With the Warriors signing Wang Feng, everything seems to make sense.

Why did the Warriors choose to trade the team's core players?

The reason is simple, free up salary space.

In 1995, the league's new broadcast contract came into effect, and the salary cap ushered in a big increase, but even so, it only increased from the previous 15.96 million to 23 million.

The Warriors want to provide free agent Wang Feng with a contract with an annual salary of 8.6 million, but the salary cap does not allow it at all, and Wang Feng has no way to sign the bird right, so he can only free up salary space as much as possible.

Tim. Hardaway's annual salary for the '95-96 season was $3.73 million. Marshall's annual salary is $2.73 million, and the two combined salaries are as high as $6.46 million.

If they weren't traded, the Warriors wouldn't have been able to sign Wang Feng at all.

But having said that, everyone still doesn't understand, why do you sign a forward and trade the core point guard of the team?

Put Tim. Hardaway traded, who will the Warriors put at point guard next season?

At this time, no one thought that Wang Feng was going to play point guard.

Although Magic Johnson has only been retired for a short time, the league is still not particularly accustomed to this kind of point guard over 2 meters.

No matter what the outside says, with Wang Feng officially signing a contract with the Warriors, he will play in the NBA for the Warriors for at least the next two years.

Wang Feng joined the Warriors, and it also officially announced the failure of the Knicks to retain the championship-winning lineup.

The roof leak happened to rain overnight, and two days later, Knicks head coach Pat Brown. Riley officially resigned as the team's head coach and joined the Miami Heat, serving as the team's general manager and head coach.

At this time, people realized that the Heat's previous trade was probably Pat. Riley operates behind the scenes.

At the same time got Tim. Hardaway and Alonzo. Mourning's Heat have leapt into the league's powerhouse.

Immediately after the news of Riley's departure, Ewing also made a fuss.

Ewing, who won the championship and won the FMVP, insisted on a big contract, and after some bargaining between his agent and the team, the two sides signed a contract extension of more than $21.72 million, including a whopping $18.72 million in the first year and only $3 million in the second year.

This contract is the same as in the original history, and it seems that the Knicks still have a crush on Jordan and hope to have the opportunity to join the competition for Jordan's ownership when Jordan's contract expires next year.

Ewing's annual salary of $18.72 million instantly crushed Wang Feng's 8.6 million, becoming the league's first annual salary and the first contract in NBA history with a salary of more than 10 million.

As a result, the alliance has officially entered the era of tens of millions of annual salaries.

Wang Feng's title of the first in the league in annual salary was snatched away by Ewing not long after he was enjoyed, and then he couldn't even keep the second child.

Although the Rockets lost the championship in the Finals, in order to keep the glider Drexler, they still offered each other a three-year, $21 million contract extension, including a salary of $9.81 million in the first year and $5.5 million per year for the next two years.

As a result, Wang Feng's annual salary of 8.6 million can only rank third in the league, behind Ewing and Drexler.

Although it is not the first year's annual salary, in the era of 95, the annual salary of 8.6 million is high enough.

Behind Wang Feng are a number of superstars of the alliance, including David. Robinson, Chris. Webb, Shaq. O'Neill et al.

As for Jordan, I don't know where to rank, although he is the god of basketball, Jordan's current annual salary is only $3.85 million.

Of course, next year Jordan will get a super sky-high contract of 30 million, and the annual salary does not mean anything substantial to him.

During the bustling free market, Wang Feng didn't have much to do.

The Chinese restaurant in New York's Chinatown has been renovated and will soon be ready for trial opening, and Wang Xu is recruiting and interviewing store employees, and Wang Feng, a layman, can't help much.

The same is true for the Warriors, although Wang Feng can leave for San Francisco now, but at this time, the team has already taken a holiday, and he can only see Garnett and other rookies who report to the team at most, just to watch the excitement.

A few days ago, Director Zhang and Director Su also set off to return to China, they very warmly invited Wang Feng to return to China, and patted his chest to ensure that Wang Feng would be warmly welcomed in China, and many TV media wanted to give him a special interview, including CCTV channels.

However, Wang Feng still declined.

To be honest, he really doesn't really care about how much his popularity has increased on the Huaguo side, and he doesn't really care about it when he returns to the 90s, and it's not for this kind of trivial thing, joining the Chinese nationality is just a simple feeling of family and country, and he doesn't want to use the status of a Chinese player to gain more benefits.

So he wasn't ready to go back to China because of that.

It is worth mentioning that there are already people from the Basketball Association who have made contact with Wang Feng and discussed about Wang Feng's joining the national team.

Wang Feng gave his own conditions.

There is no problem in joining the Chinese men's basketball team, but he has one condition, that is, he only participates in the Olympic Games, World Championships and other competitions, and due to the NBA's event system, he needs to arrange the time to report to the national team for training according to his actual situation

No matter what the game is, no matter how small the Asian league, the system will have rewards, although there are few, mosquito meat is also meat.

But this time is different, Wang Feng will face the strongest opponent ever, the Bulls dynasty led by Jordan Pippen.

He needs more time and energy to prepare for this tough opponent, and some smaller events are a bit of a waste of his time.

But at the Atlanta Olympics, which will be held next year, there is definitely value in participating.

The 96-year-old Huaguo men's basketball team can be said to be the most talented in the history of the men's basketball team, even better than the 08-year-old Huaguo men's basketball team, after all, the 08-year Huaguo men's basketball team actually relies on Da Yao alone, whether it is Dazhi or the United Arab Emirates or other people are all around Da Yao to play on the court.

But the men's basketball team in '96 is different, they have more offensive points with the ball, and they have more characteristics, which is why they can lead the team to the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games for the first time.

If you talk purely about strength, the 08 Huaguo men's basketball team and the 96 Huaguo men's basketball team will directly confront, and the probability of winning is the 08 men's basketball team, and Da Yao at his peak is indeed unstoppable under the basket.

But Wang Feng personally still prefers the 96 Huaguo men's basketball team, and if he can fight side by side with them, it will not be a good memory.

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Wang Feng, who was idle, finally went to report to the San Francisco Warriors in advance.

The main reason for reporting in advance is to get used to the Warriors' environment first.

Speaking of which, Wang Feng's career was first with the Warriors, and he had a career with the Warriors for a year and a half, so he is actually not too new here.

It's just that San Francisco in 2015 and San Francisco in 1995 are separated by a full 20 years, and 20 years of vicissitudes of life, except for some iconic surface buildings, there is basically no similarity between the two.

Even the Warriors' home arena, Oracle Arena, has been renovated several times during this time, and he has the impression that just a year later, Oracle Arena will undergo another renovation and rebuild, when the Warriors will use San Jose Arena as their temporary home stadium for an entire season of 96-97.

The Oracle Arena of this period is not called that name, but the Oakland Arena.

Of course, these are inconsequential, trivial things.

After Wang Feng came to San Francisco, he was immediately warmly welcomed by the Warriors, and met with the team's new owner, Chris. Cohan, General Manager Bob and a number of senior management staff.

The Warriors have given the Warriors the utmost respect and importance to the team's third-highest-paid star in the league.

During the conversation, Bob even asked Wang Feng for advice on the new head coach.

Tang Dynasty. After Nielsen's resignation, the Warriors were temporarily replaced by assistant coaches, and the Warriors have been considering the team's new head coach.

In this regard, Wang Feng did not say it directly, but said cheaply that he would respect the team's judgment.

He certainly knew that the Warriors would eventually hire Rick. Adelman came to coach the Warriors.

Wang Feng also knew that Adelman's tactical style was more in line with his style of play, so he didn't give any substantive advice, and he acted as if he had no desire or desire to fight or grab.

In fact, Adelman's two years at the Warriors can be regarded as two years of Waterloo, and the worst regular season record of his career was obtained during his time with the Warriors, only 36.6%.

But Adelman can't be blamed for it.

The Warriors' lineup at this time is a strange one in itself.

Tim. Hardaway, Sprewell, Joe. Smith, although these main players have good offensive scoring ability, none of them are good at defense, or they prefer offense to scorers, and they especially like to play alone.

With such a bunch of players, how can the Warriors have a good record?

This pot should actually make Don. Nelson to back.

The old Nelson's tactical awareness is very advanced, and he already has the awareness of letting the team play fast-paced running and bombing tactics in the 90s, and the Warriors' group of players with good scoring ability are also personally selected by Nelson, who is also vice president.

But Nelson's focus on offense and defense is even crazier than the Suns' run-and-run shots, a philosophy that clearly doesn't have the ingredients for success in an era where three-point shooting isn't valued by the league and there are plenty of powerful centers.

The problems faced by the Warriors have basically been solved by Wang Feng, and with his arrival, Hardaway has left the team. Smith was also replaced by Garnett.

Even if Garnett, who is only a high school student, can average 1.1 steals and 1.6 blocks per game when his playing time is limited in the rookie season, and has 10 points and 6 rebounds.

With Garnett inside and Wang Feng outside, although the Warriors' defense can't reach the league's first-class level, at least it's not the Warriors who leak everywhere and can score easily whenever anyone comes.

It didn't take long for the Warriors to publicly announce their new head coach, former Portland Trail Blazers head coach Rick Brown. Adelman.

At this time, Adelman, who had coached the Trail Blazers for six seasons, was already a well-known coach in the league, and he had a 291-154 record with the Trail Blazers, a 65% win rate.

But because he couldn't help the Trail Blazers make the playoffs, Adelman eventually parted ways with the Trail Blazers and took a year off to settle himself.

As the head coach of the Warriors this time, Adelman looks confident.

"I'm fortunate to have coached Clyde (Drexler), the best forward in the West, when I was with the Trail Blazers, and now I'm about to coach a forward who is as capable as Clyde, or maybe even better, and I will maximize Wang's ability on the court to help the Warriors return to the playoffs."

Returning to the playoffs, there are no words that have made Golden Stateers happier than Adelman's promise.

The Warriors were humiliated by finishing third from bottom in the West last season, and although they were a blessing in disguise, they clearly prefer their team to be a league powerhouse rather than a strong lottery contender.

Therefore, as soon as Adelman took office, he was immediately warmly welcomed by the majority of Warriors fans.

At this time, Adelman never dreamed that the core of the team he had never met would quietly dig a big hole for himself.

Wang Feng, who came to San Francisco early, conducted daily training in the training hall where he was familiar with the Warriors, and on the other hand, he also participated in some interviews with local media in San Francisco under the guidance of the Warriors.

This is a very necessary thing, Golden State fans need to understand what kind of player the team's core players will be in the next two years, and Wang Feng also needs to further promote his fame here, after all, many Warriors fans are actually still in the wait-and-see stage for Wang Feng.

Wang Feng is indeed very good, but he really deserves the team to give up Thiem. Hardaway, and will be the champion Joe with good offensive ability. Did Smith change to Garnett?

During the interview, the reporter asked a lot of questions, including why Wang Feng chose the Warriors, what responsibilities he will assume in the team, and so on.

Wang Feng, who has been in the league for many years, answers these questions one by one, and looks like a star.

Then, the reporter asked a very topical question.

"Just the other day, the team's new head coach Rick. Adelman has said that he will help the Warriors return to the playoffs in the new season, what do you think about this? Are you confident you can do it? ”

"Of course, the Warriors are a very good team, and Rick is a coach who has a 65 percent win rate in his coaching career, and has led the Trail Blazers to the Finals, and if we get together and can't even make the playoffs, that's a failure." Wang Feng replied decisively.

"So if the Warriors do make the playoffs this season, what are your goals for the playoffs? Lead your team to the divisional semi-finals? The reporter immediately asked again.

Then he saw Wang Feng looking at her with the eyes that looked like a neuropath.

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