"Since Larry Bird founded the NBA’s ’180 Club,’ let’s bet on whether this kid can enter the ’180 Club’ in the NCAA next season."
"Hey, Charles... Qin plays in the ACC, this bet isn’t fair."
"I also think your suggestion is reasonable, so we can completely lower the requirements a bit."
"We can not require Qin to have a specific percentage in any one category, but as long as his three main shooting percentages add up to over 165, you win, how about it?"
Unlike the "180" Club where a specific shooting percentage is required, they just need Qin Yue’s overall field goal percentage, three-point percentage, and free throw percentage to add up over 165 to win?
With a slight smile at the corner of his mouth, Jordan seemed to revert to the good brother he used to be with Barkley, holding a "ball" single-handedly while saying to Barkley, "So, what punishment does the loser face?"
Upon hearing this, Barkley removed the large hand Jordan had been playfully kneading on his chest and said, "If I win, no matter what you think... in front of me, you must admit this kid is a taller version of me."
Jordan shrugged, "If I win, you must admit in front of me that he’s the perfect successor to Larry Bird?"
Then, in the moment they struck their bet...
"The hidden mission [Wager on Qin Yue] has been triggered.
[Wager on Qin Yue]: Since their playing days, Barkley and Jordan have been a pair of friendly rivals.
And now, to settle the argument about you, they wager on you...
Mission Completion Condition One: Your three main shooting percentages add up to over 165 in the 04/05 regular season.
Mission Completion Condition Two: Failing to meet condition one.
If you meet condition one, the mission reward will be: one legendary random technical attribute potential package.
If you meet condition two, the mission reward will be: one legendary random physical attribute potential package."
Argue then, argue! Argue until my potential is fully tapped, until my talent continuously upgrades... At worst, when I become the GOAT in basketball, I’ll thank you both a few times!
"Others improve their talent through genetic mutation, and I improve my talent... through the seniors’ quarrel?"
At this moment, looking at the finally quiet Jordan and Barkley, Qin Yue thought with a face full of mixed emotions.
In June, the meeting with Jordan and Barkley did not disrupt Qin Yue’s subsequent training schedule.
Originally, Barkley wanted to use his personal connections to have Qin Yue participate in some high-level street basketball games this summer, to accumulate more game experience.
But Jordan dismissively said, "He doesn’t need to go anywhere now, I trust Tim and his team."
Seeing this, Barkley did not argue.
Because Barkley had seen the training regimen Grover developed for Qin Yue.
In Barkley’s eyes, Grover was training Qin Yue as if he were an NBA star player.
So whether the supposed effects of street ball games could match the training plan Grover developed for Qin Yue, even Barkley wasn’t sure.
However, Barkley was certain that if Qin Yue could maintain his current training pace...
"Then in next season’s NCAA... he will completely silence all his critics, and no one will escape."
Time quickly flashed forward to July.
After successfully completing the new phase of special training this month, Qin Yue’s dribbling skill has already grown to 70, becoming the second attribute to meet one of the ten requirements of the [That Unextinguished Dream] mission, after agility.
Moreover, during the special training period, Qin Yue’s dribbling potential also grew to 76.
During training, Grover taught Qin Yue many methods to improve his ball control.
For example, the two-hand ball slap that once Kobe disdained.
Yet despite this, Qin Yue’s evolutionary speed exceeded Grover’s expectations.
Grover knew very well that dribbling, as a critically important fundamental basketball skill, not only requires normal accumulation but is also a skill highly dependent on talent.
Just during the special training period, because Qin Yue’s flexibility, coordination, and stability while holding the ball all broke through their respective bottlenecks...
So naturally, he made successive breakthroughs in dribbling.
And this, clearly, is something a future player named Klay Thompson wouldn’t be able to learn.
Additionally, in July, soaked in sweat, Qin Yue’s power attribute became the third to meet one of the ten requirements of the [That Unextinguished Dream] mission.
Currently, his power attribute in the Mountain Peak system’s visual data has reached 85.
On the basketball court, when Qin Yue charges, Grover’s most direct impression of him is:
He is simply a human tank.
Next, Qin Yue’s jumping attribute also met the [That Unextinguished Dream] mission requirements after July.
In the training gym, looking at Qin Yue’s height of 6 feet 11 inches with shoes and his 7 feet 6 inches wingspan, combined with his current jumping ability...
Saying this might not make Jordan or Barkley happy.
But in Grover’s view...
The current Qin Yue, in dynamic and static talents, really resembles a child born of Jordan and Barkley.
He can freely soar with a body of steel muscles.
When he charges on the court, gods and demons are unstoppable.
Even during jump shots, he possesses extremely terrifying core and back strength.
And as time turned to August, as Qin Yue’s other attributes continuously met the [That Unextinguished Dream] mission requirements...
Seeing Qin Yue, whose potential seemed inexhaustible...
Seeing Qin Yue, who propelled himself forward with amazing willpower...
In day-to-day interactions, Grover became convinced.
Qin Yue must be a secret child of Jordan and Barkley!
Last year, the initially activated dynamic talent Qin Yue was seen as a beast in Prose’s eyes at that time.
In Tim Grover’s view, he has quietly unleashed a mythical beast into American College Basketball.
"He pushes himself forward with incredible willpower... he understands his desires and can control that desire... I want to use the following words to express my respect for Qin Yue and warn future generations: The passive try to fight against their inner desires and eventually fail. The controllers understand their internal desires but cannot restrain themselves. The dominators harness their inner desires and transform it into powerful energy." — Tim S. Grover, "Barbaric Evolution" Chapter Two: The Wild Growth of that Summer.
Note①: As everyone knows, the "180 Club" requires a player’s combined field goal percentage, three-point percentage, and free throw percentage to be 180.
But there’s a stipulation, such as needing at least 50%, 40%, and 90%, to consider gaining entry into the 180 Club. For instance, if your combined percentages equal 180 but your three-point percentage is only 39%, you aren’t qualified.
Additionally, the 180 Club requires at least 300 made field goals, 82 three-pointers (from the 13/14 season), and 125 free throws in a season. (These rules are to prevent exploiting bugs to achieve this, like if someone hits the 180 Club in one game and doesn’t play further, it would lower the 180 Club’s prestige.)
Note②: This isn’t me making it up, but you can look up interviews with Jordan and Barkley; Jordan was indeed holding a "ball" like that while speaking.
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