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"Shocked! Durant joins the Los Angeles Lakers, and the two strongest scorers in the league today team up—who else in the world can surpass them?"
"The Lakers have officially entered championship mode, and can anyone guess how many championships Wang Chong and Durant can win together?"
"It is expected that Wang Chong will surpass Beal before retiring. Russell, who has become the player with the most championships in NBA history, and the possibility is huge!"
In just half a day, news of Durant joining the Lakers was everywhere.
No way, that's no exaggeration.
Who could imagine what it would be like for Wang Chong, an existence that has surpassed Jordan, marking the beginning of a new scoring champion at his peak?
You must know that even when Wang Chong teamed up with Garnett and Curry, two major stars, while he was with the Bulls, Garnett was 31 years old at that time, similar to Wang Chong's current age, and Wang Chong back then was far less powerful than he is now.
As for Curry, when he teamed up with Wang Chong, it wasn't the stage when the recently concluded 15-16 season marked the start of Curry's dominance.
It's completely different from Wang Chong + Durant.
The only thing that makes them feel lucky now is that Durant and the Bulls only signed a 1+1 contract, clearly with no intention of staying with the Lakers for a long time. If he had signed a four-year contract like Wang Chong, the league would have truly entered finals mode!
They don't even know that the reason Durant signed the 1+1 contract was still a request from Wang Chong, because he didn't want the Lakers' future lineup to become too unsolvable and turn into the unsolvable brush mode of the Bulls back then.
After Durant officially signed his contract with the Lakers, he was quite excited when interviewed by the media.
"Wang Chong is a great player. Since the day I entered the NBA, I've been working hard and learning from him. Now I'm lucky to play alongside him on the court. It's an honor, and I believe we can win many, many championships together."
Although the deadline is approaching, Durant didn't say what he did when he joined the Warriors in 2016: "I embarked on one of the toughest paths." These kinds of words, along with the fact that James Yuzhu was in front of him last year, weren't as harshly criticized.
Only the Boston fans scolded Durant fiercely.
Celtics fans are the most die-hard in the league, and Durant has been their pride and championship hope for the last few years.
They never expected Durant to really choose to run away, joining the Los Angeles Lakers, the sworn enemies of the Green Army, the Purple and Gold Army. How could this behavior, almost like surrendering to the enemy, not make them angry?
But the Lakers fans were happy.
The enmity between the Lakers and Celtics dates back to Beal, the Lord of the Rings. During the Russell era, the Green Army at the time kept pressuring the Lakers to play.
Later, in the Magic Bird war era between Magic Johnson and Big Bird, the two sides were on equal footing.
However, in the later OK combination era, the Celtics no longer had the ability to compete with the Lakers.
Originally, in 2007, they should have formed a big trio and beaten the Lakers in the finals to win a championship, but because of Wang Chong, Garnett turned to the Bulls, which also made the Celtics lose their best chance for a championship.
Now that Durant has left Kaitou Lake, it is expected that the Lakers will surpass the Celtics in terms of team championships and enjoy the first-ever championship team.
The Green fans can only scold Durant for his traitorous behavior and then go crazy in incompetence.
The Lakers have done good things one after another.
A few days after Durant joined the Lakers, Kobe Bryant officially announced on his personal social media that he would fight for one more year and sign a one-year veteran minimum salary with the Lakers.
Kobe Bryant accepting the veteran minimum salary surprised many fans, but it makes sense upon further thought.
The upper salary renewal for Wang Chong, plus Durant's 50 million for 2 years, even with the new broadcasting contract coming into effect and the salary cap skyrocketing, the Lakers' salary is already completely occupied—so where would there be space for a big contract for Kobe?
Moreover, with Kobe's various undercover performances last season, his pure strength value is only at the veteran minimum salary level.
However, a player of Kobe's level, in addition to his strength, his commercial value is also significant.
By announcing the contract extension with the Lakers, Kobe Bryant also made it clear that this would be his last season.
This sentence alone caused Kobe Bryant's jersey sales to soar the following week, and at the same time, many more people were reserving tickets for the Lakers for the upcoming season than for season tickets.
As the Lakers' totem, Kobe Bryant has played for the Lakers for 20 years, and this last season is year 21. Even though Kobe Bryant, who has renewed his contract with a veteran minimum salary, is no longer qualified for the starting position on the team, there are countless die-hard Lakers fans who want to see him in person.
Even Wang Chong didn't expect that, in completely different circumstances and environments, Kobe Bryant would again embark on a retirement tour.
With Wang Chong and Durant, Kobe's retirement tour in this time and space will be beautiful, and it's very likely that he will retire honorably with the championship trophy, and the trick will be complete.
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While Durant's signing with the Lakers shook the league, the rest of the league was still functioning.
But the commercial acquisitions of other teams are nothing compared to the Lakers, and it's fine not to mention them.
The only thing that worries Wang Chong the most is Wade's final outcome.
As he had guessed, Wade finally let Pat Riley into a hole.
The first thing the Heat did in the offseason was re-sign Howard, and although Howard had shown fatigue in a league with an increasingly fast offense last season, after all, he didn't suffer a back injury that should have seriously affected his competitive state, so people still have the inherent impression that Warcraft is still the monster in the restricted area.
But after successfully renewing Howard's contract, Riley was particularly stingy and calculating when it came to Wade's contract renewal, and the decent pension contract promised earlier no longer existed, and he simply threw out a 3-year, 36 million contract, which made Wade feel insulted.
Wade, who had made many sacrifices for the Heat, opted to test the free market.
Although Wade was 34 at the time, in the recently concluded 15-16 season, Wade was still able to contribute an average of 19 points, 4 rebounds, and 4.6 assists per game to the Heat, even if he was no longer the brave player of the year, but he was still an All-Star level strength.
So when Wade tested the free market, several teams expressed interest and offered contracts.
One thing to say, at that time, Wang Chong really considered letting the Lakers give Wade a contract. Even if Wade replaced Durant, although it would be much harder to win the championship, it wasn't impossible for Wang Chong.
After thirteen years, the comrades from Sunset University have reunited, which is also a beautiful story.
However, when Wang Chong made this suggestion, Wade politely refused.
"Brother, I appreciate the kindness, but if you want to help me out of sympathy, forget it."
Wade smiled freely.
"Although I was upset because the Heat didn't give me a decent contract, I really wasn't the type of player the team wanted, and I didn't have enough hunger to eat with some lesser contracts, and I wanted respect more than that."
"It might be a great experience to team up with you again, and I would have the chance to win a few more championships, but there's no need for that, and I don't want people to gossip about it, either for you or for me, so I have to accept it."
Just by saying this, Wade's backbone is much stronger than James' and Durant's.
Of course, this is also different from the two; Wade has his own championship and FMVP.
You must know that among the players from the 03 class, Wade was the first player to win the FMVP, ahead of Wang Chong.
Winning a few more championships might have earned him a few more spots in history, but it was the championship that truly established his superstar status.
Since Wade said it, Wang Chong didn't interfere any longer.
Wade's final choice was to join the Boston Celtics for 2 years and 47 million.
After losing Durant, the Green Army found that there were few stars left in the free market, and although Wade was no longer suitable for the Celtics in terms of age and strength, it was better to spend money than not to spend it.
With the current situation of the Celtics, they are not yet at the point of rebuilding.
Pat Riley also paid the price for his arrogance.
Originally, his real goal was to squeeze as much value out of Wade as possible, and he didn't actually plan on getting rid of Wade.
After learning that Wade was testing the free market, the Heat management urgently offered him a 2-year, 40 million contract, but Wade, feeling insulted, immediately refused.
In this way, the Heat lost the leader who brought them their only championship.
The offseason arrived as the dust settled on team signings and trades across the league.
As in previous years, Wang Chong started his vacation mode again, but the difference was that Xiao Kexin had grown and could go out with him. So Wang Chong took Jessica and Xiao Kexin back to China for a tour and, by the way, participated in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Under his leadership, the Chinese men's basketball team made it to the final of the Olympics and successfully faced the USA Dream Team.
It was different from the Dream Team of 12 years ago, which was almost entirely sent to fight Wang Chong.
In the 2016 Rio Olympics, the core lineup of the USA Dream Team was led by Durant, Anthony, Irving, and George, including James, Curry, and Anthony. The absence of Davis and many other top superstars in the league meant that the Dream Team had no advantage over the Chinese men's basketball team led by Wang Chong in the final. Even though they had an absolute advantage over the Chinese team in other positions, the inability to solve Wang Chong became an eternal pain for the Dream Team.
In the first three quarters of the game, the Dream Team had been leading, thinking they had won the game, but never imagined that Wang Chong exploded in the fourth quarter, scoring 37 points in a single quarter, and led the Chinese men's basketball team to overturn the 12-point deficit and defeat the USA Dream Team.
Even the Chinese Basketball Association didn't expect Wang Chong to really lead the Chinese men's basketball team to win an Olympic gold medal. After all, in recent years, Wang Chong had always refused to participate in competitions with the Chinese men's basketball team, which led to the team even struggling to make it into the group stage of the Rio Olympics.
Such an arrogant attitude also made the Basketball Association feel somewhat dissatisfied, and the original plan was to find a reason to let Wang Chong go if the team's results in these Olympics were unsatisfactory.
Unexpectedly, it was in this situation that Wang Chong led the Chinese men's basketball team to win gold again.
Everyone has seen how hard the men's basketball team fought for a place in the group stage, and they are very sure that if it weren't for Wang Chong, they might not even have made it to the group stage.
But as soon as Wang Chong returned, the team was immediately able to beat the Dream Team in the final to win gold, which is the domain and golden content of Wang Chong.
No matter how dissatisfied some people in the Basketball Association are with Wang Chong's arrogant attitude, they can only keep their mouths shut obediently. Wang Chong has proud capital, and no wonder he's like an uncle on the NBA team, and everyone has to scold him.
The USA Dream Team lost the gold medal at the Olympics, and Durant, as one of the leaders of the team, although a little depressed, was happier in his heart.
Wang Chong's strength is so exaggerated that if he teams up with him next season, will he finally be able to win the championship he has in mind?
Thinking this, Durant can't wait for the new season to arrive.
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In mid-September, the vacation was coming to an end and the Lakers players began to report one after another for the new season's photo shoot.
The new Lakers lineup was revealed, and the local media in Los Angeles almost couldn't stop laughing.
It's so dreamy that it's comparable to the OK combination at its peak... No! Although the Wang Chong + Durant combination hasn't been through a real fight yet, in terms of strength on paper, let alone the OK combination, even the Magic + Tiangou combination might not be stronger than them!
Of course, if you only look at the starting lineup, the Lakers still seem weak.
First of all, the Lakers still plan to start Kobe Bryant in the new season, even though he's just a pseudo-starter and will be replaced after a few minutes on the court, but the Lakers still have the problem of lacking players at the point guard position.
The second is the center position; Jokic's performance last season was mediocre, and no one thought he could play well against Gasol Jr. or other All-Star level big men in the league.
However, despite still seemingly many issues, after the preseason, the Los Angeles Lakers were still at the top of the ESPN power rankings without any suspense.
Below the Lakers, there were teams like the Bulls, Spurs, and Clippers.
On October 26, 2016, in the first game of the new season, the Lakers demonstrated the gold content of their number one power ranking with a clear home victory.
The Lakers opened the game at home against the San Antonio Spurs, and facing the opponent from last year's Western Conference Finals, the Lakers won with a resounding 120-104, with a huge 16-point lead.
When facing the Spurs, the Lakers didn't even need tactical skills; Wang Chong and Durant took turns playing solo and then beat the Spurs to death, and the brutal scene left everyone who watched the game with lingering heart palpitations.
The Lakers are too strong!
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