Chapter 137: Renewal Negotiations

The announcement of Wang Feng's participation in the Olympic Games in advance is the result of negotiations with the Basketball Association after the Yao team discussed with Wang Feng.

This is a win-win situation, whether it is for Wang Feng or the Chinese Basketball Association, it is a good way to effectively improve the prestige, so even if there is a feeling of specialization, no one will care about this problem.

If you want to be as awesome as Wang Feng, you can do the same? If not, then compete with the rest of the national team athletes for the remaining 11 places.

Since last year's Asian Championships, the Chinese men's basketball team won the championship all the way and successfully obtained a direct ticket to the Olympic Games, so it does not need to participate in the Olympic qualifying tournament that began in June this year.

With plenty of time, the Chinese men's basketball team will carry out multiple rounds of training in the next two months, and arrange several warm-up games, in an effort to adjust everyone's competitive level to the best before the start of the Rio Olympics.

Many netizens did not see Wang Feng's name in the official training list announced by the Basketball Association.

Wang Feng did not participate in the training camp of the Huaguo men's basketball team.

People began to have different opinions, and it was even more miraculous on the Internet.

Some people say that Wang Feng plays a big name, while others say that Wang Feng has a conflict with the Basketball Association and is likely to refuse to participate in the Olympic Games......

Public opinion became more and more exaggerated, and soon, Wang Feng and the basketball association officials took the initiative to issue a statement at the same time to refute the rumors.

"Wang Feng has just had a series of fierce playoff confrontations in the NBA, his body is in a state of fatigue, he needs to rest, and he is not suitable for a heavy training program, and he is at risk of injury."

"And we consider that this summer is Wang Feng's contract year, and he needs to stay in the United States to discuss the renewal of his contract with the team, so after Wang Feng's economic team communicated, Wang Feng was allowed to be absent from the Olympic preparation training."

This explanation is well-founded, and I can't fault it at all.

The CBA Finals ended in March, most of the players have been resting for more than 3 months, their bodies are fully relaxed and energetic, the NBA Finals have only been over for a few days, and the intensity of the NBA confrontation is not comparable to the CBA, Wang Feng's body has accumulated how much fatigue can be imagined.

The reason why Da Yao was frequently injured back then, excessive weight may be the direct cause, but the NBA's intensive schedule, fierce confrontation, and frequent return to China to lead the team to participate in international events are also one of the factors that cannot be ignored.

Da Yao has only reached the second round of the playoffs once in his career, and Wang Feng, who has played until the finals for two consecutive years, is obviously more tired.

Moreover, this summer is Wang Feng's contract year, and he will definitely meet with many NBA teams in the United States to strive for a bigger contract extension, how can he drop everything and run back to participate in the training camp?

In fact, when there was a lot of uproar in China because of this incident, Wang Feng was already sitting at the negotiating table, looking at his agent Bill. Duffy and Warriors general manager Myers had a heated argument.

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"Bill, I hope you can understand our sincerity, Wang Feng is an indispensable member of the team, an important piece of the puzzle to win the championship, if we want to create a dynasty, we must keep Wang Feng, we value him very much, and are willing to provide him with a high-salary contract extension."

Miles shook his head and said: "However, your asking price is inevitably a little too high, not to mention the problem of the team's salary space, is Wang Feng's performance really worth the price?" ”

"Bob, do you think Wang Feng is not worth the price?" Bill. As a senior agent, Duffy and Miles are also old acquaintances, so the two call each other by their names, he smiled slightly, and his face looked calm.

"As far as I know, the Mavericks have been in a relationship with Harrison. Barnes has reached a verbal agreement that he will renew his contract with a maximum salary, and what is the situation of Wang Feng and Barnes directly opposite each other in the first round of the playoffs, I believe you should know very well, right? ”

"As for the salary space, this should be even more worrying, the league's new broadcast contracts with ESPN and TNT are about to take effect, as the general manager of the Warriors, you shouldn't know what the new broadcast contract amount is, right? If you don't know, it's okay, I can tell you, 24 billion in 9 years! ”

Bill. Duffy's smile was very happy. "It's a great thing for us as agents because the league's salary cap is bound to go up, which means players can sign bigger contracts."

Miles pulled at his cheeks and smiled a not-so-bright smile.

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Get out of the Warriors office.

Bill. Duffy put away his professional smile and looked at Wang Feng.

"It's not right, the Warriors don't seem to be particularly interested in signing you to a contract extension, no, based on your performance in the playoffs, especially in the Finals, anyone in their right mind will do whatever it takes to keep you."

Wang Feng seemed quite calm.

"It stands to reason that it should be, but if the other party has a better choice, it may not be."

Bill. Duffy was slightly stunned.

"A better option?"

He immediately revisited all of the free agents whose contracts expired this summer.

There are not many free agents in the same position as Wang Feng, such as Harrison, who has only been verbally agreed upon and has not yet completed the signing. Barnes, Ruhr. Deng, Evan. Turner, Chandler. Parsons and others, but their abilities are definitely not comparable to Wang Feng.

Wait a minute...... And one more, Kevin. Durant?

Bill who thinks of the name. Duffy couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.

"The Warriors won't be targeting Durant, will they? This summer, the free agent center is the only one who is better than you! Hehe, just kidding, how is that possible? ”

As a veteran broker, Bill. Duffy doesn't believe in this possibility at all, even though there is already gossip that Durant has rejected the Thunder's request for contract extension negotiations and made it clear that he will leave the team this summer.

In order to pursue the championship, it is common for stars to choose to leave the team to join a stronger and more wealthy team.

But how can a top MVP-level star like Durant join a team that has won two consecutive championships and eliminated himself in the Western Conference finals in order to win the championship, which is also too.

Look at Bill. Duffy looked incredulous, the corners of Wang Feng's mouth twitched, and he didn't speak.

To be reasonable, the situation of the Warriors is completely different from another time and space.

One is a two-game winning streak with 74 wins in the regular season.

One is that the finals were overturned, with 73 wins in the regular season.

But ask yourself, is there really a big difference between two Warriors in different time and space?

James led the Cavaliers to fall behind 1:3 and turn the tables to win the championship and create a miracle.

But if you could go back in time and start all over again, how many people would think the Cavaliers would still be able to win the series?

The 73-win Barnes version of the Warriors failed to win the championship, but they were still the undisputed strongest of the season! Even if Barnes renews his contract with the Warriors, the Warriors will still be the first favorite to win the championship before the start of next season!

Since Durant can walk on the "most difficult road" without hesitation. ”

So gritting your teeth and joining a two-time championship team doesn't seem like such a difficult decision, right?

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