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Chapter 301 Adu wants to come to the Nets to be the old 1.5?

On the other side of the ocean, many Chinese fans are paying attention to the NBA draft.

In this year's draft, there are two Huaguo players participating in the NBA draft, Zhou Qi and Wang Zhelin, both of them are the most talented Huaguo basketball players in recent years and have the best chance of landing in the NBA, especially Zhou Qi, who is abnormal Static talent is at the top level even in NBA history.

When the president of the league announced that the Celtics selected Zhou Qi with the second round pick, Huaguo fans were immediately mixed. The joy was that Zhou Qi was selected and could become the first player to land in the NBA in 9 years since the United Arab Emirates and Sun Yue. Chinese players.

As for the worry, after Zhou Qi is selected by the Green Army, will the opponent really provide Zhou Qi with a guaranteed rookie contract?
In the NBA, it is not uncommon for players to be selected, but not to sign the other party to provide a formal contract, especially in the second round of the draft.

Zhou Qi still has a contract in the CBA. If he wants to land in the NBA, he needs to pay a buyout fee to Zhou Qi's home team. Not everyone is willing to be taken advantage of.

In addition, Huaguo fans actually hope that the Rockets or the Nets will sign Zhou Qi.

The Rockets are the home team of Huaguo fans. Dayao and Wang Chao both played for the Rockets and won championships. Huaguo fans have special affection for the Rockets and generally believe that Zhou Qi will receive special care when joining the Rockets.

As for the Nets, the reason is even simpler, because Wang Chao is in the Nets.

Since Wang Chao left the Rockets, from time to time, Rockets staff broke out about Wang Chao's real treatment and privileges in the Rockets.

The more these news broke out, the more people were surprised.

This is not a player, he is clearly a "ball bully"!One of the most exaggerated ball tyrants in NBA history!
All the players in the team are introduced, traded and renewed, tactical arrangements, daily training schedules, and almost the entire operation of the team can only be implemented after Wang Chao has checked and nodded.

As a player, Wang Chao took over the duties of the general manager and the head coach of the team. He is completely like the boss of the team, his second child!No... As far as the team is concerned, he is the boss, and he can't even get in the way of the team owner.

If other top stars enjoyed such privileges in the team, I am afraid that they would have been criticized to the point that they were utterly bruised, thinking that they are arrogant and arrogant.

But Wang Chao is an exception. There is no way, who let him lead the Rockets to three consecutive championships in four years and create a dynasty?Most fans now generally believe that if Dayao did not miss the finals due to accidental injuries in the 11-12 season, the Rockets could win four consecutive championships.

It is true that Wang Chao stole the jobs of the general manager and head coach of the Rockets, but he is better than the general managers and head coaches of all teams in the league. How can you reason?
Nowadays, there is a general perception in the entire league that owning Wang Chao is equivalent to having a complete system in disguise. Many teams are eager for Wang Chao to be the ball bully for them, not to mention the difference between signing a deal and formulating team tactics. Small things like that, it's okay to give up the general manager's office to Wang Chao!
The topic is far away. Because of Wang Chao's status as the top player in the Rockets, people now generally believe that he has great privileges in the Nets. In fact, the Nets have never officially denied this matter. Now The Nets are what Wang Chao said.

Based on this, Huaguo fans feel that Wang Chao may help Zhou Qi, select Zhou Qi to be trained by the Nets, give him enough playing time and a suitable tactical position, and train Zhou Qi to become Huaguo's next player. Dayao.

Therefore, when the Nets chose Brogdon instead of Zhou Qi in the first round, many Hua Guo fans were quite disappointed, and some even complained that Wang Chao was unreasonable and didn't even help his fellow Hua Guo.

Of course, such remarks are purely to stand up and talk without pain in the back, and it is no different from the keyboard warrior who thinks that people donate too little money and likes to stand on the moral high ground and blame others without responsibility.

As soon as similar remarks were posted on the Internet, they were immediately sprayed by countless fans of Wang Chao.

"Why are you pretending to be a big-tailed wolf here? Do you think the NBA is your home? Do whatever you want? Even if Wang Chao has the team's draft picks, he still has to do things that are in the interests of the team. Zhou Qi obviously doesn't." The strength of the first round, insisting on selecting him in the first round and giving him a four-year guarantee contract in the first round, it is really shameless to take nepotism for granted!"

The quarrel on the Internet didn't last long, because after the Celtics selected Zhou Qi, they immediately traded him to the Nets, getting the Nets' bench substitute Markelle Brown and a future second-round pick.

In this way, Zhou Qi became a player of the Nets.

Now Wang Chao's fans are even more embarrassed.

"The ones upstairs, why don't you dance anymore? Didn't you just say that Wang Chao is unreasonable and doesn't care about his compatriots in Huaguo? It's a slap in the face!"

"Facts have proved that you keyboard warriors can also type and give advice behind the computer. Wang Chao is the genius who can build a championship team through drafts and trades!"

"It would be great if Wang Chao can also select Wang Zhelin to the team. If Zhou Qi and Wang Zhelin are both by Wang Chao's side, the Huaguo men's basketball team will have two more insiders in the future!"

The expectations of the fans are good, but Wang Chao has no plan to choose Wang Zhelin.

In the original history, Wang Zhelin, who also participated in the draft with Zhou Qi in 2016, was selected by the Memphis Grizzlies with the 57th overall pick in the second round, but he never joined the NBA.

There are many reasons. First of all, although Wang Zhelin is the same as Zhou Qi, he is a new rising insider player in Huaguo, but he is very different from Zhou Qi in terms of talent.

While the static talent is far inferior to Zhou Qi, Zhou Qi has the same shortcomings as Wang Zhelin, and his confrontation ability is even worse than Zhou Qi.

League teams are generally not optimistic about Wang Zhelin's ability to play in the NBA. At the same time, Wang Zhelin's desire to play in the NBA is not as strong as Zhou Qi's.

I have to admit that although Zhou Qi will be criticized in the future, the mentality of daring to step out of the comfort zone is something that most professional players in China cannot compare with.

For many CBA professional players, it is definitely not for them to give up the comfortable environment of CBA, high salary and attention of the stars, and go to the NBA to be an unknown substitute player, but also to bear huge risks and pressures. As simple as imagined.

In the two years since Zhou Qi played in the NBA, the salary he earned was not as high as when he was in the CBA. He also had to endure a lot of hardships and leave his hometown.

And the same thing, Zhou Qi will do it again in the future, giving up the high salary in China and choosing to join the Australian League NBL with a higher level. It is also the courage to jump out of the comfort zone and force a stronger self lift.

Although there are many complicated issues mixed in, Wang Chao is not interested in who is right and who is wrong in the dispute between Zhou Qi and the team, but Zhou Qi's two brave attempts to take this step alone are also worthwhile. There is enough reason for Wang Chao to give him such a chance.
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After obtaining Zhou Qi through a trade, the Nets did not take any action in the subsequent draft. Because Zhou Qi was selected by Wang Chao, the Rockets, who had the No. 50 pick in the second round, finally decided to choose the same Huaguo player Wang Zhelin.

Although the Rockets do not lack inside players, even if Wang Zhelin is selected, there is no place for him to rotate, but how can the Rockets owner Alexander, who is already relying on Huaguo players to feed on his mouth, give up the gimmick of Huaguo players?

After Wang Chao chose to leave the Rockets last year, he asked the general manager of the team to find Jeremy Lin, but the influence of a Chinese American in China is obviously far less than that of a real Chinese player.

However, at this time, Alexander actually had the idea of ​​​​selling the team, and he did not have a particularly strong desire for the team's record and subsequent commercial value.

So far, the 2016 draft has officially ended, and the Nets have harvested two players, namely Malcolm Brogdon, the No.20 fifth overall pick in the first round, and Zhou Qi, who was acquired through a trade.

In fact, the Nets' first-round pick, in addition to Brogdon, has an even better candidate, and that is Pascal Siakam, who would have been selected by the Toronto Raptors with the No.20 seventh overall pick in the first round.

In the future, Siakam will be an All-Star player who can average 24.2 points, 7.8 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game. His achievements are significantly stronger than Brogdon.

But choosing him is of little value to Wang Chao, because Siakam is not an excellent immediate combat power. Even if he is selected, it will take at least two to three years of training to become an excellent immediate combat power.

This is actually the same as Jokic.

Therefore, if it was Wang Chao who was in the Rockets, he would definitely choose Siakam, because in two or three years, the opponent will become an excellent combat power in the team, and at least he can buy cheap combat power with a rookie contract for one to two years for nothing.

But obviously not in the Nets.

One year's normal training period is already the limit that Wang Chao can tolerate. Next season, the Nets will go all out to compete for the championship, and there is no time and energy to train more high-quality potential rookies.

And after the Nets won the championship, Wang Chao will definitely leave for system tasks, and it doesn't make any sense to choose potential rookies.

Considering this, Brogdon is obviously a better choice than Siakam, because the former is an excellent immediate combat power when he first entered the league. Even if he lacks game experience, he can contribute 10.2 points per game in the Bucks in his rookie season 4.2 assists, and the three-point shooting rate can reach 40.4%.

Although Siakam, who has a greater development prospect, was given up because of this, Wang Chao will not regret it.
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After the draft is over, the free market will start immediately, and each team needs to carry out trading and signing operations.

The summer of 2016 was obviously a turbulent year. The biggest and most exaggerated news this year was that Kevin Durant joined the Warriors and embarked on the most difficult road.

Prior to this, no one dared to write such a thing even in novels. A top superstar in the league took the initiative to cut his salary to join a team that won 73 regular season games last season. This is really hard for normal people to understand.

Durant is not the only big fish in the free market this year, including James, Wade, Pau Gasol, Al Horford, Andre DeRozan, Jamal DeRozan, Brad Radley Beal and many other All-Star players are in contract years.

This is even the case for Wang Chao. When he joined the Nets last year, he signed a 1+1 contract that imitated James, and he had player options for the second year.

Considering that the league's new broadcast contract came into effect this summer, the salary cap has skyrocketed, and the salary space has increased significantly, Wang Chao will also choose to jump out of the contract and re-sign a larger 1+1 contract with the Nets.

Regardless of whether he is short of money or not, the wool of capitalism should still be squeezed.

On July 7, the free market officially opened, and the Nets management immediately started their own operations.

The first step is to announce that Wang Chao has jumped out of the contract, and then re-signed a new 1+1 contract with the Nets. The contract amount is 2 million for 6000 years, and the starting salary for the first year alone is as high as 2900 million!
The annual salary of 2900 million is the highest salary in the league today. Although it will soon be surpassed by James of the Cavaliers with 3 million US dollars in 1 years and a starting salary of 3096 million US dollars in the first year, the money Wang Chao should earn is really a lot. Earn no money.

After successfully renewing Wang Chao, the Nets began to renew the contracts of several players whose contracts expired this year.

In fact, the most important two are the two veterans on the bench, Deron Williams and Joe Johnson, both of whom reached a buyout agreement with the Nets last year and successfully renewed their basic salary. Re-joining the Nets is for Wang Chao. He wants to win the championship by playing for the Nets and rejuvenate his second career.

Although the Nets failed to win the championship, the 67 wins in the regular season and the record of the playoffs in the Eastern Conference Finals did allow Deron and Joe Johnson to rely on their remarkable performances on the bench to get more goals from the league. team favor.

After the opening of the free market, even though many teams offered olive branches to the two, both of them received offers close to tens of millions of annual salary due to the skyrocketing salary cap.

Faced with the temptation of high salaries, neither of them hesitated, and they simply chose to leave the Nets, because the Nets were not prepared to choose to match their offer of tens of millions of annual salaries.

It is true that Deron and Joe Johnson stayed in the Nets last season for the championship, but winning the championship is only a way for them to successfully regain their worth.

Now that the desired effect has been obtained by relying on the performance of the Nets last season, whether it is for Deron or Joe Johnson, it does not matter whether there is a championship or not. Without the addition of champions, there will not be much improvement, but it is better to put real money in your pocket.

And although it was said that the two joined the Nets with a salary cut last year, in fact, the reputation of the two has long been stinky. Even if they did not take the initiative to cut their salaries, they would not be able to get a satisfactory contract in the free market.

For Deron and Joe. Johnson have left the team, Wang Chao is not too sad.

As a time traveler, he knows all too well that these two veterans in the twilight of their careers are here, and there are very few opportunities for them to perform brilliantly in the next few years. They can continue to shine for the team last season. Helping the Nets win 67 wins in the regular season and leading a group of young Nets players through the most difficult season is already their biggest role.

At present, on the bench of the Nets, there are players who can perfectly replace the role of the two this season, and that is the two players selected in last year's draft, Montrez Harrell and Norman Powell.

These two players will be role players with good strength in the future. They have experienced a full season with the Nets, and with the training bonus of Wang Chao's training potion, they will be able to show good combat effectiveness next season.

Coupled with Malcolm Brogdon, who was selected in the previous draft, the three of them together can fully support the Nets' bench lineup.

Then count Jokic, Booker, Lopez and Bogdanovic in the starting lineup.

In Wang Chao's view, this set of lineup already has enough ability to compete for the championship, whether it is facing the Cavaliers or the Warriors, it can have an absolute upper hand.

The work of the Nets' trade and signings has been completed, but this lineup, in the eyes of the rich owner of Russia, feels too embarrassing.

After the league signed a new TV contract, the salary cap ushered in a skyrocketing increase. Next season, which is the 16-17 season, the salary cap will reach 9400 million US dollars.

In the current lineup of the Nets, only Wang Chao and Lopez have contracts of 2900 million and 2100 million US dollars respectively. Almost all other players have rookie child labor contracts or basic salaries, and the total salary is only 7700 million.

According to the salary cap standard of 9400 million, even the bottom line of the poor man's tax has reached 8460 million, which means that according to the current total salary of the Nets, under normal circumstances, they even have to pay a fine for underpayment to the league.

Of course, the Nets are in a special situation. In addition to the contracts of active players, they are still paying the buyout fees of Deron Williams and Joe Johnson's original big contracts. The two add up to 1200 million a year.

Therefore, the Nets' salary next season is actually 8900 million, which does not exceed the salary cap, but it is also above the poor ghost line.

This kind of salary situation is usually called healthy by the league. After all, like those top giants in the league, their salary and salary are in bright red deficits every year, which is very scary to watch. Paying high luxury taxes every year, desperately pitting the money of the rich Russians.

The local rich man, who was already a little used to being bullied, was beaten by Wang Chao instead.

"Dear Davari, is this how the NBA is played? Can we really win the championship without paying a penny of luxury tax? We have successfully entered the Eastern Conference finals this season, and we are only one step away from the finals and the championship , don’t save me money, as long as I can win the championship, I’m willing to spend more money.”

When Wang Chao received the call from the local rich man, he was already preparing to leave for the country.

Around this time last year, the other party also expressed a similar meaning. Wang Chao was very speechless for this kind of behavior of a local tyrant who spent the most money and received the most ruthless beating.

"Don't worry, the team's current lineup is already perfect, and there is no need to reinforce anyone."

Wang Chao could only comfort him tirelessly. "And in another two years, when the rookie contracts of players like Jokic and Booker expire, you will know how much money has been spent."

After hanging up the phone with the team owner, Wang Chao was about to get on the plane back to China.

But at this moment, his phone rang again.

Wang Chao glanced at it. This time it was also the team's call, but it was replaced by the team's general manager.

"Wang, don't rush to leave, I have something very important to discuss with you!"

During the phone call, the general manager's tone was very urgent, even with a hint of ecstasy, which made Wang Chao a little puzzled.

Before he had time to ask what happened, the other party's voice immediately said: "We received a call from Rich Kleiman, and his players intend to come to play with us!"

Rich Kleiman?
Wang Chao was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized, isn't this the name of Durant's manager?

and many more……

Wang Chao's mouth couldn't help but open wide, stunned.

"You just said that Kevin Durant wants to play in Brooklyn?"

Wang Chao's brain felt a little down for a while. To be honest, he never expected that Durant would want to play together with him, and even came to him on his own initiative.

But calm down and think about it carefully, Durant is really capable of doing this.

Like in another time and space, who would have thought Durant would join the Warriors?

At least for now, compared with the Warriors, the Nets are obviously inferior in terms of lineup strength. Although Wang Chao is the No. There is no star worth mentioning in Chaowai. All-star player Brook Lopez's hip-pull performance in the Eastern Conference Finals is needless to say, while other players such as Jokic, Booker, and Bogdanovic are all Too young and immature, even next season will be embarrassing.

On the other hand, the 73-win Warriors in another time and space, although they lost to the Cavaliers in the finals, but the results of one championship and one second in the past two years, coupled with the existence of three best team players in the team, are absolutely unquestionable in the league. strongest team.

From this point of view, Durant chose to contact the Nets, and the plot was slightly better than joining the Warriors.

It's just that Durant has always wanted to prove that he is stronger than Wang Chao, James and others. How could he think of joining forces with Wang Chao?

Wang Chao didn't know exactly what happened, but his strong desire to eat melons was hard to contain.

"Okay, I'll hurry back now."

Without hesitation, Wang Chao immediately chose to cancel the flight and set off to return to the team.

If Durant really wants to come to the Nets, should he?
Wang Chao felt that there was no need to think about this question at all, of course he did!
When Durant is the second child of the team, he is the strongest second leader in the history of the league. Compared with Kobe in the OK combination period, Pippen in the Bull Dynasty period is more NB.

Curry's personal ability is insufficient, he can't hold Durant, and was robbed of two finals FMVPs by the opponent. As a result, Kumi and Dumi quarreled over the question of who was the core boss of the Warriors in the past two years. , It wasn't until Curry finally won the FMVP for the fourth championship, and the Green formula finally closed the loop before it finally came to a conclusion.

Wang Chao doesn't have that concern. No matter how careful Durant is, he can't compete for the FMVP.

As for the joining of Durant, it will make the difficulty of winning the championship for the Nets instantly become easy for novices and become unchallenging, which does not matter to Wang Chao.

He was unwilling to join those strong teams in the league at the beginning, but it doesn't mean that others would not want to join him. Moreover, he also really wanted to know how Durant would be evaluated in the future if he really won the championship with his partner.

A well-known Du Hei Whale comrade in the future of Huaguo once commented that Durant was 1.5 years old in the Warriors.

As far as Wang Chao himself is concerned, he is also very happy to create similar topics for later people to evaluate.

It would be very interesting if there is some kind of Wang Chao formula.

Anyway, after the Nets win the championship next season, Wang Chao will leave the team to find a new team to win the championship. A short-term partner with Durant for a year will not be particularly boring.

The only question is how Durant will join the Nets.

Although the salary situation of the Nets is very healthy, they can't come up with a contract that can sign Durant. After all, even if Durant chooses to cut his salary to join, the starting salary will not be less than 2500 million.

In just a moment, Wang Chao figured it out. If he wanted to get Durant, the Nets could only sign first and then trade, and the only bargaining chip that could match the salary was the team other than Wang Chao. The only other player with an annual salary of more than 2000 million is Brook Lopez.

Wang Chao is actually very optimistic about Brook Lopez. After all, Lopez, who will be in the Bucks in the future, can be regarded as an iconic inside player in the small ball era. He has three-pointers and defense. pretty good.

Of course, this also has a premise, that is, the annual salary is controlled at the tens of millions level.

During the Bucks period, Lopez had an average annual salary of 1300 million. In the league where the salary cap exploded, and the annual salary ranged from 4000 to 1300 million, the annual salary of [-] million is equivalent to the current middle class.

But now Lopez is getting a contract with an annual salary of 2100 million, and the contract will last until the end of the 2017-18 season in two years.

According to this price, it is not considered cheap, but Wang Chao himself is not here to revive the Nets. As long as the team has the ability to win the championship as quickly as possible, the cost performance of the player contract is not in his consideration. Inside.

And now, if Lopez can be replaced by Durant, of course it is a bloody deal!

Wang Chao, who returned to the team immediately, immediately met with the team management and made an appointment with Durant and his agent. This incident was even enough to delay Wang Chao's return to China for the national team training for a few days.

The meeting went very smoothly.

Durant actually hesitated about this decision, but after years of consecutive failures in the Thunder, he has realized that if this continues, it may be difficult to win a championship throughout his entire career.

Choosing to join the Nets and partner with Wang Chao is also a decision he made after discussions with his agent and think tank.

They all agreed that this is the fastest and most likely way for Durant to win the championship as soon as possible.

Looking at the entire league, only Wang Chao can compete with the Cavaliers and the Warriors, the two aircraft carrier-level teams in the league. A team that can lead a team like the Nets in the Eastern Conference Finals and the Cavaliers in seven bloody battles is enough. Proving Wang Chao's terrifying personal ability, as long as Durant and Wang Chao join forces, the championship is within reach!
And now is also the best time to partner with Chao Wang. After all, Chao Wang is missing the MVP of the regular season for two consecutive years, and it is the first time since the 05-06 season that he has missed the finals. Durant chose to play with Chao Wang at this time Joining forces has been regarded as an opportunity with relatively minimal controversy.

The only thing Durant was worried about was Wang Chao's attitude towards him. After all, in the past few years, the relationship between the two sides was like a deadly enemy. All the key duels defeated him to pieces.

Now that he took the initiative to run over to join the mountain gate, if the other party didn't give him a good face, he would really be asking for trouble.

Of course Wang Chao is not that stupid, he is not Green, and in fact Green is not stupid, he is smart, the reason why he hates Durant is to drive him away, because if Durant chooses to renew his long-term contract with the Warriors In other words, limited by the pressure of salary space, the Warriors will definitely let go of one person. This person is most likely Green. After all, although Green's defense and organization are very important to the Warriors, compared to Curry, Thompson's As far as the Splash Brothers are concerned, it is by no means completely inescapable.

In fact, the later Green was even a complete burden to the Warriors. The three-point shot was seriously degraded. The most useful ones are criminal opponents, and the dirty work of beating teammates is tiring.

The official meeting between the two parties was one day later. Durant and his agent came to New York secretly, while the Nets were in charge of interviewing Wang Chao, the general manager of the team and the head coach.

Of course, the most important of the three is Wang Chao, because it is Wang Chao who can decide everything about the Nets now, and the other two are just more attractive decorations.

As soon as he saw Durant, Wang Chao put on a warm smile on his face.

"Kevin, here we come, sit down quickly."

Durant was flattered by Wang Chao's attitude as a corporal.

"We have communicated on the phone before, but now sitting face to face, we still have to solemnly express our attitude to you. Whether it is me personally or the team, I am very happy and hope that you can join, let us join hands to win Next year's NBA championship."

Hearing Wang Chao's words, the last trace of hesitation and entanglement in Durant's heart disappeared immediately.

"Wang, in fact, I have thought about joining forces with you a long time ago, but I never had a good opportunity."

Durant happily held out his hand to Wang Chao. "Now this opportunity has finally come, let us work together to create a new era!"

"Of course, the old 1.5... Keke, Kevin, welcome to join us!"

The corner of Wang Chao's mouth twitched, how could he accidentally tell the truth.

Regarding the details of how Durant will join the Nets, detailed discussions will be carried out in the follow-up, as well as communication and negotiation with the Thunder management.

The management of the Nets must be based on the attitude of getting Durant at the lowest cost, and the Nets will definitely try their best to recover the loss when they know that Durant cannot be kept. Some more chips.

It's just that Durant is a completely free agent now, and he can slap his ass and leave at any time, so the Thunder actually have no choice. They can only ask for what the Nets give them.

"That's right, king."

After the negotiation, when Durant was about to return to the hotel, he suddenly asked curiously as if remembering something.

"When you left the Rockets last year, you planned to help all the teams in the league that have not yet won the championship. I have always been curious. Is this true? If we win the championship together in the Nets next year, are you Are you going to stay with the Nets, or join another team that hasn't won the championship?"

Wang Chao was slightly taken aback. Durant's tone seemed casual, but his expression was somewhat unnatural. He obviously cared more about the answer to this question than he expressed.

After thinking about it, he decided to answer truthfully.

"This is the reason why I chose the 1+1 contract. After the Nets won the championship, I really will not consider renewing the contract with the team."

"Then you're really cool," Durant sighed.

Wang Chao was keenly aware that after hearing that he would leave after winning the championship, Durant's expression obviously relaxed a lot. Obviously, this guy is more inclined to hurry up after winning the championship than to let himself stay here. Roll up the bedding and get out.

Obviously, although Durant is going to be the old 1.5, it is obviously not like being the old 1.5 all the time. After winning the championship, he still wants more honors to improve his historical status. At that time, Wang Chao continued to fight with him. Partner, will only hinder his chances of winning the honor.

Otherwise, Durant is also a smart man.

There are not a few people who will scold Durant in the future, and the vast majority of those who hate him are also because of Durant's surrender to the Warriors.

But looking back, what would Durant's historical status be like without the Warriors' two championships + two FMVPs?

Despite being ridiculed for countless infamy, Durant's behavior has earned him honor and historical status. Even before Curry won his fourth career championship, his historical status was still ranked behind Curry. superior.

Wang Chao sees through Durant's little fight in his heart, but he doesn't intend to say it out. He doesn't think that after Durant leaves him, he will be able to gain any substantive honors.

However, after Wang Chao leaves the team, if Durant continues to stay in the Nets, he can indeed take over the super lineup that Wang Chao has built. Jokic + Booker's core main force, with Bogdanovic , Harrell, Powell, Brogdon and other outstanding role players, plus a peak Durant, the combat effectiveness of this team will be no less than the peak Warriors, and even better. The grown-up Jokic and Booker are both extremely powerful players, and it is entirely possible to compete for the championship.

But so what?No matter how many championships Durant wins with the Nets, he can't get rid of the old 1.5 title that he defected to Wang Chao, let alone surpass Wang Chao.

And if Wang Chao does everything right by then, he can definitely find a way to send Booker and Jokic away before leaving. After all, no one knows how strong these two will be in the future. I only think that a few young players of the Nets have good potential and have the opportunity to become All-Stars in the future.

It's just that these are things after next year.
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In just a few days since the free market started, there have been many transactions and signings in the league, which is overwhelming.

Among them, the most concerned one is the whereabouts of top superstar Kevin Durant.

As early as in the division semifinals, after the Thunder was eliminated by the Spurs, some media broke the news that Durant wanted to leave the Thunder.

Although this news was denied by both the Thunder and Durant, judging from Durant's delay in renewing his contract with the Thunder and the active operation of the Thunder's management during the offseason, it is possible that Durant will leave the Thunder. Great sex.

Many teams in the league with plenty of salary space are ready to move, this is Kevin Durant!Although he has no regular season MVP or scoring champion so far, this does not prevent Durant from being regarded as one of the best scorers of this era.

In the league, the only one who can stabilize Durant in the scoring field is Wang Chao, the seven-game scoring leader.

In the strength list of active players ranked by major media in the league, Durant is also in the top three all year round, second only to Wang Chao and James.

Of course, in the past two years, this position has been taken away by Stephen Curry, the two-time regular season MVP, but Durant still ranks among the top five active players.

No matter any team in the league, as long as it can get Durant, it will definitely become a strong team in the league, and if those teams that are relatively strong in themselves have Durant, they will also become the favorites to win the championship. Team.

Therefore, the biggest suspense in the league at present is Durant's whereabouts and which team he will join.

In less than two days, a certain media broke the news that Durant and his agent had traveled to New York together.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately attracted the attention of the league, and at the same time, the fans of the New York Knicks took the lead in a collective climax.

"Kevin Durant is coming to New York! The Knicks are going to stand up!"

The Knicks fans were so excited, they thought that Durant was about to join the Knicks and teamed up with Anthony and Porzingis to form the Big Three to compete against the Nets. Afterwards, he faintly felt something was wrong.

They really want to get Durant, and the team's current salary space can indeed directly provide Durant with a maximum salary contract.

But they didn't make any contact and communication with Durant and his agent team at all, so the question arises, why did Durant and his agent go to New York?
"Shouldn't it be..."

Afraid of what to come.

Only one day after the news about Durant going to New York was spread and fermented, many sports media commentators began to analyze the possibility of Durant joining the Knicks, and the discussion was in full swing.

The Oklahoma City Thunder and the Brooklyn Nets announced at the same time that the two teams reached a trade agreement. The Thunder will send Durant to the Nets in a sign-and-trade manner, and then get All-Star center Brook from the Nets. . Lopez, a Nets 2018 first-round pick, plus a 500 million trade exception.

As soon as the news came out, fans all over the league and even the world were stunned.

Durant joins the Nets, is he going to join forces with Wang Chao? ! !
(End of this chapter)