Champions Creed

Chapter 31 031: The truth that was spoken out after being beaten (thanks to the reward from the Heqi Shengcai boss)
Bulls fans can rejoice because they can still see Michael Jordan on the court.

It's just about going to the baseball field to watch.

Michael Jordan's decision to sign with the Chicago White Sox during his prime may have been the most bizarre move in professional sports history.

Jordan is still the focus of people's discussion, but he is no longer the only focus.

As the new season approaches, Chicagoans are increasingly concerned about the Bulls' status next season.

In the past few days, many reporters have requested exclusive interviews with Bulls players to help fans understand this team that is both familiar and unfamiliar.

The same was true today. When Chicago Sun-Times sports columnist Lacey Banks was allowed to enter the locker room of the Beto Center, Pippen immediately greeted this old acquaintance: "You are lucky Lacey, I just happen to have time to accept your exclusive interview this afternoon. But you have to hurry, I have a charity reception tonight."

Pippen acted like he was busy, but Lacey Banks didn't want to disturb him at all. She smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm here to find the truth, Scott."

Huh? Him again?
Pippen was stunned. This was not the first time this week!
At first, only the media from China interviewed Roger, but later, the local media in the United States also followed Roger.

Everyone seemed to be more interested in that high school kid, and the media were all surrounding Roger.
A while ago it was reported that he had signed an endorsement contract with Coca-Cola worth tens of millions.

A little later he reported on his limited edition Mercedes-Benz performance car.

I'll compare him to Penny Hardaway later.

Pippen doesn't understand, I am the master of Chicago! The truth of this locker room lies with No. 33!
Of course Pippen didn't understand, because he didn't know that Stern had completely boosted the popularity of Roger and Hardaway, and they were now the darlings of the media.

If you know how terrifying Hardaway's jersey and shoe sales are, and if you know that Grant Hill became the All-Star vote leader in his first year in the league, you will know how much traffic the title of "Jordan's successor" has.

At this time, Roger is in this traffic pool.

Pippen alone can't compete with him in terms of popularity.

After the interview, Roger plans to continue practicing his jump shot.

After gaining weight to 90 kg, Roger's touch was actually affected a little. He hopes to adapt to the 90 kg body % before the start of the new season.

At this moment, Cartwright called Roger: "Hey boy, can you go buy me two bottles of water?"

Cartwright treated Roger well and often took him to familiarize himself with the city of Chicago. Whenever Roger, who was not familiar with the tactics, made a mistake during training, Cartwright was always the first to say, "It's okay, rookie."

So Roger didn't refuse him, and before leaving, Roger asked others if they wanted water, including Pippen.

But no one except Cartwright asked Roger to help bring water.

Roger quickly bought two bottles of water from the vending machine outside the locker room, handed them to Cartwright, and then prepared to go to the training hall.

But just as Roger opened the door to the locker room, Pippen called out to Roger: "Rookie, go get me a bottle of water."

He was in a bad mood and wanted to show off his power over Roger.

He could no longer tolerate this situation, and he had to use more forceful means to establish his authority in the locker room.

If you really knew Scott Pippen, you would know how jealous he was.

In the early 90s, because Krause often highly praised the efficiency of "Thunder God" Dan Majerle on both offense and defense, Pippen became jealous and always felt that Krause was picking on him, so he treated Majerle as an enemy from then on.

But did Marley actually do anything to hurt Pippen? No.

Later, he became jealous of Kukoc because when Pippen was about to renew his contract with the Bulls, the owner was reluctant to sign the contract because "Kukoc's matter has not been decided yet, and we have to leave some salary space for him."

Krause, the fat guy, didn't give Pippen a penny, but he went to Europe to negotiate for Kukoc and wanted to offer him a big contract. Looking through the major newspapers in Chicago, everyone was discussing how good Kukoc was, which made Pippen angry.

This is why Pippen hated Kukoc so much.

But did Kukoc actually do anything to hurt Pippen? Again, no.

What’s even more dramatic is that Pippen’s jealousy of Kukoc continued into the 21s.

As we all know, in the third game of the 94 Eastern Conference semifinals against the Knicks, after learning that the Zen Master had given the task of the last attack to Kukoc, Pippen welded himself to the bench and refused to play. As a result, it was not until 2023 when Pippen and Ewing talked about this again on the Internet that you could also feel the strong jealousy from his words:
"Why let that rookie Tony take the last shot? That was Scott Pippen's team! Why was everyone talking about that European guy in the end, while I was treated as a clown?"

In fact, there was nothing wrong with the Zen Master's arrangement, and Pippen knew it very well. But his jealousy made him unable to get over it.

To him, this was more shameful than the mess between Jordan's son and his ex-wife.

And now, the object of his jealousy is Roger.

"Scott, the trainer is waiting for me on the court. Besides, I just asked you, and you said you don't need to buy it for you." Roger's expression was serious. He was beginning to get fed up with this idiot who kept causing trouble for him.

"I wasn't thirsty just now, but I am thirsty now." Pippen was not to be outdone, and his expression became much more ferocious than before.

During his time with the Bulls, Roger has given Pippen enough face.

But he still persists in finding fault, which is called being shameless even if given the chance.

So Roger didn't plan to give him face again: "Go buy it yourself, Scott. If you don't have money, I can lend it to you first. It doesn't matter if you pay it back later. After all, my salary is twice as much as yours."

"What the hell did you say!?" Pippen jumped up and grabbed Roger by the collar.

That sentence undoubtedly tore open Pippen's scar. Cartwright quickly tried to smooth things over: "Forget it, Scott, don't be impulsive."

Pippen didn't let go of Roger's collar. Instead, he smiled at everyone and said, "Why are you so nervous? He's just a rookie. What can he do to me?"

Pippen really felt that Roger wouldn't dare to do anything.

When Pippen was a rookie, Oakley, a great basketball player, grabbed him by the collar and slapped him in the face. But what could Pippen do? He had to smile.

When Will Perdue was slapped by Jordan because he was repeatedly called for illegal screens during practice, what could he do?

So Pippen didn't think Roger had any way to fight back this time. A rookie would never dare to fight an old bird. You may have the upper hand in the game by luck. But, do you dare to hit me?

Rookie, just stick your butt out.

So after answering Cartwright, Pippen imitated Oakley and slapped Roger contemptuously: "What can you do to me?"

But what happened next was clearly beyond Pippen's expectations.

Roger didn't smile foolishly, but pushed Pippen away roughly and hit Pippen in the face with a standard straight punch!
Roger swore that he took time out to practice boxing just for personal interest and never expected it to come in handy here.

The intense pain made Pippen feel like the entire locker room was spinning. Completely confused, he covered his nose for a moment, and then punches rained down on him.

Pippen only knew that Roger was very accurate in shooting, but he didn't expect that he was also so accurate in punching.

"Damn it! Someone come and pull them apart!"

"Rookie, calm down!"

"Scott was knocked unconscious, and he was knocked awake again!"

In the locker room, everyone rushed forward and tried to separate the two.

Hearing the noise, the Zen Master and old Winter rushed in from the office, and then saw Pippen covered in blood and Roger being grabbed by a group of people.

Roger was looking at Pippen at this time, and shouted fearlessly: "I am also a man Scott, and I have given you enough respect. If you disrespect me again for no reason, I will do it again!"

Pippen sat on the ground in a daze, obviously frightened. This rookie not only dared to play, but also played very well!
The Zen Master was also stunned. He had experienced many fights between teammates, but this was the first time he had seen a rookie beat up a veteran and even pointed at the veteran's nose and cursed at him!

I have never played basketball, and I have never fought.

After continuing to play basketball to establish his authority, Scott Pippen's tough plan to establish his authority completely failed, and Roger's plan to establish his authority was once again a great success!
He didn't understand why he got completely different results when he did exactly the same thing as Jordan!

Jordan once told Pippen on the phone that he had never seen a veteran who couldn't handle a rookie.

Hey, we'll see it today.

In fact, Pippen was able to successfully squeeze out Mali and Kukoc because he always had Jordan's support.

It was not Pippen who beat Marley in the finals, but Jordan.

It was Jordan, not Pippen, who really suppressed Kukoc in the locker room.

Now, Jordan couldn't be there to support Pippen, so he couldn't do anything to Roger.

After that, Pippen, with blood all over his face, was sent to the infirmary, and Roger was pulled into the office by the Zen Master.

The Zen Master didn't say anything harsh, but just told Roger not to be so impulsive in the future.

After all, the Zen Master also knew what Pippen had done, and he knew it was not Roger's fault alone.

Ten minutes later, Krause learned what happened in the locker room.

At this moment, Klaus only remembered the last sentence in Roger's scouting report: Because he is Chinese, he probably doesn't touch drugs, doesn't like gambling, has no gang background, and may not have a very hot temper.

Maybe because he didn't have such a hot temper, Breadcrumbs cursed inwardly. Sure enough, the scout report was not 100% accurate.

There really aren't any idle people in Chicago!

The next day, Chicago newspapers were bustling with activity.

Because the whole world knows that the high school rookie who hadn't played a single NBA game had a boxing match with Pippen in the locker room to warm up.

And won!
So after the training, Pippen got the media attention he had always dreamed of.

Everyone thought Pippen would criticize Roger harshly, but he smiled with a dark circle under his eyes and said:
"That's nothing. I think the toughness he brings is exactly what we need in the post-Michael Jordan era. I said before that if Roger can't stand the NBA, he can go back to school. But now I can be sure that I can lead the Chicago train out of the dark tunnel with Roger. I like that kid, I like him. I swear, this is the truth from the heart!"

Cartwright on the side smiled and shook his head.

What Pippen said should be the truth.

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Thank you for the 10,000 yuan reward from Heqi Shengcai. Thank you very much! Thank you for the rewards from Lang G Huitou, Paji Laofu and other big guys. Thank you for your support! During the new book period, I shamelessly ask for follow-up reading, monthly tickets and rewards again. These are very important to the results. Laohe kneels down to thank everyone!
(End of this chapter)