Champion Creed
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792: 267: My True Love, My Blood (Requesting Monthly Tickets!) _2 792: 267: My True Love, My Blood (Requesting Monthly Tickets!) _2 Roger pushed the door open just then, and seeing the confused looks on everyone’s faces, he instantly understood what they were thinking: “Don’t believe those fake news.

They even said Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal have a love child.”

Such trade rumors that destabilize the team were the last thing Roger wanted to see.

No matter what, this time he would completely shake up the team’s personnel.

The “Round Table Knights” had given him such authority and confidence, and he would make Bruce Levenson see the reality.

“A love child?

If you replaced Shaq Daddy with Michael Jordan, I’d believe it.

After all, Flying Pig and Shaq don’t have a reproductive barrier.” Pierce chuckled, putting down the newspaper and shifting to other topics.

Pippen also temporarily set aside his doubts, focusing on training and games.

Roger’s words required no further explanation; everyone was willing to believe him, a testament to his high prestige in the locker room.

The Washington Post continued to reveal that the Wizards and Hawks were nearing completion of a trade, discussing additional details.

But Pippen turned a deaf ear to this, and during an interview after training, he expressed his trust in Roger: “The one who led me to the championship is not The Washington Post.

On this matter, I only believe what Roger says.

If Roger says there’s no trade, then there definitely isn’t.”

Reporters from Washington were puzzled: “Why?

Roger is just a player for the Hawks, right?

Theoretically, he can’t control player trades.

It’s a business between management; Roger doesn’t have control.”

Pippen maintained his composure: “You don’t understand Atlanta, nor do you understand the Atlanta Hawks, otherwise you wouldn’t say Roger is just a player for the Hawks.”

After training, Roger didn’t go home but went to the VIP conference room on the top floor of the Atlanta Hilton Hotel.

Today, all shareholders would be present to vote on the matter of trading Pippen.

When Roger arrived, all 12 shareholders were already present.

One had to admit, these 12 shareholders were the very hands-on type of bosses.

Many team owners acted as hands-off bosses, entrusting the team management entirely to the general managers, for example, the Indiana Pacers, the Houston Rockets, and the Miami Heat.

The two owners of the Pacers, the Simon brothers, neither watched nor understood basketball; they bought the team simply because they wanted a basketball team in their hometown.

In such places, the general manager controlled everything.

But some team owners liked to micro-manage personally.

For example, Old Buss of the Lakers, the new owner of the Mavericks, Mark Cuban, the Colangelo family of Phoenix, and now the Hawks Shareholders Consortium.

Sometimes, a hands-on owner wasn’t necessarily a good thing.

If Mark Cuban hadn’t meddled, the Mavericks wouldn’t later have that bizarre “All-Star lineup,” where each starting player had their own isolation play.

And after Ted Turner left, Roger also believed that if the consortium meddled less in the team, the Hawks would be much more peaceful.

But these bosses just loved to find a sense of presence.

Especially the two major shareholders.

Seeing Roger enter, Bruce Levenson shook his head in disdain.

“No disrespect to Roger, but I really don’t understand why a shareholders’ meeting should invite a player.

Why waste Roger’s precious time?

Is it really necessary?

The Savior is quite busy.

For every minute we delay Roger, we’re delaying not just Atlanta, but the entire state of Georgia!

Hey, you don’t seriously think Roger is just a player, do you?”

Bruce Levenson showed Roger what it was like for a man in a suit to talk trash, using the most polite demeanor without a single curse word, yet dripping with sarcasm.

Just as Roger was about to speak, Steve Belkin stepped in: “Bruce, we don’t have to discuss matters that have already been voted on.

Roger attending the meeting is a decision by the majority here, and I believe there should be no objection to that.”

“Of course, of course, I just don’t want to waste our Savior’s time.

Roger, it’s not a waste, right?”

“The Savior’s work also includes saving the team, preventing anyone from disrupting it.” Roger, unlike Levenson, was more direct in his response.

“You should be saving the team on the court.”

“No, I’ll save the team in all aspects; I have that capability.”

Levenson laughed, thinking Roger was too arrogant.

This guy really thought he could control everything?

Currently, Levenson also had six people on his side; he had already swayed Chris Bronson, who had been in a neutral position before.

And Michael Gillen, everyone assumed he’d support Roger unconditionally because he was Ted Turner’s friend.

Ridiculous.

Ted Turner’s friend was never Ted Turner himself.

Even the best friend might steal your wife; why must a best friend support the person you like?

Levenson knew Michael Gillen; the old man was a pure opportunist, standing on whichever side was more profitable.

Moreover, a few days ago, Levenson privately asked Michael Gillen, who said he’d support the deal.

Besides, what’s wrong with the trade?

It’s also for the team.

The suggestion to trade Pippen came from the team’s new assistant general manager, Billy Knight, who was originally supposed to become the general manager but was blocked by Roger.