The Fifth Guard

Many basketball novels suffer from this problem: the protagonist is ridiculously strong right from the start of the league. They become invincible within one or two years, then embark on a championship run, a dynasty. They switch teams, and then are practically superhuman, the kind scientists would want to dissect and study. Another championship run, another dynasty.

Based on the protagonist's name alone, this should be a track and field novel, and he should also be a spokesperson for Shentong Express. I've even thought of the tagline: "Shentong runs fast, Shentong delivers fast, Shentong is truly fast!" 😏

And I remember that motorcycles aren't allowed in the NBA, yet the main character can ride a Harley-Davidson? Don't they know that?

Avril Lavigne is practically become the NBA's go-to leading lady. I just don't get what's so great about her.

West Coast Express, East Coast Express, North Coast Express, South Coast Express, Zhongtong Express—oh well, another courier service.

Even in basketball games, you can drive a Uzi car. No matter how you drive it, the Uzi is forever a god.

Can the protagonist really make it to the NBA after playing only one NCAA Final Four game? Even MOP players can go undrafted; the draft isn't based on a single game. Wouldn't it be better to play another year in college and then be drafted high?

Is that so? Why pretend to be innocent in America? People can walk out of nightclubs on their own. If you're worried about censorship, just skip it and say the protagonist woke up in a hotel! That's too simplistic.

Why do basketball novels always have an older sister? Can't the protagonist study abroad on his own? Does the whole family have to be in America?

The dialogue contains numerous Chinese puns, which are understandable at first glance, but feel out of place in the NBA setting. It's impractical for all the characters in the book to understand Chinese; if they really did, a simple explanation of the setting would have sufficed.