Chapter 209: Signing with the Lakers

The remaining four teams all have their own advantages and disadvantages, and the New York Bears' record has been as bad as it has been for more than ten years, and the only factor to consider is the advantage of being the largest metropolis in the United States.

The Chicago Bulls spent a lot of money to form the Big Three of Wade, Butler and Rondo last season, but it didn't turn out to be good, barely finishing eighth in the East and being swept by the Cavaliers in the first round.

After the season, the Bulls decided to push the current roster all to a rebuild, and Rondo had already been cut a few days ago. Butler was traded to the Timberwolves by the Bulls with the 16th pick in the first round earlier in exchange for Zach Brown. Lavin, Chris. Dunn and this year's first-round pick with the seventh pick.

The Big Three now only have Wade left, and Wade's buyout work is also being negotiated, as long as the two sides can negotiate a suitable price, Wade's contract will be bought out, completely demolished and rebuilt.

Wang Feng also knows what the Bulls will be like in the next few years, and they have been at the bottom of the East until the 21-22 season, when they finally returned to the playoffs and were eliminated 1:4 in the first round.

Finally, there are the Boston Celtics.

Compared with the above teams, Celtic's biggest advantage is the strength of the team.

Last season, the Celtics went all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals with the second best record in the East in the regular season, and although they were swept by the Cavaliers, they were also the strongest team under the Cavaliers in the entire East.

Wang Feng remembers that this summer, the Celtics will make a big move, first spending a huge amount of money for four years and $128 million to sign All-Star small forward Gordon Hayward, and then trading with the Cavaliers, using the team's core point guard Thomas Jr., a first-round pick and Jay Crowder and Ante Zhijic to trade for Kyrie Irving.

With the deal done, the Celtics are the favorites to win the Eastern Conference and the only team that has a chance to challenge the five-star Warriors.

Of course, what happened after that was clear to everyone, Hayward was unexpectedly injured in the opening game of the Celtics, and the following seasons were also constantly injured and suspended, and the average annual salary of up to 30 million became a garbage contract.

As for how much Irving is not better, not to mention the constant injuries, the Celtics performed better without him than with him, and they did nothing in the Celtics for two seasons, and finally chose to jump out of the contract and leave the team.

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In addition to the above six teams, there are other teams that have also made offers, including the Philadelphia 76ers, Oklahoma City Thunder, New Orleans Pelicans, Denver Nuggets, etc.

Most of these teams are small-ball cities, and although Philadelphia, where the 76ers are located, is a metropolis, they are not willing to provide Wang Feng with a super cap salary, and the offer is $94 million over four years.

94 million in 4 years, Harrison last year. Barnes' contract extension with the Mavericks is this price, and Wang Feng didn't even bother to take a look.

"In this way, although it seems that there are many teams to choose from, there are actually not many teams that are more suitable......

Wang Feng shook his head slightly.

"No matter where you want to go, I'll still say that, make a choice as soon as possible." Bill. Duffy's face was serious. "The longer you delay, the fewer teams you have to choose from."

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In the days following the end of the draft, the league continued to break out heavy news, one after another, one after another.

The most high-profile of these was the loss to the Cavaliers in the Finals to the Golden State Warriors.

On July 1st, the Warriors met with Stephen. Curry reached a contract extension agreement, and Curry signed a five-year contract worth $201 million, becoming the first Mr. 200 million in NBA history, significantly surpassing and refreshing the largest contract in NBA history held by Conley.

On July 4th, Kevin. Durant chose to jump out of his contract and re-signed a two-year, $53 million contract with the Warriors, which is also a 1+1 contract, and has a salary cut of nearly $9 million from last year's contract.

Durant's move is to free up salary space for the Warriors to re-sign Iguodala and Livingston, whose contracts expire.

The latter two then signed three-year, $48 million and three-year, $24 million contract extensions with the Warriors, respectively.

It can be seen that Durant is a ruin with an attitude of becoming a benevolent if he doesn't succeed.

A few days ago, Wang Feng made it clear through his agent that he would not renew his contract with the Cavaliers, as long as the Warriors can maintain their current lineup, they will definitely be able to win the championship next season!

In the next few days, big contracts were frequently revealed every day.

The Clippers teamed up with power forward Blake. Griffin agreed to a five-year, $173 million contract extension.

The New Orleans Pelicans signed a five-year, $126 million contract extension for point guard Jrue Holiday .

Boston Celtics sign forward Gordon Hayward for 4 years for 128 million......

In a series of chaotic contract renewals and transactions, people found that Wang Feng, who should have been frantically competing for by various teams, never moved.

"How? Where exactly does Wang Feng want to go? ”

Previously, the media broke that the Boston Celtics were very interested in Wang Feng and had already provided a maximum salary offer, many people thought that Wang Feng was likely to go to the strong Celtics, and even Thomas Jr., the star of the Green Army, publicly spoke to recruit Wang Feng.

Unexpectedly, a few days later, the Celtics signed Hayward, completely locking up the salary space in the team.

Which is better, Wang Feng or Hayward, this question does not need to be entangled at all, it costs the same price, but gets a relatively inferior one, many people do not understand this.

However, then the local media in Boston broke out that Wang Feng had rejected the Boston Celtics not long ago, so the Celtics would urgently use funds to sign Hayward to ensure the strength of the team.

Wang Feng actually rejected the Celtics? So where exactly does he want to go?

Fans all over the world are puzzled.

Fortunately, Wang Feng didn't make them wait too long.

On July 7, the Los Angeles Lakers officially announced that Huaguo forward Wang Feng reached an agreement with the Lakers that Wang Feng would sign a four-year contract of 118 million with a player option for the fourth year.

In the next four years, Wang Feng will wear the No. 1 purple and gold jersey and play for the Los Angeles Lakers.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the alliance.

"Wang Feng is actually going to the Lakers?"

As one of the most successful teams in NBA history, the Los Angeles Lakers have always been one of the most watched teams in the league and have produced one of the top superstars in history.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Big Shark O'Neal, Black Mamba Bryant.

Now, the Lakers are about to welcome a new star, Wang Feng!

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