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Chapter 164 The Predicament of the Cavaliers
Cleveland, inside the Cavaliers general manager's office.

Tyronn Lu picked up the coffee and took a sip with a smile on his face.

"David, LeBron called me two days ago. Have you watched Wang Feng's performance in the Olympics?"

David Griffin is the general manager of the Cavaliers.

He looked at Tyronn Lu without any obvious expression on his face, and said lightly. "I saw."

Wang Feng's performance in the Olympic Games, especially in the finals, amazed the whole world.

In the face of many superstar players in the NBA, Wang Feng's performance is not inferior at all, and even stronger.

Throughout the game, Drummond Green, the best defensive first team player in the league last season, and Paul George, the second team player, were responsible for marking Wang Feng.

However, under the full coverage of two top perimeter defensive players, Wang Feng scored 39 points.

Not only that, Wang Feng's performance on the defensive end is also very impressive, Kevin Durant only scored 9 points under his defense.

Of course, there is also the tactical role of the American team deliberately avoiding Wang Feng, the strongest defensive point of the Huaguo men's basketball team. After all, Durant is not the only player with a strong scoring ability on the American team, and there is no need to fight Wang Feng, but even so , Wang Feng's deterrent power on the perimeter defensive end can also be seen in general.

No one would have imagined that Wang Feng would be so strong that he would not be defeated by the top NBA stars!

During the entire Olympic competition, Wang Feng showed many skills that were eye-catching.

Good breakthrough ability, stable mid-range shooting, and ultra-long-range three-point shooting comparable to Curry.

There is no doubt that the Cavaliers picked up the treasure!

Being able to sign such a player with 1800 million is really a big profit!

The only pity is that the Cavaliers only signed Wang Feng for one year.

It is entirely conceivable that as long as Wang Feng can display more than [-]% of his ability in the Olympic Games in the next season, after the end of the season, many teams will definitely join in the action to compete for Wang Feng!
But for David Griffin, this is not really good news.

In fact, he, the general manager, basically has no real power except for the daily management of the team.

The signing and trading of the team's players are not up to his discretion, at least since LeBron James returned to Cleveland, it has become like this.

Traded Wiggins, overdrafted draft picks in exchange for Love from the Timberwolves.

Give Tristan Thompson a high salary that doesn't match his quality, and then trade him at a loss a few months ago to free up cap space and sign a player who can only play for the team for a year.

All these operations were completed by James through direct communication with the team owner Daniel Gilbert, not through him as the general manager at all. Faced with the decision of the team owner, all he can do is continue to implement it.

"Do you really think that with Wang Feng, the team can compete with the Warriors?"

David Griffin looked at Tyronn Lu who was sitting in front of him happily drinking coffee, and asked.

"This summer, we lost a lot of players. Mozgov and Dellavedova were poached by other teams with high salaries. Tristan and Iman were also traded away from the team. There's a JR Smith contract extension issue that's lingering over time..."

"You should have heard, right? That guy wants to renew his contract with a high salary, no less than 1500 million a year! Are you kidding me?"

Tyronn Lu looked at David Griffin and said, "You came to me today, what you want to talk about is this matter, indeed, JR's asking price is a bit too high, I will find a way to find LeBron and him Let’s talk, as for the substitute lineup, there should be many veterans who hope to join the team with a basic salary to win a championship ring, right?”

"No..." David Griffin shook his head, "Compared to the Cavaliers, they are more inclined to contact the Warriors. It is obvious which of the two teams is more likely to win the championship."

"Tyron, it has been two seasons since LeBron returned to the team, and we also fell on the stage of the finals for two consecutive seasons. In the past two years, the team has been paying a high luxury tax and forming the most luxurious team in the league. Have you ever thought about what will happen if the team fails again?"

The smile on Tyronn Lu's face gradually disappeared.

They have no way out. If they continue to fail, no matter whether it is Griffin as the general manager or himself as the head coach, they will all be to blame. Even James...

This season, they can only win but not lose!
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When the time came to the end of September, each NBA team began to recall the players who were on vacation one after another, and began to conduct recovery training, preparing for the preseason game in early October.

However, until this time, the Cavaliers' contract renewal work has still not been completed.

JR. Smith's contract renewal has completely fallen into a stalemate, and the two parties have been unable to reach an agreement on the contract renewal amount.

Not only that, the team is also extremely slow in the signing of role players. It only renews the contract with a low salary of 155 million for one year. Chad Jefferson signed a two-year, $2 million extension.

If they hadn't successfully signed Wang Feng, such summer signings would undoubtedly be the worst among the thirty teams.

When Wang Feng arrived at the team to report, including him, there were only 10 players in the team, and they couldn't even make up the 12-man roster for the new season.

"Is it so miserable..."

Wang Feng was a little speechless, but he also knew that half of this blame was on his shoulders.

If it is not for him, the Cavaliers will not trade Tristan Thompson and Iman Shumpert, and there will be enough salary space to negotiate a contract extension with JR Smith. These three players will stay on the team Under the circumstances, the Cavaliers' roster should be 12 talents, and they can sign a few more basic salary players.

But in Wang Feng's opinion, this is better.

Tristan Thompson has high salary and low ability, and Iman Shumpert is no different from chicken ribs.

As for JR. Smith, Wang Feng thinks that if he is not in the Cavaliers, it would be better for both of them...No, maybe it is not good for Smith himself, after all, who would be so stupid as to force this 4-year 5700 million in other teams? Contracts?

In Wang Feng's impression, the average scoring of JR Smith, who signed a big contract, plummeted directly from 12.4 points last season to 8.6 points, and his shooting percentage dropped from 41% to 34.6%. It will be staged on the stage of the finals in the future In the amazing scene of dementia, the angry James was incompetent and furious.

It's a pity that it is impossible for Wang Feng, who has just arrived, to dictate the team's management decisions, especially when the senior undercover is still the team's king James' dog leg.

(End of this chapter)