Nene missed the Suns' preseason, and 14 other players were able to play.

Guo Xu played for about 20 minutes in every game and left the court to rest. He watched his teammates perform on the sidelines and applauded them.

The coaching staff gave young players a lot of opportunities to perform, such as Josh Howard and Trevor Ariza's talent is so good that it would be a huge waste not to train them.

Ariza, 19, is the biggest surprise of the Suns' draft this year. He is 203cm tall, 218cm wingspan, and has outstanding running and jumping. Now he is an excellent outside defensive player. He has excellent single defense with his talent and excellent rebounding ability. Unless his opponent is stronger than him and eats hard with his body, it will be difficult to pass him.

Ariza also has specialties on the offensive end. He can break through with the ball, and his first step is very fast. He staged a breakthrough dunk many times in the preseason, and there was a vague shadow of McGrady. He showed amazing talent in the summer league, and the Suns management signed him the longest 2+1 contract in the second round.

Guo Xu is more optimistic about Ariza than anyone else. He was in a very strong body in his previous life. He dunked Oku and Ben Wallace, dunked and knocked over Grant Hill. By 2018, he was still an excellent role player. The Suns picked up a weakened version of Iguodala in the second round.

On the offensive end, Ariza could still shoot three-pointers from the right side, only between the bottom corner and 50 degrees, but he dared to take action.

When he was studying at Westchester High School, he led the team to a record of 32 wins and 3 losses in the California inter-school division game, ranking fifth among all high school teams in the United States. He averaged 12 points, 12 rebounds per game in his first year of high school, and became the team leader in his third year of high school, averaging 21 points, 14 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 blocks and 3 steals per game.

In high school, Ariza played in five positions, mainly power forwards. After entering college, he played in the No. 4 position and was unable to compete with small forwards. This is very similar to James Jones's situation back then.

The reason for the second round was not because Ariza University's data was average, but because he had congenital asthma. He was diagnosed with asthma at the age of 9, and exercise was difficult for him. When he was working for UCL University, he received help from a project in the school's medical school and was able to overcome asthma and enter the NBA.

His shooting percentage at UCL last season was 42.6%, of which only 23.7% of three-pointers, a total of 18 of 76 shots, and his free throw percentage was a terrible 50.4%, and 57 of 113 shots. As a swingman, as is O'Neal, do you have the nerve to say hello to others?

In Guo Xu's previous life, Ariza entered the NBA's first four seasons of his career and did not shoot three-pointers because he was unlucky and was selected by the Knicks. The coach did not allow him to shoot. He even suffered from shooting phobia and was very afraid of shooting three-pointers.

In the 2005-06 season, the Knicks' head coach was Larry Brown.

That's right, it's this tireless master again.

In 2006, the Knicks' salary reached 126 million yuan, twice as high as other teams. Under Brown's leadership, he played the worst record in the regular season. The magical thing was that the No. 1 pick was traded. Later, the Bulls chose Aldridge with this second pick, and they also traded it with a very stupidity.

At that time, Brown clearly said to Ariza: "Don't think about shooting, I don't allow you to shoot, especially three-pointers." As long as Ariza shoots, no matter whether it's a three-pointer or a mid-range shot, this guy will swear on the sidelines.

This made Ariza so scared of shooting and didn't dare to think about this action on the court. Fortunately, he still had a little temper. One day he was scolded and became anxious. He started arguing with Brown, and then he was soon traded to the Magic and was relieved.

Nate Robinson, who was scolded at the time, chose to swallow his anger and was scolded by Brown to get depressed.

After arriving at the Lakers, Ariza came out of that mental depression with the help of her coach and teammates. Teammates would tell him, "Don't think about losing the shot, just don't worry about shooting." This worked very well, his shooting was getting better and better, and also helped the team a lot.

Ariza is now a piece of unstable jade. Although his shooting is unstable, he dares to take action. As long as he is well trained in the first three seasons, he will soon be able to play a role in the team. However, it is not easy to train him. The Suns' swinger position is definitely the strongest in the league next season, and playing time is not easy to allocate.

Marion, Joe Johnson, Bell, and Howard are there, and Ariza can only be the third substitute at the 2nd and 3rd positions. Even if Marion often plays a power forward, he can't play for a few minutes.

What's even worse is that James Jones, although he won the championship ring as soon as he entered the league, he still has to continue to be a marginal person this season. He can only play in garbage time, and sometimes he can't even make it to the 12-man roster.

Veteran Payton is the Suns' second surprise. He has a good time with his new teammates and can control the rhythm after Guo Xu leaves the court.

As soon as Payton arrived at the Suns, he found his familiar playing rhythm. D'Antoni let him play in the second quarter and control the ball.

This is very important. It would be strange if Payton could play well in the playoffs when he was on the Lakers. Usually, he would pass the ball after halftime, and then watch the two teammates compete fiercely for the low post.

Payton's organizational ability is also qualified. He averaged 5.5 assists per game in the Lakers' regular season and 5.3 in the playoffs, not many. After all, his outside teammates would die if they didn't dribble the ball, and Guo Xu didn't have many assists in the Lakers back then.

Payton knows better than Blake where to pass the ball and how to grasp the timing of the pass. He is good at playing pick-and-roll with his inside teammates, and using his height to lob the inside, and occasionally can hit one with his back.

This is very effective, just like the Warriors in the future, Curry mainly shoots three-pointers and breaks through. After his opponent is almost adapted to this rhythm, he will replace a point guard with a central shot to attack with the ball, which will disrupt the opponent's rhythm in an instant.

The Warriors are responsible for this job Livingston, and the Suns are Payton. Both of them happen to like to play back and have a tall guard who lacks speed, and their scores are mainly based on mid-range.

It is difficult for Blake to have a chance to play in the new season, but joining the Suns may not be a bad thing. Blake was injured many times in his previous life in his career. He played in the Suns for a short time and simple task, and has always been very healthy.

He can learn something from Payton, especially defense. With Guo Xu here, the team will not let him go for nothing. In the future, Payton will retire, and he will definitely have a chance to perform.

The highlight of the Suns' inside line is Valejo, who is also an excellent combat power, 211cm tall and weighs 120 kilograms. He will not suffer any loss when facing anyone alone. He can resist people in the penalty area and be good at pick-and-roll defense. He can only practice slowly if he has poor offense.

Sir Xiao has played for a short time, and Valaijo and Haslem can compete with other teams in the interior.

Valaijo and Ariza can only be marginalists in the new season of the Suns. Although they performed well in the preseason, others were stronger, so they must practice in the Development League for a while.

NBDL can enhance players' confidence because it is particularly easy to play luxurious data. If the delegated players have ordinary NBDL data, then be prepared to say goodbye to NBA completely.

Howard, Haslem, Joe Johnson, Bale and others all performed well. After winning a championship, these people all showed confidence and began to transform. They were very well offensive and defensive on the court, and they cooperated very well.

Guo Xu only used 7 successes in the preseason, mainly passing the ball, and scored basically by shooting three-pointers from the perimeter, not making much breakthrough. Because it was mainly for the lineup, the Suns did not play very seriously, and still achieved a record of 6 wins and 1 loss in the preseason.
Chapter completed!