NBA: Top 3D talents to start

Chapter 274

The sensation that Cousins ​​joined the Warriors has not passed for a few days, and new news immediately occurred in the league.

Spurs star Kawhi Leonard completely broke up with the Spurs management. There is no room for relaxation between the two sides. Leonard even refused to have any contact with the Spurs management and demanded that the team trade him immediately.

Once this news was exposed, it immediately attracted widespread attention from all teams in the league.

In fact, the contradiction between Leonard and the Spurs has begun to appear as early as the middle of the season, but Leonard, as a player reimbursed for the season, has not played in the game, and the channels for people to obtain news are also very limited.

In mid-June, after the NBA Finals, the two sides actually had a brief exchange, and Leonard and Popovich did not reach an agreement in the phone conversation.

Until this time, not many people in the league felt that Leonard would really leave the Spurs. They felt that this was just a coercion act by Leonard's management team to increase Leonard's bargaining chips in the Spurs.

No one expected that in just half a month, the conflict between Leonard and the Spurs had become so acute that it was completely irreconcilable. The star Popovich had trained had actually hated the Spurs to such an extent.

The Spurs tried hard to no avail, and finally chose to compromise and put Leonard on the shelf.

After the news was announced, the Lakers management was undoubtedly the most excited.

"Opportunity! Leonard must be taken! No matter what the price is!"

When Leonard was interviewed before, he clearly expressed his interest in the Los Angeles team. Although he did not say whether he was interested in the Lakers or the Clippers, in the eyes of the Lakers management, the Clippers Why does the ship compete with their traditional giants and the most popular team in the league?

Besides, Leonard is not a free agent, and he has to pay a price to get him. The Lakers obviously have much more chips than the Clippers.

The Lakers management immediately held an emergency meeting and finalized a series of trade plans with the Spurs, which even included all the players in the Lakers except Wang Feng.

Wang Feng really wanted to say to Magic Johnson, don't make trouble, you won't get Leonard.

Not to mention what kind of bargaining chips the Lakers need to pay to match the DeRozan offered by the Raptors. Just as a competitor for many years, the Spurs don't want their old enemy the Lakers to come and pick their hard-earned peaches.

The Raptors are an Eastern team. No matter how strong they become in the new season, it doesn't matter to the Spurs, but the Lakers are different. They belong to the Western Conference and have direct competition. For the Spurs, the more difficult it is to survive the regular season.

But the Lakers management obviously doesn't think so, or even if they know it, they still have to give it a try. What if it really happens?
Kawhi Leonard, on the other hand, really made the agent team accept all interested teams and asked them one by one about the privileges they could provide Leonard, including on and off the court.

Leonard or his agent team knows his value very well, and he also knows how much he can kill. The team is willing to do whatever it takes to get him.

This is a good opportunity to put Leonard up for grabs and choose a team that can provide him with the most convenience.

After a few days, the results appeared.

With Leonard's consent, the Spurs traded him and Danny Green to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for All-Star shooting guard Jamal DeRozan, Jakob Poeltl and A protected first-round pick.

As for the Lonzo Ball + Kuzma proposed by the Lakers and a bargaining chip for a first-round pick, they wanted to get Leonard, but they were naturally rejected by the Spurs, and instead asked for Ball + Ingram + Kuzma conditions of.

The excited Lakers couldn't help but hesitate to trade the three youngest and most potential players in the team in exchange for Leonard.

If Leonard makes it clear that he is willing to play for the Lakers and renews his long-term contract in advance, the Lakers will definitely not hesitate.

There has never been a shortage of talented players in the NBA, but it is not that simple to fully convert talent into strength. It will definitely not be a loss to exchange three potential rookies for a top star in the league with a mature style.

But the problem is that Leonard’s attitude is ambiguous now, and his contract is only for one year. If Leonard doesn’t plan to stay with the Lakers next year and just slaps his ass and leaves at the end of the season, wouldn’t the Lakers lose everything?
In fact, the same risk applies to the Raptors.

Leonard did not promise anything to the Raptors, but the Raptors management, which has been suppressed by James for many years in the East, has completely lost patience with DeRozan and they want to fight.

In another time and space, they bet right.

Leonard really helped the Raptors go all the way through the East to the finals, and killed the remnants of the Warriors, winning the 18-19 season championship.

After that, Leonard did not hesitate to switch to the Los Angeles Clippers in the face of the kindness of the Raptors. However, using DeRozan to exchange for the first championship trophy in team history, even for Wang Feng, a bystander It is also earned.

Just assume that if the Raptors fail to win this championship, then after the end of the season, they lose Leonard, DeRozan, and even a first-round pick. Miserable.

This is what the Lakers are afraid of, so they dare not really stud out all three potential rookie players, which will cause Leonard to travel east to the Raptors.

Paul renewed his contract and Leonard was traded to the Raptors, which disappointed fans who were looking forward to the Lakers' heavy blows in the summer and got a top superstar to partner with Wang Feng.

"What is the management of the Lakers doing? Slow and indecisive. In the past few days since the free market started, they have achieved almost nothing except signing a few corner players. At present, there are still powerful stars in the league There are very few, they must seize the last chance!"

However, the fact is that there are no big fish in the free market at all.

James has an ambiguous attitude, but because of Wang Feng's firm attitude, he has been passed by the Lakers, and other star players have basically completed contract renewals with their respective teams during this period.

In desperation, the Lakers finally activated Plan B according to Wang Feng's wishes, and contacted the Timberwolves to discuss Jimmy Butler's trade plan.

However, negotiations with the Timberwolves still failed.

The Timberwolves did not say that Butler was not for sale, but they made a request for Lonzo Ball and Ingram plus a first-round pick.

(End of this chapter)