Suns vice president of basketball operations David Griffin is happy that a number of players have reported early.
Ten of the team's 13 players have begun working out in Phoenix with the official start of training camp still 28 days away.
"We're not supposed to achieve anything," Griffin told the Arizona Republic. "The guys all like each other. They're here early. We're going to be in great shape. We're going to play a way they're comfortable with and the fans are used to watching. It's going to be an exciting year and I can tell the players believe that. If they didn't, the first group here would've watched what's going on, got a feel for the energy here and called the other guys to say, 'I'm bailing. I'll be back in September.' They're calling other guys to say, 'Get out here.' "
The team's big stars have all reported. Jason Richardson is expected to arrive in roughly a week, while Goran Dragic and Leandro Barbosa are still busy playing with their respective national teams.
"The leadership of Steve [Nash] and Grant [Hill] and Amar? [Stoudemire] here working out, getting himself ready and looking as good as he does, that starts to trickle down," Griffin added. "So guys who may have thought they were coming later get excited about coming in sooner. It's all kind of feeding on itself. We've got some pretty good momentum.
"The end of last season left a bitter taste in a lot of people's mouths. Our veterans have been champing at the bit to get back here."