Chapter 880: 291: You must take the initiative and spare no effort to serve the King in order to receive rewards (please vote for the monthly ticket)_4
Before this season started, Stephen Jackson told himself he absolutely couldn’t make the same mistakes again, he had to work hard.
He indeed worked hard, but in return, he got this kind of arrogant disregard.
Stephen Jackson felt Roger was a bit excessive, he was only late once, and it was only for fifteen minutes.
For such a small mistake, is it necessary to isolate me ?
After changing clothes, Roger stood up and glanced at Stephen Jackson:
“You don’t need to apologize, Stephen, and I’m not isolating you. Because you’re just a guy who might be cut the next day, so there’s no need for me to waste words on you. You can find a hundred excuses for being late, it doesn’t matter, you really don’t have to say those to me. For the opportunity to play in the NBA, if you don’t even care yourself, why should I care?”
“Of course I care, I have been working hard, why can’t you see that? You can’t just focus on my tardiness!”
“Working hard?” Roger laughed, “You actually have the nerve to talk about working hard in this locker room?”
“The season Paul was stabbed 13 times, he didn’t miss a day, nor was he ever late. Last season, Michael not to mention being late, not a single day did he show up less than an hour early. 37-year-old Jeff comes early every day to warm up, get massages, drain fluid.
And an idiot who can’t even get over being late, actually has the nerve to say they’re working hard?
Don’t make me laugh, Stephen, do whatever you want, play if you can, if not then leave. I’m busy, I don’t have the time to listen to the nonsense from those who are constantly moved by themselves.
When you truly have the qualifications one day, I’ll genuinely care about you then.”
Roger put on sunglasses, patted Pierce on the shoulder: “Today you’re in charge of dealing with the reporters, I have to leave early, got a date.”
“A date? Did you and Gisele get back together?”
“Of course not, I have a new girlfriend.”
After saying that, Roger sneaked out of the locker room through the back door.
At that moment, Stephen Jackson realized, it’s not that the king needs to whip you all the time to make you move forward.
But you need to proactively and with all your might serve the king to receive rewards!
Previously, Roger was willing to help Pierce and Michael Reed, even willing to stay and do extra practice with them, because their attitude was serious enough.
Stephen Jackson bowed his head, he overestimated himself, he thought too cheaply of the word “effort”.
Right now, he really isn’t worth Roger’s attention.
A few seconds later, Stephen Jackson looked up at Pierce: “Tell Roger, I won’t give up! I will stay here to play!”
Wonderful, Olajuwon finally understood why Roger could lead team after team to victory.
The bastard is simply a master psychologist, he knows how to tailor his approach to different people.
People all know Roger’s dominance on the court, but Dream understands today, Roger’s locker room dominance has been underestimated.
After today, Stephen Jackson never came late again, he even started coming early to practice shooting with Michael Reed.
The team’s chemistry got better and better, the seven-second offense started to flow into the veins of the Hawks players.
In the preseason, the media and fans hadn’t picked up on anything unusual. They just felt the Hawks’ defense and counterattacks were more sharp, and their set offense more fluid.
Of course, the defense was also weaker.
Without Ben Wallace, the defensive machine capable of covering half the court, the Hawks’ defense was no longer as unbreakable as last season.
On the other hand, the Detroit Pistons were thriving with Big Ben after building around him, continuously winning in preseason.
This fully explains the irreplaceable role of Big Ben.
And Kidd’s Nets were also hot in preseason, winning all five games, the whole team completely transformed.
Kidd himself was full of confidence about the opener.
Because of the spat during the offseason, and also because Hawks VS Lakers had gotten a bit tiresome. So this year’s opener, David Stern arranged Hawks VS Nets.
Let Roger and Kidd, who argued all summer, solve their problems directly.
After the final preseason game, Jason Kidd boasted about the Nets’ quick counterattack this season.
He had no idea what true speed was like.