Injuries in basketball only make me stronger

Lian Feng proposed his intention to CAA.

However, CAA does not think the Rockets are a wise choice. As an agency, they are profit-driven.

The Rockets already have Yao Ming, and Lian Feng cannot be the first core player in the past, which will inevitably reduce his commercial value. To take advantage of Lian Feng's Chinese advantages, it is best to join a team without other Chinese.

Moreover, this is more in line with the interests of the alliance.

Lien Feng and Yao Ming are on different teams, and the attention they bring to the entire NBA is definitely greater than if they are on the same team.

However, at Lian Feng's request, CAA agreed to negotiate with the Rockets management on his behalf.

Compared with those teams that have extended invitations, joining the Rockets is obviously much more difficult.

For this reason, Lian Feng even made a special call to Yao Ming, hoping that Yao Ming could help him influence the Rockets.

However, CAA brought a response from the Rockets, which made Lian Feng's mood hit rock bottom: "They said they will consider it. If they think it is possible, they will reply before the end of the invitation period."

Obviously, the Rockets' communication intention is not strong.

Suddenly, Lian Feng realized a big problem. The Rockets really needed a shooting guard. From his own point of view, there was nothing wrong with choosing him. However, from the Rockets' point of view, this was not the case at all.

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Where does the problem occur?

That is... in the eyes of the Rockets, the forward at this time has no three-point ability!

Now, the Rockets are in urgent need of someone who can open up space for the team. Lian Feng's attack ability and mid-range ability are similar to those of Yao Ming. Only his passing ability has some value, but this value is obviously not enough to make the Rockets

Determined to offer Lian Feng a poisonous contract!

You must know that although the poison contract is easy to poach people, it also has great hidden dangers for the team itself. The Rockets that poached Jeremy Lin almost suffered from the backlash of the poison contract in the later period, which affected the operation of the entire team.

Thinking of this, Lian Feng finally understood that he had thought too simply.

After Lian Feng figured this out, he was relieved. The only small regret was that he couldn't partner with Yao Ming, so it would be difficult for him to progress further in his NBA career.

However, Lian Feng believes that "helping Yao Ming take a further step in the NBA" is actually the wishful thinking of many fans.

You know, Yao Ming's goal is not at all the glory of the NBA. In his eyes, the national honor is higher. Compared to winning an NBA championship, he hopes to lead the national team to win a world championship!

When he suffered a stress fracture that year, his first thought was not the glory of the NBA, but whether he could participate in the Olympics. He said: "If I cannot participate in the Beijing Olympics, it will be the biggest regret in my life."

After all, only a few people watch the NBA in China, but once an international basketball game is played, almost all Chinese people will pay attention, those who watch the game, those who don’t watch the game, the teenagers who play, the aunts who dance in the square... almost all Chinese people will pay attention!

It is difficult for ordinary people to understand the feelings of family and country of Yao Ming's generation of basketball players. For Yao Ming, playing in the NBA is just a way to improve the level of the national men's basketball team.

Therefore, if you really want to give Yao Ming a good ending, instead of helping him win a championship, it is better to work with him to achieve good results in the national team competition!

After thinking about this, Lian Feng stopped worrying and seriously thought about the situation of the inviting teams.

The Hornets offered 500+540+1260, a poisonous contract with a total value of 23 million, which will occupy an average of more than 7 million in salary space per season.

This season, without the emergence of the forward, the Hornets will use their $17.55 million in salary space to sign free agents Peja Stojakovic and Bobby Jackson.

But if he chooses to join the Hornets, the above transaction will naturally disappear.

Peja Stojakovic is a pure shooter, but his defensive efficiency is too low and his cost-effectiveness is not high. Bobby, on the other hand, is quite satisfactory. After having himself, his existence is useless.

He will take up more than 7 million of the Hornets' salary space, leaving more than 10 million in space, which is enough to strengthen one or two outstanding championship pieces!

As for what free agents are on the trade market this year... Lian Feng still needs to think about it carefully.

Another very sincere invitation team is the Bobcats. They offered a poisonous contract of 500+500+1500. Compared with the Hornets, they have more salary space, a full 20 million!

However, Lian Feng thought for a moment and rejected Shanmao.

Although the Bobcats have a lot of salary space at this time, as a young team, they have inherent shortcomings compared to other teams. Their salary cap in the first year is only 2/3 of other teams, which makes them in the

In the past few years, I didn't pay much attention to performance, but focused on cultivating new people.

In other words, the current salary of all Bobcats players combined is only over 10 million. The main players of this team are basically college students or role players who are eager to stand out in other teams.

If Lian Feng joins the Bobcats, the remaining more than 10 million in salary space will not bring about any revolutionary improvement. It will be equivalent to him having to play games with a group of CBA-level teammates for a long time. Then his ending,

You can refer to Kobe Bryant in the last two seasons.

Judging from the current ability of Lian Feng, it is much worse than Kobe.

As for the other two teams, the Hawks and Raptors, they are in a similar situation to the Bobcats and have no chance of competing for the championship.

After a season of training, Lian Feng has a deeper understanding of the NBA. He can't help but lament that if a team wants to win the championship, it is difficult to achieve it by relying solely on operations. There must be a talent who can change the team's destiny.

That's why the draft is so important.

A talented rookie brings more value to the team than just reinforcements. A rookie who can become the core is cheap, so the team has more salary space to strengthen. This is

Advantages that transfer stars do not have when joining.

This year is a standard draft year, and the player selected by the Hornets with the 15th overall pick is Cedric Simmons, a not-so-good power forward.

It's a pity that Lian Feng failed to receive the invitation before the draft. Otherwise, he could persuade the team to use the No. 15 pick to coach Hu Long and serve as a substitute for Paul, which would also be a good choice.

Finally, Lian Feng had nothing to worry about.

He called CAA and explained his wishes.

In the end, Lian Feng accepted the Hornets' invitation. If the 76ers refuse to match within the deadline, the transfer will be completed smoothly.

At the same time, Lian Feng's deal has not yet been concluded and has completely detonated the news media.

Iguodala called immediately. He was very reluctant to leave Lian Feng, but he still understood that this matter was not the fault of Lian Feng. The only fault was that the management made a stupid move. And their stupid move

The recruitment is far more than that... Iguodala chatted with Lian Feng for a long time, and finally gave his sincere blessing: "Brother, I wish you good luck! No matter what, we have to keep in touch! Remember my words, and the two of us.

A gesture of hello!”

Lian Feng suddenly felt melancholy and said seriously: "Brother, I can do it! So do you!"

Paul also called immediately. He was very excited. Lian Feng could even feel Paul dancing on the other end of the phone: "Brother, I knew you would make the right choice! Let's create a new world together."

Great dynasty! There is no doubt that we will succeed!"

Lian Feng laughed loudly: "Don't be too happy. The 76ers have not made it clear that they will not match this contract!"

"We'll see! They're not smart enough. They won't do it."

Sure enough, as Paul predicted, the 76ers did not respond until the end of the deadline. During the period, they had negotiations with CAA, but they were indifferent and did not make any real progress in the matter.

In this way, Lian Feng finally joined the Hornets.

It was just early July. Lian Feng's body had recovered, but it was not suitable to be exposed yet. And his arena was finally completed.

So next...it's time to start choosing skills!