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The Lakers are also helpless. They have been promoting the trade of Jimmy Butler with the Timberwolves, but the progress is slow.

The main problem still involves the bargaining chip.

The Timberwolves want the Lakers to add Ingram to their bargaining chip, but the Lakers are only willing to give Julius Randle.

During the bidding process, the Lakers also hesitated. How about simply sending Ball + Ingram and getting Jimmy Butler from the Timberwolves plus a first-rounder? Considering that Jimmy Butler is an All-Star after all.

, a player selected to the best third team, this kind of transaction is not particularly bad.

But Wang Feng is firmly opposed to trading Ingram.

If you look at it from the perspective of 2022, the gap between Randall and Ingram is actually not very big.

In the 2020-21 season, Randle averaged 24 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists per game with the Knicks.

During the same period, Ingram averaged 23.8 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game for the Pelicans.

From a purely statistical perspective, Randall is even better.

But as analyzed previously, although Randall's offensive ability is strong, his main offensive method is to attack the frame with the ball, and his shooting is unstable, especially his lack of three-point shooting ability.

Although Randall in the 20-21 driver slightly developed his three-point shooting ability and once averaged 40% shooting per game, he was brought back to his original form in the 21-22 season, with his three-point shooting percentage plummeting to 30%.

% come forward.

In the first few seasons of his career, he basically did not have any three-point shooting ability.

On the other hand, Ingram, whose draft template is Kevin Durant, has had three-point shooting ability since entering the league, and his career three-point shooting percentage has always been above 36%.

Ingram has a better shooting ability than Randle and can play an off-ball role on the court.

More importantly, Ingram is three years younger than Randall. Even in 2022, when the two are compared together, more people still think that Ingram is the one with more potential.

Therefore, Wang Feng does not want to trade Ingram away, at least not in the Jimmy Butler trade.

Wang Feng knows that Butler has not yet completely settled with the Timberwolves, so the Timberwolves still have some illusions, thinking that they can persuade Butler to reduce his salary and renew his contract to stay with the team.

But Butler will never compromise. He will make a big fuss in the team and make the Timberwolves disgraced. In the end, they will be forced to trade him away from the team.

This incident may occur during the preseason, or it may, like another time and space, erupt about half a month into the regular season.

All in all, Wang Feng is aware of the possibility of this incident happening, so he is not in a hurry.

But Wang Feng is not in a hurry, but the Lakers management team is already in panic.

As time goes by, the more the Lakers do nothing, the more unfavorable public opinion becomes, especially the matter between Wang Feng and James. Under this situation, it is also further brewing. There is a vague trend that Wang Feng does not want to partner with any star players, and does not want to

Others stole his limelight from such rhetorical developments.

…

In mid-September, Wang Feng returned to Los Angeles, reported to the team, and began to participate in team training.

Several reporters squatted at the Lakers training facility every day, trying to block Wang Feng for interviews, but failed.

Wang Feng lives in seclusion. Apart from going to the arena for training every day, he does not attend any gatherings or accept interviews from reporters.

For half a month, no reporter was able to interview Wang Feng as expected. Instead, they became very familiar with Wang Feng's work and rest time.

"After returning from China, Wang Feng has been training on time. He doesn't go to bars or nightclubs. He spends more than 10 hours in the training hall every day!"

"Wang Feng trains hard and wants to prove in the new season that he can win the championship even without partnering with James!"

Wang Feng's training attitude and consciousness have never been a problem. Because his body is digitized by the system, no matter what he practices, he can actually improve his progress, giving him a sense of accomplishment like playing online games to gain experience and level up.

It's a pity that any ability above 90 is very difficult to improve through training, and it must be trained for many years before it can be improved.

The most typical ones are speed, agility and physical fitness.

Physical training has always been the most important part of Wang Feng's daily training program, and the amount of training is much greater than shooting training.

But even so, the improvement of these ability values ​​is very limited. Wang Feng's fifth season of NBA career is about to come, and his speed and agility have finally made breakthroughs recently. Each has improved by 1 point. Currently, his speed has reached 93 and agility 94.

, In addition, the bounce, which was enhanced to 90 through free points, also increased by 1 point during training to 91.

Since there are a large number of freely allocated points each season to strengthen basic abilities, Wang Feng usually does not deliberately train those abilities with lower base values. Although abilities with low base values ​​can be improved faster through training, you can

Save the consumption of freely allocated points to a certain extent.

But Wang Feng feels that the existence of freely allocated points is to prevent him from wasting time on these aspects. The upper limit of freely allocated points for strengthening is 90. From 90 to 99, except for a few rewards that can be improved, they can only be improved through training.

, this should be the focus of his daily training.

…

During the time when Wang Feng returned to the team for training, another major incident occurred in the league.

All-Star player Carmelo Anthony, who was traded by the Thunder to the Atlanta Hawks at the end of July, reached a buyout agreement with the team and became an official free agent.

Although Anthony's form with the Thunder declined rapidly last season, with his scoring average plummeting to 16 points from 22.4 points per game during his time with the Knicks, and his shooting percentage could only remain at the 40% passing mark, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

What's more important is that after reaching a buyout agreement with the Hawks, Anthony is now a free agent. He can sign this All-Star player with a lower salary without losing money.

The eyes of Lakers fans immediately lit up again.

"Hurry up and get Anthony! No matter what his condition is, you will definitely not lose money if you sign him with five or six million! The Lakers have been so miserable in the summer, and we don't ask the team to get any top stars now. If we can

It’s okay to get Carmelo Anthony!”

However, the Lakers still did not make a move. In the end, Anthony reached an agreement with the Clippers for a low salary of US$5 million a year. In the new season, Anthony will join hands with James to form a dream partner for the 2003 class.

Lakers fans: “…”
Chapter completed!