The Timberwolves lion opened his mouth so loudly that Johnson almost laughed angrily.
"You guys really dare to ask for a price! Leonard's side, the Spurs, made this offer, but we didn't agree. You and Jimmy Butler also want the same price? What do you think?"
Leonard and Butler are both forward players, and there is a huge difference in strength and value. This is the consensus of the entire league. After all, even if Butler is not underestimated, the honors he has received are still not as good as Leonard's. On the court,
The same is true for dominance.
Without thinking, Johnson immediately rejected the Timberwolves and made an offer for Ball, Randle and a second-round pick.
Of course, such an offer was rejected by the Timberwolves, and both parties broke up on bad terms.
But Wang Feng knows very well that the Lakers have a chance, because during this period, the contradiction between Butler and the Timberwolves has begun to become prominent.
On July 1, the Timberwolves offered Butler a four-year, $110 million contract extension, but Butler rejected it because Butler wanted a maximum salary contract, not for Wiggins and Tang.
Si's contract extension will cost him his salary.
On July 4, media reported that relations within the Timberwolves were tense. Butler was dissatisfied with his teammates' indifference to victory, especially Towns.
On July 14, the news that Butler refused to renew his contract in advance was confirmed, but the team owner denied that there was a conflict between Butler and his teammates, but this kind of thing is obviously not groundless.
Although the Timberwolves and Butler have not yet reached the level of completely irreconcilable conflicts at this time, the Timberwolves' intention to lower the salary and renew the contract has obviously made Butler dissatisfied.
The time was ripe, Wang Feng immediately struck while the iron was hot and personally called Butler.
In the middle of last season, Wang Feng had already developed an idea for Butler, so he tried every means to get Butler's contact information, and also vaguely expressed his desire to play alongside him.
In this call, Wang Feng very formally invited Butler to consider playing for the Lakers, and promised that the team would provide Butler with a maximum salary extension, and as the second-in-command of the team, he would enjoy the second-highest salary in the team.
Wang Feng’s status and ball rights.
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, they were third in the Western Conference, reached the conference semifinals in the playoffs, and had Wang Feng, the new regular season MVP player, as a partner, no matter what, it was much better than the Timberwolves' pile of slop.
More importantly, Wang Feng and the Lakers showed rare respect for him and were willing to provide him with 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 most likely settled.
Once Butler actively requested a trade, the Timberwolves had no choice but to compromise and try to get as much leverage from the Lakers as possible.
With Butler's character, if the negotiations between the two sides are unsuccessful, it is very likely that he will take reporters to the locker room and lead the third team members to beat the first and second team players, and then utter that classic sentence.
By then, the Timberwolves will be disgraced and just want to get Butler away as soon as possible.
In another time and space, the 76ers' bargaining chip to acquire Butler was not high at all. They acquired Butler in exchange for two role players who averaged about 12 points per game and a second-round pick.
As long as the Lakers show a little patience, they can definitely use Ball + Randle and then add some random additions in exchange for Butler.
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After talking to Butler on the phone, Wang Feng booked a flight back to China and prepared to return home.
There is basically nothing left for him to do in the United States. As for signings, Butler is the only link left 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.
Consistent.
Wang Feng plans to return to China first to use the rare rest time to spend time with his family, and then participate in the men's basketball event of the Jakarta Asian Games in August and win another championship.
Although the gold content of the men's basketball championship in the Asian Games is very low, even without Wang Feng, the Chinese men's basketball team can easily win the championship, so the most they can give him is a random bronze badge reward, but mosquito meat is also meat, there is no reason to give up.
The more badges, the better. If he could collect all the badges, Wang Feng couldn't imagine how terrifying he would become on the court.
Wang Feng got on the plane back to China alone. Bingbing had returned to China a few days ago. She needed to return to the CCTV headquarters to report on her work before she would actually have a holiday.
However, her vacation will not be very long this time, because CCTV Sports Channel has arranged a short-term new job for Bingbing. As a special reporter, she will go 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 had indeed grasped the traffic code.
As the relationship between Wang Feng and Bing Bing becomes increasingly clear, CCTV Sports Channel is paying more and more attention to Bing Bing, and it seems that they will train her as a leading actress.
This is where you can enjoy the shade under the big tree. Although Wang Feng, as a basketball player, does not have much power on CCTV, his high visibility and popularity have given him a certain degree of influence.
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After Wang Feng returned to China, he returned to his hometown and reunited with his parents and family for nearly half a month.
At the beginning of August, Wang Feng said goodbye to his family and flew to the men's basketball national team training camp to report.
Here, members of the Chinese men's basketball team will conduct a two-week training camp before flying to Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 16 to attend the opening ceremony of the Asian Games.
Before the start of the training camp, Wang Feng finally planned to add points to the season rewards of the previous system to further improve his strength.
After the NBA 2017-18 season officially ended, the total rewards he received are as follows.
"Free distribution points: 120, respectively from S-season evaluation and selection to the best first team reward."
"Elite enhancement points: 10, respectively from S-season evaluation and scoring champion reward."
"Two badges: a purple self-selected badge, from the regular season MVP award, and a bronze random badge, from the playoff division semifinal results."
"The steal ability value +1 comes from the steal king reward."
"Blocking ability value +5, rewarded from the best defensive team."
These are all the rewards Wang Feng received after the end of the season.
When he first received the reward, he did not choose to strengthen it immediately. After all, the season was over. He did not need to worry. He could fully consider how to strengthen himself to make himself stronger, and then strengthen it later.