Chapter 222: The Final Reinforcement
Whether it was Wang Feng reporting to the Lakers in advance and single-handedly abusing Ingram, or Kobe Bryant inviting Wang Feng to dinner and publicly admitting Wang Feng, the popularity of these news was limited to Los Angeles.
Looking at the league, there have been too many big events this offseason, and the popularity of Wang Feng's news is much lower in comparison.
Since the opening of the league's free agency, there has been a steady stream of signings and trades, including three teams that have formed superteams through trades: the Boston Celtics, the Houston Rockets, and the Oklahoma City Thunder.
First of all, the Boston Celtics, as soon as the news of Irving's departure was announced by the media, the Celtics immediately heard the news and actively communicated with the Cavaliers.
In the end, the Celtics sent the core point guard Isiah. Thomas, Jay. Claude, Ante. Zhiric, along with a first-round pick from the Nets, traded for Carey from the Cavaliers. Irving.
The poor 175, the strongest on the surface, just played the most representative performance of his career with the Celtics, and vowed to let the Celtics drive a cash truck to renew his contract, but he was traded as goods in a blink of an eye.
The Celtics, who got Irving, also formed Irving, Horford and Hayward's pseudo-Big Three, coupled with the Celtics' own very good tactical system and role player lineup, immediately became one of the favorites to win the championship.
On the other hand, the Cavaliers lost Irving, although there was Isaiah. Thomas, the top three players on the MVP list last season, joined, but Thomas Jr.'s technical characteristics are obviously incompatible with James, and Thomas Jr., who is like a black hole on the defensive end, does not have the Celtics' perfect defensive system to help wipe his ass, and it is difficult to say how he will be targeted on the court.
The strength of the two sides has been reduced by the strength of the other, and in the eyes of many, the Cavaliers seem to have lost their position as the dominant player in the East.
The rise of the Houston Rockets is mainly due to Chris. Paul's Deal.
The Rockets traded seven for one from the Clippers to legendary point guard Chris. Paul, although the partnership between Paul and Harden is not favored by most people, believing that two players who need the ball together will inevitably have a conflict over the distribution of the ball, but it is undeniable that the Rockets after the trade are second only to the Warriors and Spurs in the West.
Finally, there is the Thunder, the triple-double macho Westbrook finally ushered in a helper after a legendary average triple-double data performance per game.
The Thunder made a desperate bet, first with Victor. Oladipo and Domantas. Sabonis was traded from the Indiana Pacers to All-Star small forward Paul. George, who then traded with the Knicks, traded Kanter and McDermott plus an 18-year second-round pick, and traded All-Star forward Cameron. Anthony.
The Thunder version of the Big Three was officially formed, shocking the whole league.
Cameron. Although Anthony is old, he still has some gas in the tank, and he still averaged 22.4 points and 5.9 rebounds per game with the Knicks last season.
Paul. George is in his prime, averaging 23.7 points and 6.6 rebounds per game last season.
Plus Russell, the regular season MVP who averaged 30+10+10 per game last season. Westbrook.
Almost overnight, the Thunder became the most likely threat to the Warriors' championship.
Of course, Wang Feng, as a traverser, knows very well how this Thunder team will perform in the new season.
Threatening the Warriors' arch-rivals? They didn't even make it past the first round, and they didn't even have time to meet the Warriors.
Of these three teams, the strongest is the least favored Rockets, which I am afraid no one could have imagined at the beginning of the season.
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Seeing that one team after another is constantly improving the team lineup, trading and signing to strengthen the strength.
However, after the Lakers signed Wang Feng and sent Mozgov in exchange for Lopez through a trade, they did nothing.
The Lakers, who did almost nothing, disappointed fans in Los Angeles.
originally thought that after signing Wang Feng, the Lakers would immediately start trading and reinforcements, and they could see the rise of the new Lakers in the new season.
But now look at it, who is in the Lakers lineup?
Wang Feng,Brandon. Ingram, Lonzo. Bauer, Kyle. Kuzma, Julius. Randle, Jordan. Clarkson, Larry. Nance ......
All young players, the only one who has some strength and is older is Brooke, who has not been traded for a long time. Lopez.
What kind of performance can such a squad have in the new season? I'm afraid it won't be much different from last season, it's still at the bottom of the league.
No one thinks that just a parachuted Wang Feng can lead the Lakers to what height, even if Wang Feng has won three consecutive championships in the first three years, but that is not his credit, Wang Feng just played an important role in a championship-winning team, but not the most critical person.
"It seems that we have to wait to see the Lakers rise, but how long will we have to wait? No one knows ......"
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For a whole month after the time entered September, Wang Feng's life was basically three o'clock and one line, going home to sleep, eating in the restaurant, and training in the stadium.
Wang Feng originally planned to gain 5 kilograms, which was a rough judgment based on the need for the system to strengthen his strength, and it was not necessary to gain 5 kilograms, but in this process, Wang Feng gradually groped and controlled his weight at about 105 kilograms, that is, he gained nearly 7 kilograms.
The reason why it was 2 kilograms more than planned was because Wang Feng found that after gaining 105 kilograms, he could directly strengthen his strength to about 88.
This number is basically comparable to the vast majority of the league's interior lines, and even James' strength is only in his early 90s.
The weight of 105 kilograms is only a kilogram or two heavier than Leonard, George and others, and it is definitely worth the price!
At this point, Wang Feng's strength has reached a higher level, and he still has 37 points left in the free distribution points.
Before the start of the new season, he plans to strengthen all the remaining free distribution points.
After some weighing, Wang Feng finally chose to increase all the 37 free distribution points to rebounding.
Wang Feng's offensive ability values are basically full, and the remaining ones that have not yet been filled are 75 close-range shots, 87 free throws, and 81 shots after receiving the ball.
With the free allocation of points to spare, Wang Feng feels that further strengthening his performance in terms of data will definitely help improve his season rating score.