Champion Creed
Chapter 494 - 494 183 Blood I still haven't had enough asking for monthly tickets!_2

494: 183: Blood, I still haven’t had enough (asking for monthly tickets!)_2 494: 183: Blood, I still haven’t had enough (asking for monthly tickets!)_2 This was also the most awkward moment during the NBA championship trophy ceremony, because after DeVos lifted the trophy, none of the players around him responded.

He looked like a big fool, holding up the trophy while no one cared.

In the locker room, no one felt that this championship had anything to do with DeVos.

A man who tried to dismantle the team, what right did he have to hold aloft the trophy the guys bled for?

Harper’s leg was nearly broken.

Wilkins had to breathe oxygen in Salt Lake City after every game.

Michael Cage was riddled with injuries.

Saru had to undergo electrotherapy before every game started.

Even that most ostracized shark, he paid the price of his health for this.

What about Rich DeVos?

In an office, enjoying air conditioning, cuddling with a girl, counting money, and then he wants to steal the fruits of victory?

Fuck him!

Of course, DeVos didn’t think so.

This championship had nothing to do with him?

Of course, it did.

He believed, he spent the most tangible and important thing—money.

If it wasn’t for his generosity in giving Roger the biggest contract in history of $120 million, if it wasn’t for his generosity of renewing Shaq’s contract for 20 million a year, would you bunch of losers even be worthy of a championship?

My contribution is the greatest!

Look, this is the irreconcilable root of the conflict between labor and capital.

This kind of contradiction is just like “if you’re playing the code, then what am I playing?” It’s forever unsolvable.

DeVos didn’t want to lose face on television, so he quickly handed over the championship trophy to the players.

The championship celebration, at this moment, truly began.

When Roger took over the trophy, every player gathered around the trophy, each one placing their hands on it.

Everyone who held the trophy shed two lines of hot tears.

If you’re bored enough to do a count, this was definitely the time in Magic’s three-peat with the most tears shed after winning the championship.

After all, everyone knew this would be the last championship they won together.

This was their most glorious moment, and at the same time, the end of that glory.

Following the Magic’s players lifting the trophy, Steve Jones and Marv Albert inevitably talked about Roger’s historical status.

And talking about Roger’s historical status, one must mention the most unique player of the 90s and the most special player in Roger’s career, Michael Jordan.

After completing three-peats in ’93, American media reporters and commentators had countless times called Jordan the greatest of all time.

When Chicago erected a statue for Jordan in ’93, the slogan beneath it was: “The best there ever was.”

Jordan’s three-peat had already cemented his god-like status, although his total championship count did not exceed Magic’s, let alone Bill Russell’s 11 rings.

Yet, in modern basketball, a three-peat + 7 scoring titles + 3 MVPs + three consecutive FMVPs achievements, along with unmatched individual performances, still made Jordan enter the discussion for the greatest of all time.

Seven scoring titles tied with Chamberlain for the first in history, three regular season MVPs tied with Bird and Magic, and the three-peats were only seen after Mr.

11 Rings.

The unprecedented record of an average of 41 points per game in the 1993 Finals is still unparalleled.

As of now in ’97, before the FMVP was announced, Jordan was still the only person in NBA history who could do a three-peat of FMVPs.

Many NBA legends also recognize Jordan as the greatest.

New York Knicks’ greatest of all time, Willis Reid’s evaluation of Jordan: “To say Michael is the first, I think there is no problem.

Bill Russell won all the championships, you can’t deny that.

But if you’re just talking about the game itself, you must say, Michael is the best.

This guy could take a countless number of scoring titles, but at the same time, he’s one of the best defenders in history, that’s that.”

Mr.

11 Rings’ teammate, Bob Cousy, also praised Jordan: “Michael’s talent is superior to all others.

Bill was the most efficient center I’ve ever seen; he filled everything the team needed.

But you can still say, his shooting was not good, etc.

But Michael?

You can’t find any flaws in him.”

So, for Roger to win championships three years in a row stepping over the majority-acknowledged greatest, added a significant boost to his historical standing.

Although Roger also dominated Jordan in the previous two years, his number of championships was less than Jordan’s, and he didn’t have as many personal honors, so Jordan’s die-hard fans could boldly say that Roger wasn’t even close to the top ten in history.

But now, with Roger winning his third championship at the age of 22, tying Jordan.

This season he took the MVP, and it’s already his second consecutive scoring title.

Roger’s historical status has already risen substantially.

He has shown a trait—if given enough time, he could definitely surpass Michael Jordan.

Of course, this isn’t the end.

After all, there has never been such a fast transition of top players in history.

Bird and Magic were on the rise while Russell and Chamberlain had long retired.

Jordan rose to prominence when Magic and Bird were already in the twilight of their careers.

Moreover, early in his career, Jordan too was suppressed by Magic and Bird.

But Roger’s rise was simply too swift; he didn’t go through the process of “being suppressed by Jordan,” instead, he just flipped the table.

People are still not ready to accept the arrival of another era so quickly.

Therefore, the arguments about Roger’s historical status and whether he could surpass Jordan were bound to continue for a long time.

No player can secure what’s called a historical position in just four years.

Roger, to truly become a Mount Rushmore-level player, needed to endure prolonged competition.

However, as long as Roger could maintain this momentum, really forging his path to earn titles and reputations, rather than relying on media hype to crown himself, ending the disputes was just a matter of time.