Champions Creed

Chapter 151 150: Not a good person (ask for monthly ticket!)

With the end of this summer's Asian tour, Roger is about to start work for the new season.

The first step, naturally, is to join Joe Abunassar’s special training.

The top priority this summer is still to continue gaining weight. Roger wants to increase his weight to 98 kg.

Roger has been transforming his once skinny body since he started playing basketball.

He's been patient, so the weight changes haven't affected his health, speed or touch.

98 kg is a relatively balanced weight for Roger. This weight will not affect his flexibility and physical fitness, but can further enhance his confrontation ability.

In addition, Roger has enhanced his core strength, which can increase the stability of his drift shots, fadeaway jump shots and other actions.

That's right, Roger has enough ways to score. He was already the league's scoring leader last season.

But on the basketball court, having many skills is always a good thing.

If possible, Roger even wanted to pay Dameng to teach him his steps.

Unfortunately, Dream hasn't started selling courses yet. And the other, stronger footwork hasn't been introduced to the NBA yet, so Roger has nowhere to learn.

Therefore, Roger can only develop things other than footsteps first.

After today's training, Roger and his high school friend Andre Patterson, who has one year left to enter the NBA, prepared for the upcoming Reebok High School Training Camp. Andre Patterson will be one of the coaches in the training camp, interacting with the kids and supervising their training.

It is normal for stars to organize training camps. This can make money and increase the exposure of the sports brands behind the stars.

Nike Basketball Summit and Adidas ABCD training camp were both very popular, and Reebok also wanted to use Roger's influence to hold something similar to get a piece of the pie.

Roger was still looking forward to this training camp. He really wanted to know if he would see some familiar faces among the crowd.

As a result, the next day, he really saw such a person.

A child who is always sleepy but exudes talent once on the court appears in Roger's training camp.

Because this is the first time Reebok has held a training camp, the scale is not large and the guests invited are all local high school players in Florida.

Unexpectedly, they just happened to recruit a future NBA scoring champion.

In Roger's training camp, the little boy with a girl's name beat all his opponents, making Andre Patterson sigh: "If I gave him a Warriors jersey, I would definitely think he was Penny Hardaway! Just as elegant, just as handsome!"

"How can you scold a child like that, calling him a piece of shit." Roger said calmly.

Andre Patterson forgot that Penny was a name that would forever be infamous in Roger's eyes.

Even though Roger and Penny's status are completely different, and even though Roger has completely defeated Penny, it does not affect Roger's ability to beat Penny every time he sees him, nor does it affect his dislike for that guy.

Andre Patterson laughed. Haha, who said Roger was a good guy?

No one would really believe that, right?
At the end of the game, McGrady shone with a triple-double of 35 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists. Roger personally presented him with the MVP trophy and a pair of sneakers in McGrady's size.

After presenting the award, he patted McGrady's head and said, "Believe me, kid, you can already think about your opponents for the next stage. Maybe, find a few college players to play one-on-one with. I believe you have the talent to directly impact the NBA."

After that, when facing the interview with reporters, Roger used all the compliments on McGrady.

There is no doubt that Roger made McGrady famous ahead of time.

Originally, McGrady was not well known until the ABCD training camp, and his resume before that was almost blank.

Even so, he was still selected at the ninth pick.

Now, Roger has taken the influence of high school players to an unprecedented level.

Then, it made McGrady famous ahead of time.

So, what will be McGrady's draft pick?

Roger is really looking forward to it.

He did this just to see how much impact he could have on the world.

He likes to test his influence and watch the world change because of him.

After the Reebok training camp ends, Roger will officially start preparing for the new season.

Preseason training camp will start in a week. Before that, the NBA and major media are already warming up for the new season.

Sports Illustrated has created a power ranking for the new season.

There, the defending champion Orlando Magic was undoubtedly placed first, and the New York Knicks were second.

"The common point between the two teams is that they both have super duos. The difference is that the duo members on the Knicks side have all lost to the Magic. You can say that Michael and Patrick formed a loser alliance. But if losers + losers can succeed, then Sir Charles should go to Karl Malone, not Dream."

This article is a sign that Michael Jordan has completely become a mortal. When did the media use the word "loser" to describe Jordan?
Even when Jordan had just returned from playing baseball in 1994, people believed he was still a winner.

As a result, now he is called a "loser".

Jordan really thought that Sports Illustrated was the dumbest magazine in the world.

From Pippen and Grant to Sports Illustrated, Jordan has had enough of these damn people and the media talking about him this summer.

But fortunately, he can counterattack soon.

Media Day, the day before training camp begins, is an opportunity for players to speak out after a summer of silence.

Michael Jordan endured a lot this past summer.

So on the media day, he did not hide his anger at all, and took advantage of the reporters' questions to criticize everyone who had offended him before.

"Michael, do you want to talk about the unsuccessful contract extension with the Bulls? What happened between you and Jerry Reinsdorf and Jerry Krause?"

"Why not? Jerry Reinsdorf, what can I say about him? Sometimes he's a good guy, and sometimes he's confused.

I won three championships for that team, but he was thinking about rebuilding. He was dissatisfied with the old roster and felt that it was hopeless to win the championship, so he wanted to break the jar and get a good draft pick. Maybe he was drooling over Tracy McGrady and Tim Duncan who had just become famous. In any case, he no longer pursued victory.

I just want to play and win, and I do everything for the pursuit of winning. So the failure to renew the contract with the Bulls has nothing to do with money. It's just because I don't want to play under an owner who no longer pursues winning. It's that simple.

As for the other Jerry, I don't even know why you're talking about him. Did he contribute to the Bulls dynasty? He always says the management is this, the management is that.

Who played through injuries? Who averaged 40 points in the Finals? I didn't see any front office people on the floor when it happened. In the end, the players won the championship. Jerry will never understand that, and I really don't want to talk about him anymore."

“Are you still in touch with Scott?”

"Oh, that's the best question. Of course, we will not only keep in touch next season, but we will also have the opportunity to meet in person during four games. Horace is much luckier. He will only see me twice next season. Unfortunately, he doesn't have a 'good leader' to protect him this season."

Reporters are already imagining what will happen when Jordan meets Pippen and Grant next season.

"Michael, your contract with the Knicks is only for one year. If you can't win the championship this season, will you leave the Knicks?"

When the reporter asked this question, even Ewing glanced at Jordan. He also wanted to know the answer.

He and Jordan had never talked about this. Ewing felt that it was inappropriate to talk about failure now, so he never asked Jordan privately.

But this is indeed a very practical question. What will Jordan do if he loses again?
Now, a reporter finally asked a question.

Jordan approached the microphone, his expression like an angry brown bear: "Can't win the championship? No, I won't let you call me a loser anymore! I will take back my own respect!"

On the other side, at the Advant Health Center, the Magic's media day was also very exciting.

Because people found out that Shaquille O'Neal was absent from training camp.

"I don't know where Shaq is, no one knows! Even if that idiot comes back, he will definitely be out of shape and in poor physical condition! He will always be like this, always like this!" Brian Hill, who already has two championship rings, made the team's conflicts public on the first day of the new season.

He could have made up an excuse.

Shaq took a leave of absence.

Shaq wasn’t feeling well.

But he chose to lose his temper in front of reporters.

This is the worst answer except for "Shaq was arrested for having sex with a prostitute."

He felt that he had the right, and as a championship coach, he did not need to coax his players.

Brian Hill is not going to handle this well, but ultimately, it's the Sharks' fault.

Even Roger didn't know where the shark was or what it was doing, and his phone was completely unreachable.

He just brazenly missed the media day.

As one of the team leaders, Shark's absence had a very bad impact.

Because this will make role players doubt the team's determination to win three consecutive championships.

It will give role players a mentality of "since the star players are playing badly, why should I work hard for such a small amount of money?"

Roger didn't comment too much on the shark: "He will show up, he must have his reasons."

The next day, the first day of training camp, O'Neal still did not show up.

Roger was very angry, he didn't know what the guy was doing.

O'Neal's absence from the training camp made the atmosphere of the entire training camp become very relaxed and lost its seriousness.

People were talking about the holiday that had just passed, and they had lost the enthusiasm of the previous two years.

O'Neal set a very bad tone for this season.

Roger was very unhappy with the situation and decided to make everyone nervous.

On the third day of training camp, Shark continued to be missing, and the outside world was full of news about his absence from training camp.

The most important thing is that some media photographed Shark having a great time in a nightclub in Los Angeles yesterday.

A reporter from NBC TV station waited outside the hotel of the Sharks early in the morning. When O'Neal came out, he asked, "Shaq, you shouldn't be here now? Why didn't you go to the training camp for the new season?"

O'Neal's answer almost made the Magic management explode: "Man, I played in the finals and then went to the Olympics right away, so my vacation started at the end of July, which is shorter than everyone else in the league. So, my vacation should also be extended."

Shaq is not sorry at all, and he doesn't think there is anything wrong with his absence from training camp.

The bottom line is that Shark doesn't like the Magic's front office.

He just wants to play for the three consecutive championships, but he doesn't want to work hard for the Magic. So, he wants to enjoy his vacation first.

So what if he misses training camp? Last season, the Sharks missed a long time due to injury, but it only takes a period of time to get back to competitive form.

On the fourth day of training camp, the team held its first intra-squad practice match.

With Roger leading by example, most of the players are already in the defending state.

Only Dominic Wilkins hasn't figured out the situation yet.

In the training match, he played very casually.

He didn't pass the ball, didn't defend, and only wanted to attack the basket, as if he was very eager to tell others: "Look, I'm still a star, you guys give me some respect."

Roger kept talking to him in a nice way:
"Hey Dom, be serious."

"We missed someone, Dom. This is the second time. Pay attention."

"You should have passed the ball to Saroo instead of attacking the basket with three people. Of course, I admire your courage."

Dominique Wilkins nodded in agreement every time and continued to do as he pleased in the next round.

Well, Roger is such a good man and a good leader.

At the end of the training game, Dominique Wilkins continued to hold the ball and played one-on-one, but was intercepted by Anthony Powe.

Then, Wilkins took two steps towards the out-of-control basketball. He didn't chase it, nor did he fall to the ground to save the ball. He just watched the basketball roll out of bounds.

The next second, the movie star saw an angry Roger grabbing his collar:

"Listen, old dog, you don't get to be picky, you gotta go get your own meat! I've warned you, I don't want to repeat it again and again! Dom, you're here to win the championship, not to enjoy maid service and get a championship ring! You'd better understand this, otherwise just watch us win the championship!"

After saying that, Roger loosened the collar of the movie's essence. The entire training ground was silent, and no one dared to speak.

Even the movie's essence himself was so overwhelmed by the domineering aura that he forgot to speak.

This was the first time that Dominic Wilkins realized that Roger was not a good person.

Also, he is the absolute king here, no one dares to mess with him!
You want to live a good life here? Well, you'd better not mess with him.

Dominic Wilkins clenched his fists, obviously dissatisfied, but he didn't dare to refute in person.

Roger picked up the ball and handed it to Movie Highlights: "Attack again!"

On the side, Derek McKay sighed.

The absence of Shaq, the increasing separation of Brian Hill from the players, and Wilkins who dared not speak out after being scolded. Previously, the media had been asking him who he thought was the biggest opponent this season, New York, Miami, Seattle or Salt Lake City.

Now, McKay has the answer — neither.

This year, the biggest opponent is the Magic themselves!
As the absolute king of Orlando, can Roger lead the team to overcome the difficulties of three consecutive championships?
Wait and see.

(End of this chapter)