Chapter 60 The new season begins, a war of words with Pierce!
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Zhuan Zhu
On October 10th, the Suns' first preseason game started at the American West Arena at home. The opponent was the Rockets with the Yao-Mike combination.
Since the summer league is played in Las Vegas, this is the first time Chen Yan has appeared in the West American Arena wearing the Suns jersey.
The tickets were sold out three days ago, and the fans couldn't wait to see the demeanor of Chen Yan, a potential new star!
In addition, this game also played the selling point of the Chinese Derby.
As it turns out, it was just a gimmick.
Because Dayao only played 8 minutes in this game, and he made 1 of 1 shots in the game. Basically, he came to do a few back and forth runs to get used to the rhythm of the game.
And Chen Yan played 17 minutes in this game and scored 15 points.
In order to adjust the lineup for the new season, D'Antoni kept changing players, sometimes going up and down, sometimes 3 with 2 main players and substitutes, and sometimes 4 substitutes with a main player.
With the playing time being fragmented, it is already very efficient for Chen Yan to score 15 points, which is basically at the level of being hot when he feels it.
The funny thing is that the playing time of Chen Yan and Dayao is staggered.
So this "China Derby" preseason has also become a void derby, and there is no picture of the two of them in the same frame on the court.
Tracy McGrady, another rocket star that Chinese fans care about, played 11 minutes and made 3 of 1 shots.
The players have rested for a summer, and many of them haven't regained their playfulness, so the coach will not let the main players play for too long in the first few games of the summer league.
For these stars, the preseason is a game that keeps them at ease.
After the game, Chen Yan invited Dayao to a meal. The last time he was in Houston, he was the one who treated Dayao. This time in Phoenix, of course, he will do his best as a landlord.
In the next few preseason games, D'Antoni still focused on adjusting the lineup.
He gave Barea, Azubuike and Barnes a lot of playing time and asked them to try with various players.
In these few preseason games, Chen Yan still played efficiently, and basically he could score as long as he played.
However, Chen Yan didn't deliberately score points. The preseason game itself was a warm-up game, and no one would take it seriously if he scored 100 points.
It is more about taking the initiative to cooperate with the high-quality passers of the team such as Nash and Diaw, hoping to develop a tacit understanding with them as soon as possible to prepare for the upcoming regular season.
The 8 preseason games are coming to an end soon. The record of the Phoenix Suns is 6 wins and 2 losses. Then they will have a week of rest, and then it will be the opening game of the new season!
During the training camp and the preseason, new players such as Barea, Azubuike and Barnes also showed their strength.
But if they want their teammates to fully trust them, they must prove themselves in the regular season and playoffs.
This is the same for Chen Yan.
Chen Yan originally thought that the income from playing in the summer league was low enough, but he didn't expect that the income from playing in the preseason would be even lower.
After 8 games, they only got 3 honor points, which is a miserable batch.
Counting the 8 honor points earned in the summer league, the total is 11 points.
After Chen Yan thought about it, he replaced the 10 honor points with two attribute points in the [80]-[90] range, all of which were added to the three points.
During the training period, Chen Yan deeply felt the importance of three-pointers in the Suns' tactical system. In such a running and bombing team, three-pointers are the soul.
After adding points, Chen Yan opened the personal panel.
【Name】: Chen Yan
[Height]: 198cm
【Weight】: 93KG
[Armspan]: 218CM
[Bounce in situ]: 98cm
[run-up bounce]: 105cm
[Ball control]: 90
【Speed】: 92
【Physical Strength】: 90
【Vision】: 84
【Breakthrough】: 90
【Layup】: 85
[CIC]: 81
[Three points]: 82
[Free throw]: 80
[pass]: 85
[running position]: 90
[Steals]: 88
【Strength】: 76
[rebound]: 60
[Defense]: 76
【Cap】: 68
【Spirit】: 95
[Skills]: God-level Stealing Ball, Answer CROSSOVER, Phantom Shadow, Hot Start (Passive), Perfect Hand Shape (Passive)
Honor points: 1
Comprehensive rating: A+
Apart from three points, Chen Yan found that some other attributes had also changed slightly compared to before.
This is the result of Chen Yan's summer training.
Looking at the attributes and skills on his panel, Chen Yan said that he was ready and was just waiting for the opening match!
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On November 11, the Phoenix Suns ushered in their first opponent of the new season, the Toronto Raptors, at home!
Last season, the Toronto Raptors ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference. After the introduction of Paul Pierce this season, the team's hard power has been further improved.
Coupled with Chris Bosh, TJ-Ford, Calderon, Bargnani and other good young players, this Raptors team is also known as the team most likely to become a dark horse in the new season!
In the pre-match press conference, Pierce and Bosh attended as team representatives.
"Paul (Pierce), tonight's game is your first game in the Raptors, and it's also the debut of Chen, who is second in the Suns list. Can you comment on this rookie?"
"I don't know him, maybe you can say some players I am more familiar with, such as Nash." Pierce replied blankly.
"We all know that you are one of the most comprehensive scorers in the NBA, and Chen is also a player who is good at scoring. He has broken the single-game scoring record in the NCAA tournament and the finals. Who do you think can win the game today? High score?" The reporter continued to ask.
Originally this summer, Pierce was already very upset when he was kicked out by his old club. Now that the media compares him with a rookie, Pierce suddenly became angry.
"WHAT?! What is this league? Is that rookie praised by you without even playing a single NBA game? Can I understand this question as you deliberately insulting me? Wait for him to play some results before comparing with me. !"
Pierce's outburst made the atmosphere suddenly awkward. The reporters were collectively silent. Bosh stretched his slender neck to poke his head, wanting to leave but not daring to leave. It was very funny.
Soon, the reporter conveyed Pierce's words to Chen Yan.
Chen Yan knew that the media must be causing trouble, but Pierce's remarks really attacked him. Chen Yan is not a softie, he must respond something.
"Pierce is right. I really don't deserve to be compared with him. I will never achieve the achievement of being stabbed 35 times in 13 seconds in my life."
In the early hours of September 2000, 9, Pierce had just entered a Boston ballroom and got into a fight with someone because he accosted a mobster's sister.
Relying on his own strength, Pierce fought a set of boxing similar to military boxing against other people's knives. In the last 35 seconds, he was stabbed 11 times, and he almost died.
Pierce's friends quickly sent him to the hospital and underwent surgery. Miraculously, he was discharged from the hospital in 3 days and resumed training a month later.
Although the real number of hits was 11, the number of shots made by the opponent reached 13, and Chen Yan counted the two hits by MISS.
Chen Yan's answer directly made the reporters laugh, and Pierce would probably die of anger on the spot if he heard this.
Since the summer league is played in Las Vegas, this is the first time Chen Yan has appeared in the West American Arena wearing the Suns jersey.
The tickets were sold out three days ago, and the fans couldn't wait to see the demeanor of Chen Yan, a potential new star!
In addition, this game also played the selling point of the Chinese Derby.
As it turns out, it was just a gimmick.
Because Dayao only played 8 minutes in this game, and he made 1 of 1 shots in the game. Basically, he came to do a few back and forth runs to get used to the rhythm of the game.
And Chen Yan played 17 minutes in this game and scored 15 points.
In order to adjust the lineup for the new season, D'Antoni kept changing players, sometimes going up and down, sometimes 3 with 2 main players and substitutes, and sometimes 4 substitutes with a main player.
With the playing time being fragmented, it is already very efficient for Chen Yan to score 15 points, which is basically at the level of being hot when he feels it.
The funny thing is that the playing time of Chen Yan and Dayao is staggered.
So this "China Derby" preseason has also become a void derby, and there is no picture of the two of them in the same frame on the court.
Tracy McGrady, another rocket star that Chinese fans care about, played 11 minutes and made 3 of 1 shots.
The players have rested for a summer, and many of them haven't regained their playfulness, so the coach will not let the main players play for too long in the first few games of the summer league.
For these stars, the preseason is a game that keeps them at ease.
After the game, Chen Yan invited Dayao to a meal. The last time he was in Houston, he was the one who treated Dayao. This time in Phoenix, of course, he will do his best as a landlord.
In the next few preseason games, D'Antoni still focused on adjusting the lineup.
He gave Barea, Azubuike and Barnes a lot of playing time and asked them to try with various players.
In these few preseason games, Chen Yan still played efficiently, and basically he could score as long as he played.
However, Chen Yan didn't deliberately score points. The preseason game itself was a warm-up game, and no one would take it seriously if he scored 100 points.
It is more about taking the initiative to cooperate with the high-quality passers of the team such as Nash and Diaw, hoping to develop a tacit understanding with them as soon as possible to prepare for the upcoming regular season.
The 8 preseason games are coming to an end soon. The record of the Phoenix Suns is 6 wins and 2 losses. Then they will have a week of rest, and then it will be the opening game of the new season!
During the training camp and the preseason, new players such as Barea, Azubuike and Barnes also showed their strength.
But if they want their teammates to fully trust them, they must prove themselves in the regular season and playoffs.
This is the same for Chen Yan.
Chen Yan originally thought that the income from playing in the summer league was low enough, but he didn't expect that the income from playing in the preseason would be even lower.
After 8 games, they only got 3 honor points, which is a miserable batch.
Counting the 8 honor points earned in the summer league, the total is 11 points.
After Chen Yan thought about it, he replaced the 10 honor points with two attribute points in the [80]-[90] range, all of which were added to the three points.
During the training period, Chen Yan deeply felt the importance of three-pointers in the Suns' tactical system. In such a running and bombing team, three-pointers are the soul.
After adding points, Chen Yan opened the personal panel.
【Name】: Chen Yan
[Height]: 198cm
【Weight】: 93KG
[Armspan]: 218CM
[Bounce in situ]: 98cm
[run-up bounce]: 105cm
[Ball control]: 90
【Speed】: 92
【Physical Strength】: 90
【Vision】: 84
【Breakthrough】: 90
【Layup】: 85
[CIC]: 81
[Three points]: 82
[Free throw]: 80
[pass]: 85
[running position]: 90
[Steals]: 88
【Strength】: 76
[rebound]: 60
[Defense]: 76
【Cap】: 68
【Spirit】: 95
[Skills]: God-level Stealing Ball, Answer CROSSOVER, Phantom Shadow, Hot Start (Passive), Perfect Hand Shape (Passive)
Honor points: 1
Comprehensive rating: A+
Apart from three points, Chen Yan found that some other attributes had also changed slightly compared to before.
This is the result of Chen Yan's summer training.
Looking at the attributes and skills on his panel, Chen Yan said that he was ready and was just waiting for the opening match!
......
......
On November 11, the Phoenix Suns ushered in their first opponent of the new season, the Toronto Raptors, at home!
Last season, the Toronto Raptors ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference. After the introduction of Paul Pierce this season, the team's hard power has been further improved.
Coupled with Chris Bosh, TJ-Ford, Calderon, Bargnani and other good young players, this Raptors team is also known as the team most likely to become a dark horse in the new season!
In the pre-match press conference, Pierce and Bosh attended as team representatives.
"Paul (Pierce), tonight's game is your first game in the Raptors, and it's also the debut of Chen, who is second in the Suns list. Can you comment on this rookie?"
"I don't know him, maybe you can say some players I am more familiar with, such as Nash." Pierce replied blankly.
"We all know that you are one of the most comprehensive scorers in the NBA, and Chen is also a player who is good at scoring. He has broken the single-game scoring record in the NCAA tournament and the finals. Who do you think can win the game today? High score?" The reporter continued to ask.
Originally this summer, Pierce was already very upset when he was kicked out by his old club. Now that the media compares him with a rookie, Pierce suddenly became angry.
"WHAT?! What is this league? Is that rookie praised by you without even playing a single NBA game? Can I understand this question as you deliberately insulting me? Wait for him to play some results before comparing with me. !"
Pierce's outburst made the atmosphere suddenly awkward. The reporters were collectively silent. Bosh stretched his slender neck to poke his head, wanting to leave but not daring to leave. It was very funny.
Soon, the reporter conveyed Pierce's words to Chen Yan.
Chen Yan knew that the media must be causing trouble, but Pierce's remarks really attacked him. Chen Yan is not a softie, he must respond something.
"Pierce is right. I really don't deserve to be compared with him. I will never achieve the achievement of being stabbed 35 times in 13 seconds in my life."
In the early hours of September 2000, 9, Pierce had just entered a Boston ballroom and got into a fight with someone because he accosted a mobster's sister.
Relying on his own strength, Pierce fought a set of boxing similar to military boxing against other people's knives. In the last 35 seconds, he was stabbed 11 times, and he almost died.
Pierce's friends quickly sent him to the hospital and underwent surgery. Miraculously, he was discharged from the hospital in 3 days and resumed training a month later.
Although the real number of hits was 11, the number of shots made by the opponent reached 13, and Chen Yan counted the two hits by MISS.
Chen Yan's answer directly made the reporters laugh, and Pierce would probably die of anger on the spot if he heard this.
