It can be said that it was the mask incident that made Gilbert, and by the impact of the mask incident, the income of many enterprises and ordinary people in Quanmi was seriously affected, and they had to take out a part of the cash in the form of mortgages in order to make a living, which made Gilbert's mortgage company business grow geometrically and make money every day.

But in this time and space, I don't know if it's because of the concept of parallel time and space, or the butterfly effect brought about by Wang Feng's crossing, the mask incident did not happen, so Gilbert's current worth is still billions of dollars, and there is a big gap between the big boss of the Cavaliers who has skyrocketed nearly ten times in another time and space.

In this case, he is naturally more eager for more money-making opportunities.

Wang Feng's return to the Cavaliers can not only bring a lot of attention and advertising endorsements from Huaguo to his team, but more importantly, it is also an opportunity, an opportunity for his mortgage company to enter Huaguo.

As the world's second largest economy, China's market is extremely broad and still developing at a very high speed.

Many Mi companies have made a lot of money in China, including the NBA and the Houston Rockets, who once owned Da Yao.

In the past four years, the Los Angeles Lakers have also made a lot of money in China because of Wang Feng.

Making money is even more important in Gilbert's mind as a businessman than the team's championship.

The reason why he spent a lot of money to build a championship team for James in the first place was indeed out of love for the team, but more importantly, he knew how much benefit he and his team would have to return once he brought an NBA championship to Cleveland, a city that had never won a championship.

All this directly determines that Gilbert's attitude towards Wang Feng is no less than that towards James.

During the banquet, Gilbert very enthusiastically introduced his family and some celebrities to Wang Feng, and his words all showed his importance to Wang Feng.

Wang Feng knew Gilbert's thoughts and accepted them calmly.

With his current status, he deserves to be treated like this by the owner of any team.

Wang Feng also knows that while Gilbert releases kindness to himself, he also has some selfishness in it, and the mind of capitalists is always more delicate and lively than ordinary people.

As long as these careful thoughts do not affect Wang Feng's completion of his goal, that is, the upgrade task of the system, then he will turn a blind eye and bother to care.

……

The general manager, head coach, and team owner Wang Feng after meeting a series of Cavaliers figures, soon became the team's only star player, Kevin Wang. Lefu made an appointment for a meal.

For Lefou, Wang Feng's feeling is still quite good.

When he was with the Cavaliers, Love was an approachable and non-contentious star, which is one of the main reasons why he has the worst stats among the Big Three.

And during this Olympic Games, Lefu also took the initiative to greet Wang Feng under the pressure of his coach and teammates, which also made Wang Feng have a good impression of Lefu.

Of course, the most important thing is the strength of Lefou.

Although last season, Lefou's performance can be described as bad, not to mention injuries, and the competitive state is also quite worrisome, playing more than 30 games, averaging only 12.2 points and 7.4 rebounds per game, the outside world thinks that Lefu has been scrapped.

After all, when interior players reach the age of 33 and 34 like Lefou, the vast majority of their competitive state will decline significantly.

But in the 2021-22 season, Lefou's final performance surprised everyone.

In another time and space, Love, who was persuaded by the coaching staff to serve as a substitute, played 74 games in the new season, including only 4 starts, and with an average of 22.5 minutes per game, he could contribute 13.6 points and 7.2 rebounds, shooting 43% from the field and 39.2% from three-point range, becoming the main scorer on the Cavaliers' bench.

This fully proves that Lefu still has some strength, but it depends on how to use it.

……

"I really didn't expect you to really win us and win the Olympic gold medal......" At the dinner table, Lefu shook his head with a wry smile. You don't see the atmosphere in the dressing room after the game, it feels like it's dead. ”

"Maybe it's because I know that I will be teammates with you in the new season, and no one talks to me on the way back, and I regret participating in this Olympics a little."

Listening to Lefu's complaints, Wang Feng also smiled. "Who told you to come and greet me at the opening ceremony, some people will remember it when they see it."

"What does that have to do with that? Just because I say hello doesn't mean I'm going to be on the field. Le Fu said angrily: "Everyone is a colleague who plays in the same league, even if there is competition, it will not be like this." ”

As he spoke, Lefu shook his head, reluctant to mention it again.

This trip to the Olympics, especially the finals, was a bad experience for him, when the final against the Chinese men's basketball team, Lefu did not appear at all, and sat on the bench the whole time, and I don't know if Popovich was worried that Lefu would release water to Wang Feng.

"Forget it, don't talk about it! Wang, what are your goals for the new season? Lead the Cavaliers back to the playoffs? ”

Lefu finally asked the question he was more concerned about.

He feels that a player with a character like Wang Feng will choose to join a team at the bottom of the league like the Cavaliers, and he must have his own ideas and goals.

"Of course not." Wang Feng shook his head, and did not hide Lefu's thoughts. "My goal in my first year with the Cavaliers is to at least win the Eastern Conference championship, and if that goal is achieved, I can think about competing for the championship in the second year."

"East ...... Eastern Conference Champions? ”

Although he had a certain amount of psychological preparation, Colafu was still shocked by Wang Feng's understatement.

Wang Feng's appetite is too big!

Is the Eastern Conference title so easy to get?

The current Eastern Conference is not the period when James won the Eastern Conference championship for eight consecutive years and reached the Finals.

Although in recent years, the championship is still monopolized by the West or the Warriors and Lakers, but the East is currently full of giants.

The Brooklyn Nets have three top superstars: Durant, Irving, and George.

The Milwaukee Bucks who have a super forward second only to Wang Feng in the new generation.

With James. Harden + Joel. Embiid's duo and a number of right-hand players for the Philadelphia 76ers.

As well as in recent years has been in the famous young marshal Brad . Under the leadership of Stevens, the Boston Celtics have always maintained a good competitiveness.

These four teams are currently the four strongest teams in the East.

If Wang Feng is still with the Los Angeles Lakers, he can still compete with them in terms of roster depth.

But now Wang Feng plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers, and there is no All-Star on the team except for Wang Feng, and there is not even a player who averaged more than 15 points per game last season.

Relying on such a knight, how can Wang Feng lead the team to win the Eastern Championship?

A miracle like the Olympic finals is already the top of the day, and the NBA playoffs are best-of-7, and if you want to win the series, it is difficult to rely on one player alone, and the overall strength of the team is indispensable.

"Wang, there's something I still want to ask you think." Lefu looked a little tangled. "The coaching staff had spoken to me some time ago and they wanted me to be a rotational substitute for the new season.

"You know, I wasn't in good shape last season, and the reason why the Cavaliers finished bottom is directly related to my performance."

"If it's for the team's victory, I don't think it's completely unacceptable to play the role of a substitute......

Listening to the sound mixed with the declining Lefu, Wang Feng shook his head slightly.

"Kevin (Lefou), you don't have to dwell on this issue, I have already thought about the lineup of the Cavaliers for the new season, you are the team's starting center, and it has very important tactical and strategic significance."

"What?" Lefu was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes burst out with surprise. "Is this true?"

After all, he is a five-time All-Star and a two-time All-Star selection, and the less than 34-year-old Lefu is still in his prime, so who would want to be reduced to a bench rotation player during this period?

"Of course it's true."

Wang Feng was not joking.

In the 21-22 season, Lefu shot 39% from three-point range and averaged 2.5 three-pointers per game, which was the most accurate of all interior players in the league!

At the same time, in an average of 22.5 minutes per game, Lefu can still grab 7.2 rebounds, and according to this efficiency, if the average playing time per game reaches more than 30 minutes, Lefu can still maintain an average of more than 10 rebounds per game.

What are the requirements for an interior player in the small-ball era?

can protect the basket and grab rebounds, has a certain mid-to-long-range shooting ability, and can pull enough space for the team.

These conditions are perfectly met, wouldn't it be too wasteful for him to play as a substitute?

When Wang Feng was with the Lakers, the team's center was always immobile. Lopez.

Lopez is not very good at rim protection and rebounding, his feet are slow, and his ability to help defend small players is also poor.

But even so, he is still the starting center of the Lakers, and his annual salary of 4 million has been called a high-quality contract by the media more than once.

If it weren't for Wang Feng's foresight to let the Lakers preemptively sign Lopez, the latter would have been able to get a contract with an annual salary of $13 million if he moved to the Bucks.

Why is an interior player who averages just over 10 points per game and many times no more than 5 rebounds per game be so popular? It's because Lopez's shooting rate from outside the three-point line is close to 35%, which can pull down the outside line and attract opponents' interior defenders for Brother Alphabet.

What López can do, Lefu can do, and even better, why can't Lefu start?

In Wang Feng's view, in another time and space, it is really helpless for Lefu to serve as a substitute, the Cavaliers do not have a top outside player who can give full play to Lefou's range advantage, but it is too wasteful to let a player with an annual salary of 28 million to play as a substitute.

"You just put 10,000 hearts, the starting center of the Cavaliers is you, I said." Wang Feng said to Lefu bluntly: "I have talked to the head coach about this matter before, and he has no opinion. ”

"That's great...... Thank you. Lefu was so pleasantly surprised that he directly ignored some of the inconsistencies in Wang Feng's words.

The manager has to listen to the players and don't dare to have any opinions, which is very James......

……

Regarding the current lineup of the Cavaliers, Wang Feng is actually quite satisfied.

Although it seems that the roster is very simple, even to the point that it is completely unbearable, in fact, the few players he asked the Cavaliers to trade and sign after the free market opened should play well in the new season.

In another time and space, Kevin. Love averaged 13.6 points and 7.2 rebounds per game while shooting 39 percent from three-point range.

Warriors Jordan. Poole, averaging 18.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 4 assists per game, shooting 36.4% from three-point range.

Grizzlies Desmond. Bane averaged 18.2 points and 4.4 rebounds per game while shooting 43.6% from three-point range.

In addition, there are also such as Malik. Munch, Marx. Strus, Desmond. Bain, Otto. Porter and other high-quality and efficient players who average close to 10 points per game.

Although they are still unknown, they do all have excellent potential.

Wang Feng also knows that data does not necessarily represent strength, but this is already the maximum reinforcement he can do under the conditions of the system upgrade task.

He also has every reason to believe that these players will perform better than they did in the same period in another time and space, thanks to the increase of his two purple top badges, the playmaking core and the defensive core!

At present, he has a preliminary idea of the Cavaliers' lineup for the new season.

In terms of the starting lineup, he has prepared two sets of plans.

The first plan: starting point guard Jordan. Poole, shooting guard Desmond. Bane, small forward Otto. Graham Potter, power forward Wang Feng, center Lefou.

This lineup is the most typical small-ball lineup, all of whom have three-point shooting ability, and Jordan who has the weakest three-point shot. Poole also has a 36 percent three-point shooting percentage, good mobility and extreme offensive firepower.

However, due to the constraints of the lineup conditions, the height of the team's interior line is insufficient, Lefou's real height is 2.03 meters, Wang Feng is 2.01 meters, and Otto Jr. Porter is also 2.03 meters, and his defense and rebounding are weak.

The second starting lineup is a reinforcement for this shortcoming.

Starting point guard Wang Feng, scoring guard Desmond. Bane, small forward Otto Jr. Porter, power forward Kevin. Lefou, center Jarret. Alan.

The blue-collar center signed for five years and $100 million has a place to come into play at this time.

Jarret. Allen is 2.08 meters tall, has long arms, excellent frame protection ability, and is also not low in mobility, and can play blocking and dismantling with Wang Feng as a point guard on the court.

At the same time, Desmond, the lowest height in this lineup. Bain is also 1.96 meters, followed by Wang Feng who is 2.01 meters, and the average height is quite outstanding.

In addition to the two starting lineups, the Cavaliers are also full of talent on the bench, with the famous "glove" Gary. Peyton's son, Gary. Payton II, the Cavaliers' original front line defense master Cheddy. Osman, Malik. Munch and Marx. Players like Strus, they will get at least 15 minutes or more of playing time and have the opportunity to play to their full potential.

These two sets of starting lineups have made Wang Feng more satisfied, which is also the capital that he has a certain confidence in competing for the Eastern championship in the new season.

It's just that at present, only he, a traverser with the advantage of foresight, knows that the Cavaliers' lineup is not as vulnerable as it seems, and the so-called four strong teams in the East are definitely not as strong as they seem.

There are still many opportunities, as long as you can grasp them!

……

In the days that followed, Wang Feng's life began to return to peace.

Every day, he went in and out of the mansion and training hall arranged by the team, conducted daily training with Lefu and other Cavaliers players, got acquainted with new teammates, and discussed and studied tactical coordination.

The head coach of the Cavaliers highlighted his obedience to Wang Feng's two sets of starting lineup plans.

However, this is not entirely because of Wang Feng's identity.

As the head coach of an NBA team, Bickerstaff also has some real talent.

Just two simple intra-team matches, Bickerstaff tested the advantages and disadvantages of the two lineups given by Wang Feng, and keenly noticed that this seemed to be the most suitable lineup that the current Cavaliers team could put together.

Even if Wang Feng doesn't give this set of plans, let Bickerstaff judge for himself, after a period of training and investigation, he will most likely list a similar starting lineup.

This certainly surprised Bickerstaff.

I worked as an assistant coach for many years, and then I became the head coach because of my good work ability.

Wang Feng, a player who is less than 30 years old, has such a vision, no wonder he can average double-doubles in assists per game for two consecutive seasons.

A simple little thing succeeded in making Bickerstaff understand Wang Feng's level.

Although most of the team did not have much hope for the new season of the Cavaliers, everyone also felt that under the leadership of Wang Feng, the team should not have a problem reaching the playoffs.

Before you know it, the time is fast approaching the beginning of September.

The NBA's preseason begins in early October, but by September, most teams have already completed their reinforcements and reinforcements, and training and preparation for the new season have begun.

Even if there are signings and deals, most of them are inconsequential petty fights, and many of them don't even deserve to be in the news.

But at this time, Wang Feng received a call from Huaguo.

The call was from Zhou Qi, a teammate of Wang Feng's national team and known as the big devil in the CBA.

And the purpose of Zhou Qi's call surprised Wang Feng, Zhou Qi was unable to compete in the CBA, which can be regarded as a big event in China, and this kind of thing did not happen at the point in time he traveled, I don't know if it was because of parallel time and space, or if he didn't catch up with eating this melon in time.

Wang Feng didn't know the cause and effect of the incident at all, and he hadn't paid much attention to the CBA, so he didn't know who was right and who was wrong in this matter.

Even he still has some regrets, because from the point of view of Zhou Qi's matter, it should be the problem of the entire CBA system, and Zhou Qi is facing the same situation as Guo Allen and others, but they all chose to compromise and complete the contract renewal with the team, only Zhou Qi and the team fought to the end, and finally fought to the end of both sides, the team lost its star, and the player could not continue to compete in the CBA in the new season.