Champion Creed
Chapter 369 - 369 149 Is the Last Dance Really Coming

369: 149: Is the Last Dance Really Coming?

(Requesting Monthly Tickets!)_2 369: 149: Is the Last Dance Really Coming?

(Requesting Monthly Tickets!)_2 So, everyone is a hypocrite.

However, one thing was certain—no matter what, Michael Jordan’s relationship with Scottie Pippen would not end well.

Pippen boldly opened fire without reservation, making him the focus of the entire United States for the second time.

The first was when he was brutally beaten by Roger in the locker room.

All the media were hotly discussing the relationship between Jordan and Pippen, and what a real Michael Jordan was like.

Just a few days after the Pippen incident, Horace Grant opened fire too.

After transferring to Dallas, Grant accepted an interview with TNT.

In the interview, the host asked a question about “the differences between Michael and Roger in leading the team.”

And Horace Grant was almost completely praising Roger, while turning Jordan into charred coal:

“Roger is a true leader; he helps everyone on the team.

As everyone knows, Sarunas Marciulionis scored 15 points in the third quarter of Game 3 of the Finals, which was key to securing our second championship.

He is now a well-known, quality championship piece.

But in fact, when Sarunas first joined the team at the beginning of the season, he was not in good form; I felt like he didn’t know what to do on the court.

It was Roger who helped him and had a talk with him.

I don’t know the specifics of the conversation, but after that, Sarunas changed.

He focused on victory and became the most accurate three-pointer on our team, then shone brilliantly in the Finals.”

And then there’s Shaq.

Last season, Shaq faced a lot of trouble; it was Roger who constantly supported him, encouraged him, and accompanied him.

In the end, we got a Shaq who was in great shape during the playoffs.

He was willing to stand up and beat up both Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman for Derrick McKey.

He was willing to joke with all of us, melding us into a real team.

As for Michael, he was just a tyrant, not a leader.

In the locker room, no one could speak ill of Jordan.

As soon as you said a little, he would try to destroy your character.

Look at his personality, none of which was a factor in driving us to win games.

If I had to score the difficulty of being teammates with them from 1 to 100, being teammates with Roger would be 1, and with Michael?

I would give 101!

I mean, Michael is certainly a superstar, but who is the better leader?

Roger, no doubt.

In the future, Roger will also achieve greater accomplishments than Michael.”

Pippen and Horace Grant’s remarks indeed affected Jordan’s perfect image.

Because if only one person criticizes you, you can say it’s revenge, bias.

But when two former teammates express dissatisfaction with Jordan, it might really be a problem with Jordan.

The interviews with Pippen and Grant actually pointed to one thing—Michael Jordan is not the perfect god as he is portrayed in promotions; he is a god with many flaws.

This summer, Jordan’s godlike image continued to fall.

As for Pippen and Horace Grant opening fire, Jordan did not care.

Was he ever friends with Pippen?

Never, at best they were colleagues with a fairly good relationship.

But colleagues, even if they enter each other’s bodies, don’t really enter each other’s lives; how can they be considered close?

As for Grant, they had long stopped speaking to each other.

Michael Jordan turned a deaf ear to these voices; at that time, he was still sweating in his breakfast club.

He was getting older, and he had to spend more energy and money to maintain his body.

David Falk visited Jordan today; he couldn’t believe this was a man riddled with accolades, financially independent, and already 34 years old.

Why was he still pushing himself so hard?

Why not simply retire and enjoy life?

Earn money?

What he got from Nike alone was enough to ensure he had nothing to worry about.

Now Falk could understand why David Robinson was shocked to hear the news of Jordan’s return: “I don’t know what he’s coming back for.”

What drove that man was entirely his desire to win.

But now there’s a problem: his desire to win had pushed him to the edge of a cliff.

Falk came to talk to Jordan about this.

After finishing his strength training, Jordan saw Falk; he wiped off sweat while drinking water, and Falk took the initiative to walk over to him:

“How does your body feel?”

“Great, do you have any news for me?”

“Not good news.”

“Let’s hear it.”

“The sales of the AJ12 have not met expectations.

With Roger launching his own brand of shoes this year, the gap between us is closing.

Since Larry Miller joined Roger’s team, their shoe design level has visibly improved, you know, he has many top shoe designers willing to work for him.

I heard that this summer Roger will also shoot a movie to continue promoting his personal brand of shoes.”

David Falk admitted that Nike letting Larry Miller go was a mistake.

He praised Roger for launching shoes under his personal brand, a brilliant move, especially since the Reebok brand’s tone is not as cool as Nike’s in the fashion and basketball fields, which is why many people are hesitant to buy Roger’s shoes—the brand value isn’t enough.

By using Roger’s personal brand, this problem was solved.

Simply put, if the Volkswagen company makes a luxury sedan, they would definitely put an Audi emblem on it rather than hanging up their own Volkswagen emblem.