According to the system's rules, technical and cognitive abilities need to be improved through constant upgrades, but Eric Bennett's physical talent requires his own effort to develop. What surprised Eric Bennett was that his speed and flexibility did not decrease as he grew taller; instead, his longer strides after growing taller gave him even more of an advantage. So at this stage, what he needs most is to unlock all five elite badges from the five templates.

Relentless Rebounder requires accumulating rebounds, which can't be rushed. Limitless Range requires making ultra-long three-pointers—throwing one or two per game is fine, after all, Eric Bennett isn't Stephen, and being too reckless would get him criticized.

Now that he already has the Ankle Breaker, what Eric Bennett needs most to unlock are the Dream Shake and Difficult Shots.

Eric Bennett's first target is Difficult Shots, because with the Ankle Breaker, if opponents become more familiar with him, he'll need to rely on pulling up directly after dribbling or various difficult fadeaways to finish the offense.

After this game, Eric Bennett's progress on Difficult Shots has reached a training value of 32,000/50,000 and an experience value of 11/50. If he makes 39 more difficult shots, he can unlock this badge.

"Lin, some of your shot selections could be better." Brian Whitman thought that many of Eric Bennett's forced shots could be improved with some optimization.

"Okay, Coach, I'll work on it, but I think I won't have too many easy shot opportunities in the upcoming games." Eric Bennett had his own reasons, and Brian Whitman, being a good person, agreed with Eric Bennett's point.

That's right—even if Eric Bennett, at seven feet tall, is contested, it's still hard for opponents to affect him. So Eric Bennett added another item to his training. It sounds a bit shameless, but this training is called—face-up shooting. As for the abbreviation, ahem...

With Eric Bennett joining, the Davidson Wildcats have achieved a six-game winning streak. Although Stephen Curry joked that it was only because they've been playing weak teams lately, thanks to his recent stat-padding performances, Eric Bennett has already entered the ESPN Draft website rankings. In the past six games, Eric Bennett has averaged 24.7 points, 7.4 rebounds, 4.5 assists, plus 2.1 blocks using his height and 1.4 steals using his wingspan.

Although the Southern Division is generally weaker, with these stats, Eric Bennett definitely ranks in the top ten of the Southern Conference.

ESPN Draft Net believes Eric Bennett has a chance to be picked at the end of the second round. Of course, many scouts have put a question mark on whether Eric Bennett's ranking could go even higher. After all, it's not uncommon in NCAA history for a player to rise from the second round to the first round or even the lottery.

Now, scouts' research on Eric Bennett has just begun.

Incidentally, Chinese media were all surprised by Eric Bennett's sudden emergence and are all sighing that a great era for Chinese basketball is coming.

At this time, Chinese fans' attitude toward watching the NBA was different from the future. Why did so many Chinese players at this time believe they had the ability to play in the NBA?

Because Yao Ming put up All-Star numbers in the NBA, plus Yi Jianlian would occasionally break out, and after the Olympics, Sun Yue joined the Lakers. Chinese fans had no shortage of games to watch—every day, not only could they eat meat, but they could also have porridge...

Who would have thought this was all just an illusion brought to Chinese fans by Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian...

In the future, let alone porridge—even if the "Big Devil" Zhou Qi could get on the court for a minute or two, it would be news.

Media outlets like "Basketball Pioneer" and "Titan Sports Weekly" have started sending reporters to interview Eric Bennett, since Eric Bennett is the first Chinese player to put up decent numbers in NCAA Division I.

It's said he's also a center, and since people didn't know much about the NCAA at this time, and social networks weren't yet developed, almost all the Chinese reporters preparing to interview Eric Bennett firmly believed that Eric Bennett's template must be Yao Ming...

The camera returns to Davidson College's basketball gym.

The Wildcats are fighting for their seventh straight win today. Their opponent is St. Joseph's Institute of Technology, whose strength isn't great. The Southern Division's scoring leader, Curry, who has recorded double-doubles in six straight games, already had 7 assists by halftime.

Now Curry's ranking on ESPN Draft Net has stabilized in the top ten. Having successfully transitioned to point guard, he's given scouts confidence in him.

His physique is indeed a disadvantage at shooting guard, but at point guard, his height is acceptable. And even if the Southern Conference is weak, how could NBA teams not take a gamble on someone averaging 29 points and 10 assists per game?

"Swish!" Eric Bennett once again received a pass from Stephen Curry. In the second half, with a step-back mid-range jumper, he extended the Wildcats' lead to 20 points.

The St. Joseph's Institute of Technology's big men were almost in tears. In this game, Eric Bennett played on the perimeter the whole time. If you stick to Eric Bennett closely, his ball-handling is excellent and he's fast—he can blow by you in an instant.

This was Eric Bennett's 26th point of the game. He and Stephen Curry have now become the two biggest stat padders in the Southern Conference.

Pad, pad, pad—how can you have a future if you don't pad your stats?

How did Michael Beasley become the second overall pick? Wasn't it all about padding stats?