Champions Creed

Chapter 429: 428: It’s time to change history (ask for monthly tickets!)
Roger has been missing for quite some time since the 2006 NBA Finals.

But Roger is everywhere.

At the end of the World Championships, Yao Ming was talking about Roger.

Kobe and James are thinking about how to beat Roger.

The media? Of course, Roger's name was also used.

This new dream team led by Coach K has made Americans the leaders in the basketball world again, and the fans are proud of it.

Even if this is just a less popular World Championship, it is at least a world championship, right?

But after the players of the Dream Team returned from their encounter, they discovered that Roger was the one discussed the most by the media.

Whether it's TNT, ESPN or ABC, whether it's Charles Barkley, Doug Collins or Al Michaels, they basically talk about one topic in their basketball programs: If Roger participates in the World Championships, can the Dream Team still win the championship?

This is something that every American fan cares about. The World Championship is like the NBA mid-season championship 20 years later. It's great to get it, but no one is really thick-skinned enough to count it as a championship.

For the Dream Team, the Olympic champion is the ultimate goal. In the Olympics, they will definitely meet the defending champion Chinese team led by Roger.

Therefore, the question "If Roger participates in the World Championships, can the Dream Team still win the championship?" is very worthy of discussion, because it is related to whether the Dream Team's ultimate goal can be achieved.

Most media are optimistic about the prospects of the Dream Team, because the Olympic team's lineup will definitely be stronger than the current Dream Team.

But this discussion is still something that makes most Dream Team players feel disgusted, even more disgusting than eating Indian street food.

The Dream Team finally became the world's number one again, but discussions from the outside world made the players feel that they were just taking advantage of the fact that Roger did not play in the World Championships.

This is tantamount to negating all the efforts of the Dream Team players this summer.

Their victories, their sweat, their time, everything they had given seemed unimportant because their championship was made to sound like a handout from Roger.

Kobe Bryant was indignant. He felt that his first championship in his career was tainted by the media, which made Kobe's desire to defeat Roger intensify.

LeBron James is also very enthusiastic about this matter. He is looking forward to the new season because the Cavaliers are definitely the strongest defensive team in the league.

The essence of basketball games, in the end, is defense.

Ultimately, defense is the basis for winning everything.

LeBron James certainly knows how strong Ben is. After all, he is in the Eastern Conference and he has suffered a lot against the Detroit Pistons in the past three years of his career.

It's hard to imagine anyone being able to break through the defense of Andrei Kirilenko and Ben Wallace.

If there is an antonym for the splits, it must be the names of Kirilenko and Big Ben.

What are Cleveland fans most looking forward to? Watching Roger struggling under Cleveland's iron-blooded defense, watching Roger being stepped on by No. 23.

This expectation comes from the outrageous promises made by LeBron James. What's even more outrageous is that he even told Rich Paul: "Maybe we should really sign a long-term contract with the Cavaliers. Look at Daniel. He can almost agree to all my requirements. Play with Kobe? Play with T-Mac and Dwight? You said these are all possible, and these options are indeed good. But you know, it's not in Cleveland after all."

Rich Paul feels that LBJ is divisive, very, very divisive.

Sometimes, he seemed to have no memory of what he had said.

In fact, this split remained with LBJ throughout his life.

He would say in the season he won the Mid-Season Invitational that the Mid-Season Invitational was no joke.

In a season where they were eliminated early in the mid-season tournament, they said that the mid-season tournament was not important.

He is so divided, his thoughts and ideas are different every moment.

The reason for this split? LeBron James still hasn't made up his mind.

He still hasn't made up his mind whether to leave Cleveland or stay in Cleveland.

He had thoughts of leaving, but the idea of ​​staying and leaving was like two evenly matched boxers fighting each other.

Sometimes one side prevails, sometimes the other side prevails, but in the end, the two ideas are still entangled.

But next year is the fateful year of 2007, and Rich Paul will make LBJ make a choice no matter what.

What would make him decide?
There are only two outcomes that can make him make up his mind completely: an unforgettable victory or an unforgettable failure.

If things go as expected, one of these two endings will happen in the next season!

Rich Paul is also looking forward to next season. Next season is not the season that determines his fate, but it is the prelude to it.

Rich Paul has a premonition that a historical turning point is coming.

At this moment, the guy who had not shown up all summer but was missed by so many people was sitting in an off-road vehicle, watching elephants, lions and gorillas on the African savannah with Emily Vega.

He had no idea what was happening in the basketball world until he received an international call.

"You mean the Cavaliers got Ben Wallace and LeBron James once again promised that he would not leave Cleveland?" Roger shouted loudly while holding the phone because the signal was not very good.

"It's him. The Cleveland champion!" Eric Fleischer on the other end of the phone tried hard to explain to Roger.

Although the words were intermittent and seemed unconnected, Roger was still able to understand what LeBron James wanted to say from this incomplete sentence, perhaps because he had liked him for so many years.

He is really brave. He has never played for a super team, but he talks about the championship every other day.

Roger could imagine how firm LeBron James' tone was when he said this, and how proud his attitude was. It was as if he was a king who controlled a huge empire and ordered his army to go to the border to carry out a crusade.

You know, what he promised was not something as simple as "I will drink a glass of milk every day", but to send the Cleveland Cavaliers to the podium.

The promise behind this is to end Cleveland's dark history of professional sports.

Seriously, it's going to be a hell of a difficult thing for Cleveland to win a championship.

If LBJ makes a promise, tries his best and persists for many years but still cannot do it, Roger will respect him as a winner.
It's like in the original timeline, Phoenix fans would say to Nash, who is already 38 years old, doesn't have many opportunities, and already wants to leave, "It's ok Nash, You can go."

This sentence should not be coldly translated as "It's okay Nash, you can go", but should be understood as: "Leave, save yourself. You don't owe these people anymore, you have given everything for them."

All this is more or less because Steve Nash satisfies the spirit of competitive sports: "It is better to fail gloriously than to succeed dishonorably."

But what about LeBron? What will he do when his team is fully committed to him and he is still in his prime?
Thinking of the difference between the two, Roger suddenly had more respect for LeBron James.

If Roger were in LBJ's position, he would definitely not have the courage to make the same promise.

"It doesn't matter," Roger looked at the herd of elephants passing by in the distance, "The Cleveland Cavaliers got Ben, and Ben is one of the most trusted teammates in my entire career. He is so great and so reliable, but..."

In front of Roger, a car drove past from behind the herd of elephants, which frightened the huge animals and made them run away.

"But the Cleveland Cavaliers' thinking is outdated. Look at their roster. They have the best defensive players in the league, but also the worst offensive players. They are like mammoths. Yes, if mammoths still exist in this world, they will definitely amaze the world. But the problem is that they are outdated. Now they are just a pile of bones in a museum. No matter how majestic they are, they can't make a ripple.

As for LeBron, wait, didn't he just say two weeks ago that he loves the weather in Florida and hopes to live there permanently? And now he's acting like he's loyal.

This behavior is like a young woman who always likes to unbutton her windbreaker in front of another man behind her husband's back, revealing the sexy clothes hidden underneath, but says that she has no other thoughts and is very loyal to her husband.

This is absolutely ridiculous.

Hey, like I said, LeBron is very brave, really, there is nothing he said that I would dare to say. "

"You look confident."

"Yes, I am very confident. No one can change the perfect ending I have planned for the last two years of my career. Relax, Eric, everything is under control."

After hanging up the phone, Emily Vega grabbed Roger's hand and said, "The sun is about to set."

"Well, the sunset here must be beautiful."

"Do you prefer sunrise or sunset?"

"Each has its own beauty. The morning glow from dark to bright represents hope, while the sunset represents the last brilliant light of the sun."

“Indeed, it is brilliant.”

"It has to be brilliant." Roger looked at the sky, immersed in the beauty.

The beauty of a sunset can never be dull, absolutely not.

In early September, Roger returned to the United States after his vacation.

What greeted him was a series of business activities and the unshakable private training camp.

Shawn Marion's previous evaluation of Roger was not wrong. Compared with Kobe, Roger's level of effort was not that exaggerated.

But this doesn't mean Roger can really win the game by doing nothing.

His level of effort is just not as good as that of a pervert like Kobe, but it is already good enough compared to most players.

In this year's training camp, many people wanted to join before Roger even sent out invitations.

Brandon Roy was the most enthusiastic person. He sent text messages to Roger almost every day: "Is training camp starting tomorrow?"

This older rookie, who Roger has high hopes for, has been eager to join Roger's glorious career and become an important part of it.

Amar'e Stoudemire has also wanted to start training for a long time. Having missed the three consecutive championship seasons, he is eager to prove himself in the new season.

Dwyane Wade took the initiative to report as usual. He has been training with Roger in the summer over the years. Although they are opponents in the finals, this has not affected their personal relationship.

What surprised Roger the most was that Carmelo Anthony, the guy who has always been good at turning himself into a fat pig during the offseason, actually took the initiative to participate in Roger's training.

"Melo, you should know that I won't let you sleep until 11: in the morning and then come to training slowly after you sober up. My training camp starts at o'clock every morning. Anyone who arrives after : will be considered late, and the training volume is not small. Are you sure you want to come?" On the phone, Roger gave Carmelo Anthony a shot of prevention first.

His training camp is not a place where you can come and go as you please. He doesn't want Anthony to come and go for three days and two days. The seriousness of the training camp must be maintained, otherwise everyone will think that the rules of the training camp are dispensable.

This is also why Roger was so angry after Gary Payton secretly withdrew from training camp last summer.

To be honest, Roger didn't care whether Gary Payton trained or not. The key was that Gary Payton destroyed the atmosphere.

After hearing Roger's warning, Melon was obviously a little angry: "Roger, of course I can persist! What the hell? Is this all you trust in me? Don't worry, I will be the most diligent person in your training camp!"

Why did Anthony have such a sudden idea?
Because he was greatly stimulated by the training camp of the Dream Team this summer.

When Kobe exerted his influence to get the entire team to get up early and train with him, Wade could persist, Paul could persist, and James could persist too.

Only Melon decided to sleep in after just three days.

Since then, Melo has found that James seems to be getting closer to other people on the team, while his relationship with everyone else is gradually becoming distant.

By the end, that team was completely Kobe and LeBron's team.

Carmelo Anthony never thought he was worse than James. In fact, in this timeline, Melon always thought he was stronger than James.

He has never missed the playoffs in his career, while James played in the playoffs for the first time last season. You know, Anthony is in the more competitive Western Conference.

He had always targeted Roger, and LeBron James? Anthony didn't even bother to look at him.

As a result, this summer, he saw with his own eyes how LBJ became more valued than himself in the Dream Team.

In the Dream Team, he could feel that he and LBJ were not treated as athletes of the same level.

He made up his mind at that time that he wanted to change.

First, he has to be able to tolerate early morning training.

In the original timeline, Anthony would never think that it was unacceptable that he was not as good as LeBron James. Because in the early stage of his career, LBJ did not have so many clownish behaviors, he was truly the chosen one.

But the James in this timeline is far from being that great, so Melo can't accept the fact that he is not as good as James.

Seeing Anthony's persistence, Roger of course welcomed his younger brother to join with open arms.

Three days into the training camp, Roger discovered that Carmelo Anthony had a lot of problems.

His defense is too bad because he has to focus all his energy on the offensive end.

There's nothing wrong with that. If you can dominate on offense, you can be a little lazy on defense.

But Carmelo Anthony doesn't have much dominance on the offensive end.

Yes, his production is high, but his efficiency severely devalues ​​his points.

But Anthony obviously knows everything and has superb skills, so why can't he be more efficient?
Roger asked Jeff Hornacek and Joe Abunassar to help analyze Anthony's playing style, and finally came to a reliable conclusion: Anthony attacked the basket too much.

Yes, he attacks the rim too much.

Everyone, including Roger, had a wrong impression that Anthony was a jump shot player who liked to finish in the mid-range, similar to Kevin Durant.

Impressions can be deceiving, but data cannot.

Last season, Carmelo Anthony took 45% of his shots at the rim, which is a very scary number even for a power forward, not to mention that Anthony plays at the small forward position.

You know, LBJ, the small forward who is said to be able to do nothing but attack the basket, has never had a season in his career where his shots at the basket accounted for more than 40%.

No one knows why Anthony is so fond of interior design, but he does.

But the fact that he likes to attack the basket seems to contradict his low efficiency, because attacking the basket is often a high-efficiency shooting option.

This involves the second problem facing Angua, which is that his shooting percentage at the basket is too low.

He is not a monster like Victor Wembanyama who can easily score a goal by just stretching his hand under the basket. His shooting percentage under the basket does not need to be compared with outside attacking elites like Wade and James, because he cannot even compare with Paul Pierce, a relatively mediocre scorer.

There are many reasons why Anthony's attack efficiency is low, such as his ball control breakthrough is not good enough, such as his timing of shooting under the basket is too bad. Not to mention in the NBA, even in international competitions, Anthony is always the background board of the blocked shot.

In short, the real reason for Anthony's low efficiency is that he has a low efficiency in attacking the basket but still likes to attack the basket.

As for the mid-range shot? That's not a problem at all. The mid-range shot is indeed his most efficient scoring method.

Roger gave Anthony some practical advice.

He asked Anthony to reduce the long two-point shots, and if he had to shoot two-point shots, he might as well shoot three-pointers directly.

At the same time, Anthony should reduce his attacks on the basket. Instead of wasting energy on breakthroughs, it is better to save the energy on the defensive end.

"As a player who has to stay on the court for nearly 40 minutes every night, you can't not defend for so long! Offense is not an excuse not to defend. You don't have to press with all your strength in every round, but you can't just stand there and do nothing! In the 60s and 70s, pure scorer wings were very popular, but now this role is almost dead. Why? Because modern basketball does not need pure scorer wings. The requirements of modern basketball for wings are different. The glory of pure scorer wings was thirty or forty years ago. Think about it yourself, Melo.

Basketball games are complicated, you can’t always think about the deepest part! ”

Roger didn't know how much of these suggestions Anthony could listen to, but at least during the time he attended Roger's training camp, Anthony never slacked off.

Maybe, he can really become a beloved "Melo".

The training camp ended quickly, and at the media day of the new season, Brandon Roy became the darling of reporters as the most anticipated new player.

Just as Roger expected, Roy was a rookie who required no care at all.

He has a stable and mature personality, and no longer has any obvious shortcomings in his skills.

He can play well in off-ball offense, and his passing and control abilities are also very strong. Roger no longer has to worry about not having enough ball-holding players around him.

The only shortcoming is probably that Roy's weight has not yet reached the requirements of an elite NBA guard, so his efficiency in attacking the basket is slightly low.

But this is something that every rookie has to go through, it is inevitable and not a big problem. As time goes by, this shortcoming will gradually disappear.

As for Amar'e Stoudemire, patient recovery gave him a new lease of life.

He is still the same as before, with terrifying attacking efficiency and mid-range shooting percentage, which makes it extremely difficult to defend him.

If you interfere with him closely, he can use his powerful athletic ability to easily break through you and hit the basket.

If you don't get too close to him, his highly efficient mid-range shot can really kill people.

Last season's defending champions acquired two young fighters, and the Warriors' new season started in this positive atmosphere.

The only question the media has about the Warriors is how they can maintain the extreme spacing they did last season.

As we all know, last season, Stephen Jackson and Matt Barnes rotated to the fourth position, helping the Warriors gain unprecedented open space. This season, Stoudemire will return and he will definitely start. In this way, the Warriors will lose a three-pointer.

Eric Spoelstra's solution to the problem is simple: let Amar'e Stoudemire start at center and let Stephen Jackson continue to start at the power forward position.

Considering that Stoudemire in this timeline also has good defensive ability, there is no big problem in letting him play the five position alone.

Of course, such a solution always requires someone to be sacrificed, and that person is Marcus Camby.

After being the Warriors' unshakable starter for three seasons, the dynasty center suddenly became a substitute.

However, he could accept such an arrangement for the time being. After all, everything was centered around the "ultimate reward."

The long season has begun and the league is still full of competition.

Dirk Nowitzki had the most brilliant season of his career. He led the Dallas Mavericks to great success with his terrifying scoring efficiency.

The growth of Devin Harris, the desire of Vince Carter and Shaq's further blue-collar transformation are all making the Dallas Mavericks better.

The Los Angeles Lakers also continued to burst out with amazing fighting power, because everyone knew that this was very likely to be their last dance.

Steve Nash, Shawn Marion and Caron Butler are appearing in trade rumors more and more frequently, which is a signal that the Lakers want to change. Kobe does not want this lineup to be disbanded, but he does not have the same say as Roger.

In fact, even Kobe, who established a dynasty with the Sharks in the original timeline, had no say in the Lakers. His wish to trade Andrew Bynum for Jason Kidd was never realized.

If Kobe hadn't used an extremely ugly way to force the Lakers in the end, the Lakers probably wouldn't have traded for Pau Gasol, but would have continued to waste Kobe's peak with peace of mind, since the team wouldn't have to worry about selling tickets anyway.

Kobe, who has no say, has only one way to preserve the current lineup, and that is to win and prove that this lineup can be successful.

So, the Lakers showed amazing form.

And there is another surprisingly good player in the West: Carmelo Anthony.

By following Roger's advice and making the changes, Anthony became an elite wing who was productive and efficient while not being that bad on defense.

The Denver Nuggets have also made great strides under his leadership. It is predictable that the Denver Nuggets will never meet the Warriors in the playoffs again this season, because they will definitely not be able to just barely squeeze into the playoffs.

In the East, the Cleveland Cavaliers' defensive machine, with its huge, intimidating roar, completely disrupted the stable situation in the East.

The glory of the Detroit Pistons has become a thing of the past. This is the sadness of a small team. They do not have the financial strength to keep Ben at all costs. The loss of Ben, the spiritual leader and defensive core, has directly and seriously damaged the foundation of the Detroit Pistons.

Ron Artest, who was left unchecked, became a huge problem. He abused his wife, and his wife abused him. Head coach Philip Saunders had no control over him at all, and he became a time bomb in the locker room. Once he was in the news, it must mean that he had caused trouble off the court again.

Chris Webber, who was highly expected, failed to continue to shine in Detroit. He has become an "ordinary player who can occasionally make a few great passes."

The Pistons are on the verge of destruction. If the team continues to maintain this record and condition, the team will definitely choose to rebuild.

The Indiana Pacers were also in ruins. Jermaine O'Neal's injury made it difficult for Paul Pierce to move forward. In this once iron army, he had no teammates to rely on except himself.

Unexpectedly, the Magic, who were highly expected last season, are also splitting.

Tracy McGrady is unhappy with Dwight Howard's always-joking attitude.

He told reporters countless times after the game: "This is the NBA, you don't need to be so polite all the time, you don't need to laugh in front of everyone!"

The New York Knicks are still strong, but no longer the only team in the league.

Cleveland fans seemed to have really waited for the glory they had expected. They were like an invincible chariot, rampaging across the East.

They defeated the New York Knicks twice and swept the Western Conference No. 1 Mavericks in the regular season.

LeBron James's statistics are incredibly exaggerated, and more and more people are commenting: "LBJ is the most comprehensive basketball player I have ever seen!"

But there was a problem, a problem that caught both Rich Paul and LBJ off guard - Nike's publicity focus began to shift towards Carmelo Anthony, who also performed well.

Of course, LeBron is still the favorite son and the most important weapon for Nike to compete with Reebok. But if he used to get 90% of the resources and Anthony only got 10%, then now he probably only has 70% and Anthony has already got 30%.

Anthony has more and more advertisements and more and more media speak for him. LeBron James can clearly feel a status crisis.

Yes, Carmelo Anthony's background is not so clean.

But at least he's been winning and has never done anything clownish.

With LeBron, you never know what unexpected surprises he will give you.

Many teams are changing, but the Golden State Warriors are as stable as the sun that rises and sets.

The joining of Brandon Roy and the return of Amar'e Stoudemire allowed the Warriors to play very easily in the regular season.

It can be seen that the Warriors are neither as desperate as the Lakers who are making a last-ditch effort, nor as brutal as the Cavaliers.

They just won the game tepidly and maintained their top three position in the Western Conference.

At the end of the regular season, the Warriors ranked third in the Western Conference with 61 wins.

The Dallas Mavericks are first in the Western Conference with 69 wins, and the Los Angeles Lakers are second in the Western Conference with 65 wins.

In the Eastern Conference, the New York Knicks retained their top spot with 62 wins, while the Cleveland Cavaliers won 60 games for the first time in team history and ranked second in the Eastern Conference.

This has been a fantastic season for LeBron James, as he has never experienced the joy of victory so freely.

He loves Cleveland and his teammates.

At the end of the regular season, he shouted to reporters: "Don't worry about Cleveland, I will 99.9% renew my contract with the team! And, I will bring the championship to Cleveland! I will end the era of Roger!"

It was the most hopeful moment in Cleveland sports history.

During the playoffs, Dirk Nowitzki, who led his team to nearly 70 wins, undoubtedly became the MVP - by the way, in this timeline, Dirk was a Reebok player, and Reebok still dominated the MVP award.

Reebok Alliance, truly worthy of its name.

But for Roger personally, this is the third consecutive year that he has lost the MVP halo. However, this does not change anything and cannot shake his status.

Just like before, everyone knows that the MVP competition does not represent the final result.

After all, MVP has not been the final winner in the past two years.

In the past two years, MVP has been beaten badly by Roger.

Sure enough, the exact same scenario happened again.

The Warriors, ranked third in the Western Conference, easily passed the first round, and then defeated the Lakers, ranked second in the Western Conference, in the second round.

After the series against the Lakers, Steve Nash fell to his knees and cried.

He knew very well that this would most likely be his last game for the Lakers. Shawn Marion walked up and patted Nash on the shoulder. He was probably the only one who understood Nash's feelings at the moment, because his future was uncertain.

Kobe Bryant hugged Roger but said nothing.

He had never been so sad as he was today.

The last time Kobe experienced a major team change was when Shaq left.

But that change was not sad at all, it was the result that Kobe desired.

What about this time?

He likes Steve Nash, he likes Shawn Marion, and Caron Butler is one of his few close friends in the league.

But it all came to an end.

He and everyone else have worked hard all season and have done their best.

But the cruel fact proves that this lineup really has no way to deal with the Warriors.

If they don't change, they will die. The Lakers will definitely experience great turmoil this summer.

Western Conference Finals, Warriors vs. Mavericks, Roger meets Shaq again.

This round of the series was a hellish torture for Dirk Nowitzki. As the MVP of the season and a highly-anticipated superstar, he only averaged 19.7 points per game and had a shooting percentage of 38% in this round of the series.

He made almost no contribution on the court because Dirk had no defense and his biggest weapon was offense, but the offense turned out like this.

This is not surprising. In the original timeline of the 2007 playoffs, Dirk Nowitzki was eliminated in the same way.

The Warriors' mobile front line is very restrained by Dirk who has not yet turned his back to the basket.

The reason he made it to the Western Conference Finals was because he didn't meet the Warriors in the first round.

Vince Carter played one of the best series of his career, averaging 25 points per game and shooting 51%. Unfortunately, when a team's MVP player does not play well, it means that the team is doomed.

The Warriors unexpectedly defeated the Mavericks in just four games, and the No. 1 team in the Western Conference was swept directly by the Warriors.

At the end of the series, Ernie Johnson couldn't believe what had happened: "This is the worst MVP playoff performance in history!"

On the side, Reggie Miller smiled and shook his head: "This is why we say Roger is the GOAT. What is MVP compared to him?"

Thus, the Warriors made it to the finals for the fourth consecutive year.

what does this mean?
This means that once he wins the championship, Roger will become the first player in modern basketball to win four consecutive championships with the same team.

A week later, the Warriors met their opponent in the finals.

Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Orlando Magic are very strong this season. Dwight Howard was even selected to the All-NBA Team. He has grown into one of the league's top centers.

But the conflict between McGrady and Howard turned their combination into a 1+1＜2 combination.

They were avenged by LeBron James in the conference semifinals.

In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Cavaliers faced the Knicks without Yao Ming.

Yao Ming injured his ankle in the first round of the playoffs and was out for the season, but Wade and KG continued to lead the team to this point.

Facing the Cavaliers' terrifying defense, the two teams played a typical Eastern Conference Finals game characterized by muscle confrontation, missed shots, low scores and high turnovers.

This round of games was definitely ratings poison, but it made all Cleveland fans cheer.

Because in the end, after a fierce six-game battle, the Cleveland Cavaliers became the Eastern Conference champions.

However, it was also a perfect end to a fortunate season for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Throughout the season, the Cavaliers' offensive efficiency was almost at the bottom of the league, which made the outcome of the finals predictable.

No one is optimistic about LeBron James. The problem is how many games LBJ can lead the Cavaliers to win.

As long as the game is intense enough and LBJ is brave enough, this can still be regarded as a hymn to his career.

As a result, the hope, emperor and savior of Clevelanders did not become, as the tattoo on his back said, “THE CHOSENONE.”

He panicked and passed the ball to his unsure teammates in the blockade.

His mid-range shooting percentage is a joke.

Facing the Warriors' contraction, he had no way to deal with it.

His performance was as ugly as Dirk Nowitzki's, averaging 22 points per game, shooting 35%, averaging 6.8 assists per game, but also 6 turnovers.

Roger completely crushed him, and the Warriors completely crushed the Cavaliers.

The Cleveland Cavaliers became another team in NBA history to be swept in the finals.

All of LeBron James' previous ambitions have once again turned into clownish behavior.

As for Roger, it is the continuation of his rule.

In the four-round series, Roger swept the Warriors in three of them, with the Lakers winning only two games against them.

At the end of the day, Kobe is still the man closest to Roger.

Roger won four consecutive championships and added another FMVP trophy.

This time, Bill Russell smiled and said to Roger when he presented the award: "You know what, kid? I'm really a little tired of presenting you with the award every year."

In 1998, when Roger won his first championship in Atlanta, his fourth, he told Bill Russell: "As long as you don't get bored with me winning the championship every year, nothing else matters."

Bill Russell smiled and replied, "No Roger, never."

How could he have imagined at that time that this guy would still be working tirelessly to win championships in the next 10 years.

After the game, Roger met LBJ in the player tunnel.

There was no hug, no half-joking "the future is yours".

Roger only said one sentence: "Keep dreaming, LeBron, keep talking nonsense, keep bashing me, until one day you wake up."

The world is extremely disappointed. You know, the publicity for 23VS14 has whetted everyone's appetite. The publicity for this event is even more popular than the US presidential election.

Therefore, people are also full of expectations for LBJ.

Even if LBJ had held on for a few more games in the finals before losing, even if he had played like a man, like Roger in 1994, he would have won praise.

But panic, helplessness, 4-0 sweep, no fighting spirit, no sense of responsibility - all these made LBJ despised by the world.

Charles Barkley was furious:
"If you need a license to play in the NBA Finals, then LeBron will definitely be like Ide Yuji, who had his super license revoked after only four games because he was too bad!

Who is Yuji Ide? A Japanese F1 driver. He can't even make a pit stop, doesn't know how to put the car in neutral, and because of his poor performance and serious accidents on the track, his super license was revoked after only four races. After his license was revoked, the team owner said bluntly: He doesn't know how to drive an F1 car!

LeBron gives me this feeling, he simply can't be the leader of a finals team.

If the New York Knicks made it to the finals, the game would definitely be more exciting!"

Roger's light contrasts sharply with LBJ's darkness.

In the week after the finals, LeBron James didn't contact anyone and locked himself in his home.

Rich Paul did not force LeBron James' mouth open, he knew it would take time.

Because this is the unforgettable failure of LeBron James.

It's not just a loss in the finals, but also a loss in the competition for resources.

If he can win the championship, Nike will put its focus back on LBJ.

But now, after LBJ's ridiculous performance in the finals, Nike will probably increase its promotion of Carmelo Anthony.

After all, they are all losers, and the latter doesn't have that many jokes.

So, he needs time to digest.

But most importantly, he needs time to make that decision.

The prelude ends here, and it’s time for the node in basketball history to start changing.
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I think this season has been really bad for us, we've really been going in the wrong direction, and I think it's everybody's fault. -- Tracy McGrady on the Magic's disappointing season.

The glory of the Detroit Pistons may never return. --Chauncey Billups talks about the Pistons' lost dominance.

I don't know what will happen this summer, we'll have to wait and see. I can only guarantee one thing, we will still be the most competitive team. -- Lakers owner Jerry Buss talks about possible changes to the team.

Dirk Nowitzki, the worst MVP in history. ——ESPN Magazine.

When will LeBron renew his contract? It doesn't matter at all, he will definitely stay in Cleveland. Daniel Gilbert will give him a scorer, and he will succeed in Cleveland! - "Cleveland Plain Dealer"

Don't overlook the question: How close are we to Roger's final season? - Sports Illustrated

(One update today, because it has reached 10,000 words)
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