Ages ago, in a land foreign to all but the most elite, there was a time of prosperity. Across the farthest reaches of civilization, every man could work their way to success with perseverance and cooperation. But alas, all good things must end and evil forces did arise to destroy the land, led by an almighty King.
In the time after the fall of Lord Jordan’s Kingdom in the City of Wind and the end of the Kobe & Shaquille alliance in Lakertopia, the realm became a raging battle between multiple armies, all vying for the throne. While Lord Wade recruited the former King O’Neal, their rule was brief. The long simmering Army of the Spurs lashed out and seized control before retreating back to their desert kingdom. The suffering Lords Garnett, Pierce, and Allen then aligned to charge at the crown, before King Mamba, reinvigorated from his days as Kobe, resurrected Lakertopia from the ashes of desolation. However, through this constant shift in power in the land, a dark alliance had formed between Lord Wade and the most powerful force the kingdom had ever witnessed.
In the year of reckoning, 2012, the alliance led by the wicked King James came to power and the rest of the kingdom shuttered in fear, for the dark lord had arrived to dominate with a hand of sheer destruction. His kingdom, while not impervious to siege, had clearly brought James into a rarefied class of ruler.
And then, to combat the all-powerful James as he laid waste to the land, Prince Curry, in the long-forgotten Golden State, banded together with Lords Thompson and Green to concoct an army that could dethrone the omnipotent King James. Yet, when they attacked and swept across the land with a fury unbeknownst to the kingdom since the long-past Days of Jordan, they found that even their impressive Strength in Numbers was no match for the sheer presence of James and his faithful Cavaliers of Domination. Humbled and weakened by their defeat, the Warriors of Golden State found themselves at a loss and seemed ready to cede control of the land to King James for eternity.
That is, until the Warriors were approached by a powerful knight from the desolate wasteland of Oklahoma, who pledged to join their still-powerful army in another attempt to thwart the rule of James. However, in adding Sir Durant to Golden State’s forces, an unforeseen shift in the opinion of the commoners in the land did occur. Fearing a new dictatorship from the Warriors in the West, the commoners looked at Golden State, not as saviors, but as a new enemy equal to that of their mighty King.
And so it was that the peoples from across the land, regardless of long-standing tensions, began to organize in secret and develop a plot to destroy the powerful armies in the East and West.
But what men could stand up to such a task?
A Fellowship was proposed, uniting the people of the land in their quest for liberation. To prepare the travelers for their daunting journey, the council of the wise elected Carlisle the Graying leader of the Fellowship. The great wizard then set forth to scour the kingdom in search of the noblest and bravest to conquer the powers of evil.
Traveling to the cold North, Carlisle sought out Karl-Anthony Towns, King of the Wolves of Timber, to front the party. The young king, with a growing army of forces, gracefully accepted the Wizard’s request and began a recruitment stage of his own.
Meanwhile, Carlisle continued on his quest, traveling to the fallen Lakertopia. Arriving in the once-great City of Angels, Carlisle sought out the young warrior, D’Angelo Russell, an over-confident gunner with “ice in his veins.” While not an ideal choice for such an important task, Carlisle felt assured that the thirst to bring his people back to their former glory would motivate and focus the arrogant Russell.
Traveling on, the Wizard crossed many a land before arriving at the foot of another fallen empire, the Celtics of Bostonia. Meeting with the Celt High Council, Carlisle found a hard-nosed, gritty warrior with a nasty Napoleon Complex, Jae Crowder, a man not only with terrific work ethic, but with motivation to bring an end to the glory of Sir Durant of Golden State. While not overly fond of the youngster Russell, due to a long-standing hatred between the two peoples, Crowder put aside past differences to focus on the present threats throughout the realm.
Last, Carlisle traveled to the New City of York to seek the formerly great warrior, Sir Derrick Rose. Cast out of his rightful kingdom after many starved, disappointing years, Rose fled to York to train and band together with other past legends of battle, such as King Melo and Joakim of Arc. However, intrigued by the Wizard’s proposition, Rose agreed to meet the rest of the Company in a hope of finding an even better “super-army” to fight alongside.
Setting the final meeting for preparation in the October of Reckoning, Carlisle assembled his warriors in the mountains of Colorado under the lights of the oft-deserted Pepsi Palace. Armed with Russell, Crowder, and Rose, the Company awaited their soft-spoken leader, Towns.
Arriving at dusk, King Towns approached the Company with four small men from the Southwest. With much suspense, Towns unveiled his slight-of-stature soldiers as Men of the Sun, hailing from the arid land of Phoenix. One by one, the Suns introduced themselves: cousins Tyler Ulis, Devin Booker, and Eric Bledsoe of the Wildcat bloodline and close friend, Brandon Knight (ironically, not an actual knight). The men, none taller than even the smallest of the others in the Fellowship, were clearly young and unprepared for the harrows of battle, but King Towns insisted that what they lacked in size, they would more than compensate for with heart.
Setting out on their long journey across the land, the Fellowship traveled far and wide, dispelling attacks from the local tribes in order to reach the land of the King. Arriving in the long-forgotten city of Louis the Saint, the party was forced to disperse, much to their dismay, with Sir Rose succumbing to injury and sadly fading into oblivion, though leaving words of encouragement for young Bledsoe.
The Fellowship disbanded, Bledsoe and his faithful friend Booker proceeded towards the dark Kingdom of Cleveland with Westbrook, the saboteur, in close pursuit. Meanwhile, Ulis and Knight, abandoned from the others, were forced to travel lonesome southward, armed with little in means of defense. All the while, Towns led Russell and Crowder north to his kingdom to unite the Wolves of Timber and prepare for the oncoming army of Golden State.
Gathering and galvanizing the armies of Minnesota, King Towns and his followers marched south along the River of Mississippi, preparing for battle with the massive Warrior army, or Dub Nation, as it had come to be known.
Outnumbered and untested in battle, Towns’ army began to fear defeat as Lord Curry, Sir Durant, and the rest of Golden State’s forces rapidly approached. Little did Towns know that his tiny warriors, Ulis and Knight, had found refuge in the South, marching forward with the ancient, mighty army of the Spurs. Flanking the cannons and sharp-shooting archers of the Warriors army, Ulis, Knight, and the Spurs arrived just as King Towns’ defenses were about to collapse. Working in unison, a reinvigorated Towns and the Spurs soft-spoken ruler, Kawhi, were able to narrowly defeat the Warriors army, releasing the West from terror. With one army of darkness dispelled, the Spurs forces calmly retreated to their homeland of San Antonio, while Towns led the remains of his forces to the gates of The Land.
With the small Wolves army gathered at the Gates of the King, the almighty James directed his powerful forces, led by Dark Riders, Kyrie and Love, to conquer the debilitated and outnumbered forces of King Towns.
Yet in focusing on attack from the West, King James made a fatal mistake, ignoring events transpiring from the East. For Bledsoe and Booker, united by friendship and driven by duty, had traversed around the edges of Cleveland and approached from the vulnerable Eastern entrance. Storming into the Larry O’Brien Tower, where the Rings of James resided, a hobbled Bledsoe approached with an endgame at last in sight.
Alas, the saboteur emerged and overpowered the weakened Bledsoe, seizing the Rings for his own. Facing the possibility of a more terrifying ruler coming to power, slender Booker mustered his courage, drew his weapon, and unleashed a vicious attack on the beastly Westbrook. Seizing the Rings and vanquishing the tenacious and betrayed Westbrook once and for all, the source of King James’s power was stolen and his terrifying reign came to an end, though resounding finality could not be accomplished, as the primal power of James can never truly disappear.
Exhausted, the brave Suns returned to King Towns, whose forces were able to overpower King James’ following Bledsoe and Booker’s heroics. Faced with an opportunity to establish his own empire, the noble King Towns opted to divide the Rings amongst the land and promote prosperity throughout the realm before returning to his Northern kingdom.
And last, but certainly not least, the valorous and diminutive Suns returned to their quiet Phoenix while peace, parity, and tranquility reigned supreme.
The End.
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