Chapter 494 Championship Night! A New Beginning!

After the curtain fell on Chapter 493, "Championship Night! A New Beginning!", the second part of *Da Tie*, "Those Years in Toronto," also came to an end.

Similar in length to the first part, the second part was also about 1.2 million words.

As Qiao mentioned in the previous afterword, his original plan for *Da Tie* was five parts.

However, because the fourth and fifth parts could be combined into one, it was later condensed into four parts.

As a part that connects the first part, where he met Kobe, and the prelude to god-slaying, the second part, overall, Qiao would give himself a score of 8. Regarding disagreements and the design of this part, Qiao has actually said it in the previous afterword. In general, judging from your recent rave reviews, I feel that Qiao's grasp of the quality of this book is still acceptable.

As for whether it's wordy or whether the subsequent plot is good, it really varies from person to person. Because if I were wordy, I wouldn't still have more than 4,000 subscribers when this part ended.

Frankly speaking, the first impression you get from reading or not reading certain parts of a basketball novel will make you have different ideas when reading an author's description. And unlike pure power fantasy stories with cheats, if *Da Tie* doesn't change the way it's written and doesn't try to improve, then it will be like many formulaic stories you've seen. You can use the same formula once or twice, but not a third time, right?

In addition, to quote what many readers have been saying recently, that after the third part starts, you can treat it as a new book...

Our book can be considered to have ended its "new book period"!

As for individual readers who think my beginning was good, but the middle was so-so... Dear reader, please at least follow each chapter to the latest one before giving Qiao a more objective suggestion. If you don't like a certain plot or star, you feel it's ruined. Then you skip this chapter, then skip that chapter, and then say Qiao's design has problems. Then the thousands of handsome readers who have been following the original version and think it can be treated as a new book, can't all be following Qiao because they think Qiao has ruined it, right? And for this book, *Da Tie*, with this pace, not to toot my own horn, being able to make you feel like you're reading a new book after 2.6 million words, at least this is the first book I've written that can do that.

Of course, because the second part adopted a relatively difficult writing style, Qiao was definitely mentally prepared for the controversy.

But saying that the quality of *Da Tie* has declined... that's not necessary. Because that's not a suggestion, that's just pointless criticism. And if I had believed your nonsense, this book should have been finished at 1.5 million words.

Well, there's nothing particularly special to say about the summary of the second part.

Because many explanations become annoying if explained repeatedly.

So here is a special data analysis of Su Feng's first seven seasons. I would also like to thank Letheplodder for making the data, which Qiao helped check.

This data list is in the Easter egg chapter of Chapter 489. So if you can't see the data chart in the Easter egg chapter of the second part's summary and the data Qiao posted in the next paragraph, you can go back to the Easter egg chapter of Chapter 489 to take a look.

Su Feng's data for the first seven seasons is shown in the figure:

First of all, why did I make Su Feng's data so detailed?

Because Qiao himself is a data nut, and Qiao's greatest pleasure when playing 2K is to simulate a few seasons and then come back to admire the players' data. In addition, these details can also increase the sense of immersion. For example, after reading Su Feng's data, many friends said that they almost thought there was such a person in reality.

Hey, there is such a person as Su Feng in a parallel universe, so I dare to write like this, right?

Then, here, I would also like to say to some friends who are very confused about data, data is not simply a comparison of shooting percentages, nor is it a comparison of a certain data. Therefore, after reading my analysis below, you will have a more intuitive understanding of how strong Su Feng is.

Let's start with the 96/97 season.

I don't know if any of you remember that when Su Feng first entered the league, I mentioned many times that his ball-handling ability was not good? So after this season, everyone can see that Su Feng's shots on the court were mainly mid-range shots and three-pointers. And as a rookie, relying on Iverson's powerful firepower to attract attention, he achieved a real shooting percentage as high as 58%.

By the 97/98 season, you can clearly see that Su Feng's mid-to-long-range two-point shooting percentage has actually decreased this season. It was only 42% this season. Because I said when I was writing this, Larry Brown's offensive tactics were very unreasonable, just forcing Ai Feng to play hard.

And this shooting percentage corresponds exactly to Larry Brown's tactics.

So after this season, although Su Feng's average score per game rose to 22+, his true shooting percentage was actually the lowest of his career at 57%.

By the 98/99 season, you can see that Su Feng's mid-to-long-range two-point shooting percentage even reached an exaggerated 52.2%. And in the book, I have also mentioned many times Jordan's ability to create space for Su Feng on the court. Well, I have to say, Boss Jordan is indeed the strongest second-in-command in NBA history.

Therefore, in this season, Su Feng scored 26+ with only 17+ shots per game, and at the same time, this was also the season with the highest true shooting percentage in his career, reaching an astonishing 64.4%.

Then came the 99/00 season.

In this season, Jordan's departure caused Su Feng to be double-teamed more often on the court. In addition, Su Feng had to take the lead, so everyone can see that Su Feng's mid-to-long-range two-point shooting percentage dropped to 46%.

However, because Su Feng became a top dunker this summer, he also started to increase the number of times he hit the basket. Among them, his personal dunks this season even reached an astonishing 87 times. At the same time, because Carter also did his duty as the second-in-command this season, Su Feng's three-point shooting percentage also reached a career high of 40%+.

However, by the 00/01 season, everyone can see that Su Feng's efficiency began to decline.

However, he took an astonishing 12+ shots per game in the mid-to-long-range position this season. And this, in the book, Qiao also described in detail, is because after Carter and Xiao O'Neal were reimbursed, Su Feng's difficulty in attacking on the court increased. And the mid-range on the two wings of the court is a natural vacuum, the most suitable position for a strong attack.

At the same time, because Su Feng had to mainly undertake defensive tasks when defending, he had to use an energy-saving method to steadily score points.

By the 01/02 season, Su Feng's wild shots in the game last season were directly reflected in his mid-to-long-range two-pointers this season.

This season, thanks to the practice of last season, Su Feng's mid-to-long-range two-point shooting percentage exceeded 50%, and if we extrapolate based on Boss Jordan's true shooting percentage back then, Su Feng is already very close to Boss Jordan's peak of pull-up jumpers at this time.

In addition, if we use the current players as a reference, then Su Feng's accuracy on the court this season is roughly Durant during the Three Young Masters period and Durant during the Warriors period, as well as Durant this season, Leonard in the 18/19 season, and Xiao Si Ji in the 09/10, 10/11, and 11/12 seasons.

As for why not Durant during my Turtle period?

Because my Turtle likes to force assists, so you may not believe it when I say it, but when Durant is alone with my Turtle, his mid-to-long-range two-point shooting percentage on the court basically fluctuates between 40 and 44%.

In addition, Kobe's career shooting percentage in the mid-to-long-range two-point position is about 42-43%. There will be deviations because the NBA will make a more detailed distinction of mid-range shots.

But in general, on the court, once a player's mid-to-long-range two-point shooting percentage exceeds 45%, the most intuitive feeling it brings to you is... he basically won't miss.

So this is also why I complained many times in this paragraph that Su Feng's shooting was too accurate.

Because compared to a kindergarten author who doesn't understand basketball and doesn't understand data, how dare his protagonist say he's accurate?

Then to the 02/03 season, everyone can see that although I only used one chapter to describe this season, I also interspersed descriptions of Su Feng's data in the details of the text.

For example, in order to grind badges and score points more easily, Su Feng's number of three-point shots reached an astonishing 9.2 times this season, and the result of such unreasonable shots is that because the *Da Tie* system does not have a cheat to directly increase the shooting percentage, no matter how many cheats you have to rely on yourself to shoot, so Su Feng's three-point shooting percentage also hit a career low.

And currently, combining Su Feng's data and Qiao's description, the perception brought by Su Feng's scoring ability will definitely bring a huge psychological impact to the fans of this era.

Because he is accurate.

Even if you always feel that Su Feng has not entered the 180 club, no one will think that he is not accurate.

Even compared to many 180 members, he is the more terrifying one.

And this is what I want to popularize to everyone... entering "180" does not mean you are very accurate. In fact, even Paul George as of this season, the viewing experience is far from comparable to Su Feng.

In short, Qiao has put a lot of effort into this book, *Da Tie*, and data is just one of the many details.

Because data is just a more intuitive manifestation of Qiao's detailed descriptions. At the same time, it is the best counterattack against those who think the quality of *Da Tie* has declined. Because when have you ever seen any of Qiao's basketball novels have such detailed details?

Qiao can even say this, in the outline, I even wrote the score and data of every game that I skipped. And all the information, the characters of the players, and the growth of each star are all based on reality before Qiao made them.

As for some people who think writing like this is not wild enough... then why don't you go read my previous book? For the same type of novel, Qiao said, even if it is a basketball novel, I will try to innovate and change, not only in the writing style, but also in my descriptions and details.

It's not that writing like this is not refreshing enough, but I can't write my own formula to death, because Qiao can't keep digging pits with one formula to earn money, right? And after rationalizing the plot, *Da Tie* can make you feel the explosive feeling when it should explode at the climax.

Frankly speaking, the reason why *Da Tie* can reach 10,000 subscriptions is precisely because of these details that are ignored by readers who like to skip and read. Because it is precisely because of these details that *Da Tie* has become a true Su Feng personal biography that exists in a parallel universe.

And from the current feedback from everyone, at least you have given me full of confidence in this environment where people always say that this star is not good and that star is not good.

In addition, which protagonist in a basketball novel does not win a championship, which protagonist does not establish a dynasty? And which protagonist will not become the scoring champion? If it is just according to pure pleasure, you already know what is going to happen, so where is the point of expectation? Qiao said that the greatest success of *Da Tie* is not that Su Feng has achieved something, but that the life stories of these stars of his time have filled the readers with anticipation.

A novel of 20 seasons cannot satisfy everyone in every plot. But Qiao hopes that when *Da Tie* is finished, it can convince myself and make me want to reread it.

Okay, the data analysis is over!

See you in our next part, "Those Years in Miami"!

At the same time, the new book period is officially over, and the rookie author is rolling on the ground begging for monthly tickets, recommendation tickets, and subscriptions!

When the update on the 3rd comes, let's get back to the main topic and continue the story!