The trading day opened, and the Suns announced the signing of players for the new season for the first time.

The Suns sent Marbury to the Raptors in a trade for Wade, who was drafted with the fourth pick this year, and Wade signed a four-year rookie contract with the Suns for a total value of $13.63 million, with the final year being a team option.

There was a lot of polarization among fans and in the media about the deal.

Most believe that this is a win-win deal, and Marbury, as an All-Star player, will definitely be a strong contender for the league's playoff game with Carter in the new season.

As one of the rookies favored by the media, Wade is worth looking forward to whether the Suns can grow up from an environment full of strong players.

Many fans have a love and hatred for Marbury, feeling that he is a stumbling block to the Suns' record, and now that he has been sent away in exchange for a potential rookie, he is naturally rejoicing.

Only a small number of media and fans are applauding, and some believe that Marbury, a lone wolf, will definitely oppose Carter after coming to the Raptors, and the Raptors will become the next Sun.

Others believe that Marbury, as the top vacant pick in the league, only traded for a fourth-pick draft pick, is a loss for the Suns.

Compared with the attention brought by Marbury, not many people care about the Suns' four-year 6.09 million signing David West, two-year 990,000 signing Matt Bonner and 980,000 signing Kyle Cornwall.

The next day, the Suns announced the blockbuster news again, and Sean Marion, one of the core of the team, signed a five-year contract extension of 68.5 million.

This news is for the whole league, whether it is fans, media or team staff, they feel that this is an inevitable result.

After trading Marbury, the Suns have Marion, Smalls and Wade, and the strength on paper and the future are worth looking forward to.

The Suns' main focus is on the summer league, and there are four summer leagues in '03, and the Suns will play in the Rocky Mountain Summer League from July 19-27.

There are a total of nine teams participating in this year's Rocky Mountain Summer League, and the Suns are joined by the Jazz, Mavericks, Trail Blazers, Nuggets, Spurs, Bulls, Knicks, Pacers and 76ers.

"Give the names of these people to Rick and let him investigate them himself. The other two players, you go and talk to them and talk to them according to the normal contract. ”

Bai Fan called Randy Fender and gave two pieces of paper, one of which had the names of Calderon and Haslem, which were the two undrafted picks and were handed over to Rick Carlisle for his own selection.

Whether he can stay in the team, Bai Fan doesn't interfere, just gives a possibility, after all, the two of them are not hidden powers, and it will not be a pity to miss it.

For the sake of two substitutes, Rick Carlisle felt that the owner liked to meddle in the manager's affairs, and the bad impression was more than worth the loss.

Rick Carlisle is a more important member of the team than the two.

There were also two names on the piece of paper, Mike James and Ragabel.

These two people have already made some achievements in the league, but they are still players at the end of the league's bench, and they did not receive a contract extension at the end of last season, and they are still waiting for a chance from the new team.

Randy Fend is different from Rick Carlisle, before the recruitment, Bai Fan has already spoken in advance, the team transaction and signing is personally responsible for Bai Fan, and Randy Fend does a good job as a big housekeeper.

Randy Fender, who was a big butler in the Heat, didn't mind being a senior big manager with the Suns.

Walking out of Bai Fan's office with two lists, Randy Fender arranged for assistants to check for information on Mike James and Ragabel.

For this young new owner, Randy Fender has never been able to see through it.

From the very beginning, he was recruited to the Suns and worked together for more than a month, except for sorting out all aspects of the team with Bai Fan at the beginning, I never heard Bai Fan mention the profit goals of the team in the future.

How much ticket and jersey peripheral income in a season, how many sponsor advertisements, how much event sharing.

The renewal contract with Marion was also agreed, and Randy Fender did not delay the negotiation at all, and signed with less money, as if the money was really not worth mentioning for Bai Fan.

On the contrary, he is more enthusiastic and familiar with player recruitment, team building ideas, and the league pattern.

Randy Fender saw one day, Bai Fan and Rick Carlisle were in the office, discussing team building and coaching until the middle of the night.

If this is Bai Fan's hobby, then he should often talk to Rick Carlisle, but after that time, Randy Fender never saw the two of them sit down and talk about this.

Randy Fender has some impression of the four players he just acquired, and Mike James and Ragabel played a lot last season, and they have more or less heard the reports of the two of them reported by scouts.

However, Bai Fan is not a veteran scout, let alone a team manager and coach.

was able to inspect four little-known players without Randy Fender knowing, and divided the four into two categories, knowing which ones could be signed directly, what type of contracts to sign, and which ones were handed over to the head coach for inspection, and it was completely up to the head coach to stay.

Randy Fender shook his head, and put down what he didn't understand, and forget about it later.

Be yourself first, and then you don't have to think about other people.

As the 19th gets closer and closer, the Suns Summer League players are also decided.

Point guards: Wade, Mike James, Calderon.

Quarterbacks: Ragabel, Casey Jacques Busen.

Small forward: Kyle Corpour.

Power forwards: David West, Haslem, Matt Bonner

Center: Jack Chacalidis.

These ten players are basically the players that the Suns will look at in the summer league.

Of those, only Calderon and Haslem have not signed with the Suns, while the others are under contract with the Suns.

At the same time as the Suns embarked on their journey, Bai Fan also stepped on the plane and headed for Hawaii.

The purpose of this trip is none other than to talk to O'Neill in person.

As soon as he landed, Bai Fan experienced the enthusiasm of the Hawaiian beach, and the hot air on his face carried a salty, wet and wet taste.

Hawaii's most famous beachfront hotel, O'Neill lives here, and Bai Fan also opens a room to stay.

Put your luggage, change into beach pants, and wait for O'Neill in the hotel lobby.

I heard that O'Neill was going to go fishing, Bai Fan deliberately went along, and the cost of renting a boat was Bai Fan's treat.

"Hey, Bai, I didn't expect that this summer, the first person to come to me would be you."

"I'm just traveling at public expense, don't worry about anything else, just have fun."

"That's right, let's go fishing."

"Go out to sea and fish for sharks."

"Oh, you can't fish my kind."