The Way of the Center

I don't understand why haters are attacking this excellent basketball novel. It's one of the best center novels I've ever read. The protagonist is well-rounded and not extreme; there's no godlike martial arts, no clichéd system-based plot, and it even resonates with Chinese perspectives on love.

To be honest, if the author's next book is like this, I probably won't follow it anymore. The protagonist can't even gain the league's respect, and the team suffers such inexplicable punishments. This doesn't conform to the principles of the league's expansion into the Chinese market in reality, let alone the fact that such a violent foul only results in a one-game suspension.

I have to say that it's not that this book doesn't have some fun points, but that the author's fun points are different from those of more than 90% of readers. Readers subscribe to your book, although they don't subscribe to your book to read some mindless plots, like those who just joined the alliance and punched the orang king and kicked the volute, but they also don't like the fact that the…

Actually, it's very well written. The main point is that it conveys the feeling that an NBA championship is hard-won, achieved through pure hard work and no cheat codes. This is the first book I've seen that dares to write about a protagonist who suffers a major injury and misses the entire season.

My god, the female lead is a self-taught model... She keeps saying she wants to finally find love, and she's still having an ambiguous relationship with a minor pop star, never saying no. What a scumbag! This praise of Van Gundy is completely illogical. Anyone you wrote about could be Van Gundy, but he's definitely not…

Where are the main character's stats for each game? What about their shooting percentage? They don't even list them, it's all so confusing. The whole thing just keeps mentioning the leader, the leader! It's nauseating, as if nobody else knows that. Lillard is an All-Star player, and the main players have taken on most of the honors. Lillard is content to always be Pippen.

Creating two three-peats without any special abilities is simply unbelievable. Even Michael Jordan almost missed out on a three-peat on his path to godhood. I'm not trying to belittle Asians! I'm just stating the facts. Yao Ming is arguably the greatest Asian basketball player, yet he never even reached the Western Conference Finals. Did Yao Ming not work hard? His career was ruined by injuries.

A broken finger can still cause a killing spree? After a major surgery that almost removed the meniscus from the knee, he's even more agile than before?

Wow, the protagonist is incredibly awesome one minute and like a complete idiot the next. It's really hard to watch. How can I stop myself from being stupid?

If we put the timeline 10 years in the future, this talk of the decline of centers doesn't feel so out of place. In 2007 and 2008, Oden was highly praised.