I Play in the NBA, and You Give Me a Max-Level Golden Bell Shield?

After his soul transmigrates to the year 2000 in a parallel world, he is immediately bound to the [Combat Basketball System]. I play in the NBA, and you give me a max-level Iron Shirt technique? Elbowing, grappling, physical contact: as long as I go toe-to-toe with someone, I earn points, which I can exchange for peerless basketball skills! All I want is to play a proper game of hard-nosed basketball! Lin Ran, an elite 3-and-D player, has transmigrated back in time. While everyone else is figuring out how to shoot, all he wants is to throw down in the paint. Malone’s iron elbow? Big Ben’s crushing blows? Those tough Pistons are the team he misses most. Too bad that now, when they elbow and slam into him, it feels like they’re just tickling him. That year, Kobe and Shaq had just begun their quest for a three-peat with the Lakers. The league’s four great shooting guards were shining like stars, and hard-nosed play was all the rage! And next season, Jordan would make his triumphant return! “Seriously? You’re a forward, but you shoot threes better than a sharpshooter, handle the ball like a guard, and defend like an iron mountain?” Opponents: “Did I just run into a steel frame?” The media: “The league has a new, toughest beast of all time!” [Elbowing and brawling, iron-hard toughness, points for rewards: the NBA becomes a fighting arena!] Let the whole league see what an elite player’s all-around game and toughness look like! Real hard-nosed basketball is here. Are you ready to be dominated by brutal defense?