Chapter 60 Returning Day

Author: Aiying Shutan

Chapter 60 Returning Day

"Hey man, how're you doing?"

On September 20, the NBA preseason is about to start, and every team in the league has also reached its player gathering day.

The players of the Suns have ended their vacations and returned to the arena after a long absence.

Seeing their teammates whom they had not seen for a long time, the players greeted each other warmly and talked about their colorful lives during the holidays.

Stoudemire, who has returned from injury and is finally able to play officially, has become the center of attention.

"This summer was really stressful for me. In fact, I had completely recovered by the beginning of July, but I couldn't play games, so I could only recover in the gym. At that time, I couldn't wait to participate in the summer league."

Stoudemire smiled and said to his teammates: "Guys, I was very sorry for not being able to fight alongside you last season and missing the opportunity to win the championship. This season is different. We must take back what belongs to us.

championship!"

"I plan to change my jersey number from 32 to 1 in the new season. I hope this will bring good luck to me and everyone."

As the number two person under Nash in the Suns, Stoudemire is qualified to say such things, and no one will question his words.

After all, the Suns reached the Finals without Stoudemire last season. This season Stoudemire returns with full blood, and the team's strength has been further improved, obviously stronger than last season.

In fact, there is no need for Stoudemire to say that in the new season, the entire Suns team, from the management and coaching staff to the bench players, is aiming for a championship.

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

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

With Dieng leaving the team, he no longer has anyone he can call a friend on the team.

Although in the second half of the season, Wang Chao relied on his super three-point shooting ability to secure his position as the team's main force, and became the starter and the team's leading scorer in the playoffs, but his outstanding performance has nothing to do with whether he can make friends.

They are two different things.

"Hey, Wang, I haven't seen you for a few months. You've become a lot stronger. I heard from the gym staff that you come to train almost every day. You work very hard."

Seemingly sensing that Wang Chao was a little out of place, Nash took the initiative to come to Wang Chao and say hello.

"Well, practice hard and you can become stronger in the new season." Wang Chao responded with a smile.

It can only be said that Nash is worthy of being a top passing master who can have an overview of the entire situation. Even in the locker room, Nash also has a very keen sense of smell.

"I'm looking forward to your performance in the new season."

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

This kind of polite greeting is only superficial. Although Wang Chao can often receive passes and assists from Nash on the court, and the two also have pick-and-roll cooperation tactics, the relationship between the two parties is limited to teammates on the court.

Wang Chao didn't think there was anything wrong with this. He came to the NBA to play and make money, not to make friends.

Wang Chao's only goal is to perform better on the field, secure his position as the team's main force, and strive to get a big contract extension at the end of this season before the contract expires.

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

I don't know if it's a coincidence. As a second-round pick, Wang Chao signed a 2+1 contract with the Suns, with a three-year contract term and a team option for the final year.

For players picked in the second round in 2004, especially rookies selected at the end of the second round, most teams would choose to sign a two-year contract with them.

Of course, there are exceptions to everything, and there are also some outstanding players who will sign three-year contracts with the team. For example, Anderson Varejao, the first overall pick in the second round of 2004, signed a rookie contract with the Cavaliers.

It's a 3-year term.

Wang Chao is very lucky. He signed a three-year contract with the team, and in the summer the team chose to implement Wang Chao's team option, and the third year of the contract officially came into effect.

One advantage of a three-year rookie contract is that it can just avoid the restrictions of the Arenas clause. As the third year of the contract expires, when Wang Chao wants to renew his contract with the team, he has every chance to sign a high-paying contract.

Even a max-salary contract.

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

Although Wang Chao performed well last season, no one thought he had the strength to get a maximum salary offer.

Only Wang Chao knows that compared to last season, he is completely transformed in the new season.

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

Without the overall rating compensation in the NBA2K game, the combat effectiveness of Wang Chao's 66-point ability value overall rating cannot be underestimated.

Not to mention anything else, three three-pointers with a full value of 99, an average of 85 mid-range shots, speed and agility that both exceeded 80, and stamina that reached 88, all look like what an All-Star player should have.

value.

And in addition to ability values, Wang Chao also has talent bonuses.

Nowadays, Wang Chao has four talents in his talent tree, three in the shooting category: sharpshooter, quick shooter, and sniper, which makes Wang Chao's shooting ability quite outstanding.

The long-distance runner talent provides Wang Chao with a bonus far exceeding the 88 physical ability value.

Wang Chao, who has a variety of abilities, is very confident. If Stoudemire hadn't returned from injury, he would have been absolutely 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 court.

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

After all the players were due, D'Antoni said something first, and then started the first thing that the players in previous years would do after gathering - body posture.

During the long vacation, each player chooses to spend his vacation in a different way. Some will spend their days leisurely on the beaches of Hawaii, some will go to bars and nightclubs every day to get drunk, and some will simply stay at home and indulge in video games every day.

All in all, there are only a handful of players who can have the self-discipline to maintain a certain amount of training every day and maintain their best competitive form last season. Not every player can be as self-disciplined as Kobe and James.

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

As in the past, whenever this happens, it is often the time when the assistant coach curses.

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

"Kurt Thomas! Your lateral movement and running speed are too slow. Are your joints rusty during a vacation?"

"Oh my God, I really don't understand what you are thinking. Why should you shout a championship slogan in such a state!"

Of course, not everyone was scolded.

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

"Wang, you performed well."
Chapter completed!