"System, can I really not return it?"
"No!"
"System, don't be like that! How about I take a loss and exchange this 4-time championship core player template for someone who never won a championship... like Baron Davis, Stockton, Allen Iverson, Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, uh... even Chris Paul would be fine."
"No."
"System, have you ever considered that there's absolutely no similarity between me and this 4-time championship core player? We're not even the same position."
On the flight to New Jersey, a tall young man lay in his seat, his face full of helplessness.
Zhao Sheng, a senior at Lincoln High School, was a four-star high school player ranked 97th nationally in Class 1. A month ago, with the help of his teammate Chris Bosh, Zhao Sheng led Lincoln High School to win the 2001 Texas High School Basketball League championship.
The moment they won the championship, Zhao Sheng felt a wave of relief, collapsing onto the floor with a satisfied smile.
It was achieved! His dream had become a reality, he had successfully chased his dream!
As a transmigrator, Zhao Sheng was a basketball fanatic in his previous life. After transmigrating, he found himself as a Chinese high school student studying in the US. With a height exceeding his peers, a soft mid-range shooting touch, excellent basketball IQ, advanced basketball thinking, and financial support from his family, Zhao Sheng quickly established himself at Lincoln High School. In his junior year, he became the captain of the school team, leading Lincoln High School to win the 201 Texas High School Basketball League championship.
This body possessed excellent static talent. At just 17 years old, he already had a height of 198cm, an arm span of 211cm, and a weight of 9kg. Furthermore, his bones had not yet closed, and his bone age was one year younger than his actual age (bone age 16), with an expected height of 206cm.
However, this body's dynamic talent was too ordinary. Not to mention compared to Point Guards of the same age, even among small forwards of the same age, it was only average. Additionally, as he grew older, those he had defeated in the past experienced qualitative changes in their running and jumping abilities during this golden developmental period, which put immense pressure on Zhao Sheng.
Leaving others aside, let's just talk about Bosh, a teammate who entered Lincoln High School a year after Zhao Sheng.
In their freshman year, their running and jumping talents were almost identical. After entering sophomore year, Bosh's dynamic talent gradually emerged, and the gap between them began to widen. Now, Bosh, a junior who is 24cm tall, completely overshadowed the 198cm Zhao Sheng in all aspects, whether it was Speed, Jumping Height, Speed, explosiveness, or Stamina.
His mediocre dynamic talent meant that even though Zhao Sheng led his team to win the Texas High School Basketball League championship, his national ranking only rose from 18th to 98th, still a four-star high school student. He received invitations from several NCAA universities, but all were second-tier schools, with not a single one from Duke, UCLA, or North Carolina.
As a Chinese man who always strived for strength, a sense of powerless frustration welled up within him.
But at this moment, the transmigrator's cheat system, though late, finally arrived.
Having read countless web novels, Zhao Sheng was all too familiar with cheat systems; however, his cheat system was a bit 'fussy,' requiring a trigger condition to be met—helping Lincoln High School win the Texas High School League championship. Zhao Sheng in his previous life roughly knew that Lincoln High School won the championship in 2002, Bosh's senior year, with a 25-0 record, and did not win in their junior year. Zhao Sheng, with Bosh who was still an 'egg,' reached the top of the Texas High School Basketball League a year early.
After winning the championship, the [Basketball Goat System] awakened.
Zhao Sheng received a Rookie Gift Package—
Player Celebration Action Pack - junior playing the zither.
C-level Player Template;
These two rewards almost made Zhao Sheng shout a string of 'Tomato!'
[Player Celebration Action Pack - junior playing the zither] Function Introduction:
1. Can boost team morale.
2. Attract popularity for the team and increase attendance.
3. After performing the celebration action after a goal, the mid-range shooting attribute for this game increases by 3, Three-Point Shot by 1, and Free Throw by 2.
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...
Uh...
Honestly, although Zhao Sheng liked watching junior—Lance Stephenson—do the zither celebration, he didn't want to do it himself, even though there were plenty of strange celebrations in the NBA. But with the condition of increasing mid-range, Three-Point Shot, and Free Throw after a goal celebration, it wasn't so hard to accept.
The most headache-inducing part of the Rookie Gift Package from the system was the C-level Player Template.
Draymond Green (NBA 2022-2023 Season)!!!
WTF!!!
Zhao Sheng, who wanted to play basketball, came to the US for further studies and to chase his dream, but he really didn't want Draymond Green's template.
Zhao Sheng was a tall Point Guard, a top-tier player not just in American High School League, but even in the NCAA and NBA, he would be considered a large Point Guard. But Draymond Green was a small interior player who played power forward and center.
Of course, if it were Draymond Green's peak 2015-2016 season, that would be acceptable. After all, Green Teacher almost snatched the FMVP from Stephen Curry back then.
Draymond Green of the NBA 2022-2023 season was affectionately called 'Dracula Green' by many chinese fans. Besides his defense being online, his offense had further deteriorated. Furthermore, he personally punched and drove away Poole, a hero of the championship season (NBA 2021-2022), during the offseason.
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In a moment, the aloof and sneaky system reminded Zhao Sheng again.
[Player template fusion time limit remaining: 3 minutes. Proceed with fusion?]
This time, Zhao Sheng didn't hesitate.
He had been delaying the fusion, hoping to exchange it with the system for a player template of the same position, a Point Guard, and also to try and understand the system's nature, but he found that the system was unyielding.
Who cares if it's Draymond Green or 'Chasing the Egg'!
Who cares if it's Li Kui or Li Gui!
After this player template fusion, his talent and potential would surely be enhanced, making him stronger than his current self.
Suddenly...
Chris Bosh, sitting next to Zhao Sheng and traveling with him to the New Jersey ABCD Training Camp, suddenly noticed a green glow appearing on his captain and friend's face.
"OMG!"
"Did I just imagine that?"
"Zhao, was he radiated by an extraterrestrial meteor? Or... did I watch too many movies last night and hallucinate?"
"Hmph, it's all Zhao's fault for always making me watch action movies of the Mengde type."
Chris Bosh rubbed his eyes hard and only relaxed when he saw Zhao Sheng perfectly fine.
It seems he was just seeing things.