On January 20, Chen Shu did not come to the stadium very early, because he came to report and had to wait until the normal working hours of the uniform team. Chen Shu estimated the time and came to the Meixi Training Hall. With a simple nod to the security staff, Chen Shu entered the player through the player tunnel. When Chen Shu came to the stadium for a physical examination the day before yesterday, the security personnel on duty at the stadium knew that the Suns would have an Asian player who was about to join.

Due to the previous physical examination experience, the registration procedure was completed smoothly. The uniform team took Chen Shu to the training area and found the team's head coach, Gentry. At this time, Gentry was in the training area, leaning against the basket, frowning, holding a pen in his hand and writing on paper. I think I'm thinking about the tactics to be practiced in today's training camp.

Before Chen Shu and the others could get closer, Gentry spotted them. Directly at Will Collins, the team advisor with Chen Shu, shouted:

"Hey Will, I think you must have brought me good news"

"Haha, of course, we have new guys on board, I hope you can get along well"

The two chatted for a few words, put Chen Shu aside, and Will Collins left. Gentry then turned to Chen.

"Hey, Chen, hello, although it is the first time we have met, I use an old Chinese saying to you, which is 'God has been friends for a long time'"

"Thank you, coach, I admire your coaching style and am very happy to play under you" Although Chen Shu is young, his emotional intelligence is not low.

"Haha, in fact, I didn't know you before, but Nash praised you in front of me, and strongly recommended you to the management, Nash has always had a good eye, and then I watched your game video, well... How to put it, you are fast, you shoot accurately, very similar to Nash's style, although the ball is still a little worse than Nash's. But in the video, you can see that you are making rapid progress. You're good at fast-break play, and it goes well with my style. ”

"You're so complimentary, I'm far from Nash."

"You don't need to be too modest, but hopefully your performance will be worthy of the bargaining chips"

"Don't worry, I have never let down the people who support me, and I will get stronger and stronger," Chen Shu said confidently.

"You are free to move around first, and after a while the players are all together, we will have a group confrontation, you can take this opportunity to get acquainted with your teammates"

"Good coach!"

Then Chen Shu warmed up first and began to shoot practice, because there was no skill bonus, Chen Shu's mid-distance training shooting training was only more than 70 percent, which was at the middle level of the NBA, and the 3-point shooting rate was about 80%, which belonged to the upper middle level. Generally, during shooting training, Chen Shu will not start the skills, and if the skills are opened, the training effect will be greatly reduced.

At this time, Gentry was also observing Chen Shu's training, and found that Chen Shu's shooting did not seem to be as good as he imagined, and in Chen Shu's previous game data, the 2-point shooting rate and 3-point shooting rate exceeded 50%. At this level, if you are in training, the shooting percentage is generally above 90%.

Gentry's eyes flashed with surprise, and then he was relieved, some people can't take it for granted, maybe this Asian kid is a competitive player. No matter what, as long as you can play well in the game.

While Chen Shu was training, the Suns players also arrived one after another, playing with each other, and then each began to warm up, and the atmosphere was relaxed and happy. Chen, who was doing shooting drills, didn't get the attention of his teammates, even though they now know that an Asian player was traded to a team.

Just as Chen Shu hit another long-range shot, Nash came to the training gym, and all the players greeted him one after another. After the latter said hello, he looked for a while in the crowd, saw Chen Shu who was shooting, left everyone behind, and walked straight to Chen Shu.

"Hey Chen, hello, I'm Steve Nash, you call me Steve"

"Hi~, hello, hello, Steve, you are my idol" Chen Shu didn't react a little, but he didn't expect Nash to come up directly to say hello, he was a little flattered. Judging from Chen Shu's energy during the time he joined the NBA, most NBA players are above the top, even if you are a star-level player, you should not bird you, let alone treat a rookie so politely.

"Hehe, don't be nervous, I'm also an international player, I understand the difficulties of international players, next, we are teammates, if you have any difficulties, you can find me, I will help you, I am very optimistic about you!"

"Really thankful, really, I'm a little flattered. Forehead.. Actually, I've always had a question, that is, we haven't been in contact before, why would you recommend me like management. ”

"Well, well, haha, because when I was chatting with a friend of yours, he said that you are very good, more powerful than when he was younger, and then I collected your information and watched your game video, well, it is really good, and you are very suitable for the Suns, it's as simple as that"

"Your friend. Who is it? Chen Shu's mind spun around, and he didn't think of a possible answer.

"Ray Allen, we are in the same class, and we have similar personalities, so we are more compatible. The last time I was away from Boston, he praised you very much, well, it's the first time I've heard him hold a rookie in such high esteem. Nash pulled his long hair back and smiled.

Chen Shu reacted at this time, thinking back to the previous game with Celtic, it seems that he made a deep impression on Ray Allen.

At this moment, the personnel were almost there, and the head coach Gentry began to beckon everyone to gather, first introducing Chen Shu and asking everyone to welcome his arrival. At the same time, each player was introduced one by one. Although Chen Shu is just a rookie, everyone still gave a warm response to the introduction of the head coach.

Since no one on the Suns team wore the No. 2 jersey, Chen Shu still chose No. 2. Although Chen Shu has always been thinking about the No. 1 jersey, when he was with the Bulls, Rose was No. 1. The Suns' No. 1 jersey is Markieff Morris, who is also a rookie with Chen Shu. It's clear that it's not something a rookie should do.

When everything was ready, everyone changed into training clothes and divided the main team and the substitute team.

Main team: point guard Nash, split Shannon Brown, small forward Jared Dudley, power forward Grant Hill, center Markif Morris.

Benches: Point guard Chen Shu, split Mike Reed, small forward Hakeem Varik, power forward Channing Fry, center Marsin Gortat

Judging from the configuration of the main team, the Suns have always been focusing on small-ball fast-break tactics, with Morris, who is a 208cm power forward, as the center. The Suns' positioning of this first-round rookie is to play center with the size and style of play of a power forward like Xiao Si, who has left the team. Grant Hill, the originator of the 203cm point forward, plays the power forward, which is similar to Marion's role in the past. If it were Grant Hill in his prime, he would definitely be much better than Marion, but now Hill is 39 years old and far from the all-powerful player he used to be. But even so, he still averaged 9 points, 2 assists and 3 rebounds per game.

Such a staffing increases the flexibility of on-field tactics and makes the lineup more impactful.