Reborn in 1980: I Challenge Jordan for the GOAT Title

Without a system, there's no invincibility; both sides have their victories and defeats. Is this intended for only oneself? 😰

I was stunned when I saw him acting like he was stopping 9/11, but then I heard he was a LeBron fan, and that's when I started to understand. 😅

In the early 1980s, the NBA was a hub for drugs and gambling. Would a Chinese person going to play in the NBA be suicide? Even white people couldn't make it in the NBA.

The author is probably quite young, and seeing the rise of a major power in the last ten or twenty years, they assume the 80s and 90s are also relevant. This completely detaches the work from historical authenticity. When writing about Europe and America in the 80s and 90s, the characters should be either white, Latino, or Black; even mixed-race characters are more authentic than purely Asian. Once a novel fails to establish its basic realism, its potential is limited.

The subject matter is alright, and the coming-of-age protagonist is acceptable, but there's just too much digression. With 9/11 and the hometown association, couldn't they have focused on basketball? The protagonist entered the NBA in '85 and was almost retired by '2020, so there's no need to think about participating in the Olympics or anything like that.

Are you planning to write this only for yourself? The paragraph breaks are making it hard to read. Is this just for myself? The paragraph breaks are making it difficult to read. Is this just for myself? The paragraph breaks are making it hard to read. Is this just for myself? ... The paragraph breaks are making it hard to read. Is

Playing in the NBA of the 1980s, your role model included two injury-prone players; if you weren't durable, you'd suffer a terrible defeat.