Champions Creed

Chapter 329: 328: The 38-year-old super villain (thanks to the reward from the head of the family)
Roger has indeed changed.

Tayshaun Prince and Amar'e Stoudemire were hardly ever scolded by Roger, which would have been unthinkable in the past.

But this does not mean that he has become a leader without temper.

The little prince and Little Si were never scolded because they did not make any other mistakes in the first grade except for their lack of ability.

They are serious, cherish every minute on the court, train diligently, and give their all in the game.

As long as you are willing to work hard, Roger will not make things difficult for you because of your ability.

But Marcus Camby is just the opposite. Everyone knows that he has the ability to play good defense, but he doesn't care about winning.

Another thing is that no one can do anything in Roger's locker room.

Roger admitted that when it comes to beating up his teammates, Marcus Camby could have just as confidently said as Kobe: "Roger did it, too!"

But this is a matter of scoring.

Pippen deserved to be beaten for making trouble in front of Roger. But Mutombo had no ill intentions when he tried to stop Marcus Camby yesterday. He just wanted to persuade Camby to calm down.

Marcus Camby's rough action of pushing Mutombo away went beyond the scope of joking. As the leader of the locker room, Roger had to maintain order in the locker room in his own way.

That kick was Roger's way.

Roger had wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Marcus Camby, and yesterday was actually a good opportunity. But with Camby's arrogant attitude, Roger had to suppress him in a more radical way.

In Roger's opinion, a championship team can do without Marcus Camby, but a championship team cannot lose order in the locker room.

There are only two people in the entire Warriors team who have the right to lose their temper in the locker room without restraint, and that is Roger and Hubie Brown. Okay, "You play like LeBron James" is a bit dirty, but Hubie Brown has sufficient reasons to lose his temper.

This veteran coach who has been in the basketball industry for many years will never allow any player to despise and tarnish basketball in this way. He doesn't like Wilt Chamberlain because his 100-point score is too ugly. He doesn't like the Admiral because his score was not glorious.

So he also doesn't like LeBron James, because he can't stand his style of passing the ball just for the sake of passing the ball, and he also can't stand his players defending just to block shots.

Data is an accessory to victory, you cannot become a slave to data.

Hubie Brown got angrier and angrier as he thought about it, so he cursed a little bit, which is human nature.

In short, when Roger yelled at Camby to DNP and closed the locker room door, the relationship between the two sides basically came to an end.

Roger now has no desire to communicate with Marcus Camby. He once thought that he could change him, but now it seems that guy is hopeless.

The next day, Marcus Camby came to practice as usual, neither late nor early, but he left immediately after practice without any communication with Hubie Brown, Roger or anyone else on the team.

It seemed as if nothing had happened yesterday until Hubie Brown saw Marcus Camby walk into Bob Buss' office after training. Only then did he confirm that Camby did not lose his memory.

Seeing Camby coming in, Bob Bass took off his reading glasses: "What's up, Marcus?"

Bob Bass certainly knew that he had something to do, but he deliberately didn't mention it, hoping that both sides could cool down the situation.

But Marcus Camby didn't think so, he said it directly.

"I want to apply for a trade."

"what?"

"I don't want to play here anymore. Please trade me if possible. Of course, I know I still have many years left on my contract, and you can completely ignore my request. But to be honest, that's not good for anyone. I don't want to play here, and you can't use me, so why bother? I haven't designated my next team, so you can trade me anywhere and for whom you want. In short, I don't want to continue playing in the Bay Area."

"Marcus, are you serious? Although you have joined the team since last season, you have only played one official game for us so far. Just one game, are you sure?"

This is exactly what Marcus Camby wants to laugh about. Why did he only play one game for the Warriors? Because the Knicks misdiagnosed him and caused him to not play well for two consecutive seasons at his prime age. Then why did he get injured? Because he sacrificed everything for the Knicks.

The consequence of him sacrificing everything for the Knicks was that he was abandoned by the team and thrown into a locker room that had no room for him.

That's why he wouldn't work for Roger or anyone else, because it wasn't worth it.

"Are you sure? I've never been so sure." Camby answered firmly.

Bob Bass nodded: "Give me some time. After all, this is not going to the supermarket to buy beef."

"Thank you Bob."

After that, Marcus Camby stood up and left the office. In the parking lot, he met Mutombo.

After the two looked at each other, Mutombo shouted in a smoky voice: "Hey Marcus, listen, I know something unpleasant happened yesterday."

Before Mutombo could finish his words, Marcus Camby got in his car and drove away from the Oracle training center, completely ignoring his teammates.

Africa Mountain sighed. He had played against Camby during his time with the Knicks, and he knew how good this young man was in the past.

During Patrick Ewing's injury, he didn't completely replace the gorilla, but at least he achieved 80% of Ewing's level on the defensive end.

This is the confidence that New York fans have in saying with a clear conscience that they don't need Ewing.

Marcus Camby is definitely talented. In fact, he was considered to be the second defensive version of the Admirals in college. He is a little thin, but has the athletic ability of a small forward, which is very similar to the Admirals.

Many years later, Anthony Davis' draft template was Marcus Camby.

This is enough to show how great his talent is.

Therefore, the defense in yesterday's game that only knew how to block shots while jumping at will and missing people was definitely not at the level of Marcus Camby.

A player may become slower, his jumping ability may become worse, and he may even become lazier, but his awareness will never get worse.

John Stockton has been a great passer for decades, Dream can still assist in the low post during his time with the Hawks, and the gorilla can persevere until the second half of the night in the Golden State Club even if his stamina is poor. Consciousness is engraved in the DNA of every player and will never change.

What about Marcus Camby? He acted like he had lost even the most basic sense of defense yesterday, which is almost impossible.

All of this points to one fact - he deliberately didn't want to play well.

Mutombo cares a lot about Marcus Camby because they knew each other and had a relationship before entering the NBA.

Of course it is not a touching love story, but a friendship.

In 1992, Camby, who was still in high school, attended a Nike training camp, where he met Mutombo.

Mutombo still remembers Camby's excitement, shouting, "I want to be a great player like you!"

The African mountains told him: "My child, persistence is the only shortcut to realizing your dreams!"

After that, Camby and Mutombo kept exchanging letters during their college years. They seldom met, but they kept in touch like friends. The young man told his troubles, and the patient uncle always responded.

Their relationship was like the beginning of Garnett and Roger's friendship.

In the spring of 2001, when Camby's mother and two sisters were kidnapped at home, the first thing he thought of in a panic was to call Mutombo.

However, after being injured in the fall of 01, Camby suddenly stopped contacting Mutombo.

Mutombo still wrote him some letters, but never received a reply.

Friends who often act as lick dogs know that one-sided efforts are really tiring. Over time, Mutombo stopped contacting him, and their relationship was completely severed.

After becoming teammates in the Bay Area, the two were like strangers with no communication. To be honest, Mutombo was a little angry. He didn't know how he had offended that guy and made him not cherish this friendship.

But yesterday when he saw Marcus Camby trying to get up and leave, Mutombo immediately stood up to stop him. He wanted to save this guy who was once considered a friend, and he didn't want to see Marcus Camby, who was obviously talented, fall into depravity.

You can't explain why Mutombo did this. The only explanation is that the rough-looking uncle is actually a good person, just like the elegant Saroo.

But Camby was just like when he was injured in 2001, he once again refused all help.

Not long after Marcus Camby left, Mutombo met Roger again.

Roger got into the car while talking on the phone and just nodded to Mutombo, as if he had something urgent to do.

But Mutombo still took the initiative to ask: "Are you anxious, Roger?"

"I have a dinner date with Scarlett Johansson in an hour, but considering that the Golden Gate Bridge is as unpredictable as Martin's Morning, I think I might still be in a hurry. Come on, Dashan, what's up?"

"Regarding Marcus, do you really want to exclude him from the roster?"

"Don't talk to me about that jerk anymore. He's the only person I've misjudged so far." Roger was extremely disappointed with Camby.

“Will the team trade him?”

"Yes, because that bastard has just quietly requested a trade. Asshole, doesn't he know that the general manager will call me first if there is anything? Why didn't he dare to tell me about the trade directly in the locker room? Damn it."

"Roger, that kid might still be saved. We all know what he's capable of."

"Then I wish him good luck and hope he can use his abilities somewhere else. Anything else, Dashan?"

"without"

"Goodbye. By the way, thank you for everything you did last night. Next time, I won't let that pervert Tim Duncan smile in front of you."

After saying that, the red Ferrari drove away.

Dikembe Mutombo sighed. There are some things that he really can't do anything about.

The next day, the news that Marcus Camby was dumped by the Warriors was making headlines.

Camby played in his first official game for the Warriors yesterday and played for 15 minutes. But he was traded by the team after just 15 minutes?

All the media were curious about what happened.

However, the entire Warriors team kept their mouth shut and did not disclose the fact that Roger kicked Camby out of the locker room.

Camby's trade was officially put on the agenda. Bob Buss held his cell phone in his hand almost the entire first day after Camby was listed, for fear of missing any call.

But what was surprising was that on the first day, only three teams asked for Camby's price, and the chips they offered were very cheap, with only scraps and a second-round draft pick.

Obviously, Camby overestimated his own market value, and Bob Buss also overestimated it.

But if you think about it carefully, you will know that no team would spend too much chips to trade for a guy who has not played well for two consecutive years, and no one would expect Camby's potential anymore.

If a player wastes two years of his prime period of growth, he will be ruined no matter how much potential he has.

Marcus Camby felt helpless when seeing his low trading value.

But it doesn’t matter. As long as I can go to the next place and continue to earn salary and data, that’s good enough.

The regular season schedule is still going on. After losing to the Spurs, the Warriors did not fall into a losing streak, but instead successfully defeated the Denver Nuggets who have Carmelo Anthony.

Anthony performed quite well in his rookie season. In his first match against his idol in the NBA, this small forward who already possessed a full set of skills scored 27 points.

Although in the last two minutes, when Roger personally faced Anthony, this super genius from Syracuse University did not score a single point.

But at the end of the game, the commentator still gave Anthony the highest praise: "Carmelo has nothing to worry about, and he doesn't need to feel ashamed. At least he performed better than LeBron James."

In the next few games against the Grizzlies, Kings and Nets, the Warriors won all of them.

The start was 5 wins and 1 loss, completely clearing away the shadow of losing to the Spurs in the second game.

However, the Warriors are not the team with the best record. The team with the best record in the league is unexpected - the Indiana Pacers.

They won six games in a row at the start of the season, defeating the defending champion Pistons, the Western Conference champion Spurs and the Dallas Mavericks, who have the black and white twin towers.

The Pacers' opening schedule can be described as hell mode, with many strong teams.

As a result, under such circumstances, they won victory after victory.

The Pacers only won 48 games last season, which is certainly not a bad result, but no one has ever treated them as a championship contender.

This season is no different. From the outside, Reggie Miller is getting old and Jermaine O'Neal's form is up and down. The Pacers may be able to compete well in the East with Paul Pierce alone, but their chances of winning the championship are almost zero.

However, the Pacers' strong record of 6 wins and 0 losses caught the entire league off guard, and they were called the "most surprising" team of the season together with the Cavaliers, who currently have a record of 2 wins and 5 losses.

In fact, the Pacers were already very strong last season. In the first month of the season, they won 16 of 14 games.

But then bad luck struck one after another. Brad Miller's father-in-law and Jamal Tinsley's mother died during the season, which seriously affected their competitive state.

O'Neal Jr.'s stepfather attempted suicide, which also disturbed his mind and caused his performance to fluctuate greatly in the second half of the season.

In the end, the Pacers only had 30 wins and 11 losses in the last 19 games of the season, and were eliminated early from the playoffs, experiencing an unsuccessful season.

And no one has forgotten their strong performance at the beginning of the season.

After a summer of adjustments, the Pacers re-hired Larry Bird as general manager, and the players regained their focus on the game.

They chopped off the heads of the devils one by one in the devil's race, and now it is the turn of Roger, the devil.

The Pacers boarded a plane to Oakland the afternoon before the game, and on the plane, Reggie Miller kept looking down at the land of Indianapolis.

Paul Pierce is quite familiar with this scene. Roger had the same reaction the last time he played away for the Hawks.

He sat down next to Reggie Miller and patted the man who had fought against God: "Reggie, did you drop a coin down there?"

"No, I was just thinking about how excited the fans in this land would be if we could win the championship this season."

"You're going to be a hero and all of Indianapolis is going to go crazy for you."

"Really, Paul? Is winning a championship so boring? That's too boring."

"What do you find interesting?"

"I think we should tie Roger to Indianapolis and hang him on a street lamp! That's what we call celebrating a victory! Being a hero? What's the point of that? We should be the biggest villain!" Reggie Miller looked out the window and showed his unique evil smile.

Paul Pierce shook his head. Yes, this is Reggie Miller. He is not a superhero, he is a natural super villain, from beginning to end.

There were two great villains in the 90s. One of them became a god after winning four crowns, while the other still longed to kill gods with a mortal body.

Even though this body is already 38 years old.

Paul Pierce never thought about it before, but this season, maybe.
He can really defeat the former leader and become the leader himself!
(End of this chapter)