NBA's King of Talking

Chapter 573 5-Year Maximum Salary Contract Extension

While Jia Fei was training in China, the free market in the United States was bustling with activity on the other side of the ocean.

On July 7th, a blockbuster trade occurred during the NBA offseason! The Lakers and Anthony Davis, whose relationship caused a huge stir last season, finally joined forces!

The Lakers and Anthony Davis have completed the trade involving Davis!

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The Lakers gave up almost all their assets to go all in and acquire Anthony Davis.

Finally, the long-awaited "big legs" of Anthony Davis has arrived! He has finally joined the Los Angeles Lakers and become a member of the Lakers!

Acquiring Anthony Davis is the first step in the Lakers' moves this summer. They have now cleared salary cap space, which allows them to sign another superstar outright and complete their Big Three!

If the Lakers can acquire Facial Paralysis, they can form a LeBron-Davis-Facial Paralysis duo this summer, instantly completing their rebuild and becoming a championship contender in the new season, directly threatening their crosstown rivals, the Clippers.

The new season has not yet started, but the air is already thick with excitement. Fans are eagerly anticipating the new season, especially in the Western Conference!

On July 8th, another bombshell dropped! The Warriors officially announced that Kevin Durant has joined the Brooklyn Nets!

Durant has changed teams again, going to the Eastern Conference for the first time in his career, and his destination is not the Celtics, but the Nets!

On the same day, another big fish, Kyrie Irving, was reported to have agreed to join the Nets, which means that Irving will join forces with Durant and start their era with the Nets!

Jia Fei wasn't surprised at all, although everyone around him was. Because in his past life, Durant had indeed gone to the Nets, and so had Irving. He was now eagerly anticipating the final destination of another big fish, Leonard. In his view, this master of secrecy in his past life had ultimately lured George to join the Clippers, and now that the Clippers were under his control, where would Leonard ultimately end up?

Lakers or stay with the Raptors?

The Lakers have always been interested in Mibbonka, hoping to acquire this two-way forward. But would Mibbonka really be willing to go to the Lakers and be the third option?

Jia Fei didn't have to wait long. On July 11, the Los Angeles Lakers officially announced that they had signed Kawhi Leonard to a three-year, $1.03 million contract!

Thus, the biggest mystery of this summer has been revealed: the Lakers have officially formed their Big Three and will become the team with the most superstars in the league!

In less than half a month, the landscape of the league has changed dramatically, and a new oligopoly has emerged!

Los Angeles fans are happy, whether they're fans of the defending champion Clippers or the Lakers. Next season's Los Angeles derby is expected to be very exciting.

Jia Fei wasn't surprised at all that the "Face-Piercing" player joined the Lakers. He had always wanted to play in Los Angeles; he didn't like playing in faraway Toronto. It's worth noting that playing in Toronto last season wasn't his choice either; he was traded there by the team.

So even though the Raptors are very strong, Anthony Sinisuka doesn't plan to stay there long-term unless there's a huge chance of winning the championship. But last season's Finals showed that the Raptors would need to acquire another superstar to win the title; maintaining the status quo makes them completely unable to compete with the Clippers, and they might not even be able to make it out of the Eastern Conference again.

So it's clear that if you want to return to Los Angeles and win a championship, joining the Lakers is the best option.

For the Running Man cast, forming a "Big Three" for the third time in his career, he was beaming with joy. Once someone takes a shortcut, it becomes addictive; they'll continue to seek shortcuts in the years to come to achieve their goals.

Compared to Wade, Bosh, Irving, and Love in their prime, Anthony Davis and Anthony Davis are clearly stronger overall. The only downside for Running Man is that he himself isn't as good as he used to be; he's getting old. But that's okay, as long as his teammates are strong, they can still win.

The Lakers' formation of a Big Three has sparked much discussion. Many media experts believe that the Lakers will become the Clippers' biggest obstacle in their quest for a three-peat. Although Jia Fei is invincible, the Clippers have three superstars. It's like three heroes fighting Lu Bu; surely they can win.

Jia Fei isn't afraid of the Lakers at all. After acquiring Faker, the Lakers have already announced that they have no room to improve their bench depth. With Faker and Davis being two fragile players, can they survive the long regular season? Two fragile players, one old player, and a bunch of minimum-salary players, it doesn't look like a healthy structure at all.

On July 12, renowned reporter Shams reported that the Clippers and Pelicans completed a trade! The details of the trade are as follows: the Clippers sent White to the Pelicans in exchange for Josh Hart!

This trade seems insignificant compared to the many blockbuster signings this summer. If it weren't for the fact that White comes from the Clippers, many people might not have paid much attention to it. But precisely because of that, many people are still discussing it.

This trade was orchestrated by Jia Fei. He initially drafted White instead of Hart because White was a playmaker, while Hart was more of a 3-and-D player. However, after analyzing the team's roster structure, he plans to use Brunson as the engine of the second unit next season, making the acquisition of Brunson's college teammate, Hart, a more suitable option.

The Pelicans were also interested in White, and Hart hadn't played a single game for them yet. As a bargaining chip in the trade for Davis, they were already pretty much indifferent to this late first-round rookie, so the trade was completed quickly.

Hart was traded twice in a few days, leaving Los Angeles and returning to Los Angeles; even TV dramas wouldn't dare to portray it like that.

Two days later, the man with the logo and Clippers general manager Arsène Wenger and his entourage arrived in China to meet with Jia Fei. Jia Fei and Art Mayork finalized their contract extensions with the team in China.

Jia Fei signed a 5-year minimum salary contract, and the Clippers hold his Bird rights, allowing him to sign for another 5 years. Art Mayork signed a 4-year, $12 million contract, with a player option for the fourth year.

Although the annual salary isn't high, this is still a retirement contract the Clippers offered Art Mayok. Considering that Mayok didn't get any real rotation opportunities last season, giving a player outside the rotation a long-term contract is quite generous.

Jia Fei's plan is to make Art Mayork the team's locker room leader in the new season. Everyone knows the relationship between Art Mayork and Jia Fei; as the team's oldest player in the new season, Art Mayork is very suitable to take on the role of locker room leader. With Jia Fei's support, no one in the team would dare to disobey Art Mayork.