Champion Creed
Chapter 624 - 624 221 If you don't do something do you feel life is boring

624: 221: If you don’t do something, do you feel life is boring?

(Asking for monthly tickets!) 624: 221: If you don’t do something, do you feel life is boring?

(Asking for monthly tickets!) Michael Jordan never thought that there would come a day when he would want to kill Scottie Pippen.

After Roger won the championship, everyone thought Shaq was the most disgraced.

But in fact, the most disgraced was Jordan!

Pippen’s words, “Before I went to Chicago, Michael was a terrible player,” completely infuriated Jordan.

But soon Jordan realized that he had completely lost his say.

Just look at how the media covered Roger after his personal four consecutive championships.

“Roger did what Michael couldn’t do—lead an aging Scottie to a championship.”

“Michael needed a prime Scottie, Roger just needed a living Scottie.”

“Now we can be sure of at least three things: Dream was strong in 1994, Scottie was strong from 1991-1993, and Roger was strong in 1998.”

The previous generation’s basketball god’s sky had completely collapsed.

Roger leading Pippen to a championship, and then Pippen turning around to bite back, started to erode Jordan’s reputation.

Pippen was that kind of person, talking nicely when he liked you, and talking nonsense when he didn’t.

In the original timeline, Pippen’s opinions on Jordan were completely different when he was a player and after he retired.

But in this timeline, ever since Jordan chose to leave Chicago for New York, Pippen had turned into a disgruntled critic.

So his attitude towards Roger and Jordan had done a complete 180-degree turn.

After the debate over who was stronger between Roger and Michael, the topic “Who is the greatest NBA player in history” also started trending.

In the past timeline, no matter how eloquent Bronny was, this was a topic without suspense.

But in this timeline, the topic was filled with discussion points.

Roger’s four consecutive championships put him far ahead in the rankings on this topic.

But the suspense hadn’t been completely put to rest.

Four consecutive championships were indeed great, but Roger wasn’t streets ahead of other stars in every area.

Roger only had two MVPs, which was somewhat lacking; there was a whole list of players with more MVPs than Roger.

The accumulation of things like scoring titles and first-team selections wasn’t enough either.

In such a situation, can you call yourself the GOAT?

Not really, unless you’re shameless.

Do you want to have your reputation and claim the GOAT title?

Then you have to truly rely on your ability to accumulate honors.

In the days following the championship, besides attending the victory parade and browsing the malls in downtown Atlanta, Roger barely went out.

After the exhausting season, he wanted to rest properly.

But the more he rested, the more something seemed off to Roger; he felt the more he rested, the more tired he became!

Finally, the day before the draft, Roger discovered the reason for his exhaustion—the old A8 was good at everything but it was a bit oily.

In terms of years of production, Sofia wasn’t an old A8.

But in terms of temperament, the extent of her being high-maintenance was on the same level as an old A8.

That type of car model, no matter how much oil you pour into it, is never enough.

Luckily, Roger was tough, otherwise, he might have lost a couple of pounds.

The day before the draft, Pete Babcock made a deliberate visit to Roger’s home.

His purpose for the visit was simple, to confirm with Roger the target for the ’98 draft.

This year’s Hawks, although not like the ’82 Lakers who won the championship and got the No.

1 pick at the same time.

But an eighth pick for a contending team was quite a luxury.

Philadelphia fans were already passing out in the bathroom; they never imagined last season that this pick swap would turn out to be such a loss.

And today, Roger still gave Babcock that same tongue-twister of a name—Dirk Nowitzki.

Babcock was taken aback, even though Ted Turner had told him to choose whoever Roger wanted.

To Babcock, the name seemed a bit too outrageous.

Without clairvoyance, seeing Nowitzki’s name within the lottery range indeed seemed outrageous.

Don’t think that Nowitzki went down the path of a player like Wenbanyama, “relying on visibly immense talent to dominate in the European basketball scene early on, gaining immense fame worldwide, and having an NBA spot locked in well in advance.”

Nowitzki is one of the most unique presences in draft lottery history because he was virtually invisible before the draft.

Dirk’s credentials before the draft were: no background in American training and competition, no background in Europe’s A-level leagues, no background in Germany’s domestic A-level leagues, no national team background.

That’s right, he had nothing.

Not only had Nowitzki never played in Germany’s top league, he hadn’t even dominated in Europe.

He switched from tennis to basketball at the age of 15, was noticed by Holger Geschwindner, a German national team player who then trained him one-on-one.

They made videos of him playing and sent them out and occasionally played a few games in Germany’s lower leagues.

You might say that it’s not bad for a teenage kid to play in the German lower leagues.

No, it wasn’t like that.

The German lower league itself only had eight teams, and the game atmosphere was just like a regular indoor gym, with no more than five hundred fans per game.

Germany was a basketball desert, and its lower leagues weren’t as glamorous as one might imagine.

Most crucially, Nowitzki wasn’t even a registered player in the lower leagues; he only got to play there occasionally because of Holger’s connections.

Finally, thanks to Holger’s influence, Nowitzki got to participate in an American exhibition game hosted by Nike.

And then, one of the greatest supporting acts in NBA history took place.

The participants in that event included Charles Barkley and Scottie Pippen, two huge stars.

Nowitzki, unfazed as a naive youngster, displayed his basketball skills in front of the veterans, scoring 25 points in the first half alone.