19 Signature shot and system upgrade?
I was shooting the ball and Kiyoshi was rebounding for me. I had already made more than 200 shots but I pushed on, trying to see how far my stamina could take me.
Swish*
Clang*
Swish*
Clang*
Clang*
After a while, I started to miss more shots than I made. I knew that was my limit and signaled to Kiyoshi to stop the drill.
"Damn Kaen, 250 shots out of 400 shots. If I did not know you, I would have thought you were a high schooler. At the rate you are improving, you are gonna be the ace of this team real soon"
"Nah man, this team has you and Kotaro, I'm still have a long way from your standard ."I replied to Kiyoshi.
"Alright, alright, if you say so man. I'm just telling you not to push yourself so hard again, I don't want you to collapse again. When we brought you to your house, your mother looked like she was going to sue us or something ."Kiyoshi said, sticking out his hand.
I dapped him up and went towards the water cooler to get a drink. Along the way, I called out my system.
[name: Nakamura Kaen
Age: 12
Height: 35/100 (projected height growth: 1.96 meters)
Shooting: 797/800 (level:4)
Handles: 350/800 (level:4)
Lay-ups: 600/800 (level :4)
Post scoring: 0/800 (level: 4)
Size: 0/800 (level: 4)
Athleticism: 600/800 (level:4 )
general points: 5]
It had been 1 and a half months since I joined this team and I had gained points much faster than I had expected. Completing the daily missions every day and some small missions that had popped up here and there had allowed me to earn nearly 400 points very quickly.
I had decided to invest all my points into shooting. I was average in height for players in the first team and if I wanted to perform decently in games, my shooting had to be good. I had made it my goal to become the best shooter in the team thus I had to upgrade my shooting to level 5.
I invested 3 points into shooting and I noticed something different.
[name: Nakamura Kaen
Age: 12
Height: 35/100 (projected height growth: 1.96 meters)
Shooting: 0/1600 (level:5) (Signature shot: none)
Handles: 350/800 (level:4)
Lay-ups: 600/800 (level :4)
Post scoring: 0/800 (level: 4)
Size: 0/800 (level: 4)
Athleticism: 600/800 (level:4 )
general points: 0 ]
Signature shot? What is that never heard of that. Is it something like a signature move, like a Kobe / Jordan fadeaway or a Harden stepback? I tried accessing the signature shot function in my head and I saw the screen change.
[Signature shot:
Curry three: 2500 points
Kobe fadeaway: 1600 points (Can be upgraded to Jordan fadeaway)
Dirk's one-leg fadeaway: 1600 points
James harden stepback: 2000 points
Klay's perfect form: 1500 points
Chris paul's elbow jumper: 1500 points
Original shot: 3000 points
general points: 0
Note: Host can equip more than one shot at a time]
Woah, that's quite a lot of moves I can buy. I guess curry's shot is the most valuable, with his form, I would be able to shoot from anywhere on the floor. He is the greatest shooter of all time for a reason.
I did not expect Harden's stepback to be the second most valuable move though. I knew he was one of the hardest to guard in the NBA, but 2000 points! I have to save up more than a year to buy that.
Kobe's fadeaway can also be upgraded to jordan's fadeaway. I guess Kobe was a step below Jordan when it came to the fadeaway so it made sense. BUT WHY ARE THEY SO EXPENSIVE!!
The cheapest move is 1500 points, and what the hell is the original shot. It cost 3000 points, does it allow me to create my own unguardable move or something?
Well, the one thing for sure is that I would not be able to buy any of these moves anytime soon. But the moment I can I'm gonna buy Klay's shooting form, the most beautiful picture perfect form in the NBA.
This new feature is pretty cool, it helps add some depth to my game, something which I was worrying about for a long time. The system only gave very general categories such as shooting and layups but did not focus on specific moves or other aspects of the game such as defense and passing.
The level system was also not very helpful sometimes, I wish there were tiers which allowed me to compare myself to my current competition. At the moment, I do not know whether I'm considered good, average or bad among players in the nationals.
[Does host wish to upgrade system?
If host upgrades system, host current stats would be converted into stats for the upgraded system.
Warning: Although upgrading the system is free and more advanced. Upgrading skills would be slower in general.]
!? An upgrade to my system! This is kind of cool, but what does it mean that upgrading would be slower? Maybe it will focus on more aspects of the game, so my points will be spread out across multiple categories? I have no idea but this system upgrade literally sounds like a free gift to me, so I'm going to take it.
Yes, I said in my mind. Replying to the system.
[System upgrade in process, please wait.]
Then a new screen appeared in front of me, a much much larger screen than what I was previously accustomed to.
[Host: Nakamura Kaen (Middle school player) Age: 12
Height: 35/100 (Projected height growth: 1.96 meters)
Close shot: 0/400 (Level: 2)
Driving layup: 600/800 (Level: 4)
Dunking: 0/100 (Level: 1)(Host has yet to meet required height and vertical)
Post hook: 0/200 (Level: 2)
Mid-range shot: 0/1600 (Level: 5) (Signature shot: none)
Three-point shot: 0/1600 (Level: 5) (Signature shot: none)
Free throw: 0/1600 (Level: 5) (Signature shot: none)
Pass accuracy: 120/800 (Level: 4)
Ball handle: 120/800 (Level: 4)
Post control: 110/800 (Level: 4)
Interior defense: 0/400 (Level: 3)
Perimeter defense: 0/400 (Level: 3)
Steals: 0/400 (Level: 3)
Block: 0/200 (Level: 2)
Rebounding: 0/200 (Level: 2)
Speed: 200/800 (Level: 2)
Strength: 200/800 (Level: 2)
Vertical: 200/800 (Level: 2)
(Level 1 refers to the ability of an average middle school player)
Badges: None
Shop:
General points: 0]
Holy crap. Damn. This is one hell of an upgrade.
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Shoutout to MRAHH24 for suggesting the system upgrade. I was also thinking the system I came up with was somewhat pathetic so yeah this is the new and improved system copied from 2k. MRAHH24 thanks for the suggestion and I think you are going to see more of your suggestions real soon.
