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Chapter 632. 632. The Threat Brought by the Warriors
Durant and Westbrook...Liu Ren felt that the two seem to be a bit incompatible.

Liu Ren looked at the two first-generation couples or three juniors who seemed to have a good relationship, and always felt that they were not as good as they seemed on the scene.

This is just a feeling. Liu Ren always feels that Durant deliberately wants to befriend him, while Westbrook purely wants to get the treatment that Liu Ren invited that the legendary "superstar" can get.

The new year started off with an easy first four games.After the Lakers achieved a record of three wins and one loss, they finally began to usher in another difficult schedule. In the remaining 11 games this month, there are Thunder, Warriors, Rockets, Spurs, Mavericks, Trail Blazers, Jazz, Bulls, etc. Waiting for the opponents, that is, almost half of the opponents are championship teams, and seven or eight opponents are teams from the east and west competing for the ranks of the playoffs.

The first opponent is the home game against the Thunder, which is currently ranked fourth in the Western Conference.

The Thunder are really desperate now. Their record is 23 wins and 14 losses. It is basically impossible to catch up with the Warriors, Lakers, and Spurs who have less than ten losses. However, they are still strong in the same division. It is difficult for the Blazers and Jazz to enter the playoffs. The Timberwolves and Nuggets have no hope of the playoffs at all. Their division championships are more stable than the Warriors. They are not worried about falling out of the top four in the Western Conference. The entire team has no pressure at all. , As long as you don't lose too much, there is no pressure to enter the playoffs as the fourth in the Western Conference. This makes many Thunder players almost lose their fighting spirit.

And the Lakers have to keep from being caught up by the 29-9 Spurs, plus there are too many players who want to have a good future and get a good contract after the end of this year. Unless there is nothing they can do about their lack of strength during the rest period, they will not lose any game.

This can be seen from the beginning of the game between the Lakers and the Thunder.

The Lakers sent the strongest lineup of Antetokounmpo, Kobe, Liu Ren, Green, and Whiteside. The Thunder's lineup is much worse. Westbrook, Waiters, Durant, Ibaka, Adams.

Liu Ren and Antetokounmpo defended Westbrook and Durant respectively. The physical fitness of the two people is not in vain, and they even have an advantage. Moreover, the other players of the Thunder really did not help them much. The Lakers' defense focused on the two. When the two were locked up by Liu Ren and Antetokounmpo, the Thunder basically had no other options.

From the beginning of the game, the Lakers had a lead of more than [-] points.

After the Lakers finished three quarters and established their lead, Liu Ren somewhat understood why Durant felt like he was at odds with Westbrook.

In addition, Durant once consulted with Pelinka about switching to Los Angeles or Oakland. Liu Ren has reason to believe that Durant wants to leave the Thunder. The vision is good, the operation is really a bit sloppy...

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The Lakers defeated the Thunder without much effort. It’s not that the combination of Durant and Westbrook is not good, but that the Lakers happen to have Liu Ren, who is the league’s strongest defense against breakthroughs, and Antetokounmpo, who has the best defense against tall shooters. Bo, just restrained the Thunder's only two strong points, and easily defeated the Thunder to win the 32nd game of the season.

However, defeating the Thunder made Durant even more disappointed with his team, and Liu Ren became more worried.

Although Durant and Curry are both players of their own company, from the perspective of players, Durant and Curry's team is too strong, which is not in Liu Ren's interest.

After Liu Ren returned home after the game against the Thunder, he immediately called out the chick and the cold-faced beauty to discuss Durant.

"Aren, are you worried that Durant will leave the Thunder to join the Warriors to form a supergroup in the summer? Is this possible? The Warriors are already so strong. If the Thunder lose to the Warriors in the playoffs this year, it is impossible for Durant to go to the Warriors, right? I would rather believe that he would want to come to our Lakers or go to the Clippers." Xiao Niu felt that Liu Ren's guess was unreliable.

"This... maybe what you think is right. According to the forecast, the salary cap next season will be close to 860 million. Except for Kobe, Green, and Monroe, the salaries of other players in our team are not considered for contract renewal. The highest is Gasol's. 900 million, the salary cap I occupied before the renewal was 200 million, Antetokounmpo and LaVine are still on rookie contracts, Clarkson is not in a hurry to renew the contract, the space occupied is less than 7000 million, Whiteside still has a year Cheap contracts, Kobe and Gasol are both declining contracts, plus several two-way contracts expire, our salary next season may only be more than 8000 close to [-] million, there is enough room to sign Durant, but I still think Durant Rand didn't want to come to the Lakers that much, I looked at it, and the salary situation of the Warriors is better than ours." Liu Ren analyzed.

"The boss is right. The salary situation of the Warriors is simply too good. Now there are only four salaries exceeding 1000 million. Curry and Iguodala both have 1100 million salaries. Bogut only has 1200 million. 1700 million, and Bogut is on a non-guaranteed contract next season. I think the Warriors will choose to buy out or trade. Bogut is basically not helpful to the Warriors now. After Bogut is gone, and some contracts expire, the Warriors' salary The bill is only 6700. Even if the salary cap next season is only about 9500 million, the Warriors can still provide Durant with a full maximum salary. No way, the attractiveness of the warriors is indeed stronger than ours." The cold-faced beauty analyzed.

This is really the case when the chick looks at the data.

If Durant wants to go to the Warriors wholeheartedly, then as a brokerage company, Chick, Monica and a group of brokerage teams in the company can only follow Durant's ideas to operate him to the Warriors, get the biggest contract and the biggest image The endorsement is divided, because no one will struggle with money.

However, this is not in line with Liu Ren's interests.

If a combination of Curry, Thompson, and Durant is really formed, it means that the strongest pitchers from the point guard to the small forward will all be on the same team. In that case, even if the Lakers retain their current lineup, Not necessarily a Warriors opponent, either.

This is a huge threat to Liu Ren's desire to establish a dynasty.

"We have to persuade Durant not to go to the Warriors. I think the Knicks or the Clippers are also good choices. Durant should agree." The chick thought for a while and said.

"No, I don't think it's feasible to work hard from Durant," Liu Ren felt a little out of contact with Durant in the past two days. Durant doesn't seem to have that much pursuit of money, because Durant takes By the end of the year, there will be almost 2000 million in endorsement fees, and the image rights and publicity shares obtained from the team are just a drizzle. There is not much difference to Durant in Los Angeles, New York or San Francisco." I think we should start with the Warriors roster and tear them apart."

"Aren, do you want to cooperate with Curry? The Lakers now have enough chips. As long as Curry is persuaded by us and he wants to come to us with all his heart, I think the Magicians will come up with enough chips."

"No, it's impossible for Curry to join me, he wants to beat me more," Liu Ren knew too well about Curry's character, "I think we can start with Barnes or Thompson..."

(End of this chapter)