Chapter 69 Quick! Grab This Hook
After coming to the United States, Lin Yi set himself a small goal.
That is to be selected by at least one NBA team in the 2009 class. Now it seems that this task has been overfulfilled.
His growth rate with the Wildcats can only be described as open. (Police sorghum, someone is hacking here)
But after meeting Stephen Curry and becoming good friends with him, a second goal was born in Lin Yi's heart.
That is to challenge the 2009 North Carolina team, which is recognized as the strongest team in American college basketball in the first ten years and the next ten years.
The more he loves basketball, the more Lin Yi finds himself liking challenges more and more.
He feels like he can't live without basketball now, the adrenaline rush, the cheer after a good play, the joy after every challenge.
This is something that nothing else can give.
So as early as after he made his first appearance for the Wildcats, Lin Yi began to make long-term plans for himself.
For this reason, he conducted training in strict accordance with the coach's requirements, and conducted additional training for his various deficiencies. He tried his best to improve his possible abilities and qualities.
After defeating the Syracuse Orangemen, Lin Yi fulfilled the requirements for a full career promotion.
"Congratulations to the host! Now the host's center (post-up singles master), power forward (elite rebounder), small forward (ankle terminator), shooting guard (dribble and shooting master), point guard (sharp shooter) are all professional. Promoted to Bronze Rank!"
The moment the upgrade was completed, all the knowledge, skills and basic abilities of the five professions were instantly upgraded to a new level.
At the same time, Lin Yi also unlocked the upgrade conditions for the silver level, but if he wants to upgrade to the silver level, he can only go to the NBA, because that requires him to have a record of 50 appearances in the NBA.
If the five occupations corresponding to the five positions are his basic abilities, and the five badges corresponding to the five positions are professional skills specialization, then Lin Yi's current basic abilities in the five positions have reached the marginal level of the NBA!
But his physical fitness, that is, moving speed, lateral movement, jumping, strength and confrontation, as well as his own three-pointers are not included here.
In other words, the system gives the lower limit, and the upper limit is determined by him.
And the most terrifying thing about the whole profession is Lin Yi's height and arsenal. His arsenal is too rich, and he knows a little bit of skills in all positions. Coupled with his abnormal speed, he is absolutely incomprehensible in the NCAA.
Because there is really no one in the NCAA who can match him.
In addition, according to Lin Yi's own understanding, the bronze-level ability is about 65 to 70 in the 2K game, but if badges and physical talents are not included, his all-position skill level should be able to surpass one level. to two levels.
The timing of this upgrade is crucial, because Lin Yi knows in his heart that North Carolina is really difficult to play.
If you count their backup center Ed Davis, North Carolina does have five players with NBA immediate combat capabilities. Note, they are NBA immediate combat capabilities!
Even if Lin Yi and Stephen Curry have already played beyond the NCAA level and performance, North Carolina is neither Syracuse nor Oklahoma.
Whether this team's tactical execution is good or the players' ball distribution is good, they can all be called college basketball textbooks.
Davidson's biggest problem at present is the limited ability of role players. If Lin Yi and Stephen Curry can't play extremely against the sky, it will be difficult for them to challenge North Carolina.
Don't underestimate the importance of role players. This is like the Rockets in Yao Mai's era. You Yao Mai alone can't defend you, but why can others beat you?
Quite simply, basketball is played by five players.
Before the upgrade, challenging North Carolina may really be just a dream. Maybe Davidson can resist North Carolina for half a game?
But in the second half, Lin Yi and Stephen will definitely collapse physically like Harden, and then the team will be defeated directly.
After the upgrade, Lin Yi felt that he had at least one percent hope to challenge North Carolina.
The biggest difference between college basketball and the NBA is that the NBA's player level and team level composition are very reasonable. Even the strongest team and the weakest team will not have an insurmountable gap.
But in college basketball, the level gap between players is huge. In this game against North Carolina, to put it bluntly, players other than Lin Yi and Stephen Curry can kill you in singles. .
Five quasi-NBA players appearing on one team at the same time is not a joke. It is absolutely impossible to play five against one. Even if he is as strong as Michael Jordan, you have to match him with Pippen!
How did LeBron get killed in the fourth round of the Qiyong duel? To put it bluntly, the Warriors have more people bullying you and fewer people!
But the good thing is that college basketball only plays one game. If it is a series, Lin Yi will never think about the probability that the Wildcats can win this North Carolina team. The probability is absolutely zero.
The final eighth battle will start on March 29th, and there are still two days before the game. Lin Yi decided to take advantage of these two days to get familiar with his upgraded abilities.
After all, this time he is an improvement after cheating, which is different from the abilities he has cultivated for a long time. He needs to better adapt to his current abilities.
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A Wildcats practice session in Indianapolis.
"My God, do you think Lin Yi changed overnight?" Wildcats power forward Anthony Beasley was almost driven crazy by Lin Yi.
The improvement of Lin Yi's various skills is visible to the naked eye. In the 3V3 half-court grouping and 5V5 full-court confrontation, whether it is holding the ball or playing with the back, Lin Yi can easily complete it.
It's a pity that his teammates are too weak, and Lin Yi feels that the training is over before he has done his best.
The coach of the Wildcats, McCropp, was very pleasantly surprised by Lin Yi's progress, but it's not a day or two since Lin Yi likes to surprise him. It can only be said that this kid is enlightened again?
In fact, Lin Yi's speed and height have not changed in any way, but his shooting selection, shooting attempts, dribbling selection, passing selection, and the playing style of each position have undergone qualitative changes.
For example, his post-ups and rebounding blocks before, if the improvements in these details are quantified to a certain extent, it will be very scary.
The reason why superstars are superstars is that they are faster and better than others in every detail.
To put it simply, it means that you can continue to compete in a higher level of confrontation, and that is the real competition.
For example, why some foreign players who can't even hit the ball in the NBA come to the CBA to fly to the sky and hide from the ground. The reason is very simple, and the intensity of confrontation is different.
The intensity of North Carolina's competition is far higher than that of ordinary NCAA games. Lin Yi could be so good against other teams before, but he may not be able to guarantee such a stable performance when playing against North Carolina.
If you can't maintain your stability or even play against the sky, it will be difficult for the Wildcats to beat North Carolina with Stephen Curry alone.
So from this point of view, Babyface is still very good, stronger than the invincible shooter Redick in the NCAA period. It took a long time to adapt to the NBA, but Babyface has been very accurate since the day he entered the NBA.
Only when he became teammates with Curry did Lin Yi know how difficult it is to shoot under that kind of high-intensity confrontation. The average amateur player and professional player can really make you unable to even take a shot.