(Because the book was interrupted a few times in the middle, I forgot a lot of information about the player's transactions and whereabouts, if there are any mistakes or omissions, I hope you can correct them.) ）

On November 8, 2007, the day after the Suns suffered their first loss of the season, Steve Kerr hosted a press conference in Phoenix to announce that the Suns had successfully signed free agent Grant Hill, and that Hill would travel to Orlando to join the team after completing his medical exam to begin another year of NBA journey.

The Suns' signing was expected, as early as the summer, Hill was interested in signing with the Suns, but he thought that the arrival of Fox Leon and Leon's "notoriety" caused the Hill team to be reluctant to let Hill play for the Suns.

The Suns' medical team is well known, but Fox Leon's iron-clad defense in Boston is well known, and Hill just celebrated his 35th birthday in October. At the age of 35, for a professional footballer, it means that he has entered the twilight of his sports life, and it is likely that a single ordinary injury can end an entire sports career.

Hill has had too many injuries in his career, and that hasn't ruined his basketball dreams. Originally, he and his team were worried that the Suns would play iron-clad defense, but after visiting Leon and Kerr in person, as well as watching the Suns' first few games, Hill was sure that he could continue his NBA career with this team. And the timing of his addition is just right, the Suns are a little stretched in the forward rotation due to Xiao Si's injury, and Hill's arrival is definitely a good help for the team.

At this time, the Suns have left Atlanta and headed for Miami, where they will have back-to-back games to play on the South Coast, and because of the medical exam, Kerr and Leon discussed it and decided to let Hill play in the second game of the back-to-back, against the Magic.

In this way, Hill, who has just finished his career in Orlando, will be able to continue his new career in Orlando with a new team.

Leon saw the news on ESPN's sports news, and he had arrived in Miami with the team to stay at the hotel. After Hill signed the contract, Leon texted Hill to congratulate him, and the two also spoke on the phone to communicate the team's current situation, playing style, and ideas for the future.

Leon shared his thoughts with Hill, the two were actually about the same age, they could be described as peers, and Hill was a smart, knowledgeable, and person with his own understanding of basketball, and the two had a pleasant exchange.

After hanging up the phone, Leon was worried again, recently Khomeenez's due date was approaching, and Leon still had to pay attention to the birth of the first little life connected to his own blood after he came to this world. Of course, New York is also in constant contact with him, and the global financial markets are surging.

For tomorrow's game, their opponents Miami Heat are not in good form, after losing the Finals in 2006, they began to plummet, were eliminated in the first round in '07, and since the start of the new season, the Heat have not won a game so far. And even worse, the team's number one star Dwyane Wade missed the first few games of the season due to injury, and it looks like he will still not play against the Suns.

This is undoubtedly good news for the Suns and Leon, the Suns' outside guards are already slow and old, and in the face of an assault gun like Wade, it is estimated that they will be broken, and now that he is injured, the strength of the Heat has dropped a lot.

The only person Leon has to worry about is O'Neal, the Heat's big shark on the inside, who has been a bit out of his way on the South Coast this year and is said to have a strained relationship with Pat Riley. Kerr had the intention of trading O'Neal, but Leon wanted him to die, and the Sharks would not only not be able to provide the same dominance on the court as they used to, but could also be a problem off the court.

Of course, as a former league superstar, Leon still has to do some preparation for O'Neal, such as sending cannon fodder on the court to cut him a few times, sending him to the free throw line to wipe his sweat and catch his breath.

The night in Miami was charming, and upon arrival, León gave the players a day off to let everyone out and relax. This surprised Dior and Bale, anyway, after Leon came to the Suns, the number of times he took or allowed everyone to go out was almost more than in a few years in Boston.

Leon's explanation for this is that attacking teams need a certain amount of relaxation to open up their form, and the reality is that Leon believes that the team has more veterans, the season is still long, and the long journey to maintain a good physical and mental condition has just begun.

On Nov. 9, at 7:30 p.m. ET, the Phoenix Suns and Miami Heat game kicked off at the American Airlines Center in Miami. Without Wade, the Heat's starting point guard became Ricky Davis, and on the front line Anfernee Hardaway.

The penny-shark combination of the Magic once reunited in the Heat, but unfortunately O'Neal is an old man, and Hardaway has long been tortured by injuries and has lost all his aura and talent, and has become an ordinary guard player, his figure is not as thin and agile as it was back then, but has become a strong man. After 2005, he had disappeared from the league for two years.

This summer, Pat Riley approached Hardaway with the mentality of giving it a try, signing a non-guaranteed contract, which means that the Heat could cut Hardaway at any time if he couldn't play a satisfactory game.

Hardaway is exactly 36 years old this year, a year older than Grant Hill, both of them are young and famous, both are agile and elegant play, both are plagued by injuries, and both continue to persevere for the basketball dream, and all of this shows that the Orlando Magic team is toxic.

The Suns sent the same starters as in the last game, Turiaf still stood in the middle circle and jumped the ball, in fact, after Xiao Si was absent, Turiaf's performance was still good, when he was there, defense, rebounding, including the offensive end to keep up, Turiaf did a good job of his task.

It's just that because Leon uses more of a five-small lineup, Turiaf doesn't have much time to play, and many times he is a pseudo-starter, carrying 15 minutes a game, and then throwing a towel at the break.

So in these 15 minutes, Turyaf played quite hard, which Leon valued very much, and was not slack and dissatisfied because of the lack of playing time, but played these 15 minutes with passion.

At the beginning of the game, the Heat team jumped the ball successfully, and the first offense, after the absence of Wade, O'Neal naturally became the team's offensive core, starting from O'Neal at the beginning. And Turiaf listened to Leon's arrangement, and O'Neal's first offense directly fouled him to the free throw line, disrupting O'Neal's offensive rhythm.

There was a chorus of boos at the scene, and the shark slashing came a little earlier than usual.

O'Neal lived up to expectations, missing two free throws in front of the free throw line of his lifelong enemy, and Haslem wanted to rush for the frontcourt rebound, but was stopped by Turiaf, and Dio protected the backcourt rebound.

The Heat were a little slow to step back, Nash got the ball and went straight into the three-second zone, then Jason Williams defended him and shot a close-range mounted archery shot into the basket. This season, Nash's desire to attack exceeds that of previous seasons combined, and it is rare to see Nash directly attack himself from the basket as soon as he opens.

Obviously, the loss in the last game still has a strong motivational effect, and Nash's attitude of taking the lead in attacking has boosted the morale of the whole team. In the next few offenses and defenses, the Suns kept fouling O'Neal to send him to the free throw line, as well as pressing defense from the outside to press the Heat, and then their efficient counterattack made O'Neal tired. As for Hardaway, he is really old, and in front of Marion, a fast horse, he seems to be half a beat slow everywhere.

At the beginning, the Suns played the Heat 9-0, Riley had to call a timeout, and the team's interior advantage was not played at all. However, Riley was not in a hurry, because he felt that Leon was going to play five small no matter what, and when he was on the five small lineup, the Heat's opportunity would come.