The Timberwolves' lion opened his mouth wide, almost giving Johnson an angry smile.

"How dare you ask for a price! Leonard's Spurs made this offer, and we didn't say yes, you whole Jimmy. Butler also wants the same price? What do you think? ”

Leonard and Butler are both forward players, and there is a huge difference in strength and value, which is the consensus of the whole league, after all, even if Butler is not underestimated, he still receives honors compared to Leonard, and the same is true for his dominance on the court.

Without thinking about it, Johnson immediately turned down the Timberwolves and made an offer of Ball + Randle and a second-round pick.

Of course, such an offer was also rejected by the Timberwolves, and the two sides parted unhappily.

But Wang Feng knows very well that the Lakers have a chance, because during this time period, the contradiction between Butler and the Timberwolves has begun to come to the fore.

On July 1, the Timberwolves offered Butler a four-year, $110 million contract extension, only to be rejected by Butler because Butler wanted a max contract instead of sacrificing his salary for Wiggins and Towns' contract extensions.

On July 4, there were media reports that the Timberwolves were strained internally, and Butler was dissatisfied with the indifference to victory among his teammates, especially Towns.

On July 14, the news that Butler refused to extend his contract early was confirmed, but the team owner denied that Butler had a conflict with his teammates, but this kind of thing is obviously not groundless.

Although the Timberwolves and Butler have not yet reached the level of complete irreconcilable contradictions at this time, the Timberwolves' intention to lower the salary and renew the contract has obviously caused Butler to be dissatisfied.

The time was ripe, Wang Feng immediately struck while the iron was hot and called Butler in person.

In the middle of last season, Wang Feng had already started Butler's idea, so he managed to get Butler's contact information, and also vaguely expressed the idea of wanting to fight side by side with him.

On this call, Wang Feng very formally invited Butler to consider playing for the Lakers, and promised that the team would definitely provide Butler with a maximum salary extension, and as the second leader of the team, he enjoyed the status and ball rights second only to Wang Feng in the team.

Wang Feng's attitude was very sincere, and it was obvious that Butler was a little moved.

The current Lakers team is indeed quite attractive.

Last season, he was third in the West, reached the division semifinals in the playoffs, and had Wang Feng, the new regular season MVP player, partnered with him, which is much better than a pile of mud from the Timberwolves.

What's more, Wang Feng and the Lakers showed rare respect for him and were willing to offer him a maximum salary, which neither the Bulls nor the Timberwolves were willing to do.

When he hung up the phone, Wang Feng knew that this matter was stable nine times out of ten.

Once Butler's side requested a trade, the Timberwolves had no choice but to compromise and try to maximize their leverage from the Lakers.

With Butler's character, if the two sides delay negotiations and fail to achieve results, it is very likely that he will take the reporter to the locker room to stage a scene where the three teams of players beat the main force of the first and second formations, and then say that classic sentence.

When the time comes, the Timberwolves will be disgraced and just want to get Butler out as soon as possible.

In another time and space, the 76ers didn't get Butler's chips at all, and two role players who averaged about 12 points per game plus a second-round pick were exchanged for Butler.

As long as the Lakers show a little patience, they can definitely use Ball + Randle and then add a little more in exchange for Butler.

……

After talking to Butler on the phone, Wang Feng booked a ticket back to China and prepared to return to China.

There is basically nothing left for him to do on the side of the United States, and the work of recruiting is only Butler in Wang Feng's plan, and I am afraid that the Lakers will not be able to reach an agreement with the Timberwolves in the short term.

Wang Feng plans to return to China first to spend a rare rest time with his family, and then go to the men's basketball project of the Jakarta Asian Games in August to win another championship.

Although the gold content of the men's basketball championship in the Asian Games is very low, and even without Wang Feng, the Huaguo men's basketball team can easily win the championship, so at most he will be rewarded with a copper-colored random badge, but mosquito meat is also meat, and there is no reason to give up.

Badges are naturally as many as possible, and if he can collect all the badges, Wang Feng can't imagine what kind of terrifying existence he will become on the court.

Wang Feng took the plane back to China alone, Bingbing had returned to China a few days ago, and she needed to return to the CCTV building headquarters to report on her work before she could really usher in the holiday.

However, this time her vacation will not be very long, because CCTV Sports Channel has arranged a short-term new job for Bingbing, as a special correspondent, going to Jakarta in mid-August to cover and broadcast the progress of the Asian Games.

In this regard, Wang Feng had to sigh that CCTV really grasped the traffic password.

As the relationship between Wang Feng and Bingbing becomes clearer, CCTV Sports Channel also pays more and more attention to Bingbing, and has the feeling of cultivating him as a master.

This is a good shade under the big tree, don't look at Wang Feng, as a basketball player, he doesn't have much power in CCTV, but his super popularity and popularity have given him a certain amount of influence.

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After Wang Feng returned to China, he returned to his hometown, reunited with his parents and family and lived for nearly half a month.

At the beginning of August, Wang Feng said goodbye to his family and flew to the men's national basketball team training camp to report.

Here, the members of the Chinese men's basketball team will have a two-week training camp before flying to Jakarta, Indonesia on August 16 to participate in the opening ceremony of the Asian Games.

Before the start of the training camp, Wang Feng finally planned to use the season rewards of the previous system to further improve his strength.

And after the official end of the NBA2017-18 season, the total rewards he received were as follows.

"Free distribution points: 120 from the S-Season Rating and the Inclusion in the Best Formation Awards."

"Elite Enhancement Points: 10 from the S-Season Rating and Scoring Champion Rewards."

"Two badges: a purple self-selected pin from the regular season MVP award, and a bronze random pin from the playoffs division semifinals."

"+1 steal stat from the steal king reward."

"+5 Blocking Ability from Best Defensive Formation."

These are all the rewards that Wang Feng will receive after the end of the season.

When he first received the reward, he didn't choose to strengthen at the first time, after all, the season is over, he doesn't need to be in a hurry, he can think about how to strengthen to make himself stronger, and then strengthen.