Chapter 243: Controversy over the deal with Divac
The Twitter war came to an end, and Zhang Feng slept soundly. When I woke up at noon, Twitter netizens' attention had shifted to the Hollywood sexual assault scandal, as several more female stars publicly accused Harvey Weinstein appeared, including big names like Angelina Jolie.
"Fortunately, I didn't let you act in a movie at the beginning, otherwise you might have suffered, Hollywood is really messy", Zhang Feng lay on the bed, stroked An Jiali's hair and said stupidly.
"Don't they dare, you forgot to single-handedly take down the New York gangs? That's something that the whole of America knows, you are a mission like the god of war, and they dare to groping me? An Jiali leaned sideways on Zhang Feng's chest and said coquettishly.
"Haha, that's not, if anyone dares to touch you, I'll break his legs", Zhang Feng was very glad that he had martial arts.
"By the way, Dad asked me to ask you if you have any plans for the team reinforcement"
"What? Can't wait to marry your daughter to me, are you sure you're biological? Zhang Feng made a joke first, An Jiali waved his hand and hit him in the chest, "If you get cheap, you will sell well."
After the joke was finished, Zhang Feng sat up and began to think seriously, of course, if you want to achieve good results, you have to strengthen, the existing lineup can swim in the playoffs at most, and the Western finals and even the championship can only be hoped for.
Reinforcement that position? What is the reinforcement? Zhang Feng went through the king's current situation in his mind.
In terms of salary structure, the largest contract is George Hill's 3-year 57 million, and then look at other teams, Grizzlies Mike Conley is $153 million for 5 years, Warriors are $201 million for Curry for 5 years, and Rockets Harden is $228 million for 6 years, so the comparison is simply shabby, but what is even worse is that except for George Hill and Randolph, the Kings do not have a 10 million dollar contract, which leads to a total salary of $79.93 million for the Kings season, and they only have a contract of less than $50 million in the 19 season.
Such a salary structure has a clear purpose, relying on signing free agents and draft drafts to rebuild the team, but the Kings have not done a good job in bringing in free agents, and every offseason they sign some second-rate stars who have passed their prime, Artest is far away, and Rudy Gay is close to it, but this is also something that can't be helped, and it is indeed difficult for the small ball market to attract big stars.
As for the draft, the Kings have supported and cultivated Kevin Martin, Tyrek Evans, and DeMarku Cousins in the past ten years, but unfortunately these three failed to provoke the Kings to rebuild the beams and left the team one after another, and they have not been able to exchange for any good seedlings.
The Kings are not rebuilding well, and in addition to the fact that the Martin trio themselves are not strong enough to have their own system, the Kings' top management confusion is also an important factor, such as the fact that they used the No. 8 pick to select Nick Stauskas, who is now out of play.
Fortunately, this year, An Jiali fully guaranteed that the king chose a new leading player - Zhang Feng. I don't know if it's because of his boss's son-in-law's identity, the king's high-level will notify Zhang Feng first of what he is doing now.
"Let's see if we can get Jaliel Okafor", Zhang Feng thought for a long time, and suddenly thought that he would be at home against the Philadelphia 76ers tomorrow, Okafor happened to be a good candidate, the king injured Giles and urgently needed to replenish the interior, the important thing is that the 76ers only need a second-round pick to release him, and this price wants to be cost-effective.
"Okay", Anjiali turned over and picked up the phone on the bedside table, and immediately texted Lanadivi.
In the afternoon, Zhang Feng drove off to participate in the team's training camp, and as soon as he entered the King's training gym, Divac stopped him. The two came to the office and sat down, and Divac said directly: "What do you like about Okafor?" ”。
As soon as he said this, Zhang Feng instantly understood that this time the boss asked him what he thought about the reinforcement, which was actually relaying the meaning of the management, and Divac's posture obviously had a candidate.
Zhang Feng sat on the sofa casually, "of course, I fancy his physical fitness and low-level skills."
"But he's slow to move, he's poor defensively, and he can't stop the onslaught of defenders in the small-ball era," Divac said, shaking his head, expressing his concern.
"After so many games, there's that guard who can casually rush inside under my defense?" Zhang Feng raised his eyebrows and asked.
"Willy is also playing well, I think the power forward should be added" Divac couldn't refute it, and said what he really thought.
Hearing such an evaluation, Zhang Feng shook his head again and again: "Costa can't do it, he can't take on the responsibility of the substitute center, Willy shoots too much, and he is more suitable for playing the bench lineup, so the center must be strengthened."
"That shouldn't be Okafor...... either"
"And who do you think it should be?" Zhang Feng hurriedly said.
"I'd like to get Greg Monroe even more," Divac was silent for a while, finally saying what he really thought.
Greg Monroe, who just swapped owners with Bradeso, and the Suns were still discussing whether to buy him out, Zhang Feng suddenly understood, no wonder Divac picked this time to ask his views on reinforcements.
Speaking of which, Monroe, who entered the NBA in 10 years, is already a veteran of the league, he is the main center before Drummond to the Pistons, with a double-double of 15+10 all year round, but he can only sign an offer contract after the end of his rookie contract, and the data has declined year after year after arriving at the Bucks, which can be described as miserable.
Monroe is the same as Okafor, both of them are easy to collapse in defense, so Zhang Feng can't understand why Divac wants Monroe more.
"He plays very tough, which is a quality that the current king lacks", seeing Zhang Feng frowning for a long time, Divac threw out such a sentence.
Playing tough? Zhang Feng carefully recalled the recent news, and suddenly remembered that Monroe's foul on Rose was upgraded to a first-degree malicious foul, and it seems that playing dirty is what Divac said tough.
Divac is not unreasonable, because every strong team has a basketball bully, such as Bowen of the Spurs, Perkins of the Celtics, Artest of the Lakers, and Green of the Warriors.
"I'm still suggesting Okafor, the tough qualities you are referring to, we already have Willy to do it for us, and we don't need to add another Monroe. Let's talk about it here, I'm going to participate in training", Zhang Feng opened the door and walked out.
This suggestion is very sincere, and it also explains the reason, and the data is not better than Okafor, as for how the management decides, Zhang Feng does not want to interfere, even if his identity is the leading player and the owner's son-in-law.
After Zhang Feng left, Divac thought alone in the office, he thought about it for half an hour, and finally he thought that Zhang Feng had a point. But how he got Okafor stumped him, because on the one hand, the king had very few cards in his hand, and on the other hand, he had made a stupid trade with the 76ers, which was ridiculed by his peers for a long time, and he is afraid to think about it now.