Link lay tiredly on the bed. He hadn't trained so late for a long time.

Although there is no competition tomorrow, you can wait until tomorrow to complete the upgrade. However, every time you are approaching the hurdle of upgrading, Link will always be unable to help it.

As the progress bar is about to be filled, who can fall asleep with peace of mind?

It’s like the long-awaited new game downloaded at 99.9%, and no one will pause it and wait for tomorrow to download it. The goddess I admire for a long time is lying beside me, and you can’t say to her, “I’m too tired tonight.”

Therefore, Link would rather work overtime than give the progress bar.

This time, he still did this.

Speaking of which, as the upgrade deepens, it is becoming more and more difficult to fill the progress bar.

I used to be able to upgrade two or three times in one season, but now I am thankful that I can upgrade once in one season.

Fortunately, Link's current strength is basically enough, otherwise this upgrade speed would definitely make Link die.

It is a huge benefit for Link to be able to get upgrades before the start of the playoffs.

But the question that follows is, how much improvement can I get this time?

Link knew that as his strength continued to increase and his technology continued to improve, his curve of progress would become smaller and smaller every time he made progress. This was not just his own problem, but the normal development law of all athletes.

It’s like you can’t expect Durant to increase his average score by 5 points per season every year, just like in the first three years of his career. Each player’s strength and data improvements are limited. After a star has discovered most of his potential, his subsequent progress basically comes from details.

For example, Kobe seems to have made no progress in the second half of his career. His style of play to data has been fixed. But in fact, that outstanding back-to-body single has made him last several more years in the torrent of history.

For example, James's data seems to be similar every year. However, compared with James' current 1.0 in the Cavaliers era, his game control ability is completely different.

Link also knew that in the future, his good brother Paul George trained his dribble carefully and instantly played an MVP-level performance.

This progress in detail is not as conspicuous as the data improvement, and it will not cause any earth-shaking changes to Link again.

But the more exquisitely any star can polish himself in details, the stronger their dominance over the league will be.

For ordinary players, they have improved from 0 to 10, and the effect is of course very obvious. But for top stars, they have improved from 99.9 to 100, and the effect of the improvement is naturally not so easy to detect.

But sometimes, a star's distance is just as difficult to detect as 0.1.

Link then turned over, opened the computer and searched for Grant Hill's information in the 200-01 season, wanting to see which details of himself will make progress and see where his "0.1" will appear.

After reading a lot of information related to Hill, many memories immediately poured into Link's mind.

Hill faced a major choice in his career for the first time in the 200-01 season.

Before that summer, Hill and the Pistons suffered another blow in the playoffs, and Hill's ankle injury began to bother him for the first time.

After working hard for so many years but still failing, Hill decided to part ways with the Pistons.

The most tight-knit teams of the Bulls and Magic at that time were the Bulls and Magic. Both teams had huge salary space and were enough to sign two superstars. They also launched an offensive against Tim Duncan and Grant Hill, the two biggest free agents in the league at that time.

In the end, Hill reached a consensus with Magic and decided to move to Florida. After Hill signed the contract, Magic also stepped up its pursuit of Duncan. They believed that once these two people were signed at the same time, Magic would have the capital to compete with O'Neal and Kobe.

"Healthy Hill matched Duncan at that time?" Link shook his head. If this pair really took shape, the history of the NBA alliance might have been rewritten.

But unfortunately, this dreamy combination did not appear. Duncan did not choose to join the Magic, but stayed with the Spurs. Hill's foot injury has never improved since then.

This is the script written by fate. Hill missed his golden years and the most suitable golden partner.

During the entire 200-01 season, Hill only played 4 games due to a foot injury that he suffered last season. He scored a total of 55 points, 25 rebounds and 25 assists, and then he laid the team's highest salary on the hospital bed.

McGrady, who was originally Hill's deputy, was actually the number one superstar of Magic.

Seeing this, the corners of Link's mouth twitched. Hill in the 00-01 season only played 4 games... Playing with me! I was so excited about it. The sample of 4 games is so small, can you see any improvement? Maybe, it will be a step back compared to next season!

After upgrading, he will retreat? If this happens, Link will probably die of ignorance.

But according to past experience, no matter how many games Hill played that season, Link inherited Hill's ability when she was still healthy. Even if Hill had been healthy for 4 games, it would be a healthy time.

So what is the biggest difference between Hill's 4 healthy games and the subsequent 2001-02 season?

Link thought about it carefully and finally got the answer.

The biggest difference is the ankle!

Hill had not undergone any major ankle surgery before being injured in the 200-01 season!

Although his ankles are no longer 100% healthy, there are no steel nails implanted yet.

Thinking of this, Link couldn't help but twist his ankle. Of course, he couldn't feel anything now. His progress will not be reflected in tomorrow's training.

However, Link believes that an ankle that is more flexible and healthier than before will definitely make a lot of progress!

As we all know, although Hill is a striker, his breakthrough ability has always been a topic of relish. Once upon a time, Hill even had the title of "the fastest first step in the league".

Many people have objections to this, because even in Hill's peak 96 and 97, the league still had Jordan, who was invincible and Iverson, who had just shown his edge. They were both top experts in breakthroughs. In terms of speed alone, Hill did not have an advantage.

But even so, Hill's breakthrough received great praise at the same time. This is mainly because Hill's ankles can change the center of gravity at a very exaggerated angle, and in an extremely narrow space, he can still use two very simple and neat body directions to change directions in an instant. While the opponent was still looking for balance, he had already escaped and rushed straight to the basket.

This kind of breakthrough is very rare now because it has too much burden on the ankles and has too strict requirements on basic skills of both hands. Most of the breakthroughs in the NBA arena are made by relying on physical or speed, or by Irving's gorgeous and radical continuous change.

Even Link himself now relies on his body and speed to break through.

The most similar thing to Hill's breakthrough action is Deron Williams at his peak, but even Deron's breakthrough rate and the beauty of his movements are far less than Hill's original.

It is precisely because of his strong breakthrough ability that Hill still became a league superstar when he was not good at shooting. People say that Hill does not need to jump shots at all, and he can solve the game with breakthroughs.

This shows how terrible the breakthrough ability of Hill with a completely healthy ankle!

Thinking of this, Link became excited instantly. Although he has not obtained a completely healthy Hill ankle now, it is much better than the ankle after the steel nail was inserted.

In the future, his breakthroughs and direction change will definitely be more at will! What's more, Link also has the excellent shooting ability that Hillborn did not have in that period! This will allow Link to have more offensive choices after he shakes out of space!

Link smiled from ear to ear. How much can a 50% healthy ankle do? He can't wait to try it. Even if it's not the fastest first step in the league, it should be one of the fastest players in the league.

"By the way, the opponent in the next game is Kevin Durant." Link, who was lying back on the bed, held his chin. He has also heard of Durant's recent performance and is very strong.

Isn't that guy looking for himself everywhere? Well... it happens, just right.
Chapter completed!