NBA: Top 3D talents to start

Chapter 208 I want to beat you

There is nothing wrong with salary reduction and contract renewal, and there are often examples in the league, but there is a limit to the standard of salary reduction.

Like the Big Three of the Heat in 10, Durant, who joined the Warriors last year, chose to cut his salary, but their salary cuts were limited to a few million dollars.

If Wang Feng cuts his salary and renews his contract with the Cavaliers, according to the current salary space of the Cavaliers, the loss may exceed 2000 million or even more.

No matter how rich a star is, it is impossible to do this.

The reporter in Oakland knew this very well. The reason why he brought it up was to disgust the Cavaliers and not let them be so happy after winning the championship.

"Go back to Cleveland, don't show off on our territory, wait until Wang Feng leaves the team next year, and see how we beat your Cavaliers!"

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That's right, the first thing the Cavaliers have to consider after winning the championship is how to renew Wang Feng's contract.

After a group of players returned to Cleveland, the team began to prepare for the championship parade.

As the city's first four major league trophies, the whole of Cleveland attaches great importance to it, from government departments to every street store, giving them maximum support.

On the day of the parade, countless fans took to the streets, the scene was unprecedented!
As a small city nicknamed Kecun by Chinese netizens, the scene of the championship parade was actually more lively than that of the Warriors in Oakland, which is really commendable.

In the bustling crowd, from time to time, you can see the banners pulled up by the fans.

"LeBron our KING, thank you for fulfilling your promise!"

"Let Wang Feng stay, Cleveland needs you."

The fans in Cleveland are indeed very enthusiastic, especially for Wang Feng, the savior who parachuted to the Cavaliers, saved James' career, and also saved Cleveland's Huaguo players. They all really want to keep him.

But amidst the bursts of cheers, no one mentioned Love, and no one mentioned Irving. Maybe there were some, but the voice was too small to be overwhelmed by other cheers, and it was insignificant.

Standing on the Cavaliers bus, the smile on Irving's face disappeared little by little. Hearing what the fans tried their best to keep Wang Feng, his expression was thoughtful.

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A few days later, the draft began.

The Philadelphia 76ers signed Markelle Fultz with the No. [-] pick, the Lakers selected guard Lonzo Ball with the No. [-] pick, and the Celtics selected forward Jayson Tatum with the No. [-] pick.

The Cavaliers did not make any moves in the draft, because they had overdrawn all the draft picks in the next few years in order to form a Big Three lineup two years ago, so they could only watch other teams play in the draft. .

After the draft contest ended, the free market also opened, and the major teams began to work on contract renewals and trades in full swing.

The first thing the Cavaliers did was to reach a contract extension with LeBron James, the core of the team. The two parties signed a three-year contract extension with a total value of 9800 million, of which the third year is a player option.

This is the first long-term contract extended by James since he returned to the Cavaliers. Although it is only one year longer than the previous 1+1 contract, it is already very sincere for a top star like him across the ages Renewing the contract can at least guarantee that he will be in Cleveland for the next two years, and the Cavaliers fans are quite satisfied.

After successfully completing James' contract extension, the Cavaliers immediately started discussions on Wang Feng's contract extension.

However, when they contacted Wang Feng's agent, Bill Duffy, the answer they received surprised them.

"Sorry, everyone."

"I have had an in-depth discussion with my employer and we have agreed that it is time to say goodbye."

"Wang Feng was very happy during the year in the Cavaliers, but now he wants to take on more responsibilities and go to a team that can be the core of the team."

As soon as this remark came out, the general manager of the Cavaliers suddenly felt a chill.

If Wang Feng only wanted a maximum salary contract, they could still think of a way.

The Cavaliers management, head coach, and even James have had secret discussions in the past few days and decided to try to trade Love to free up the team's salary space so as to complete Wang Feng's contract renewal.

Although Kevin Love is a very good player, he was born in 88 and is now close to 30 years old, and even if he wins the championship this season, Love's performance has been ups and downs and he seems to be struggling.

In fact, when the Cavaliers were unable to win the championship in the first two seasons, Love was the player who was involved in the most trade rumors.

It's just that there are not many players on the market who are better than Love, and the chips required are quite high.

Now, in order to keep Wang Feng, trading Love is not something that needs to be entangled.

But if Wang Feng doesn't want to stay in the Cavaliers at all, then the situation is completely different.

Upon hearing the news, James immediately called Wang Feng.

"Wang, I hope you can think about it again. Our partner is really a combination that can create miracles. We can win many, many championships. Moreover, I will be 34 years old now, and there are only a few years left in my peak period." Time, as long as you stay, when you fully grow up, I can also smoothly give you my position and create a legend."

What James said is sincere, but Wang Feng is very clear that this old BT, who will be 2022 years old in 38, can still average 30.3 points per game, although by that time his dominance will not be enough to hold off on his own. With the team entering the playoffs, but in terms of personal ability, he is still one of the top ten players in the league!

"LeBron..."

Wang Feng was silent for a moment, and then said: "Let me put it simply and straightforwardly, what you said is not what I want."

"As long as I'm on the same team as you, I'll never have a chance to challenge you. What I want is not to inherit everything you have when you're old, but to beat you head-on while you're still at your peak." ! Prove that I'm the better one!"

There was a long silence.

James finally understands Wang Feng's ambition. He is not satisfied with being a prince who inherits the throne, but wants to be a separatist prince who follows the trend and intends to win the world.

"Is that what you think? Well..."

After a long silence, James said: "No matter what, thank you for helping me beat the Warriors to win this championship. The next time we meet on the court, it will be time for you and me to really compete!"

"You're welcome." Wang Feng shook his head, his tone flat. "I chose to join the Cavaliers just to beat the Warriors and prove that the two championship rings I got in the Warriors were not obtained by hugging my thighs. We just took what we needed."

(End of this chapter)