Chapter Five New Player
"Duncan's ability increased by 3 points over the summer, it's unbelievable! His ability value had already broken through 80, but he was still able to improve so quickly." Zhuang Fei looked at the familiar interface in front of him, the familiar photos, familiar ability attributes, and familiar player names, feeling unbelievable. Before the summer break, Zhuang Fei saw that Duncan's ability was 83 points, but now it had already reached 86 points. Such an ability value would be more than enough for some NBA teams to make him a leader, and yet Duncan was only a student who had just entered his junior year."
Tim Duncan, 20 years old, Height: 2m11, Position: C/PF, Shooting: 71, Offense: 73, Defense: 92, Physical Talent: 85, Ability Evaluation: 86, Potential Level: A+.
Scouting report: Duncan is the team's most capable player, with no obvious weaknesses, extremely strong defensive capabilities, and has the potential to become a great player. It is recommended that he strengthen his offensive training and shooting training.
"The defense has reached 92, and such defensive capabilities are rare even in the NBA. However, shooting and offense are only around 70 points, which need to be strengthened. But even with only 70 points, it's probably top-notch in the NCAA. It seems that Duncan has already encountered a bottleneck period. Defense is unlikely to have much improvement, and offense and shooting are the breakthroughs. However, the attribute points of this system are not yet perfect, with only shooting, but it's unclear whether it's three-point shooting, two-point shooting, or free throws. The offense also lacks specific details such as breaking through, back-to-back, and passing. It seems that this system has not been fully cracked yet." Zhang Fei sighed. Over the past few months, he had gained a deeper understanding of this system, which currently only functions as a simple version of a ball exploration system, with no other features.
"Looks like Stephon Green had a fulfilling summer, his ability increased by 2 points and his defense rose to 60 points. But what about his rebounding and shot-blocking abilities? The system is still too incomplete."
Stephen Green, 20 years old, Height: 2m06, Position: PF, Shooting: 40, Attack: 40, Defense: 60, Physical Gift: 57, Ability Score: 52, Potential Level: C+
"Besides Carter, the other new players are also surprising." Zhuang Fei is now browsing and observing the team's players one by one. It's already mid-September, and school has started for half a month. The new players of the Viksen Lin Magic Devils have all arrived, and the system updated them earlier. Currently, the team has 9 players, up from 5 last season. Most university teams have between 8 to 12 formal players, with most having 10. The Magic Devils' 9 formal players seem a bit few, but if there are no injuries, it's almost enough. After some time, some ordinary students will apply to join the basketball team, and then they can select a few good substitutes.
"According to Lagabere's performance, it shouldn't be bad enough that no team in the first league would want to pick him? What a strange thing!"
Rajabell, 19 years old, height: 1.90m, position: SG, shooting: 62, offense: 47, defense: 70, physical talent: 53, ability rating: 61, potential level: B
Scouting report: Raja Bell is the team's best defensive guard, but lacks in scoring ability and athleticism. However, his shooting and defense make him a solid role player, recommend increasing his physical training to improve his competitiveness.
What Zhuang Fei didn't know was that the American high school league was too numerous, with so many states in the United States, each state would have a league, which led to uneven levels of players in high school leagues. As a result, most high school league players simply don't care about defense, and scouts are more focused on players' physical gifts and offense. Players like Lagabell, who rely mainly on shooting for scoring and basically have defensive skills, cannot get the favor of scouts. In short, Lagabell's physical gift and offensive technique were too ordinary, which was exactly opposite to the mainstream ability that scouts focused on.
James Posey, 18 years old, height: 1m99, position: SF/SG, shooting: 61, offense: 63, defense: 67. Physical gift: 70, ability rating: 69, potential level: B+.
Wang Dynasty Ball Exploration Report: James Posey is the most comprehensive outside player of the team, with no obvious shortcomings, good defensive ability, and has the ability to become a substitute player for any team. His potential is enough to make him grow into a qualified starting player.
"Wow, this is what Bill Lamb said about James Posey's unstable shooting? He barely has the strength to enter Vicksburg University? With such ability, he can easily become an important substitute for an NBA team. Even if he participates in the draft, entering the first round is also very easy. How do these scouts evaluate players?" Zhuang Fei continued to mock Bill Lamb.
"My god, Wolli-Szekelyak's potential level has also reached A? So now the team has three players with a potential level of A?"
Wolli-Szebiak, 18 years old, height: 1.98m, position: SF/SG, shooting: 82, offense: 52, defense: 62, physical talent: 65, ability evaluation: 71, potential level: A-.
Wang Chao's scouting report: Volli - Zebiak is the team's best shooter, but his offense is lacking. However, his potential can make him grow into a core player for the team.
"Shot 82, amazingly shot up to 82, this is absolutely the top shooting ability in NCAA. I remember when playing NBA Live, McGrady's peak shooting ability was only around 80, and his defense wasn't weak either. Although his physical talent was far inferior to Duncan and Carter, who were also A-level, but compared to LaGabele and Steve Green, it was much better. With such shooting ability paired with Duncan's inside control and Carter's attacking breakthroughs, I can now turn Vickson into a team that excels in both offense and defense. This season's core will be Duncan, Carter, and Wally Szczerbiak."
Wally Szczerbiak's ability gave Zhuang Fei a big surprise, originally with Carter and Duncan, the team's defense and offense were no problem, but the team still lacked pitchers. In his impression, LaGaBeL and James Posey are not bad pitchers, but compared to Wally Szczerbiak, the gap is obvious. Now this Victoria Vixens team can be said to have a perfect lineup.
"It seems that achieving the NCAA championship goal this season is not an impossible task, and this lineup should also be considered one of the absolute top lineups in the NCAA. I don't know how North Carolina and Duke's lineups are doing, but it's annoying that searching for a team once costs 100 dynasty points, now dynasty points are really not enough."
Zhuang Fei was thinking about Wang Chao's affairs when he saw the team's assistant coach, Mark Allen, rushing in anxiously and shouting at Zhuang Fei.
"Coach, Wally Zerbak isn't a point guard. What's the point of having so many small forwards and scoring guards? We don't even have one starting-caliber point guard on this team! I thought for sure Wally Zerbak would be our point guard, but nope, another small forward! Coach, do you not understand that we desperately need a point guard?! And now it's too late to recruit anyone new since school has already started. What are we going to do?!
Mark Allen had just walked out of the gym and was still excited about this season's newcomers. Vince Carter was an absolute legend in high school basketball, and it wasn't easy for even a top-notch program like Vincent High to land a star player like him. And James Posey had shown some promise in training over the past few days, looking like he could be a starter too. Coach Allen was pretty satisfied with his recruiting efforts this summer... until Wally Zerbak showed up today and turned out to be yet another scoring guard! The team already had two great scoring guards in Posey and Carter - what they desperately needed was a point guard! And now the last new player turns out to be another scoring guard?! This is driving Coach Allen crazy. How can you even play basketball without a point guard?!"
"I thought it was something else, but it's actually this. Look, this is the starting lineup for the new season of our team." Zhuang Fei handed a piece of paper on the table to Mark Allen, who had already arranged the starting players for this season.
"Rajon Rondo, Wall - Szczerbiak, Welsch, Stephon Marbury, Tim Duncan, my god, Zhuang, what are you doing, what is this lineup? Not to mention why Rondo can suppress James Posey into the starting lineup, this lineup also has no point guard."
Zhuang Fei smiled and picked up his water cup, taking a sip without explanation. He already had a tactical system in place.
