NBA: LeBron James wants to team up with me

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The two badges Wang Chong redeemed in the organizational category, First Step Master and Ankle Terminator, are not so much organizational badges but rather badges that enhance his dribbling and progression skills.

First Step Master: improves the speed of the player's dribble start, which is the legendary push-off start.

This badge is very famous among organizational badges. It is basically one of the must-have badges for external players. Especially when the badge level increases, the first step becomes very fast, and it is extremely difficult to defend against.

Ankle Terminator: when performing elegant dribbles, step-backs, crossovers, etc., the defender often fails to react to the defense, and there is a certain probability of being knocked down if the defender moves in the wrong direction.

The actual combat effect of this badge is actually much weaker than that of the First Step Master. Its greatest value lies in showing off skills. After all, if you can knock down your opponent on the court, the impact and morale will be affected, which is no less than a buckle. Even more so.

Wang Chong chose these two badges among the organizational badges to further enhance his technical characteristics.

He had invested too much in shooting before. Although his shooting ability had reached S+ level, his ball-handling ability could only be considered satisfactory.

After activating these two badges and increasing their level, Wang Chong's ball handling and attack would become extremely lethal.

As for the defensive badge Wang Chong chose, Post-Back Defense Master, he decided to identify and fill the gaps to compensate for weaknesses after observing the characteristics of all the defensive badges he had obtained.

Wang Chong's defense had become quite outstanding with the blessing of multiple defensive badges, especially badges like Death Coil, Defensive Shock, and Ball Defensive Master. His perimeter defense had reached the highest level in the league, even comparable to defensive players like Te.

However, interior defense was different. On one hand, although Wang Chong was similar in height to interior players, there was still a significant difference in physicality. On the other hand, he didn't have much experience in interior defense, especially when dealing with players who had their backs to the basket. When playing one-on-one, it was easy to fall short.

The effect of the Post-Back Defense Master badge was quite comprehensive. It could improve the defender's efficiency in preventing the opponent's back-to-basket attack from succeeding and reduce the attributes and effects of the opponent's related back-to-basket badges, including Drop Step, Hook Shot, and Backdown, etc.

The reason Wang Chong had not chosen this badge before was that it could only be activated when facing an opponent with their back to the basket. Its versatility was relatively low, and Wang Chong had not had many opportunities to face interior players until now.

But now, Wang Chong, who had 30 badges, would not activate them in the near future, so considering all the situations he might face in the future, he would compensate for his weakness in interior defense.

Activating these seven badges cost Wang Chong 3,500 points. More than half of his original 6,800 points were spent in an instant, leaving him with 3,300 points.

Of course, Wang Chong wouldn't waste the remaining points. If used to exchange for badges, he could only get three badges now. However, if used to strengthen his training module and increase Wang Chong's skill values, it would be enough to further enhance his skills.

Currently, Wang Chong's overall skill score had reached 98, but in fact, there were still many skills below average.

This time, Wang Chong's goal was very clear. He was willing to invest all his points and prioritize improving one skill value to the maximum, which was Triple.

Durant's triples at his peak were not bad, reaching 92, which was definitely higher than most players in the league.

But compared to future elite shooters like Curry and Thompson, a skill value of 92 for triples was still somewhat low.

Considering that the league would enter the small-ball era in the future, fast-paced offensive and defensive transitions, as well as three-pointers, would become the main trends in the league, Wang Chong was eager to maximize his three-point shooting as soon as possible.

If these 3,300 points could bring his Three-Point Shooting to 99, that would be perfect. If not, then he would consider improving other skills.

In fact, the current lineup of the Bulls was already quite perfect, and there was no particularly high demand for Wang Chong's personal improvement. Wang Chong only needed to improve his skill values according to his own preferences.

Otherwise, in terms of cost-effectiveness, skills with lower attributes would definitely improve faster through training.

The three-point skill itself had already reached 92. Even if he spent the 3,300 points, it might not be enough to max it out completely.

Wang Chong realized how difficult it was to improve his three-point shooting ability.

Wang Chong, back in Chicago, immediately began an intensive three-point shooting training. With a large investment in points, his three-point shooting ability became extremely strong.

After spending the 3,300 points on three-pointers, Wang Chong finally managed to increase his three-point skill value to 98.

After spending a huge amount of points, his total improvement in three-point shooting was only 6 points, whereas last year, Wang Chong had used fewer points to improve his overall skill points much more than this time.

This showed how difficult it was to improve the skill value above 90.

But Wang Chong didn't regret it, because this was something he had to do sooner or later. In the future trend of the league, the importance of three-pointers would only increase. The stronger his three-point shooting ability was, the greater his strength would be.

As for Wang Chong's current average physical and defensive attributes, which were around 80, Wang Chong felt there was no rush.

Needless to say, Garnett had returned from injury, and with Gasol and Danny Green, who had been training with the Bulls for a year, the team's defensive wings no longer required Wang Chong to invest too much energy in any single defensive situation. Having the blessing of his badges was basically enough.

As for his physical attributes, Wang Chong's abilities were not very strong. His speed and agility were 80, his strength was 63, his vertical leap was 77, and his explosive power was 83. The only relatively high attributes were his 99 Strength and 96 Durability.

Wang Chong's next step was to strengthen his athletic abilities. Among other things, he would first increase his general durability to 99 and completely eliminate the possibility of serious injuries. Then he would improve his speed, agility, and explosive power. Both offensively and defensively, these attributes were necessary.

As for strength, Wang Chong still needed to observe before deciding whether to strengthen it.

After all, according to his understanding, although increasing strength could enhance his confrontation ability on the court, it would also lead to a decrease in his shooting ability. Let's take a closer look: the muscular players in the NBA with excellent shooting skills are very few. If you had to name one, James would probably be considered the most accurate shooter among them. After all, his career three-point shooting percentage is close to 35%.

Wang Chong's current shooting ability had basically reached its peak, with 99 Mid-Range Shooting, 98 Close-Range Shooting, 98 Three-Point Shooting, and 95 Free Throw.

At least in his perception, throughout NBA history, he was probably the only player whose shooting ability could reach this level.

Jordan's close- and mid-range shooting were both 99, but his three-point shooting was far behind.

Although Curry's three-point shooting is 99, his close- and mid-range shooting were only in the low 90s.

Larry Bird's close-range shooting was 96, mid-range shooting was 98, and his three-point shooting was also 98. He was the player closest to Wang Chong right now.

This shows how strong Wang Chong's basic shooting skills were.

The only regret was that after spending the enormous 3,300 points and only increasing his skill value by 6 points, his overall skill score hadn't changed at all—it still remained at 98.

Wang Chong knew very well that it was not easy to reach a total skill score of 99 in the general evaluation. After all, looking at all the previous NBA 2K games, the only player with a recognized 99 skill score was Michael Jordan.

Now, Wang Chong was certainly qualified to compete with Jordan on the offensive side. As an external player, with his absolute height, wingspan advantage, and shooting ability, his scoring consistency and explosive power were even stronger than Jordan's.

Of course, if comparing overall ability, there was still a slight gap between Wang Chong and Jordan in terms of defense, playmaking, and physicality. The gap between the 99 rating and 98 rating could reflect this.

Another thing was the number and quality of badges.

In the 2K game, Durant's badge count was not as many as Jordan's purple Hall of Fame badges, but most of them were gold, and this didn't prevent him from scoring in various ways on the court and facing the likes of James.

Points were spent, Wang Chong's intensive training officially ended, and unknowingly, September had arrived.

During this period, the Heat's Big Three made their official appearances at events.

In the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, the Heat held a press conference for the three

of them.

Bosh, wearing jersey number 1, Wade, wearing jersey number 3, and James, wearing jersey number 6, made a grand appearance and enthusiastically interacted with Miami fans.

This is also where another famous scene of James was born.

When journalists interviewed James and asked how many championships the Heat would win, James smiled, grabbed the microphone, and said:

"More than one, more than two, more than three, more than four, more than five, more than six, more than seven."

Each time James said "more than one," the Heat fans in the audience erupted like fireworks. The whole place was on fire, and the atmosphere was intense.

James said this with so much confidence. The extravagant Big Three of the Heat indeed had a great capacity to compete for championships.

But Wang Chong, who knew the story behind it, just wanted to laugh.

In four years with the Heat, the Big Three only won two championships. In the first year of their formation, they were soundly beaten by the Dallas Mavericks led by Nowitzki, which directly made Nowitzki the most valuable player in NBA history, even surpassing Garnett.

The previous year, the Heat faced the Spurs in the Finals and were swept 4-1. The Heat were dominated by the Spurs throughout the game and had no power to defend themselves.

With two championships and two runner-up finishes in four years, as an NBA team, the Heat were definitely the most successful team.

But this was the most luxurious Big Three combination in the league at the time. The number of stars on the team was far above every other team in the league at that time, especially the Mavericks and Spurs, who defeated them in the two Finals, making it somewhat unacceptable.

And James, who promised to bring more than seven championships to Miami, ran back to Cleveland without looking back after his four-year contract expired, busy fulfilling his promise to Cleveland fans to win a championship.

Simply bragging, this kind of thing is quite common.

Even Jing Ke said he wanted to kill Qin Shihuang.

However, a journalist rushed to Chicago to confront Wang Chong and asked him what he thought about James' statement during the interview that the Heat would win more than seven championships.

Wang Chong raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a very superficial smile that everyone could see.

"Then I'd like to congratulate LeBron. It seems he's having a good sleep these days. He hasn't woken up from his dream yet. He has everything in his dream, which is quite normal."

The reporters who interviewed Wang Chong were stunned by Wang Chong's speech, the Master of Yin Yang.

After being confused for a long time, the reporter's expression turned to ecstasy.

Isn't this the big news everyone has been waiting for?

That same day, Wang Chong's comments appeared on the headlines of major search engines and news outlets.

"Wang Chong strongly responds to James: He has everything in his dream."

"Wang Chong: More than seven championships? Stop dreaming!"

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