"Han, tomorrow you'll face Stephen Curry, do you have anything to say about that?"
At the season opener press conference for Miami Barry University, an NCAA reporter asked Hansen.
Although he hadn't yet played a game for the team, Hansen was the only four-star or above high school player in the Barry University team.
Hansen shifted in his seat, resting his elbow on the table:
"I'll defeat him."
As soon as these words were uttered, everyone below immediately turned their eyes toward him.
How could Hansen dare to say that?
Putting aside the fact that Barry University was only a second-tier league team, they had an even more impressive record last season with 2 wins and 16 losses.
And their opponents, Davidson University, had made it to the Elite Eight in the "Madness of March" last season under Curry's leadership!
The questioning reporter was also stunned in place, as he was merely expecting to hear some words of praise for Curry from Hansen.
"So you're saying you'll defeat the league's leading scorer?" The reporter snapped back to reality and confirmed.
"Yes, I'll score more points than him, I'll prove..." Hansen leaned forward, getting as close to the microphone as possible,
"I am the NCAA's top scorer."
The room below became instantly restless.
They now just thought of Hansen as a clown.
Last season, Curry averaged 25.9 points per game, took an average of 10.3 three-point shots, hitting 4.5, with a shooting percentage of 43.9%, which are the performances of the NCAA's strongest shooter both in output and accuracy.
And Hansen, he hadn't appeared in any NCAA games for the past two years.
It's not so much a gap between them as there is no comparison at all.
Not only the reporters below, but even Barry University's new head coach Reggie Tois turned his head in surprise.
Was Hansen really so high-profile?
This "Anti-Fans Value" is growing a bit slowly, huh?
By this time, already in the system space, Hansen was looking at the system-displayed number +13 and frowning.
He was nearly at the point of changing his last name to the audacious Zhang, and these reporters were only giving him this little hate?
Could it be because there weren't enough people?
Hansen couldn't help but stroke his chin.
He was not actually from this world.
In his previous life, his family had a bit of money, and because he was very interested in basketball, they sent him to the United States to attend high school, where he demonstrated quite remarkable basketball talent, especially a high basketball IQ, learning everything quickly.
However, by the time he was in senior year, he started facing a catastrophe similar to that of Brother Jordan: he stopped growing!
Even after graduating from college, his height stayed at 1.75 meters, and he had no choice but to transition into becoming a basketball trainer.
However, during his era, the global economy declined, all industries were intense and competitive, and to survive he ran around everywhere, stayed up late making videos for operations, and accidentally, became part of the 21st century's sudden death statistics.
When he woke up again, he had already crossed over to this parallel world.
The reason he called it a parallel world was because of the person he had become.
This person was also named "Hansen," a four-star high school player from the 2006 class.
There was no such individual in his memory—if there had been, domestic sports media would have hyped him to the sky long ago.
Well, this "Hansen" was also quite tragic.
With a height of 1.98 meters and a wingspan of 2.10 meters, plus a running vertical jump of 93 cm, he possessed top-level talent for an Asian, comparable to black players.
So why was he called tragic?
Because of his anti-fans.
Before entering the NCAA, he was the subject of crazy hype by domestic media and fans, being the first four-star high school student in East University's history, he had already been deemed the next NBA player from East University after Yao Ming.
In their endless anticipation, "Hansen" ultimately chose to join Gonzaga University, a powerhouse in the First-tier Alliance of the NCAA.
And then, everything changed.
With a multitude of five-star high school students at Gonzaga, even the four-stars were older team members who had stayed at the school for several years—and he could hardly get a chance to play.
This really blew up the domestic media and fans.
They started by questioning the team coach's staffing decisions, then highlighted his teammates' poor performances, and eventually moved on to a variety of mockery and insults toward him.
"Don't you have the slightest clue about your own ability? Why would you choose such a powerhouse? Would it kill you to choose an ordinary team?"
"Stop fooling yourself, he's nowhere near the American players; he thinks he can make it to the NBA with that level of play?"
"Why can't he get on the court? Isn't it because he's not good enough? He must be slacking off in training or maybe he's been drained dry by American girls."
...
Usually, a four-star high school student not getting playing time in a powerhouse is quite normal; if they stay for a year or two to improve their skills, they can become older team members and get a chance to play.
But under the immense pressure of public opinion, he chose to transfer to Barry University in order to play.
However, instead of decreasing, these voices only grew louder.
"From the moment he chose a second-tier League team, his fate with the NBA was sealed."
"He doesn't strive in training for a chance to play, instead running off to a second-tier League; he's nothing but a deserter, a coward!"
"What's the point of padding stats in the second-tier League? No matter how good you look, can you make it to the NBA?"
…
The NCAA rules state that players cannot play for a year after transferring, which is what's known as 'sitting out'.
Hansen was blacklisted for almost a year like this.
Eventually, doubted life so much that he chose to go abroad to clear his mind and unexpectedly encountered a helicopter crash while admiring the sea view. After the crash, he drowned.
After tasting a mouthful of briny seawater, Hansen crossed over to this parallel world.
To relive a life and to grow over 20 centimeters taller was an incredible surprise for Hansen, who inherently loved basketball.
However, the system that appeared next left him speechless for a moment.
The Anti-Fans System.
As a youth of the 21st century, Hansen naturally had read plenty of novels.
Schemes like pay-to-win systems, talent templates, basketball court check-ins, but all were invariably positive.
Anti-Fans System, WTF?
Later, after some exploration, he learned it was a system that drew energy from others bad-mouthing the host and generated "Anti-Fans Points," which could then be exchanged for talents.
In layman's terms, the more intensely others trash talk you, the stronger you become.
Once he understood, his silence turned into excitement.
Forget about those 2024 lay-flat systems!
Hansen had always been smeared by others, so couldn't he just lie down and become stronger?
However, he soon realized something was wrong. The Anti-Fans Points were indeed increasing, but they were negligible.
Belatedly, he realized Hansen was no longer attracting contempt.
It wasn't that the haters had changed their views, but rather Hansen was no longer worth bad-mouthing.
Their attention had shifted to the Olympics, as well as to Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue, who were successively selected by the NBA.
A very realistic sentence: you have to be of a certain calibre to be smeared.
Fortunately, the system activation came with a newbie gift pack.
Ordinary Physical Talent, Eagle Eye, One lottery draw chance (activated at 10,000 Anti-Fans Points, selectable card pool).
These were the three options he saw after opening the gift pack.
After being told by the system he couldn't choose "I want them all," he finally selected the lottery draw chance and Eagle Eye.
Eagle Eye: Enhances talent in catching and shooting from outside the perimeter with ball in hand.
Hansen, I will continue the life you couldn't finish!
After reflecting, Hansen devoted himself to three months of intense practice.
The system only increased his talent ceiling; real improvement in strength had to come from practice, grueling practice.
As for how to practice, how could that possibly stump him, a basketball trainer?
From sunrise to sunset, from the warmth of spring to the chill of fall, whether in wind or rain, he never took a break.
He transformed the regrets of his past life and his passion for basketball into sweat, leaving it in every corner of the court.
Finally, before the start of the season, he felt like he had reached a bottleneck.
Meanwhile, his shooting had improved tremendously.
A very tangible manifestation of this was the three-point contest where he could now consistently score around 20 balls out of 25 in a minute.
This was a delightfully good level, but Hansen knew it was still not enough.
A second-tier League player can't make it to the NBA by only being good at three-pointers.
He needed to become stronger.
He needed more Anti-Fans Points.
For a team like Barry University, press conferences were few and far between, so he had to seize every opportunity.
—Separator—
①: Based on scout reports and player performances, a well-known sports website ranks high school students, with 1-25 being five-star, 26-100 four-star, and 101-200 three-star;
②: March Madness refers to the NCAA First-tier Alliance championship tournament held every March. Due to the single-elimination format throughout, it's wildly unpredictable, hence the name.
ps: The new book is released, it's been a long time coming, fathers of righteousness. Welcome to collect and follow the read.