NBA's King of Talking

After a wonderful night in Orlando, Jia Fei and his teammates flew back to Oklahoma City the following morning to continue preparing for the remainder of the regular season.

In the NBA, the All-Star Game has always been a watershed moment. Before the All-Star Game, many teams will go through a period of adjustment and trial and error. After the All-Star Game, the adjustment period is basically over, and the season goals should be clear. Those who should tank should tank, those who should lay low should lay low, and the rest should focus on making the playoffs.

The Thunder certainly won't give up. They have a young trio and currently have the second-best record in the Western Conference, making them a definite championship contender.

Back in Oklahoma City, on the evening of February 29th, Jia Fei placed the trophy he won in the dunk contest in his rented apartment. He wasn't particularly fond of showing off, and having it in the living room would require him to explain the enormous trophy to any friends who came over. While the trophy's name sounded impressive, its actual impact on an NBA player's historical standing was extremely limited.

Like Nate Robinson, a three-time Slam Dunk Contest champion, he also had a turbulent career, finding it difficult to secure a place on a team.

Therefore, Jia Fei is very practical. He has already won the championship, so he should move on and not keep thinking about it.

After placing the trophy, Jia Fei immediately logged into the system to check his points.

He currently has 501 points in his account, which isn't surprising, as he hasn't earned any extra points recently and has only accumulated them naturally. However, natural accumulation is slow; to get more points, he still needs to complete tasks or earn rage points.

Fortunately, there should be mission rewards and rage points this time. He quickly checked the mission list. Among the missions he had already accepted, he had completed two: one was "Participate in the NBA All-Star Game," and the other was "Win the NBA All-Star Game Individual Competition." He immediately clicked to complete them. He saw that the "Participate in the NBA All-Star Game" mission had earned him 2000 points, while the "Win the NBA All-Star Game Individual Competition" mission had earned him 3000 points.

In an instant, the total number of points in his points account immediately became 5501!

That's awesome! It seems the higher the difficulty of the task, the more points you get!

Instead of basking in his joy, he checked his anger level again.

Looking at the rage meter, he couldn't help but laugh... He knew Derrick Williams had a problem with him, so that guy gave him 6 rage points. What he didn't expect was that the other two players participating in the Slam Dunk Contest also contributed rage points: Paul George contributed 1, while Budinger contributed 3!

Jia Fei found it amusing that Batinger, who was friendly to him, was secretly cursing him. So, it's still necessary to be wary of some smiling tigers in life; the person who seems nice to you on the surface might actually be the one who hates you the most.

Jia Fei ignored him. "You, Budinger, can have your opinions about me all you want. I've won the championship, why would I give it away?" He decisively converted his 10 points of anger into points, and in an instant, the total number of points in his account immediately became 6501.

Seeing this "huge sum" filled Jia Fei with immense joy. It was like receiving New Year's money from his elders when he was a child, secretly counting it under the covers with a flashlight, over and over again, even though he knew that counting it a few times wouldn't make it any more, but that feeling was really good.

After experiencing it, he exchanged his points for "Iverson's Peak Skill Fusion Level". His fusion level was previously 7%, but after the exchange, it immediately increased to 11%!

Jia Fei was a little confused. Why was it 11% instead of 13%? Before, it was 1000 points for 1%! He looked closely and saw that he still had 1501 points left in his account after the exchange.

他马上就明白了，大概率是从1%—10%是1000个积分兑换1%，而从10%—20%就是2000个积分兑换1%了。如果这么解释的话就能逻辑自洽了。

Jia Fei didn't dwell on it. He hadn't created the system settings, so he accepted them. Earning points through his own efforts was more important than anything else. In fact, many games have similar leveling systems: leveling up is very fast at the beginning, but it slows down later, requiring more experience points—it's the same principle.

In any case, his "Iverson Peak Skill Integration" has finally exceeded 10%. He wonders if he has unlocked any skill packs. He is looking forward to going to the training ground to try it out and see if he can use Iverson's signature skills, even if it is a stripped-down version. He does need to show some offensive ability now. 3D players are not completely unable to attack. 3D players with some ball-handling offensive ability are naturally more popular.

Jia Fei went back to the task list to find tasks he could take on. He currently had two tasks: one was to "achieve a double-double," and the other was to "start a game in an NBA regular season game." After searching for a while, he accepted four more tasks, deciding to take them for now and deal with them later.

这4个任务中，第一个是“常规赛单场30分”，第2个是“常规赛单场10次助攻”，第3个是“常规赛单场5个抢断”，第4个是“常规赛单场5个盖帽”。

Now he has a total of 6 tasks, and given his current situation, it will be quite difficult to complete all 6 tasks. The prerequisite for breaking through these data is to have enough playing time. Otherwise, he won't be able to play for more than a few minutes per game. You want to score 30 points in a single game? Then you would have to score 200 points in total.

On the morning of March 1, the Thunder players flew to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where they would play the 76ers that evening.

After checking into his hotel in Philadelphia, Jia Fei received a text message from assistant coach Cheeks, informing him that due to an unexpected injury to starting shooting guard Thabo Sefolosha, he would be part of the rotation for this game!

This is really good news; he has finally gotten a chance to be in the rotation this season!

It's worth noting that in his previous few games, he mostly played during garbage time. However, as a regular rotation player, his playing time will definitely not be garbage time, which is very significant for him.

He decided to seize the opportunity, perform well, and strive to get more playing time in the future.

As he guessed, he was in a similar situation to Reggie. The only possibility for him to be included in the rotation was if a player who was already in the rotation got injured.

He certainly didn't want Sefolosha to get hurt, but some things are beyond his control.

Soon it was evening, and this game would be the Thunder's first game after the All-Star break.

At the 76ers' head coaching center, the FK Center, Jia Fei and Reggie are practicing.

"Jia, you're in the rotation for this game too, let's work together well later!" Reggie said with a grin.

"Of course we'll cooperate fully!" Jia Fei said quite solemnly.