"Bondation mission: Fuck those sissy Pistons.

Mission goal: After the start of the regular season, win the first meeting with the Pistons with Artest.

Mission reward: Establish a bond with Ron Artest."

Looking at the task in front of him, Wayne was a little panicked.

I thought the system would let me date Sharapova, but I didn’t expect that the system would let me date Artest!

Well, it seems that this is a serious basketball system. Things in life are not under its control.

Moreover...it turns out that the co-authorship bond relationship can be achieved directly this way.

In other words, completing tasks is the fastest way to earn bonds.

Sure enough, this bond value cannot simply and crudely be equated to the personal relationship between two people, but increasing the personal relationship can also increase the bond.

After all, feelings are indeed something that cannot be quantified.

This is fine, Wayne was originally worried that he would have a few more sworn brothers...

The difficulty of this task is not that difficult, it is mainly troublesome.

While you have to pay attention to Artest's emotions at all times, you also have to try your best to win the game.

Wayne feels like he is an all-around daddy.

Oh, by the way, there is Rasheed on the Pistons side who is ready to kill him at any time.

It’s so exciting!

No matter what, this task must be completed as hard as possible.

Because from Artest, you should be able to get more useful defensive badges.

Although Artest is crazy now, his Defensive Player of the Year award last season was real.

The second tool man after Tony will be you!

Tony: Aren’t we brothers?

It seems that the game at the Palace of Auburn Hills in the new season will be the starting point for the butterfly effect.

After putting the lucky tennis ball in his pocket, Wayne took a taxi back to the hotel.

It's time to end this trip to New York.

Back in Indianapolis, Wayne continued his training as planned.

Anyway, with the "Man of Steel" badge, he is so patient and willful.

If you can't practice to death, then practice to death.

Since there is not much time until the start of pre-season training camp, Wayne also received support from the Pacers this time and sent several trainers to him.

Among them is Dutch center Rick Schmitz, who retired 4 years ago.

As a special trainer, he mainly guided Wayne's interior offensive skills until the start of the new season.

Although Bird mainly wanted Wayne to play small forward, he also found that Wayne basically did not attack with his back and did not play at all.

It's okay to play inside without a back up, after all, Wayne is still very thin.

But if it's misplaced so that a small person can't hit from behind, it will stretch the crotch.

Therefore, Bird felt that Wayne knew a few tricks, so he hired such a teacher for Wayne.

Rick Schmitz was the second overall pick in 1988. He was considered the second in command of the Pacers in the mid-to-late 1990s, and was the team's strongest star besides Miller.

When Yao Ming first participated in the draft, his template was this Dutch center.

He is a typical European big man, 2.24 meters tall, with a soft touch and exquisite inside skills. However, his physical fitness is a bit lacking and his playing style is soft.

Although he is not a superstar, his performance throughout his career has been very stable. From his rookie season to the year of his retirement, he averaged double-digit scoring contributions per game in every season.

He averaged 18.5 points per game in his peak season and was an All-Star in the 1997-98 season. He was once a figure in this cornfield.

Although Schmitz is not well-known in an era when the four major centers dominated the interior, his strength is indeed worthy of praise.

Being a teacher is more than enough.

And when it comes to learning, not only the teacher is important, the students are also important.

"Big Dream" is so awesome, not everyone can teach it.

Schmitz originally didn't want to teach a rookie. After retiring, he has devoted himself wholeheartedly to his favorite sport of cross-country motorcycles.

Well, the sight of a 2.24 meter tall man running wildly in the mud on an off-road motorcycle is simply unimaginable.

I'm afraid the motorcycle can be driven as a truck.

However, thanks to Bird's personal invitation, the Dutch agreed to come over and help the children.

Schwartz respects Bird very much.

In the first few seasons of his career, Schwartz was tepid with the Pacers.

It was Bird's arrival and his excellent use that allowed Schmitz to have a brief peak.

Because Bird himself has average physical fitness, he is also very good at using players with less outstanding physical fitness after becoming a coach.

Without Bird, Schmitz's All-Star Game might have been lost.

I have to say that celebrity’s face is still worth a bit.

In this way, Wayne's low-post offensive skills finally made some progress.

Finally, the day before the Pacers' preseason training camp started, when Wayne stepped on the scale, he found that his weight had reached 105.2 kilograms.

The weight gain plan was a huge success!

"Great, all you have to do this season is to maintain this weight!" Mancias looked at his results with a sense of accomplishment.

At this time, Mancias took out a newspaper from a few months ago. On it was a photo of Wayne during the March Madness tournament.

Wayne picked up the photo and compared it with himself in the mirror.

Big, big, thick and big!

"The weight gain is very successful, but you have to pay attention to rest in the next month. If you get injured before the start of the new season, it will not be worth the gain."

"Yeah, don't worry Mike, I feel fine." Wayne looked at himself in the mirror and nodded.

Rashid probably didn't recognize him when he saw him.

In addition to weight, the training during this period also increased Wayne's other attributes a lot.

Naturally, his strength has improved tremendously, reaching 65. Coupled with Karl Malone's iron elbow, it is estimated that Rashid will be thinned.

The low post attack followed Schmitz's example, and there were 52.

It’s hard to say how superb he is, but Wayne’s little jump shot that turns around in the three-second zone is pretty good now.

The range of low-post offense is too broad. Wayne estimates that his rating is a combination of multiple abilities.

He visually inspected his short-range turnaround jump shot and found it to be 60 or 70.

Don't ask, just ask about shooting talent.

In terms of ball control, I just got to 50.

If you want to say that like AI and Irving, the butterfly steps through the flowers and cuts off the ankles, it is indeed not enough.

But some simple breakthroughs with the ball, basic changes of direction, and basically can play.

Wayne discovered that controlling the ball was not just about increasing his proficiency in dribbling, but also his ability to make pull-up jump shots, fake shots and real shots, which required a combination of shots and shots, seemed to have also increased a lot.

Due to the increase in strength and weight, coupled with training, the interior defense increased to 61.

Then Wayne also discovered that...the dunk god increased by 3 points...

Could it be that he jumped higher than before?

But this 3-point increase seems to be of no use.

But...it doesn't matter if it's increased, thanks to teacher Sun Zhengping, Wayne is regarded by Chinese fans as a beastly power forward who flies in the sky and plays ball.

This wave of holiday upgrades can be considered a relatively large upgrade, increasing the values ​​of 5 attributes at once.

But Wayne also found that attributes such as three-pointers, blocks, and physical fitness were already relatively high, but it seemed difficult to practice them. He basically had to rely on adding points.

Wayne guessed there were two reasons.

First, the lower the attribute, the better it is to practice. When the attribute is increased, it will be very difficult to break through the bottleneck.

Secondly, due to Wayne's own natural disadvantages, certain attributes may only be able to reach so high through training.

Just like Mr. Tony, if you teach him how to lie down, he won't be able to become Kuritian.

Also, if Wayne can become a super giant by practicing alone, then why does he need a system?

Therefore, these types of attributes can basically only be obtained by adding points.

In other words, the higher each attribute is in the future, the harder it will be to improve it through training.
To be continued...