A few days after the sensation of Cousins joining the Warriors, new news was happening in the league.

Spurs star Kawai. Leonard has completely fallen out with the Spurs management, and there is no room for compromise between the two sides, and Leonard has even refused to make any contact with the Spurs management, demanding that the team trade him immediately.

As soon as this news was exposed, it immediately attracted widespread attention from all teams in the league.

In fact, the conflict between Leonard and the Spurs began to loom as early as the middle of the season, but Leonard, as a player who was reimbursed for the season, did not play in the game, and people have limited access to information.

In mid-June, after the NBA Finals, the two sides actually had a brief exchange, and Leonard and Popovich did not reach an agreement in a phone conversation.

Until this time, there were still not many people in the league who felt that Leonard would really leave the Spurs, and felt that it was just a coercion by Leonard's agent team to increase Leonard's leverage with the Spurs.

No one expected that in just half a month, the contradiction between Leonard and the Spurs had become acute to a completely irreconcilable level, and the star cultivated by Popovich actually disliked the Spurs to such an extent.

The Spurs tried to no avail, and finally chose to compromise and put Leonard on the shelf.

After this announcement, the most excited is undoubtedly the management of the Lakers.

"What a chance! Leonard must be taken! No matter what the cost! ”

Previously, Leonard made it clear in an interview that he was interested in the Los Angeles team, although he did not say whether he was interested in the Lakers or the Clippers, but in the eyes of the Lakers' management, why should the Clippers compete with them, the league's traditional giants, the most popular team?

Moreover, Leonard is not a free man, and there is a price to pay for getting him, and the Lakers obviously have much more chips in their hands than the Clippers.

Lakers management immediately held an emergency meeting to finalize a series of trade plans with the Spurs, and the deal even included all players in the Lakers team except Wang Feng.

Wang Feng really wanted to say to Magic Johnson, don't toss, you can't get Leonard.

Not to mention what kind of chips the Lakers need to pay if they want to match DeRozan from Menglong, just because they have been competitors for many years, the Spurs don't want their rival Lakers to come over and pick the peaches they have worked so hard to cultivate.

Menglong is an Eastern team, no matter how strong it becomes in the new season, it doesn't matter to the Spurs, but the Lakers are different, they are both Western teams, and the more they are in direct competition, the stronger the Lakers become, the more difficult it is for the Spurs to survive in the regular season.

But Lakers management clearly doesn't think so, or even if they knew, they would have to give it a try, what if it did?

And Kawai. Leonard, for his part, really asked the agent team to accept all the interested teams, asking them about the privileges they could offer Leonard, both on and off the field.

Leonard, or his agent team, knows his worth and knows how much to kill and the team will do whatever it takes to get him.

This is a great opportunity to get Leonard to sell and choose a team that will provide him with the most convenience.

A few days later, the results appeared.

With Leonard's consent, the Spurs moved the Spurs as well as Danny. Green was traded to the Toronto Dragons in exchange for All-Star shooting guard Jamal. DeRozan, Jacob. Poeltl and a protected first-round pick.

As for the Lakers' proposed Lang Zuo. Ball + Kuzma and a first-round pick chip wanted to get Leonard, but the Spurs naturally rejected it, and instead put forward the conditions of Ball + Ingram + Kuzma.

The three youngest and most promising players on the team were traded out in exchange for Leonard, and the excited Lakers couldn't help but hesitate.

If Leonard makes it clear that he is willing to play for the Lakers and renew his long-term contract early, the Lakers will definitely not hesitate.

There is never a shortage of talented players in the NBA league, but it is not so simple to fully exchange talent for strength, and it is definitely not a loss to exchange three potential rookies for a top superstar in the league whose style has matured.

But the problem is that Leonard has an ambiguous attitude now, and his contract is only one year, in case Leonard is not ready to stay with the Lakers next year, and he will leave directly at the end of the season, then won't the Lakers lose all their money?

In fact, this risk is also applicable to the Menglong team.

Leonard didn't promise anything to the Dragons, but the management of the Dragons, who had been suppressed by James for many years in the East, had completely lost patience with DeRozan and wanted to fight.

In another plane, they got the bet right.

Leonard really helped the Dragons go all the way to the Finals in the East, and took out the remnants of the Warriors to win the championship in the 18-19 season.

After that, Leonard did not hesitate to switch to the Los Angeles Clippers in the face of Menglong's warm retention, but using DeRozan for the first championship trophy in team history seemed to be earned even by Wang Feng, a bystander.

It's just assuming that if the Menglong team fails to win this championship, then they will lose Leonard, DeRozan, and even a first-round pick after a season, which will be really miserable.

That's what the Lakers were afraid of, so they didn't dare to really stud out all three potential rookie players, which led to Leonard's eastward swim to the Dragons.

Paul's contract extension and Leonard's trade to the Dragons disappointed fans who were looking forward to the Lakers in the summer to get a top superstar to partner with Wang Feng.

"What the hell is Lakers management doing? Slow action, hesitation, free agency opening these days, except for signing a few corner role players, there is almost nothing to gain, and there are very few stars in the league who still have strength, and they must seize the last chance! ”

The reality is, however, that there are no big fish in the free market anymore.

James has an ambiguous attitude, but because of Wang Feng's resolute attitude, he has been passed by the Lakers, and other star players have basically completed contract extensions with their respective teams during this time.

In desperation, the Lakers finally activated the B side according to Wang Feng's intentions and took the initiative to contact the Timberwolves to discuss Jimmy. Butler's deal.

However, negotiations with the Timberwolves were still unsuccessful.

The Timberwolves didn't say that Butler was not for sale, but they did say that Lang Zuo. Ballgar Ingram plus a first-round pick requirement.