It is unique in the entire history of the league for an MVP-level player to join a team that has won two consecutive championships in his prime.
When Karl Malone won three consecutive championships with the Lakers, he was still 39 years old and his competitive level had dropped off a cliff.
Moreover, when he joined, the Lakers team that won three consecutive championships was eliminated by the Spurs 4:2 in the second round of the Western Conference. It was not recognized as the strongest in the league.
Durant is just 29 years old this year and at the peak of his career.
What is the concept of such a top star who is considered one of the best in the league and chooses to join the Warriors who have won two consecutive championships and created a record of 74 wins and 35 consecutive wins?
With two MVP-level players teaming up, and two All-Star players on the team who were selected to the league's best team, who can beat such a Warriors team?
The Warriors after winning the previous championship did give people a feeling that it was difficult to beat, but at least they were still within the range of people's understanding and tolerance. But now that Durant has joined, the Warriors' strength has instantly supermodeled, and they have fast-forwarded to the finale.
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Many people immediately appealed to NBA officials, believing that this behavior was extremely harmful to the league and strongly demanding that Durant's move to join the Warriors be vetoed.
However, there is nothing the Alliance can do about this.
Durant signed with the Warriors as a free agent after his contract expired. What right does the league have to interfere?
All teams in the league are stunned.
Fans in China were also confused.
What the hell? Durant joined the Warriors for $54.3 million in two years? What about Wang Feng?
The Warriors' salary space is also very small, and they were able to afford Durant's offer only after trading Bogut to free up salary space and Durant's salary cut.
Wang Feng's current worth has soared to more than 20 million. With reference to players such as Harrison Barnes and Chandler Parsons who performed far less well than Wang Feng in the past two days but received a maximum salary of 95 million in four years,
Wang Feng has no problem signing a maximum-salary contract!
Now that Durant has gone to the Warriors, doesn't it mean that Wang Feng will be directly squeezed away?
Thinking of all the previous rumors, people can't help but wonder, could it be that Wang Feng had already anticipated that the Warriors didn't want to keep him, so he started looking for a new home early?
Which NBA team will Wang Feng go to? Will he go to the Houston Rockets?
In the NBA Rookie Draft two weeks ago, the Rockets selected Chinese player Zhou Qi with the No. 43 pick in the second round and signed a four-year contract worth US$5.57 million.
Obviously the Rockets want to replicate Dayao's glory. As China's most promising and powerful player, Zhou Qi is definitely worth a try.
In fact, the Rockets have done this more than once. Previously, they poached Jeremy Lin, who made his fortune in the Knicks.
Now that Wang Feng has become a free agent, how can the Rockets give up?
Even though Bill Duffy had made it clear that Wang Feng was not interested in joining the Rockets, the Rockets were still unwilling to give in. For this reason, they did not hesitate to play the family card and ask Dayao to come forward to help intercede.
After playing for the Rockets for many years, Dayao still had feelings for the Rockets, so he tried to contact Wang Feng.
"Wang, I really think you should consider the Rockets. The team now has enough salary space and is fully capable of giving you a maximum salary offer. With me here, you will definitely have the privilege of being in the Rockets. Even if you can't beat Harden, you will definitely be the Rockets."
Number two. Besides, Zhou Qi has also gone to the Rockets now, so it would be nice for you two to take photos of each other."
However, even though it was Dayao who spoke in person, Wang Feng still did not give Dayao the face.
Wang Feng, who is well aware of the future direction of the Rockets, is very clear that Harden is a standard regular season dragon and playoff bug player, and his playing style has a very high ball possession rate.
That's it. In the regular season, we compete with Wang Feng for the ball and rush to collect statistics. Not only can we not be of any help in the playoffs, we will also be held back, affecting season rewards.
Isn’t this cheating?
What's more, the Rockets also have a disgusting dog. How can Wang Feng consider this?
"Brother Yao, it's not that I don't give you this face, but I'm really not interested in the Rockets."
Wang Feng said helplessly.
"...Okay." When Wang Feng said this, Dayao could only sigh helplessly.
Although Wang Feng signed an agent contract with Team Yao, he had stipulations when signing the contract. All decisions made by Team Yao required Wang Feng’s final decision. If Wang Feng disagreed, he could directly veto it. This was the same as back then.
Like Yao Yao.
Therefore, Team Yao can only provide suggestions to Wang Feng and cannot force Wang Feng through contractual constraints.
Both Dayao and Yao's team's agent team believe that Wang Feng joining the Rockets is a harmless thing, and is even a better choice than staying with the Warriors. They really can't figure out why Wang Feng doesn't want to go.
Rocket?
Is it true that as Bill Duffy guessed, Wang Feng doesn't want to live in Dayao's shadow, so he doesn't want to join the Rockets where Dayao plays?
Thinking of this, Dayao couldn't help but ask: "Wang Feng, can I ask why you don't want to choose the Rockets?"
Wang Feng hesitated for a moment, then said calmly: "Actually, it's not a big deal. I just hate the current general manager of the Rockets. If the Rockets fire the general manager, I can consider joining the Rockets."
Dayao: "..."
What the hell?
Do you hate the general manager of the Rockets? Will you consider joining the Rockets as soon as they fire the general manager? What is the grudge between you?
At this moment, Dayao even thought that Wang Feng was joking? But his tone just now did not sound like a joke at all!
Dayao wanted to ask more clearly, but Wang Feng did not want to go into details.
How to explain this kind of thing?
Could it be that Dayao was told that in the future, that dog would eat too many brain fragments and make some idiotic remarks, causing China to almost completely break with the NBA?
That’s all.
However, Wang Fengfeng took the initiative to tell Dayao the reason, which was actually a bit intentional.
He knows that it is impossible for the Rockets to really give up their general manager for him, not to mention that Wang Feng's strength and popularity have not yet reached the status of a superstar. Even if he did, the team management would still have the face to curry favor.
A player fired his own general manager without any reason or reason?
I'm afraid only Gang Leader Qiao and James can do this kind of thing in the entire league.
Watching Wang Feng hang up the phone with Dayao, Bill Duffy, who was sitting aside, looked at Wang Feng with something wrong, as if he was looking at a psychopath.
He held it back for a long time, forcing himself to ask Wang Feng why he hated the general manager of the Rockets. Then he calmed down and asked: "Well, Wang, although the free market has only been open for four days, for us, there is no time left."
There are more and fewer teams with salary space. You have to make a decision as soon as possible, which team should you choose?"