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Chapter 386 Executing Player Options
(It has been revised on 9.7 and can be read. The chapter name needs to be edited and revised, so it will have to wait until tomorrow, sorry.)
With the end of the NBA awards ceremony, the players' holiday has arrived, but for NBA teams, the busy work is just about to begin.

The free market is about to officially start on July 7, and this day is often the best time for all teams in the league to reinforce and renew players.

The same is true for the Lakers.

The task for the Lakers this year is arduous, because the contracts of two heavyweight players in the team expire at the same time, namely Wang Feng and Ingram.

Wang Feng signed a 3+1 contract with the Lakers at the beginning, and the last year is a player option, so he can choose to jump out of the contract during the offseason and sign a larger long-term contract with the Lakers.

And Ingram's 4-year rookie child labor contract is over. With his average performance of 20+4 per game this season, he is fully worthy of a maximum salary extension contract.

The Lakers didn't frown at all on the renewal of these two players. Even after Ingram's maximum salary renewal, his salary in the 2020-21 season will reach 2785 million, plus Butler and Wang Feng. 3400 million each, the salary of the Big Three of the Lakers alone will reach an astonishing 9585 million in the new season!
Although the salary has skyrocketed suddenly, the Lakers don't feel distressed at all, but feel too straightforward.

In the past few seasons, Ingram was still on a child labor contract, and the salary space of the Lakers was always at the middle level of the league.

Let's compare it a little bit.

The Big Three of the Nets, Durant earned $3720 million last season, Irving $3174 million, and George $3301 million. The combined salary of the three reached $1 million.

The Big Three of the Warriors, Curry last season 4023 million, Thompson 3274 million, Green 1854 million, the sum of the three is also 9151 million US dollars.

Even for the Rockets, Harden's 3780 million plus Westbrook's 3818 million, plus the tens of millions of annual salaries of Gordon, Capela and others, the salary is also frighteningly high.

In the first two years of the Lakers, there were only two people with an annual salary of over 3000 million, plus Jordan Clarkson with 200 million, and the salary of the others was only a few million.

Such a salary level, but won two championship trophies in the past three years, what more can you ask for?
Now that the Lakers are strong and strong, they can continue to attack for three consecutive championships, but what is the point of paying the same salary as other strong teams in the league?
……

Soon, the time will come to July 7st.

As soon as the free market opened, multiple signings were immediately concluded.

Adebayor and the Heat reached a five-year, 5 million contract extension.

Bogdan Bogdanovic signed with the Eagles for 4 million in 7200 years.

Dearon Fox renewed his contract with the Kings for 5 million in 1.63 years.

Gordon Hayward signed with the Hornets for 4 million in 1.2 years...

The Lakers are not willing to stay behind, and soon announced the news that the team and forward Brandon Ingram reached a contract renewal agreement. Play for the Lakers.

Once this news was announced, many Lakers fans immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

The completion of Ingram's contract extension means that the Lakers' strongest trident lineup has been retained, and they will still be the strongest favorites to win the championship next season.

However, after the Lakers completed Ingram's contract extension, there was no big move in the next day.

Some people feel wrong.

"Huh? Why didn't Wang Feng jump out of the contract and renew the contract with the team in advance?"

Wang Feng has been playing for the Lakers for three years, and the Bird clause has been activated, so he can definitely jump out of the contract and sign a long-term contract with greater value.

However, fans in Los Angeles have waited for a long time, but they still haven't waited for the announcement of Wang Feng's jumping out of the contract, and there is no news of the Lakers' contract renewal with Wang Feng.

What they didn't know was that during this period of time, Wang Feng's management team, Team Yao, was having a heated discussion.

"Wang, I still don't understand why you choose to implement the player option."

Wang Feng's NBA agent Bill Duffy looked at him with a puzzled expression on his face.

"With the bird rights, as long as you jump out of the contract, we can sign a five-year contract of 5 million yuan. The annual salary will be about 2.26 million yuan higher than your current average. Why do you have to make trouble with money?"

Sitting opposite Bill Duffy, Wang Feng shook his head calmly. "The reason is very simple. I just don't want to sign a long-term contract too early and lead to passiveness."

"Falling into passivity? What passivity?" Bill Duffy was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to think of something. "Could it be that you don't plan to play with the Lakers for a long time?"

"It's not necessarily true, just keep a backup just in case." Wang Feng said: "Anyway, it's just a year later to renew the contract. Even if you earn 400 million less this season, wait until the salary cap rises next season, and the maximum salary will be adjusted. It can almost make up for the 400 million."

"That's what happened." Bill Duffy shook his head helplessly, "But how should I explain it to the Lakers management? They are very willing to renew your contract in advance."

"What's there to explain? You just tell the truth, what else can they do?" Wang Feng said very forcefully.

He does have hard capital now.

Bringing two championships to the Lakers and holding three regular season MVPs, Wang Feng is now the hottest top superstar in the league. If the Lakers want to keep him with a long-term contract, they must show more Satisfied sincerity.

Wang Feng does not believe in the so-called loyalty. In the NBA, the loyalty of a player is the most stupid behavior. He may work hard for the team all his life, and when he gets old, he will be traded as a bargaining chip and leave the team.

After all, players like Kobe, Duncan, and Nowitzki who can die and retire with glory are a minority. Even Wade's ability to return to his roots after a few teams is already a very good result.

……

Two days later, the Lakers officially announced that Wang Feng chose to implement the player option and will continue to play for the team next season.

This news really aroused imaginations from all walks of life.

Wang Feng did not choose to jump out of the contract and renew the contract in advance, but to implement the player option. In this way, he will become a free agent next season, and other teams also have the opportunity to compete for Wang Feng.

This is no joke. Wang Feng, who has five crowns and three MVPs, is no exaggeration to say that he is currently the strongest player in the league, especially in the playoffs. People, this league No.1 deserves it!
But no matter what Wang Feng thinks after the contract expires, it will be a matter of next summer. At least for the next season when the player option is implemented, Wang Feng will continue to fight for the Lakers for a whole season and launch an impact for the three consecutive championships. .

(End of this chapter)