"Hey, man, how's it going?"

On September 20, the start of the NBA preseason is imminent, and all teams in the league have also arrived at the Players' Gathering Day.

The Suns players have ended their vacations and returned to the arena for the first time in a long time.

Seeing teammates who they hadn't seen for a long time, the players greeted each other warmly, telling about the colorful life of their holidays.

After returning from injury, Stoudemire, who was finally able to officially play, became the center of attention.

"It was a terrible summer, but I was completely healed at the beginning of July, but I couldn't play, so I had to recover in the gym, and I couldn't wait to play in the summer league."

Stoudemire smiled and said to his teammates: "Guys, I missed the opportunity to win the championship by not being able to play with you last season, I am very sorry, this season is different, we must regain the championship that belongs to us!" ”

"I'm going to change my shirt number from 32 to 1 for the new season, and hopefully it will bring me and good luck to everyone."

As the No. 2 man under Nash on the Suns, Stoudemire is qualified to say such things, and no one will question his words.

After all, the Suns also reached the Finals without Stoudemire last season, and this season Stoudemire returned with full blood, and the team's strength has been further improved, and it is obviously stronger than last season.

In fact, it doesn't need to be said by Stoudemire that the goal of the entire Suns team in the new season, from the management and coaching staff to the bench players, is to win the championship.

In the lively atmosphere, Wang Chao sat alone in the corner of the dressing room changing clothes.

Wang Chao has only one friend within the Suns, and that is Dieng, a fringe figure who was cut by the team in the middle of the season last season.

With Dieng's departure, he doesn't have a friend in the team anymore.

Although in the second half of the season, Wang Chao relied on his super three-point shooting ability to secure the team's main position, and became the starter and the team's scoring champion in the playoffs, but excellent performance and whether he can make friends are completely different things.

"Hey, Wang, I haven't seen you for a few months, you've gotten a lot stronger, I heard the gym staff say that you come to train almost every day, and you're working hard."

seemed to notice that Wang Chao was a little out of place, and Nash took the initiative to come to Wang Chao's side to say hello.

"Well, practice well, and you can get a little stronger in the new season." Wang Chao responded with a smile.

It can only be said that he is worthy of being a top passing master who can see the situation throughout the game, and even in the locker room, Nash has a very keen sense of smell.

"I'm looking forward to seeing what you do in the new season."

Nash chatted with Wang Chao for a few words and left.

This kind of polite greeting is only a superficial effort, although Wang Chao can often receive Nash's pass assists on the field, and the two also have blocking and dismantling tactics, but the relationship between the two sides is limited to teammates on the field.

Wang Chao didn't think there was anything wrong with this, he made money by playing in the NBA, not to make friends.

It is Wang Chao's only goal to play better on the field, sit firmly in the main position of the team, and strive to get a big contract extension before the contract expires at the end of this season.

That's right, the next 2006-07 season is Wang Chao's contract year.

I don't know if it's a coincidence, Wang Chao, as a second-round rookie, signed a 2+1 contract with the Suns, with a three-year contract period and a last-year team option.

The second-round picks in '04, especially the rookies who were drafted at the end of the second round, most teams would choose to sign them to a two-year contract.

Of course, there are exceptions to everything, and there are some excellent players who will sign a three-year contract with the team, such as Anderson, who was selected with the first pick in the second round in 04. Vallejo signed a rookie contract with the Cavaliers for a three-year period.

Wang Chao was lucky, he signed the same three-year contract with the team, and the team chose to exercise Wang Chao's team option in the summer, and the third year of the contract officially took effect.

The 3-year rookie contract has the advantage of just avoiding the restrictions of the Arenas clause, and with the expiration of the third year of the contract, when Wang Chao wants to renew his contract with the team, he has every chance to sign a contract with a high salary or even a maximum salary.

Of course, this is just Wang Chao's own thoughts.

Although Wang Chao played well last season, no one would think that he has what it takes to get a top salary offer.

Only Wang Chao knows that compared with last season, he can be regarded as reborn in the new season.

After nearly three months of crazy training, the overall rating of 54 has now reached 66, which is 1 point more than when he first completed the mission.

Without the overall rating compensation in NBA2K games, Wang Chao's 66-point ability value total rating combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

Not to mention, the three three-point shots with a full value of 99, the average of 85 shots, the speed and agility of both breaking through 80, and the physical strength of 88 all seem to be the values that an All-Star player should have.

And in addition to the ability value, Wang Chao also has a talent bonus.

Today's Wang Chao already has four talents on the talent tree, three in the shooting category: marksman, fast gunner, and sniper, so that Wang Chao's ability in projection is quite outstanding.

The long-distance runner talent provides Wang Chao with a bonus that far exceeds 88 physical strength points.

Wang Chao, who has a variety of abilities, is very confident, if it weren't for Stoudemire's return from injury, he would be fully sure to compete for the team's scoring title in the regular season in the new season!

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After changing clothes in the locker room, the players came to the pitch.

The team's head coach, Mike. D'Antoni and a group of assistant coaches have already arrived at the stadium in advance to wait.

After all the players were due, D'Antoni spoke first, and then started the first thing the players would do when they gathered in previous years - the body.

During the long vacation, each player chooses to spend the holiday in a different way, from lounging on the beaches of Hawaii, to going to bars and clubs every day, to staying at home and indulging in video games every day.

All in all, there are only a handful of players who can maintain a certain amount of training every day and maintain the best competitive condition last season, and not every player can be as disciplined as Kobe Bryant and James.

In order to be able to grasp the physical condition and condition of all players at the first time, the body side is essential.

As always, it's often the time when the assistant coach swears.

"Hey! Burris (Dior), you're 5 kilograms heavier than you were in the finals, are you sleeping with a Coke bottle this holiday? ”

"Cotter. Thomas! The traverse movement and running speed are too slow, do your joints rust during a vacation? ”

"My God, I really don't understand what you guys think, why are you shouting the slogan of winning the championship in such a state!"

Of course, not everyone has been scolded.

In the speed test area, the assistant coach in charge of the test looked at the stopwatch and unexpectedly raised his eyebrows to look at Wang Chao.

"Wang, you're doing well."