《The Extraordinary Player》 I Wish 1 There was a man sitting in a bench in the rooftop of his apartment. He was looking up in the sky Where he saw many stars "maybe i''ll be like those star shining brightly if i have been a basketballs superstar" he murmured to himself. "I really miss those days where everybody treated me like a celebrity because I was good at playing basketball, maybe i did or not reach my dream playing at the NBA but I will still be happy to play in the PBA(Philippine Basketball Association) and to represent the Philippines in the international stage. But it is too late i am already 35 years old if not for the support money given by my father i don''t even think i could stay in this apartment" he said it audibly(1) after he finishes staring at the stars he directly goes to the stairs, to go to his unit after he arrived at his unit. he started to feel his hunger so he directly went to the kitchen and cook an instant noodles which was Lucky Me Pancit Canton(2) and he also made some side dishes like a hotdog and scrambled egg after he finishes cooking his meal he directly goes to the table and gets his Ipad and started reading some novels in Webnovel he was reading a novel about a guys who wanted to be a superstar and the mc was transported to an alternative world.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. his favorite thing arc about this novel was when GOD "2" was created (ok ok i won''t talk about it anymore i know some of you have already read the IRAS) after reading the latest chapter he was so glad Lord Zhang is back. because he was reading a lot of novels that reincarnates the mc or transports them to another world to get another chance ever since he started reading about those since he got depressed. He got depressed because of the loss of his mother the way her mother died he couldn''t accept it was a stray bullet to the back of the skull. the stray bullet comes from the gun of a police officer who was chasing a drug carrier and the police and the carrier got into a shoot out His mother couldn''t hear because of his age so she didn''t know there was a shoot out there and when his mother died there was no relative that has gone to her burial because all of his relatives live in the other part of the country and they couldn''t afford the flight to go to Manila and there was no one who could comfort him and he got really depressed. he started not to attend his studies at school even the training for the basketball team he didn''t attend any of the practice his friends couldn''t contact him, he shuts himself in his mother''s house started buying the things that he didn''t need all, the food he ate was all instant food. he started selling stuff at the house so he can meet his daily need. most of the time he was reading novels about cultivation or romance. I Wish 2 Ever since he got depressed the only thing that can comfort him was eating and reading novels he already sold the house of her mother which was very old but the money didn''t last. He spent most of it in a girl who was only leeching on him by the time he discovered she was only a gold digger he has already spent haft of the money he got from selling the house. because he also got a younger brother in the province he sent a quarter of the remaining money to his younger brother so he can sustain himself in the province. With the remaining money, he was left with he got a thought about doing business and he knows a person who is doing business which was her mother''s friend who was doing business and he ask her if maybe he could invest in her business. and he did invest in it and even sign a contract but when the business booming and ask when would he receive some earning of the business his mother''s friend told him that he never invested in any business with him. He couldn''t believe he was scammed so now he got no money, luckily he paid for his apartment for 1 year in advance he stocked up some food which could last him for a month 2 months if he squeezes it. after he got scammed he started looking for a part-time job or full-time job, he even thinks of going back to his province luckily he found a part-time job which was a convenience store clerk the store was called 11/7 he worked there for 6 months before the manager offered him full-time. after working for a year there he saved up money to pay for all of his bills but he couldn''t pay the rent for his apartment, so he swallowed his pride and ask for his father to send him money so he could pay his rent. his father agreed but only paying his rent It has already been 14 years since his father has been giving him money to pay for his rent. he was also hired to be the coach of a high school basketball team which gave him eventually a steady income to save some money so he could pay the downpayment of purchasing the unit he was staying on, now he is living quite well he didn''t need to squeeze every penny he got. Now he could eat outside twice a month which he was very happy with. Since basketball was a popular sport in the Philippines, his passion for the ignited when he sees young kids playing in the street so he decided he would play basketball again in his day off he goes to the local basketball court to play with the people who were there, since he always goes there the people who play at the court invited him to join their team and play for their barangay so they could win some games in the inter-barangay games every summer. He also played in some sponsored event of some famous local basketball brand who hosted local tournaments, in some tournament he was lucky to win with his team to reach the finals and win the trophy. He even got to the chance to play in the FIBA 3x3 basketball. where they won some game but ultimately lost because the opponent was better than them.If you spot this story on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. The team that he coaches already won 2 championships after 4 years of coaching the team, He was so proud of being a championship coach. the school even offered him a new contract with a higher salary which he gladly accepted. Even some of his players were treating him like their idol, His best player even got to play in a top caliber team in college which eventually he got drafted to the PBA but he did not have many playing time. but he was still happy that one of his former player got drafted to the pro leagues but he still wished that he was the one that got drafted. Now was summer time in the country but his team is holding a try out today for the local kids he was even hoping that there was an unpolished gem, which he could make that kid polished his skills. He was going outside to buy some breakfast at a near tapsilogan place where he could buy some tapsilog(1) which was famous in the country he was a regular at the place he even knows some of the staffs that are working there after walking to the place he greeted a waitress saying "Hi Marie" "O Skyler nice to see you," Marie said. "The usual one, and can i also get some coffee" said by Skyler "What coffee 3 in 1 o kapeng barako(2)"Said by Marie. I''ll go with kapeng barako". After eating i stayed in the place to talk and ask Marie "Marie is your son going to the tryout at the high school today," I ask her "Yeah i told him to go even if he''s not accepted, try and learn something from the tryouts," Marie said "Ok I''ll see your son there," I said to there before leaving As i was walking down the sidewalk i saw a young kid who was dribbling his basketball in the sidewalk but his ball bounce to the middle of the street so he tried to chase the ball, but suddenly there was a car going fast so i ran up to the middle of the road to push the kid to safety. But i was blasted away by the car maybe 6 to 7 feet away from the car. luckily the car stops and didn''t do hit and run the driver of that car got out of his car and tried to help his passengers to get out of the car and some people who were at the sidewalk was calling for an ambulance. when the ambulance arrived they tried to carry me to the hospital but i didn''t make it through the journey. but before dying, I muttered the words "I wish i can go back to the past where i was a young kid so i can achieve my dreams" and the lasting i heard was a loud "DING" A Second Chance [DING]..... Welcome to the Spirit World "what what spirit world?" I mumbled to myself as i was still in a daze i saw a woman flying towards me "Hi Skyler my name is Scarlet and i am sent here by my boss that he would like to meet you in the headquarters, so could you please follow me, " Scarlet said to me "ummm what exactly is the spirit world," I said to her. she replied to me saying "this is where your soul or spirit will go after you die" "then why am i meeting your boss?" i replied "that i do not know so you could just follow me and you will eventually find out after you talk to my boss"Scarlet After agreeing to see her boss we passed by a bridge which was the bridge of reincarnation, I ask Scarlet a question "how do they know that they are ready to reincarnate" Scarlet replied "we have a personnel whose task is to ensure that souls who are ready to be reincarnated do not remember their previous life or their time in hell." After flying for 2hours we finally reach their headquarters which was a High-rise building we approach the elevator and get on it and scarlet click the highest floor. After arriving at the floor we were supposed to go i saw a man seated in a chair facing the big window, as we walk closer t his table he suddenly said "how are you Skyler my name is David Brown i am the head of the spirit world" After hearing his name and his position i got curious i know that his a bigshot that wasn''t easy to meet but why i just arrive here but he sent someone to come and get me to meet him i better ask him. "Hi Mr.Brown but i just wanna ask some question why am i here on your office, "I ask him "Well, it is a complicated thing so you see you were not supposed to die yet you have 20 years more on your lifespan but we didn''t quite expect that you will save the child. so now we don''t know where to send you in either hell or heaven," he said to me Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings."what do you mean you guys haven''t expected that i will save the child," i said "yes Skyler we didn''t expect you would save the child, so here are your options work for the spirit world, or im gonna give you a second chance to live your life again, " he said to me "if i choose to stay and work here what position will i have and if choose to go back to the past how many years in the past would i go back to, "i said "if you choose to work here your gonna be like scarlet guiding the spirit that arrives but if you choose to go back to the past, I''m gonna let you choose what year you would like to," he said to me "so what year you would like to go back to" he said to me i started to think what year do i want to go back umm? my father is going to send a letter to my mother telling her that he will go to the country when I''m 12 years old and he asks me if i would like to live with him in America. hmmm so if I''m gonna live again i better go with my father so i could have better chances to play in the NBA so i better go back when i''m 11 years old so we can work out the documents so by the time im 12 years old i can live with him. "can you please send me back when i was 11 years old," i said to Mr. Brown "Ok i will send you back when you were 11 years old as you were not supposed to die yet I''m gonna give you a little help so you can achieve your dream"Mr. Brown "what kind of help Mr. Brown is some kind of talent or some system kind of help"Skyler "i can reveal it to you there''s no fun in that your gonna eventually know it one way or another"Mr. Brown "thank you, Mr. Brown, for giving me another chance to achieve my dream and protect the people that i love"Skyler "I wish you wouldn''t waste this chance and give up to your dreams" Mr. brown I definitely would not waste this chance im gonna make my dreams come true, Also I''m gonna strive to be one of the best NBA player in history and I''m gonna make sure i represent the Philippines in FIBA And also make sure that my mom and younger brother live a comfortable and better life "I''m ready Mr. Brown you could now send me back"Skyler "Ok im gonna send you now "Mr. Brown "thank you Mr.Brown," i said to him After saying that all i see was darkness. after i open my eyes i saw my old room Court 1 After opening my eyes i saw my old room, I got up started stretching. right i had a system now. "system are you there" I said "yes host" system "what kind of system are you," i ask the system "I''m the Extraordinary System," the system said to me "O so that means you will make me an extraordinary person"Sky "yes" System "can i see my stats"Sky ********************************************************************************************************** [Name *Skyler *] [Born *April 17, 1990,*] [Height *4''9 (150cm) ] [Weight *40kg (90lbs) ] [Level: 1] [XP: 0/25] Strength:1 Agility:3 Endurance:1 Dexterity:1 Intelligence:35 undistributed attribute points: 0 ***************** Skills [Inside Drive: F] [Mid Range Shot: F+] [Perimeter Shooting: N/A] [Free Throws: D-] [Ball Handling: F] [Passing: F+] [Block: F+] [Acceleration F-] [Post Defense: F+] [Perimeter Defense: F+] [Rebounding: F+] [Basketball IQ: D-] [Skill points: 0] need more level to unlock other features ******************************************************************************************************** After seeing his stats he was surprised because most of his stats were F+, he was also wondering why his perimeter shooting has No Answer. so he decided to ask the System "why my perimeter shooting has No Answer" Skyler "host because your strength is insufficient and your shots can reach the rim when you are shooting from outside so please train and work hard to improve your strength" System "ok ok ill work on it" Sky After getting out of his room he saw his mother getting inside the house he saw her holding a pack of pandesal that she just brought from the bakery, "O Sky i didn''t your already up"Mom "Good morning mom, come let''s eat breakfast"Sky When we got to the table i saw some scrambled egg, hotdog, and some cheese. After we seat at the table i put some scrambled egg and hotdog at the pandesal and after eating it, memories came back to me where when i was a child at my previous life me and my mother always eat breakfast together when we finish eating, i wash the plates after washing the plates i was going to feed the dog some leftover food from last night. After i was done to my chores at home i decided to go to the court in the neighborhood so i can make some friends and to let them know i can play ball so i can join some team for the upcoming summer league and i can also improve my skills. when i arrive there i saw some kids who were older than me by 1 to 2 years, they were playing a game of 2v2 and there was one kid at the side so i decided to approach them [Ding, New quest for the host] Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work![This is an instance quest this is an example when you receive some quest] [play with them and win the game] [Reward: +2 attribute points and 5xp] [Failure penalty: none(as this is the first quest there are no penalty)] [Good luck host] "i better win this and add those attribute point to my strength" Sky said to himself "hey can i join let''s play 3v3"Sky "finally there''s 1 extra our friend has been waiting for so long" Josh "Ok first let me introduce my self and the other my name is Joshua, he is Nathan, James, Charles, Anthony so my teammates are gonna be Nathan and Anthony"Joshua "Ok 1 to 12 or 1 to 16" Joshua "1 to 16" Charles " Ok let''s decide who get the ball first" Joshua After Joshua said that he goes for the free throw line and shoot the ball when he shot the ball he misses so we get the first ball, Charles goes for the inbound and i receive the ball after i receive the ball i position myself at the top of the key so i can see better and then suddenly saw Charles open immediately pass the ball to Charles who made a move with a pump fake and drive to the basket. after Nathan picks up to the ball and pass the ball to Joshua who i was guarding, Joshua made some fancy moves and shows his ballhandling skills after showing his ballhandling skills he almost had me at an ankle-breaker so after he saw me he passed by me but i chased him for the block but i didn''t make it quite in time luckily James came in for help defense but Joshua passed it to the outside to Anthony for a 3 points and it goes in. After battling for quite a time the score was 13 to 14 and Joshua''s Team was leading so i decided to take the shot for this one and i told that to my teammates and they said to me "if i can''t handle it i can just pass the ball to them", so first i pass the ball to Charles and i go to the middle he bounce pass to me i take a pump fake and Nathan Jump for the fake so i drive for layup and it was open so now the score was 14 to 14. after i scored they i immediately goes for the inbound and pass to Joshua who was their ace player so i was guarding him he was trying to pass by me with those fancy moves but i already fall for it once so I''m not gonna fall for it again when he was driving to the lane i stole the ball and passed it James for the three luckily James was quite a shooter and now the score was 15 to 14 and only 1 point left and we are gonna win the game so i was excited. now it was their turn to play they set a screen for Joshua and i go over the under the screen because i thought it was gonna be a pick & roll but it was a pick & pop Joshua pass the ball to Anthony and Anthony shoot the ball for a mid-range shot. so now it was all tied up, so i ask them who want to take the last shot they said i can take it after they said that they go for the inbound and i receive the ball so i decided to go for a pull-up jumper, after doing a cross over to Nathan i go for the pull-up jumper after i release the ball i got fouled and the ball went in but it was not counted because i was fouled. now i decided for a step back jumper after they pass the ball to me i did a double cross over and drive for a bit and did the step back j and nobody fouled me when i shot the ball and the ball goes in so we won the game i was so happy because it was the first ball game i won since i got back to the past Trying out for a Team 1 After waiting for 2 hours the system finally completed his training plan for Skyler to do [to strengthen the body of the host and improve its stats so i have = devise a training plan that will improve some of your stats, you need to run around Quirino Grandstand(1) for 30 minutes 10sets of military jumping jack with a 15per rep(2), 10 sets of burpees with 20 per rep, 10 sets of Mountain Climbers with 10reps, for 1 week straight] "WTF isn''t that training for an adult I''m just a kid you stupid a** system [Host if you do this it will give a boost on your stats by 3 you do know how hard it is to get a stats right] "alright but shouldn''t you give me some rewards if finish this training of yours" Skyler [Ding to motivate the host to finish the training the system have decided that if you finish the training plan given by the system it will reward you with 1 lottery spin] Lottery huh the novels that i have read there were really some system that does give a lottery i wish the thing i get is a good thing, not a drink that can help me be fully energized again. I thought to myself So i have decided to follow what the system told me and i have been doing this for almost 5days straight which shock my mother and she kept asking me why am i doing this i said to her that my dream is to play for the national team and play on the NBA, and she didn''t believe me because she knew that children always change their dreams until they find the right one so she just decided to support me for now Today was April 15, 1990, and there was a try out for the mosquito of the Barangay team there were almost 100 kids who wish to join the team and some of them just wanted to try it out so the first thing they told us to do was stretch after stretching for 5minutes they told us to run around the court for 5 laps and there were many kids who can''t keep up with the pace after 2 laps luckily my strength and endurance stats improve or i wouldn''t be able to keep to the pace of the other kid running. After we finish running they told us that we can rest for 5 minutes and that those who want to give up can now give up and not continue half of the kid decided to give up and they have decided just to watch at the sideline to see who will be selected. after having a 5minute breakEnsure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road. they told us to shoot 10 continuously mid-range jump shots each kid line up to take their shot and there was a kid who can land 8/10 shots into the hoop and i saw the coach was being impressed by the kid because most of the kid can only land 4 to 5 shots into the hoop. finally, it was my turn to shoot i started to jump to shake off my nervousness when i started shooting i first did was to establish a rhythm for myself after establishing it i notice that have already landed 5 balls into the hoop already and after that, I also made the other 5 shots and the coaches was shock that I made all shots, and i even heard some coaches saying that i only got lucky and it wouldn''t happen after they made us shot in the mid-range they decided to test our dribbling skills so after they have tested the dribbling skills of all the kids who were left they told us they were gonna time our speed running up and down the court there were even some kid who can run the court with 17 seconds up and down the court but the average was 20-25 and my record was only 21seconds. and after they have tested our speed they remove the kids that didn''t satisfy their requirements and only pick 20 kids and they split the kids into 4 teams so they can play 5v5 matches and i knew some the kids which were Joshua, Nathan, Charles, James, Anthony i was not surprised that they could make it this far. After the first game was over it was now my team''s turn to play the match against the other team i was told to play the position of small forward i guess it was because of my height and my mid-range jump shots the name of my teammates was Miguel, Jose, Jerome, and Paulo, our opponents'' name was Aron, Vince, Emmanuel, Cardo, and Patrick. Emmanuel was the kid who could land 8/10 shots from mid-range and Patrick was the fastest kid in the court who could run 18 seconds up and down the court ******************************************************** [Name *Skyler Wilson*] (2) [Born *April 17, 1990,*] [Height *4''9 (150cm) ] [Weight *40kg (90lbs) ] [Level: 1] [XP: 5/25] Strength:2 Agility:3 Endurance:2 Dexterity:1 Intelligence:35 undistributed attribute points: 0 ************************************************************************************************** Trying out for a team 2 We position our selves in the center of the court for the jump ball our center was Miguel who was taller than me by 4 to 5 inches and the opponents center was Cardo when we finish positioning our selves in the middle of the court both centers got ready for the jump ball the one win the tip-off was Miguel because he was taller than all of us, after winning the tip-off Jose got the ball and started dribbling and started going to the basket, he asks for a pick and i immediately set a pick the defender goes over the pick and my defender decided to follow Jose but they didn''t know we decided to go for and pick&pop after i receive the ball i shoot the ball to the hoop and it went in. After my shot went in Vince who was their point guard receives the ball from the player who made the inbound after he crosses the half court line he passed the ball to Patrick who was being defended by me, he made his move and did a double crossover but i stick with him but after he got close to the basket he made a step-back jumper and the ball didn''t go in and the rebound was caught by Vince after Vince got the rebound he immediately passes it to Emmanuel who was open for a jump shot when Emmanuel shot the ball it went it and the game was tied. After they scored, we immediately go for the offense Jose who was our point guard was trying to set up a play. Paulo who was freed because of the screen of Miguel receive the ball from Jose and he shot for a three-point shot but the shot didn''t go in and the rebound was pick up by Vince who threw the ball to Patrick who was already close to the basket after he catches the ball he did a layup to the basket. After a series of scoring against each other now were on the final 2 points and the game was tied (P.S the game is up to 21 which is commonly used in the Philippines for 5v5 games in the local courts) for our 19th point, I told my teammates that i wish to take the shot and i have convinced them that i will make sure the shot goes into the hoop they reluctantly agree because they know i have scored most of our points for the game. After they agree i told them my plans which was they would set a screen for me to be free . ********************************************************************************************* The difference between Pick and a Screen pick is set when someone has the rock. A screen is set to free someone up. I''m pretty sure the difference is that a pick is for someone who has the ball and a screen is for someone moving without the ball. Pick is set when someone has the rock. ************************************************************************************ The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement.After i told them my plans we decided to do it and Jose who was our point guard crosses the half court line and started the play i that i have told him and me i was position in the right side corner of the three-point line Jerome who was gonna set up a screen for me has arrived in the position where i told him to make a screen for me after I saw him moving to the place i told him where to make a screen i immediately goes there after i go over the screen the defender who was supposed to defend me go hit by the screen and i was free to shoot a jump shot and Jose immediately passed the ball to me to shoot a jump shot. After i shot the ball to hoop the ball bounce into the ring of the basket it kept bouncing until it eventually falls down the hoop. I thought to myself "i remember seeing a shot like that in the NBA i think it was the game between Sixers vs Raptors Game 7 where Kawhi Leonard Wins The Series for the Raptors at a buzzer beater shot (1). After i scored the opponent team made sure that they were calm after adjusting their mindset, their eyes were looking at the basket to score. When i scored we immediately go for a full-court press so they will have a hard time crossing the ball the one who receives the ball to them was Patrick who was the fastest on their team after crossing the half court line he passes the ball to Cardo who was open for a three-point shot at the left side corner. when he shot the ball my Paulo slightly touches the ball so we all get ready for the rebound. when the ball rich the hoops it bounces off the ring and Miguel who was the taller than all of us got the rebound and when he got down he secured the ball and passes the ball to me after i cross the halfcourt line i passed the ball to Miguel he immediately passed the ball back to me (2. give and go ) After he passed the ball back to me i did a floater(3) and the ball went in and we won the game me and my teammates celebrated after we finish celebrating we go to our opponent to make a handshake. After the game was finished the coaches told us to wait for 30mintues to 1 hour so they could decide who will they take in the team After waiting for about 45minutes the coaches began calling the name of the players who made into the team and they told us they will only 13 players the first one to be called was Miguel, followed by: Patrick, Emmanuel, Jose, Joshua, James, Anthony, Luis, Lawrence, Alfonso, Daniel, Mark, And Skyler After they called our names they said to us that we could go home and come here tomorrow morning for practice [Ding] ******************************************************* [Name *Skyler Wilson*] [Born *April 17, 1990,*] [Height *4''9 (150cm) ] [Weight *40kg (90lbs) ] [Level: 1] [XP: 5/25] Strength:2 Agility:3 Endurance:2 Dexterity:1 Intelligence:35 undistributed attribute points: 0 **************************************************************************************************