maybe, but this seems a bit too much like wish fulfillment or a scenario you'd imagine to happen after the fact. so I agree with the other guy, this seemed a bit of a pointless inclusion because it was so overdone.

keep it up, and with practice and time, and some extra thought you could probably work out some of the larger logical issues and actually make this a very enjoyable story.

Well, I did just read the entire thing, and while I'll always welcome more basketball stories to read I do get why a lot of people wouldn't read it or drop it. Beyond the mc being way too overpowered for there to be any struggle, being an elite all-star level player while in high school, combining the range of curry with the body of durant and passing of LeBron and great defense. And that's before he gets an upgrade to make him the best shooter ever, all before even entering the NBA, he might not be able to win a championship with a very bad team but conference finals seems almost expected even without any help. While most of the problems that are there seem almost dumb, and require level suspense of your disbelief that gets irritating. He's poor, and can't afford a bigger bed or a cheap suit, but he's a 3 time national champion with schools and sponsors falling over themselves to want his attention. Now it's said that he wants to wait until he's an adult with the sponsor contracts and taking the schools' money would be illegal, so what's my problem. Well, my problem is that he has millions of followers on Twitter, and an active youtube channel, just the ad revenue and free products he'd get shipped would help alleviate a good bit of his money troubles, and with a bit of work, he could make a decent amount of money to help out. He could have also entered into basketball tournaments for prize money or gotten in contact with a sports agent or lawyer before his senior year to make a deal and have them invest in their next superstar player. Other points of disbelief are things like a tiny town having a very busy airport with constant flights to new york extremely close to his house but no first-class or seats with extra legroom and despite being apparently busy does still have seats left without having to get them ahead of time, Not planning a trip but just deciding that morning to go even after already having made that decision days earlier, the NBA HQ not actually being built to be comfortable to use for NBA players as even there the door is too low and the chairs/table don't give enough legroom. The entire board being available for a meeting about a none existent clause in a wrongly interpreted rule. I could see them bending the rules there if it meant he'd come to the NBA instead of abroad, but the whole thing is a surprise by his lawyer. Who apparently did the whole thing out of the goodness of his heart and spend a lot of money without actually making any deals or getting any commitments from his client. It just feels so dumb, like why include it all the scouts and attention and a large board meeting as if it's a serious thing if you're going to come out and then make up a rule and have the MC not even care enough to ask about it ahead of time. He'll just watch what will happen he's just there to look pretty and smile, if he doesn't really care why should we. You might as well have had him go to the park and play and used the media attention that would have drawn as the leverage the lawyer used to convince them. Sorry for getting a bit rambly towards the end there, but it just feels like there isn't really anything at stake here or any tension. As for personal relations, it's a bit clumsy but the bit with Hannah has some character, with there actually being some character to her beyond being in love with him. Although the relationship with his aunt mom might need some more consideration. Their age difference is somewhere between 8-12 years, which must be weird because she's probably closer in age to the MC than she was to her own sibling before they died. And he only acknowledges she's his aunt at the start of the story after that he pretty much never calls her anything but Ellie or mom so you don't need to remind us that he calls her mom. As for the basketball, there isn't much to say, there's been 1 match and 1 one on one game, the rest was just a report of his stats or that he was training. Keep it up though

Thanks for the chapter, and as for it being a non-match chapter, that in itself is fine, you're telling the story of Blaise not the story of blades. So knowing what Blaise does around matches and the things that are important to him provide context to who he is on the field and what he wants, as long as it serves that purpose it's fine. As for how much non-match to match you should have, that is up to you. But if December is very busy in regards to matches played you might be able to create that same effect by having very little time between matches as that is what Blaise is experiencing himself. And take some more time away from the matches in January to focus on friends family and training as he has some more time to think of non-football things. As for the balance you've struck so far, I think it's decent although a bit more on the side of non-football recently. But to be sure I'd have to reread the whole thing as it's been a while since I'd read the earlier parts.

Thanks for the chapter, and I noticed a small inconsistency, the food is given to one of her NIECES and they upgrade to shallow bronze. Then the newly minted bronze goes to fight, but he is MALE. So either it isn't the same crabby, or he is a nephew and not a niece, although cousin would work for either.

*story arc

Thanks for the chapter, and it's fine to take a break, it's very understandable even after finishing a story ard. But most people weren't aware the arc was finished as they were still 2 chapters from the end and even those that did know the arc was finished, still didn't know when you'd be back or why you disappeared. So my advice is, just mention it in your authors note that you're taking a break or that you're planning the next arc, and put it on the last chapter and the last free chapter so everyone can know. You could even just post it as a comment, just inform people about what is happening, it doesn't change anything for you but it makes sure we know what to expect. Because this is a great series and I want to keep reading it so not knowing what's happening and you suddenly disappear without a word could mean one of many things, from your internet being blocked again to you having been in a accident or that you came down with corona. All possible reason for a stop without notice, and all a possible death sentence for this book that we love to read.

Thanks for the chapter, and best wishes for you and your family. As for the Paypal, go for it, most authors on this site use it to earn some petty cash and for a few it's there main income. Just try to keep in mind why you started writing because switching motivation from doing this as a hobby to doing this because it's an extremely low paying job can kill your enthusiasm and motivation like nothing else.

Yeah, that would explain it, I probably just didn't fully realize the consequences of it and then promptly forgot about it. Thanks for clearing that up.

Okay first of thanks for the chapter, but second, I'm a bit confused in what point of the year the story is right now. We just finished the Nike summer camp, and started school, so I'd say that's September, but we've played a few games and getting to the end of the season which would be around October/November. The reason I don't think December yet is because that's when the county tournament and the state tournament were last year as they were around Christmas. But now They are also preparing for the spring dance and the NBA playoffs. The spring dance might be a bit early but that could just be good planning from the school, but the playoffs shouldn't be in December unless something got massively switched around. So am I missing something? Did I forget something? I'm just a bit lost on when we are in the year and why the playoffs are now? Also would the spring dance interfere with the nationals?

Thanks for the chapter

seeing as they are calling him young buckets instead of jaya I think you might be right.

Thanks for the chapter. But one thing I think that might be an improvement is if you put a bit more detail into that last shot, The reason is that while I do like how fast your pace is as it means this story will move towards more important matches and has good progress without getting bogged down. But this high pace does mean we've got no clue how the team is doing in the league so there are no real stakes there you might say towards the end of the season they could be second or 10th and we wouldn't now until then, with a cup it's win or you're out so less of a problem and clearer stakes. But as this is the first cup game I remember of the top of my head and no clue what round. You might be able to more emphasis on the on-field play to increase tension and create narrative there that doesn't exist in the season right now by just focusing on the plays and teamwork as you have been, leaving the score as an afterthought. But I think you could improve that a bit here by being more specific so instead of a magical shot he normally doesn't go for and then nothing, it could be "It all became a bit of a blur as his body just moved, his foot jumping up to the ball and twisting his body into a bicycle kick to nail the ball into the far corner. And all of a sudden......" This way you might create more of a descriptive climax to the build up instead of leaving it to the readers imagination.