Champions Creed

Chapter 15: 015 vs 4 is no big deal
Roger's performance in the state finals made him one of the most popular high school students in the United States.

His 5-8 scoring ability makes everyone believe that even in college games, he will still be a terrifying top scorer.

So, the crew of "The Hot One" found Roger.

Because the director required that the players must be real top basketball players, so that the game scenes and smooth movements can be filmed realistically. And Roger is the top player in people's minds.

I can only say that the director is not experienced enough to have such a request.

Can a real basketball player perform such a gorgeous move as the butterfly step? If he could do this in a movie, what would Forrest Gump have to do with the Oscars in 95?

In short, Paramount Pictures believed that by the time the film was released in 1994, Shark and Roger would have become superstars in the NBA and NCAA respectively.

By then, audiences will buy tickets to enter the theater even just to watch them act in a movie.

Roger didn't expect that in addition to the state championship, he would have such an unexpected gain.

It seems that Andy Lee was right. Roger finally made his first fortune by making movies!

Because Roger doesn't have an agent yet, the crew has to negotiate the contract with Roger's guardian, who is also his uncle.

When my uncle learned that Paramount Pictures was willing to pay Roger $50, he almost fainted.

Let me put it this way, even if he bought a lottery ticket, Lu An only hoped that he could win 5.

50 is a very fair price for Roger today.

After all, this was 1993, and a superstar like Barkley only earned 242 million a year.

For a player like Roger who hasn't even played in the NCAA, paying him $50 for making a movie is already a great show of sincerity.

After signing the contract, Lu An looked at Roger, his voice trembling with nervousness: "Xiao Jie, does this mean that I don't have to bargain anymore when buying second-hand clothes in the future?"

Roger smiled slightly: "This means that you can be the one selling second-hand clothes in the future."

Overnight, Roger became rich.

Of course, 50 is not enough for Roger to really start enjoying life.

Because he had graduated from high school, Abunassar could no longer continue to train Roger as a school coach.

He would then have to pay Abunassar's salary himself.

Moreover, in order to prepare for the draft, it costs money to rent a training ground or hire a trainer.

Despite this, Roger still took his uncle to buy a car in the afternoon.

The female Mercedes-Benz saleswoman was so enthusiastic in introducing various car models to Roger that her black stockings got snagged.

In the end, Roger bought his uncle a sixth-generation E-Class.

It’s not that there is no aunt who is willing to love you, it’s that you lack a Mercedes-Benz E.

My uncle touched the three-pointed star on the front of the car with his shaking hands and asked, "Are we really not going to bargain?"

"At least today, we don't need to bargain." Roger patted his uncle's shoulder, thinking of this as compensation for that hairline.

Lu An nodded with emotion, and then
He spent half an hour forcing the other party to send a set of foot pads.

The moment he got the floor mats for free, he looked happier than if he had bought a new car.

This car was the only big expense Roger made after receiving the 50.

After that, he took Andre to New Orleans, rented an indoor basketball court, and shamelessly engaged in fierce physical fights every day.

During this period, Andre found that it was becoming increasingly difficult for him to fight against Roger.

Thanks to the training plan and diet provided by Abunassar, Roger has now increased his weight to 85 kg.

Roger's ultimate goal is to weigh 90 kilograms when he enters the NBA.

In the most recent measurement, Roger's barefoot height has grown to 1 meters, and his height with shoes is about 96 meters.

If the final weight gain can go according to plan, then this height and weight will definitely be enough to play the No. 2 position in the NBA.

These data made Abunassar more and more confident about Roger's lottery prospects.

At this time, Jack McCollum, a well-known writer for Sports Illustrated, also wrote an article that made Abunassar even more excited.

McCollum's article mainly complains about the quality of the 93 draft.

In his opinion, 93 was not a great year for the draft. There were only four players with real top potential: Webber, one of the Michigan Big Five, Penny from Memphis State, Jamal Mashburn who had no blind spots in offense, and Sean Bradley, a big stick.

McCollum commented on the remaining players:

"I know that Bobby Hurley is the legendary NCAA assist leader and his tactical skills are excellent. But I don't think that a 1-meter-tall white guard with poor physical fitness can survive in the NBA.

Isaiah Rider, the No. 1 player, but we all know that his real height is only 94 meters. I admit that he has some talent, but this guy always does some confusing things on the court. He obviously has a good ability to finish at the basket, but he likes to shoot three-pointers in an incredible way. Almost half of his no-look passes fly into the stands. He has a bad relationship with almost everyone on the team because he is too aggressive.

Unless you want to plant a ticking time bomb in the locker room, he's definitely not a good choice.

Vin Baker, a 211 cm tall frontcourt player, has excellent offensive skills and athleticism. He averaged 27.6 points per game in his junior season, second in the country, and 28.3 points per game in his senior season, fourth in the country. But he is the laziest rebounder I have ever seen among 211 cm players. On defense, he is only passionate about block data.

Thanks to his defense that only cared about statistics, he never led his team to the March Madness tournament in his four years at university. Moreover, he began to drink heavily in college.

The most normal one among these people may be Calport Chaney, but Chaney is a power forward player with mediocre physical fitness. His offense is already relatively complete, and he probably won't make any more progress in the NBA.

This lottery draft is full of all kinds of problem teenagers. I think even if Roger directly participates in the draft, he can still enter the lottery.

At least, Roger's physical fitness was visibly explosive, and he had no bad habits. Moreover, his potential was bottomless.

If you don't know what Roger did, I can summarize it briefly: He averaged 64 points per game on 38.8% shooting, and he's a guard. Then he crushed the No. 58 high school student in the country and scored points in a single game in the state finals.

Look, isn't Roger much better than those idiots? "

Jack McCollum joined Sports Illustrated in 81 and is a well-known columnist.

Therefore, his articles still have a certain degree of authority.

This article gave Abunassar greater self-confidence. He believed that among the 11 lottery positions, one must belong to Roger!

Right now, Roger only needs to do two more things.

First, kick the ass of all the high school talent in the McDonald's All-Star Game on April 4.

Second, strike while the iron is hot and announce that he will bring his talents directly to the NBA.

I thought this article was a great help to Roger, but then the shark used his natural strength to push Roger hard from behind.

On March 3, the Magic played an important playoff spot battle against the Pacers on the road.

This is the last and most important regular season matchup between the Magic and the Pacers.

Because the two teams are currently tied and ranked eighth and ninth in the Eastern Conference respectively, the direct dialogue between the two teams is undoubtedly the key to the fight for the playoff tickets.

Shark's performance in his rookie season was already quite outstanding. He was the first rookie in nearly 11 years to score 1000 points and 1000 rebounds in a single season. He gave the Magic hope for the playoffs.

But the Shark is not satisfied. What he wants is not just the hope of making the playoffs, but a real playoff spot.

But contrary to their expectations, the Magic lost badly in this crucial positioning battle with the Pacers.

The Pacers ruthlessly exposed the Magic with a score of 118 to 102. The Shark performed well, with 28 points and 19 rebounds, sweeping the inside as usual.

But Nick Anderson, the second-leading scorer who always falters in crucial moments, unsurprisingly faltered again.

In this game, he inexplicably only made 15 of 8 free throws, with a hit rate of 53.3%.

Even the Sharks' free throw shooting percentage was 61.5% today!

Moreover, he allowed the skinny Reggie Miller to score 24 points almost at will and shoot 44% from three-point range.

This guy got nervous in several crucial rounds. He didn't dare to shoot when he got the chance and threw the ball away in the last few seconds.

Even O'Neal was convinced. Although he did not make any mistakes in passing the ball, is there anyone in this world who really thinks that fans cannot see this kind of evasion of responsibility?

So the Sharks have always emphasized that Roger’s failure to pass the ball is not necessarily a shortcoming!

The most annoying thing is that after the game, all the media were blaming the Shark and criticizing him for not being able to fight tough battles.

O'Neal was so angry that he rushed into the locker room and rushed directly to Anderson. He was only 5 centimeters away from Anderson's face and yelled: "What the hell are you doing!? You are just like a piece of trash!"

O'Neal really wanted to beat him up at the time, but he also knew that if he did so, the Magic's season would end early.

So, with nowhere to vent his anger, he said angrily during an interview with reporters in the parking lot: "If we had a No. 2 position like Roger, I should be celebrating the victory now!"

The next day, the Orlando Sentinel took advantage of the situation and conducted an investigation, asking a question: "If Nick Anderson was replaced by Roger, could we have beaten the Pacers last night?"

90% of the respondents said: “Yes!”
By the way, the Orlando Sentinel was the newspaper that organized the "Is O'Neal worth $115 million" vote, which indirectly helped push O'Neal away from the Magic.

When the results of the investigation were announced, Nick Anderson was extremely embarrassed.

He may be the first NBA player who is considered by fans to be worse than a high school student.

The Sports Illustrated article and O'Neal's remarks attracted more and more attention to Roger. Everyone was curious about who he was and how he could be considered a lottery pick as a high school student and be compared with NBA players.

Just today when the voting results came out, Roger and Andre appeared in Memphis, the venue of the 16th McDonald's All-Star Game.

Facing a group of reporters again, Roger and Andre no longer felt nervous.

They are no longer the young boys who have never experienced their first time.

However, the reporters' questions surprised Roger a little.

"Shaq thinks you are better than Magic guard Nick Anderson. Do you agree?"

"If you participate in this year's draft, are you confident that you will enter the lottery?"

It seems that comparing Roger to the McDonald's All-Star Game player is no longer enough to satisfy the media.

Roger's connection with the NBA is getting closer and closer.

This was a good thing for Roger.

At least the whole country has begun to feel that there is no insurmountable gap between Roger and the NBA.

Now, all that’s left is to shine at the McDonald’s All-Star Game!
That night, the McDonald's All-Star Game announced the rosters for the Eastern and Western Conference teams.

Roger was on the Western Conference All-Star team. He was supposed to team up with Rashad Griffith, the fourth-ranked player in the United States at 2 meters, to fight against Stackhouse and Rasheed Wallace from the East. The matchup between the two super guards and super centers was something that fans were looking forward to.

However, Griffith had already participated in the Roundball Classic and Illinois High School All-Star Game hosted by the Magic Johnson, so he temporarily withdrew from this event. He did not want to be too tired and affect his competitive state.

So Darnell Robinson, the all-time block leader in high school basketball, took his place and became the starting center for the Western Conference All-Stars team.

Although Darnell Robinson had a lot of blocks, his skills seemed too rough even in high school. People thought he relied solely on his 2-meter height to dominate the high school court, so his national ranking was just 11th.

Such an opponent made Roaring Lord very disdainful: "Don't compare me with him anymore. Griffith ran away because he was afraid of me, and poor Darnell is just a big fool. I will deal with him as easily as Shaq dealt with Smits. If he starts, Jerry and I will win easily."

Darnell quickly responded: "I'm going to pop your brains out! I'm going to pop every Eastern Conference player to the ground!"

At first Roger didn't take the two men's quarrel too seriously, but when he showed up in the locker room the next day he realized something was wrong.

Although this was a makeshift team, everyone was excited and clenched their fists, shouting that they would teach those bastards in the East a lesson.

After all, this is a team composed of high school students, and all those who can enter here are star players with outstanding strength.

Unlike the NBA All-Stars, where harmony is the most important thing, in this All-Stars game between high school students, everyone wants to prove that they are the best. Fighting and fighting are what children of this age like to do most.

The huge and destructive exchange of words between Roaring Lord and Daniel Robinson undoubtedly angered both sides.

Roger felt that the players on both sides were like powder kegs, and would explode completely with just the slightest spark.

Sure enough, in this extremely strong atmosphere of gunpowder, things still happened.

In the sixth minute of the second half, Roaring Tianzun showed the world his temper for the first time.

Because he was beaten by Robinson, who was ranked much lower than him, Tianzun was so angry that he beat up Daniel Robinson after being blocked again.

Seeing this, the angry players rushed forward, and only a few people could remain calm. The basketball game instantly turned into a WWE Royal Rumble.

The referees blew the whistle wildly and the audience booed loudly.

This was the first time a fight broke out at the McDonald's All-Star Game.

Roger and Andre did not get involved because they thought the fight was quite strange.

A few minutes later, the referee sent off all the players who were causing trouble, and in the end, both the Eastern and Western Conference teams had only five players left to play.

It was thought that the farce would end there, but a minute later, Western Conference center Evander Jones was injured while fighting for a rebound.

The Western team only had 4 moments left to play!

Bob Jorgan, the founder of the McDonald's All-Star Game, put his head in his hands, feeling that the game was doomed.

If the game ends early, the fans will definitely not buy it.

But if we continue the competition, there won’t be enough people.

At this time, Stackhouse walked up to Roger. He had scored 17 points today, while Roger only had 15 points.

The guy who dared to challenge Jordan in his rookie season was smug: "You are so lucky. If the game continues, the gap between us will get bigger and bigger. I told you that you were able to beat Oak Hill High School in the Sunshine Classic last year because I was not there!"

Stackhouse is so frustrated!
This proud guy has always been unhappy that he is ranked behind Roger, but he has never dared to talk trash to Roger for fear of being slapped in the face.

But now the game can't continue, he can finally criticize without restraint!

Roger ignored Stackhouse, whose looks were comparable to the Marvel villain Red Skull. At this moment, he remembered a special game in NCAA history, so he said to the founder of the event, Bob Jorgan, who was standing on the sidelines: "Let the referee continue the game, sir."

"Kid, we can't find another person to play at short notice."

"We don't need to find anyone else, we still have four players available. According to FIBA ​​rules, the game can continue until the number of players falls to less than two."

Bob Jorgan glanced at the co-founder of the event, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame member John Wooden. The white-haired legendary NCAA coach nodded and said, "If this happened in college basketball, we would do this, but..."

"It doesn't matter," Roger smiled, "It doesn't matter if it's 4 vs 5. We can still win."

Jogen's eyes widened as he looked at the No. 1 pick in the United States, who was believed by Sports Illustrated to be able to enter the lottery draft as a high school student.

This is a fucking crazy guy!
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