Thompson's poor start to the season is a common occurrence.

Even later, slow heat is one of his shortcomings, and his performance will fluctuate in the first few weeks of every new season, scoring even more efficiently than Curry when he is hot, but he is also terrible when he is not in good shape.

This actually has something to do with Thompson's short offseason training time.

Thompson, who has the nickname of "Buddha" in China, is not as pure and desireless as he seems, and he is not good-looking, and the simple-looking Thompson is no less than Harden's night master, he likes to go to nightclubs very much, and changing girlfriends is as frequent as changing clothes.

Throughout the offseason, the most Thompson did was take a group of girls on a yacht to the sea to fish, a proper winner in life.

Therefore, every time a new season begins, Thompson's competitive state declines when his body is hollowed out for various unspeakable reasons.

But I have to admire that a top star is a top star, and he often needs to train for a period of time, and he will quickly find his form and show his outstanding performance on the field.

During this period, it was a rare opportunity for Wang Feng.

After a hard training in the summer, coupled with the Asian Championships, Wang Feng's condition has always been in a good condition, although this has led to some fatigue, but after strengthening the physical strength value to 90, the burden on his body has been reduced to the greatest extent.

Wang Feng played well in the first three games, much to the surprise of head coach Kerr.

He didn't expect that in just one summer, Wang Feng would actually develop a mid- and long-range shooting, and the efficiency would be so stable.

Although Wang Feng has shown it in the preseason before, the defensive intensity in the preseason is completely different from the regular season, and now Wang Feng has proved that even in the regular season with higher defensive intensity, his mid-range shooting is still stable.

In this case, Cole was not stingy, and continued to arrange tactics in the next game, providing Wang Feng with a lot of opportunities to shoot.

On November 2, the Warriors beat the Grizzlies by 50 points 119-69 at home!

Curry clocked out as usual in the third order, while Wang Feng, as the starter, still got some playing time in the fourth quarter.

In the end, when he was the first in the team in 30 minutes of playing time, Wang Feng scored 23 points on 8-of-14 shooting!

"For ...... Why is this happening? ”

Barnes, who had also been on the court in the fourth quarter, looked at Wang Feng and was already desperate in his heart.

The team had a big lead and had entered garbage time in advance, and the head coach actually put Wang Feng on the field and asked other players to pass the ball to Wang Feng to help him get a high score.

As long as you are not a fool, you will understand that Cole is exercising Wang Feng and building confidence for him.

At this moment, Barnes's heart was like ashes, and he knew that he had no chance.

Wang Feng, this little-known undrafted pick, has achieved a comprehensive surpass of him in just over half a year!

"If you keep going like this! Next summer...... No way! It's time to apply for a trade as soon as possible! ”

A few days later, Barnes' agent approached Warriors general manager Myers, who tactfully expressed Barnes' frustration and dissatisfaction with his current position on the team and wanted to seek a trade to another team.

Miles wasn't surprised.

In fact, he's been thinking about it lately.

Originally, Barnes was one of the important pieces of the puzzle for the team, and he had good potential, which could fit well with the Curry Thompson splash brothers' style of play and small-ball tactics.

But they now have a better candidate, Wang Feng.

Wang Feng has a stronger outside defense than Barnes, a more accurate three-point shot, and now even the mid-range has been developed, and the efficiency is not inferior to Barnes or even better!

There is no suspense at all about who to choose between the two.

In fact, Barnes played well in the preseason and still won him some opportunities.

In the first few games of the regular season, although Barnes came off the bench, he also played a lot of playing time, even close to 30 minutes at one point.

However, his performance was very disappointing.

In the opening game, they shot 3-of-12 from the field against the Pelicans, and their shooting percentage remained at around 40 percent in the following games.

Barnes spent most of his time playing against substitutes from other teams, and he was supposed to have the opportunity to steal points and open up the gap, but he failed to capitalize on it most of the time.

Renewing Barnes' contract next summer is not cheap at all, and now he can't see a better point than Wang Feng in him, what reason does the team have to keep him? Taking advantage of the fact that his contract has not yet expired, trading Barnes away in exchange for more and better chips is the right solution.

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Soon, the teams around the league knew that the Warriors would play Harrison. The news that Barnes is on the shelf is of great interest to many teams.

Although he lost to Wang Feng in the intra-team competition, Barnes still has a lot to show for himself as a potential rookie.

Excellent physical fitness, excellent defense and abundant offensive means make Barnes extremely valuable to cultivate, and it is possible to play at an All-Star level if given enough possession.

Wang Feng, who is a traverser, knows this best.

According to the original historical course, after the rookie contract expires next summer, Barnes will sign the Dallas Mavericks with a maximum salary of four years and $94 million.

In the following 16-17 season, as the main core of the Mavericks, Barnes contributed an average of 19+5 per game for two consecutive seasons, although it was not particularly outstanding, but the performance was barely worthy of his contract value.

Wang Feng is from his own agent, Bill. Duffy's mouth learned that Barnes had been put on the shelf.

When he heard the news, Wang Feng was surprised to find that he was not greatly relieved.

It stands to reason that Barnes is traded away, and his starting small forward position will be completely solidified, and he should be very happy.

But in fact, Wang Feng found himself very calm about it, as if it was just a trivial matter.

Truly...... For the current Wang Feng, in fact, Barnes is no longer a threat, even if he continues to stay with the Warriors, there is no chance to regain the starting position from Wang Feng.

In mid-November, Barnes, who had been put on the shelf, was finally traded away after some bargaining.

The team that won Barnes was a bit unexpected by Wang Feng, and it was still the Dallas Mavericks.

In order to get Barnes, the Mavericks paid two future second-round picks, part of the cash compensation plus a blue-collar center, the famous villain Zaza. Pachuria.

It's a bit of a surprise, but it's reasonable to think about it.

The Mavericks are willing to pay Barnes a maximum salary of $94 million for four years in the future, and they must be very optimistic about his potential, and it is not surprising that they will pay a little price to get Barnes half a year in advance.

It's just that the Warriors actually got Pachulia ahead of schedule because of this, which is also too coincidental.