Legend of Tomorrow

? Nene missed the Suns' preseason games, and the other 14 players can play.

Guo Xu starts every game and plays for about 20 minutes before taking a break. He watches his teammates perform from the sidelines and applauds them.

The coaching staff has given young players many opportunities to perform. The talents of Josh Howard and Trevor Ariza are so good that it would be a huge waste not to train them.

The 19-year-old Ariza is the Suns' biggest surprise in this year's draft. He is 203cm tall, has a wingspan of 218cm, has outstanding running and jumping, and is now an excellent perimeter defender. He relies on his talent to excel in one-on-one defense and has good rebounding ability. Unless the opponent is stronger than him and uses his body to attack him, it will be difficult to get past him.

On the offensive end, Ariza also has specialties. He can break through with the ball, and his first step is very fast. He has performed many breakthrough dunks in the preseason, and there is a vague shadow of McGrady. He showed amazing talent during 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. In his previous life, he was very physical. He dunked Okur and Ben Wallace, and dunked and knocked past Grant Hill. By 2018, he was still an outstanding role player, and the Suns were equivalent to picking up a weakened version of Iguodala in the second round.

On the offensive end, Ariza can also shoot three-pointers from the right side, which is only between the bottom corner and 50 degrees, but he dares to take it.

When he was a student at Westchester High School, he led the team to a record of 32 wins and 3 losses in the California Interscholastic Division, ranking fifth among all high school teams in the United States. He averaged a double-double of 12 points and 12 rebounds per game as a freshman. He became the team leader as a senior, averaging 21 points, 14 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 blocks and 3 steals per game.

In high school, Ariza played five positions, mainly power forward. After entering college, he played the 4th position and switched to small forward. This was very similar to James Jones's situation back then.

The reason why Ariza fell to the second round was not because of his average college statistics, but because he had congenital asthma. He was diagnosed with asthma when he was 9 years old, and exercise was difficult for him. When he was playing in college, he received help from a program at the school's medical school and was able to overcome asthma and enter the NBA.

His field goal percentage last season was 42.6%, including only 23.7% from three-point range, a total of 18 of 76. His free throw percentage was a disastrous 50.4%, 57 of 113. As a swingman who shoots free throws like O'Neal, are you embarrassed to say hello to people?

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

2005-06 season,

The Knicks' coach is Larry Brown.

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

The Knicks' entire team salary in 2006 reached 126 million, twice as much as other teams. Under Brown's leadership, they had the worst record in the regular season. Miraculously, the No. 1 pick was traded away. The Bulls used the second pick to select Aldridge and then traded him out in a stupid move.

At that time, Brown clearly said to Ariza: Don't think about shooting. I don't allow you to shoot, especially 3-pointers. As long as Ariza shoots, whether it is a three-pointer or a mid-range shot, this guy will yell on the sidelines.

This made Ariza afraid of shooting, and he didn't even dare to think about this action on the court. Fortunately, he still had some temper. One day he got scolded and got into a fight with Brown. Then he was quickly traded to the Magic and relieved.

Nate Robinson, who was scolded at the same time as Potato, chose to swallow his anger and was scolded by Brown for depression.

After arriving with the Lakers, Ariza came out of that mental depression with the help of his coach and teammates. His teammates would tell him, Don't think about missing the shot, just go ahead and shoot. This worked. His shooting was getting better and better, and it helped the team a lot.

Today's Ariza is a piece of diamond. Although his shooting is unstable, he dares to take shots. As long as he is trained properly 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' swingman position will definitely be the strongest in the league next season, and it is difficult to allocate playing time.

With Marion, Joe Johnson, Bell, and Howard here, Ariza can only be the third substitute at positions 2 and 3. Even if Marion often guest-stars at power forward, he can't play for a few minutes.

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

Veteran Payton is the Suns' second surprise. He gets along well with his new teammates and can control the rhythm after Guo Xu comes off the court.

As soon as Payton arrived in the Suns, he found his familiar playing rhythm. D'Antoni asked him to come out in the second quarter and control the ball.

This is very critical. It was surprising that Payton did well in the playoffs when he was with the Lakers. He usually passed the ball after half the court, and then watched the two teammates fiercely fighting for the low post.

Payton's organizational skills are also up to standard. He averaged 5.5 assists per game in the Lakers' regular season and 5.3 in the playoffs, which is not a lot. After all, teammates on the outside have a disease that will kill them if they don't carry the ball. 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-rolls with his teammates inside, and using his height advantage to lob the ball inside, and occasionally he can hit one from behind.

This kind of play is very effective. Just like the future Warriors, Curry will start by shooting three-pointers and driving breakthroughs. After the opponent has almost adapted to this rhythm, he will replace him with a point guard who mainly shoots mid-range shots and attack with the ball. Disrupting the opponent's rhythm.

Livingston is responsible for this job in the Warriors, and Payton is responsible for the Suns. Both of them happen to be tall guards who like to play in the back and lack speed. Their scoring mainly depends on the mid-range.

It will be difficult for Blake to have a chance to play in the new season, but it is not necessarily a bad thing for him to join the Suns. In his previous life, Blake was injured many times in the early stages of his career. In the Suns, he played short time and simple tasks, and has always been healthy.

He can learn some things from Payton, especially defense. With Guo Xu here, the team will not let him go in vain. In the future, when Payton retires, he will definitely have a chance to perform.

The highlight of the Suns' interior is Varejao. He is also an excellent immediate combat player. He is 211cm tall and weighs 120kg. He will not suffer against anyone in single defense. He can resist people in the penalty area and is good at blocking pick-and-rolls. Only his offense is poor and he has to practice slowly.

Stoudemire's playing time is short, and the partnership of Varejao and Haslem in the interior can compete with other teams' starters.

Varejao and Ariza can only be marginal players in the Suns' new season. Although they performed well in the preseason, others are stronger and they will definitely have to go to the Development League to practice for a while.

NBDL can improve players' confidence, because it is particularly easy to produce luxurious statistics. If the players who are transferred have average NBDL statistics, then be prepared to bid farewell to the NBA completely.

Howard, Haslem, Joe Johnson, Bell and others all performed well. After winning a championship, these people all gained confidence and began to transform. They were very organized on offense and defense on the court, and they cooperated very well.

Guo Xu only used 7 successful shots in the preseason, mainly passing the ball. His scoring basically relied on three-pointers from the outside, and he didn't make many breakthroughs. Because it was mainly a drill lineup, the Suns did not play very seriously, and still achieved a record of 6 wins and 1 loss in the preseason.

Guo Xu knows very well that the Suns' lineup must be the deepest in the league. (https:)

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