NBA: Top 3D talents to start

Chapter 82 Barnes Requests a Trade

It is actually common for Thompson to perform poorly at the beginning of the new season.

Even in the back, slowness is one of his shortcomings. Every time the first few weeks after the start of the new season, his performance will fluctuate. When he feels hot, his scoring efficiency is even higher than that of Curry. Time is terrible.

This actually has something to do with Thompson's short offseason training time.

Thompson, who has the nickname "Buddha" in China, is not as pure-hearted as he seems, and he is not as good as he looks. Thompson, who looks naive, is a nightclub master no less than Harden. He likes to go to nightclubs very much. Hey, I change my girlfriend as often as I change my clothes.

Throughout the summer offseason, the most Thompson did was to take a group of girls on a yacht to go fishing at sea, a proper winner in life.

Therefore, every time a new season starts, Thompson's competitive state, whose body has been hollowed out by various indescribable reasons, will decline.

But I have to admire that a top star is a top star. He often only needs to intensify his training for a period of time, and he will quickly regain his form and show a brilliant performance on the court.

During this period, it was a rare opportunity for Wang Feng.

A lot of hard training in the summer, coupled with the Asian Championships, kept Wang Feng in a good state. Although it caused some fatigue, but after strengthening his physical ability to the post-90s, the physical burden has been reduced to the greatest extent. lighten.

Wang Feng played well in the first three games, which surprised the head coach Kerr.

He never expected that in just one summer, Wang Feng would actually develop mid-range and long-range shooting, and his efficiency would be so stable.

Although Wang Feng has shown it before in the preseason, the defensive intensity in the preseason is completely different from the regular season. Now Wang Feng has proved that even in the regular season with higher defensive intensity, his mid-range shooting is still stable.

Under such circumstances, Cole was not stingy, and continued to arrange tactics for the next game, providing Wang Feng with many opportunities to make shots.

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Curry clocked out of get off work at the third level as always, but Wang Feng, as the starter, still got some playing time in the fourth quarter.

In the end, Wang Feng scored 30 points on 14 of 8 shots when the team ranked first in 23 minutes of playing time!
"Why...why is this happening?"

In the fourth quarter, Barnes, who was also on the field all the time, looked at Wang Feng with despair in his heart.

The team led by a big score and entered the garbage time ahead of time. The head coach actually put Wang Feng on the court and asked other players to pass the ball to Wang Feng to help him score high.

Anyone who is not a fool will understand that Cole is training Wang Feng and building his confidence.

At this moment, Barnes felt ashamed. He knew that he had no chance.

Wang Feng, this little-known undrafted pick, has completely surpassed him in just over half a year!

"If you continue like this! Next summer... no! You must submit a transaction application as soon as possible!"

A few days later, Barnes' agent approached Warriors general manager Miles, euphemistically expressing that Barnes was frustrated and dissatisfied with his current position in the team, hoping to seek a trade to other teams.

Miles was not surprised by this.

In fact, he has been thinking about this issue recently.

Originally, Barnes was one of the important puzzles for the team to build a team. He has good potential and can fit well with Curry Thompson's Splash Brothers' playing style and small ball tactics.

But they now have a better candidate, Wang Feng.

Wang Feng has a stronger outside defense than Barnes, and a more accurate three-pointer. Now he has developed even the mid-range, and his efficiency is not inferior to Barnes or even better!

There is no suspense at all about who to choose between the two.

In fact, Barnes played well in the preseason, which still won him some opportunities.

In the first few games of the regular season, although Barnes came off the bench, he also had a lot of playing time, even close to 30 minutes at one point.

However, his performance was very disappointing.

In the opening game against the Pelicans, he made 12 of 3 shots, and his shooting percentage in the subsequent games was only maintained at around 40%.

Most of the time when Barnes played, he faced the substitute players of other teams. It was supposed to be an opportunity to grab points and widen the gap, but he failed to grasp the opportunity in most cases.

Renewing Barnes' contract next summer is not cheap at all, and now that he can't see anything better than Wang Feng, what reason does the team have to keep him?It is the right solution to trade Barnes away from the team before the contract expires in exchange for more and better bargaining chips.

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Soon, every team in the league knew the news that the Warriors had put Harrison Barnes on the shelves, and many teams were quite interested.

Although he lost to Wang Feng in the intra-team competition, Barnes still has a lot to offer as a potential rookie.

Excellent physical fitness, excellent defense and rich offensive methods make Barnes extremely valuable in training, and it is possible to perform at an All-Star level when given enough ball possessions.

Wang Feng, who is a time traveler, knows this best.

According to the original historical process, after the rookie contract expires next summer, Barnes will sign with the Dallas Mavericks with a maximum salary of 4 years and 9400 million US dollars.

In the subsequent 16-17 season, as the main core of the Mavericks, Barnes contributed an average of 19+5 per game for two consecutive seasons. Although not particularly brilliant, his performance was barely worthy of his contract value.

Wang Feng learned the news that Barnes was put on the shelf from his agent Bill Duffy.

When he heard the news, Wang Feng was surprised to find that he was not greatly relieved by it.

It stands to reason that Barnes was traded away from the team, his starting small forward position will be completely stable, he should be very happy.

But in fact, Wang Feng found himself acting very calm about it, as if it was just a trivial matter.

Indeed... For Wang Feng now, Barnes is no longer a threat. Even if he stays in the Warriors, he has no chance of regaining the starting position from Wang Feng.

In mid-November, Barnes, who was put on the shelf, was finally traded and left the team after some bargaining.

To Wang Feng's surprise, the team that won Barnes was still the Dallas Mavericks.

In order to get Barnes, the Mavericks paid two future second-round picks, some cash compensation plus a blue-collar center, the famous villain Zaza Pachulia.

Although a little surprising, it makes sense when you think about it carefully.

The Mavericks are willing to pay Barnes a maximum salary of 4 million US dollars for four years in the future, which must be very optimistic about his potential. It is not surprising to pay a little price half a year in advance to get Barnes.

It's just a coincidence that the Warriors got Pachulia ahead of schedule.

(End of this chapter)