All I Really Want Is To Play Basketball - Chapter 37

Chapter 37: Su Feng Who Understood Life!

Translator: Atlas Studios

Editor: Atlas Studios

Seeing how Su Feng was stunned by his question, Kobe decided to leave him alone.

After all, to Kobe, this question required some pondering over…

Unfortunately, Su Feng’s brain was unable to react fast enough.

Or else, if Su Feng knew what was going on in Kobe’s mind, he would definitely tell Kobe, “This definitely needs more than a bit of pondering over!”

“What on earth!

“Calm down!

“Be rational!

“Don’t act rashly!”

As a gradually developing bricklayer with improving brick-shot skills, Su Feng, who was usually “steady”, decided to analyze things rationally first.

Firstly, based on the two tasks given by the system, the difference was whether to skip university or not.

Then one of them had a normal difficulty, while the other one was insanely difficult.

“Task 1: Steady Is the Wise Choice.”

“Indeed, from every angle and my current plan…

“Increasing my fame through university and improving my skills are the best ways to get into the NBA.”

After checking the reward of “Steady Is the Wise Choice” and the other 58 systems that came along with the completion of the mission, Su Feng quickly did some calculations in his mind.

Based on his interpretation of the words displayed on the system, version 7.0 would be the final version.

Su Feng’s system version was at version 6.0, NBA draft second round pick level.

Version 7.0 should be NBA draft first round pick level.

Therefore, that meant that no matter which task he chose, after entering the NBA, the system would undergo a “complete” upgrade.

Meanwhile, amongst the 58 system versions in “Steady Is the Wise Choice”, the best was “peak at debut”.

“If I managed to draw this system, my proficiency in the NBA will be equivalent to that of a superstar…

“I will start with 90+…”

However, if he was unlucky and got a “nothing special”, his potential would be stuck.

Moreover, from what the system wrote, the 58 systems were fixed potentials, so he could not improve them through other “opportunities”.

The reason why Su Feng’s skills had improved so quickly was largely because of the “opportunities” Kobe had brought for him.

“However, apart from ‘nothing special’, to be honest, the systems are pretty good.”

If Su Feng was a weakling in the past, apart from “nothing special”, the other 57 systems could allow him to become a basketball superstar.

“Moreover, even if I drew ‘nothing special’, I don’t have to feel despair, as the add-ons such as shooting, special techniques, and badges can help make up for the lack of potential scores.”

When he thought of that, Su Feng felt the impulse to look at himself in the mirror.

He was so handsome. There was only one in 58 chance that he would draw the “nothing special” system. Su Feng felt that he should not be that unlucky…

“This Golden Epic reward is pretty good too…”

Tsk!

Su Feng felt that his saliva might flow out anytime.

“Humble.

“Calm.

“I am a basketball player who does not get affected by emotions!”

“Task 2: The Path of Talents…”

Participating in selection immediately after graduating from high school did not specify that one had to be in the first round.

That meant that as long as one was selected, one completed the mission even if one was in last place.

As compared to “Steady Is the Wise Choice”, after completing “The Path of Talents”, the system did not have so many fanciful points in terms of upgrades.

Locked into “genius” immediately.

Moreover, most importantly…

The system did not give any explanations to “genius”.

“However, although I don’t know whether the ‘genius’ system is worth it, at least the Golden Epic’s reward is real…

“And the ‘Free from Illnesses In Your Lifetime’.”

As the name implied, “Free from Illnesses In Your Lifetime” meant that as long as Su Feng was able to complete the mission “The Path of Talents”, he would really be freed from illnesses for the rest of his life.

Moreover, this power would allow Su Feng to shout at Stern, “Big boss, let’s not change the handcheck rules!”

What a joke. With this power, why would Su Feng be afraid of the handcheck rules?

He would simply miss the accuracy score by a little.

Every famous shooter came a long way from brick shots.

Moreover, one could not use the term “brick shots” on these shooters!

“This is strange. Based on the logic behind the system, why is there a mismatch between task 1 and task 2’s rewards?

“Oh, I get it!

“It must be Kobe!”

Indeed, based on visual judgement, although the upgrade system “genius” in task 2, “The Path of Talents”, was extremely unpredictable, Su Feng could not resist using this task to obtain the power to be freed from illnesses in his life.

That was the dream of every sportsman.

Think about it, if Ronaldo had not injured himself, how wonderful would his future be?

Think about how if Rose, Roy, and others could remain healthy, how would their futures be?

Eh, no, they were the people with “Ro” in their names…

Hmm, although Su Feng knew that one did not look at their English names like that, the special benefit was really tempting.

That was because Su Feng was most worried about how he would get into the NBA. Even with the system, if he got injured, would his career be affected?

Moreover, even if Su Feng had the system and knew the developments of basketball, how could he guarantee that he would not fall sick or get injured?

Therefore, Su Feng felt that the power, task 1 and task 2’s reward were too biased.

However, Su Feng managed to regain his senses very quickly.

That was because the system had assigned a “normal” score to task one and “insane” for task two. Why would it do that?

The reason was simple. If Su Feng had not met Kobe, where would he be now?

Maybe… he would still be earning Brick Shot Points in the Nefaria reserve team…?

Therefore, to be honest, based on the tasks that the system had published, the system did not want Su Feng to choose task two.

That was because even the system felt like Su Feng was unable to complete the task.

However…

The system had not expected Su Feng to encounter Kobe!

To put it frankly, Kobe… was the undefeatable cheat of Su Feng!

Because of Kobe, task two’s difficulty was lowered from “insane” to “difficult”.

Therefore, that was why task two gave such good rewards.

That was because if Su Feng decided to choose this task, then he would participate in…

The 1996 draft…

The golden generation of 1996!

Extremely terrifying!

“If I choose this task, I have to really persuade Kobe.

“Luckily, I am only in year three and still have chances to gain points in year four.

“However, despite that, if I participate, I have to place my goal in the second round.

“That is because this selection test is a gamble. My advantage is that I am a Chinese player, but it is also a disadvantage.

“However, as long as I am able to showcase my talent and get some amazing statistics, in addition to Stern’s desire for the Chinese market…

“Then I still have a huge chance of getting selected in the second round. This was the so-called ‘steady in the storm’!”

Perfect!

Su Feng felt that his train of thought was perfect.

“Therefore, I want to understand why ‘Task One: Steady Is the Wise Choice’ has such rewards.”

From the start, when Su Feng saw the 58 numbers, he thought the system was wrong.

However, he figured it out very quickly.

That was because when Su Feng participated in the draft in the future, there could not possibly be only 29 teams in the NBA.

Therefore, the first round and the second round had 58 draft choices!

58 systems corresponded to…

58 draft choices!

“If I played one year in university…

“Then I would be participating in…

“The 1997 draft!

“The winner that year is…

“Tim Duncan!

“I understand now/ So ‘peak at debut’ corresponds to Duncan!”

Was that why it was random?

Because like any other selections, there could be terrible players in the first round, but superb players in the second round. Therefore, after completing the task “Steady is the Wise Choice”, the random choice made by the system during the upgrade would be similar to a draft.

Therefore, could this so-called random choice increase the probability of drawing certain systems?

After all, since it was the draft of the systems, it should have a method to increase the “draft ranks”, right?

The answer was “yes”!

That was because there was a line of explanation in the “Ordinary” system that read, “The probability of picking ‘Ordinary’ will increase as the number of years of university education increase.”

Meanwhile, there was also a statement in “Peak at Debut” that claimed that if Su Feng was able to clinch the NCAA champion title when he was in year one of university, while attaining the Most Outstanding Player of the quarterfinals, the probability of drawing “Peak at Debut” would increase by 30%.

Besides that, there was also an explanation in the “Sleeping Magician” system…

In the “Big-hearted Leader” system…

In “Basketball Flyer”…

Everyone knew that many year one university students stopped their studies as the NBA would feel that they had no potential if they furthered their studies.

That was because the future was different from the present. In the present day, the NBA preferred players with more “combat power”.

After all, before 1995, players in the first draft round could sign a contract immediately.

Therefore, many players then were willing to complete their university studies and join the NBA after polishing their skills. That was because they would be able to get a reliable contract after their basketball career began.

In the future, however, NBA teams would prefer to get new and young talents. That was why many year three or four players were at a disadvantage during the draft.

To put it frankly, the rules would gradually change one’s perception.

Choosing a system from 58 systems was a test for Su Feng.

That was because if Su Feng was able to complete the task of the system he was interested in, then the chances of him getting the system after joining the NBA would increase tremendously.

However, that was not a given.

That was because just like how some talents in the NBA fell, nobody could guarantee that their NBA career would be a smooth one.

Even LeBron James did not expect himself to get not one, not two, not three or four…

But six first runners-up.

Therefore, the task was giving Su Feng some life lessons. Nothing was absolute.

Of course, “The Path of Talents” was also a challenge.

If he joined the draft after graduating from high school, he would still be participating in the 1996 draft. This was incredibly difficult, and Su Feng would not have thought about it if he had not met Kobe.

The “genius” system sounded nice, but Su Feng could not guarantee that the system would not mess up.

To put it frankly, all the talents in the NBA were blessed by God.

Su Feng was different from Duncan, Kobe, McGrady, Carter, and Iverson.

That was because they were born talented.

They were blessed.

Of course, their hard work also contributed to their success.

However, don’t forget that Su Feng started off as a weakling.

Even the “ordinary” system was better than Su Feng’s current system’s version 6.0.

Moreover, he could obtain shooting actions, special tricks, and badges from other “opportunities”.

“I wonder who designed the system—what a genius!

“I feel like I suddenly saw that light!” Su Feng exclaimed internally.

Su Feng had read many novels in his past life. Most of them had main characters who were extremely steady but careless. However, the problem came when in reality, especially in basketball, taking things too steadily would definitely not allow you to become a player like Michael Jordan!

Jordan was born a competitive person. However, if everything was viewed from two sides, one could trust that because of Jordan’s “win after pushing yourself”, he had managed to become the “basketball god”.

Kobe was more stubborn, but if Kobe was not stubborn, he would not be himself.

JR Smith was born with a low IQ, but if JR was not, then…

Alright, I think I went too far.

“I see! However, I prefer to have control of my life on my own.”

Task 1: Steady Is the Wise Choice

Task 2: The Path of Talents.

After taking a deep breath, Su Feng suddenly remembered that he had closed the system’s interface yesterday.

Meanwhile, Su Feng realized that Kobe was looking at him too.

After adjusting his mood, Su Feng slowly said, “Kobe, I’ve decided to…”

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