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Chapter 107 The Suns New Season Roster

Before Trevor Ariza actually signed his name on the contract, Steve Kerr never thought he could get this "Rattlesnake"...

When the offseason officially started this summer, the names of a few guys whose contracts expired were not on the list of major general managers.

Such as Steve Nash of the Suns.

Another example is Trevor Ariza, the "championship puzzle" of the Lakers.

Ariza, who was selected by the Knicks with the 04rd overall pick in the second round of 43, was not comfortable in the first five years of his career. The team's weak strength and inaccurate positioning of him made this high-quality "championship puzzle" always on the verge of being eliminated by the league.

Until he joined the Lakers in the middle of the 07-08 season, Ariza suddenly found a way to become a star in this league by providing three-point firepower as a wing defender in the open space on the offensive end.

上赛季常规赛他场均可以贡献8.9分4.3篮板1.7抢断以及46%的投篮命中率和31.2%的三分命中率。

In the playoffs, his scoring average rose to 11.3 points. This was not obtained by accumulating shooting rights, but by increasing his shooting percentage. Ariza averaged 23% of his field goals and 49.7% of his three-point field goals in 47.6 playoff games!

There is no doubt that this is a high-quality "champion puzzle".

The Lakers made him famous, and he himself fits the Lakers system. Logically speaking, this guy will be signed by the Lakers as soon as the free market opens this year... This is also the common thought of many general managers.

But it turned out that after the Lakers renewed Odom, they did not renew Ariza...Of course, this situation did not attract much attention at the time. Steve Kerr also took O'Neal around the free market before he noticed that there was a "Rattlesnake" who was still a free agent.

Steve Kerr, who was a little surprised by this result, felt something strange about this matter, so he asked someone to find out the specific situation.

After he learned the specific situation, he realized that the opportunity had come!
It turned out that the Lakers handed over a 5-year contract extension early, a full middle-class contract, and an annual salary increase of up to 10.5%. Ariza can get a total of 5 million salary for 3380 years in this contract.

It can be said that such a contract for an ordinary main player is not bad.

But Ariza refused. Ariza's agent, Lee, just helped Bynum get a contract with the Lakers with a total salary of up to 5800 million last season. Ariza's performance made him think that 3380 million was just a beggar. He directly asked for 5000 million.

And then... Ariza became yet another guy who got ripped off by his agent.

Kupchak ignored Ariza and snatched Artest directly from the Rockets.The total salary of that contract is 5 million for 3395 years, which is not much more than the one given to Ariza...

In this way, it was the turn of Ariza's agent to panic: just, why don't we talk about it?

To make matters worse, after other teams knew that the Lakers signed Artest, their attitude towards Ariza changed, and they stopped chasing him so fanatically, and at the same time, their contract offers became much lower.

The situation was an embarrassment.

It was at this time that Steve Kerr intervened in this matter. After understanding the situation, he decisively offered a five-year contract of 5 million yuan, which was only 3500 million higher than the contract that the Lakers gave Ariza.

But Li didn't dare to think about 5000 million at this moment, so he agreed directly, and the next day he took Ariza to Phoenix to sign the contract...

Surprise, surprise, really surprise!
Just like that, Steve Kerr easily received another titan.

It is worth mentioning that Old Buss was very upset when he knew that Steve Cole had taken advantage of his loopholes. He walked around the room for a long time before finally suppressing the evil fire.

But he murmured fiercely in his heart: OK, now you laugh at Mimi with Trevor Ariza, just wait, three years later I will grab the sun and make you cry!
After the introduction of Trevor Ariza, the Suns' lineup for the new season has basically taken shape:
Point guards: Steve Nash, Stephen Curry, Goran Dragic;
Shooting guards: Jason Richardson, Leonardo Barbosa, Allen Dotucker;

Small forwards: Trevor Ariza, Grant Hill, Jared Dudley;
Power Forwards: Lin Day, Louis Amundsen;

Center: Robin Lopez, Chris Humphries, Ben Wallace;
In addition to the lack of a first substitute for the power forward position, there are already fixed candidates for other positions, whether they are starters or first substitutes.

However, Steve Kerr, the power forward candidate, is not in a hurry. He has already offered Channing Frye a two-year 1000 million contract, of which the second year is a player option. He believes that the latter will definitely accept it.

After all, for a high-ranking fort like Channing Frye, the team that can best play his value is undoubtedly the "running and bombing" team.

All he had to do now was wait for Channing Frye's reply.

Sure enough, three days later, Steve Kerr received a call from Channing Frye's agent, who agreed, 2 million for two years, a player option for the second year, and Lin Day's first substitute was in place.

After signing Channing Frye, Steve Kerr used up the salary space of about 1100 million saved by using Stoudemire and O'Neal in the exchange.

The Suns' salary cap space is close to the luxury tax.

Of course, it doesn't matter now, because everything that should be signed has already been signed, and the Suns' roster for the new season is already full of 15, so he doesn't need to make any changes.

He just needs to wait for the new season to start, and then wait for the regular season to test the lineup he has built.

Different from the anxiety after the trade to O'Neal last season, Steve Kerr is very confident in the lineup he has built!
And although Gentry is not a famous coach, it must be much better than Terry Porter, the head coach of the Suns in the first half of last season.

Besides...it really doesn't work, I'll do it myself!
Does anyone else know how this roster plays better than I do?

Ok?
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While Steve Kerr finalized the Suns' 15-man roster for the new season, Lin Ri continued to improve his abilities with the help of the Suns' training team and Ben Wallace.

During this period, Lin Day only had two days off, one day was to attend the party welcoming Trevor Ariza, and the other day was to attend the party welcoming Channing Frye...

He spent the rest of the time in the American West Arena.

Even in the past two days, after attending the party, he returned to the arena for extra training.

"Name: Lin Ri;

Age: 19 years old;
Height: 2 meters 09.2;

Weight: 108.2kg;

Armspan: 2 meters 23.7;

Speed ​​Class: A-Class (varies naturally with age);
Strength level: B level (513/1000);
Bounce rating: A- (varies naturally with age);
Bullet Speed ​​Rating: Class A (naturally changes with age);
Physical fitness level: B level (89/1000);
Explosive power level: A level (naturally changes with age);
Comprehensive assessment of physical fitness: A-level;
Ball control ability: C+ level (998/1000);
Passing ability: B-grade (98/1000);
Singles ability with the ball: D+ level (975/1000);
Second attack ability: B-level (453/1000);
Finishing ability at the basket: B+ level (678/1000);
Dunk: Grade A (345/1000);
Basket hook: D+ level (667/1000);
Cut Awareness: Class B (411/1000);
Layups: B-grade (254/1000);
CIC: Class B (513/1000);
Free throws: B-level (210/1000);
Three points: Grade D (336/1000);
Catch adjustment ability: B- (11/1000);
Inside footsteps: C-grade (19/1000);
Back hitting ability: C level (386/1000);
Pick-and-roll awareness: B-grade (123/1000);
Execution of offensive tactics: C+ level (790/1000);
Top defense ability: B-level (1/1000);
Frame protection capacity: Class B (667/1000);
Shot block awareness: B-grade (34/1000);
Capability: B+ level (516/1000);
Defensive rebounding ability: B+ level (739/1000);
Offensive rebounding ability: Class B (535/1000);
Stealing ability: Class C (632/1000);
Single defense ability: B-level (56/1000);
Defensive footwork: Class B (415/1000);
Defensive tactical execution: B-level (76/1000);”

Such diligence allowed Lin Ri to break through to B- in most of his abilities when September 9 came.

Among the abilities that have not broken through to B-, several abilities have reached C+, and they will soon enter the B- rank.

It can be said that the harvest is huge.

Anyway, Lin Ri is quite satisfied with his changes.

No matter the changes in body or ability, they have basically achieved his expected goals...

On September 9, Lin Ri officially ended his special training.

The closed training camp of the Suns will start on September 9th, and he plans to give himself three days off to rest.

And tomorrow he has to go back to Arizona State University.

September 9th is the start of school at Arizona State University, the day when he and James Harden retired their jerseys, and the day when the rebuilding of the "the sun" arena was completed and unveiled. As the protagonist, of course he has to go back to school.

And he has already promised his third uncle that he will make clear arrangements for his cousin...

So on the afternoon of the 12th, Lin Ri asked Chris to buy a plane ticket and go back to Arizona State University.

When he arrived, James Harden and Jeff were there.

I haven't seen Harden for two months. This guy looks a lot stronger. It seems that he has also realized that his physical fitness is the key issue that restricts his performance. In the past two months, he has spent a lot of time on his body fat rate.

James Harden has become a lot stronger, and Jeff has become a lot more "hardcover". The people who have stayed in Los Angeles for a few months are different, and the whole person has a "foreign air".

This was Lin Ri's first reaction when he saw the two of them, and James Harden's first feeling towards Lin Ri was: This guy is hard and hard...

Of course, it is normal for Lin Ri, who has successfully gained weight to 108kg, to look "hard" again.

Even Lin Ri could feel this change, let alone the two of them who hadn't seen Lin Ri for several months.

Speaking of which, Lin Ri's initial idea was to gain weight by four or five kilograms. He was afraid that his speed and jumping ability would be affected. However, with the help of the Suns trainers, he found that even if he gained weight to the current weight, it did not affect his speed and jumping ability at all.

The main reason is that Lin Ri's body is still developing, and his physical fitness is further improving in an all-round way, which eliminates the weakening of speed and jumping caused by weight gain.

However, the trainers of the Suns have already estimated that Lin Ri will gain about 2kg of weight at most, reaching 110kg, after which he will not gain any more weight.

After all, the new season is about to start, and it is unwise to spend a lot of energy on gaining weight. Changes in weight can easily lead to increased chances of injury.

Another reason is that if he gains weight again, Lin Ri's knees and soles will be burdened. He is only 19 years old, and his physical potential has not been fully tapped. It is not advisable to overthrow the growth.

The most typical example is Bynum of the Lakers. Excessive weight gain caused him to be reimbursed for the season in the third season of his career. He was only 21 years old that year!
好在林日再增重2kg，那也有110kg了，跟联盟目前四号位上这帮家伙对比的话——保罗加索尔113kg、阿玛雷斯塔德迈尔110kg、蒂姆邓肯115kg、凯文加内特114.8kg——已经不存在啥明显的差距了。

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　　In addition, the swap between Ariza and Artest was not a deal back then, but the Lakers first signed Artest, and then the Rockets signed Ariza. Artest signed, and the reason for not signing Ariza was the same as in the article. Ariza's agent started at 5000 million, so there was nothing to talk about. It happened that Odom sent a message to Kobe to "seduce" Artest, so the latter came.

　　


(End of this chapter)