NBA: Top 3D talents to start

Chapter 414 Wang Feng is leaving the team? (6000 characters ask for a monthly ticket)

"The Lakers defeated the Brooklyn Nets 4:2 to create a dynasty. Since the 2000-2002 Lakers OK combination three consecutive championships, the NBA has once again born a new dynasty team!"

"Wang Feng won the sixth championship in his career, which is also his second three consecutive championships! The total number of championships has officially tied with the basketball god Michael Jordan!"

"Wang Feng won the FMVP consecutively, three consecutive FMVPs, tied with LeBron James for the number one active game!"

The game ended, but the carnival of winning the championship continued.

Overnight, the names of Wang Feng and the Lakers made headlines on the front pages of newspapers and websites in the world's sports media.

Three consecutive championship dynasties are really quite difficult. Focusing on recent decades, there are only two three consecutive championship dynasties of Jordan and the three consecutive championship dynasties of the OK combination of the Lakers.

As for the so-called odd-numbered dynasty of the Spurs, the Warriors' four-year triple crown dynasty, because it is not the reason for the three consecutive championships, can only be regarded as a false dynasty, and there is a huge gap with the real three consecutive championships!

Wang Feng is the first player in the past 20 years to lead his team to truly achieve three consecutive championships. This reason alone is enough for him to firmly replace James, Curry and others, and firmly sit on the No.1 throne in the league!
Not to mention that Wang Feng actually has two three-peat dynasties. In addition to this three-peat from 2019-2021, there are also three championships in the 2015-2017 season, although this three-peat Wang Feng is not the team's first core , Even in 15, he could only be regarded as a 3D role player, and in 17, he moved from the Warriors to the Cavaliers to win another championship.

But don't use bean buns as dry food. He won three consecutive championships with a lot of moisture. Besides, in the three seasons of 15-17, Wang Feng is not a pure role substitute player. Mixed champions like Battelle and Sun Yue, even if It is not the main core of the team, but its role is also very important.

In the 15 and 16 seasons, as a defensive leader and three-point shooter, Wang Feng provided important contributions to the Warriors' defensive end. In the playoffs, he was responsible for marking Harden, Durant, James and other top superstars.

In the Cavaliers championship in 17, Wang Feng's performance in the finals did not even lose to James and Durant, which was the direct reason why the Cavaliers were able to defeat Yu Yuyong!
The medals of these three championships definitely have Wang Feng's share, and they must not be defined as champions who lie down and win.

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With the completion of the Lakers' three consecutive championships, Wang Feng won the sixth championship in his career. Looking back at Wang Feng's honor book, no matter who he is, he can't help but be amazed.

"It's too exaggerated."

Six NBA championships, four regular season MVPs, three finals FMVPs, and four scoring champions!

Even LeBron James should be ashamed of these top honors.

As a well-known honor harvester, even if James’ honor is divided into four parts, it is enough for four players to be selected as All-Stars. However, if the achievement of the best first team is excluded, the 36-year-old James has already been 28-year-old. Wang Feng was fully suppressed!

Even James is like this, let alone other players in the league?

In just seven years of his professional career, Wang Feng has already surpassed all his competitors in the NBA. Except for James, others can't even see the taillights.

After all, in the active league, apart from James and Curry, the other players only have at most one regular season MVP or one FMVP, and there is a huge gap with Wang Feng in terms of numbers.

The Lakers are happy and crazy.

Their luck is so good that they were able to get a phenomenal superstar like Wang Feng. When the general manager Magic Johnson signed Wang Feng, he never thought that such a day would come.

Just after the finals ended, Johnson received a call from the team owner Jenny Buss, asking him to renew Wang Feng at all costs, and to meet all Wang Feng's requirements if necessary, including the right to veto trades and some suggestions and suggestions for the team's trades. Discretion!
The Lakers know very well that with Wang Feng's strength, as long as he doesn't suffer from serious injuries, he will definitely be at the top of the league in the next five to seven years. Combined with the Huaguo market behind him, his value is even higher than that of James at his peak. higher!

……

A few days later, the Lakers held a championship parade in Los Angeles. Fans packed the streets and alleys densely, and the grand occasion was even better than the scenes when they won the championship two years ago.

This is normal. After all, it is a three-peat dynasty, and such a card is still necessary.

"Wang Feng! Wang Feng! Wang Feng!"

The fans chanted in unison.

"MVP! MVP! MVP!"

With a smile on his face, Wang Feng waved to the fans, which caused even louder cheers.

While the Lakers championship parade was held, in the general manager's office of the Lakers, Erwin Johnson smiled and looked at the senior agent Bill Duffy in front of him.

"Bill, I believe that this contract can fully reflect the sincerity of our team. Wang Feng is the only core and the absolute main force in the team. We are willing to pay any price to complete the contract extension, which is beneficial to both of us. Wang Feng can pursue more personal honors by staying in the team, and the big ball market in Los Angeles can also bring him more commercial endorsements and exposure.”

Bill Duffy browsed the contents of the draft contract in his hand, but his face was expressionless.

If it were the past, he would already have a smile on his face, and he would have a business exchange with Johnson in a very polite manner.

But at this moment, he was not in the mood at all.

Because not long ago, the top managers of Team Yao's management team gathered in Los Angeles, because Wang Feng, the employer, had something important to announce.

At that time, Bill Duffy was still puzzled, what could be so exciting?Even Zhang Mingji and others who were in China were called to Los Angeles.

However, he never imagined that what Wang Feng announced was that he was going to leave the Lakers next season!
For Bill Duffy, this is definitely news like a bolt from the blue.

As a professional basketball agent, he is more concerned about the benefits that players can get than other things.

Wang Feng is undoubtedly the best solution for the Lakers.

Los Angeles is the second largest ball market in the United States and has a high degree of exposure. Wang Feng has been elected as the All-Star voter for many years and the continuous commercial endorsement can fully prove this point.

Moreover, Wang Feng has just won three consecutive championships with the Lakers and is at the peak of his prestige. It is really confusing for him to suddenly choose to leave the team without any conflicts with the team.

Wang Feng's decision was naturally opposed by everyone in Team Yao.

But such objections are of no use.

The relationship between Wang Feng and Yao's team is an employment relationship. The latter can advise Wang Feng and provide business development direction and suggestions, but he only has the right to propose, and the final decision is in Wang Feng's hands.

Wang Feng's attitude was very tough, and there was absolutely no room for maneuver.

Bill Duffy could only accept this result very unwillingly, and asked a question he couldn't figure out, why did Wang Feng leave the Lakers?

Then he got this answer.

"There is no particular reason. The main reason is that after the three consecutive championships, I feel that staying with the Lakers is not challenging. It is too easy to win the championship, so I plan to go to a team at the bottom of the league in the new season."

Bill Duffy: "..."

At this moment, he seriously doubted whether after Wang Feng won the championship, he sprayed champagne in the locker room and accidentally poured champagne into his ears and then lost his mind?

He has been in the industry for so many years, and he has seen many reasons why players can't stay in the team.

Dissatisfied with the status quo of the team, dissatisfied with their own treatment, dissatisfied with teammates, discord with the coaching staff and management, etc., but this is the first time for such a fresh and refined reason!
These days, team formation is prevalent, and there are big three standard configurations or top dual-core lineups everywhere. Everyone wants to make their team stronger and capable of competing for the championship, but Wang Feng feels that the team is too strong Not challenging?
Do you have masochistic tendencies?I'm still not happy about winning, so I have to try what it's like to lose and be abused by others?

Of course Bill Duffy didn't know, and Wang Feng was also very helpless.

Of course he is not a masochist, but who made the system give such a challenging task?
In order to complete the task and allow the system to upgrade and open new functional modules, Wang Feng could only bite the bullet and say this excuse.

However, when he said this, Wang Feng felt inexplicably refreshed.

"The Lakers are too strong, and winning the championship is not challenging at all, so I am going to a weak team to increase the difficulty."

This forced pretending is really cool!Can give full marks!
Wang Feng was happy, but Bill Duffy, who was sitting in the general manager's office at this moment, felt a headache.

"Cough cough..."

After hesitating for a moment, Bill Duffy said with a little embarrassment. "Erwin, there is something I have to tell you clearly."

"Huh?" Johnson was slightly taken aback. Seeing Bill Duffy's stiff expression, he felt a little bad in his heart. "What's wrong?"

"I talked to Wang Feng the other day, and he doesn't seem like he's re-signing with the Lakers," Bill Duffy said.

"Don't want to renew the contract?" Johnson's eyes widened in astonishment. "why?"

"Um... It's a long story, but all in all, he has more ambitious pursuits and goals, so he doesn't want to stay in the Lakers. He has won four regular season MVPs and three championships in this team. way to do better.”

Bill Duffy thought for a long time, but he still didn't say what Wang Feng said, but changed it to a more euphemistic one.

Johnson: "..."

As the number one point guard in history, Magic Johnson, who has an outstanding basketball IQ and has five championship rings and three MVP trophies in the regular season, instantly understood what Bill Duffy was trying to express.

Wang Feng is not in conflict with the team or dissatisfied with the team's offer, but this is the most troublesome thing in his opinion.

If someone in the team has a conflict with Wang Feng, the problem can be easily resolved. If the player is directly traded and leaves the team, the coaching staff and management personnel can also be fired. Even Wang Feng is dissatisfied with Lakers coach Walton, as long as he is not the general manager. no problem.

But the troublesome problem is precisely here. Wang Feng is not in conflict with the team, but because of the smooth sailing of winning the game, he has a strange idea. What should we do?
Johnson stared at Bill Duffy blankly, and the latter also looked at Johnson eagerly.

"Erwin, I want you to know that from my personal point of view, I very much hope that Wang Feng can stay with the Lakers, which will benefit his subsequent business development, but I am only an agent, and Wang Feng is the one who makes the final decision. " Bill Duffy shook his head while talking. "So I hope the Lakers management can find a way to make him change his mind, and I will try my best to delay and persuade Wang Feng."

"...I see." Johnson nodded, feeling dumbfounded for a while.

What's the matter?It's such a weird thing that the team management and the player's agent will stand on the united front and try to persuade the players together.

But at the same time, there was still a haze in Johnson's mind.

Since Wang Feng is so resolute when facing his agent, it can be seen that he is absolutely serious. Even if the Lakers management comes forward to persuade him, can he really persuade Wang Feng?

Johnson still remembers what Wang Feng did when the Lakers wanted to free up salary space to pursue top stars such as Leonard and Durant, and were unwilling to renew Butler's contract with a maximum salary in advance.

Directly and publicly declared that if the team does not renew Butler himself will submit a trade application.

Not everyone can do such a positive and tough management behavior.

If Wang Feng really made up his mind, I'm afraid the Lakers won't be able to keep him no matter what conditions they offer. Then... what should the Lakers do?
Although he agreed to Bill Duffy on the surface, Johnson has already started to plan in advance the remedial measures if Wang Feng really leaves the team.

……

A few days after the Lakers' championship parade, the NBA draft was held as scheduled.

The Detroit Pistons selected point guard Cade Cunningham with the No. [-] pick, the Rockets selected shooting guard Jaylen Green with the No. [-] pick, and the Cleveland Cavaliers, who won the No. bully.

As for the strength of this year's rookies, Wang Feng has no way of knowing.

When he crossed over, these players only played for one season. The No. 17.4 pick Cunningham averaged 5.5 points, 5.6 rebounds and 17 assists per game, which was not bad. The No. [-] pick Jaylen Green also averaged [-]+ points per game.

The rookie player of the year was the fourth pick, Scotty Barnes, who was selected by the Toronto Raptors.

Starting from this draft, Wang Feng will no longer have the advantage of foresight as a traveler. The time point of his travels will be around the beginning of June 2022, which is the East and West finals of the 6-21 season playoffs. He has no way of knowing the future direction from this time node.

However, Wang Feng did not have the confusion and fear of the unknown future, or in other words, with his current strength, he no longer needed these things. With his strength, no matter where he went, he would be the most dazzling and top league superstar.

During the draft, there was one thing that made Wang Feng a little speechless, that is, members of the Lakers management and owner Bass family, as well as some players, such as Butler, Ingram and others formed the old uncle's lobby group to talk to Wang Feng They had a long talk, sincerely and sincerely tried to persuade Wang Feng to stay in the team, and even offered bargaining chips beyond the status of the player, such as the right to veto the transaction and the sculpture of Wang Feng outside the Staples Center.

Wang Feng expressed that he was very moved, and then decisively rejected the other party.

There is no way, if he wants to leave by himself, he may still waver and hesitate after being persuaded by the Lakers management.

But leaving the Lakers was not Wang Feng's original intention, but a task of the system. Although the system also clearly informed that this task is optional, if you don't want to, you can give it up. The system's rewards will still be assessed and issued in the original way.

But Wang Feng is not a salty fish who is used to lying flat. Since the system has given a task, and the task is so difficult, one can imagine how effective the new functions brought about by the system upgrade will be.

In order to complete the system tasks and get the chance to upgrade the system, Wang Feng decided to formally reject the Lakers.

"This season, I will definitely not renew my contract with the team. I hope everyone can get together and leave. If possible, I am willing to leave a fortune for the team. I will use the method of signing first and then changing, and I will trade from other teams. Get some quality players and draft picks."

Wang Feng's answer made the Lakers completely give up, and Johnson immediately began to implement plan B after the failed contract renewal.

Since Wang Feng cannot renew his contract, the Lakers must use the limited time to complete reinforcements as soon as possible after the free market opens, so as to prevent the Lakers from falling from the clouds after three consecutive championships because of Wang Feng's departure.

Wang Feng is willing to leave the team by signing first and then trading, which makes Johnson very happy. At this stage of the league, Wang Feng's transaction value is definitely the highest level. Any team is willing to pay a huge price to get a top superstar with six championships and four MVPs.

However, Wang Feng immediately posed another problem for Johnson.

There is only one condition for him to accept the sign-and-trade, and that is that he must be traded to a team with a regular season record under 30%.

This distressed Johnson, but also surprised him.

Wang Feng wasn't looking for an excuse, he was really going to a lowly team!
……

Now that a decision has been made, Wang Feng must start preparing in advance to complete the task.

The first thing he has to determine is the issue of the new team next season.

But according to the conditions required by the system mission, there are not many targets for Wang Feng to choose from.

This season, there are only six teams with a winning percentage of less than 30% in the regular season. The 24-win Detroit Pistons.

There are also three teams in the West, namely the Minnesota Timberwolves with 24 wins and 58 losses, the Oklahoma City Thunder with 22 wins and 60 losses, and the Houston Rockets with not only the bottom record in the Western Conference, but also the bottom record in the league with only 17 wins and 65 losses. team.

Wang Feng can only choose one of these six teams, and he must also consider whether any players in the team have been selected to the best team or All-Star in the past three years.

On this basis, Wang Feng should try his best to choose a team with better potential and more hope of reaching the finals among the six teams.

In this case, Wang Feng first ruled out the Houston Rockets and Detroit Pistons.

These two teams are completely rotten at the root, and they are completely unable to turn around in the short term. Among them, the Rockets may be a little better. Trading Harden to the 76ers has gained some more good opportunities for the Rockets. Chips and draft picks, but even so, Wang Feng would not consider the Rockets for the simple reason of the Mogou incident.

Although Mogou has moved to the Philadelphia 76ers, this does not mean that the Rockets can be whitewashed. Mogou's departure is not the result of his brain-dead remarks, but because of other reasons. The attitude shown is enough to make all Huaguo's former hardcore fans of the Rockets understand that the so-called Huaguo home team is all false, and the Rockets are not even as good as James and other players, at least they can speak up for justice.

Now that Morey has left, the Rockets are licking their faces again and trying to repair their relationship with Huaguo fans, but who will talk to him?

The reason why Huaguo fans like the Rockets is actually the Rockets from the Dayao era.

Except for the team name and location, the current Rockets have nothing to do with the Rockets in the Yao period. Even the team owner has changed from Alexander to Fertitta.

After the Mogou incident, not many people still have any nostalgia for this Rockets team that has long been different, especially after Wang Feng was born, Huaguo fans also have a new home, I will never look back at the Rockets even once.

After excluding two teams, the remaining four teams in Wang Feng's field of vision are the Cavaliers Magic in the East and the Timberwolves Thunder in the West.

Compared with the Pistons and Rockets, the Magic and Thunder are in a slightly better situation. At least there are still some potential players in the team, and they have bright development plans in the future.

As for the Cavaliers and Timberwolves, they are the best solutions in Wang Feng's mind.

In another time and space, in the 2021-22 season, the Cavaliers were only a short distance from the playoffs, while the Timberwolves successfully returned to the playoffs with the seventh place in the Western Conference.

The Cavaliers lineup has a young and excellent point guard like Darius Garland, and has just selected a high-quality insider Evan Mobley with the third pick. The overall strength has a qualitative leap from the 20-21 season.

As for the Timberwolves, the lineup is even more luxurious.

The 15-year No. 14 pick Anthony Towns, the 20 No. [-] pick Andrew Wiggins, and the [-]-year No. [-] pick Anthony Edwards selected last season can be described as a bunch of No. [-] picks.

It is hard to imagine that such a luxurious No. 24 team lineup is only ranked third from the bottom with a record of 58 wins and [-] losses in the West. It can be seen that the Timberwolves team is really rotten to the root.

In another time and space, Wiggins should have already been traded to the Warriors in exchange for the 15-year No. 21 pick DeAngelo.Russell, relying on the joint efforts of Russell, Towns and Edwards, the Timberwolves finally returned to the playoffs in the 22-[-] season.

(End of this chapter)