NBA: I haven't played a game but I'm full of talent

Walking into the training ground, Steve Nash saw a strange figure wearing the No. 99 jersey.

"Ling?"

The unique yellow skin feature made Nash recognize Ling Yang at a glance.

Hearing someone calling him, Ling Yang, who was concentrating on practicing free throws, turned his head and saw Nash who had talked with him on the phone once, and greeted him warmly.

"Morning, Steve!"

"Morning." Nash nodded, and walked to Ling Yang, with a very easy-going attitude, not like the boss of the team.

Firstly, Nash's personality is relatively gentle, and secondly, the two belong to the same agent and have a natural close relationship.

"Ling, how long have you been practicing?"

Nash asked Ling Yang curiously, he saw Ling Yang was covered in sweat, it was obvious that the time had not been short.

Ling Yang estimated the time and replied, "About an hour."

After listening, Nash didn't talk anymore, but just gave Ling Yang a thumbs up.

Originally, he thought that he was more diligent when he came to the arena to practice an hour earlier, but he did not expect that Ling Yang was an hour earlier than him.

This made Nash immediately have a good impression of Ling Yang.

After all, as the absolute core of the team, Nash naturally hopes that the players in his team will work hard to improve, and then create better results with him in the new season.

So, Nash took the initiative to smile and said to Ling Yang:

"Bill told me to take more care of you, Ling, if you need any help, or if there is anything in the team, you can tell me."

"Okay, Steve." Ling Yang said with a smile in a relaxed tone.

"With you covering me, I think it will be a lot easier to be in the team."

After hearing this, Nash joked, "Then what if you buy me a hamburger?"

"Okay, do you want it now?"

While Ling Yang was talking, it was as if he wanted to throw the ball away.

When Nash saw it, he quickly stopped him and said, "Ling, I'm just joking."

Immediately afterwards, Nash laughed: "Don't worry, I'm here, no one will let you run errands to buy burgers."

Ling Yang said polite words in his mouth, but he was secretly happy in his heart, come on, he has status.

While joking, the relationship between the two suddenly became closer.

Nash patted the ball casually, and said to Ling Yang: "I'll practice the ball first too, let's talk later."

Hearing what Nash said, Ling Yang responded immediately.

So, the two began to practice separately again.

Ling Yang is still practicing free throws, and while picking up the ball, he also watches Nash's training from time to time.

After warming up, Nash also practiced shooting, but he did not only practice free throws like Ling Yang, but practiced shooting from various positions.

I saw that Nash started from outside the three-second zone of the baseline, hit 10 balls on the left and right sides, and then began to move up along the line of the three-second zone, then the two ends of the free throw line, then to the free throw line, and finally to the top of the arc The three-point line, the 45-degree three-point line on both sides, and the bottom three-point line...

"This kind of shooting practice is good. There are various distances and angles. You can learn from it."

While observing, Ling Yang said secretly in his heart.

But thinking of his poor shooting, Ling Yang immediately swallowed those words back.

At this stage, he can guarantee a certain success rate, and only near the three-second zone and the free throw line.

As for mid-range and three-point shooting, with a shooting ability of 25, if you want to score 10 points in every point like Nash before changing, maybe a day has passed.

While Ling Yang was watching Nash's practice, Nash was also watching Ling Yang's practice. When he saw that Ling Yang was only practicing dribbling and running across the court, sprinting for layups and making free throws, during the break, he couldn't help but move towards Ling Yang asked:

"I saw that you seem to have been repeating dribbling sprints and free throws today..."

"It's not today, it's more than two months." Ling Yang took up the conversation, and then explained why he chose these two special exercises.

Nash nodded slightly after hearing this, and then suggested:

"Ling, now that the training camp has started, I suggest that you invite more assistants or other teammates to assist in the training, so as to increase the speed and rhythm changes during training."

Speaking of this, Nash turned his head to look at Ling Yang.

"You have to realize that in a race, it's not always possible to run completely ahead of the opponent.

Because your dribbling is not good, so you can first try to break through the opponent's defense by learning to change the speed. "

"Ok, Steve!"

Ling Yang replied in response, he felt that what Nash said was quite reasonable.

In the past two months, I have practiced dribbling and fast breaks well, and I really should have more rhythm training.

If you expect to rely on your own speed and impact every time to completely throw off the defensive player, it is indeed a bit too wishful thinking.

While the two were talking, people appeared one after another in the stadium.

Everyone who came here greeted Nash without exception. Although Nash returned to the Suns from the Mavericks for only one season, after last season, it is obvious that everyone knows whose team the Suns are now.

And when they saw Ling Yang chatting with Nash side by side, everyone was slightly surprised at first, and then they all greeted Ling Yang.

On the first day of the training camp, Nash and Ling Yang sat in the arena and chatted together early, and everyone could see the relationship between Ling Yang and Nash.

"It seems that I have been touched by Nash."

Seeing these familiar faces greeted him politely, Ling Yang quickly understood what was going on.

But also happy not to explain.

After all, in the NBA, it is normal for old people to bully newcomers.

And with the relationship that Nash is covering now, maybe he can avoid some troubles for himself.

This summer, the Suns actually have a lot of personnel adjustments.

Among the starters last season, shooting guard Joe Johnson's rookie contract expired. He had no resistance to the huge contract offered by the Hawks, and finally joined the Hawks in the form of a sign-and-trade.

What was brought to the sun was Boris Diaw, who was later known as the French magician but is now invisible, and two future draft picks.

In the transaction Ling Yang participated in, small forward Quentin Richardson was traded to the Knicks in exchange for center Kurt Thomas.

At the same time, the players on the bench have also been adjusted a lot. Only Barbosa, who is still in the rookie contract period, remains in the team.

At the same time, there are quite a few newcomers joining the team, and Colangelo has made frequent shots this summer.

After the starters at the second and third positions left one after another, they first signed the shooting guard Raja Bell who played well in the Jazz last season.

Subsequently, the Suns and the Pacers reached a sign-and-trade deal, exchanging a 2008 second-round pick for Pacers small forward James Jones.

Both Raja Bell and James Jones have good shooting ability, which is used to make up for the outside shooting after the departure of Joe Johnson and Quentin Richardson.

Just this month, Colangelo made a move to sign free agent Eddie House to strengthen the point guard position.

These people came one after another, and Ling Yang got to know them one by one.

It is worth mentioning that several starters who participated in the summer league with Ling Yang also came together.

However, all they got were non-guaranteed contracts, and they were only qualified to participate in the preseason training camp. When the final 15-man roster is determined before the start of the regular season, it is hard to say whether they can remain on the roster.

As the veteran of the team, Sean Marion came relatively late. He is the oldest player in the Suns team and is also the unshakable starting core of the team.

However, Marion respected Nash, so he also took the initiative to talk to him.

Immediately seeing Ling Yang at the side, Marion immediately said with great interest:

"Ling? Dude, I heard that you haven't played a game before, but you beat all the rookies in the physical test?

Why not, let's compare. "

As he said that, Marion paused, "Let's just bounce and touch higher."