One Year Left to Play

At 5:10 in the evening, Zhang Hao and his teammates entered the 76ers’ home court.

As they appeared, the stadium was filled with crazy boos and curses, making Zhang Hao feel as if he had offended the fans of yet another city.

But that didn’t matter.

Offending people is one thing, but tonight’s game must be played well. Can’t offend people and still lose face.

"Welcome ceremony for the rookie top pick:

Objective: Zhang Hao, the special signed player, needs to punish the 1996 top pick Allen Iverson, who talks recklessly in the game.

Reward: Bronze Medal: King of Cross Step."

Looking at this task, Zhang Hao felt complex regarding the reward.

Putting aside what counts as punishment, he, as an interior player, what use does he have for this medal?

Iverson playing this can earn the nickname "Butterfly Step" amongst Chinese fans, but Mr. Zhang could more likely break his own leg before he dodges anyone.

However, punishing Iverson is something Zhang Hao is interested in.

No particular reason, maybe it’s the bad habit of the era, always wanting to bully a talented rookie.

Upon realizing he had such thoughts, Zhang Hao felt a tinge of melancholy—people always end up becoming what they once disliked.

But if he truly succeeds in bullying Iverson, just the thought feels exhilarating.

Suddenly, the boos and curses directed at Mr. Zhang stopped and transformed into wild cheers!

Zhang Hao looked towards the home team’s player tunnel, the 76ers’ substitute players were already standing ready, with Iverson being the first to run out of the player tunnel.

Here he comes!

The ordinary rookie Allen Iverson!

"Allen Iverson, 21 years old, 183 cm in height (?), 73 kg in weight, ability rating 85, offense 91, defense 61, three-point 86, mid-range shot 87, layup 92, speed 98, strength 71, bounce 97, stamina 99..."

The league’s fastest man has changed! He’s even faster than Damon Stoudamire!

Seeing Iverson’s speed rating, Zhang Hao felt like he had somehow become involved with someone fast?

In terms of strength, Iverson is even stronger than Damon Stoudamire was in his rookie season, one of the strongest rookies of Zhang Hao’s era.

Zhang Hao estimated, among the 94-96 batches of rookies, only Grant Hill’s rookie year was certainly stronger than Iverson.

Followed by Jerry Stackhouse, Campbell, Clarence Weatherspoon, Derrick Coleman.

True genius gathering!

Zhang Hao looked at the detailed inspection of the five starting players on the opposite side. Except for Campbell who is a customized center, every one of the 76ers starters is a genius player.

Jerry Stackhouse with an 83 ability rating, in the same batch as Zhang Hao.

Derrick Coleman with an 88 ability rating, the top pick of 1990, his offensive skills are incredibly comprehensive, but at 29 years old, he has started downhill, weighing 116 kg, 10 kg heavier than what Zhang Hao saw that hadn’t been updated since November 1994.

Clarence Weatherspoon, genius forward from 92, averaged 18+10 in his sophomore year, uninjured, untreated, but his stats started to slump from last season because the 76ers had Stackhouse, dropped further this year with only an average of 12 points, 8 boards, and 1.2 assists per game; the 76ers also added rookie Iverson and the returning Coleman...

Looking at their lineup, the 76ers have talent, active-season stars, and experienced veterans.

However, with a record of 3 wins and 14 losses, they are second to last in the East.

Facts have proven that a team’s lineup can look talented, but it’s basically decoration!

After both teams’ players entered, Kenny Anderson and Coleman both moved to the scorers’ table to wipe magnesium powder, exchanging disdainful looks.

Back in the day, both were selected for the 1994 All-Star East starting lineup, but fell out the following year.

Iverson felt Zhang Hao’s evaluating gaze...

"I’ll let you know that I am absolutely not an ordinary rookie!"

Iverson felt humiliated when he thought of this adjective.

He was teammates with another Chinese player, Wang Zhizhi, for a year, and had a good impression of him, a very humble and diligent player; from previous news, Zhang Hao was also a "gentleman", however, he didn’t expect the other party’s evaluation to be so hurtful!

Stackhouse was glaring viciously at Zhang Hao, having been pounded when they faced off last year again and again, this year... anyway, glaring viciously is the least he can do.

On Campbell’s end, there’s no real hatred, his generally affable nature only has one gripe—he originally thought he was trained by the Lakers to counter O’Neal, but it turned out he was used as a threat to O’Neal "if you don’t join us, we’ll use Campbell against you."

Looking at O’Neal opposite, Campbell didn’t know how to describe his complicated feelings.

Should he feel proud?

Or should he curse the Logo Man for being cunningly deceptive?

Only the Logo Man helped him secure 24 million, and when his contract ends he will only be 30 years old, seeing the current trend of muscle-bound centers in the league, another three to four year contract shouldn’t be an issue.

Feeling extremely complicated, then defensing against O’Neal will relieve tension!

O’Neal was chatting with Barkley when he suddenly felt the gaze from that former Lakers center opposite, feeling a tiny bit uneasy!

Ultimately, the game hasn’t started yet, and it seems very charged, with no verbal exchanges.

Both teams didn’t realize pre-game, but once the game began, they found that there really were quite a few conflicts among their players.

By 5:28 in the evening, the starting lineups for both teams were on the court.

The 76ers put forth their lineup of Iverson, Stackhouse, Clarence Weatherspoon, Coleman, Campbell.

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