One Year Left to Play-Chapter 284 - 98: This College Student Is Exceptionally Popular

Since being a professional basketball player, earning some awards, leaving your name in NBA history, leaving some trophies... that's a pretty good goal.

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After returning to Rutherford Town, Zhang Hao felt even more that he liked this quiet little town.

During the three-day break, there were no training arrangements for the first two days. Training only started the day before the game on the 29th. After a series of away games, a good rest is necessary. The day of flying back doesn't count, only the 28th is considered a real rest day.

Zhang Hao led a regular life as usual. Everything was as usual, plain, but because he had goals, life was full of positivity.

On the afternoon of the 28th at 5:22, Zhang Hao once again benefitted from the longevity boost brought by Wang Zhizhi on their side during the game.

Wang Zhizhi had finished 7 games in November, with undeniable strength, he was a starter in all 7 games.

But from the system notifications Zhang Hao received, Wang Zhizhi's data fluctuation was very noticeable, mainly reflected in the shooting percentage.

Through occasional phone exchanges, Zhang Hao also learned that over the past month, Wang Zhizhi experienced significant changes in weight and physique, clearly affecting his strength during this time.

However, due to maintaining performance before losing fat, solid basic skills in shooting and footwork for a freshman player, and with Georgetown University's head coach reconstructing him, his playing time remained above 20 minutes, being a starter even with poor performances.

Georgetown University had Iverson, which gave them strong capabilities, winning 5 of the 7 games, which meant the life awards Zhang Hao received were consistently substantial.

Remaining lifespan was 442 days; the reduction during the two-day break quickly regained and even increased by two days.

"Fantastic, just fantastic..."

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Who's the hottest player in the current NCAA?

Undoubtedly, it's Tim Duncan.

The beginning of the NBA season has shown that there are as many as 10 tanking teams! The East has 6 teams tanking, which are the 76ers, Raptors, Celtics, Bucks, Bullets, with the West being the Grizzlies, Mavericks, Timberwolves, Clippers, and Nuggets.

This has led to the records of the top eight in both East and West being better than previous years, for example, the Brooklyn Nets currently have a 6-6 record, which, placed in last season, would have securely been in the top seven of the East, but this season they are only ninth in the East.

On November 28, Wake Forest University played 7 games, in which Duncan ranked first in scoring, rebounds, blocks, and shooting percentage among all players in the NCAA top league who have played more than five times. Though the Wake Forest Demon Deacons only had a 4-3 record, the last player whose performance could compare was Larry Bird.

Previously, the only player to compare to Duncan's junior year performance was Little Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor.

Despite his teammates holding him back, Duncan still displayed remarkable talent.

A source revealed that Miami Heat's new General Manager, Pat Riley, was prepared that if the playoff hope was dim by midseason, the Heat would also start tanking.

The objective was clear.

On November 28, between 3 PM and 4:10 PM, in the game between the Demon Deacons and the Pittsburgh Panthers, Duncan delivered a near quadruple-double of 22 points, 14 rebounds, 11 assists, and 8 blocks, helping the Demon Deacons narrowly defeat the Pittsburgh Panthers 81-77, maintaining a winning rate of above fifty percent.

Such performance was already Duncan's norm.

After this game, major sports media across the U.S. were praising his performance.

At this time, a legendary center also gave Duncan a compliment.

76ers, Warriors, and Lakers' legend Wilt Chamberlain remarked during an interview about Duncan: "There are less than five players in the league now who are as impressive as this kid."

Once this comment came out, the hype for Duncan skyrocketed!

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The Chicago Bulls arrived in Rutherford Town.

Unlike other strong teams that choose to stay in Jersey City, which is an hour's drive when playing against the Brooklyn Nets, the Bulls chose to stay in a small hotel in Rutherford Town.

If it were in previous years, the Bulls would certainly not make such a choice, but this season they have a completely different mindset, with everyone determined to beat every opponent, even a 6-6 team like the Brooklyn Nets, they would prepare with full focus.

Not too many people noticed this point yet, such detailed aspects are indeed hard to pay attention to, but it's definitely one of the reasons for success. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

The Bulls defeated the Milwaukee Bucks yesterday, and since losing to the Magic, they have had an incredible 10-game winning streak, with a record becoming 14-1, unparalleled, and Jordan became a hot favorite for the Player of the Month.

However, Jordan is not the only favorite, on the Magic side, with O'Neal yet to return, they also finished 15 games in November yesterday on the 28th, led by Anfernee Hardaway, achieving a 13-2 record, an average of 27 points, 5.8 rebounds, 6.8 assists, 2.2 steals, and 1 block, not losing to Jordan's average of 30 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.4 assists, and 2.2 steals.

For Jordan to win the first Player of the Month of the new season, he had to lead the team to a better record than the Magic.

Unlike the Bulls' glory, today the Brooklyn Nets had some negative news.

It came very suddenly and abruptly, yet they inexplicably became the focus of a few media outlets.

Due to the prevalence of many teams tanking this season, resulting in the playoff-contending teams in both East and West having relatively good records, unlike last season where a fifty percent win rate would definitely get a spot in the Eastern playoffs, that scenario is unlikely this season.

The Brooklyn Nets, lacking market power, situated in a remote location without attracting star players, hovering on the fringe of playoffs, neither here nor there, were labeled as a negative example by media from Pennsylvania, New York State, and Illinois — the most clueless management.