Champion Creed

The most arrogant and domineering press conference in NBA history has gone viral.

Many sports stars are imitating Roger, putting their legs on the table, laying out a bunch of their honors, and taking photos with them.

For a while, a lot of similar photos appeared online.

Charles Barkley also joined in, placing an MVP trophy and a picture frame on the table, with the frame containing a photo of him kissing a donkey's butt.

That is indeed a unique honor.

However, players like Gary Payton and Patrick Ewing were quite embarrassed because they couldn't even pull out a single trophy.

Roger created a photo pose that only winners are qualified to follow.

After the championship parade, people noticed that Roger did not immediately report to the national team.

Instead, he appeared in Hawaii, vacationing by the sea with Adriana Lima.

Seeing Adriana Lima's full butt that couldn't be contained by her bikini, fans couldn't help but wonder if Roger, after battling the Pistons so fiercely, still has the energy to play in the Olympics?

The intensity of this vacation might not be any less than the Finals.

In fact, Roger is not the only privileged player in Team China this time.

Besides Wang Zhizhi, who finished the season early, Bateer and Yao Ming will also report to the national team a bit later.

Yes, this is one of the conditions of Roger joining. Any Chinese players who played in the NBA playoffs would get extra rest time.

You can't expect Chinese basketball to develop talents like Yuki Kawamura, who measures less than 170 cm without shoes, but they also won't be foolish enough to go against some of the world's best basketball players.

As long as Roger doesn't make any demands that violate principles, most of them will be met.

Before reporting to the national team, Roger roughly has a week to enjoy his vacation.

On the beaches of Hawaii, Roger is applying sunscreen to Adriana Lima's butt. Accompanied by her soft moans, Roger's phone, unfortunately, rings.

During this time, even Eric Fleisher and Mikhail Prokhorov wouldn't call Roger. They all know Roger needs a peaceful vacation.

Roger wanted to reach for the phone, but Lima grabbed Roger's hand: "Honey, don't stop."

"Don't worry, we have plenty of time." Saying this, Roger still picked up the phone.

Because anyone who would disturb him at this time must have something urgent.

To avoid being disturbed, Roger even entrusted Bob Bass with draft tasks before going on vacation.

In the 2004 draft with the Warriors' pick, Roger only had one goal, and that was Trevor Ariza.

Tony Allen is good, but probably not available at the Warriors' draft position, so they could only look for treasure in lower picks.

Trevor Ariza perfectly answered, "If you give an ordinary player a superstar's playing time, possessions, and tactical status, can he become a superstar?" His time with the Rockets proved Ariza wasn't cut out to be a superstar; giving him the tactical role and shooting rights was useless.

But Roger's team doesn't need future superstars; Ariza is an excellent 3&D wing, a valuable resource they absolutely can't let someone else take.

Having received the order, Bob Bass will do his utmost to have Ariza on the Warriors' roster next season, so he also wouldn't disturb Roger.

In short, if someone is calling now, it must be about immediately important matters.

Picking up the phone, the caller ID showed KG.

"Kevin, you should know I'm quite busy right now."

"Busy applying sunscreen on your supermodel girlfriend?"

"Uh... hurry and speak what's on your mind!"

"Sorry, Roger, you know I wouldn't bother you unless it's important. But right now, the Timberwolves don't want to renew contracts with Sam and Latrell! Damn it, you guessed it too right, Latrell said something stupid, he actually told the Timberwolves that a million-dollar salary isn't enough to support his family. Who negotiates like that? He's already completely fallen out with the team. As for Sam, the Timberwolves are worried about his injury issues, and they don't want to renew with him either.

Damn, I don't know how to communicate with management, I've already given my all to this team, I don't understand why they're not supporting me. If Latrell and Sam leave like this, we'll turn into a team that's nothing again!

Do you think it's necessary for me to stay here anymore?"

Roger realized, this is an issue substantial enough to change Kevin Garnett's career, and indeed a matter needing an immediate discussion.

The 6-year, $120 million contract that Garnett signed with the Timberwolves took effect in 1998 and is due to expire this summer.

In the original timeline, the Timberwolves extended Garnett's contract in the summer of 2003 in advance, and the reason Garnett agreed to renew was that the Timberwolves brought in Sprewell and Cassell.

But in this timeline, Eric Fleisher was cautious and did not renew with the Timberwolves last season to prevent the Timberwolves from locking up Garnett and then giving up on strengthening the team.

It turns out that his suspicion was correct. Any narrative used to absolve the Timberwolves management by saying "Kevin Garnett took too much money himself, making it impossible for the Timberwolves to strengthen the team" is unfounded because Garnett, during his years with the Timberwolves, wasn't taking a supermax contract every year, and when his supermax contract expired, the Timberwolves didn't make any effective signings.