Of course, that sentence cannot be escaped. With Nash around, everyone will play better.

After the game, according to a Nuggets player who did not want to be named, Anthony got furious in the locker room and threatened not to let the Nuggets meet the Suns in the playoffs.

However, no one knows whether this is media fabrication or fact.

…

After getting off to a good start in December, the Suns went on to win four consecutive games.

The winning streak has boosted the morale of the players and made the frustration of losing to the Lakers disappear.

Lin Ying's performance on the defensive end is impressive. He averaged 2.5 steals and 1.6 blocks in four games.

After receiving a big experience package, his defensive performance improved again.

Lin Ying went to the medical center alone that day.

He knew that James Zhou would come today because of his chat with Jimmy.

He is over 70 years old and is about the same age as Tang Tian, ​​but his impression is different from Tang Tian's.

Tang Tian gives people the impression that he has an immortal spirit, but he is more like an elderly leader of a large hospital.

Lin Ying went up to chat for a while and casually asked him if he knew Tang Tian. The answer he got was also negative.

"The grudges and grievances of the brothers from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic who went into exile overseas", it's incredible.

While he was chatting, Dr. Carter happened to come in.

When he went out, he went out with Lin Ying.

"You and Amare have a good relationship?"

As he was going out, Dr. Carter suddenly asked him.

Lin Ying nodded.

"I told him many times that he didn't listen. If possible, you'd better suggest him to change his style of play. His knees won't be able to support his current style of play for long."

Dr. Carter looked sad.

"Well, I understand."

Lin Ying was not surprised because she had heard Dr. Carter advise Stoudemire on how to fight.

After leaving the medical center, Lin Ying was still thinking about what Dr. Carter said.

Changing the way you play doesn't happen overnight.

Even changing the style of play mid-season is even more inappropriate.

But changes are inevitable.

This is the same as Rose. His playing style with a broken knee is very good, but if the damage is too great, his career life will be greatly shortened.

Even if Stoudemire stays in the Suns, he will probably play two seasons and then be gone, just like in history.

For Lin Ying, the likely result is that the championship will be fruitless, and the Suns will be dragged out of the championship by Stoudemire's big contract.

So this matter is not only a personal matter of Xiao Si, but also closely related to him.

So the question becomes, what style of play should Stoudemire change, and how to persuade Stoudemire to change it.

What kind of play should Stoudemire change? This is actually simple.

There is a living example of Duncan.

The "Flying Devil" can turn into a "Stone Buddha", and the "Little Bully" can naturally turn into a "Little Buckley".

Just change the floor flow.

Of course, this thing definitely needs a process. The first step must be to let Stoudemire reduce dunks to reduce the burden on his knees, or at least reduce dunks from other people.

It feels good to use the Overlord's bow forcefully, but it will hurt your body if you use it too much!

Once there are less dunks, you can slowly increase your skills.

It seems that Stoudemire was just a dunker at the beginning of his career, but later he developed his own mid-range skills and certain low-post attack skills.

This shows that he has the potential to develop into a technical insider.

So the more important question is, how can we persuade Stoudemire to change.

Stoudemire doesn't listen to the team doctor's advice, so why should he listen to a teammate he's only known for a few months?

Even if they have a good relationship, the possibility of success is very small.

Because this is like trying to advise Rose on how to play. In history, his mentor Thibodeau has advised him many times, but to no avail.

People don’t believe it!

Lin Ying thought about it and suddenly remembered someone.

Who did he say before was a living example?

…

A few days later, the Suns visited San Antonio to prepare to challenge the Spurs.

The day before the game, Lin Ying took Stoudemire and drank coffee with Duncan in the coffee shop.

The Suns and Spurs are old enemies, even mortal enemies, but this does not affect Duncan's relationship with other players.

In fact, there are many players who played against Duncan with sparks, but if you want to talk about bad blood, you might not be able to name one.

Even most of the players who have played against Duncan regard Duncan as their idol.

Stoudemire is also one of them.

The 2005 Finals is a Western Conference Finals that many Spurs and Suns fans will never forget.

In that series, Stoudemire averaged 37 points per game, but the Suns still lost to the Spurs 1-4.

Although the statistics show that the series averaged "only" 27 points per game, in the rounds where the two faced each other directly, Duncan's 65.79% shooting percentage was much higher than Stoudemire's 49.09%.

You can always call "Master Tim".

After that series, Stoudemire became a fan of Duncan, and Duncan also admired Stoudemire very much.

This is similar to other feuds in Spurs history.

The Spurs swept the Cavaliers and some James fans criticized him, but James respected Duncan very much, and Duncan would also say "the future is yours" with admiration.

So when he heard Lin Ying say that he wanted to give Stoudemire some "advice", he readily agreed.

And don’t think that your opponent will have any bad intentions, just like Kobe would persuade Lin Ying to follow his heart when they faced him in the playoffs.

Because it's strong enough, I don't even care.

"It would be great if I was drafted by Phoenix. If there had been Dr. Carter back then, maybe I would still be alive and kicking now."

Duncan is actually very humorous.

"Then the Suns will be at least a dynasty."

Lin Ying also replied.

This statement caused the other two to burst into laughter.

This atmosphere is very harmonious.

"Amare, if you want to be a winner, I suggest you invest more in defense."

Of course, Duncan did not forget his mission today.

It's just that his method was a bit beyond Lin Ying's expectations.

Xiaosi listened carefully.

Although he had heard this from countless people, what Duncan said was different from what others said.

"But because that will affect your physical fitness on the offensive end, I suggest you reduce some dunks and add some finishing skills."

The art of speaking.

Lin Ying learned.

The same thing is different when it comes from Duncan's mouth.

Compared with simple persuasion, this kind of reasonable advice is difficult for people to refuse.

And Lin Ying was a little surprised, because if Stoudemire really did that, it would make the Suns' defense stronger.

So he struck while the iron was hot and added:

"Ben also told me before that the combination between me and Amare is very similar to the one between him and Rashid. Of course it is an enhanced offensive version."

Xiaosi is thinking.

He didn't answer, as if something bothered him.

Lin Ying looked confused.

"Lin, I remembered that I forgot to lock my car. Go and check it for me."
To be continued...