No one expected that George would be so decisive in signing a contract extension with the Thunder within hours of the free agency market opening.

After all, in the league's prediction, George, whose contract expires, has a high probability of choosing to leave the Thunder.

Last season, the performance of the Thunder team, which formed the Westbrook, George and Anthony triumvirate, was a big disappointment, with an ordinary regular season record, and the playoffs were not even able to beat the Lakers led by Wang Feng.

Therefore, after the Thunder were eliminated, many people predicted that George was likely to leave the Thunder, and Brooke was considered the most likely next home. Lopez's $20 million contract expires, and the Los Angeles Lakers have plenty of salary space and unlimited potential.

Unexpectedly, George actually chose to renew his contract with the Thunder, and it is rumored that the reason for George's contract renewal is because of Westbrook, he wants to continue to play with the other party, so he chose to stay in the Thunder in the small ball city, and refused the pursuit of many big city teams including Los Angeles and New York, and did not even give these teams the opportunity to sit down and talk about the conditions.

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George's early contract extension directly disrupted the Lakers' plans.

"George chose to sign with the Thunder, what can I do?"

Even Johnson, the old and steady magician, was a little flustered.

George is their most important target this summer, and a strategic direction that the entire team, including the owner, agrees on.

But before the negotiations began, it was over! How do you proceed next?

"Don't worry, we still have a secondary selection goal, and the top priority is to sign the players I mentioned earlier, even if there are no top stars to join, at least to ensure the minimum floor of the Lakers."

George's contract extension with the Thunder was expected by Wang Feng, and when he faced off in the playoffs, he saw that George had no intention of coming to the Lakers to partner with him.

The reason why Wang Fengfeng also included George in the list of reinforcements he hopes for is to appease the team's management, after all, although he is the absolute main core of the Lakers, it is far from the level that can influence the team's management's thinking.

Including Johnson, it was only to show respect for Wang Feng that he would also attend the team meeting and express his opinion.

In this process, Wang Feng's requirements were not excessive, reasonable, and even unexpectedly excellent, so they were adopted by the Lakers management.

It is not surprising that in the list proposed by Wang Feng, there is only George among the top stars, and Butler exists as George's spare tire, and is not considered by the Lakers at all.

And the other players on his list, including Rose, are only base salary players, which is not a big problem for the Lakers at all, the only more expensive is Rondo, who performed well in the Pelicans last season and is worth more in the free market, I am afraid that he will have to pay about 800-10 million to get it.

But even without Wang Feng, in another time and space, the Lakers also chose to sign Rondo for 9 million a year, so Johnson even has a feeling that the hero sees something like him.

This is the main reason why the Lakers will adopt Wang Feng's opinion.

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Under Wang Feng's reminder, the Lakers who missed George did not waste time and hurried to implement several signings.

First up is Brooke, whose $22 million contract expires. Lopez was re-signed by the Lakers for 4 years and $24 million, with an average annual salary of $6 million, which is definitely not expensive.

In another time and space, Lopez signed with the Bucks for 1 year and $3.38 million after his contract expired, and quickly became valuable with the Bucks, and reached a 4-year $52 million contract extension with the Bucks the following year, returning to the 10 million level.

Don't look at Lopez's lack of rim protection ability, and only averaged about 12 points and 5 rebounds per game in the Bucks for several seasons, but he has developed three-point shooting ability, he is the league's most popular big man interior player who can shoot from a distance, and his superb low-post offensive skills make him both inside and out, and his rich tactical application is one of the important puzzles for the Bucks to win championships in the future.

After renewing Lopez's contract, the Lakers signed four players in a row, namely 9 million 1-year point guard Rajan. Rondo, 3 million a year to sign point guard Derrick. Rose, 1 year 2.39 million signed center Javier. McGee, as well as Curry's younger brother Seth who signed Curry for a year and $2.75 million. Curry.

None of these four signings have caused much trouble in the league, with the exception of Rondo, because these players are really not heavyweights.

Derek. Although Rose was once the regular season MVP and the hottest star player in the league, he has long since lost his glory after a serious injury that could ruin his career.

Last season with the Cavaliers, he was also injured and suspended, playing 16 games before being traded to the Timberwolves, and then the Timberwolves only played in 9 games, averaging only 5.8 points and 1.2 assists per game.

The league has all but forgotten about the league's youngest regular season MVP, and most people think that Timberwolves head coach Tom Murphy. Hebodeau will remember the mentorship and keep Rose on the team with a base salary contract.

Unexpectedly, the Lakers came out halfway and preemptively signed Rose.

The 3 million one-year contract is only a little more than the base salary, and the reason why Rose chose to sign with the Lakers is mainly because of the commitment made by the Lakers, or Wang Feng in person.

"You're going to get at least 24 minutes of playing time next season with the Lakers, you're an important role player in the Lakers' rotation, and we're confident that you can play at the level you were at your peak and hopefully you can consider signing with us."

There was no hope at all for Timberwolves Rose, and Hiberdu only thought of giving him a base salary contract in his old relationship, and never made any promises in terms of his tactical position in the team.

So Rose only hesitated a little and decided to sign with the Lakers.

Ross didn't get much attention, and McGee and Seth. That's especially true of Curry.

A blue-collar player, a 13-year draft loss, has been on multiple teams in recent years, and was even reimbursed for the season last season.

These are standard bench players, and in the eyes of others, the signing is just to fill the roster.

But no one knows that Rose will really return to the top for a short time next season, averaging 18 points and 4.3 rebounds while playing an average of 27 minutes per game!

After McGee came to the Lakers in another time and space, he also became the pillar player of the Lakers' interior rim protector, averaging 12 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.

As for Seth. Curry, after signing with the Trail Blazers in the 18-19 season, as a bench player, can contribute 7.9 points in 18.9 minutes per game, and the three-point shooting rate can reach 45%.

That's right, the players who signed these contracts are all the players mentioned in Wang Feng's list.