When "topic" meets "topic": The combination of the strongest "mouth" and "spear" of the Suns in the new season

2025 will be a season full of new experiences for Devin Booker and Dillon Brooks. These two Phoenix Suns players were opponents, but now they have become teammates.

As Brooks was traded to the Suns in Kevin Durant's trade, he injected tenacity, tenacity and fighting spirit into the team. However, the grudge between Booker and Brooks began as early as the latter played for the Memphis Grizzlies.

came to the training camp in a blink of an eye, and the defensive core shared an interesting story. He mentioned that as soon as the deal was finalized, he immediately called Booker.

Both sides emphasized the importance of communication and made shaping the team's integrity a priority. However, Brooks also took this opportunity to review his early experience in confronting the Suns' all-time scoring champion.

"Defending him used to be a huge challenge. His style of playing was different from many people, and he was a three-threat scorer," Brooks said on the first day of training camp. "He was hard to defend, and he was physically confronting, but I knew he didn't like physical confrontation at the time. So in the past I could have physically confronted him, but this year we will definitely overcome this problem together and move forward together."

Dillon Brooks and Devin Booker are expected to be the Suns' high-quality duo

. These two players have different styles but are surprisingly similar. They all play with a spirit of unyielding strength, and they can lead the team on the offense and defense, and they are both "chat on the ground".

Brooks is especially good at the latter, but he has always been a defensive player. While playing for the Houston Rockets, he helped the team complete a defensive transformation. In his two seasons, the Rockets' defensive efficiency has entered the top ten in the league. Now, he has the chance to do it again in Phoenix.

But now, this Suns roster faces another challenge. The team has a large number of talented but young players. Brooks has taken the initiative to urge Ryan Dunn and Oso Igudaro to become elite defensive players. Both of them have such talents and abilities. Other players in the roster also have the chance to make an impact on the defensive end.

Anyway, Booker and Brooks have already made up their prior grudges, and they can lay the foundation for the regular season and change the way people think of the Suns.