Champions Creed

Chapter 426 425: Waiting for the most dazzling background board (asking for monthly tickets!)

Because this time the team won the championship at home, the on-site staff prepared many celebration ceremonies that were not available in away games.

For example, before the classic segment where Roger jumps onto the commentary desk.

The staff set up a tower of goblets on the commentary desk.

Roger jumped onto the commentary platform, cheered, and poured his own brand of red wine into the tower of goblets.

When every glass was filled with wine, everyone picked up a glass and drank it all in one gulp.

Goblets, red wine, and millionaires. This combination should be combined with elegance.

But the scene was not elegant at all. Even Boris Dior, who always loved tasting red wine, rudely drank the red wine in the glass at this moment of adrenaline surge.

The red liquid dripped from the corners of the players' mouths and chins onto the white jerseys, forming a red mark.

This made the scene look quite horrifying.

Mike Breen said bluntly: "It's like they're drinking the blood of their enemies."

But it is true that the most delicious delicacy in the so-called "dynasty feast" is the blood of the enemy.

Tom Brady, Roger's close friend, also joined in the drinking spree, even drinking more than the Warriors players. When Gary Payton finished a glass of wine and was ready to refill it, he found that the technical table was empty, and Tom Brady was holding six cups.

If you don’t know, you might think the New England Patriots won the championship.

Tom Brady's behavior has a kind of beauty similar to LeBron James' "my teammate scored a goal but I celebrated wildly in front of the camera."

His abstract behavior seemed to be an attempt to make up for the regret at the beginning of this year.

This year, the New England Patriots lost to the Indianapolis Colts in the divisional finals, marking the first time Tom Brady lost in the playoffs in his career.

Since acquiring Tom Brady, the New England Patriots have either failed to make the playoffs or become the eventual champions and have never been defeated midway through the playoffs.

Even more devastating is that the New England Patriots only lost 34-38, while the Indianapolis Colts easily defeated the Chicago Bears in the Super Bowl.

This means that if the New England Patriots seize a few more opportunities and if Tom Brady can win this game, he will most likely win the Super Bowl in the end.

But all this has become a "if".

So this is a huge blow to Tom Brady.

He had a very good chance of winning the championship, but now he has nothing.

At this moment, he seemed to want to absorb all the nutrients of the championship night as much as possible to make up for the gap in 2006 and pretend that he had never lost the championship.

Eventually, Roger stopped him.

"That's enough Tom, you've had too much to drink and I don't want you to puke on the beautiful floor of Oracle Arena."

Tom Brady's eyes were blurry and his center of gravity had begun to shift.

Roger bet that even if you locked him up in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show's dressing room at this moment, the models would be able to walk out safely.

"Roger, congratulations, I'm happy for you. Come on, friends, where is your glass? Raise your glass and let's continue!" Tom Brady raised his glass crookedly.

"I welcome you to come, Tom, and I appreciate it, but this is not the place for you to escape from reality. Even if you get yourself drunk, it won't change the fact that the Indianapolis Colts kicked your ass and won the Super Bowl. When we lose, we don't need comfort and paralysis, we need to stand up!"

Tom Brady smiled softly and said, "You are getting better and better at saying these high-sounding words, Roger."

"High-sounding words? That's what I do, Tom. In 1994, I was damn nearer to winning than you were. Learn how to lose before you learn how to win."

After saying that, Roger turned and walked towards the podium amid the calls of his teammates, and the on-site staff ushered Tom Brady out of the press area below the podium.

Fifteen minutes later, a drunken Tom Brady watched from the stands as Roger lifted the O'Brien Trophy for the tenth time in his career.

This is an incredible number, making Roger one of only three players in history to win double-digit championships in their careers.

The greatest significance of this championship to Roger is probably that he has undisputedly won the title of GOAT in the basketball world.

Bill Russell only won one more championship than Roger, and considering the competition in his era, this extra championship can be completely ignored.

Bill Russell was on the podium. This recognized good guy in the NBA circle was clapping excitedly like a kid celebrating Halloween.

At the same time, Roger put on his previous nine rings. Three from the Magic, four from the Hawks, and two from the Warriors. No matter where they came from, they were indisputably Roger's.

Because this season's championship rings will not be awarded until the opening game of next season, Roger won't be able to wear all ten of his fingers.

Soon people saw why Bill Russell was so excited.

He took out a championship ring that belonged to him from his suit pocket and put it on Roger himself.

There is no doubt that this was a step he and Roger had discussed long ago.

Roger raised his hands, which were covered with championship rings, and clenched them into fists.

The live camera gave a close-up of Roger's shining fists, and at that moment, all the debate about the GOAT in the basketball world disappeared.

He spent 13 years of his professional career to sit on the highest throne in the basketball world.

Whether it was Bird, Magic, MJ or all those ancient greats, they all became uncompetitive in front of Roger.

Tom Brady, who was originally a little angry, smiled and applauded Roger.

What else could he say?

"When we fail, we don't need comfort and paralysis, we need to stand up," this is the advice given to him by the GOAT of the basketball world.

Apart from accepting it humbly, he had no right to say anything more.

Yes, Roger did just that. In 1994, he was full of ambition and fell in the finals when he was closest to the championship.

Let’s take a look at what kind of reputation the outside world gave to Roger at that time.

"Just because he lost in the Finals, he'll never be able to surpass Michael Jordan."

"Roger, the greatest braggart in history."

"You don't need to watch it anymore. Michael can lead the Bulls to win the championship, but Roger can't. No matter how successful Roger is in the future, Michael can crush Roger with this alone."

"The truly strong ones will never lose in the finals."

"What a waste of my time. I shouldn't have watched it earlier."

Most rookies would probably be devastated by these vicious comments and never recover.

But how did Roger deal with failure?

He founded the Morning Club.

He pushed himself almost madly.

He gave everything for victory.

He poured all his passion into basketball.

Instead of going to your good friend's championship night to get drunk.

Then, look at now.

Michael Jordan couldn't suppress Roger at all.

Roger didn't just outdo Michael, he outdoes everyone else!

Tom Brady slapped himself. If there is anyone in this world who is qualified to lecture him, that person must be the GOAT of basketball.

He looked at Roger and said to himself, "Congratulations, man. Well, when I become the GOAT in the football world, I will also preach to you. Just wait."

After wearing ten rings, Roger took off the Celtics ring and gave it back to Russell: "Thank you, Bill. I enjoy the feeling of wearing rings on my hands, but this is yours after all."

Bill Russell took the ring and put it in his pocket.

"Hey, I got something here that belongs to you, too."

After saying that, the Lord of the Rings took out the FMVP trophy.

Roger had almost forgotten this.

Only those who only think about getting the FMVP during the finals will regard this honor so seriously.

For the real core, they don’t need to think about the FMVP all the time. As long as they perform normally, it is enough to win the FMVP.

Just like a defender like Roger, he is always chasing his target. On the contrary, the defensive players who play for the statistic of "limiting the opponent's hit rate" will not try so hard to chase and defend, because this statistic will not tell you that the missed defense without chasing is not included in the statistics.

Roger got the FMVP trophy and was too lazy to even kiss it.

There are too many of them. There are really too many of them.

Looking at another FMVP trophy in his hand, Roger had another idea after thinking about finding a long-term partner last year - it's time to plan to end his career.

Roger had this idea before, but until the Warriors won their third championship, it would always be just an idea.

Now that the Warriors have won their third championship, Roger can officially plan his retirement time.

If all goes well, Roger wants to win two more championships.

Firstly, he hopes he can surpass Bill Russell and become the person with the most championships in NBA history, no doubt about it.

You know, in the future, when reporters ask Roger "Do you think you are the best in history?", Roger will no longer have to answer hypocritically: "I am not. After all, from the perspective of championships, Bill is better."

Secondly, Roger was looking forward to the most dazzling backdrop.

In the summer of 2007, the farce between LBJ and the Cavaliers was definitely not going to end peacefully.

With LBJ's ambition and Nike's ambition, they will not waste any opportunity to step on their own heads to get to the top.

So, an unimaginable super team may emerge in the summer of 2007.

Roger is very willing to turn this super team into the brightest jewel in his crown.

Meanwhile, in Las Vegas, the USA Basketball Association's newly-elected Dream Team head coach Mike Krzyzewski was calling Kobe.

"How important do you think a gold medal is to you?"

"It's very, very important. Just the other day, I went to the grocery store to get coffee and I ran into this guy wearing a Roger's jersey. You know, I wanted to kill that guy. He saw me and came over, and I thought he was going to say something to me about the Western Conference Finals. If he had said that, I would have beaten him right there.

Instead, he told me: Hey Kobe, why don't you join the Dream Team and win back respect for us in the next Olympics?

So, the gold medal is very important to me, and you see, even Roger's fans want to see the Dream Team win the gold medal.

Me, I’m interested in anything that involves winning.”

"Can I take this as your agreement to join?"

"Yeah, sure. I'm in. I'm tired of watching you lose."

In addition to LeBron's piece, another more dazzling background board is quietly taking shape.

(End of this chapter)