Champions Creed

Chapter 18: I decided to bring my talent to the NBA!

When the final buzzer sounded, all the fans stood up and applauded the Western Conference All-Stars.

When the organizers decided to let the Western team play 4 against 5, everyone felt that there was no suspense in this game.

But Roger pursed his lips, held the machete in both hands, and chopped through all the thorns.

In this situation, as long as Roger fights to the last moment, he will win everyone's respect.

But people didn't expect that he would win the victory directly!
After the game, Jacques Vaughn, Andre and O'Bannon were so tired that they lay directly on the wooden floor.

For these three, it was the craziest night they had ever experienced in their basketball career.

The rare personal experience also told these imaginative big boys that fighting one against many is not fun at all!
Only Roger was still standing on the court, pointing at the score on the big screen with one hand.

54 to 42, even with 4 against 5, they couldn't kick Roger out of the ranks of winners!
The failures in his past life taught Roger the law of the jungle and struggle, and now he relies on these to get closer and closer to success.

Just as the forest taught the hunter the wisdom of survival, and the hunter followed it to get out of the forest, Roger's past failures will soon lead him to the success he has always dreamed of!

After pointing to the scoreboard, Roger turned around and looked at Andre who had done his best on the defensive end today. He reached out and pulled him up from the wooden floor: "We're going out, man!"

Roger was indeed leaving, and at this moment, countless NBA scouts on the scene were already evaluating Roger's future.

Ivanka Dukan didn't even know how to describe Roger's performance today.

In the last 10 minutes, he almost single-handedly scored 25 points, breaking the record of 40 points in a single game, and also helped Jacques Vaughn get 13 assists, the most in a single game in the history of the McDonald's All-Star Game.
Who said Roger is a loner? He is obviously a team player! How can he not be considered a team player if he lets his teammates get more assists?
What also surprised Dukan was that after watching so many videos of Roger's games, Dukan had never seen Roger have a bad touch in any game.

To be exact, Roger didn't have a high night of "Oh look, he's hot tonight" because it had become a habit for Roger to score high in the game.

He has an orgasm every night!
While Dukan was still thinking about how to summarize this brilliant night, John Wooden had already entered the venue holding the McDonald's All-Star Game MVP trophy.

The American basketball legend smiled kindly and touched Roger's head: "You made people feel your courage tonight."

According to tournament convention, an MVP should have been selected from each of the Eastern and Western teams.

But today, John Wooden made a last-minute decision before taking the court.

There can only be one MVP this year!

"Giving the MVP to anyone other than Roger would be disrespectful of his efforts this year," he said to Bob Jorgan.

John Wooden handed the trophy to Roger, who held it high.

Stackhouse, who was standing by, looked at No. 14 and felt ashamed.

Losing despite playing 5 against 4 was definitely the most shameful night in Stackhouse's basketball career.

Now he only wants to do one thing, and that is to get back everything he lost in college competitions!
He and his old teammate McKinnie have already agreed to report to North Carolina together to play for coach Dean Smith.

But Stackhouse still felt it was not safe and the team still needed a big man.

He glanced at Rasheed Wallace. Although this guy had a bad temper, he was still quite talented.

So he approached Roaring Lord, who was also unwilling to lose the game like this: "This game is really bad, man."

"Oh no? This is a disaster! I never thought we would lose!" Although Tianzun was not directly involved in the 5-on-4 loss, he was beaten by Darnell Robinson, who was ranked much lower than him. His level of shame was no less than that of Stackhouse.

"It's no use just complaining, we have to take action! If you and I bring our talents to North Carolina at the same time, guess what will happen? We can win not one, not two championships!"

Stackhouse is not arrogant. Just a month ago, North Carolina won the championship again in the March Madness Championship.

However, the North Carolina team that won the championship this year did not have any top-notch talented players.

Stackhouse thinks he is better than the team's top guard George Lynch, and the team's white center Eric Montrose is not even half as talented as Rasheed.

If both of them can win the championship, then if we join forces, won’t we beat Roger until he cries in college?

As Stackhouse and Roaring Lord were plotting to combine, reporters on the scene began to interview Roger.

"This was undoubtedly a great game, 4 vs 5, and you won by 12 points in the end! Roger, what supported you to keep working at such a high load without giving up?"

"We just wanted to win more. This was not just my victory. All four of us gave our all."

"So now, as the only MVP of the 16th McDonald's All-Star Game, what do you want to say?"

"I may not know how to be a good point guard, but I know how to win. Many people criticize me, but no one can beat me."

After Roger finished speaking, Mr. Wooden couldn't help but laugh. This kid has the guts to be sarcastic to the media, right?

Well, that's what people who want to be superstars do.

The McDonald's All-Star Game came to an end, and Roger had become a well-known high school basketball star in the United States.

Two days later, Roger defeated another top five American player, Rashad Griffith, who was 2 meters tall, at the Roundball Classic hosted by Magic Johnson.

In that game, Roger scored 37 points and only had 1 assist. But this time, perhaps because of what Roger said last time, there were fewer media criticizing him.

When a guy is winning all the time, it really doesn't seem to matter whether he passes the ball or not.

Griffith, on the other hand, only got 12 points and 7 rebounds under Andre's tough defense.

So far, even the top high school students in the United States have not been able to escape Roger's clutches!
After this game, Roger's high school career was completely over.

It's anyone's guess which college Roger will choose.

The fans at this time could not have imagined that big news was quietly brewing.

Right now, in April 1993, these are probably the hot news about basketball in major newspapers.

Allen Iverson could face five years in prison for bowling alley brawl! -- The Virginia Gazette

Jerry Stackhouse, Jeff McKinnie and Rasheed Wallace join North Carolina! Coach Dean Smith is about to start a new era of glory! ? - Sports Illustrated.

Charles Barkley ended Jordan's monopoly on MVP, but before the championship is decided, this year's winner has not yet been settled! ——"Chicago Tribune"

Even though we have great respect for Stackhouse of Oak Hill High School, Randy Livingston of Isidore Newman High School and Rasheed Wallace of Simon Gratz High School, the top player in American high school basketball today is Roger "The Truth" from China. If Roger is removed, all that is left for Bullock High School is struggle. It was he who brought this team to an astonishing height. So, where will his next stop be? -- ESPN Magazine.

Just when people were discussing whether Barkley could stop Jordan, whether North Carolina could dominate college basketball, and whether Iverson would go to jail.

Brock High School suddenly issued an announcement to the media, stating that they would hold a press conference in the school gymnasium to announce Roger's next choice.

The small Bullock High School was packed with people on the day of the press conference, and media from all over the country gathered in the cheap basketball arena that had been ignored for decades.

The media set up their cameras. Roger looked inside through the door outside the basketball hall and took a deep breath.

After today, a new chapter in his life will begin!

Before entering, Roger glanced at Lu An.

He was wearing faded jeans and Roger's old basketball shoes. He kept wiping his sweat because he was too nervous and there were too many people in the gym.

Roger put his hand on Lu An's shoulder: "Uncle."

"Ah? Don't be nervous, Xiaojie. You will definitely succeed!"

"I'm not nervous at all. I just want to say, Uncle, I don't want to be poor anymore, and you don't have to be poor anymore either."

After that, at 12 noon, Roger entered on time wearing a well-fitting suit.

He waved to the media with a smile and sat down in front of the stage.

There are already baseball caps from several universities on the table.

There are Louisiana State, UCLA, Connecticut, and Kentucky. You won’t be surprised to see the cap of any famous basketball school on it.

Roger got straight to the point: "Hi everyone, my name is Roger, and I'm going to bring my talents to, uh"

As he spoke, Roger looked at the hats in front of him and touched his chin as if in deep thought.

This little joke made the reporters relax.

Roger brushed his hands over each hat, but in the end, he didn't grab any college hat to put on.

On stage, Roger's smile gradually faded: "In fact, I decided to skip college and take my talents to the NBA!"

The scene suddenly became quiet. All the reporters had never heard of such a choice in the past 20 years.

Five minutes later, Bulls general manager Jerry Krause received a call from Dukan:

"Have you watched the news? Damn it, if we don't let him come to Chicago for a tryout, we'll become the laughing stock of the entire league!"

(End of this chapter)