Grove Street Brothers

I was not a perfect person, not an easy teammate to get along with, and I could not even be considered a good person at all.
However, no one in this world could deny that I was the greatest basketball player, not even God!

Champion Creed

A few weeks earlier, Boston fans were fantasizing about the dawn of another Bill Russell era.


Instead, the Celtics didn't even land a second overall pick.


Stern tried hard to make everyone feel that it was purely luck. Whether good or bad, you had to accept it; that's just how the lottery works.


But Bostonians didn't buy that nonsense. After so many years of tanking, the Celtics had never secured the No. 1 pick in any season.


What about the Magic? They managed to get the No. 1 pick two consecutive years.


Although the '93 No. 1 pick Chris Webber didn't bring much improvement to the Magic Team, he indirectly facilitated Roger's joining.


Without Webber as the main bargaining chip, the Magic could never have traded for Roger.


As other teams transformed their fortunes with the No. 1 pick, the Celtics still saw no light at the end of the tunnel, driving the Boston fans to utter despair.


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