On September 30, the Suns held their annual media day, and the players and coaching staff went to the stadium to report for interviews and took core makeup photos.

Guo Xu was free at home and arrived a while ago. At the entrance of the stadium, he met an uncle with a suit and leather collar half taller than himself and a yellow beard. He looked closely and saw who was not Mike D'Anthony?

Guo Xu remembered that D'Antoni became the head coach of the Suns in the 2004-2005 season. Today, he encountered a very unexpected situation and thought he had traveled through time again, blurted out: "Why are you here?"

In fact, he remembered it wrongly. Frank Johnson was cut in the middle of the 2003-2004 season, and D'Antoni took over as the first assistant coach.

"Jason, do you know me?" D'Antoni asked in surprise.

Guo Xu realized his speech and reacted very quickly. He immediately reached out and smiled, "Yes, I'm very happy to see you, Mike, I've seen your photos at Kobe's house."

He wasn't making a fool of himself, he really saw it.

D'Antoni, who has both the US and Italian nationality, can speak fluent English and Italian. After participating in the draft in 1973, he played in the NBA for several years and then went to Italy, playing for 13 seasons with Milan, becoming the club's historical scoring leader.

He was Joe Bryant's teammate during his time playing in Milan and was called his "first basketball hero" by Kobe. His style of play deeply influenced Kobe.

"I'm very happy to see you too." D'Antoni shook hands with Guo Xu hard.

The two chatted and entered the stadium. Guo Xu learned that D'Antoni joined the team's coaching staff at the end of June. He was the team's number one assistant coach, earlier than he joined.

Media Day was held on the court, and Haslem came first to wait for Guo Xu. He took big steps to greet him, which scared Guo Xu and D'Antoni because the earth was shaking as soon as he trotted.

"Hello, Jason."

"Hello..." Guo Xu swallowed and recognized who this guy was. "Udunis... Why are you so fat?"

Guo Xu's memory of his previous life was a bit blurry. When he saw someone, he remembered that Haslem had a period of weight soared after the draft. He went to the French low-level league for a season and lost 110 kilograms. After returning to China, his friends thought he was seriously ill. Then he played in the summer league for the Heat and performed well and won the contract.

At this time, it was a bit too early for him to invite Haslem to play the preseason.

Haslem was a little happy and a little embarrassed, and said with a wry smile: "Thank you for inviting me to play the preseason. I'm really sorry for not being able to control my weight in the summer."

D'Antoni was secretly laughing. The fat man was invited by Guo Xu. He was almost a ball, and he couldn't do it at first sight.

When Guo Xu saw that Haslem was wearing a tight sportswear, he guessed that he still wanted to attend training camp, and even if he couldn't stay, he wanted to give it a try.

He thought for a moment and had an idea. Although it was a bit early, with Haslem's perseverance, he would definitely be able to lose weight successfully as long as he was given a chance. If he was left this year, he would have a loyal max brother in the team in the future.

On the contrary, if the Suns don’t sign Haslem after training and let him go to France, he might join the Heat again next year, and stage a good show of "Thirty years of Hedong, thirty years of Hexi, you can’t catch up with me even if you turn into a fight."

So, Guo Xu encouraged: "Although you are a little fat, you may not be able to stay. Do a good job in the training camp. I was most impressed by you in the NCAA finals that year, and I believe you will lose weight."

After saying that, he wanted to pat Haslem's back, but found that his 191cm arm span could not reach the center of his back, so he could only pat the flesh next to him...

"Thank you, I will definitely work hard." Haslem was so excited that he almost cried. He hadn't experienced this feeling of being trusted for a long time.

He has been blushing since he signed up for the draft because he is 22 years old and has only participated in the draft after four years of college. He is also a short blue-collar insider. Although he was selected into the first team in the 2002 division, no one believes that he can play NBA.

Guo Xu tortured him once in the game, but believed in his strength, and he felt like he was dreaming.

When he first received the call, Haslem wanted to thank him and gave up this opportunity to go home, afraid of being ridiculed. After thinking for five days, he changed his mind and vowed to join the NBA, even if he could only play for one season and leave some memories.

He only ate one meal a day in the past day, and he can't starve to death and lose weight.

The players arrived at the stadium one after another. Guo Xu looked at the information of his teammates. Some of them knew each other, but some were not impressed. A total of 17 players represented the Suns in the preseason, and the two would be eliminated.

The good news for Haslem is that there is not much competition in the inside. The big guys in the free market are easy to find jobs and are divided up by various teams. Except for two flawed players, he and Moore, no one wants to join the Suns.

Brian Colangelo found all outside players to strengthen the team's bench depth.

Guo Xu and his teammates all talked a few times, but the players were generally not very relaxed because they were all newcomers.

Joe Johnson, Moore, Alstom and others were afraid of saying the wrong words, so they put their postures very low.

Amare Stadameer is the most confident. He was not at all nervous after meeting Guo Xu. He slapped his chest and said: "Jason, as long as you play pick-and-roll attack with me and pass the ball, I will definitely throw the ball in. I am particularly good at pick-and-roll."

"Let's try it during the training competition, I believe you." Guo Xu smiled.

The most powerful thing about Sir is his ability to go down after pick-and-roll. He is as fast as a defender and the fastest in the inside. He was underestimated in the draft, but he is actually the best physical player of this year and is destined to become a star.

Nene Hilario was the last to attend. He was very strong, 211cm tall, 113 kilograms, and was full of muscles. He had not yet grown up Ronaldinho's braided hairstyle. He was bald, but had a circle of beards, which made it hard to believe that he was only 20 years old.

This strong man was developing too fast. His original name was Mebernal Rodney Hilario. After arriving at the NBA, he used a very cute nickname. "Ne" in Brazil means baby.

Like most Brazilian children, Nene played football since he was a child and attracted the attention of some professional clubs. However, he grew too tall and had to switch to basketball at the age of 14, and then played for the Vascoda Gama Club in Brazil.

In 2001, Nene represented Brazil in the World Friendship Games. In the game against the United States, he scored 8 points, 7 rebounds and 5 blocks in 18 minutes, with three of them being given to Jermaine O'Neal.

After the game, Nene received an invitation from Chicago Basketball Training Camp. This is a well-known youth basketball training camp in the United States. He continued to perform well in the training camp and finally participated in the 2002 NBA Draft.

Although he was late to basketball and his skills were rough, Nene was selected as the 7th pick. Because he had superhuman body, excellent strength, excellent jumping, and good movement ability, he was a Brutalist insider.

Guo Xu wanted to talk to Nene for a few more words because he is an important teammate in the new season and the team needs his defense. But Nene's English is very bad and he can only have a simple conversation. When Guo Xu said it soon, he couldn't understand and could only smile foolishly.

In addition to basketball skills, English dialogue also needs to be improved as soon as possible.
Chapter completed!