While the Men's Basketball World Cup is being held, the NBA league is still operating in an orderly manner, and transactions between various teams are also in progress.
Like another time and space, when the light bulb combination failed to achieve anything for two consecutive years, the conflicts between Harden and Paul increased day by day. In the end, the Rockets chose to trade Paul to the Thunder in exchange for Thunder star Russell
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This deal caused quite a stir in the league.
Although Westbrook's performance last season was not particularly good, he finally achieved a triple-double for the third consecutive season, successfully destroying the triple-double data by himself.
Rockets fans have every reason to expect that the reunion of two of the three former Thunder players will make the Rockets stronger.
The Thunder, who acquired Paul, will also officially begin their rebuilding work.
Perhaps none of them would have imagined that in the upcoming new season, only Paul's Thunder would be ranked higher than the Rockets in the final regular season. Although the records of the two teams were close, the combination of Harden + Westbrook only had a record of
Can be on par with the Thunder team led by Paul as a single core, supplemented by Gallinari, Schroder and other players.
It can be seen that although Chris Paul's personal data continues to decline with age, his control over the team has not weakened much.
Unfortunately, Paul's annual salary of $38.51 million is too high and slightly inconsistent with his current actual value.
After the trade between the Rockets and the Thunder, no team in the league has made any big-money deals. They have only made small signings and reinforcements.
The Lakers are also making moves.
The two rookies selected in this year's draft, Poole and Bol, have already completed contract extensions with the team. Subsequently, the Lakers signed Dwight Howard with a veteran's minimum salary of US$2.56 million a year, and retained him for US$4 million.
After getting rid of McGee, he also used the basic salary to renew the contract of Seth Curry, who played soybean for the Lakers last season.
Subsequently, the Lakers signed two unknown water cooler players in the free market, expanding the roster to 14 people.
The operation was dazzling, but after careful calculation, many Lakers fans couldn't help but feel disappointed.
After winning the championship, the Lakers gained nothing in the free market. They only acquired Howard, who no one wanted, and therefore let go of McGee, who played well with the Lakers last season.
And McGee is not the only one who the Lakers let go of their championship achievements.
Players such as Rondo, Rose, and Nance Jr. all left the team during the offseason. These players performed well in the team last season and have the ability to stay and continue to compete for the team's championship.
But the team gave up on them without hesitation.
In fact, this is a helpless move from the perspective of the management.
These players have received quite generous offers in the free market, with an average salary of about 10 million, and they start at least two years, and there is no one-year short-term contract.
If the Lakers want to keep all these players, the price they have to pay will be quite high.
At the same time, if you keep them, you will inevitably need to give them playing time and ball rights in the game.
In the Lakers, the distribution of ball rights is already very tight.
As the core of the team, Wang Feng naturally and comfortably occupies more than 50% of the ball rights. Wang Feng's offensive efficiency is worthy of him having so much ball rights.
Under Wang Feng, as the team's second boss, Butler, who currently has the highest salary in the team and is slightly more than one million US dollars more than Wang Feng, will naturally have to take away some of the ball rights. Last season, Butler's proportion was not.
A lot, but it’s close to 20%.
The remaining 30% is divided between Ingram, Kuzma, Lopez and a number of substitute rotation players.
Fortunately for those rotation players, the two young players are already a little unsatisfied with their current position in the team, especially Ingram.
Since entering the league as the second overall pick in the first round in 2016, Ingram has played in the league for three seasons.
However, his best performance in these three seasons was the 17-18 season when he averaged 16+5+4 per game.
Last season, due to the arrival of Butler, Ingram's tactical status in the team was further reduced. The ball rights and the number of shots were affected. His personal data did not advance but retreated. Although the team won the championship as a result, it did not
Not many people think that Ingram's performance is very good.
The 19-20 season is Ingram's fourth season and the last year of his rookie contract.
Based on his current performance, even if he is extremely talented, it is still slightly difficult to get a maximum salary contract.
Therefore, Ingram had already talked to the team management during the offseason and made it clear that he wanted more tactical support in the new season and hoped to have more shooting rights.
After all, Ingram is the young potential player that the Lakers value most. He is two years younger than Kuzma, who entered the league a year later. His static talent is astonishingly high, and he has the possibility of becoming the second Durant.
Therefore, the Lakers have decided to agree to Ingram's request and not keep Rondo, Rose and other players who need the ball for this reason.
Wang Feng has no objection to the Lakers' decision.
Ingram is indeed a very good player. After being used as a bargaining chip to trade Davis from the Pelicans in another time and space, Ingram quickly established a foothold with the Pelicans, and his personal data quickly stabilized at 24+5+
Around 5, the shooting percentage is 46%, and the three-point shooting percentage can also reach over 38%.
While Ingram has outstanding abilities on the offensive end, although Ingram is far inferior to Leonard, George, Butler and other frontline defenders on the defensive end, his excellent height, wingspan and flexibility allow him to perform well on the defensive end.
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Young, capable and potential.
Considering all the factors above, Wang Feng feels that it is a good choice to let Ingram serve as the team's third boss. Moreover, as a player selected by the Lakers, the Lakers do not need to be subject to salary cap restrictions when renewing Ingram's contract.
You can extend your contract with a maximum salary, which is generally much more convenient.
In the new season, it is acceptable to give Ingram some shooting rights and Wang Feng.
Of course, the prerequisite for Wang Feng to accept giving Ingram the right to take action is that this season's scoring list is not as involution as last season, and Harden will be like in another time and space, averaging around 34.4 points per game.
The honor of being the scoring champion is something that Wang Feng will never give up due to its generous reward system!
Suppose a scoring maniac suddenly appears this season and can average 40 points per game. Wang Feng will not even think about it. He will definitely take away the right to shoot from his teammates. Even if he uses a brush, he will have to average points per game.
Beat your opponents!
And if the only threat to the scoring list is Harden, who averages about 34 points per game, then Wang Feng will be a little more restrained and maintain his average score at about 35 points per game.
In the face of system rewards, no matter whether Wang Feng averages 50 points or 30 points per game, the reward for the scoring champion will not change. If part of the 50 points are converted into assists, it will become an average of 30 points and 10 assists per game.
The evaluation score may be higher. The personal data referenced in the seasonal reward evaluation is a non-linear superposition, and it cannot be achieved once and for all by simply accumulating infinitely on one ability.
Although the new season has not yet started, Wang Feng has already made a target plan for his season data.
Averaged about 35 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and about 3 steals per game.
That's right, Wang Feng also plans to take a roll.
Although Westbrook has reduced his triple-doubles per game to less than before, even so, looking at NBA history, only Oscar Robertson and Russell Westbrook are the only players who can average a triple-double per game in a season.
There are only two people, and adding Wang Feng after the names of these two people is quite good.
As for the team's goal, of course it is still the championship.
In the new season, there are two strong aircraft carrier-level teams in the league, namely the Nets, equipped with the Big Three of Durant, Irving, and George, and the Clippers, driven by the dual-core power of James and Leonard.
Once these two teams were born, they immediately became the favorites to win the championship, and ranked above the Lakers and the Warriors who lost Durant.
In the eyes of many fans and sports commentators, the strength of these two teams is very terrifying.
But Wang Feng didn't think so.
Compared with another time and space, the Nets and Clippers are indeed much stronger and can indeed pose a certain threat to the current Lakers, but the Lakers' lineup depth is obviously better.
Just like the Clippers' James+Leonard combination, it is at best tied with Wang Feng+Butler. The Lakers also have Ingram who averaged 24+5+5 per game in the 19-20 season.
, and also has a lot of good players such as Kuzma and Lopez.
In order to free up salary space to sign Leonard, the Clippers sent away Tobias Harris and Gallinari. They only relied on players such as Lou Williams, Harrell, and DeAndre Jordan to compete with the Lakers.
The team's competitiveness is still a little bit worse.
As for the Big Three with a more luxurious lineup, the Nets...
Forgive Wang Feng, he is not targeting Irving, but Ou Shenxian has been a complete scammer in recent years.
From the 19-20 season to the 21-22 season, the average number of appearances in the regular season in the three seasons was only 34. Whether it is the fragile physique of the glass man, or the various brainless remarks and weird reasons for missing the game, they all highlight this certain person.
The No. 1 point guard is by no means a one-of-a-kind player.
Although Durant did not suffer a serious Achilles tendon injury, coupled with the more reliable George, they are just the same dual-core as the Clippers.
And unlike the Clippers, in order to acquire George through the trade, the Nets suffered a real hemorrhage. The original lineup was dismantled. Apart from the Big Three, there were not many outstanding role players. It was very similar to the original Heat.
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Durant is 37.2 million, George is 33.01 million, and Irving is 31.74 million. The total salary of the three has exceeded 100 million. Even if the rich boss Tsai is willing to pay a huge luxury tax, it will be difficult for the Nets to sign some capable players.
Ability to choose other players on the team among low-wage and mid-level players.
Of course, most fans can't see through this. In their opinion, these three players alone are enough to play. If the three of them each scored 25 points in a game, wouldn't the game be stable?
Even compared to the Nets and Clippers, the Lakers' current lineup is a weird one.
The team has been recruiting players all summer, but they have not signed a point guard. So far, the only point guard on the team is Seth Curry, who played a big role last season.
What do you mean? Are the Lakers planning to make Seth Curry the team's starting point guard?