Champion Creed
Chapter 545 - 545 197 The poker-faced superstar killer straightens out the workplace Vote for monthly tickets!_3

545: 197: The poker-faced superstar killer straightens out the workplace (Vote for monthly tickets!)_3 545: 197: The poker-faced superstar killer straightens out the workplace (Vote for monthly tickets!)_3 Although there was no grand welcome parade or city key presentation like Roger had in Atlanta, the people of Los Angeles still had high hopes for Shaq.

And the result?

They lost to Roger, and they still lost to the Spurs.

Even though they won other games, those are games they could win without you!

After the game, Bill Plaschke, a Lakers columnist for the Los Angeles Times, criticized Shaq:

“I don’t know if you’ve seen ‘Jurassic Park,’ but all the special effects in it are lifelike, truly miraculous.

To create a sense of reality, they put a lot of effort into the special effects for dinosaur droppings.

They carefully designed the shape of the droppings according to the dinosaurs’ body sizes, dietary habits, and species.

In the end, a pile of dinosaur droppings cost $5,000, arguably the most expensive shit in movie history.

But no matter how expensive or how much effort they put into it, what they created was still just a pile of shit in the end.

What I mean is, the Lakers paying Shaq $120 million is simply like spending a fortune on a pile of shit!

Fans fawning over a superstar is normal, but does anyone fawn over a superstar’s second-round pick son?

Yes, that’s exactly what happened to Shaq.

It was normal for people to fawn over Roger during the Magic era, but I really didn’t expect that now people would fawn over Shaq.

Look at him, he’s absolutely worthless!

Shaq always likes to give himself nicknames that include ‘big,’ well, I’ve got one for him, big shit!”

In the Lakers column department at the Los Angeles Times, the journalists are basically divided into two groups—Kobe believers and Shaq believers.

Bill Plaschke is a loyal Kobe follower, so he never has anything good to say about Shaq.

However, no matter how much he badmouthed Shaq in the past, it never caused any widespread impact.

But this time, Plaschke’s metaphor about “a pile of shit” caught massive attention.

Soon, this saying spread nationwide.

Even on the SportsCenter show, the new host Keith Olbermann read this report to the audience.

Although the word shit was skipped by Olbermann, it still provoked laughter from the viewers.

Don’t ask why SportsCenter specifically read this article that embarrassed Shaq, you might as well ask why SportsCenter changed its host and even brought on someone who is a big fan of Roger.

As Roger’s influence grew, so did Reebok’s, and they gained more and more friends and voice in the media world.

Losing to Duncan undoubtedly caused Shaq’s already precarious reputation to plummet further.

Being defeated by a rookie was an unprecedented humiliation for O’Neal.

He couldn’t help thinking that with Roger, this would never have happened!

And Duncan, although he’s a rookie, has already demonstrated enough ability to straighten out the professional field.

From the first game, he never disappointed anyone.

In the first battle, he knocked out the Nuggets with an efficient 15 points, 10 rebounds, and 2 blocks on 6-for-9 shooting.

In the second game, facing the defending Western Conference champions, the Jazz, and the Defensive Player of the Year Mutombo, Duncan had 13 points, 13 rebounds, and 5 blocks.

In the third game against the Rockets’ big three, Duncan had 20 points and 22 rebounds, leading to a 13-point victory.

Even Barkley, who has never acknowledged anyone, said: “We have seen the future of the league, and you should know that we already thought he was perfect, but he turns out to be even better than we imagined!”

Of course, Duncan wasn’t supernaturally good in every game.

In the game against the Timberwolves, Duncan only scored 8 points on 3-for-10 shooting, while Garnett blasted a comprehensive stat line of 26 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks, beautifully winning the first 21 vs 21 duel.

After the game, Garnett told reporters why he was able to handle Duncan: “Roger told me to be ready the night Tim’s name was called, so the advice of a great player really matters.”

However, that was Duncan’s only defeat since entering the NBA.

The next game was the one where he took down Shaq.

What Duncan brings to the table doesn’t seem terrifying; he’s quiet, plays basketball with no frills, and doesn’t go around mouthing off big news.

But the fact is, he’s trying to dominate this league!

Olajuwon, Barkley, Karl Malone, Shaq…

He’s like a superstar killer.

Seeing Popovich use Duncan so effectively, Auerbach cried.

It’s not scary not getting something for yourself, but seeing someone else stand up and kick is truly heartbreaking!

Because of Duncan’s personality, the Spurs became the apple of David Stern’s eye.

If Duncan and Robinson, those two highly educated elites who discussed the theory of relativity at their first meeting, can succeed, it would definitely be the happiest period for David Stern.

Now he only regrets that Duncan isn’t a perimeter player, otherwise he could replace Grant Hill and Roger as the league’s most popular player in minutes.

The more brilliant Duncan is, the more frustrated O’Neal feels now.

But luckily for him, his “good brother” Roger encountered trouble too, which balanced his feelings a bit.

After crushing the Trail Blazers, the Hawks inexplicably suffered back-to-back losses.

This was Roger’s first back-to-back loss since 1996.

If the loss to the Jazz on November 11 was somewhat normal, then the upset loss to the King on November 14 was a bit indefensible.

Even though “Moonlight Pistol” Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf pulled off 5-for-6 three-pointers, fans still felt that losing to the King was unacceptable.