NBA: Top 3D talents to start

Chapter 351 The Lakers Signing Situation

During the Men's Basketball World Cup, the NBA is still operating in an orderly manner, and the transactions of various teams are also in progress.

Just like in another time and space, when the light bulb combination failed to achieve anything for two consecutive years, the contradiction between Harden and Paul increased day by day. In the end, the Rockets chose to trade Paul to the Thunder in exchange for Thunder star Russell. . Westbrook.

The deal caused quite a stir in the league.

Although Westbrook's performance last season was not particularly good, he finally achieved a triple-double data for the third consecutive season and successfully defeated the gold content of the triple-double data by himself.

Rockets fans have every reason to look forward to the gathering of two of the Thunder's three young men, which can make the Rockets stronger.

The Thunder who got Paul will also officially start the rebuilding work.

I'm afraid they didn't expect that in the upcoming new season, only Paul's Thunder team ranked above the Rockets in the final regular season. Although the records of the two teams are close, the combination of Harden + Westbrook has only a record It can be on par with the Thunder team led by Paul's single core, supplemented by Gallinari, Schroeder and other players.

It can be seen that although Chris Paul's personal statistics continue to decline with age, his control over the team has not weakened much.

Unfortunately, the price of Paul's annual salary of 3851 million US dollars is too high, which is slightly inconsistent with his current actual value.

After the deal between the Rockets and the Thunder, no team in the league staged a big deal, and it was just some small signings and reinforcements.

The Lakers also made moves.

The two rookies selected in this year's draft, Poole and Ball, have both completed contract extensions with the team. Subsequently, the Lakers signed Dwight Howard with a veteran's basic salary of US$256 million a year, and kept him for US$400 million. After leaving McGee, he also renewed his contract with Seth Curry, who played soy sauce with the Lakers last season, with a basic salary.

Subsequently, the Lakers signed two unknown water dispenser players in the free market, expanding the roster to 14 people.

After some operations, I was dazzled, but after careful calculation, many Lakers fans couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

After winning the championship, the Lakers had nothing to gain in the free market. They only won Howard, who was no one wanted, and let go of McGee, who played well with the Lakers last season.

And McGee is not the only one who let the Lakers go to win the championship.

Rondo, Rose, Nance Jr. and other players all left the team during the offseason. These players performed well in the team last season and are fully capable of staying and continuing to compete for the team.

But the team gave up on them without hesitation.

In fact, this is also a helpless move in the eyes of management.

These players have all received quite lucrative quotation contracts in the free market, with an average salary of about 1000 million, and they have started at least 2 years, and there is no one-year short-term contract.

If the Lakers want to keep all of them, the price they have to pay is a bit high.

At the same time, if they are kept, then it is necessary to give them playing time and possession of the ball in the game.

In the Lakers, the distribution of the ball is already very tight.

Wang Feng, as the team's first core, naturally occupies more than 50% of the ball possessions with peace of mind. Wang Feng's offensive efficiency is also worthy of him having so many ball possessions.

Under Wang Feng, as the team's second leader, Butler, who currently has the highest salary in the team and is slightly higher than Wang Feng by more than 100 million US dollars, will naturally have to share part of the ball. Last season, Butler's proportion was not much. , but also close to 20%.

The remaining 30% is shared by Ingram, Kuzma, Lopez and a group of substitute rotation players.

Those rotation players are okay to say that the two young players are not satisfied with their current position in the team, especially Ingram.

Since entering the league as the second pick in the first round in 2016, Ingram has played in the league for three seasons.

然而这三个赛季中他表现最好的，是17-18赛季的场均16+5+4。

Last season, due to the arrival of Butler, Ingram's tactical status in the team was further reduced, the ball possession and the number of shots were affected, and his personal data did not advance but retreated. Although the team won the championship because of this, it did not. Not many people think how good Ingram's performance is.

The 19-20 season is Ingram's fourth season and the last year of his rookie contract.

With his current performance, even if he is extremely talented, it is still a little difficult to get a maximum salary contract.

Therefore, Ingram had already talked to the team's management during the offseason, and made it clear that he wanted to get more tactical support in the new season, and hoped to have more shooting rights.

After all, Ingram is the young potential player that the Lakers value most. He is two years younger than Kuzma, who entered the league a year later. His static talent is astonishingly high, and he has the possibility of becoming the second Durant.

Therefore, the Lakers have decided to agree to Ingram's request and did not keep Rondo. Rose and other players who need the ball to play are also out of this consideration.

For the decision of the Lakers, Wang Feng has no opinion.

Ingram is indeed a very good player. After Davis of the Pelicans was traded as a bargaining chip in another time and space, Ingram quickly gained a foothold in the Pelicans, and his personal data quickly stabilized at 24+5+ Around 5, the shooting rate is 46%, and the three-point shooting rate can also reach more than 38%.

Although Ingram has excellent offensive ability, although Ingram is far behind Leonard, George, Butler and other forward defenders on the defensive end, his excellent height, wingspan and flexibility allow him to perform well on the defensive end. .

Young, powerful and full of potential.

Considering all the above factors, Wang Feng thinks that it is a good choice for Ingram to be the team's third leader, and as a player selected by the Lakers, the Lakers do not need to be restricted by the salary cap when renewing Ingram's contract. It is possible to renew the contract with a maximum salary, which is generally more convenient.

In the new season, it is also acceptable to give Ingram some shot rights to Wang Feng.

Of course, the premise that Wang Feng can accept to give Ingram the right to shoot is that this season's scoring list is not as introverted as last season, and Harden will maintain an average of 34.4 points per game like in another time and space.

The honor of scoring champion is absolutely impossible for Wang Feng to give up because of its generous reward system!

Assuming that a scoring maniac suddenly appeared this season, averaging 40 points per game, then Wang Feng would not even think about it, and would definitely take away his teammates' right to shoot. Brush to win the opponent!
And if the only threat to the scoring list is Harden, who averages around 34 points per game, then Wang Feng is a little more restrained, and it's almost enough to keep his scoring average around 35 points per game.

In the face of system rewards, no matter whether Wang Feng averages 50 points or 30 points per game, the rewards for the scoring champion will not change. The evaluation score may be even higher. The season reward evaluation refers to personal data, which is a non-linear superposition.

Although the new season has not yet started, Wang Feng has already made a target plan for his season data.

Averaged 35 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and 3 steals per game.

That's right, Wang Feng is planning to do a roll too.

Although Westbrook has made the gold content of the average triple-double far less than before, but even so, looking at the history of the NBA, only Oscar Robertson and Russell Westbrook can average a triple-double in the season. It's just two people, it would be nice to add Wang Feng after the names of these two people.

As for the team's goal, of course it is the championship.

In the new season, two aircraft carrier-level strong teams have appeared in the league, namely the Nets equipped with Durant, Irving, and George, and the Clippers driven by the dual-core drive of James and Leonard.

Once these two teams were born, they immediately became the favorites to win the championship, and ranked above the Lakers and the Warriors who lost Durant.

In the eyes of many fans and sports commentators, the strength of these two teams is very terrifying.

But Wang Feng didn't think so.

Compared with another time and space, the Nets and Clippers are indeed much stronger, and they can indeed pose a certain threat to the current Lakers, but the depth of the Lakers' lineup is obviously better.

Just like the combination of James + Leonard of the Clippers, at most it is tied with Wang Feng + Butler, but the Lakers still have Ingram who can average 19+20+24 per game in the 5-5 season , There are also a lot of players such as Kuzma and Lopez.

In order to free up salary space, the Clippers signed Leonard and sent away Tobias Harris and Gallinari, relying only on Louis Williams, Harrell, Jordan and other players, they want to compete with the Lakers The team's balance is still a little bit worse.

As for the more luxurious lineup of the Big Three with the Nets...

Forgive Wang Feng, he wasn't targeting Owen, but Ou Shenxian has been a swindler in recent years.

From the 19-20 season to the 21-22 season, the average number of appearances in the regular season in the three seasons was only 34. Whether it was the glass man's vulnerable physique, or various brainless remarks and strange reasons for absenting from the game, it all showed that this certain No. [-] point guard is by no means a pool thing.

Although Durant has not suffered a serious Achilles tendon injury, coupled with the more reliable George, it is just the same dual-core as the Clippers.

And unlike the Clippers, in order to get George through a trade, the Nets were bleeding in a real sense. The original lineup was dismantled. Except for the Big Three, there were not many outstanding role players, but it was very similar to the original Heat. .

Durant is 3720 million, George is 3301 million, and Irving is 3174 million. The total salary of the three has exceeded 1 million. Even if the rich boss Cai is willing to pay a huge luxury tax, it will be difficult for the Nets to sign some powerful players. Can choose other players on the team between low salary and middle class.

Of course, most fans can't see through this point. From their point of view, these three players alone are enough to play. If the three score 25 points in a game, isn't the game stable?

Even compared to the Nets and Clippers, the current lineup of the Lakers is a wonder.

The team signed up for a summer, but did not sign a point guard. So far, the only point guard in the team is Seth Curry, who played soy sauce last season.

What's the meaning?Are the Lakers going to help Seth Curry become the team's starting point guard?
(End of this chapter)