Chapter 206: What does it feel like to be without a champion?

After the game, Durant was directly absent from the interview at the Warriors' press conference, although refusing to participate in the post-game press conference is likely to be punished by a fine from the league, but Durant doesn't care anymore.

Rather than the insulting questions that reporters might ask at the press conference, Durant is more willing to pay some money to clean himself up.

In fact, in the seven games of the finals, Durant's performance was really impeccable, averaging 35.2 points, 8.2 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game, with a shooting rate of 49%, and his score was higher than James.

But who cares how flashy his stats are? The Warriors lost, and in the tiebreaker, without Curry, Durant failed to lead the team to win the most crucial game.

Besides, among the main forces of the entire Warriors, you are an outsider, in this case, who is behind the blame if you don't take the blame?

Warriors head coach Kerr said helplessly in an interview.

"The Cavaliers are a very strong team, they have the strongest LeBron in the league, they have a lot of good players such as Wang Feng, Irving, etc., they are on par with us, if Stephen G7 can play, we may still have a chance to win, but obviously luck is on their side."

"There's no way, that's the game, we have to accept the reality, it will probably take a long time to heal, but we won't be beaten, what doesn't kill me will only make me stronger, and next season, I'm sure we'll see a stronger Warriors."

Although Curry was unable to play due to injury, he sat on the sidelines to watch the whole game and attended the press conference after the game.

During the interview, Curry looked very disappointed and blamed himself for the team's loss.

Compared to the Warriors, the Cavaliers' press conference atmosphere was much more lively.

James, who had the FMVP and championship trophies in front of his desk, was smiling brightly.

"Guys, it's hard to put into words, it's amazing, we worked hard all season and then we fought against the best teams in the league and even in history, and then we got the win."

"This is the first major league championship in Cleveland, and it's been really, really good that I made good on my promise to win a championship for the Cleveland fans......

'Of course, it's not a win for me alone, we're a team, a good team, and everyone in the team plays a vital role, the manager, the other players, and even the role players, it's because we're all together that we can get to the end."

James is very emotional, this championship is really too important to him, and this will be an important championship that can completely whitewash him! Cleveland's championship will erase the estrangement he had with Cleveland and all the fans because of his decision.

What's more, the title brought him to three championships in terms of championship total, while preventing the Warriors and Curry from winning three in a row.

After all, if he loses the finals again this time, Curry will win a three-game championship on his head, and James, who only has two championship trophies, will talk about being the first person in the league?

To put it bluntly, this championship saved his career.

On the other hand, Wang Feng, who was sitting next to James, seemed much calmer.

For Wang Feng, who has been winning championships since entering the league and now has three consecutive championships and three trophies in hand, the improvement in reputation after winning the championship is really not as good as the rewards given by the system.

When asked how he felt after winning the championship, Wang Feng's answer was quite speechless.

"I think it's okay, but if you have to ask me what I think, I can't say exactly, after all, I haven't lost a championship in my NBA career until now, so I don't really know what it's like."

James: "......"

Sometimes the gap between anyone is bigger than that of a human and a pig.

James has struggled in the league for more than ten years, won countless honors, and has only just won three championships.

Although Wang Feng did not win the championship as the core leader of a team like James, but these three championships, especially the last two championships, Wang Feng's responsibilities in the team are also quite important, whether it is the Warriors in 15 years or the Cavaliers in 16 years, he is the team's second scoring point, contributing efficient scoring while shouldering the burden of the team's outside defense of the opponent's core players.

In this finals, Wang Feng is responsible for defending Durant, and in the case of direct confrontation between the two, Durant was obviously suppressed by Wang Feng, and his score and efficiency declined sharply, and the reason why he was able to cut an average of 35 points per game was mainly because Durant used a lot of blocking and dismantling during the game, and misplaced short players such as Owen alone.

And since the G4 game, Wang Feng has begun to come off the bench, and the number of direct confrontations with Durant has become less.

Sometimes it's hard to imagine how far a player born in 92 and now only 25 years old has won three consecutive championships and can contribute 30+ points per game in the finals?

"Wang Feng."

At the end of the press conference, a reporter asked a question that everyone was curious about.

"We all know that after the Finals, your contract with the Cavaliers will officially expire, what are your plans for the future? Will you consider renewing your contract with the Cavaliers to continue to make a difference? The Cavaliers don't seem to have the salary space to offer you a cap offer, would you make a financial sacrifice for honor? ”

This reporter is obviously a local media outlet for the Golden State Warriors, and this remark has some of these meanings of sowing discord and disgusting people.

The Cavaliers are actually very clear that it is unlikely that they can keep Wang Feng, and it is not impossible to reduce the salary and renew the contract, but it also needs to have a degree.

The Cavaliers' current salary space is not traded for Irving, Love and others, no matter how it is operated, it can only free up an annual salary quotation contract of about 20 million at most.

Wang Feng has triggered the Rose clause, and the starting salary of the next contract can reach 30% of the team's salary cap.

Even according to the salary cap that skyrocketed after the league just signed a new broadcast contract in 16 years, there are nearly 24.33 million US dollars, according to the situation, the salary cap in 17 years may rise to about 99 million, and the average annual salary of the contract that Wang Feng can sign is probably close to 28 million!

It sounds exaggerated, but it's the truth.

Mike. Conley signed a five-year contract with the Grizzlies last year for 153 million, with an average annual salary of more than 30 million.

Conley's contract includes bird rights, so it will be higher, and Wang Feng is limited by his age and the amount of time he has played for the team, so he can't trigger bird rights, but the 5% salary cap increase in Rose's clause is also exaggerated.

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