Durant and Westbrook ...... Liu Ren felt that the two seemed to be a little inseparable.

Liu Ren looked at the two first-generation double young or three young combinations that seemed to have a very good relationship, and always felt that they did not seem to have a good relationship on the scene.

This is just a feeling, Liu Ren always feels that Durant has the intention of deliberately befriending him, while Westbrook purely wants to get the treatment of being invited by Liu Ren that the legendary "superstar" can get.

The new year started with the first four easy races. After the Lakers have a record of three wins and one loss, they finally began to usher in another difficult schedule, with the remaining 11 games this month featuring the Thunder, Warriors, Rockets, Spurs, Mavericks, Trail Blazers, Jazz, Bulls and other opponents, that is, almost half of the opponents are championship contenders, and seven or eight opponents are teams competing for the playoffs in the East and West.

The first opponent is the Thunder, who are now fourth in the West.

The Thunder team is really a little desperate now, their record is 23-14, and it is basically impossible to catch up with the Warriors, Lakers, and Spurs who have lost less than ten games, but because they are still strong in the same division, it is difficult for the Trail Blazers and Jazz to enter the playoffs, the Timberwolves and Nuggets don't even have any playoff hope at all, their regional championships are more stable than the Warriors, and they are not worried about falling out of the top four in the West, the whole team has no pressure at all, as long as they don't lose too much, there is no pressure at all to enter the playoffs as the fourth in the West, This made many Thunder players about to lose their fighting spirit.

And the Lakers want to stay out of the 29-9 Spurs team, plus there are too many players who want to have a good future and get a good contract after the end of this year, and everyone doesn't want to lose a game, unless it's a rotation when the strength is really not good, otherwise they don't want to lose any game.

This was evident from the very beginning of the game between the Lakers and the Thunder.

The Lakers sent Antetokounmpo, Kobe, Liu Ren, Green, and Whiteside's strongest lineup, and the Thunder's lineup was much worse, Westbrook, Wieters, Durant, Ibaka, and Adams.

Liu Ren and Antetokounmpo defend Westbrook and Durant respectively, the physical fitness of the two is completely true, and even has an advantage, and the other players of the Thunder really don't help the two much, they were pressed and beaten by the Lakers at the beginning, and the Lakers' defensive focus is on the two, when the two are locked by Liu Ren and Antetokounmpo, the Thunder basically have no other way.

From the very beginning of the game, the Lakers took a lead of more than 10 points.

When the Lakers completely established the lead after the third quarter, Liu Ren somewhat understood why Durant had the feeling of being separated from Westbrook.

In addition, Durant has consulted with Pelinka about moving to Los Angeles or Oakland, Liu Ren has reason to believe that Durant wants to leave the Thunder, and to be honest, Liu Ren also thinks that the management of the Thunder team has a good draft vision, but the operation is really a bit scum......

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The Lakers didn't spend much effort to defeat the Thunder, not because the combination of Durant and Westbrook was not strong, but because the Lakers happened to have Liu Ren, who had the strongest defensive breakthrough in the league, and Antetokounmpo, who had the most advantage in defending tall shooters, just restrained the Thunder's only two strong points, and easily defeated the Thunder to get the 32nd victory of the season.

However, the defeat to the Thunder made Durant's disappointment with his team deeper, and Liu Ren was a little more worried.

Although Durant and Curry are both players from their own companies, from the perspective of players, Durant and Curry's team is too strong and is not in the interests of Liu Ren.

After Liu Ren returned home after playing the game with the Thunder, he immediately called the chick and the cold-faced beauty out to discuss the problem about Durant.

"Aren, are you worried that Durant will want to leave the Thunder and go to the Warriors to form a super group in the summer? Is this possible? The Warriors are already that strong, if the Thunder lose to the Warriors in this year's playoffs. There's no way Durant is going to the Warriors, right? I'd rather believe he'd want to come to our Lakers or go to the Clippers. "The chick feels unreliable about Liu Ren's guess.

"This ...... Maybe you're right, according to the prediction that the salary cap will be close to 100 million next season, our team except for Kobe Bryant and Green, Monroe, the salaries of other players do not consider contract renewal, the highest is Gasol's 8.6 million, the salary cap I occupied before the renewal is 9 million, Antetokounmpo and LaVine are still on rookie contracts, Clarkson is not in a hurry to renew the space that occupies less than two million, Whiteside still has a year of cheap contracts, Kobe and Gasol are both decreasing contracts, plus several two-way contracts expire, Next season, we may only have a salary of more than 7,000 to close to 80 million, and there is enough space to sign Durant, but I still feel that Durant does not want to come to the Lakers so much, I took a look, and the Warriors' salary situation is better than ours. Liu Ren analyzed.

"The boss is right, the Warriors' salary situation is simply too good, now there are only four salaries of more than 10 million, Curry and Iguodala are both 11 million salaries, Bogut is only 12 million, Thompson is 17 million next season, and Bogut is on a non-guaranteed contract next season, I think the Warriors will choose to buy out or trade, Bogut is basically not helpful to the Warriors now. After the absence of Bogut, plus some contracts expiration, the Warriors' salary bill is only 6700, even if the salary cap is only about 95 million next season, the Warriors can provide Durant with a full cap salary, with Curry, Thompson and other backcourt combinations, plus the Warriors' completely favorable shooter style of play, the Warriors are indeed more attractive than us. The cold-faced beauty analyzed.

The chick looks at the data and it is really so.

If Durant is bent on going to the Warriors, then as an agency, Chick, Monica and a group of agents in the company can only operate him to the Warriors according to Durant's ideas, get the biggest contract and the largest image endorsement share, because no one will get along with money.

However, this is very inconsistent with Liu Ren's interests.

If the combination of Curry plus Thompson and Durant is really formed, then it means that the strongest pitchers in the three positions from point guard to small forward are all on the same team, so that even if the Lakers keep their current lineup, they are not necessarily the opponents of the Warriors.

This was a huge threat to Liu Ren's desire to establish a dynasty.

"We're going to convince Durant not to go to the Warriors, and I think the Knicks or the Clippers are good options, and Durant should agree." The chick thought for a moment and said.

"No, I don't think it's feasible to work hard from Durant," Liu Ren felt something from Durant in the past two days, Durant doesn't seem to have such a big pursuit of money, because Durant gets almost 20 million endorsement fees a year, and the share of image rights and publicity from the team is completely just a drizzle, and there is not much difference for Durant in Los Angeles, New York or San Francisco, "I think we should start with the Warriors' lineup and break them up." ”

"A-Ren, you want to work with Curry? The Lakers have enough chips right now, and if Curry is convinced by us that he's bent on coming to us, I think the Magic will come up with enough chips. ”

"No, Curry can't come to me, he wants to beat me more," Liu Ren knows Curry's personality too well, "I think we can start with Barnes or Thompson......"