Champion Creed-Chapter 914 - 302: Hey, lift your head (asking for monthly tickets!)

Chapter 914: 302: Hey, lift your head (asking for monthly tickets!)

The Atlanta Hawks’ shareholders group has never been this anxious.

When Michael Gillen quoted Roger verbatim at the shareholders meeting, they knew that the best player on this team was drifting away from them.

Bruce Levenson was solely focused on profit, but now, the core interests of the Hawks have completely fallen out with the shareholder team.

Bo Turner was very emotional at the shareholders meeting, not wanting to see his father’s hard work go to waste.

"We must renew Paul Pierce’s contract immediately, don’t waste time on contract length issues! This is our only way to quickly resolve the conflict with Roger! Keeping Paul Pierce is a gesture of goodwill to Roger!"

Bruce Levenson knew this was the best approach, but he was also very angry.

He is the team owner, yet Roger called him a "dog that eats leftovers."

Also told him to masturbate in front of the mirror.

How dare he!?

Which decent person masturbates in front of a mirror?

Okay, that’s not the point, the point is what NBA owner has ever suffered such humiliation?

So why should he appease this insulting bastard? Why should he work with someone who doesn’t understand respect?

When the Chicago Bulls picked Roger in 1993, did they anticipate Roger would become a more influential player than Michael Jordan?

That’s the charm of the NBA draft; you can never predict what the players you select will become.

So, who can guarantee there won’t be someone more influential than Roger in the future?

The last time Bruce Levenson discussed this issue, he was mocking the Orlando Magic’s stupidity, laughing at them for fantasizing about replacing Roger with Tracy McGrady.

But now, he himself has similar thoughts.

It just shows that he was overly confident before.

But when Roger was truly on the brink of leaving, all he could do was start fantasizing.

Bruce Levenson, as a wealthy man, has lived in flattery all his life.

This is the first time someone dared to speak so frankly to him.

Should he lower his dignity for this money?

Ha, money is nothing, spineless people don’t deserve to be Jewish!

Does that Chinese guy want to insult me while taking my money?

Is that possible!?

Bruce Levenson banged the table at the meeting, shouting sternly.

"Enough! This must end now! Tell Paul we agree to a six-year maximum salary extension!"

The shareholders group members were momentarily stunned, then why shout so loudly!?

Spineless people don’t deserve to be Jewish, but penniless people deserve even less.

Without Roger, the Hawks have no profit, it’s that simple.

The Hawks shareholder group undoubtedly experienced a major earthquake, and the worst part is, it leaked out, making everyone aware.

The "Atlanta Journal-Constitution" was the first to expose an intense "use of all sorts of insulting words, a fierce argument as if heading toward complete breakup" between Roger and one of the Hawks shareholders in a restaurant, subsequently more media started to report.

This time, it wasn’t Roger’s team intentionally stirring things up, but the restaurant’s waiter leaked the information—he received a $300 reward from an "Atlanta Journal-Constitution" reporter and swore on his grandmother’s third husband’s life to ensure every word he said was true.

The uproar caused great sensation, and this wasn’t the first time this season that reports of Roger’s discord with the shareholder group emerged.

Since Bill Simmons mentioned in his summer article criticizing the Hawks shareholder group, "I advise all league teams to prepare salary space, as Roger is very likely to test the free agent market next summer," Atlanta fans have been very uneasy.

Will they repeat Florida’s mistakes?

Is Atlanta’s glory really coming to an end?

There are more fan rallies, even on non-game days, the plaza outside Philips Arena will be crowded with fans holding signs.

There are roughly two types of signs, the first type is to persuade Roger to stay.

The second type is to curse the shareholders group as foolish idiots.

ESPN reporters smelled the scent of a hot topic and conducted street interviews with these fans.

An old man with white hair and reddened eyes: "I can’t ask Roger to do more, but I still hope Atlanta’s glory is a star, not a meteor."

A pair of twin boys wearing Roger’s jerseys prayed in front of the camera: "Please Roger, stay, don’t go anywhere!"

Among them, the most eye-catching is a huge poster held by ten people.

On the poster, Roger is surrounded by holy light, below the photo is a line of big words: "O God, don’t abandon your followers."

Though he has only been here for five years, Roger’s influence in Atlanta is no less than Michael Jordan’s in Chicago, Magic’s in Los Angeles, Dream’s in Houston.

He’s deeply tied to this city, and his story with Andy is even being remade into a sports inspirational movie by Hollywood.

The actor cast to play Roger is yet to be finalized, eventually likely between Daniel Wu and Edison Chen.

Although movie fans think the peak looks of these two are only at most seventy percent of Roger’s handsomeness, they couldn’t find anyone better.

Even 35-year-old Cindy Crawford strongly requested to star as herself without charging a fee, just to relive those passionate youthful days. Since leaving Roger, she has never had such a deep relationship, it was her most treasured memory.