Wang Feng certainly has his reasons for making this choice.
In 2016, the NBA will sign a new broadcast contract, and the team's salary cap will skyrocket. By then, the players' salaries will take a qualitative leap!
The Grizzlies' main point guard Mike Conley signed a five-year, 153 million maximum salary contract with the Bucks in July 2016, setting a new record for the highest salary in NBA history and shocking the entire league!
At that time, many people questioned that Conley's ability and level were simply not worthy of this largest contract in history!
However, in the following few years, NBA salary records were constantly broken. Westbrook, Lillard, and Curry all continued to significantly refresh the amount of their maximum salary contracts!
Even Harrison Barnes, Wang Feng's direct competitor, was able to receive a four-year maximum salary of US$94 million with the Dallas Mavericks because he was lucky enough to catch up with the benefits of this new broadcast agreement.
Wang Feng is now only one year away from the arrival of this wave of benefits, and his contract expires exactly one year later. How could he possibly pick up the sesame seeds and lose the watermelon under such circumstances?
Although 28 million in 4 years is not bad, if you endure for another year, this contract may become 60 million in 4 years! Even with the help of the system, as his personal ability improves, it will be easier to get a maximum salary offer.
Not impossible!
This is just one of his reasons!
Another more important factor is the Warriors' own team operations.
Wang Feng remembers this period of history very clearly!
Without Wang Feng, although the Warriors won the championship in the 14-15 season, in the 15-16 season, although they won a shocking 73 wins in the regular season, they were reversed by the Cavaliers in the finals and suffered a painful loss.
Overall champion!
The Warriors, who failed to successfully defend their title, immediately began operational operations. Just as the new broadcast agreement came into effect, the team's salary cap skyrocketed, giving the Warriors a lot of room to operate. In the end, the Warriors successfully introduced top superstar Kevin.
Durant!
Curry! Durant! Two MVP-level players in their prime partnered to form an invincible five-star warrior! And they easily defeated all opponents to win the championship in the next two years!
As for the Warriors, which suffered from injuries one after another, and the Menglong took advantage of the injured players in the finals, and finally Durant chose to leave after his contract expired, and the dynasty collapsed, that is another story.
Wang Feng doesn't know whether his appearance will change the overall progress of the Warriors.
He has absolute confidence and will definitely help the Warriors win the 2016 championship! Two consecutive championships will make his worth and evaluation soar!
But will the Warriors, who have not suffered a defeat in the Finals, pursue Durant at all costs? And will Durant be willing to join a team that has won two consecutive championships and is about to create a dynasty for the sake of the championship?
Wang Feng is really not sure.
At least from the perspective of the Warriors team, if you can obtain a league status second only to James and a star with absolute strength, you will definitely pursue it with all your strength. If the salary cap allows, who wouldn’t want to be a star of his own team?
What about a stronger and more luxurious lineup?
As for Durant...since he can take shortcuts to win the championship and join a 73-win team that has won one championship and one runner-up in the past two years, what does it mean to join a team that has won two consecutive championships?
Under this premise, Wang Feng must consider where Durant will go if he comes to the Warriors after 16 years!
If it is based on Wang Feng's ability and level now, it won't matter much. Durant mainly plays the third and fourth positions. After he comes to the Warriors, he can play at the fourth position and let Green play the five.
At the No. 3 position, Wang Feng’s starting position at No. 3 is very solid.
But the question is, is Wang Feng willing to remain a 3D role player?
Of course not!
Wang Feng has great ambitions!
In the next few seasons, he will gradually grow from a 3D role player to the core of a team step by step!
Durant's arrival will inevitably reduce Wang Feng's limited shooting rights again, turning him into a tool player who can only wait for passes in the corner on the offensive end, and work hard on the defensive end to defend the opponent's star players.
Even Wang Feng may be traded out as a bargaining chip in exchange for some more valuable players to cooperate with Curry and Durant's new system!
No matter whether Wang Feng's vision will come true or not, he must be prepared for what to do if this happens!
Therefore, the initiative to sign the contract must be firmly in his own hands!
"Oh well……"
Seeing Wang Feng's persistence, Miles could only nod, stood up with a smile, and shook hands with Wang Feng.
"Since you are so resolute, I respect your decision. I hope you can perform even better in the new season and get yourself a more generous reward!"
For the Warriors, although Wang Feng is a very important player, he is by no means irreplaceable, and he is far from indispensable and must be signed!
Ying Guodala, Barnes, and even in the free market, there are many substitute players of the same type.
Moreover, Wang Feng still has a one-year contract with the Warriors. During this year, the Warriors will always have the first option to sign with Wang Feng.
More importantly, the Warriors' management, including Miles, does not believe that in just one year, Wang Feng's strength can improve to the point where the contract offer needs to be higher than it is now.
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When Wang Feng walked out of the general manager's office, he breathed a long sigh of relief.
Let me tell you something, it was really difficult for him, who had been an ordinary person in his previous life, to refuse a contract worth hundreds of millions of national dollars!
But Wang Feng must do this! Giving up now is just to get more in the future!
"28 million in four years? One year later! I want to get more money than this!!!"
Wang Feng has this confidence!
And now, after rejecting the early contract extension offered by the Warriors, the first thing he has to do is how to arrange the system's season rewards!
50 freely allocated points! A golden badge of your choice!
After receiving the reward from the system, Wang Feng never made a choice because he was hesitant and did not think about the specific directions in which to strengthen.
Wang Feng, whose overall rating is only in his early 70s, has huge shortcomings in many aspects. Although 50 freely allocated points is a lot, it is really not enough when looking at the dazzling array of abilities!
Good steel must be used on the blade. Whether Wang Feng can keep up with the next level next season, how to add points in this wave is crucial!
And that optional golden badge is undoubtedly the more important choice!
Ability values are just a player's basic data value, and badges are the real key to determining a player's performance on the field!