The Future Is Here

As Tokyo Thunder put together a 51-game winning streak in the regular season that stunned the entire Japan Professional Basketball League, finishing the regular season undefeated, they entered a break of more than twenty days and began preparing for the upcoming playoffs.

Although they had delivered a perfect regular season, Coach Oyama, Wu Yufei, and the rest of the players all prepared with utmost seriousness and focus.

The reason was simple. Last season, Tokyo Thunder had also entered the playoffs as the regular-season leaders, only to end with the dismal result of a quarterfinal exit.

Although the main reason had been Ehime Flying Eagles pulling a dirty trick that left several key players injured, Tokyo Thunder's underestimation of their opponents could not be ignored either.

Therefore, this year, Tokyo Thunder only celebrated their undefeated regular season for one day.

The next day, everyone began intensive preparations under Coach Oyama's direction.

During that period, one major event was the awards ceremony following the end of the regular season.

With a flawless and astonishing rookie campaign that left no room for criticism, Wu Yufei unquestionably won multiple awards, including regular-season MVP, regular-season Assist King, and regular-season Steals King.

It was essentially a continuation of the way he had swept up every major award in the three high school tournaments, now carried over onto the professional stage.

But the awards Wu Yufei swept this time were far more prestigious than their high school counterparts.

As Wu Yufei stepped onto the podium again and again, accepting trophy after trophy from the presenters, every player below watched with envy written all over their faces.

In the process, Wu Yufei also repeatedly set new records as the youngest recipient of those awards.

For a long time to come, probably no one would be able to break