Chapter 137 Shut Down

Tang Tian nodded after listening.

He didn't have the obvious emotional changes he'd had before.

No matter what the Heat's reasons were, the fact was that they had promised him a draft pick and then backed out. Whether he knew the details or not, it wasn't that important anymore.

Just then, Fagan's phone rang. He picked it up, glanced at it, and handed it to Tang Tian.

It was a call from Riley.

Tang Tian took the phone and hung up directly.

He couldn't be bothered to waste any more words with Riley.

Fagan was stunned for a moment.

Tang Tian didn't explain. After returning the phone to Fagan, he went to find Walker.

Walker was chatting with Thompson, quite engaged in the conversation.

"What are you guys talking about?" Tang Tian asked curiously as he approached.

"Tang, when I was talking to Michael, he told me that there might be a lockout this season," Walker said quietly.

Lockout?

Tang Tian suddenly slapped his thigh.

As a time-traveler, he had actually forgotten about this!

Between the NCAA tournament and training, he had completely forgotten.

In fact, there had been rumors of a lockout for a while, but he hadn't paid attention to them.

The summer of 2011, wasn't that when the league shut down, and the new season didn't officially start until December?

This summer was going to be much longer than he had imagined.

"What do we do?" Walker asked, unable to hide his worry, as he had never seen Tang Tian react so strongly before.

They had never experienced a lockout before, but from Jordan's words, Walker already knew how serious it could be.

Especially for rookies, their biggest stage for performance, the Summer League, would be gone. Not to mention that contracts couldn't be signed and team gyms couldn't be used. They would be the most affected.

But Jordan really valued Walker, he, a capitalist, was actually telling Walker about this.

"This may not be a bad thing," Tang Tian said.

"Huh?" This time, even Thompson looked at Tang Tian curiously.

"If I remember correctly, the last league lockout was in 1998. The most memorable thing for me was 'Reign Man' Kemp, who, because he indulged himself, gained 20 pounds and went directly from an All-Star to a super garbage contract."

Thompson was even more curious after hearing what Tang Tian said. How could that be a good thing?

"That's an example of someone who got worse because of the lockout, but we are the opposite. We can use this time to train ourselves better, so that we can adapt to the league faster," Tang Tian continued.

At this point, Thompson and Walker finally understood that Tang Tian was saying they would have more time to train.

But what he said was true. With Procopio's help in the past two months, their progress had been remarkable, and they obviously hadn't reached their limit yet. They had stopped before because of the draft, but if they continued to train, they were confident they could become even stronger.

"So relax," Tang Tian said, patting them both on the shoulders.

What he said was what he wanted to say. What he didn't say was that a long offseason was also a good opportunity to make money.

He had been worried that losing weight and gaining muscle would affect his performance in the Summer League, as well as the time it would take to adapt after exchanging for green skills.

This lockout was the perfect solution to those problems.

The draft continued. Walker and Thompson went back to chat with their families. Tang Tian sat alone in the corner.

He suddenly remembered the jolt in his head at the end of the draft, which still felt very clear.

It was obvious that it wasn't a brain fart or a concussion.

The only possibility was the system.

He brought up the "Krypton Gold" system.

And after pulling up the system interface, he found a virtual three-dimensional figure next to the mall, with a red exclamation mark next to the figure.

It seemed that the previous jolt was because of this exclamation mark.

He clicked on the exclamation mark, and at that moment, something very familiar appeared in front of him.

An attribute panel.

Name: Tang Tian

Height: 2.01 meters

Weight: 99.5kg (haven't eaten yet)

Wingspan: 210cm

Strength: 50; Speed: 62; Agility: 60; Jump: 40; Stamina: 60

Ball Control: 40; Passing: 40; Dunking: 40; Layup: 40; Close Range: 30; Mid-Range: 40; Free Throw: 70; Three-Pointer: 70

Defense: 80; Blocking: 60; Stealing: 70; Rebounding: 50; Drawing Fouls: 60

(Note: Each attribute ranges from 0 to 100, and attributes are related to physical fitness, basketball IQ, training, etc.)

This, isn't this the 2K attribute panel?

No, it's not, but it's very similar.

This is very intuitive, a bit like playing 2K, and it gives him a very intuitive understanding of his strength.

And you can see some things from this attribute.

In fact, many of his abilities in the NCAA this year did not meet the requirements, but strength, rebounding, and those basically met the standards. That should be about 50, which is about the level of the NCAA. 60, it looks like it should be the entry level of the NBA.

Because he has single-defense skills and he has trained his physical fitness, his defensive attributes are very high, and also, what's wrong? How are his three-pointers and foul-making skills obviously lower than his defense?

At this moment, he found that there were clickable buttons behind these, he clicked on them, and then found that there was actually a secondary interface.

He clicked on them one by one to see.

Speed: Sprint Speed 45; Lateral Speed 65

Defense: Individual Defense 85; Help Defense 55

Rebounding: Offensive Rebound 40; Defensive Rebound 60

Drawing Fouls: Drawing Offensive Fouls 80; Drawing Defensive Fouls 50

Dunking: Standing Dunk 40; Sprint Dunk 40; Contact Dunk 40

Layup: Standing Layup 40; Break Through Layup 40

Close Range: Floater 30; Hook 30; Bank Shot 30

Mid-Range: Open 40; Catch and Shoot 40; Contested Shot 30

Three-Pointer: Open 95; Catch and Shoot 40; Contested Shot 30; Long Range Three-Pointer 0

This is very detailed!

His individual defense is excellent, but his help defense is average, so his overall defense rating is actually lower than his individual defense.

The same situation applies to three-pointers. His open three-pointers are basically full, but other attributes are very low, so the overall rating is dragged down a lot.

Drawing fouls is a similar principle.

Having this is of great help to Tang Tian. He can clearly understand his talents and more intuitively know which areas he needs to improve.

"With the 28th pick in the second round of the 2011 NBA Draft, the Los Angeles Lakers select Ater Majok, a 2.08-meter center from the University of Connecticut."

Just then, Tang Tian heard Tatum mention UConn again.

Majok?

Tang Tian was stunned for a moment, put away the interface and looked at the stage.

Majok also signed up for the draft?

He and Walker didn't know about this, but he actually got drafted?

It seems that his suggestion to Calhoun to use Majok not only helped UConn reach the Sweet Sixteen, but also changed Majok's entire career!

ps: The attribute panel will only appear once. Subsequent improvements will only display individual attributes, and will not repeat this to fill the word count.