One Year Left to Play

In the evening, Pierce, Wang Zhizhi, and the little girl... even Kobe, the rich college kid, called with his newly bought flip phone.

But it was Aprile Clark who answered them all.

Zhang Hao didn’t know who told Aprile Clark, but she said the radiation from big cell phones was too high, so he shouldn’t take calls before his concussion had healed.

However, Zhang Hao really just wanted to rest now...

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Another night passed, and on December 11th at 6:15 am, Zhang Hao woke up and saw the system notification.

"After two days of deep sleep and rest, the symptoms of concussion have ended, and the injury is healed."

Zhang Hao shook his head, and it was gone! The feeling from yesterday when shaking his head felt like his brain was shaking and hurting was gone!

Fully recovered!

Got up, helped Aprile Clark cover with the blanket, washed up, and then Zhang Hao went to the backyard basketball court to stretch.

Although the learning mode can simulate training, the feeling of actually touching a basketball is very different.

Practiced some cross-over moves. Indeed, practicing single-player cross-over with the ball is not suitable for him, but receiving the ball and cross the line should be theoretically easier.

But, thinking of facing Grant Hill’s cross-over breakthrough in the game against the Pistons the day before yesterday... it was really fun!

The "King of Cross Step" medal that gives a +3 speed bonus after shaking off the opponent, if used well, will significantly boost his perimeter offense!

Besides this, there’s a new medal!

In the game the night before yesterday, Grant Hill got a triple-double, with a total of 47 in three stats, while Zhang Hao scored 50 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 assists, for a total of 63.

In addition to gaining 16 extra days of life, he also earned a Bronze Medal "Strongest First Step."

"Strongest First Step (Bronze): When the player receives the ball outside the three-point line and makes a direct breakthrough, they will start with the fastest speed. If the opponent is not as strong as the medal-bearing player and is not in the player’s path, it will be hard to affect the player’s starting speed."

This is amazing, a direct bonus, but with prerequisites that the opponent is not in Mr. Zhang’s breakthrough path, meaning he still has to get past the opponent.

"Looks like I need a Training Enhancement Card for cross steps. If I can break through using cross steps and opponents take my cross steps seriously, then when I make a strong move, opponents might think it’s a fake move. Even if it’s not judged as shaking off the opponent, I can still activate the Strongest First Step at full speed. Although there’s no 3-point speed bonus, it would be more effective than my current strong moves!"

"Seems like I need to find a way to get Iverson and 58 more closely connected..."

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By 7:10, Aprile Clark got up to make breakfast and called Zhang Hao to take a shower first.

At 7:30 during breakfast, Zhang Hao watched the news. He didn’t watch yesterday, but Aprile Clark thoughtfully clipped yesterday’s newspaper for him.

As a top player, making headlines and trending news was something Zhang Hao was used to.

Surprisingly, his comment about Jerome Williams also got buzzed. The media used the nickname "Junkyard Dog," and Jerome Williams acknowledged the nickname during an interview.

"I like this nickname, I’m happy to receive this kind of evaluation. I want to be the kind of player that opponents hate, which represents that I caused them trouble. However, Zhang is really amazing, no matter how I defend, he is like a boulder, whether he scores or not, he seems unaffected..."

Reading the news, Zhang Hao recalled that during an interview yesterday morning, he seemed to have given Jerome Williams a nickname. But this nickname was one that, in his memory, people would give Jerome Williams in the future.

But since it’s already given, it’s no big deal. Zhang Hao found it amusing, and thought he might just start giving people nicknames for fun.

In addition to the response about the nickname, Zhang Hao also saw Jerome Williams praying for his quick recovery...

"You can’t judge a book by its cover! The image a player shows in games can be very different from their off-court personality..."

Flipping through the news, Zhang Hao saw an interesting headline—Blazers’ power forward Rashid Wallace received two technical fouls in each of their back-to-back games, being ejected, and making history.

"Is the Celestial Venerable trying to get off work early?"

Another news piece caught Zhang Hao’s attention.

The Los Angeles Arena Development Company, led by Los Angeles City Hall and the Grammy Awards, plans to build a new comprehensive sports complex. The location has been chosen in the center of Los Angeles County, near Los Angeles City Hall, with construction set to begin in June 1997. It has now entered the final stages of preparation.

Three clubs have already decided to relocate their home courts to this new venue, expected to be completed in January 1999 and operational by April 1999.

Among them is the Lakers, where Mr. Zhang is currently playing.

The other two clubs are the Clippers and the NFL’s Los Angeles Kings.

Additionally, spearheaded by Jerry Buss’s son Johnny Buss, who is unwilling to inherit the family business, and financially backed by Toyota Motor Corporation, another arena is under construction, set to be completed in October 1997 and operational by January 1998.

The Lakers also announced that they will move to Downtown Los Angeles for the 1999-2000 season, with a simultaneous change of their home court and training facility.

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