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

Head coach D'Antoni's high evaluation of Lingyang spread to China through the media, which immediately excited the fans who had originally paid attention to Lingyang.

Originally, Ling Yang was selected with the 44th overall pick in the second round, and was directly traded away. Although domestic fans also paid attention, they didn't have particularly high expectations in their hearts.

Especially Lingyang's performance in the summer league is actually reported by the media, but judging from the data, Lingyang's performance is not outstanding.

This also lowered the fans' expectations to another extent.

But now, D'Antoni's high evaluation has ignited new expectations for Huaxia fans.

Correspondingly, the subsequent preseason games of the Suns also attracted a lot of attention in China.

However, compared with the high expectations of the fans, Ling Yang's performance in the preseason can only be regarded as tepid.

At this time, China TV did not have the habit of broadcasting preseason games, and fans could only make judgments based on news reports and data.

But judging from the data, Lingyang's performance is not outstanding.

Even not only Ling Yang, but the performance of the entire Sun team can't be called outstanding.

In 8 preseason games, against opponents who are not particularly strong, the Suns have 4 wins and 4 losses, with a winning percentage of 5%.

The absence of Stoudemire and the big adjustment of personnel have obvious impact on the sun.

In these 8 games, D'Antoni arranged three different starting lineups.

In addition to Nash, Raja Bell, Marion, and Kurt Thomas, James Jones, Barbosa, and Diaw have all been sent to the starting lineup.

Ling Yang didn't get a chance to enter the starting lineup, and even didn't have many chances to partner with Nash and Marion, the two starting core partners.

Without a good organizer, the shortcomings of Ling Yang's lack of offensive ability on the field were exposed again.

Although Ling Yang's performance on the defensive end is remarkable, his offensive end can only be described as mediocre.

8场季前赛，凌阳场均获得了11分钟的上场时间，场均得到4.5分1.5个篮板0.9次封盖1次抢断。

It wasn't until the last game that Ling Yang got the chance to partner with Nash on the court. In this game, Ling Yang scored the highest 7 points in the preseason games.

Judging from the data alone, it is obviously disappointing to the domestic fans.

As for Ling Yang, he is basically satisfied with his preseason performance.

Insufficient offensive ability, this is indeed the current state of Lingyang, if there are excellent organizers like Paul and Nash, his lethality can be more reflected, otherwise, this kind of offense is his true level.

There are several points that Ling Yang is satisfied with.

One is that he gets a chance to play every game, and every game has about 10 minutes of time. Except for a few players who have already made a name for themselves, he is the only one.

This means that he has basically confirmed that he has entered the rotation list of the coaching staff.

On the other hand, among the eight games, Ling Yang is indeed getting better every game.

Ling Yang believes that with his performance in the last few games, he should be able to get a relatively fixed chance to play from D'Antoni in the regular season.

After completing the last preseason game, the time has come to October 10, the entire preseason training camp is also over, and the new season is about to officially start.

Ling Yang entered the space again, and began to check his training results for this month.

This month, although he participated in the team's training every day and also participated in the preseason, Ling Yang did not relax his previous training, especially in terms of free throws, he has been persistent.

In one month, Ling Yang's free throws also ushered in an increase again, from 65 to 68.

His right-handed dribbling ability has also improved again, to 49.

It is a little regrettable that the various data obtained in the preseason still cannot bring experience points to Lingyang.

This point is the same as what Ling Yang speculated before. It should be the data obtained in the regular season that can bring experience points to Ling Yang.

Therefore, in terms of ability value, Ling Yang was trained by himself.

Offense: 66 close range, 25 mid-range, 25 three-pointers, 68 free throws, 65 layups, 99 dunks, 49 dribbling ability, 45 left-handed dribbling, 37 passing, 25 passing vision

Defense: 80 defense with the ball, 80 defense ability, 50 offensive rebounds, 65 defensive rebounds, 80 blocked shots, and 80 steals.

身体素质：弹跳99、速度99、敏捷99、力量80、体力90、韧性99。

Emblem: S-Class Death Coil.

On October 10, the last day before the start of the regular season, there is a very important thing for NBA teams to determine the team's final 30-man roster.

During the preseason training camp, in order to strengthen their strength and inspect players, teams usually use some non-guaranteed contracts to sign some temporary workers.

Then decide whether to keep a certain player based on the performance of the training camp and preseason.

It is precisely because of the need to observe the performance of these players that D'Antoni used more rotation players in the preseason. Otherwise, Ling Yang should also be able to get more playing time.

Andre Barrett, Jared Rayner, Pat Burke, and Richie Pauldin, who participated in the summer league with Lingyang, also got the opportunity to participate in the Suns training camp.

But in the end, among the four, only Pat Burke remained on the Suns roster.

On October 10th, the remaining three were notified to leave the team.

In this way, the final 15-man roster of the Suns has also been determined.

Center position: Kurt Thomas, Pat Burke, Nikloz Sgotishvili

Power forwards: Amare Stoudemire, Shawn Marion, Boris Diaw, Brian Grant

Small forwards: James Jones, Ling Yang, Shalo Ford

Shooting guards: Raja Bell, Leandro Barbosa, Jim Jackson

Point Guard: Steve Nash, Eddie House

Of course, among the Suns, the positions of many players are actually relatively vague.

For example, Stoudemire actually played more at the center position last season, and Diaw was often pushed to the center position in the preseason.

And Sean Marion actually played the small forward position at the beginning, but after the Suns played the small ball lineup, they were pushed to the power forward position.

In fact, the Suns originally intended to put Marion back to the small forward position this season. The management introduced Kurt Thomas in the hope of strengthening the inside line. , Marion played small forward.

It's just that Stoudemire was plagued by injuries before the start of the season, and Marion had to continue playing power forward.

There is also Barbosa. In the preseason, D'Antoni has been using Barbosa as a shooting guard. In two games, he even tried to use Barbosa as the starting shooting guard to partner with Nash.

When Barbosa entered the league, he actually played the point guard position.

But in any case, the 15-man roster of the Suns has been temporarily settled, and the pace of the regular season has officially arrived!