I fell in love with Toutiao and became the GOAT.

After the lottery, Lin Bei lost his sleepiness and simply got up.

He was a little too excited and planned to go to the training hall to practice for a while and try out his new abilities and talents.

He ran all the way to the training hall before realizing:

He couldn't even detect the changes in these new abilities or talents he had just acquired on his own.

Aside from [Warcraft's dunk].

In the Warriors' empty training facility, Lin Bei held a basketball and slapped it twice, the crisp sound of the ball bouncing clearly audible in the silence.

He then started, accelerated, and with very clumsy dribbling, drove straight to the basket.

Under the basket, he leaped up, his arms blazing like fire, and slammed the basketball into the hoop!

With a loud bang, the sound echoed in the empty training hall. The dunk was incredibly powerful, but Lin Bei didn't feel anything particularly different.

"It seems like there's not much difference from before?"

After landing, Lin Bei felt the ball for a while, then picked it up again and tried it once more in the same way.

He didn't feel any difference; this "beast dunk" didn't increase his strength or his jumping ability.

Lin Bei was a bit confused about what exactly this so-called "Warcraft's Dunk" had improved.

He then tried to increase the difficulty.

He completed a between-the-legs dunk on his first try.

He jumped from the free-throw line and dunked, succeeding on his first try.

Including a reverse dunk straight up and down under the basket, which he easily slammed in.

After several attempts, he suddenly had a breakthrough.

"It seems this thing increases my airtime? And my projectile speed?"

He tried those fancy dunks, and each one was easy for him.

Since his jumping ability hasn't changed, the answer is obvious: his hang time and speed are both better than before.

Don't underestimate these subtle improvements; on the field, details determine success or failure.

Specifically, given his current air speed and already strong combat ability, he has the advantage of being able to stay airborne and launch projectiles at high speeds.

In the future, when facing an opponent like DeAndre Jordan, he can be fearless and dunk whenever he has the chance, without worrying about being blocked by his opponent.

"This improvement is indeed significant."

Lin Bei's lips curled up, his eyes filled with satisfaction.

……

Lin Bei was so engrossed in the joy of his new ability that he didn't notice a figure that had briefly appeared near the training hall—Bob Myers.

Bob Myers has been extremely busy these past few days.

After a series of away defeats, head coach Mark Jackson has completely lost patience with Monta Ellis.

He urged Bob Myers: "Klay Thompson is playing well, I think we can promote him to starting position and trade for Monta Ellis, we need a center."

When Bob Myers heard that Mark Jackson wanted a center, he specifically mentioned Lin Bei.

"Wasn't Best Lin's performance pretty good?"

Mark Jackson shook his head repeatedly at this.

"He's too inexperienced. He lacks defensive experience and awareness, and his high pick-and-roll and playmaking are ineffective. Apart from rebounding and three-pointers, he's more like a 'half-finished product' that I forced into the center position."

"Understood."

Bob Myers nodded in agreement and then devoted himself entirely to negotiating the deal for Monta Ellis.

He was passing by the training hall when he saw Lin Bei dunking wildly.

Lin Bei's dunks gave him only one impression: this kid's physical abilities are truly explosive.

The shortcomings Mark Jackson described to him were all related to experience and awareness, and Lin Bei's dunks did not show any improvement in these two areas.

Therefore, Bob Myers did not disturb Lin Bei. He watched quietly for a moment and then turned and left to continue with the transaction at hand.

……

After dunking for more than half an hour, Lin Bei stopped and started practicing free throws.

This season, including the game against the Magic where he only played for two or three minutes, Lin Bei has not yet stepped to the free-throw line in a total of 5 games.

The reason for this is that he plays a completely off-the-ball style, spending most of his time without the ball in his hands.

Even if he gets the basketball, he won't actively seek contact; instead, he'll avoid it, so it's normal that he doesn't get free throws.

But Lin Bei realized that with [Dwight Howard's Dunk], physical contact became inevitable, and he would inevitably have to go to the free throw line in the future.

Although Lin Bei doesn't have a mid-range shot, his free throws are quite good, with a success rate of around 70%.

This accuracy rate is actually quite dangerous. When you're not in good form, it's easy for your opponent to target you and "score" you.

Therefore, Lin Bei needs to take some time to practice a little.

As he practiced, Lin Bei became a little curious again.

If he had just drawn the "Warcraft Free Throw" item in the lottery, what kind of change would the system make to him?

Is it going to improve in the opposite direction, or maintain the status quo?

After much thought, Lin Bei decided that the status quo should be maintained.

"When you've practiced to the point where you can't improve any further, then you can give it a try..."

After practicing free throws for a while, Lin Bei headed home.

Along the way, he strolled around, occasionally taking out his phone to scan the screen.

The league acted quickly; at noon, the Magic held another press conference.

Redick apologized again, this time without any explanation, just a simple and straightforward apology, much more sincere than before.

Howard still did not appear, but the Magic unilaterally announced their punishment decision:

"Given Dwight Howard's inappropriate words and actions, the team has decided to suspend him indefinitely until he truly recognizes his mistake."

Upon seeing this message, Lin Bei was quite surprised, but after a moment's thought, he understood the key point:

Howard had already been pressuring for his departure, and his relationship with the Magic's management and fans had long since broken down.

Since this racial discrimination incident affected him, the Magic management simply took the opportunity to suspend his games and training.

First, "protect" the person and wait for a suitable trading opportunity.

Lin Bei finally scrolled to Twitter and saw Jeremy Lin's latest tweet.

"I just hope the incident will be resolved as soon as possible and that Asians can receive genuine respect. I have no other intentions."

I apologize to Best Lin, and to all Asians and Chinese people…

Below the tweet, setting aside the debate about race, Asian netizens continued to hurl accusations.

"Why are you pretending to be innocent? Giving up as soon as you're exposed is too weak!"

"Lin Bei is right, you have no right to speak up for Asians!"

After a moment's hesitation, Lin Bei chose to retweet Jeremy Lin's tweet, adding the caption—

"Simply forgiving, retreating, and tolerating will not help Asians win respect. We must stand firm and have zero tolerance for racial discrimination."

After clicking send, Lin Bei stopped paying attention to the aftermath of this racial discrimination incident.

There will likely be no further developments in this racially motivated incident; the league acted too quickly.

This swift and decisive action effectively prevented Lin Bei from taking any further action.

"That's the end of it."

Next, Lin Bei should focus all his efforts on preparing for his comeback battle.