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During the Knicks championship parade, rumors had already started flying.

The first thing that came out was the news that head coach Riley had left the team.

The news ability of the paparazzi in this era really cannot be underestimated, and I don’t know where they got the gossip. They learned that the Heat want Riley to serve as the team’s general manager and head coach at the same time.

For the head coach of any team, being able to serve as the general manager is the best thing in his coaching career. He doesn't understand tactics and strategies, but he wants to sign this deal and that one, and the result is that a good team is messed up.

Although Riley has just won the Knicks championship, but the Heat offer such a generous offer, I am afraid it will be difficult to refuse.

Moreover, after the Knicks won the championship, anyone with a discerning eye could see that they might not be able to keep the winning lineup.

Just how to renew Wang Feng's contract, the Knicks can't solve it, not to mention Ewing has long been clamoring for a big contract.

Regardless of whether Wang Feng or Ewing is missing, in everyone's opinion, it will be difficult for the Knicks to defend their title next year. Even if it is not a mess, it is not very strong, and there is little room for operational improvement.

Sailing against the current is not to advance or retreat, and has helped the Knicks win the championship. Riley stays here, as long as he cannot continue to win the championship, he will leave sooner or later.

As soon as the news was announced, all the teams in the league were ready to move, even the Bulls were no exception.

Wang Feng's performance in the playoffs was so strong that anyone who saw it would salivate.

The faster-moving teams have already hit the ground running.

In the next day, Wang Feng received calls from more than seven teams, all with the same purpose, trying to persuade Wang Feng to join their team.

However, Wang Feng's light words scare off most of the teams.

"Want to sign me? Okay, I want an annual salary of 1000 million."

Annual salary of tens of millions?What are you kidding?
Don't look at the future, even if it is a backup role player in the league, a little bit of strength can get an annual salary of tens of millions. In the 90s, the situation was completely different.

Not surprisingly, the first contract in NBA history with an annual salary of more than [-] million will be signed by the Knicks and Ewing in the near future.

The Knicks reached an agreement with Ewing, and Ewing's salary in the 95-96 season was as high as $1872 million, shocking the entire league.

But in the 96-97 season, Ewing's salary became $300 again, because he signed a two-year contract of $2172 million with the Knicks, but at that time, the Knicks wanted to free up $97 million in 300. There is enough salary space to pursue Jordan, whose contract has expired, so he specially signed such a contract with Ewing. The salary in the first year was ridiculously high, and in the second year it was only [-] million.

In this way, the Knicks not only have the salary space to pursue Jordan, but also can compensate Ewing for not suffering a salary loss.

Therefore, Ewing's average annual salary in the past two years should actually be 1086 million US dollars.

And even if it was only 1086 million US dollars, it was still the highest annual salary in the league in those two years. No one in the league could match it, including Jordan. At that time, Jordan led the team to a record of 72 wins and 10 losses and won the championship. The annual salary was only 385 million US dollars. .

Of course, as the Bulls won the championship, in order to keep Jordan in the second year, the team offered an annual salary of 3014 million that shocked the league, and the salary directly exceeded the team's salary cap. …

At that time, Jordan had made the league ignore the salary cap and luxury tax rules, and the Bulls became the only team in the league with a salary of up to $5800 million, while the league salary cap was only in the early 2000 million.

There is one thing to say, the Bulls at that time were somewhat shameless. Is Jordan worth 3000 million?Of course it is worth it, but while getting Jordan with an annual salary of 3000 million, the Bulls also used 900 million to keep Rodman, making the Bulls completely ahead of all teams in the same period in terms of lineup.

So, in fact, the strength of the post-Bulls three-peat period is still somewhat controversial.

What Wang Feng thinks now is, since Ewing can get an annual salary of tens of millions, why can't he get it?In other words, teams that are unwilling to pay him tens of millions of annual salary will certainly not pay attention to his important position in the team.

But Wang Feng's Lions opened their mouths, which did scare away many teams.

No way, this kind of thing can be known after a little reference.

Olajuwon's annual salary next season is 531 million, David Robinson 770 million, Karl Malone 368 million, and even Barkley, who wants money but not a championship, only has 476 million.

Of course, there are also general managers of several teams who know what bargaining is.

The annual salary of 1000 million is too high, let's take a step back, how about 800 million?This salary is currently the highest offer in the league.

There are several teams with similar behavior.

Among them, there is really a team that Wang Feng likes.

Without exception, these teams are some weak teams at the bottom of the league. They themselves lack stars. They hope to sign a powerful star to strengthen the team.

Wang Feng's dominant performance in the playoffs obviously shocked them deeply, making them willing to pay some price.

These teams include the Los Angeles Clippers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Dallas Mavericks, Golden State Warriors in the West, Washington Bullets and Miami Heat in the East.

Among them, the Miami Heat are the most eager. They are even willing to sign a four-year contract worth 4 million US dollars with Wang Feng. The average annual salary of 3800 yuan is infinitely close to 950 million yuan.

It's just that Wang Feng knows that the Heat have already contacted Riley at this time, and even the two parties have reached a cooperation but it has not been announced yet. As the general manager of the Heat, Riley has every right to make decisions on anything.

No one knows Wang Feng's strength better than Riley. Even if Wang Feng is 30 years old, he is definitely worthy of a long-term contract with a high salary.

Since Wang Feng wants an annual salary of tens of millions, give it to him, as long as he can stay with the Heat for a long time.

The Heat team is full of sincerity, not only giving a high salary, but also promising Wang Feng the sole core position of the team, but unfortunately Wang Feng does not want to consider the Heat.

The reason is also very simple. Riley's strong coaching style doesn't suit him. Wang Feng himself is also a strong person. As the saying goes, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. When he was with the Knicks for only half a season, Wang Feng can tolerate it a little bit. If he wants to be a long-term partner He couldn't stand it.

Besides, Riley, the old fox's cold-blooded and ruthless side, Wang Feng is also very clear, whether as the general manager or the head coach of the team, Wang Feng doesn't like him.

Therefore, Wang Feng directly rejected the conditions offered by the Heat, and made it clear that he would not consider the Heat, which completely cut off the Heat's mind. …

As for the other teams, Wang Feng also carefully analyzed them one by one.

Among these teams, the biggest ball market is obviously the Los Angeles Clippers. Although the Clippers in this period have been unilaterally suppressed by the giants of the same city, the Lakers, but after all, they are located in the City of Angels, and the life of Hollywood luxury fans in the 90s The temptation is still quite strong.

But considering that the owner of the Clippers at this time is the notorious Donald Sterling.

If Riley is not liked by Wang Feng just because of his strong coaching style, then Sterling, the owner of the Clippers, is purely disgusting.

Anyone who knows the NBA knows Sterling's racial discrimination, but he doesn't know much about his stinginess.

In fact, since becoming the owner of the Clippers, Sterling has been famous for being stingy. He has never paid the luxury tax. There has been no player with a particularly high salary in the team for more than ten years. Even in order to save the cost of hiring trainers, Sterling Lin also asked the head coach of the dignified team to help the players tie bandages. The Clippers were also the last team in the league to rent a special plane and hire assistants.

In addition, Sterling broke into the player locker room more than once with his cheating girlfriend.

Wang Feng is not interested in experiencing how the most famous owner of Grandet in the league is like.

So PASS.

After some screening, Wang Feng initially set his goals on the following teams.

Dallas Mavericks, Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors.

These three teams, without exception, have been the bottom weak teams in the league in recent years, meeting Wang Feng's requirements.

Among them, Dallas and San Francisco are good cities, and the Timberwolves are located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Although it is not a particularly bad city, it is a world of ice and snow, and the environment is somewhat unfriendly.

The reason why Wang Feng likes the Timberwolves is that the Timberwolves are about to select the most famous power forward in history, Kevin Garnett, in the draft in a few days.

Although Wang Feng's goal is to defeat the Bull Dynasty, he is not stupid. It is still too difficult to defeat the peak Bulls alone without any help.

Garnett in his rookie period is very suitable to be Wang Feng's right-hand man.

Although Garnett was regarded by the Timberwolves as the core of the future team when he first joined the league, in fact, not many people are optimistic about him.

On the one hand, as a high school draft player, no one knows how long it will take Garnett to adapt to the NBA game.

On the other hand, as an insider, Garnett's weight and confrontation ability gave the league dominated by hardcore center insiders in the 90s no special confidence.

If it weren't for Garnett's amazing jumping and flexibility far beyond the inside players during the trial training, it would be difficult to impress the Timberwolves' management.

加内特生涯前三个赛季的数据分别是10.4分6.3篮板，17分8篮板，18.5分9.6篮板。

Obviously one season is better than one season, but the performance in this period is obviously not at the level of top stars, and these three seasons just correspond to the period of the Bulls' three consecutive championships.

Even if Wang Feng beat the Bulls during this period, no one would insist that Garnett was able to beat Jordan because he was so good.

What Wang Feng wants is a complete victory that even Heizi can't say anything about. …

So, when he communicated with the Dallas Mavericks, he only asked one question, are you willing to trade Jason Kidd for this year's top four pick and then sign Garnett?

Then Wang Feng's phone number was blocked by the Mavericks management.

Jason Kidd was the No. 94 pick in 94. In the entire [-] class, he was only under Grant Hill. He even shared the best rookie with Hill. He has a bright future. The Mavericks regard him as a magician in Dallas cultivated.

Not to mention Garnett in the draft year of 96, even Joe Smith, who is the top pick, is not qualified to exchange for Kidd.

Therefore, the management of the Mavericks felt that Wang Feng was just making fun of them.

But in fact, what Wang Feng said was the truth.

Kidd is indeed very strong, but Wang Feng has always felt that he is a bit overrated. Although the famous Kidd in the league is outstanding in passing assists and defense, his lack of scoring ability alone is enough to determine Kidd's final upper limit. , It is also destined that his achievements on the field will not surpass competitors such as Irving Johnson and Steve Nash.

Trading Kidd for Garnett is definitely a bloody deal.

More importantly, Wang Feng is planning to return to his old line to play point guard in the new season. If he goes to Dallas, then Kidd will definitely be traded out, otherwise he can only sit on the bench and watch how Wang Feng plays point guard. ball guard.

It's a joke, do point guards dare to be called point guards these days without averaging 30 10 10 per game?

The Mavericks clearly refused, so Wang Feng communicated with the Golden State Warriors again.

On the phone, Wang Feng still meant that.

"Can the Warriors take Garnett with the No. [-] pick, or trade with the No. [-] pick to Garnett and some good chips?"

That's right, the No. [-] pick in this year's draft belongs to the Golden State Warriors, and they will use the No. [-] pick to select forward Joe Smith.

Many people know Joe Smith, or the fact that this guy signed a yin and yang contract with the Timberwolves in the future. This guy can be described as a model of food and fun. He averaged only 10.9 points and 6.4 rebounds per game in his career. He was at his peak when he debuted, basically without any training the value of.

Because of this guy, the Warriors missed Garnett, Rasheed Wallace, and Damon Stoudemire. It is indeed a pity.

Originally, Wang Feng thought that the management of the Warriors would hang up the phone without hesitation and block him like the Mavericks.

After all, as a free agent, he ran to criticize the Warriors' No. [-] pick, and most people couldn't bear it.

But Wang Feng did not expect that the management of the Warriors said after pondering for a moment: "Mr. Wang Feng, this matter is of great importance. We must have a meeting to discuss it and think it over before we can give you a definite answer. I will give it to you tomorrow." Call to let you know our decision."

As soon as these words came out, Wang Feng was stunned instead.

What do you mean?
Are the Warriors really ready to seriously consider their proposal?

There is one thing to say, if the Warriors really agree, Wang Feng can really consider the Warriors.

The Warriors were originally located in San Francisco, California, a city with the largest number of Chinese in the United States, and it is also relatively prosperous.

And the current head coach of the Warriors is Rick Adelman.

As one of the league's future thousand-win coaches, Adelman has a very good coaching level, and he is most famous for playing Princeton tactics when he coached the Kings.

Many people have said that the Princeton tactic is the tactic that best fits the small ball era, and even to some extent is more in line with the modern basketball concept than the Suns' running and bombing tactic.

This is something that Wang Feng attaches great importance to. After all, he is a player who has traveled from the future small ball era.