143: 080: Competitive sports, where everything depends on being the champion (Vote for monthly tickets!) 143: 080: Competitive sports, where everything depends on being the champion (Vote for monthly tickets!) Bill Walton’s proposed Roger Rule will undoubtedly become a very popular new term in basketball circles starting tonight,
just as popular as Roger himself.
Before this, the only similar term in the basketball world was the Jordan Rule.
But the Jordan Rule was not exactly positive for Jordan himself.
There are two meanings to the Jordan Rule: one is the defensive rules the Detroit Bad Boys made to counter Jordan, the other is that notoriously noxious book full of scandals.
Both meanings are a kind of harm to Jordan.
But the Roger Rule is different; it’s a complete compliment to Roger.
The game continues, but Drexler’s start is almost a microcosm of the Trail Blazers.
The more awkward Roger made Drexler, the more troubled the Magic made the Trail Blazers.
The Blazers’ inside line was easily destroyed by O’Neal, and Drexler only scored 12 points for the entire game under Roger’s tight defense.
Roger scored 20 points, and that’s because he and O’Neal spent the entire fourth quarter on the bench, studying the latest Hummer H1 model since the game had already ended in three quarters.
“This H1 is more like a civilian vehicle, the previous model was too hardcore, basically a military vehicle.
The ’94 model added a lot of comfort features like electric windows and such,” O’Neal babbled on to Roger.
Ever since he found out his stretched Ferrari couldn’t be driven on the road, he abandoned his dream of sports cars completely.
Roger now finds the specs of these vehicles speechless, not to mention lacking a fridge, color TV, or a large sofa; even the rear space isn’t sufficient to kneel someone down and press their head.
The practicality is ridiculously lacking.
At this moment, the buzzer finally sounded in the arena.
122 to 94, the Orlando Magic triumphed at home with a 28-point advantage over the Trail Blazers.
Today, Rod Strickland took 11 shots to score only 9 points, while Roger only took one more shot than him, scoring 20 points.
Rod’s actions proved that the difference between him and Roger was not just the number of shots; their difference was comprehensive.
Roger was right to ignore him the whole game, men like him would vindicate themselves.
Tonight was naturally tough for Drexler too, as he became the first victim under the new term “Roger Rule.”
After the game ended, Roger mocked Clyde the Glide on camera, “When you are the best player on the court and still lose the game, you might say it’s a team roster issue.
damn, he wasn’t even the fourth best player today.
Me, Shaq, Horace, and Clifford all performed better than him.
When Clifford Robinson scored 32 points for the entire game and he only had 12, how could he shamelessly say I only won because of my team?
If anyone should say that, it should be Clifford.”
Roger’s words deeply wounded Drexler, who went from a glamorous Dream Team member, just one step away from a championship ring, to the league’s second-best shooting guard being easily trampled by a rookie.
All this in just a few years.
What’s cruel isn’t the league starting to hype rookies, it’s that the rookies truly have more ability than you.
Drexler is tired; he doesn’t want to waste any more time with the Trail Blazers.
He owes Rip City nothing now.
Carlesimo, obstinate as ever, clearly didn’t realize his team’s leading scorer was in a foul mood.
After the game, he caught up with Drexler as he walked into the tunnel and yelled, “Damn it, that was a disgraceful loss, how could you be so inefficient under Roger’s defense?
How could your shots be so reckless?
If you keep this up, I’m putting you on the bench!”
To be fair, there’s a reason why people choke Carlesimo.
Flip through his resume, and you’ll find he doesn’t get along with players on any team he’s part of.
Pissing off a player and falling out with them is nothing, which coach hasn’t fallen out with a player?
But angering one after another and falling out with all of them, that’s no longer the players’ problem.
Carlesimo knew he was powerless in Portland, so to establish authority, he often resorted to threats like “I’ll put you on the bench,” “I’ll exclude you from the roster.”
Drexler had always been passive and acquiescent, but today, he didn’t want to endure anymore: “Whatever you say, P.
Carlesimo got angry: “What’s that attitude?
Just because you’ve been to the Finals, you think you’re something special?
Everyone’s contributed to the team, everyone’s put in the effort, don’t come at me with that high and mighty act!”
Drexler stopped in his tracks and punched the door of the locker room: “Don’t yell at me you idiot, go call Bob, I’m out!”
Are you out of your mind?”
“Good God, trade me, trade me!
I’ve had enough of Rod, that idiot who thinks he’s so great, I’ve had enough of Bob sitting in his office watching the roster grow old without doing anything.
I’m also fed up with you, P.
Stop with your pretentious toughness, you’ll never catch up to Rick (Adelman) in this lifetime!”
Drexler couldn’t hold these words in any longer, he couldn’t bear being overruled by a rookie anymore.
Therefore, the subsequent press conference was quite lively, as Carlesimo directly spilled the beans about their conversation.
Trail Blazers General Manager Bob Whitsitt was utterly stunned.