Champion Creed
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788: 266: Welcome to the Round Table Knights (Vote for the monthly ticket!) 788: 266: Welcome to the Round Table Knights (Vote for the monthly ticket!) The Sacramento Kings’ collapse was shocking.

Before this, the Kings relied on smooth, flowing offense to achieve consecutive victories and had never lost by more than double digits.

But facing the Hawks, the Kings showed an extreme contrast.

Usually glamorous, dignified, and unreachable, they were played around by the Hawks.

O’Neal suggested the Kings should be renamed the Queen Team: “How dare they call themselves Kings?

The real Kings of California are in Los Angeles.

Do those sissies have a winning gene?

No, last season they just got lucky and stole two games over my head.”

Shaq truly has the qualification to mock the Kings, also based in California, because the Lakers are indeed very strong this season.

The glory of the big three shines on every inch of land in Los Angeles.

Of course, the Lakers have yet to undergo the final trial.

The Bucks and the Kings also looked strong before meeting the Hawks, but the Hawks shattered all filters.

So, whether the Lakers’ big three look like champions will still need Roger to test their true form.

Even though the Lakers already won against the Hawks in the season opener, because Roger wasn’t there, even O’Neal wouldn’t boast about that victory.

But a complete match between the Hawks and the Lakers’ big three has to wait until Christmas.

Roger is already annoyed by David Stern always arranging Hawks VS Lakers on Christmas; it’s as stable as the memorable gala.

Who would want to spend Christmas year after year with someone they hate the most?

Roger is tired of seeing Shaq’s fat face every Christmas.

But there’s no help for it; League won’t miss the opportunity for its most profitable two teams to play the most profitable game at the most profitable time, Stern won’t miss such a chance.

Before then, the Hawks and the Lakers can only showcase their dominance from afar.

After today’s training, Lenny Wilkens observed Roger and Michael Redd doing an extra hour of shooting practice, and after training, studying Steve Kerr and Robert Horry’s game footage.

Roger doesn’t do this every day, he’s not Michael Redd’s babysitter.

But at least one day a week, Roger stays to help Redd improve.

Unlike Pierce and Marion, who are casually left to their own devices, Roger wants to help Redd because he hopes to change Redd’s playing style.

Even at his peak, Michael Redd wasn’t particularly outstanding at off-ball skills.

Yes, he loves shooting threes, but his off-ball movement and positioning awareness aren’t top-notch, actually leaning towards monopolizing the ball, fans who saw Yi Jianlian in his rookie season should remember how selfish Redd was at that time.

Often, he couldn’t smartly run to create good open positions, so he simply held the ball and shot disorderly under defense.

After all, in college and high school, Redd always served as a ball-handler breaking through defenses, it was only after entering the NBA that he began transitioning towards being a shooter.

In the NBA, he wasn’t heavily cultivated, what he achieved purely depended on his own effort.

Thus, many of his playing habits are hard to change.

Roger needs to correct this point, make Redd understand that it’s not necessary to hold the ball with both hands in order to sprint.

Steve Kerr and Robert Horry, in Roger’s view, are truly championship-level off-ball specialists, they are the best learning targets for Redd.

Actually, if not for Roger’s disruption, they would have been the most dominant players in the NBA from the mid-90s to the first decade of the 21st century.

This is no exaggeration, in the original timeline, Steve Kerr and Robert Horry dominated 12 out of 14 championships between 1994 and 2007!

Even the magic-bird rivalry wasn’t as exciting as theirs!

Alright, Roger of course knows Curry is more worth learning from, but Roger by no means can travel through time and pull out a video of Curry playing for the Warriors.

Championship-level off-ball specialists, that’s the direction Roger hopes Michael Redd will develop towards.

Therefore, he needs to take some time to help Redd become the person he envisions.

After watching the videos, Redd wanted to continue practicing shooting, but Roger stopped him: “Go home and rest, I don’t want you injured before you even start playing.”

In the original timeline, Redd practiced too hard in his rookie season and ended up getting sidelined prematurely, wasting a year.

Roger doesn’t want to wait, in his plan, Redd should be able to make a difference this season.

Walking into the parking lot, Michael Redd takes out his key to unlock his second-hand Mercedes.

Redd’s salary this season is only 310,000, after considering taxes and miscellaneous expenses, he only gets a bit over half in hand.

So he doesn’t want to waste money on a luxury car, but driving a rundown car to the training ground is embarrassing, so he could only buy a second-hand one for appearance sake.

Just as he opens the car door, Roger drives by in his Ferrari, which costs more than Redd’s annual salary: “See you tomorrow Michael, remember, follow Old Joe’s plan for practice, don’t privately increase the amount.”

“Thank you, Roger, no one believes in me here, Lenny doesn’t trust me either, you’re the only one who does.”

“Lenny?

He wants your success even more than I do.

He’s just that kind of stubborn old man who always says unpleasant things.

Their generation is just like that, work hard Michael, don’t mind anything anyone says, I’ll take you with me to defeat the Lakers.”

Saying that, Roger left with the roar of the Ferrari.

Michael Redd also got into the car, tightly gripping the steering wheel.

Of course, I’m definitely going to defeat the Lakers with Roger!