Wang Feng announced at the regular season MVP award ceremony that he would no longer play for the Lakers, instantly occupying the front pages of major websites.
When most people saw this news, they subconsciously thought it was fake news for the first time, and then after verifying the authenticity of the news, they were stunned.
Has Wang Feng been kicked in the head?
The Lakers have just won two consecutive championships and three consecutive regular season MVPs, so why are they leaving the team? Is there a conflict within the team? Or is Wang Feng at odds with the team's management?
But this shouldn’t be the case. It is said that losing will cause conflicts. I have never heard of a championship team having such an exaggerated conflict that it broke out within a few days of winning the cup and the core of the team had to take the initiative to leave the team!
That day, Lakers general manager Earvin Johnson's phone calls were completely bombarded. Countless calls from the media gave him a headache. What made him even more angry was that many of these calls were from general managers of other teams in the league.
The manager's phone number - they all asked about Wang Feng's quotation.
Although Wang Feng can choose to opt out of his contract and become a free agent, everyone understands that that is not a wise move.
As a free agent joining a new team, Wang Feng cannot activate the Bird Rights. Calculated on a five-year long-term contract, it would cost at least nearly 10 million US dollars.
No one can live with money, so Wang Feng will most likely choose the sign-and-trade method so that he can get a super-maximum contract. The Lakers can also make up for their losses by trading Wang Feng in exchange for some good chips.
The salary space is limited, and teams that have no conditions to sign Wang Feng can therefore participate in the competition for Wang Feng. It can be said that everyone is happy.
But Johnson was not happy. He only felt confused and dizzy at this time.
What is this for?
The Lakers have attached great importance to Wang Feng in the past few years. They fully listen to Wang Feng's opinions on the team's recruitment decisions. As long as they are the players he wants to partner with, they basically try their best to satisfy him. Wang Feng's playing time on the court and
The ball rights are also determined entirely according to his own wishes.
Wang Feng has also gained a lot of benefits from being in the Lakers. With the brand name of Los Angeles and the Lakers, Wang Feng's fans have increased exponentially. He has won the Western Conference and even the league's All-Star votes for three consecutive years, and has won various honors.
It is impossible for anyone to understand what Wang Feng's thoughts were that made him choose to quit the Lakers when he reached the pinnacle of honor.
At least now, the team's owner and a large part of the management believe that Wang Feng must have irreconcilable conflicts with the team before he chooses to leave the team. As the general manager, Irvin Johnson must know something, but he
Choose to hide it and not report it.
Erwin really wanted to cry without tears. He was shot even while lying down.
"Dongdongdong..."
There was a knock on the office door, and Johnson was shocked and said quickly: "Please come in."
The assistant opened the door and introduced a man into the office.
An old face is here, Bill Duffy, the agent in charge of the American NBA in Wang Feng’s economic team Yao Zhi.
What surprised Johnson was that Bill Duffy also had a black line on his face and looked very unhappy.
"Ervin, your phone can't get through. Can you tell me what happened first? Why did Wang Hao leave the Lakers so well? Did you offend him in some way?"
As soon as he entered the room, Bill Duffy couldn't help but say.
Johnson: "..."
Does this count as the evildoer complaining first?
It’s fine if others don’t know what’s going on. Bill Duffy, as Wang Feng’s agent, doesn’t know either. What a joke!
But looking at the other person's expression, Johnson realized that the other person didn't seem to be joking.
"Didn't the king tell you the reason?"
"I can swear to God that nothing has happened. The relationship between the Lakers management and Wang Feng is very harmonious, and we have just successfully defended the championship. How could there be a conflict at this time?"
Johnson and Bill Duffy looked at each other, and both sides spent several minutes proving their innocence.
But now the question arises, if this is the case, what is the real reason?
"Bill, haven't you contacted Wang Feng?"
Johnson asked.
The latter shook his head helplessly. "My mobile phone has been receiving calls since yesterday. Both my work and personal mobile phones are the same. When I borrowed my family's mobile phone to call Wang Feng's number, the line was also busy..."
"Don't worry about anything else! I just want to know what Wang Feng is thinking?"
Johnson said frantically.
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While the outside world caused an uproar because of Wang Feng's announcement of winning the award, Wang Feng was quite calm at home.
Of course he knew what kind of violent sensation his actions would cause.
But there was nothing Wang Feng could do.
Who made the system so good that it issued such a task?
Compared with quietly jumping out of the contract or submitting a transaction application, Wang Feng feels that it is simpler and more direct to deliver a serious blow in this way.
The reason why Wang Feng chose to leave the team was very clear in his award declaration. The Lakers' lineup was too strong, leaving him no challenge, so he wanted to change to a weaker team at the bottom of the league to further prove it.
own strength.
As for whether the outside world believes it or not, that is someone else’s business.
The only thing that makes Wang Feng a little bit regretful is that his management team will definitely be troubled by this in the past few days, and the general manager of the Lakers, Magic Johnson, will also be having a hard time.
Wang Feng has already thought of a remedy, which is to use a sign-and-trade approach as other teams have thought, leaving a little more wealth for the Lakers.
Wang Feng is relatively confident in his trading value.
A player who has already won five championships and three MVPs at the age of 27 is definitely the hottest player in the league. In theory, Wang Feng can be exchanged for any player from all teams in the league.
As long as it is done properly, the Lakers can obtain a large number of potential players and draft picks with this deal. Even if they lose Wang Feng, it can be regarded as some acceptable compensation.
That's all he can do. After all, in order to complete the system upgrade task, leaving the Lakers is inevitable.
Wang Feng understood why the system upgrade task set such conditions. It was actually to increase the difficulty.
The Lakers' lineup is really considered a simple model in the league. As long as one of Butler and Ingram performs normally, plus Wang Feng, who has an overall rating of 99, he can beat most teams in the league. In this kind of situation,
In this case, there is no concept of mission challenge at all.
To put it bluntly, Wang Feng doesn't dislike such challenging tasks.
If an online game only involves continuous grinding and grinding, it would actually be quite boring. Appropriately increasing the task difficulty in certain links can significantly enhance the player's sense of accomplishment in completing the task.
The question now is which team at the bottom of the league Wang Feng will choose.