The rise of basketball legends

After the Las Vegas Summer League ended, Chen Yan returned to Phoenix to start closed solo training.

Two weeks later, Chen Yan's personal attributes remained basically unchanged.

The higher the attribute is, the more difficult it is to improve it through training. Chen Yan has long known this.

The purpose of his training is not to increase his attributes, but to maintain his shape and state.

Chen Yan is now a professional basketball player, and insisting on training during the off-season is the most basic attitude and quality of a professional player.

Time soon came to August, and the Sun's uniform team finally started to act!

On the first day of August, ESPN released news that the Phoenix Suns signed a one-year $8 contract with Barea.

This is the cheapest guarantee contract, but Barea is already very satisfied.

That night, Barea called Chen Yan to thank him. On the phone, Barea was a little incoherent with excitement. Signing this guaranteed contract means that he can continue to stay in the NBA next season.

On August 8, the Suns official website posted the news that the team signed the Warriors free agent Kelanna Azubuike with a two-year contract of $4 million (the second-year player option)!

Many Suns fans are not optimistic about these two signings. They think that Barea's height is flawed. This kind of height is difficult to play in the NBA, and Azubuike has no experience and is just a stunned young man.

But D'Antoni has his own ideas. He saw the potential of the two through a short trial.

Azubuike is capable of rushing, shooting, and cutting, and his offensive methods are very comprehensive. His shortcoming is his lack of game experience, and his self-confidence needs to be improved.

In D'Antoni's view, Barea is a very powerful and impactful player with a good outside aim, but he is a little short and lacks hardware talent.

But D'Antoni has always been eclectic in employing people. He believes that Barea and Azubuike can both play a corresponding role in their own system.

In fact, Chen Yan not only recommended these two players to D'Antoni, he also suggested that D'Antoni win David Lee, Korver, Millsap and Milicic during the summer league.

But in the end, there was no echo. Some were because the opponent's asking price was too high, and some were because D'Antoni thought it was not suitable for the team system.

Chen Yan had already been mentally prepared for this. The Suns couldn't sign up completely according to his own ideas. He is not too emperor and can't control the team...

It is also impossible for other teams to cooperate with the Suns like this, and obediently give them whatever players they want. This is the real world, not a novel.

Of course, it is impossible for the Suns' scouts and uniform team to do nothing and just wait for Chen Yan to recommend players.

After some manipulation, they signed free agent Matt Barnes for two years and $8 million on August 20.

This is the sun's biggest signing this summer!

If Barea and Azubuike are good-looking players, then Barnes is a typical bully!

He's responsible for flagrant fouls, trash talk, and pissing off opponents.

Bottom line: He's one of those old-school tough guys who have always made a living in the NBA.

Chen Yan feels good about this signing. First of all, Barnes played for the Warriors last season. He can quickly adapt to the Suns' running and bombing rhythm. In addition, his style is very tough.

A team can't be full of good guys and good guys, it also needs some tough guys like this!

After signing Barea, Azubuike and Barnes, the Suns' signings this summer have basically come to an end.

Introducing some role players suitable for the team's style while the main frame remains unchanged, this kind of reinforcement is enough for the Suns.

D'Antoni has always been superstitious about the rotation of 7-8 players. If you sign too many players, it will be a waste of resources for the team.

The time soon came to October 10nd, which is the day when the sun training camp starts!

On this day, Chen Yan came to the team locker room early.

Nash was the second to enter the locker room. As soon as he entered the locker room, he greeted Chen Yan kindly, and the two chatted without a word in the locker room seats.

A few months ago, Nash was still watching his NCAA game, and suddenly he became his NBA teammate. I have to say that this world is really amazing...

In fact, after that meeting, Chen Yan and Nash have been in touch. When Chen Yan won the NCAA championship and was traded to the Suns, Nash sent congratulatory text messages.

"Yo yo! Two MVPs chatted?"

When the two were chatting happily, Stoudemire walked in.

Nash is the regular season MVP for two consecutive times, everyone knows this.

As for Chen Yan, the MVP of the summer league, Stoudemire was just teasing him.

"Amale, long time no see!" Chen Yan walked up to Stoudemire with a smile and said hello: "I hope you don't hate me this season?"

"How to say?"

"Steve just told me to give me half of the passes I give you, and let you ask for blessings."

"Hahahaha!" Xiaosi grinned after hearing this, unexpectedly this new little brother is quite interesting.

The Suns teammates who came to the locker room one after another also took turns to say hello to Chen Yan, and the overall atmosphere was very good.

After greeting Dior and Chen Yan, he took a cup of coffee to him, and smiled and asked him to taste it.

Dior is a well-known coffee maniac. To drink coffee, he installed an espresso machine in the locker room. If he doesn't play in the NBA, Chen Yan believes that this guy will become a great barista.

At this time, Dior was not a flexible and fat man with a body of muscles. Dior has always been the type of player whose physical fitness is underestimated. Fans always think that he is a technical floor player. In fact, he can run and jump. On the surface, he is a "French Magic" Division' is actually 'French trapeze'.

When he first came to the sun for trial training, he was quite curious about touching the high-speed machine, so he asked the staff what it was.

After the staff explained to him, Dior asked again: "Who is the tallest player in the team now?"

The staff member replied, "Amare Stoudemire."

Immediately, Dior put down the coffee cup in his hand, took off the slippers on his feet, and touched the highest point with a light leap.

The staff were still in shock, Dior put on his slippers, picked up the coffee and said lightly, "It's not that difficult".

In addition to physical fitness, Diaw has three points, has defense, can pass the ball, and can occasionally break through. He is an enhanced 3D player, which is why the Suns dared to let Marion go.

He is a top inside playmaker, and Nash is a top outside playmaker. If the two of them were on the court at the same time, Chen Yan felt that his mouth would cramp...

The training period will last for one month. During this period, the team will make up the roster. In addition, there will be some preseason games to help the players find their status.

Two days later, the Sun held a media meeting day for the new season at the American West Arena.

The so-called media meeting day is the time when players and coaches force the media to take pictures and interview.

Accepting interviews from the media, letting the media film your team's training, and answering questions are basically rigid rules, and they are the league's measures to build a good relationship with the media.

During the interview, Nash, Stoudemire and Chen Yan were surrounded by the most reporters.

Needless to say, Nash and Stoudemire are both Suns All-Star players and the core of the team's inside and outside lines.

And Chen Yan is the star of hope for the sun, both the fans and the media have high expectations for him.

Facing various questions from the media, Chen Yan answered calmly.

He had already prepared for these things in advance. He just talked about his prospects for the new season, his evaluation of his teammates and the team, anyway, he just said some beautiful words, and then he would brag about his teammates and management.

After the interview, Chen Yan put on the No. 0 jersey and took a group of promotional photos.

After the individual photos of the players were over, the players specially called Chen Yan, Stoudemire, Nash and Diaw together to take a group photo.

The intention of the Suns management is obvious. These four players will be the core four of the Suns in the new season.