The system rates players' technical abilities as: average, good, first-class, quasi-top, and top.

　　In FIBA and NBA professional basketball, there are different evaluation methods based on rules, playing styles, and other characteristics.

　　The system uses a 100-point scale to divide levels:

　　60-69: average level.

　　70-79: good level.

　　80-84: first-class level.

　　85-89: quasi-top level.

　　90-94: top level.

　　(Note: This is only a player strength rating and does not serve as an evaluation of a player's status within the team. A player's status in the team is influenced by a combination of factors such as years of experience, contributions to the team, leadership ability, and areas of focus.)

　　"Growth Card: Mid-range Jump Shot Specialist:

　　The host uses a mid-range jump shot training card (top level) on the signed player. The player's muscle memory receives a significant boost during mid-range jump shot training, and their training comprehension ability is greatly enhanced. Their mid-range shooting level will rapidly improve with the best possible talent effect until it reaches the top level (90), at which point the training bonus stops."

　　A growth card! This is a real treasure!

　　However, this is a special reward, so it might not be that easy to obtain.

　　But the player detection function—now that's something. In the future, he would still be a loyal basketball fan, and he was quite familiar with the NBA's inside era from the 1990s to before 2015. After that, the NBA was ruined by a guy who looked like a hermaphrodite, so he stopped paying much attention to the NBA.

　　Still, there must have been plenty of overlooked geniuses, like future VanVleet and Brogdon—one undrafted, one a second-round pick. If the Raptors hadn't needed a backup point guard and called VanVleet up from the G League, or if the Bucks' point guard Jennings hadn't gotten injured, neither would have had a chance to break out.

　　So, as a coach, this function is extremely useful.

　　Moreover, being able to detect a player's physical attributes, shooting ability, and technical skills would also be hugely beneficial if you were a player yourself!

　　Henry Bolton still hadn't given up on the possibility of being a player, because he was actually pretty good—among high schoolers in California, he was considered very strong.

　　Suddenly, Henry Bolton sensed something was off and looked at the subtitles again.

　　"FIBA? NBA professional basketball? Wait, wasn't I supposed to go to college? Why is it directly NBA and FIBA?"

　　At this point, the subtitles had already changed, showing signed players, tasks, rewards... and a special signed player.

　　The task section was marked (1), rewards as well, but signed players was (0), while special signed players was (1).

　　Thinking about the special signed player, the subtitles changed again.

　　"Special signed player: Henry Bolton.

　　Age: 18 (January 7, 1977).

　　Height: 199 cm.

　　Weight: 89 kg.

　　Position: Forward.

　　Team: Former Inglewood High School Boys' Basketball Team, current team: Streetball team: Ri Tian Bang.

　　Achievements: Member of the 1994-1995 California State High School League championship team; ranked 22nd among all American high schoolers in the 1994-1995 season; First Team All-California High School in 1994-1995; AP Third Team All-American High School in 1994-1995.

　　Stats:

　　Junior year: Played 25 games, averaged 12.2 points, 10.2 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 2.4 steals, 2.6 blocks per game.

　　Senior year: Played 35 games, averaged 22 points, 14.4 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 2.8 steals, 3.4 blocks per game.

　　NBA-level ability rating: 60

　　Physical attributes: Speed 90, Strength 70, Vertical 93, Agility 96, Stamina 90...

　　Shooting: Three-point 45, Mid-range 75, Layup 80...

　　Skills: Ball handling 52, Passing 43, Catch-and-shoot 85...

　　Overall evaluation: A skinny, athletically gifted, extremely energetic, but technically limited bench player."

　　"Bench player? I can accept technically limited, but skinny?"

　　Henry Bolton was a bit stunned by this evaluation. His build, apart from a few physical freaks in California, could be considered pretty dominant, right?

　　Aside from a few outstanding players like Pierce, Keith Van Horn, and Bobby Jackson who had performed better than him in the local high school league in recent years, even those so-called genius players who entered college last year and were predicted by the media to have a chance of being drafted in the first round in '97 or '98 after their junior or senior year weren't as good as him.

　　After all, he was the third-highest scoring small forward, first in rebounds, and top five in both blocks and steals in California during the 94-95 high school league—a top-30 national high school talent! And yet he was rated as a bench player?

　　"Wait, could this be an NBA-level evaluation?"

　　Henry Bolton's breathing quickened at the thought. Looking at it this way, he realized that his talent really was exceptional in many ways. No wonder he was noticed by American basketball coaches at just 15. He had a thought that even he found ridiculous, but couldn't shake it, though he tried hard to suppress it.

　　This was his last-ditch option. He could take a safer route, like asking his family for more money... As long as he went to college, he'd definitely need to ask his family for money. With a basketball scholarship, he could save quite a bit, and he wasn't desperate enough yet to risk everything.

　　But that idea kept lingering in his mind... He just didn't have the capital to act on it.

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