Champion Creed
Chapter 600 - 600 214 Look he's a very reliable person asking for monthly votes!

600: 214: Look, he’s a very reliable person (asking for monthly votes!) 600: 214: Look, he’s a very reliable person (asking for monthly votes!) Back in Atlanta, Roger and his Hawks received a hero’s welcome.

When Roger disembarked the plane holding the Eastern Championship trophy, the cheers of the fans were enough to shake the entire city.

No, it shook the whole Atlanta metropolitan area!

It was only the Eastern Championship, honestly, Roger himself didn’t treasure the trophy that much.

An annual championship trophy given away at a fixed time each year, wasn’t it?

But for the fans in Atlanta, it was not just an Eastern Championship trophy.

It represented the city’s hope.

It meant countless kids like Andy finally had the chance to realize their dreams, it meant countless Atlanta fan families could finally stand tall.

You couldn’t have Roger and inferiority at the same time.

On the first night back in Atlanta, Ted Turner had initially wanted to arrange a celebration dinner for the whole team, but Roger stopped him.

“Ted, any act of popping champagne at this stage would relax the team’s nerves, and that must not happen.

After the finals are over, celebrate however you want.”

After a season with Ted Turner, Roger had gotten used to speaking his mind.

Ted Turner still adhered to the “Roger is always right” principle and postponed the celebration dinner until after the finals.

But the old man in the red hat couldn’t conceal his excitement; he felt he had already won because his opponent looked completely vulnerable.

Karl Malone?

A guy who couldn’t catch a break during Barkley’s prime.

John Stockton?

Yes, he was a member of the Dream Team.

But anyone who follows basketball knows that he was selected for the Dream Team because Isaiah Thomas had offended everyone.

Honestly, the old man felt his opponents might as well fly their flags at half-mast in mourning for themselves.

“Then I’m looking forward to your triumph, Roger, let me know if you need anything!” Finally, Ted Turner said this as he bid farewell to Roger.

This time, the Hawks team came back for just one day of rest; the day after tomorrow in the afternoon, the whole team would fly to Salt Lake City to prepare for the finals.

The time for rest was very tight, and Roger indeed needed some help.

But Ted Turner couldn’t be of any help.

On this day of rest, Roger only made appointments with two people.

One was Sofia Vergara, who texted Roger: “The finals are about to start, I’ve bought five colors of yoga pants to help you with Pilates training, it’s great for relieving stress~”

The other person Roger needed was Ben Wallace.

Although Big Ben’s skills in basketball were nearly as good as Kobe’s in fighting.

But Big Ben was quite handy when it came to haircuts.

Like most NBA players, Big Ben’s family was raised by a single mother with 11 children.

So at a very young age, he had to help by cutting neighbors’ hair to help with family expenses.

Over the years, he had become the famous Tony in the area.

Many people in that block even thought his name was Tony, not knowing his real name.

After coming to the Hawks, Big Ben had cut hair for many people, and indeed he was quite skilled.

So, tomorrow morning, Roger had arranged for Big Ben to come to his house to give him a haircut.

Early the next day, Big Ben arrived at Roger’s house with a full set of tools.

Seeing the yoga pants with holes cut out of them on the living room sofa, Big Ben knew Roger truly considered him a brother, not even bothering to tidy up the battlefield.

But this was also why Big Ben was willing to offer his services for free all season long and spoke well of Roger.

Roger truly treated him as a brother.

Firstly, Roger was the first to call him “Big Ben,” recognizing his stature.

And when Big Ben temporarily couldn’t find a place to stay when he first arrived in Atlanta, it was Roger who let him stay at his home.

Besides, Roger also let Big Ben pick any car from the garage to run errands or go grocery shopping.

Big Ben was dumbfounded when he went to the garage; you call these grocery cars?

Any minor issue and I’d be working for free all year!

Although in the end, Big Ben neither took Roger’s car nor stayed at Roger’s house for more than two days, Roger’s genuinely brotherly behavior still captured Big Ben’s heart.

From then on, Big Ben was a loyal little brother to Roger.

This was the relationship O’Neal fantasized he and Kobe should have had, the one O’Neal dreamed of having.

And what Shaq longed for, Roger often got effortlessly.

Of course, Roger wasn’t the central air conditioning; he primarily knew Big Ben was simple in managing locker room relationships, straightforward, helpful to the team, so he felt good about him.

Although Big Ben was a court thug, throughout his entire career, he hardly ever had any conflicts with teammates.

Back in the day, he moved from the Pistons to the Bulls merely over contract amounts, not because of dissatisfaction with any teammate.

In fact, the night before the Pistons and Bulls first met in the playoffs in 2007, Big Ben still partied with the Pistons.

So, Roger didn’t mind having a good-natured, loyal little brother who also cut hair.

Big Ben picked up the clippers: “Big bro, bald head?”

“Cough cough…

Don’t mention shaving bald before the finals, that’s not a good omen, just trim it short.”

“Okay.”

While cutting Roger’s hair, Big Ben inevitably talked about their opponents in the finals.

“I read in ‘ESPN’ magazine that Karl Malone and Stockton are two of the dirtiest players of the ’90s.”