From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 285: The explosive free market, James Durant is really here.

On July 7, another piece of exciting news came from the free market.

Woj report: "The rift between Durant and the Warriors is difficult to repair, and he may choose to leave the Warriors"

In this revelation, woj mentioned: "Kevin Durant feels very sad about what happened during the past period, and has a strong desire to leave the Warriors and go to a new team."

"The biggest reason why Durant is dissatisfied with the Warriors is that the entire Warriors team condones Green and disrespects Durant himself."

"This disrespect is reflected in all aspects. For example, after the conflict occurred, there was no internal punishment policy for Draymond Green's impulsive behavior. At the same time, Warriors owner Joe Michael and Warriors general manager Miles did not even While criticizing Green, Durant did not take any effective action to express his apology. Durant expressed great disappointment with the management's attitude."

"According to people close to Durant, after the Finals, Durant said in private many times, "The laissez-faire attitude of the Warriors management is actually a great disrespect for those who have made selfless contributions to the team. Injury, he will cause huge harm to a player who is originally unswervingly loyal to this team. This kind of damage will force a person who is originally loyal to the team to go in a completely different direction. After this happens, the entire Warriors will be shaken. They are all thinking about how to forget this matter, as if it had never happened before, this is impossible, it just happened if it happened. "They never regarded me as one of their own, but tried to use me as a weapon, a sharp knife that can be inserted into the enemy's heart, rather than an important core of the team!" ! """

"It is reported that the above will be the biggest reason for Durant to leave the team, and the desire for a championship is what Durant and James have in common. The two will compete in Las Vegas within the next week. meet."

"Another very interesting thing about this meeting is that James first had the idea of ​​​​cooperating with Durant around 2016, and sincerely invited Durant to form a new team together."

"In the past two years, James has talked about this topic at least a few times, but Durant denied it all. He firmly believes that the two are irreconcilable opponents on the basketball court, and they must stand on both sides of the court to fight fiercely. There is absolutely no possibility of cooperation among those who compete.”

"Even when Durant joined the Warriors, James had great influence and determined his new status. At that time, defeating James became the thing Durant looked forward to most."

"So in the past nearly two years, James very wisely gave up any possibility of inviting Durant to cooperate. The person who took the initiative to invite the two for this meeting was Durant. It is reported that after the award ceremony, The two had a conversation at the dinner. After the banquet, the two did not go back to Cleveland and San Francisco respectively. Instead, they went to a super luxurious mansion that James bought in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles. The people traveling with them not only Including James and his family and Durant, as well as Cavaliers player Thompson and his wife Khloe Kardashian, and Pelicans player Davis and his wife."

"The four people played all night in the mansion and took to the streets of Los Angeles at 5 a.m. to race. The four people drove different models of sports cars and raced crazily on the highways of Los Angeles. Among them, Durant was on a gentler section of the road. , and even drove his car to an extremely fast speed of 260 kilometers, far ahead of others."

"The four of them separated after a day of crazy play. The two kept talking on the phone again after the free market opened on July 7. James did not choose to directly renew his contract with the Cavaliers, and Durant also jumped out of the second year of his 2+1 contract. , the two, who are both free agents, chose to meet again to discuss cooperation matters."

"It is reported that in the chat between the two, there is a player who appears very frequently, that is, the player from the Boston Celtics. At some level, the two no longer regard each other as their strongest competitors. Instead, they targeted the 19-year-old Chinese supernova. The two believed that the existence of Jianghu was a huge threat to their status, and based on their common interests, this gave them a huge possibility of cooperation."

Woj's report gave the entire free market a huge nuclear bomb. James + Durant, a combination that no one even dared to imagine before, has a concrete possibility at this moment.

You can imagine how shocking this news was. Almost a few minutes after the end of WoJ's guarantee, it was on the hot search list of major sports news media in the United States, and also topped the list of hot searches on Twitter and Instagram.

"I suspect that I didn't wake up. I won't say anything anymore. I'll go to sleep again!!"

"I won't sleep anymore. I'm still sleeping. I can't sleep anymore. When will it really come true? When will I sleep?"

"Oh my God, this news is so exciting!!"

"Will Durant and James still cooperate? Well, will the next step be that the Democratic and Republican parties will merge soon??"

“我记得没错的话，这两人在很长一段时间里，都是NBA炒作的一生之敌吧？23vs24以后，炒的最狠不就是6VS35和23VS35吗？”

“LeBron and Kevin Durant working together, what’s the difference between this and booking a championship??”

"The pressure from Jiang was too much. Neither of them thought they could defeat Jiang, so they chose to join forces. Can I understand this?"

The Internet went into complete madness, with almost all sports fans discussing the news, and even attracting many other sports fans who usually don't follow basketball.

"Football fans, I'd like to take the liberty to ask, what is the level of Durant and James teaming up in football?? Do you want to be like Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi teaming up??"

"It's equivalent to Messi and Modric teaming up. One is number one in the world and the other is third in the world. That's about right."

"Upstairs, I don't agree with your point of view. I think Messi is the one in the world now, the well-deserved No. 1 in terms of strength. James is the second man, Cristiano Ronaldo. So the collaboration between Durant and James is Cristiano Ronaldo. Luo and Modric join forces."

"For League of Legends viewers, it feels like theshy and faker have joined forces!!"

"Well, they're just talking and not really taking action, are they?"

Woj's report had just ended, and while everyone was still discussing it heatedly, in the afternoon, his apprentice, the famous reporter Shams, brought more exciting news to everyone: "James and Durant have reached a basic intention to join forces. Lars The trip to Vegas will determine the final destination.

"This station reports that the report that James and Durant are teaming up, which has been hotly discussed by everyone recently, is becoming a fact to the extent that it is "visible to the naked eye.""

"In fact, Durant has mentioned to people around him many times: joining the Warriors is a wrong move in the eyes of the outside world, but the problem is that sometimes real life is like this. What you do is what you do, and you will never forget it. They won’t act like it never happened.”

"Durant: The experience of choosing the Warriors made me regret it many times in the dark night. If time came over again, I don't think I would make the same choice as I did back then."

"When he and Green had an argument that ultimately ended the season in a not-so-good way, Durant thought: The opportunity arose. Everyone knew that I was angered at the time, and who was the person who angered me at that time, Everyone knows it, and everyone is indifferent. The word "team" does not belong to the current Golden State Warriors. Our lineup is so strong that we can easily get close to the final goal without being very united. Goal, which is "deviating" from my starting point of going to the Warriors to play, makes me feel a sense of separation, and at the same time have a strong urge to escape." "Durant: There are no outside factors, it's just that I want to leave. This is not a sudden decision. I struggled with it for a long time before I made the decision, but in the end, reason told me that I should really start a new chapter."

"According to my sources, Durant and James are not about to meet, but they are choosing which team to go to during the meeting. This is a completely different meaning. They have decided to join forces. The key point is that they must Find a suitable team, a team that can support the two people joining forces, this team will fully cooperate in this operation, and at the same time, after it is formed, it will gain huge benefits."

"Initially, the two envisioned and discussed four teams that were suitable to join, one was the Oklahoma City Thunder, one was the Los Angeles Lakers, one was the Houston Rockets, and finally the Philadelphia 76ers."

"The specific situation is mainly because the two are not satisfied with the form of a duo. If possible, they still hope to get the help of a third star."

"If you choose the Oklahoma City Thunder, they will form the Super Big Three of LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Russell Westbrook."

"If you choose the Los Angeles Lakers, the Lakers management will go all out to carry out transactions and use all the assets at hand to build a super team with them. The Lakers will use the young people at hand to do their best. If possible, replace a superstar in his prime to ensure a strong lineup."

"The reason for considering the 76ers is the same. They have a large number of young people with high quality. Both Embiid and Simmons are considered to be the top players in the league in the future. If James and Durant both If they join, they will enjoy huge benefits in a short period of time, namely the rookie bonus. Currently, both Embiid and Simmons are in the rookie contract, so they have strong and low-price partners, which is good for both of them. It’s definitely very attractive.”

"There are also the Houston Rockets. It is reported that the reason why they consider the Rockets is mainly due to the very close personal relationship between Durant and James Harden. This can help them achieve a better chemical reaction and get closer to the ultimate goal of championship."

"Of course, I think they can choose any team in the league. No matter who encounters such an opportunity, they will do their best to clear all their contracts and create suitable salary space to wait for the arrival of the two. Even Anji will probably ask Jianghu to allow him to sell Irving to form an extremely terrifying super Big Three."

Shams' news was more specific and real than WOJ, and once again shocked everyone.
Two of perhaps the three most powerful people of this era are about to join forces.This news made the fan circle boil again. The possibility of joining forces was revealed in the morning, and the news in the afternoon materialized this possibility.

"Hold the grass!~"

"Mom!! Help me!! I can't breathe!!"

“It’s time to witness history, friends, the time to witness history is coming!!”

"No way, buy a plane ticket, I'm going to Las Vegas to capture James alive and capture Durant alive!!"

People in the comment section are going crazy. Any news about the details of James and Durant attracts everyone's attention during this time. Almost all sports-related TV stations are reporting this explosive news.

This is not an ordinary event, but a super event that has attracted the attention of the sports world across the United States and even the world.

All media reporters heard the news, including those from the United States, China, Japan, Spain, Indonesia, and all countries that broadcast the NBA or cooperated with the NBA.

And some countries even send national television stations, such as South Korea and Japan.

Sports reporters and media people from all over the world began to gather crazily towards Las Vegas. Everyone rushed to Las Vegas with enthusiasm, trying to get a picture of James and Durant in the same frame there.

The chain reaction caused by this incident is that on the evening of July 7, all air tickets to Las Vegas around the world collectively increased in price, with cheaper ones increasing by 3%. Countries and regions with higher increases, such as In Japan, such as Hong Kong, the price of air tickets has even doubled or tripled crazily. In order to capture the two people in the same frame as soon as possible, everyone went crazy.

However, just when everyone was excited to welcome James and Durant in Las Vegas, in the next two days, neither of them disappeared, as if they had disappeared from the world, and their friends also expressed that they did not know their relationship. whereabouts.

"Where is James??"

"Where is Durant??"

“Can’t contact their agents??”

"The two managers' cell phones actually kept their phones turned off in a tacit agreement."

No one can find them. These media reporters squatted from day to night in Las Vegas, and then from night to day. They achieved nothing and only left themselves heavy dark circles.

Just when everyone was in chaos, the protagonist of this incident finally surfaced on his own.

At 7 pm on July 6, LeBron James and Kevin Durant posted a photo on their social platforms at the same time.

In the photo, on a beach, Durant and James are wearing shorts and a white vest, each sitting on a beach chair, located on both sides of the picture, and between them is a middle-aged man with a warm smile.

This man is Magic Johnson, the president of operations of the Los Angeles Lakers.

At the same time that James and Durant posted photos on social media, the famous reporter Woj and his apprentice Shams posted in the media at almost the same time "James and the Lakers reached a franchise agreement, 4 years and 1.4 million US dollars."

"Durant reached a sign-and-trade agreement with the Lakers, joining the Lakers for $4 million in four years"

(End of this chapter)