Watching the Garfield players behind him all playing so happily, Bradley felt like he was missing out.

"Avery, there's no need to be reserved at Garfield. Bennett and Brandon have always been like this."

Have they always been this goofy?

This is completely at odds with their cool image outside!

Yes is not the kind of sleazy guy who takes advantage of others.

Especially in front of friends and juniors—if you kick someone else's butt for no reason, of course you have to let them kick you back.

When he was a kid and asked Olivia Bennett to help him improve his stats, he kissed Olivia Bennett to boost his endurance, but he would also let Olivia Bennett kiss him back.

He was never the type to take advantage of others.

Later, he realized that he actually had taken advantage of Olivia Bennett.

But that was only because Olivia Bennett had secretly kissed him while he was sleeping, but Olivia Bennett's technique was so bad that it woke him up.

So, Olivia Bennett never felt like he was the one being taken advantage of.

Still, it has to be said—some of the system's training methods are really unscientific!

Among the Garfield High players, only by kicking Avery Bradley's butt could he get a +1 to his explosiveness.

His previous teammates didn't work.

Avery Bradley is still quite famous in the American basketball scene.

He and John Wall are equally renowned, the two most famous prodigies in American high school basketball.

Their talent and reputation far surpass Roy and Conroy.

John Wall even has a star card!

In high school, John Wall's star card was three stars, so by that logic, Bradley should also have a star card.

And maybe he's also a genius who had a star card in high school!

In other words, if he wants to increase his explosiveness by kicking butts, he needs to kick those who have star cards in the system?

Do Roy and Conroy also have star cards in the system?

Or is there some other commonality?

Like, maybe they're all people who can make it to the NBA?

But soon, Yes shook his head and dismissed this guess.

Ethan Cooper has a star card, but Ethan Cooper can't make it to the NBA.

Having a star card doesn't mean you're an NBA star.

Roy's current draft projection is late second round, and Conroy can't even make it into the second round.

Plus, with Roy's knee injury risk, it's highly likely neither of them will make it to the NBA.

After roughly summarizing the possible ways to increase explosiveness, Yes was satisfied with the results of his "training camp" at Garfield these past few days.

Now that he understood the conditions for boosting explosiveness, he just needed to get his explosiveness stat up to 80 as soon as possible, and then both his explosiveness and speed would break 80.

Add his current 20% bonus, and that's double 96!

Even in the NBA, he'd be a real speedster, right?

Besides, in the NCAA, there may not be many stars at the level of Bradley and John Wall, but there are probably at least a hundred at the level of Roy and Conroy.

But once he gets to the NCAA, those people won't be his friends—he'll have to find another way to kick their butts!

And a way where he doesn't have to let them kick him back!

Chapter 0013: A New Main Quest

In the United States, university education is highly autonomous.

This autonomy is not only reflected in admissions, but also in the academic calendar.

Yes attended elementary and middle school in China, and as far as he knows, all universities in China use a two-semester system.

In the US, while the two-semester system is mainstream, it only accounts for 70% of universities.

The other 30% use different academic calendars.

For example, the quarter system, the trimester system, the 4-1-4 system, or the 4-4-1 system, and so on.

You could say that in the US, the variety of university systems is dazzling.

At the University of Washington, where Yes is enrolled, the academic calendar is the "quarter system."

Although the quarter system isn't mainstream in the US, about 15% of universities use it, making it the second most popular system.

For example, most universities in California and the Pacific Northwest use this system.

This system divides the year into spring, summer, fall, and winter quarters. Basically, each quarter consists of two months of classes, one week of exams, and three weeks of vacation.

You could say this is a truly brutal system. Even though each quarter only has two months of classes, there are still both midterms and finals.

With the two-semester system, there are only four midterms and finals a year.

But with the quarter system, there are eight.

Not to mention, while students at other two-semester universities are enjoying summer break, those on the quarter system are still taking summer classes.

Fortunately, Yes isn't an ordinary student—he's a special athletic recruit.

His main purpose at the University of Washington isn't to study, but to play basketball.

Although Coach Floyd hopes he'll study hard at UW, ideally earning a master's or doctorate and staying on as faculty after graduation.

Coach Floyd is a very, very good coach. He has mapped out a clear future for all five of them.

In Coach Floyd's view, the five of them devoted their entire high school lives to Garfield High and Seattle.

So Seattle and he must take responsibility for the five of them.