There is nothing wrong with salary cuts and contract renewals, and there are often examples in the league, but there is also a standard for reducing salaries.

Like the Heat Big Three in 10 years, Durant, who joined the Warriors last year, chose to take a salary cut, but their salary cut was around a few million dollars.

If Wang Feng renews his contract with the Cavaliers with a salary cut, according to the current salary space of the Cavaliers, the loss may exceed 20 million or even more.

No matter how rich a star is, he can't do that.

The Oakland reporter is well aware of this, and the reason why he brought it up was to disgust the Cavaliers and not make them so happy after winning the championship.

"If you want to go back to your Cleveland Desser, don't show off your power on our territory, wait until Wang Feng leaves the team next year, and see how we beat your knights!"

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That's right, after winning the championship, the first thing the Cavaliers have to consider is how to renew Wang Feng's contract.

After the players returned to Cleveland, the team began preparations for the championship parade.

As the city's first four-major league trophy, the whole of Cleveland attaches great importance to it, from the government department to every street storefront, to give maximum support.

On the day of the parade, countless fans took to the streets, and the scene was unprecedented!

As a small city nicknamed Kecun by Chinese netizens, the scene of the championship parade is actually more lively than that of the Warriors in Oakland, which is indeed commendable.

In the bustling crowd, banners pulled up by fans can be seen from time to time.

"LEBRON OUR KING, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROMISE!"

"Wang Feng stays, Cleveland needs you."

Cleveland fans are indeed quite enthusiastic, especially for Wang Feng, the savior, who parachuted into the Cavaliers, saved James' career, and also saved Cleveland's Chinese players, they all want to keep him.

But in the midst of the cheers, no one mentioned Lefou, no one mentioned Owen, and maybe there were, but the voice was too small to be overshadowed by the other cheers.

Owen, who was standing on the Cavaliers bus, had a thoughtful expression on his face as he listened to the words of the fans trying their best to keep Wang Feng.

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A few days later, the draft began.

The Philadelphia 76ers signed Markle with the No. 1 pick. Fultz, the Lakers drafted guard Lonzo with the Roster pick. Ball, the Celtics selected forward Jason with a scout pick. Tatum.

The Cavaliers didn't make any moves in the draft, because they had already overdrawn all the draft picks for the next few years in order to form a Big Three two years ago, so they could only watch other teams play in the draft.

After the draft tournament ended, the free agency market also opened, and the major teams began to work on contract extensions and trades in full swing.

The first thing the Cavaliers did was to reach a contract extension with LeBron James, the core of the team, and the two sides signed a three-year contract extension with a total amount of 98 million, of which the third year is a player option.

This is James' first long-term contract since returning to the Cavaliers, although it is only one year longer than the previous 1+1 contract, but for a top star like him across the ages, this is already a very sincere contract extension, at least it can guarantee that he will be in Cleveland for the next two years, and Cavaliers fans are quite satisfied.

After successfully completing James' contract extension, the Cavaliers immediately began discussions on Wang Feng's contract extension.

However, when they contacted Wang Feng's agent, Bill. Duffy's reply was a surprise to them.

"I'm sorry, everybody."

"I've had in-depth discussions with my employer, and we agreed that it's time to say goodbye."

"Wang Feng has been very happy in his year with the Cavaliers, but now he wants to take on more responsibilities and go to a team that can be the core of the team."

As soon as these words came out, the general manager of the Cavaliers suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

If Wang Feng only wanted a contract with a maximum salary, they could still think of a way.

Cavaliers management, head coaches, and even James have had secret discussions in the past few days, and decided to try to trade Love to free up salary space for the team so that Wang Feng's contract extension can be completed.

Kevin. Although Lefu is a very good player, he is now close to 30 years old when he was born in 88, and even if he wins the championship this season, Lefou's performance has been up and down and seems to be a little struggling.

In fact, in the first two seasons, when the Cavaliers were unable to win the championship, Love was the player who fell into the most trade rumors, and the Cavaliers did not have the idea of trading Love.

It's just that there aren't many better players on the market than LeFou, and the chips needed are quite high.

Now, in order to keep Wang Feng, trading Lefu is not something that needs to be tangled.

But if Wang Feng didn't want to stay in the Cavaliers at all, then the situation would be completely different.

Upon learning the news, James made a call to Wang Feng as soon as possible.

"Wang, I hope you can think about it again, our partner is really a combination that can do miracles, we can win many, many championships, and I am now about to turn 34, there are only a few years left in my prime, as long as you stay, when you are fully grown, I can also smoothly give you the position and create a legend."

James's words were sincere, but Wang Feng knew very well that this old BT, who will be 38 years old in 2022, can still average 30.3 points per game, although his dominance is no longer enough to drag the team into the playoffs by that time, but in terms of personal ability, he is still one of the top ten players in the league!

"LeBron ......"

Wang Feng was silent for a moment, and then said: "Let's be simple and straightforward, what you said is not what I want. ”

"As long as I'm on the same team as you, I'll never have the chance to challenge you, and I don't want to inherit everything you have when you're old, but to beat you head-on when you're still in your prime! Prove that I'm the better one! ”

There was silence for a long time.

James finally understood Wang Feng's ambition, he was not satisfied with being a prince who inherited the throne, but wanted to be a separatist prince who rose up with the trend, intending to win the world.

"Is that what you think? Well......"

James was silent for a long time and said: "No matter what, thank you for helping me beat the Warriors to win this championship, and the next time we meet on the court, it will be time for you and me to really compete!" ”

"No thanks." Wang Feng shook his head, his tone flat. "I chose to join the Cavaliers just to beat the Warriors and prove that the two championship rings I got with the Warriors didn't come by hugging my thighs, we just got what we needed."

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