(TN: Bonus for me slacking, but it's also a warning, the updates are going to be really random and just whenever I want/can, sorry yall)
In the new week, the fifth week of the NBA regular season, the Washington Wizards played 4 games, all against Western Conference teams, achieving a record of only 1 win and 3 losses.
They lost to the Sacramento Kings, who had the best record in the league and a very flashy playing style; the San Antonio Spurs, who had the second-best record in the league; and the Minnesota Timberwolves, a playoff-caliber team.
The only team they defeated was the Denver Nuggets.
These four games earned Link a total of 258 Goat points.
[Goat Points: 2,982/26,982]
December 3, 2001, Tuesday.
The Washington Wizards had no game that day, but it was a day that made countless Washington Wizards fans anxious.
The NBA official would announce today the NBA player of the month and rookie of the month for last month, November.
Regarding rookie of the month!
For Link, this was a sure thing.
The former high school big three, namely Kwame Brown, Tyson Chandler, and Eddy Curry, were all in the Eastern Conference, but they hadn't even secured starting positions, so how could they compete with him?
Jamal Tinsley, who had a bit of competitiveness, currently averaged only 11.2 points, 8.1 assists, and 3.2 rebounds. His team's record was also behind the Indiana Pacers.
As for the most powerful contender for rookie of the year — Pau Gasol, he was in the Western Conference... Besides, even if he were in the Eastern Conference, his stats and team record would not be a match for Link.
What Washington Wizards fans cared about most was whether Link could be selected as the Eastern Conference player of the month.
Currently, in the Eastern Conference standings, the Indiana Pacers have slipped to third place due to their 1-3 record last week, falling behind the New Jersey Nets and the Detroit Pistons.
The selection of rookie of the year is not strongly related to team performance, but it is highly related to player of the month.
However...
The core player of the Eastern Conference's first-place team, the New Jersey Nets, Jason Kidd, had very average stats, averaging only 13.3 points, 9.6 assists, 7.6 rebounds, 1.8 Steals, and 0.3 Blocks. Uh... this really lived up to the nickname chinese fans gave Kidd — shoot.
He was still a bit behind Link, who averaged 23.5 points, 8.6 assists, 6.5 rebounds, 2.1 Steals, and 0.8 Blocks.
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While fans waited anxiously, the NBA official finally announced the player of the month awards for November.
[rookie of the month]:
Western Conference rookie of the month: Pau Gasol.
Eastern Conference rookie of the month: Link.
Upon seeing himself win rookie of the month, Link, despite knowing it was a sure thing, still felt a sense of relief.
After all...
This was related to his main quest — [Win your first rookie of the month award].
"Ding, congratulations Host for completing the main quest..."
"Reward Host with 500 Goat points."
"Reward Host with a version upgrade for the [Limited-Time Special Offer Zone]."
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Before Link could delve deeper into his research, the system's voice rang out again.
"Ding, congratulations Host for winning your first NBA player of the month award in your career."
"Reward Host with 2000 Goat points."
[Goat Points: 5,482/29,482]
Only a few points left to draw a player template.
If he works hard next week and wins a few more games, it shouldn't be a problem.
Link looked at the new [Limited-Time Special Offer Zone].
[Superstar (Kevin Durant 13-14 Season) sparring partner card], price 500 Goat points, limited purchase: 0/5.
[All-Star (Andre Drummond 14-15 Season) sparring partner card], price 100 Goat points, limited purchase: 0/5.
[special sparring partner card], price 50 Goat points, limited purchase: 0/999.
[Stephen Curry Back Movement Package], price 1000 Goat points, limited purchase: 0/5.
[All-Star (James Harden 24-25 Season) sparring partner card, price 100 Goat points, limited purchase: 0/1.
[star training partner card (Jonathan Isaac)], price 50 Goat points, limited purchase: 0/999.
PS: Closing time December 31.
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This time, the limited-time special offer zone was very interesting. Link bought all the sparring partner cards above the All-Star level.
5 Durant, 5 turnarounds, 5 James Harden, which cost Link 3,500 Goat points.
He also bought Curry's back movement package, spending another 1,000 Goat points.
With less than 1,000 Goat points remaining, Link bought 1 special sparring partner card, and the rest were all Jonathan Isaac's star training partner cards.
Uh...
Link now had a girlfriend, so he naturally didn't need too many special sparring partner cards; occasionally seeking novelty was enough.
Jonathan Isaac, a wing defender in the small-ball era, was excellent defensively but average offensively, with his biggest weakness being his
Link wanted to further refine his ball-handling offense by facing Jonathan Isaac's defense.
Link's [Personal Career Honors] had been updated.
[Personal Career Honors]:
1. player of the week (2 times)
2. player of the month (1 time)
3. rookie of the month (1 time)
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On the other hand.
The news that Link had surpassed Jason Kidd to become the Eastern Conference player of the month for November caused a tsunami of debate among fans.
[Link, he's clearly overrated. Although his stats are very good, comparable to All-Star players, he has a top-tier helper like Michael Jordan by his side... Furthermore, among the teams he defeated in November, there were no strong contenders for the championship, so the value of his wins is insufficient.]
[Capital is manipulating the NBA, strongly promoting rookie Link. He's just a rookie who likes to pad his stats!!! "Link" is simply not qualified to claim the honor of player of the month.]
And so on!
The media lambasted Link.
But at this moment, Link was happily training.
Honestly...
The league was indeed promoting him.
But he received the system's reward.
It's your business if you're angry.
Hehe...
"It feels so good to be promoted by the league," Link thought to himself.
(TN: 113 is NOT after this, im too lazy to delete the other chapters to then paste in 113 just so it's in order)