay Thompson, who is known for his off-ball play in the future, did not average 45% of his three-pointers per game in his peak season.

Yang Jian plans to try the skill effect in the next game, and he will be the representative of the Jagged Outline in the future.

The attribute point he obtained was added to his "spirit" without thinking about it.  No, it's impossible to add his spiritual attributes, and it's still only 19, which is still rated as "garbage" by the system.

After Yang Jian got out of the bathroom, Snow took a shower in only three minutes, and then the two went to a nearby steakhouse for dinner.

Back to the hotel after dinner, the two watched the classic old film "Passion Like Fire" together.  You may not believe it, in this comedy, Monroe's beauty was lost to two men.

When he saw the two male protagonists disguised as women and mixed into the girls' band, Snow laughed: "Goose goose goose goose goose..."

Snow laughed miserably when he saw the male protagonist, Jerry, being entangled by a rich man who didn't know he was a man.  "Goose Goose Goose Goose Goose Goose..."

Snow's smile was so low that he almost laughed out of his mind many times.  "Goose Goose Goose Goose Goose Goose..."

Yang Jian didn't laugh at the movie, but was amused by Snow.  "Are you a goose? Am I teammates with a goose?"

The result of watching a movie together this time is that after Yang Jian fell asleep at night, Snow's magical laughter seemed to echo in her ears.

The next day the team was training, and everyone greeted Yang Jian and Snow cordially.

Their position in the team is different.  Yang Jian is the focus of the coach's care and has a bright future.  Snow is a selfless point guard who is responsible for allocating the ball, and having a good relationship with him can make more shots.

Yang Jian didn't know until he asked. The reporter also interviewed coach Bob Weiss and asked something about Yang Jian.  Weiss bragged about him, saying he was the Sonics' biggest surprise this summer.

Weiss is one of the biggest assistant coaches in the NBA, and his words carry a lot of weight.  The coach praised Yang Jian like this, and the reporter was convinced that Yang Jian would definitely stay in the SuperSonics, and the Chinese landing in the NBA has been stabilized.

The Salt Lake City Times reported on the SuperSonics' victory over the Timberwolves in half a page, and accompanied it with a photo of Yang Jian completing the tie rod back buckle, which was very clear.  The title is - "Chinese Students Shine in Salt Lake City Summer League".

"Yang Jian, a Chinese student who loves basketball, took a leave of absence from Harvard University for his basketball dream and participated in this year's NBA draft. After being undrafted, he represented the SuperSonics in the Summer League, a blockbuster! The performance of this young Chinese man was the first of the Timberwolves. Round 5 pick Garnett..."

Yang Jian took the newspaper and read it for a while. The news didn't just mention him, but compared the two No. 21s.

In every draft, those big-name rookies who have just entered the league will always be discussed and evaluated in all directions.  This "sustained attention" will last three years or more.

College players are mostly more mature and adaptable than high school players.  Before 1995, there were too few successful players for the few high school players who entered the NBA.  Many people are waiting to see Garnett's joke. If he can break through the doubts and become a star, it will also be a good story.

Introducing Yang Jian, the media questioned the Harvard basketball team.  A Chinese student who has the strength to play in the NBA and has amazing physical fitness is not the core of the weak Harvard basketball team, averaging less than 10 points per game.  He didn't want to talk about college, but something unpleasant must have happened.

Compared with the number one high school student in the United States, Yang Jian's story is undoubtedly more eye-catching.  Professional basketball in Asia has just started, and he has come to play in the NBA. He can be called a great pioneer!

After reading the news, Yang Jian thought it was very good, Garnett is simply his lucky star. He took out a skill from the opponent, gained an attribute point, and went to the newspaper for the first time in his life. If it weren't for the comparison with Garnett, no matter how well he played, he might not have received media attention.

He had a hunch that the Chinese media would soon know about him...