Mountain Peak System: a Path to NBA

Chapter 787 280: When Legends Become the Past, When the GOAT Captures Hearts (2)

In the past, people always thought Wilt Chamberlain's single-game "50+" record in the NBA was an unbreakable myth.But now, even fans from China and the United States who like to "argue" with Qin Yue, would not doubt that this record will eventually belong to Qin Yue.

Additionally, Qin Yue's recent strong performance in April has made the world begin to eagerly anticipate whether he will become an NBA member of the 20,000 points club this season.

So far, only three players in the NBA have achieved 20,000 regular season career points before turning thirty.

They are Chamberlain, Jordan, and Kobe.

Originally, at the same historical period, LeBron, would have become the fourth player in NBA history to achieve this before turning thirty at the age of twenty-eight years and seventeen days, thanks to the advantage of entering as a high school player, and he would have been crowned the youngest NBA member of the 20,000 points club.

However, in this lifetime, due to reduced stats during his time with the Knicks, LeBron will have to wait until next season at the earliest to reach his career's regular season 20,000th point.

Moreover, even though LeBron still has a chance to be the youngest member of the NBA 20,000 points club in this lifetime, compared to the Great Qin, who only entered the league at twenty-one and missed an entire season due to injury...

Despite playing three more seasons than Qin Yue, LeBron, who still trails behind Qin Yue in various technical stats, cannot shake off the image of "heaven-abandoned child" that he has left to the world.

In short, before the last six games of the Warriors in April, no one doubted that the 12/13 season belonged to Great Qin.

April 12th.

The Warriors hosted their regular season finale at Oracle Arena.

On the night of the game, Qin Yue, who was just 23 points away from officially joining the regular season's 20,000 points club, became the focus of global attention.

Before the game, the screen at Oracle Arena displayed Qin Yue's total regular season points per season:

05/06 season, 2214 points.

06/07 season, 2527 points.

07/08 season, 3067 points.

09/10 season, 2722 points.

10/11 season, 2904 points.

11/12 season, 3018 points.

And for the 12/13 season, marked with two question marks, 35?? points.

At the commentary booth, Rick Barry expressed, "If it weren't for that season missed due to injury, I think Messiah would already be on his journey to challenge the regular season career 30,000 points milestone."

In response, Adonal Foyle said, "But Rick, that's precisely why the chance to become a 20,000 points club member before thirty shocks us so much."

Exactly...

If it was merely by enduring through seasons to break various NBA historical total records, how could Qin Yue leave the world so astounded this season?

Seven seasons, 20,000 points club member.

This is the key to Qin Yue's impact on the current era.

Just like if Qin Yue can successfully achieve his dream "411 Project" before retiring.

The "411 Project" created in just fourteen seasons is incomparable to the one someone else took more than twenty years to create by enduring through seasons.

Because in competitive sports, no one ever compares who can live longer like a turtle.

And on the court, as the Timberwolves players, as the Warriors' final opponents, appeared one by one, James, choosing to hang the "groin strain" exemption card for the night, made Barkley unable to resist a jab: "Hey, LeBron, last game you were lively for the Wolves and scored 28 points, how come you can't play this game?"

It is known to all that in the NBA, when most stars encounter injuries, official announcements are made by the team.

For instance, a certain team reveals that a certain player will miss a certain amount of time due to injury.

However, great James, with no need for many words, relies on sources around him to reveal he has been plagued by injuries long term.

This game was no exception.

Before the game, according to Randy Mims, a person close to James, LeBron, consistently suffering from groin injuries this season, would miss the Wolves vs. Warriors regular-season finale.

"This old friend of yours sure is determined despite being disabled." Brown said to Qin Yue before the game started.

Seeing this, Qin Yue smiled and asked, "Why do you say that?"

Brown said, "Because according to sources close to him, since entering the league at eighteen, LeBron has almost always been battling injuries, never playing a single game fully healthy."

Such a scary LeBron!

Why is that?

Because if what Mim says is true, doesn't this mean, in Qin Yue's memory, the determined James endured over twenty years of work through sheer willpower?

However, James's absence due to injury obviously wouldn't affect the progression of this game.

After all, before the Wolves' final game started, who had already locked in the last place of the regular season with 14 wins, didn't win that many more games even when they had James.

Exactly, that's the "team-leading ability" of James, blown sky-high in Qin Yue's memory.

In fact, it is better to say that instead of James having excellent team-leading capabilities, Manager Zhan understood better how to pressure the team's management at every stage of his career to build a highly competitive roster around himself.

Unfortunately, the Wolves' rebuilding process is destined to be lengthy.

So even though Manager Zhan is more anxious than anyone, he, who has at least one more year of play with the Wolves, has no solution for this.

Meanwhile, at Oracle Arena, Qin Yue didn't disappoint the fans this night, as in the second quarter, he ushered in a climax at the Oakland venue.