Re: Welcome to the New Suns
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2023 8:40 pm
The one thing I remember about Tabuse was him being interviewed about an upcoming game, and asked what they had to do to win, answered “Pray hard.”
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Yuta Watanabe signed with the Suns from free agency (FA) in the NBAresponded to an online interview on the 9th.
Once again, he reported the contract agreement with Sands with his own mouth. "I'm honestly filled with joy. Thankfully, I was approached by many teams, and among them, the Suns had a lot of passion. I personally had KD (Kevin Durant), and there were parts like that. I made a decision. It didn't take long and the Suns were one of the teams I wanted to go to."
In fact, Watanabe said, "There were nuances (talks) about 'I want you to come to my house' from about 10 teams. I was really surprised." According to a local reporter, the contract is for a total of 5 million dollars (approximately 720 million yen in Japanese yen) for two years, but "There were teams that paid more than the Suns, but it's important to play where you want to play. The people at Sands came all the way to LA (where I was at the time) to talk to me.”
In addition, after the contract with the Suns was decided, the first person who gave me a message was Kevin Durant, who played together with the Nets last season and was the MVP in 2014. "I said, 'I'm looking forward to playing with Yuta again.' It was a lot of fun (when we played together last season), so I hope we can have a good time again. I think he really appreciated me. '' he rejoiced.
The Suns have strong players such as Durant, three-time NBA All-Star booker, and Beal, who was traded from the Wizards. The Suns highly evaluated Watanabe's 3-point shot success rate of 44.4% last season