After only 2 games, the Suns decisively issued a regular contract for Biyombo until the end of the season, which is another inspirational story of a short 10-day contract to fight back and set a record for the fastest short-term player to get to the position this season.
According to Woj, the Suns will renew their contract with Biyongbo until the end of the season! 6 days ago, the two sides signed a 10-day short contract, and during this period, Biyongbo only played 2 games for the Suns, but with his excellent performance, the Suns completed his assessment ahead of schedule and directly sent a guarantee contract until the end of the season, rather than signing a second 10-day short contract before making a decision.
For the Suns, signing Biyombo is to give the other party a chance to return to the NBA, but also to help themselves pick up a championship puzzle. In the offseason this year, Biyongbo, who is still on contract, was laid off by the Hornets, and after the death of his father, Biyongbo fell into grief and suffered a lot of mental blows, resulting in him not being ready to return to the game. Until this time, the league had a shortage of employees, Biyombo readjusted and decided to return to the field, and the sun also threw an olive branch at him in time. After returning to the game, Biyombo played a stunning performance, once again proving that he still belongs to this league.
In the past two games, Biyombo has averaged 13.5 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1.5 steals and 2 blocks in 23.5 minutes per game, and both ends of the attack and defense are almost dominant, and in his entire career, the season he averaged the highest points per game was the 2019-20 season, but only 7.4 points. As a blue-collar worker, he shot 11-of-13 in both games, shooting 84.6 percent from the field, demonstrating his top-notch ability to finish under the basket. Of course, the ability to play such a performance may be due to the fact that this team has the god of point guards - Chris Paul!
Paul has activated many underused blue-collar centers so far in his career, and he knows exactly how to feed them the ball at the right time, and Biyombo's excellent performance on the offensive end is due to Paul's excellent passing, in the last game against the Pelicans, Biyongbo scored a total of 6 goals, including 4 goals from Paul's assists. With neither Ayton nor McGee playing, he took the opportunity well and managed to impress management.
After that game, Paul was full of praise for Biyombo's performance, saying: "He's a perfect professional player and I think he fits perfectly with the Suns' team culture. ”
With the outstanding performance of this period of time, I believe that after the comeback of Ayton and McGee, Biyombo will still be an important member of Monti's rotation lineup, because last season's Finals, the Suns suffered a loss of internal lack of people, after Saric's injury, the Suns' inside line is almost only available to Ayton, and the Bucks seized this and gave the Suns a fatal blow. In the offseason, the Suns management introduced McGee as a backcourt guarantee, and Saric is likely to not return until the end of the season, but the state is still unknown, and being able to pick up the leak at this time is undoubtedly a new insurance for the team's championship lineup, at least they can ensure that the interior line has sufficient rotation and is enough to deal with the impact of injuries.
After media reports that the Suns would renew their contract with Biyombo, the new signing was the first to be interviewed and personally responded: "I think you know more about this (contract extension) than I do", and then he said: "Thank God, because God gave me some time to heal myself, to prepare myself, and now I am ready to play basketball, including my mind, body and soul." ”
Now that he's got a chance to return to the league, he has a championship-winning team with top point guards like Paul to help him better adapt and find himself and hit the new peaks of his career.