Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA-Chapter 444 - 147. Chapter : Number 1 Villain, Qin Yue II (5000-word - , please subscribe and vote!)_3
He yearned to stand at the center of the basketball world.
Aspiring to gain greater exposure, even establishing his own business empire, breaking into high society and achieving class leap.
Therefore...
His disagreements with Iverson, who only wanted to be a "street idol," were almost comprehensive.
"Is that young man chatting with the Messiah ’KD’?" Mim asked curiously.
Hearing this, after turning his gaze to Durant, James nodded and said, "People are saying he is the next Messiah."
As the MVP of this Rookie Challenge’s losing team.
Although Durant scored 28 points and 7 rebounds for the rookie team, unfortunately, it was in vain...
But after the game, in an interview, Qin Yue named and praised Durant, saying, "Every time I see ’KD,’ I can’t help but think of my former self. I know he still needs time to grow, but let’s not forget, he’s only 19 this year."
Durant’s performance in his rookie season was undoubtedly outstanding.
This season, Durant averaged 20.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 2.5 assists for the Knicks.
Although Durant’s rookie season couldn’t be compared to the legendary rookie Qin Yue, as a player who chose to enter the NBA after just one year in college, Durant, who still needs time to grow, has already offered the world ample room for imagination.
Especially when he initiates attacks on the court with his astonishingly agile handles from the outside, apart from not being as graceful and elegant as Qin Yue...
He gives the impression of Qin Yue reincarnated. (Qin Yue: ?)
Moreover, the current growth environment of the Knicks also aids Durant’s further development.
Qin Yue is well aware that Donnie Walsh, the current general manager of the Knicks, is one of the few sane people in the Knicks’ management in the 21st century.
Currently, Walsh’s main task is to clear out the Knicks’ pile of bad contracts and patiently await the arrival of summer 2010, while tanking to accumulate some assets for the team.
Therefore, in this favorable tanking environment...
Durant not only faced less external pressure, but also, under Walsh’s instructions, received the "unlimited shooting rights" during his rookie season, allowing him to rapidly evolve through extensive practice.
Additionally...
As the "Second Messiah," the always arrogant and conceited New Yorkers have shown an unusual amount of patience towards Durant.
After all, Qin Yue was nearly max-level before entering the NBA.
In the eyes of Knicks fans, they have every reason to give their "new Messiah" more time.
"Brown, did you notice, ’KD’s playing style and technique are very compatible with you?"
On the sidelines, Richie Paul pointed out, and James laughed, "’KD’ is the teammate everyone wants to have; he’s such a young talent already showing the flair of a top scorer."
What a remarkable young man, it would be great to become teammates with him in the future.
At this moment, that’s what James thought to himself.
The next day.
The various individual challenges of All-Star Weekend continued at the New Orleans Arena.
This year, Qin Yue, who signed up for the Skills Challenge, met his college teammate Paul in the finals as hoped.
During the preliminaries, two-time Skills Challenge champion Wade performed poorly, finishing with just a 54-second result.
In Qin Yue’s memory, Deron Williams, who would set the best historical record in this year’s Skills Challenge final, was squeezed out of the finals by Qin Yue’s 30-second preliminary result.
On the court, when the 211 cm tall Qin Yue completed various obstacle performances...
His agile skills and one-of-a-kind human-ball integration ability among NBA big men instantly ignited the entire arena.
In the finals, Paul, who performed first, completed with a time of 31.1 seconds.
Then Qin Yue, finishing without errors, set a new record with a time of 25.4 seconds.
At TNT TV Station, Smith remarked, "Yesterday we praised ’KD’, today the Messiah showed us with his actions what historical level human-ball integration ability actually is."
Beside him, Barkley echoed, "Although the Skills Challenge involves a lot of randomness, even a two-time champion like ’D-Wade’ can perform poorly.
But I think the Messiah’s 25.4-second final result speaks for itself; considering his height, his human-ball integration ability unquestionably ranks first in history."
"Being able to display my skills at my height and demonstrate to the world that big men can break the guard’s monopoly over this event feels great," said Qin Yue holding the Skills Challenge championship trophy, "I don’t mean to make it about myself, but I believe many young big men will take me as their role model in the future."
Qin Yue’s victory brought spotlight to the otherwise less notable Skills Challenge.
However...
This couldn’t prevent the failure of other individual challenges at this year’s All-Star Weekend.
Jason Kapono won the boring three-point contest for the second consecutive year.
While Kapono’s performance of scoring 25 points in the finals was outstanding...
He couldn’t quite satisfy the fans’ appetite due to his lack of star appeal.
As for the subsequent dunk contest, it was simply lackluster when compared to last year’s sensational performance by Qin Yue in Las Vegas.
Even though Howard pulled out his Superman cape, similar to Qin Yue’s memory, it only caused a short-lived stir.
Because when he slammed the ball into the basket after receiving a pass from teammate Nelson, all the fans saw clearly...
From a distance where even Qin Yue could take another step back and soar, Howard could barely manage to slam the ball into the basket.
"The dunk contest is dead. I killed it once in Oakland, and the Messiah killed it again last year." Carter said in an interview, "If Dwight can win the championship with a move that isn’t even technically a dunk, it only proves that the event is dead."
"Superman? What Superman? I don’t know why Dwight dares to wear that Superman cape; I don’t think he deserves it at all," exclaimed a furious O’Neal, whose Superman title was snatched by Howard, "He can wear the cape when he leads the Magic to a championship."
Before the game, Howard, who was eager to make a splash, never expected to become the target of everyone’s criticism.
In fact, Howard’s dunk show that night was not without merit.
For instance, his breathtaking switch-hand dunk from behind the backboard.
However...
Having witnessed Qin Yue’s performance last year, the audience’s expectations of the dunk contest have changed significantly.
And after the relatively unsuccessful individual challenges of the All-Star Weekend, the league that hoped to use a perfect All-Star Weekend to help New Orleans out of the hurricane’s impact...
Also experienced one of the most disappointing All-Star Games in recent years.
Originally, this year’s AMVP James, due to the Cavaliers’ poor performance recently, wasn’t interested in this game at all.
Returning All-Star starter Iverson was exceptionally active.
But with cold hands, he only hit 6 out of 17 shots the whole game.
In Qin Yue’s view, Iverson, who couldn’t make a shot at all during the game, would have been better off boldly attacking the seemingly tall but actually weak Western All-Star Team’s interior.
Indeed, on this night, Qin Yue and other Western All-Star Team frontline members’ defense was just for show.
In short, it was a game where neither side wanted to put in much effort, desiring to finish quickly and leave early, even without setting up defenses.
In the end, 126 to 132.
The only extraordinarily excited Anthony in the Western All-Star Team held the AMVP trophy amidst David Stern’s indescribable expression.
This year’s All-Star Game was hardly exciting, not unrelated to the overly intense schedule of contending teams after the All-Star Weekend.
With the declining dominance of the Warriors this season, the core players of contending teams did not want to expend too much during All-Star Weekend.
However... 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮
Feeling the little schemings of these guys, Qin Yue was secretly furious.
The Warriors’ road to defending the championship was indeed extremely difficult.
But Qin Yue never thought about giving up.
Since all the contending teams think their opportunity has arrived...
Qin Yue will make sure they realize who’s the true villain of the current NBA era.
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①: In the original timeline, Gibson would hit 11 three-pointers in this game. Please do not doubt the three-point skills of this close buddy of James.
