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Chapter 722 [Super Lineup, Super Rich]

Stadamier and Marion also showed excellent personal abilities and had fully recovered from their knee injuries.

They listened to the team doctor's rest for a whole year, and conducted gradual adaptation training during the holidays, increasing the amount of exercise bit by bit, and improving their skills.

Xiao Si practiced the mid-range shot more accurately and could open up space. The coaching staff suggested that he shoot more mid-range shots and reduce empty cuts and dunks. Marion practiced a low-post back and turned throwing, with a good shooting rate, and increased the arsenal.

During the training the next day, Roy showed his three-point ability again. He was confident in the open space on both sides, and the arc top and bottom corner were not good. His shooting had blind spots but was enough. Three-pointers in the corner, Ariza, Guo Xu, and Thomas could all shoot, and he didn't have to shoot there.

After practicing for a few days, the Suns coaching staff decided to let Roy serve as the shooting guard in his rookie season, and Bale turned to a substitute.

The defense will be a little bit short, but Roy and Guo Xu's attack is simply unstoppable and will definitely create singles opportunities for the opponent. Just like the Bulls' Pippen and Jordan combination back then, both of them can play singles and assist teammates.

The Suns' offensive system in the new season is determined to focus on running and triangular offense, with Roy, Guo Xu and Xiao Si as the core. Marion's tactical status is about to decline, and he can't help but score some balls.

Roy quickly integrated into the team in the Trail Blazers in his previous life and became the core of the outside line. However, the Trail Blazers' overall ball operation was poor, and the point guard lacked the ability to break through the score. Roy was responsible for holding the ball most of the time, and his role was different.

Roy will be much more relaxed in the Suns. He doesn't have to hold the ball for a long time to attack. He can run without the ball to catch the ball and shoot. He organizes a second turn to pass the ball quickly to Guo Xu, who is running. If the opponent doubles over Guo Xu, Xiao Si, Roy will probably be the target of being released and can shoot easily.

The Suns are the strongest lineup in the preseason. All three stars have been resting for too long, so they have to use the preseason to get some running-in.

Guo Xu is lazy on both offense and defense, rarely plays singles with the ball or runs without the ball, and just plays a pick-and-roll and passes it to his teammates.

He was really too lazy to perform in the preseason, and he was a little tired when filming movies. After returning home, he met Meghan, who had been filming for a long time for a long time, and he was singing every night. His physical fitness was top-notch, and he couldn't stand it at all if he was ordinary people, so he had to be squeezed out.

Guo Xu was lazy, and the Suns still won a winning streak.

Even if the opponent does not double-team Guo Xu, he must stare at him with a good defense. The defender who is not good at defending against him, and he is very efficient in fighting alone.

Lowry, who is substitute, can also launch a fast attack, and his opponent's rotation lineup cannot withstand it. After Guo Xu left the court last season, Blake and Payton could not advance quickly to launch a counterattack, and their attack power was average in the second quarter.

Now the Suns have another group of bench bandits, and the five rotation players are Lowry, Bale, Ariza, Tim Thomas, and Valaijo. Three can shoot three-pointers, three are good at defense, and four can make fast attacks when counterattacking. Valaijo is a big guy in the position and can play pick-and-roll with Lowry, helping him get rid of the defender breakthrough.

The chemistry of this substitute lineup is very good, and the penalty area defense and wing defense are very stable. When playing against the Kings in the preseason, the Kings pissed off.

Anthony Parker and Millsap can also play as a substitute. When Ariza is very bad, Parker is a stable shooting point and his defensive ability is inferior to Ariza.

Millsap played, fought for rebounds and low-post attacks better than Thomas. He could also shoot mid-range shots, with an open shooting percentage of 40%, but he didn't make much shot. He had to practice for several years to develop a stable shot.

Millsap can only be a marginal person, which shows how luxurious the Suns lineup is. Veteran Wesley and Robinson don’t even make the roster and sit on the sidelines as mascots waiting to be activated.

Only when a player is injured will the two veterans play and play. They will not feel dissatisfied with less playing time. This will ensure that they will be healthy until the end, and their physical strength cannot be compared with that of young people.

During the preseason, Guo Xu also made news about the sneaker contract. He rejected the lifelong contract issued by Nike and Adidas, and signed a 6-year, 140 million yuan contract, which expired in 2012.

The price of the NBA active players is sky-high, much higher than James' 7-year 90 million. It is normal for Guo Xu, because he is recognized as the number one player in the league and the number one in the league in sneakers sales, far exceeding others.

In addition, his championship numbers are almost surpassing Jordan, and James' potential has not been realized yet, and he was beaten to the finals.

The two companies have started fierce competition and both want to bet that Guo Xu surpasses Jordan in the future. This is a high probability that Guo Xu already has five championship rings, and Jordan doesn't even have a ring at his age.

Guo Xu did not sign a lifelong contract, so he wanted to wait until his personal honor surpassed Jordan before he said that when the contract expired, he was only 31 years old and was not very old. If he ruled the NBA, Nike would have to give him shares to retain people.

If other players change, they will definitely choose to sign for life. They will not expect that the salary cap will rise sharply in the future. Obtaining a lifelong contract is a symbol of status. If they lose serious injury, they will also be guaranteed, just like McGrady.

Guo Xu mainly plays on the floor and is not worried about his serious injury or decline. The money he is concerned about is not signing an endorsement contract, but sending someone to negotiate with Li Ka-shing and buying the priceline stocks he has.

It is the company that provides air tickets, hotels, travel, car rental and other services to the world. Guo Xu has held shares for many years. He has been absorbing stocks for several years and is the fourth largest shareholder of the company. The cost price of the stock is 17.2 yuan, and the current stock price is 40 US dollars, with a return rate of more than 100%.

Li Ka-shing believed that he had made enough money and wanted to invest in something else. He sold all his shares in two times. Guo Xu took half of them, and the total shares reached 35%, becoming the second largest shareholder of the company.

Since Guo Xu is a person who doesn’t make any mistakes in business and only pays dividends, the priceline boss likes to cooperate with him. He is also a major signboard of the company and an image spokesperson, which allows more people to understand the company.

Li Ka-shing sold out too early, and the company will officially enter a period of rise next time. In Guo Xu's previous life, the stock price was as high as 1,400 yuan per share in 2014.

Guo Xu's net worth has now exceeded US$700 million by making stock trading and filming movies. Therefore, he doesn't care much about the sneaker endorsement contract. After acquiring Li Chaoren's shares, Guo Xu doesn't have to do anything. He only relies on the investment of Apple and priceline, and will be a super rich man with a net worth of over 10 billion in the future.

Guo Xu also invested in the "Fat Fox" catering chain. With the current development momentum, it will be a matter of time before listing. Now there is an economic team to help Guo Xu settle accounts and avoid taxes reasonably. In the future, Forbes rankings will not count him as a sports star and will be on the overall list.

In short, he doesn't make money by playing basketball, that's a hobby, an activity to accumulate popularity.

The Suns won all seven preseason games, leading the first official strength list without any controversy.

Online fans commented: "It doesn't matter who is second in the strength list, anyway, they can't compete for the first place."

"The preseason is the NBA finale."

"Jason Guo will win if he plays for a while. If he runs a few more steps, other teams will have a chance to play?"

President David Stern was helpless and didn't know what schedule to arrange for the Suns. No team would want to meet the Suns in the opening game, and would feel like being pitted by the league, which would hurt morale.

After considering the opening match, the Suns vs. Clippers were arranged. The two teams met in the second round of the playoffs last year. This was not to help the Clippers increase their commercial value and give them the opportunity to show their faces, but to launch them as cannon fodder.
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