Basketball Altar Living Buddha

Chapter 313 Competing for Durant

Chapter 307

For such an important matter as signing a contract, it is naturally impossible for Lei Feng to come by himself, so he brought his own agent team.

There was nothing wrong with the contract, Lei Feng signed his name with confidence!

Since then, Lei Feng renewed his contract with the New York Knicks with a four-year maximum salary contract of 9480 million, which made the Knicks executives present heaved a sigh of relief!

What is thunderstorm?It is the cornerstone, the cornerstone of the Knicks!
After Lei Feng stabilizes here, the Knicks can give it a go and invite top players in the league to join them!
The Knicks' defending champion team itself is very attractive to those stars who want to win the championship. Coupled with the extremely stable cornerstone of Lei Feng, the Knicks instantly became a favorite...

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After Lei Feng signed his name, the scene suddenly boiled up, and the reporters all raised their hands and prepared to speak!

"Mr. Lei Feng, congratulations on signing the maximum salary contract, and then can you talk about your outlook for the new season!" The reporter asked.

"Of course we will continue to win the championship!" Lei Feng said with a smile.

The goal of the defending champion is naturally to continue to win the championship, there is no doubt about this.

"With the salary cap soaring, the Knicks will have a lot of salary space. Have the Knicks already started looking for other superstars to sign?"

"I don't know much about this kind of thing at the moment. It should be regarded as the responsibility of the team's management. If you ask me this question, you are asking the wrong person!" Lei Feng replied bluntly.

It's really hard for Lei Feng to answer this question, mainly because he really doesn't know what the management wants to do...

Anthony's contract is still pending. Lei Feng also called Anthony a few days ago to ask about the signing, but Anthony hesitated and didn't give a definite answer...

Lei Feng naturally wants Anthony to stay in the New York Knicks. After all, there are not many players who can reach Anthony's level this offseason!
If you really want to count, there are currently only three free agents who can reach the strength of Anthony, namely Durant, James and DeRozan of the Raptors...

As for the big white side like the Heat, the Knicks themselves have Gobert, but they don't need a big white side with a similar style of play. Besides, the big white side's contract must be at the top salary level, and the Knicks will definitely not waste such a large sum. The money came to sign Da Baibian.

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Speaking of it, the Knicks' lineup is infinitely close to perfection, and the starting five can basically be regarded as giant-level players.

But the problem is that if Lei Feng and Anthony are on the court at the same time, the requirements for the distribution of ball rights are relatively high. If they are on the court at the same time, the role played by Anthony may not be as good as a pure top 3D player!

With Anthony's self-esteem, it is absolutely impossible to allow the team to put himself on the bench!

So, this is the problem the Knicks are currently facing!
Do you want to sign Anthony? !

If he signs it, it must be a five-year long-term contract. After all, Anthony is already at this age. The next contract is likely to be the last big contract of his career. He must pay for his income. Think about it.

The five-year maximum salary contract is a super high salary of 1.29 million US dollars. Considering that Gobert will also sign next season, it will be difficult for the Knicks to continue to introduce other stars this season.

After all, if it is introduced, it is also a maximum salary. Next season, the Knicks can only let Gobert go...

All in all, the Knicks don't know how to deal with Anthony's contract now, they are very painful...

"Mr. Lei Feng, the Knicks have not released any news about Anthony's contract renewal. Can you tell me, will Anthony continue to play for the Knicks next season?" The reporter asked again.

Lei Feng smiled wryly and waved his hands, "I haven't got a definite answer to this matter yet, but I think Anthony will definitely not leave the Knicks!"

"Does the Knicks have plans to continue to introduce other stars, such as Durant..." The reporters asked questions!
Many good people are analyzing the reasons why Durant refused to renew his contract with the Thunder at this point in time!

In their analysis, the biggest possibility for Durant is to join a championship team and then go for the championship!
You must know that Durant holds a super big Nike contract. Even if he doesn't want to change teams, it is estimated that Nike will try to get him to leave the Thunder, because in the Thunder, Durant and Nike can't see the slightest. Championship hope!

If Durant wins the championship, how many more pairs of his sneakers should he sell?What a huge income this is!

So regardless of public or private, Durant will definitely leave the Thunder in the end and join a team with greater hopes of winning the championship!

Such as the Warriors, such as the Knicks!

What makes other teams in the league even more desperate is that these two teams currently have enough salary space to sign Durant!
The salary space for the Warriors is relatively reasonable. The contracts of the Big Three in the team are not high, all of which are in the tens of millions, especially for Curry. In addition, they did not give Barnes Jr. a maximum salary contract, which led to the Warriors having sufficient salary space to sign Durant!

The salary space for the Knicks is a bit strange. After Parsons left, the current salary of the entire Knicks team exceeds [-] million, only Lei Feng and Rondo, and Rondo's contract is almost the price of cabbage As for the other players, they are either on rookie contracts, or small contracts that are less than middle class contracts...

Considering Anthony's contract, even if Anthony is given a maximum salary, they still have enough salary to sign Durant!

That's kind of scary!

The strength of these two teams is already the best in the league. If they get another Durant, other teams will basically have nothing to play...

Whether it is the Warriors or the Knicks, both sides are actively competing for Durant now!
And Durant is also well aware of his value, and is currently on vacation in Miami, waiting for the management of each team to come to him to discuss the signing of the contract!

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To the disappointment of the Thunder management, Durant rejected the Thunder management's expectation of negotiating a contract extension, which means that Durant has almost left the team...

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The reporters tapped sideways again and asked some questions. When Lei Feng was about to run out of patience, the signing conference was finally over!

Just after the meeting ended, James Dolan called the team executives to prepare for a meeting, and Lei Feng was also on the list of participants!

The door to trade in the offseason has been completely opened. All kinds of big fish have either renewed their contracts with their home team or found a new owner. The Knicks must operate cleanly, otherwise, they will It is very likely that there will be no harvest in the free market!

"Guys, talk about your own ideas? We are the championship now, don't worry that the Knicks can't attract those stars!" James Dolan began to say, knocking on the table.

Zen Master Jackson immediately responded. As the head of the management team at this moment, he naturally wanted to say something.

"Mr. Dolan, I think our primary goal now is to chase Durant!" Zen Master said with a serious face.

Everyone nodded. If Durant could be brought in, then the Knicks would be really strong. The key is that Durant and Lei Feng can perfectly match each other on the court, and in terms of strength, Durant It's much better than the current Anthony...

If the team can really get Durant, the management on the scene have at least [-]% confidence that they can win the championship again!
Dolan nodded. He also agreed with Zen Master. The temptation of Durant is too great. As a small forward with a height of nearly seven feet, his offensive firepower is definitely the small forward position in NBA history. Top three!
Such a super player, which team does not want it!
"Currently Durant is in Miami. As far as I know, the Warriors' owners, management and several core players in the team are all flying to Miami to recruit Durant. We must also show the same sincerity. !” Zen Master Jackson said slowly.

Lei Feng was startled, good guy, is Durant so popular? !

The Warriors care so much about Durant. From what Zen Master said, it is estimated that Curry, Tang Shen, Green, Iguodala and others all went to Miami to recruit Durant. This is definitely showing the greatest sincerity !

It is indeed extremely normal for the Warriors to do this!

In the finals series, the biggest reason why the Knicks were able to win was their super strikers, including forwards and centers!
As for the center, the Warriors don't need a strong center, as long as they can guarantee rebounds and inside defense, that's enough for them!

But as for the forwards, they are a bit stretched against the Knicks, especially the small forward Barnes Jr., no matter whether it is against Anthony or Lei Feng, they are all at a disadvantage and completely blown out.

Under such circumstances, it is only natural for the Warriors to give up Barnes Jr. It is useless to keep it anyway, so it is better to give it a go!
If Durant is taken down, the Warriors will be very powerful, and their power of death five will be improved by more than one level, even the Knicks will have an extremely headache!
Therefore, winning Durant has become a top priority for Knicks executives now!
Everyone was discussing about Durant, but Lei Feng remained silent, his expression a bit ugly!
"RAY, let me tell you what you think. You are the absolute core of the team now. I think you have enough qualifications to decide the team's construction in the next few years!" Suddenly seeing Lei Feng with an ugly face, Dolan Can't help but speak.

Don't think that if a player signs with a certain team, he completely belongs to that team. In the history of the NBA, there are countless examples of forcing the management to trade themselves!
Naturally, Dolan didn't want such a situation to arise, so he gave Lei Feng a lot of autonomy at the moment, and wanted to ask Lei Feng's opinion!
Zen master Jackson's face was a little unnatural. In his opinion, should he directly ask a player about this kind of thing?Determine the team's lineup construction for the next few years?Then what is the president doing?eat plain rice? !

But he couldn't openly question Dolan, so he could only look at Lei Feng with a strange expression, wanting to see what kind of suggestions Lei Feng could come up with.

"Of course I won't object to chasing Durant. On the contrary, I also support it!" Lei Feng said slowly after calming down.

After saying this, Lei Feng immediately changed the topic.

"However, can we first consider how to renew Anthony's contract? Isn't the unspoken rule of the NBA not to dismantle the championship team? Is it possible that you are thinking of letting Anthony leave the Knicks?!"

Lei Feng's tone was a bit bad, and he is also angry now!

From this meeting until now, no one has mentioned the matter of Anthony. Instead, they have been discussing the matter of Durant, an outsider, as if they have completely ignored Anthony!

This made Lei Feng extremely unhappy!
(End of this chapter)