Champion Creed
Chapter 373 - 373 150 Not a Good Person Requesting Monthly Tickets!_2

373: 150: Not a Good Person (Requesting Monthly Tickets!)_2 373: 150: Not a Good Person (Requesting Monthly Tickets!)_2 From Pippen, Grant, to “Sports Illustrated.” This summer, Jordan had enough of these damn people and the media gossiping about him.

Fortunately, he was about to fight back.

The day before training camp started, Media Day, was an opportunity for players to break their summer silence and make their voices heard.

Over the past summer, Michael Jordan had endured too much.

So on Media Day, he did not hide his anger at all, using reporters’ questions to blast everyone who had offended him before.

“Michael, would you like to talk about your unsuccessful contract renewal with the Bulls?

What happened between you, Jerry Reinsdorf, and Jerry Krause?”

“Why not?

Jerry Reinsdorf, what can I say about him?

Sometimes he’s a good guy and sometimes he’s clueless.

I got that team three championships, and then he’s thinking about rebuilding.

He despises the roster for being too old, thinks there’s no hope for championships and wants to throw it all away for a good draft pick, probably drooling over the newly famous Tracy McGrady and Tim Duncan.

Anyway, he’s no longer pursuing victory.

All I want is to play and win games, everything I do is for the pursuit of victory.

Therefore, failing to renew with the Bulls has nothing to do with money, it’s just because I don’t want to play for an owner who has stopped pursuing victory, as simple as that.

As for the other Jerry, I don’t even know why you guys discuss him.

What contribution has he made to the Bulls Dynasty?

He’s always talking about the management, this and that.

But who played the games with injuries?

Who scored an average of 40 points in the finals?

Certainly, none of the management was on the court when these happened.

In the end, it’s the players who win the championships.

Jerry will never understand this, I really don’t want to talk about him anymore.”

“Are you still in touch with Scottie?”

“Oh, that’s the best question.

Of course, next season we’re not only going to keep in touch, but we’ll also have four games to face each other and catch up.

Horace is luckier; he’ll only meet me twice next season.

Unfortunately, this season there is no ‘great leader’ to cover for him.”

The reporters were already imagining what might happen next season when Jordan met Pippen and Grant.

“Michael, your contract with the Knicks is only for one year.

If you can’t win the championship this season, will you leave the Knicks?”

When the reporter asked this question, even Ewing glanced at Jordan.

He was also eager to know the answer.

He had never discussed it with Jordan, feeling it was somewhat inappropriate to talk about failure at that moment, so he had never asked Jordan privately.

But it was a very practical question: If they lost again, what were Jordan’s plans?

Now, a reporter finally asked.

Jordan leaned into the microphone, his expression like an enraged brown bear: “Unable to win the championship?

No, I’m not going to let you guys call me a loser so casually!

I’m going to take back the respect that belongs to me!”

On the other hand, at AdventHealth Training Center, the Magic Team’s Media Day was also very explosive.

Because people discovered that Shaquille O’Neal was absent from training camp.

“I don’t know where Shaq is, no one does!

That idiot, even if he comes back, is sure to be out of shape and in questionable physical condition!

He’s always like this, always!” Brian Hill, with two championship rings in his possession, made the team’s conflicts public on the first day of the new season.

He could’ve made an excuse.

Shaq was on leave.

Shaq wasn’t feeling well.

But he chose to vent in front of the reporters.

This was the worst response, except “Shaq got caught soliciting a prostitute.”

He felt he had the right, as a championship coach, he didn’t need to coddle his players.

Brian Hill didn’t handle this well, but ultimately, it was Shaq’s fault.

Even Roger didn’t know where Shaq was or what he was doing; his phone was completely unreachable.

He was so brazenly absent from Media Day.

As one of the team’s leaders, Shaq’s absence had a very negative impact.

Because it made the role players question the team’s determination to pursue a third consecutive championship.

It gave the role players the mentality of, “If the star player doesn’t care, why should I put in any effort for the small amount of money I get?”

Roger didn’t comment much on Shaq: “He’ll show up, he must have his reasons.”

The next day, on the first day of training camp, O’Neal was still missing.

Roger was furious; he had no idea what the guy was playing at.

O’Neal’s absence from training camp made the whole camp atmosphere very relaxed, losing its seriousness.

People were discussing the holiday season that had just passed, missing the fighting spirit of the previous two years.

O’Neal had set a very poor tone for this season.

Roger was very dissatisfied with this situation and decided to make everyone tense.

On the third day of the training camp, Shaq continued to be absent, and the outside world was full of news about his absence from the training camp.

What’s more critical was that the media had photographed Shaq enjoying himself at a nightclub in Los Angeles the day before.

An NBC reporter staked out early in the morning at Shaq’s hotel, and when O’Neal came out, he approached and asked, “Shaq, shouldn’t you be somewhere else?

Why aren’t you attending the training camp for the new season?”

O’Neal’s response nearly made the Magic management explode, “Buddy, I played in the Finals and then immediately went to the Olympics, so my vacation started at the end of July, shorter than anyone else in the league.

So, my vacation should also be extended a bit.”

Shaq didn’t feel sorry at all, and he didn’t see any problem with his absence from the training camp.

After all, Shaq didn’t like the management of the Magic Team.

He was playing for a three-peat, but he didn’t want to sell his life to the Magic Team.

So, he wanted to thoroughly enjoy his holiday first.

So what if he missed the training camp?

Last season, Shaq was out for quite a while due to injury, but he only needed some time and effort to get back into competitive shape.

On the fourth day of training camp, the team had their first intra-squad scrimmage.

With Roger leading by example and hard work, most of the players had already entered the championship defending mindset.

Only Dominique Wilkins had not yet grasped the situation.

In the scrimmage, he played very casually.

Not passing the ball, not defending, just intent on attacking the basket, as if he was very eager to tell everyone, “Look, I’m still a star, show some damn respect.”

Roger was speaking to him with all due politeness:

“Hey, Dom, be serious.”

“You missed your man, Dom, that’s the second time, pay attention.”

“You should have passed to Saru just now, not challenge three people to the basket.

Of course, I admire your courage.”

Each time, Dominique Wilkins nodded in agreement, then went back to doing things his way the next round.

Well, Roger was really a nice guy, a good leader.

At the end of the scrimmage, Dominique Wilkins continued to hold the ball and go one-on-one, but was then stripped by Anthony Bowie.

Next, Wilkins took a couple of steps towards the out-of-control basketball, didn’t chase it, and didn’t dive to save the ball, just watching as the basketball rolled out of bounds.

The next second, the movie classic saw an infuriated Roger grabbing his own collar:

“Listen, no old dog gets to pick and choose, you’ve got to fight for your own meat!

I’ve warned you, I don’t want to repeat myself over and over!

Dom, you’re here to compete for a championship, not to enjoy maid service and then end up with a championship ring!

You’d better understand this, or just watch us quietly win the championship!”

Having said that, Roger released the movie classic’s collar.

The entire training court was silent, no one dared to speak.

Even the movie classic himself was for a moment so overwhelmed by that domineering presence that he forgot to respond.

This was the first time Dominique Wilkins realized that Roger was not a nice guy.

And he was the absolute king here, no one dared to provoke him!

You want to have a good time here?

Well, you’d better not mess with him.

Dominique Wilkins clenched his fists tightly, clearly dissatisfied, but not daring to retort to his face.

Roger went to pick up the ball and handed it to the movie classic: “Attack again!”

Meanwhile, Derrick McKey sighed.

Shaq’s absence, Brian Hill growing increasingly distant from the players, Wilkins being scolded and not daring to speak out…

Previously, the media had asked him who he thought the biggest opponent would be this season – New York, Miami, Seattle, or Salt Lake City.

Now, McKey had his answer – none of them.

This year, the biggest opponent was the Magic itself!

As Orlando’s absolute ruler, could Roger lead the team through the challenge of a three-peat?

Let’s wait and see.