Chapter 393 392. A New Storm (Part )
After receiving the message, Zhang Yang called me “shit”.

His career on this timeline couldn’t be more bumpy.

But the ‘he’ here was calmer than he thought.

When he first came here, he learned that he had been in many fights in college, beat up Bird when he first entered the NBA, and had a fight with Laimbeer on the court. He thought that he was just a young man.

Now it seems that he was just creating an image for himself that said, “I’m just an idiot who gets angry when things get bad, don’t mess with me.”

Otherwise, when he comes, the big bird he meets will never talk to him nicely. He will just treat him as a fool and use him as a tool on the court. What a miser.

When it comes to things that really concern his career, he is very patient. When his contract has not expired and he is sure that the Cardinals will not trade him, he chooses to be patient and fight on the court.

Try to see if you can win over those weird fans in Boston.

This goal failed without a doubt, but at least I tried. As a professional player, it was cool to have the courage to challenge the impossible.

Moreover, he left a good impression on other teams in terms of professionalism – even in such an environment, he was able to withstand the pressure and grow steadily, leading the team to perform beyond expectations.

He turned an extremely dangerous situation that could have caused a talented player to give up on himself into an opportunity to get the highest annual salary in history, without wasting a crucial period of growth.

Zhang Yang thought about it and decided that if it were him, he probably wouldn’t be able to do so well in an environment where the Demon Bird was still pioneering and the God hadn’t yet opened up the situation for newcomers.

The growing environments are very different. The ‘he’ here has lived in this country since the 60s and has experienced much more hardships than him. Everything he has was earned through one game after another.

It is another experience to learn something, which may not be useful, but it is never a bad thing to learn something.

Zhang Yang reread the information he received and saw that after successfully defending the title, the Cardinals directly traded veterans Dennis Johnson and Parish, who had contributed to two consecutive championships, for the sake of reconstruction. In one move, they acquired peak Buck Williams and high-ranking rookie Kenny Smith… Ainge’s frequent ruthless operations as general manager seemed to be a characteristic of this management line.

However, it seems that Angie is simply imitating the cardinal, and he didn’t imitate the essence.

It seems like Anji doesn’t consider the future at all. He sells everyone, including the soul of the team.

But the Cardinals will never sell the talents they have selected, trained and brought into play, such as Big Bird and Fridge.

Even if they want to sell off veterans, they will do so in a decent manner and avoid making humiliating moves.

The result of the different operations is that even though Dennis Johnson, Parish and others were traded, they still praised the Cardinal and called him their teacher.

And no one would think that he is heartless. On the contrary, when he raises his hand, there will always be people who respond.

As for Ainge, the Celtics star under his management, no one was willing to mention him after he left the Celtics and simply ignored him.

Zhang Yang felt that the fortune teller and An Ji should have a lot of common topics.

The former wants to trade Magic Johnson and the latter wants to trade Bird.

However, he felt that although the two may have a lot in common, they could not become friends. If they were colleagues, they would definitely think about how to sell each other in exchange for draft picks. Such a strong management team is worth one or two first-round picks…

Zhang Yang drew his attention back, and the information on the door changed to an ability assessment.

“Name: Zhang Yang, English name: Jack.

Age: 26, Birthday: June 1963, 6.

Height: 196 cm, weight 96 kg.

Team: New York Knicks.

Ability evaluation (training mode): three-pointer 92, mid-range shot 94, layup 94, ball control 93, passing 86, speed 93, strength 89, jumping 89, physical strength 96 (upper limit)…

Gains from the training: Steve Nash’s sense of ball control rhythm (intermediate), continuous jumping ability improvement, the devil’s pace of the demon sword, the rhythm of the bird’s back-to-the-basket play (intermediate), a slight improvement in core strength, a small win over a big, the art of back-to-the-basket, I age slower (intermediate), the god of death (beginner). “

Zhang Yang recalled his memories of the last time he came to this timeline. Three years had passed, his strength had greatly improved, and his upper limit had also changed.

For example, physical strength. He remembered that the upper limit of his basic physical strength talent was 88, and after adding 6 points, it should be 94. He didn’t get any physical strength talent points afterwards, but he was 26 years old, less than two months away from 27 years old, and the upper limit of his physical strength was 96… Was it the increase in the upper limits of talents such as speed and strength that led to the increase in the upper limit of physical talent?

He analyzed it and decided to give up the analysis. It didn’t matter how to improve it, the most important thing was to improve the upper limit.

However, he is still somewhat dissatisfied with his strength here. He will be 27 years old in less than two months, which is his prime period. Only his mid-range shot is about to reach the historical threshold, and his three-point shot may also reach the historical threshold during his peak period.

But for layups, it was 94 three years ago and it is still the same now, which means it has almost reached the limit and it is basically impossible to break through that hurdle.

In fact, 94’s layup is not bad, not only is it not bad, but it is very outstanding. When he saw 94’s layup three years ago, he thought it was amazing. It’s just that now his mid-range shot is also as good as 94, and his three-point shot is almost catching up… Mainly because he subconsciously compared him with Jordan, his ability to attack the basket does seem a bit lacking.

He estimated that there were two reasons. One was related to age. Three years ago, in the 3 playoffs, he was already 87 years old. Even though his talent points had increased by 24 points later, some of his common scoring methods were already very mature, and it was difficult to make qualitative progress. Attacking the basket was the most mature scoring method at that time.

On the contrary, his mid-range shooting, which had a relatively less extensive skill set, and the three-pointer, which had not yet been developed, had greater room for improvement.

The other is physical fitness, there is still a gap compared with those physically gifted men.

This reminded Zhang Yang of himself. Although he couldn’t copy it, with his current talent, training attitude and competition opportunities, he would grow steadily and would definitely be stronger than ‘him’ here when he was the same age.

But how much stronger can it be? Half a level? Is it strong enough to catch up with the Demon Bird God?

The gap between the ‘he’ here and the Magic Bird God of the same age is still very obvious, the gap between a superstar and a superstar who dominates an era.

From the information, he could guess that he must have played hard this season, madly wanting to prove himself, and even changed his position, although it was passive, but overall, he avoided the devil, and Bird’s strength declined a lot after suffering a waist injury, so he was qualified to be selected for the first team. As for the three brothers, as long as they are not completely old, not infected with diseases, and not injured, they can’t be shaken.

Fortunately, he has just turned 20 years old and has several years to develop his talent before entering his peak period, and his upper limit can continue to improve.

Maybe next time when I come here, ‘he’ here will have developed a second growth spurt?

He gained a lot at the beginning of this experience. He vaguely saw where his limit was, and he had a stronger desire to break through it.

And ambitions – chasing demons, chasing birds, and becoming a god!
After a surge of excitement, Zhang Yang put aside his ambition and decided to make the most of this experience.

He looked at the task bar below the competency assessment.

“Basic tasks:

Road to revival: Led the Knicks to the Eastern Conference Finals.

Optional tasks:
1. Broken Glory: If you meet the Celtics in the second round, you must sweep to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals; if you do not meet the Celtics, the mission will be considered completed directly.

2. Bad Boy Name: Lead the team to the Eastern Conference Finals. If the team meets the Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals, the team must defeat the opponent. If the team reaches the Eastern Conference Finals but does not meet the Pistons, the mission is considered completed.

3. A new storm has emerged: A new decade is about to begin. End the era of Magic, Bird, and Bad Boys with your own hands and win the championship. “

After reading the mission information, Zhang Yang looked back at the previous message: Ewing, Mark Jackson, John Newman… and directly chose Mission 3!

“This training mission:
Road to Revival: …Bonus: Art is shooting hoops.

A new storm has emerged: … Reward: Long-armed gorilla.

Art is shooting: When facing stronger and taller defenders, your reaction speed will be faster; if you successfully create a shooting opportunity, your touch will be improved to a certain extent. Note: The effect is affected by your skills, basic skills, offensive awareness, and your understanding of shooting opportunities.

Gorilla: Second growth, young man, your arm span will grow 1-5 cm in one year. Note: Pay attention to maintaining the training volume to avoid affecting your technique, basic skills, and playing habits.

Zhang Yang felt that the reward for the basic task was pretty good. He was definitely not short among guards. Most shooting guards were actually less than 195 cm tall. He was 196 cm barefoot, and looked as tall as Jordan. In a few years, when Jordan became rounder and shrunk a little, he would still look taller than Jordan.

It’s just that most of the defenders he encounters are small forwards, and he is often at a height disadvantage, so this reward is very practical.

But…what does the “one’s own understanding of the shooting opportunity” in the note mean? What is wrong with Zhang San’s understanding of the shooting opportunity?
The rewards for the optional tasks are amazing, secondary development! Long arm span!
Fortunately, Zhang San was brave enough to choose the most difficult task three!
He chose this mission without really considering the final reward. He just looked at his own strength here and the team lineup, and felt that it would be a shame for himself if he didn’t aim to win the championship.

As for the feud between the ‘him’ here and the Celtics, and the conflict with the Bad Boys…if we meet him, we just need to defeat him.

After all, he is not “him” himself, he is here just to play the game.

But he hopes to meet the Celtics, Pistons, and Lakers, so that the trip will be worthwhile…

…

After getting up and washing up, Zhang Yang briefly learned about his living environment here and the current situation of the NBA.

The house is in a luxury villa area in New York… It’s rented. There are three cars, all of which are purchased. They look very cool and retro.

I saved part of my income and sent part to my parents in Los Angeles. I am a filial child.

In the NBA playoffs, the second-placed Pistons in the Eastern Conference swept the Pacers 3-0 to advance to the second round, and the third-placed Bulls also swept the Bucks 3-0 to advance to the second round.

Although the Celtics only ranked fifth in the Eastern Conference in the regular season, they are currently leading the 2ers 1-76 and have a good chance of winning.

西部那边，第一的湖人队也是3比0横扫火箭队晋级，第二的开拓者队3比0横扫小牛队；第三的马刺队3比0横扫掘金队。

The fourth and fifth teams also played very fiercely, and the fourth-placed Jazz were 1-2 behind the Suns.

Apart from these, the newspapers also contain comments from players or management, expert analysis, etc.

He couldn’t learn more, mainly because the channels for information dissemination were too limited these days. He had a computer at home, but it was like an antique in his eyes, and there were no search engines or anything like that for him to find information.

When he thought of this, Zhang Yang returned to the bedroom and opened the bedside table. Hey, here he has always kept the habit of putting the small notebook on the bedside table. It may not be used, but it is necessary to have it.

When I opened it, I found that there was not much written on it. The ink in the pen, which looked very expensive, at least several thousand dollars, had dried up.

He rummaged through boxes and drawers to find the ink, washed the pen and added ink, then wrote in a small notebook: “I woke up this morning and wanted to search for information online, but I found it really difficult to find information. It would be great if there was a software that could allow me to fill in keywords and search the entire Internet for relevant information.”

I don’t know if the ‘he’ here can see this, and if he does, he might just write it for fun. After many experiences, he has confirmed that the ‘he’ in these timelines is indeed a ‘local native’.

But if he took it seriously and had some ideas, maybe when he came back to a certain year on this timeline, ‘he’ would have become a rich man?
After writing a few words on a whim, he put the matter aside and went to the study to watch videos.

He is indeed a basketball fanatic here. The bookshelves and cabinets in his study are full of videotapes and basketball-related materials.

All the recent key game videos of the Celtics and Pistons that he wanted to watch were available, much more than when he was with the Celtics.

It must be said that there are many benefits to playing in the Knicks, and the resources are definitely the best in the league.

In the afternoon, he came to Madison Square Garden for extra training, mainly to test his skills. From the training information, he learned that the ‘him’ here had synchronized the techniques he had newly developed.

During training, he didn’t feel anything wrong. If he had to say something, it was that he felt super strong!
Although there is definitely a gap between him and the devil and the god in terms of personal ability, he is a real double first-team leader!
Not to mention anything else, just his three measurements and shooting ability are all 90+, which is almost unheard of in this era!
Bird’s three-point shooting is very good, but due to the limitations of the times, he did not focus on developing this ability. He, Zhang San, may be the best!
His ability to attack the basket is among the best among the top teams, and his mid-range shooting is almost reaching the historical level.

He really wants to play in the game right now!
(End of this chapter)