Far across the ocean, there are many Chinese fans who are paying attention to the NBA draft.

In this year's draft, there are two Chinese players participating in the NBA draft, Zhou Qi and Wang Zhelin, both of whom are the most talented players in Chinese basketball in recent years and have the best chance of landing in the NBA, especially Zhou Qi, whose perverted static talent is the top level even in NBA history.

When the president of the league announced that the Celtics would select Zhou Qi with a second-round pick, Chinese fans were suddenly mixed, happy that Zhou Qi was selected and could become the first Chinese player to land in the NBA in 9 years since the United Arab Emirates and Sun Yue.

As for the worries, after Zhou Qi was selected by the Green Army, will the other party really provide Zhou Qi with a guaranteed rookie contract?

In the NBA, it's not uncommon for players to be drafted without choosing to sign them to offer a formal contract, especially in the second round of the draft.

Zhou Qi still has a contract in the CBA, and if he wants to land in the NBA, he also needs to pay a buyout fee to Zhou Qi's parent team.

In addition, Chinese fans actually prefer the Rockets or the Nets to sign Zhou Qi.

The Rockets are the home team of Chinese fans, Da Yao and Wang Chao have both played in the Rockets to win the championship, and Chinese fans have special feelings for the Rockets, and it is generally believed that Zhou Qi will be given special care when he joins the Rockets.

As for the Nets, the reason is even simpler, because Wang Chao is in the Nets.

Since Wang Chao left the Rocket Team, from time to time, the staff of the Rocket Team broke out Wang Chao's real treatment and privileges in the Rocket Team.

The more these pieces of news broke, the more surprising people became.

This is a player, he is clearly a "ball bully"! One of the most exaggerated balls in NBA history!

All of the team's player introductions, trade renewals, tactical arrangements, daily training schedules, and almost all of the team's operations can only be executed after the king has a head of the eye and a nod of the head.

As a player, Wang Chao has robbed the team general manager and head coach to do all the work, and he is completely the boss of the team and his second child! No...... In terms of the team alone, he is the boss, and even the team owner can't interject.

If it were other top stars who enjoyed such privileges in the team, I am afraid that they would have been criticized for their incompleteness, thinking that no one was arrogant.

But Wang Chao is an exception, no way, who let him lead the team to three consecutive championships in the four years of the Rockets to create a dynasty? Most fans now generally believe that the Rockets would have won four consecutive championships if Da Yao had not been injured in the 11-12 season.

Wang Chao did steal the job of the general manager and head coach of the Rockets, but he did better than the general managers and head coaches of all teams in the league, where can you make sense?

Nowadays, there is a general understanding in the whole league that having Wang Chao is equivalent to having a complete system in disguise, and many teams wish that Wang Chao would be a ball bully for them, not to mention small things such as trade signing and team tactical formulation, it is no problem to give the general manager's office to Wang Chao!

The topic is far away, because of Wang Chao's status in the Rockets, so now it is generally believed that his privileges in the Nets are also very large, in fact, the Nets have never officially denied this matter, and the current Nets team is what Wang Chao said.

Based on this, Huaguo fans feel that Wang Chao is likely to help Zhou Qi and select Zhou Qi to the Nets team for training, give him enough playing time and appropriate tactical position, and cultivate Zhou Qi into the next big Yao in Huaguo.

Therefore, when the Nets chose Brogdon instead of Zhou Qi in the first round, many Chinese fans were quite disappointed, and some even complained that Wang Chao was not close to people and didn't even help his Chinese compatriots.

Of course, such remarks are purely standing and talking without backache, and there is no difference between the suspect who donates little money and likes to stand on the moral high ground and blame others without responsibility.

As soon as similar remarks were posted on the Internet, they were immediately sprayed by countless fans of Wang Chao.

"What kind of big-tailed wolf is there here? Are you in the NBA is your home? Do whatever you want? Even if Wang Chao has the team's draft picks, he has to do things that are in line with the interests of the team, Zhou Qi obviously does not have the strength of the first round, so he has to be selected in the first round and given him a four-year guaranteed contract in the first round, it is really shameless to be able to take cronyism for granted! ”

The online squabble didn't last long, as the Celtics immediately traded Zhou Qi to the Nets for the Nets' bench replacement. Brown plus a future second-round pick.

In this way, Zhou Qi became a player of the Nets.

Now Wang Chao's fans are even more nervous.

"Upstairs, why don't you jump? Didn't you just say that Wang Chao was unkind and ignored the Chinese compatriots? Slap it in the face! ”

"Facts have proved that you keyboard warriors can also type behind the computer to guide the country, and Wang Chao is a genius who can form a championship-winning team through drafts and trades!"

"It would be good if Wang Chao could also choose Wang Zhelin to the team, if Zhou Qi and Wang Zhelin are by Wang Chao's side, there will be two pillars of the Chinese men's basketball team in the future!"

The fans' expectations are good, but Wang Chao has no intention of choosing Wang Zhelin.

In the original history, Wang Zhelin, who also participated in the draft in 2016 with Zhou Qi, was selected by the Memphis Grizzlies with the 57th pick in the second round, but never joined the NBA.

There are many reasons, first of all, although Wang Zhelin is the same as Zhou Qi, he is a new rising inside player in Huaguo, but he is very different from Zhou Qi in terms of talent.

While the static talent is far inferior to Zhou Qi, Zhou Qi's shortcomings Wang Zhelin is not bad, and his confrontation ability is even worse than Zhou Qi.

While the league teams are generally not optimistic that Wang Zhelin can play in the NBA, Wang Zhelin's own desire to play in the NBA is not as strong as Zhou Qi.

I have to admit that although Zhou Qi has been criticized in the future, the mentality of daring to step out of the comfort zone is something that most professional players in China cannot compare.

For many CBA professional players, giving up the comfortable environment of the CBA, the high salary and the attention of the stars, running to the NBA as a substitute that no one knows, and taking huge risks and pressures, is definitely not as simple as people think.

Zhou Qi joined the NBA for two years, and the salary he earned was not as much as when he was in the CBA, and he had to suffer a lot and leave his hometown, from the original snake head to a bench player who was not even as good as the snake tail.

And the same thing, Zhou Qi did it again in the future, giving up the high salary in China and choosing to join the NBL, a higher-level Australian league, which is also the courage to jump out of the comfort zone and force a stronger courage.

Although there are many complicated issues mixed in this, Wang Chao is not interested in the dispute between Zhou Qi and the team about who is right and who is wrong, but Zhou Qi's two attempts to take this step are enough to give Wang Chao such a chance.

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After getting Zhou Qi through the trade, the Nets did not take any action in the subsequent draft, and because Zhou Qi was selected by Wang Chao, the Rockets, who had the No. 50 pick in the second round, finally decided to choose Wang Zhelin, who is also a Chinese player.

Although the Rockets are not short of interior players, even if Wang Zhelin is selected, there is no place for him in the rotation, but how can Alexander, the owner of the Rockets, who has relied on the Chinese players to eat with a mouthful of oil, give up the gimmick of Chinese players?

After Wang Chao chose to leave the Rockets last year, he asked the team's general manager to find a way to recruit Jeremy Lin, but the influence of a Chinese-American in China is obviously far less than that of a real Chinese player.

However, at this time, Alexander actually already had the idea of selling the team, and he did not have a particularly strong desire for the team's record and subsequent commercial value.

At this point, the 2016 draft is officially over, and the Nets have gained two players, namely Malcolm, who was selected with the 25th pick in the first round. Brogdon and Zhou Qi, who was traded in.

In fact, the Nets' first-round pick, in addition to Brogdon, has a more outstanding candidate, that is, Pascal, who was originally selected by the Toronto Raptors with the 27th pick in the first round. Siakam.

Siakam is an All-Star level player who can contribute 24.2 points, 7.8 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game in the future, and his achievements are significantly stronger than Brogdon's.

But choosing him is not of much value to Wang Chao, because Siakam is not an excellent instant combat power, and even if he is selected, it will take at least two to three years of training to become an excellent instant combat force.

It's actually the same as Jokic.

Therefore, if it was Wang Chao when he was in the Rockets, he would definitely choose Siakam, because after two or three years, the other party will become an excellent combat force in the team, and at least one to two years of rookie contract can be prostituted for nothing.

But not with the Nets.

Next season, the Nets will go all out to compete for the championship, and they will not have the time and energy to cultivate more high-quality potential rookies.

And after the Nets win the championship, Wang Chao will definitely leave for the sake of the system task, and there is no point in choosing potential rookies.

With that in mind, Brogdon is clearly a better choice than Siakam, who is an excellent player when he first enters the league, averaging 10.2 points and 4.2 assists per game in his rookie season with the Bucks, and shooting 40.4% from three-point range.

Although he gave up Siakam, who had more development prospects, Wang Chao did not regret it.

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Immediately after the draft, free agency market begins, and teams need to trade for reinforcements.

The summer of 2016 was obviously a turbulent year, and the biggest and most exaggerated news of the year was Kevin. Durant joined the Warriors and embarked on the toughest path.

Before that, even no one dared to write like this, a top superstar in the league, in order to win the championship, took the initiative to take a salary cut to join a team with 73 wins in the regular season last season, which is really incomprehensible thinking for normal people.

And Durant is not the only big fish in the free market this year, including James, Wade, and Paul. Gasol, Al. Horford, Andrede. Rammond, Jamal. DeRozan, Bradley. Beal and several other All-Star-caliber players are in contract years.

Even Wang Chao, who joined the Nets last year signed a 1+1 contract modeled after James, with a player option for the second year.

Considering that the league's new broadcast contract came into effect this summer, the salary cap has skyrocketed, and the salary space has increased significantly, Wang Chao will also choose to jump out of the contract and re-sign a bigger 1+1 contract with the Nets.

Whether he lacks money or not, the wool of capitalism should still be picked.

On July 1, free agency officially opened, and Nets management immediately began to operate on its own.

First of all, the first step is that Wang Chao announced that he would jump out of the contract, and then re-signed a new 1+1 contract with the Nets, with a contract amount of 60 million for 2 years, and the starting salary in the first year alone is as high as 29 million!

The annual salary of 29 million is the highest salary in the league today, although it will soon be surpassed by the Cavaliers James for 3 years and $100 million in the first year and $30.96 million in the first year, but Wang Chao should really earn a penny without a penny.

After successfully renewing Wang Chao, the Nets began to renew the contracts of several players whose contracts expired this year.

In fact, the two main ones are still the two veterans on the bench, Delong. Williams & Joe. Johnson, both of whom reached a buyout agreement with the Nets last year and successfully renewed their base salary, rejoined the Nets with a base salary at that time, and they came to Wang Chao to win the championship by playing in the Nets and regain the second spring of their careers.

Although the Nets failed to win the championship, their 67 wins in the regular season and the record of the Eastern Conference finals in the playoffs did make Delon and Joe Brown. Johnson relied on his commendable performance on the bench and was favored by many teams in the league.

After the free market opened, even if multiple teams threw olive branches to the two, they also received an offer of close to 10 million annual salaries due to the skyrocketing salary cap.

Faced with the temptation of high salaries, neither of them hesitated, and simply chose to leave the Nets, because the Nets were not ready to choose to match the tens of millions of annual salary offers of the two.

Admittedly, Delon and Joe. Johnson stayed with the Nets last season to win a championship, but winning a championship is just a way for them to regain their value.

Now that he has relied on his performance in the Nets last season, he has got the desired effect, whether it is for Deron or Joe. As far as Johnson is concerned, it doesn't matter if there is a championship or not, after all, the historical status of the two, whether there is a championship bonus or not will not be much improved, but it is better to put real money in your pocket.

And although it was said that the two joined the Nets with a salary cut last year, in fact, the reputation of both of them has already been stinky, and even if they don't take the initiative to reduce their salaries, they can't get a satisfactory contract in the free market.

For Delon and Joe. Johnson left the team one after another, and Wang Chao was not too reluctant.

As a traverser, he knows very well that these two veterans in the twilight of their careers are here, and there are few opportunities for them to play well in the next few years, and they can continue to shine for the team last season, helping the Nets win 67 in the regular season, and leading a group of young players to the Nets through the toughest season, which is already their biggest role.

At present, the Nets have players on the bench who can perfectly replace the two players this season, and that is the two players selected in last year's draft. Harrell & Norman. Powell.

These two players, both of whom are role players with good strength in the future, have experienced a full season in the Nets, and the training bonus of Wang Chao's sparring potion can fully show good combat effectiveness next season.

Plus Malcolm, who was drafted in the previous draft. Brogdon, the three combined, can fully support the Nets' bench lineup.

Then add Jokic, Booker, Lopes and Bogdanovic to the starting lineup.

In Wang Chao's opinion, this lineup has enough ability to compete for the championship, whether it is facing the Cavaliers or the Warriors, it can have the absolute upper hand.

The Nets' trade for reinforcements has been completed, but this lineup feels too stumbling in the eyes of Russia's rich owners.

After the league signed a new television contract, the salary cap skyrocketed, and next season, in 16-17, the salary cap will reach $94 million.

In the current Nets lineup, only Wang Chao and Lopez hold contracts of 29 million and 21 million US dollars respectively, and almost all other players are rookie child labor contracts or base salaries, with a total salary of only 77 million.

According to the standard of 94 million salary cap, even the bottom line of the poor ghost tax has reached 84.6 million, which means that according to the current total salary of the Nets, under normal circumstances, even a fine of undersalary will be paid to the league.

Of course, the Nets are in a special situation, and in addition to the contracts of their active players, they are also paying Delon . Williams and Joe. Johnson's buyout fee for the big contract at the beginning, the two of them combined for 12 million per year.

Therefore, the Nets' salary for next season is actually 89 million, which does not exceed the salary cap, but it is also above the poor ghost line.

This kind of salary situation is usually called healthy by the league, after all, like those top giants and strong teams in the league, the annual salary is a bright red deficit, and it is very scary to look at people, such as the Nets in the past few years, they pay a high luxury tax every year, desperately pit the votes of Russian rich people.

Now the rich man who is a little used to being pitted will not be able to be rectified by Wang Chao.

"Dear Davaris, is that how the NBA plays? If you don't pay a penny of luxury tax, can you really win the championship? We successfully broke into the Eastern Conference finals this season, and we are only one step away from the finals and the championship, so I don't need to save money, as long as I can win the championship, I am willing to spend more money. ”

When he received the call from the rich man, Wang Chao was already ready to leave for China.

At about this time last year, the other party also expressed a similar meaning, this kind of local tyrant who spent the most money and was beaten the most severely Wang Chao was very speechless.

"Don't worry, the team's current squad is already perfect, and there is no need to strengthen anyone."

Wang Chao could only take the trouble to comfort. "And in two years, when the rookie contracts of players like Jokic and Booker expire, you will know how unspent the money is."

After hanging up the phone call with the team owner, Wang Chao was ready to get on the plane back to China.

But at this moment, his phone rang again.

Wang Chao glanced at it, this time it was also a call from the team, but it was replaced by the general manager of the team.

"King, don't be in a hurry to leave, there is something very important to discuss with you!"

On the phone, the general manager's tone was very eager, even with a hint of ecstasy, and Wang Chao was a little inexplicable when he heard it.

Before he could ask what was going on, the other man's voice followed, "We got Richie. Kleiman's call, his players are interested in coming to play with us! ”

Ricky. Kleiman?

Wang Chao was stunned, and immediately reacted, isn't this the name of Durant's agent?

Wait a minute......

Wang Chao's mouth couldn't help but open wide, stunned.

"You just said, Kevin. Durant wants to play in Brooklyn? ”

Wang Chao's brain felt a little down for a while, to be honest, he didn't expect that Durant actually wanted to play with him, and he took the initiative to come to the door.

But calm down and think about it carefully, this is really something that Durant can do.

Like in another time and space, who would have thought that Durant would join the Warriors?

At least now it seems that the Nets and the Warriors are obviously inferior in terms of roster strength, although Wang Chao is the first person in the league, but at least in the eyes of most people who are not hung up in the outside world, the entire Nets team does not have a star worth mentioning except for Wang Chao, All-Star player Brooke. Lopez's performance in the Eastern Conference Finals is needless to say, and other players such as Jokic, Booker, and Bogdanovic are too young and immature to be embarrassed even next season.

On the other hand, the 73-win Warriors in another time and space, although they lost to the Cavaliers in the finals, but the results of one championship and one runner-up in the past two years, coupled with the existence of the three best team players in the team, are definitely the strongest team in the league.

In this way, Durant chose to contact the Nets, and the plot is slightly worse than joining the Warriors.

It's just that Durant has always wanted to prove that he is stronger than Wang Chao, James and others, how could he think of joining forces with Wang Chao?

Wang Chao didn't know exactly what was going on, but his strong desire to eat melons was hard to contain.

"Okay, I'll rush back right now."

made a quick decision, Wang Chao immediately chose to cancel the flight and set off to return to the team.

If Durant really wants to come to the Nets, will he?

Wang Chao doesn't think about this question at all, of course he does!

Durant is the second oldest player in the team, but he is the strongest second leader in the history of the league, and Pippen during the Bulls dynasty is more NB than Kobe Bryant during the OK combination.

Curry's personal ability was insufficient, he couldn't hold Durant, and was robbed of two Finals FMVPs by the other party, which led to a quarrel between Kumi and Dumi because of the question of who was the core boss of the team in the Warriors in those two years, until Curry finally won the FMVP for the fourth championship, and the Green formula was finally closed after the closed loop.

Wang Chao doesn't have that concern, even if Durant thinks more carefully, he can't compete for FMVP.

As for Durant's joining, it will make the difficulty of the Nets winning the championship instantly become a simple difficulty for novices, and it will become unchallenging, and it doesn't matter in Wang Chao's opinion.

He was reluctant to join those league powerhouses at the beginning, but it doesn't mean that others want to come to join him, and he also very much wants to know how Durant will be evaluated in the future if he really partners with him to win the championship.

A famous Du Hei Whale comrade in Huaguo Future once commented that Durant is the old 1.5 of the Warriors, and the effect of the show exploded, and he has become a classic.

As far as Wang Chao himself is concerned, he is also very happy to create similar topics for later people to evaluate.

It would be very interesting if there was a Wang Chao formula or something like that.

Anyway, after the Nets win the championship next season, Wang Chao will leave the team to find a new team to win the championship, and it will not be particularly boring to partner with Durant for a short year.

The only question is how Durant will join the Nets.

Although the Nets' salary situation is very healthy, they can't get a contract that can sign Durant, after all, even if Durant chooses to take a salary cut to join, the starting salary will not be less than 25 million.

In just a moment, Wang Chao thought clearly, if he wants to get Durant, the Nets can only use the way of signing first and then exchanging, and the only chip that can match the salary is the only player in the team with an annual salary of more than 20 million except Wang Chao. Lopez.

Wang Chao is actually quite optimistic about Brooke. Lopez's, after all, Lopez, who will be with the Bucks in the future, can be regarded as an iconic interior player in the small-ball era, with three points, defense, and is quite good in other aspects except for a slightly worse rebounding ability.

Of course, there is also a premise for this, that is, the annual salary is controlled at the level of 10 million.

During the Bucks period, Lopez had an average annual salary of 13 million, and in the league where the salary cap exploded and the annual salary was 30 or 40 million, the annual salary of 13 million was equivalent to the current middle class.

Now Lopez is on a contract with an annual salary of 21 million, and the contract will last until two years later, that is, at the end of the 2017-18 season.

According to this price, it is not cheap, but Wang Chao himself is not here to revive the Nets, as long as the team has the ability to win the championship as quickly as possible, how cost-effective the player contract is not in his consideration.

And now, if Lopez can be exchanged for Durant, of course, it will be a bloody deal!

Wang Chao, who immediately returned to the team, immediately met with the team management and made an appointment with Durant and his agent, which was even enough to postpone Wang Chao's return to China for a few days to participate in the national team training.

The meeting went very smoothly.

Durant was actually a little hesitant about this decision, but the consecutive years of failure in the Thunder made him realize that if he continued like this, it would be difficult for him to win a championship for the rest of his career.

Choosing to join the Nets and partner with Wang Chao was also his decision after discussing with his agent and think tank.

They all agreed that this is the fastest and most likely way for Durant to win the championship as soon as possible.

Looking at the entire league, at present, there is only Wang Chao who can compete with the Cavaliers and Warriors, two league aircraft carrier-level teams, and a team that can lead a lineup like the Nets will fight seven bloody battles with the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals, which is enough to prove Wang Chao's terrifying personal ability, as long as Durant and Wang Chao join forces, the championship is within reach!

And now is also the best time to partner with Wang Chao, after all, Wang Chao is now missing the regular season MVP for two consecutive years, and is the first time since the 05-06 season that he has missed the finals, and Durant's choice to join forces with Wang Chao at this time is a relatively least controversial time.

The only thing Durant is more worried about is Wang Chao's attitude towards him, after all, in the past few years, the two sides have been mortal enemies, the two have fought against each other countless times on the court, and Wang Chao has almost won almost all the key duels, defeating him completely.

Now he took the initiative to run over to the mountain gate, if the other party didn't give him a good face, it would be really boring for himself.

Of course, Wang Chao is not so stupid, he is not Green, and in fact, Green is not stupid, people are fine, the reason why he sprayed Durant is to get rid of the other party, because if Durant chooses to renew the Warriors on a long-term contract, limited by the pressure of salary space, the Warriors will definitely let go of someone, and this person is most likely Green, after all, although Green's defense and organizational tandem are important to the Warriors, compared to Curry, Thompson's splash brothers are by no means completely unavoidable.

In fact, the later Green was even a complete burden to the Warriors, the three-point shot was seriously degraded, the organization tandem was just a top arc online deal, and even the ability to defend the frame was not as outstanding as it was at its peak.

The official meeting between the two sides was a day later, when Durant and his agent secretly came to New York, and on the Nets' side, Wang Chao, the team's general manager and head coach were in charge of the meeting.

Of course, the most important of these three is Wang Chao, because now it is Wang Chao who can decide everything about the Nets, and the other two are just looking at the better-looking decorations.

As soon as he saw Durant, Wang Chao's face suddenly put on a warm smile.

"Kevin, here, sit down."

Wang Chao's attitude towards Corporal Lixian made Durant simply flattered.

"We have communicated on the phone before, but now that we are sitting face to face, I still have to solemnly express my attitude to you, whether it is me or the team, I am very happy and hope that you can join, let us join forces to win the NBA championship next year."

Listening to Wang Chao's words, the last trace of hesitation and entanglement in Durant's heart suddenly disappeared.

"Wang, in fact, I have thought about joining forces with you for a long time, but I have never had a good opportunity."

Durant happily stretched out his hand to shake Wang Chao. "Now this opportunity has finally arrived, let's join forces to create a new era!"

"That's of course, old 1.5...... Ahem, Kevin, welcome to you! ”

The corners of Wang Chao's mouth twitched, how could he accidentally tell the truth.

Regarding the details of how Durant should join the Nets, detailed discussions will be held and communication and consultation with the Thunder management.

The Nets management must be in the attitude of getting Durant at the lowest cost, and the Nets will definitely try their best to recover the loss and get more chips when they know that they can't keep Durant.

It's just that Durant is now a complete free agent and can just slap his ass and leave at any time, so the Thunder actually don't have a choice, and the Nets can only ask for whatever they give them.

"Yes, King."

After the negotiation, when Durant was about to return to the hotel, he suddenly asked curiously as if he remembered something.

"When you left the Rockets last year, you were going to help all the teams in the league win championships that haven't won championships, and I've always been curious, is that true? So if we win the championship together with the Nets next year, are you going to stay with the Nets or join other teams that haven't won the championship? ”

Wang Chao was slightly stunned, Durant's tone seemed casual, but his expression was a little unnatural, obviously more concerned about the answer to this question than he expressed.

After thinking about it, he decided to answer truthfully.

"That's why I chose a 1+1 contract, and after the Nets won the championship, I really wouldn't consider renewing my contract with the team."

"You're pretty cool, then." Durant sighed.

Wang Chao was keenly aware that after hearing the words that he would leave after winning the championship, Durant's expression was obviously a lot more relaxed, and it was obvious that this guy was more inclined to roll up and get out of the house after winning the championship than to let himself continue to stay here.

Obviously, although Durant is ready to be an old 1.5, he is obviously not like an old 1.5 all the time, after winning the championship, he still wants more honors to improve his historical status, and at that time, Wang Chao continues to partner with him, which will only hinder his chance to win honors.

Otherwise, Durant is also a smart person.

There are not a few people who will scold Durant in the future, and the vast majority of those who hate him are also because of Durant's joining the Warriors.

But looking back, without the Warriors' two championships + two FMVPs, what would Durant's historical status be like?

Despite numerous infamy and ridicule, Durant's actions earned him real honor and historical status, even before Curry won the fourth championship of his career.

Durant hit the little ninety-nine in his heart, Wang Chao saw through it but didn't plan to say it, and he didn't think that Durant would be able to win any substantive honors after leaving him.

However, after Wang Chao leaves the team, if Durant continues to stay in the Nets, he can indeed take over a super lineup that Wang Chao has built on the spot, Jokic + Booker's core main force, with Bogdanovic, Harrell, Powell, Brogdon and other outstanding role players, plus a peak Durant, this team's combat effectiveness will be no less than that of the peak Warriors, or even better, after all, Jokic and Booker, who have grown up completely, are extremely strong players, and it is entirely possible to compete for the championship.

But so what? No matter how many championships Durant wins in the Nets, he can't get rid of the old 1.5 title of defecting to Wang Chao, let alone surpassing Wang Chao.

And if Wang Chao does a desperate thing at that time, he can find a way to send Booker and Jokic away before leaving, after all, no one knows how strong these two will be in the future, even the best scouts only think that a few young players on the Nets team have good potential and have a chance to become All-Stars in the future.

It's just that these things will be after next year.

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Within days of the free market opening, the league was overwhelmed with multiple trades and signings.

Among them, the most concerned is the top superstar Kevin. Durant's whereabouts.

As early as the division semifinals, after the Thunder was eliminated by the Spurs, some media broke the news that Durant wanted to leave the Thunder.

Although this news has been denied by both the Thunder and Durant, judging from Durant's delay in renewing his contract with the Thunder and the active operation of the Thunder management in the offseason, it is extremely likely that Durant will leave the Thunder.

Many teams in the league with plenty of salary space are ready to move. Durant! While he hasn't had a regular season MVP or scoring champion to date, that doesn't stop Durant from being regarded as one of the best scorers of the era.

In the league, the only one who can stabilize Durant in the scoring field is Wang Chao, who has won scoring for 7 consecutive years.

In the power list of active players ranked by major media in the league, Durant is also perennially in the top three, second only to Wang Chao and James.

Of course, in the past two years, this position has been replaced by two-time regular season MVP Stephen. Curry took it away, but Durant still ranks in the top five active players.

No matter which team in the league can get Durant, it will definitely become a strong team in the league, and if those teams that are stronger themselves have Durant, they will also become the favorite to win the championship.

Therefore, the biggest suspense in the league at the moment is where Durant is going and which team he will join.

In less than two days, a media broke the news that Durant and his agent had gone to New York together.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately attracted the attention of the league, and at the same time, the fans of the New York Knicks took the lead in a collective orgasm.

Kevin. Durant is coming to New York! The Knicks are getting up! ”

Knicks fans were so excited that they thought that Durant was about to join the Knicks and partner with Anthony and Porzingis to form a big three to compete with the Nets, but the Knicks management was confused, and after confirming that the news was true, they faintly felt that something was wrong.

They really want to get Durant, and the team's current salary space can indeed directly provide Durant with a maximum salary contract.

But they didn't have any contact and communication with Durant and his agent team, so the question is, why did Durant and his agent go to New York?

"Will it be ......?"

Afraid of what comes.

Just a day after the news of Durant's trip to New York spread, many sports media commentators were analyzing the possibility of Durant joining the Knicks, and the discussion was hot.

The Oklahoma City Thunder and the Brooklyn Nets announced at the same time that the two teams reached a trade agreement, and the Thunder would send Durant to the Nets on a sign-and-trade basis, and then get All-Star center Brooke from the Nets. Lopez, a 2018 first-round pick from the Nets, plus a $5 million trade exception.

As soon as this news came out, fans across the league and even around the world were stunned.

Durant joined the Nets and is going to join forces with Wang Chao?!!

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