Legend of Tomorrow

On September 30th, the Suns held an annual media day. The players and the coaching staff went to the arena to report on the interview and take core photos.

Guo Xu arrived early for a while, and met a man with a suit and leather collar, half a head taller than himself and yellow hair and yellow beard, at the entrance of the arena. He looked closely, not who is Mike D'Antoni?

In the impression of Guo Xu, D'Antoni became the head coach of the Suns in the 2004-2005 season. He was very surprised today, thinking that he had crossed again and blurted out: "How are you here?"

In fact, he remembered correctly, Frank Johnson was cut in the middle of the 2003-2004 season, and D'Antoni took over as the first assistant.

"Jason, do you know me?" D'Antoni asked in surprise.

Guo Xu realized that he was speechless and responded very quickly. He immediately reached out and smiled: "Yes, it's nice to meet you, Mike. I've seen your picture at Kobe's house."

He wasn't blind, he really saw it.

D'Antoni, who has both American and Italian nationality, is fluent in English and Italian. After participating in the 1973 draft, he played poorly in the NBA for several years before moving to Italy and playing for 13 seasons in Milan. The highest scorer in club history.

He was Joe Bryant's teammate while playing for Milan and was named by Kobe as his "first basketball hero." His style of play deeply affected Kobe.

"I am also very happy to see you." D'Antoni shook hands with Guo Xu.

The two talked about the day and entered the stadium. Guo Xu knew that D'Antoni joined the team's coaching staff at the end of June. He was the team's first assistant, earlier than he joined.

The media day took place on the court. Haslem came first to wait for Guo Xu. He took a big step to greet him and startled Guo Xu and D'Antoni because he trot and the ground was shaking.

"Hello, Jason."

"Hello ..." Guo Xu swallowed and recognized who the goods were. "Udonis ... why are you so fat?"

Guo Xu ’s memory of his past life was a little vague. When he saw people, he remembered that Haslem had a period of weight gain after the draft. He went to the French lower league for a season and lost to 110 kg. His friends thought he was seriously ill after returning to China. . Then he played for the Heat in the Summer League, performed well and won the contract.

At this time, he invited Haslem to play in the preseason, a bit early.

Haslem was a bit happy and embarrassed, and smiled bitterly: "Thank you for inviting me to play in the preseason. I couldn't control my weight in the summer. I'm really sorry."

D'Antoni was stealing music on the side. This fat man was invited by Guo Xu, and it was almost a sphere. It would not work at first glance.

When Guo Xu saw Haslem wearing tight sportswear, he guessed that he still wanted to join the training camp, even if he couldn't stay, he wanted to give it a try.

He had an idea after thinking for a while. Although it's a little early, Haslem's perseverance, as long as he is given the opportunity to lose weight, will definitely succeed in losing weight. If he is left this year, there will be a loyal MAX brother in the team in the future.

Conversely, if the Suns do not sign Haslem after training, let him go to France again, maybe next year he will join the Heat again, staged a "Thirty Years of Hedong, thirty years of Hexi, you can't keep up I'm a good show.

Therefore, Guo Xu encouraged: "Although fat is a little fatter, you may not be able to stay, and the training camp will perform well. I was most impressed with you in the NCAA finals. I believe you will lose weight."

Having said that, he wanted to pat Haslem's back, and found that the 191CM's wingspan was not enough to reach the center of the back, and could only pat the meat next to it ...

"Thank you, I will work hard." Haslem cried with excitement, this feeling of being trusted, he had not experienced it for a long time.

He has been blindfolded since signing up for the draft because he is 22 years old and has only been in the draft after four years of college. He is also a short blue collar insider. Although he was selected as the first team in the 2002 division, no one still believes he can play in the NBA.

Guo Xu abused him once in the game, but believed in his strength, he felt like a dream.

When he first received the call, Haslem gave up the opportunity to return home after thinking of thanking him, for fear of being laughed at. After five days of thinking, he changed his mind and vowed to enter the NBA, even if he can only play one season, leaving a little memory.

He has only eaten one meal a day recently, and he will be hungry and he will lose weight.

The players arrived at the arena one after another. Guo Xu read the information of his teammates, some of whom he knew and some were not impressed. There are a total of 17 people representing the Suns in the preseason, and the two will be eliminated.

The good news for Haslem is that there is not much competition inside. The big guys in the free market are very easy to find a job. They are divided up by the teams. Except for him and Moore, two flawed players, no one wants to join the sun.

Brian Colangelo is looking for outside players in order to strengthen the team's bench depth.

Guo Xu and his teammates talked a few words, the players generally did not let go, because they are all newcomers.

Joe Johnson, Moore, Alstom and other people are afraid to say the wrong thing, and their posture is particularly low.

Amare Stardamer is the most confident. After meeting with Guo Xu, he was not a fright at all. He patted the chest and said: "Jason, as long as you play a pick-and-roll attack with me, pass it to me, I will definitely put I'm very good at playing pick-and-roll when the ball is scored. "

"We try during the training match, I believe you." Guo Xu smiled.

One of Stoudemire's greatest strengths is his ability to go down after pick-and-roll. He is as fast as a defender and is the fastest inside. He was looked down upon in the draft, and is actually the player with the best physical condition this year, destined to become a star.

Nene Hilario is the last one to appear. His body is very strong, with a height of 211CM, a weight of 113 kg, and all muscles. He hasn't kept the braided hairstyle of Ronaldinho. He is bald, but he has a beard, which makes it hard to believe that he is only 20 years old.

This brawny man is too anxious to develop. His original name was Maybinal Rodney Hilario. After arriving in the NBA, he used a cute little name. In Brazil, "Nene" means baby. .

Like most Brazilian children, Nene played football from an early age and attracted the attention of some professional clubs ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ But later he grew too tall and had to change to basketball at the age of 14 and then play for The Vasco da Gama Club in Brazil.

In 2001, Nene represented the Brazil team in the World Friendly Games. In the game with the US team, he scored 8 points, 7 rebounds and 5 blocks in 18 minutes, of which 3 were given to Jermaine O'Neal.

After the game, Nene received an invitation from the Chicago Basketball Camp. This is a well-known youth basketball training camp in the United States. He continued to perform well in the training camp and eventually participated in the 2002 NBA draft.

Although he was late in contact with basketball and rough in technique, Nene was selected as the seventh overall pick. Because he has a superhuman body, excellent strength, bounce, and good mobility, he is a brutalist insider.

Guo Xu would like to talk more with Nene because he is an important teammate in the new season and the team needs his defense. But Nene ’s English is so bad that he can only have simple conversations. Guo Xu said that he would not understand it soon, and he could only laugh.

In addition to basketball skills, English conversations need to be improved as soon as possible.

Guo Xu, Marion and Gugliota took the core makeup photos together, and the interview began.