The so-called trial is just a formality, Chen An made up his mind to intercept Hu Rockets to take Beverley first, there must be no necessary procedures, not everyone has Chen An's foresight.

When Beverley came to the trial, the morning training session had just finished the warm-up training, Chen An asked other assistant coaches to take the players to group training, and the training ground specially freed up half of the empty space for the trial Beverley, Chen An, Cole and Budenhozer watched the trial.

However, after looking at Beverley's basic situation, Budenholzer frowned and said: "The strength is very ordinary, the speed is also average among defenders, the ability to hold the ball is poor, and the projection is not good." I said Jason, where did you fancy this guy and cut Blake for him? ”

Budenholzer was puzzled, in fact, other coaches including Cole and Kuchi were puzzled, and Rob couldn't understand Chen An's intentions, just based on his trust in Chen An's eyes, after all, Chen An advocated in exchange for Harden and personally selected Lillard, and both of them are now performing beyond expectations.

Blake is about to turn 33 years old, but he still has the strength to serve as a backup point guard on the guard line for most other teams, and in the original history, Blake even had a second spring in the 13-14 season, becoming the Lakers' starting point guard for a time, averaging 9.5 points, 7.6 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game.

But for Chen An, it doesn't matter, Blake is not his puzzle piece and has no trading value, so he can only cut it for Beverley, but he doesn't know that after the news spreads, it will add a lot of stupid X and other infamy.

Chen An did not answer Budenhozer's question, but just waited for Beverley's basic tryout to be completed, and called Lillard.

"Patrick, I know you're playing well in Europe, but you're not good enough on the offensive end to get into the NBA, so I asked you to come to the tryout because of your defensive attitude.

Damian is the MVP of this year's Summer League, come on, you guys are one-on-one, he attacks you defensively, three rounds, and if you can't show what I want to see, I'm sorry, I'm not going to keep you. ”

Chen An's words were very straightforward, he was stimulating Beverly, Beverly glanced at Lillard, then nodded heavily, and said, "I understand." ”

Now Beverley is still looking for a job, he cherishes this opportunity and is very eager to be stayed, and Chen An told him so bluntly: 'I want to see your defense', Beverley has understood what to do.

Syllable.

Lillard walked three or four steps outside the three-point line, Beverley hit the ball to the ground, and at the moment of the pass, Beverley stuck to it, spreading his hands left and right, covering Lillard entirely.

Beverley's single defense is very oppressive and aggressive, which makes Lillard a little uncomfortable, after all, he has not encountered such an intensity of defense from the summer league to the preseason, he is not in a hurry, holding the ball to make a probe, but Beverley's center of gravity is very stable, and there is no sign of deflection at all.

Several attempts in a row, Lillard failed to achieve substantial results, he dropped the ball and used his crotch. Dribbling forward, his shoulders began to shake from side to side, but Beverley was still steady, and Lillard didn't find room to break through.

After another cross-step, Lillard suddenly started to rush to the right, Beverley's lateral speed was extremely fast and immediately pasted up, but Lillard suddenly pulled back, and then jumped up violently to make a dry pull-out jumper, but to his surprise, Beverley turned back too fast, just at the moment he shot, Beverley turned around and jumped up to block, the ball passed Beverley's fingertips at the moment it left Lillard's palm, even if it was very slight, but the basketball still changed its original trajectory, and finally came to a three-point.

Seeing such a defense, Budenhozer's eyes lit up, and he nodded: "Good defense." ”

"Keep watching."

Chen An didn't say anything, still looking at the situation on the court, after Beverley picked up the basketball, he waited for the two to stand and pass the ball again.

Then Lillard hit two more shots, one of which was forced in by his body, ready to make a pull-up jump shot, but the last moment of jumping, Beverley pulled the ball away. In the last shot, Lillard tried to hit with his back, but unfortunately his current power couldn't withstand Beverley, and finally he could only make a turnover and back-to-back jumper at a position within the three-point line, and the ball was outrageously off.

Looking at such a result, Chen An is not surprised, Lillard is still a rookie after all, he has not reached the peak in all aspects of his body, he is not experienced enough, and his offensive means still need to be rich, while Beverley has been honed in the European League for several years, and he already has some instant combat power, and he also has his own set on the defensive end.

Chen An is very clear that he only needs to tune. Teach Beverley a while and get used to the rhythm of the NBA, and Beverley will become a qualified rotation player, as history has already proven.

Lillard didn't hit a single shot in three rounds, and Beverley was perfect on the defensive end, but it was no slouch for Lillard. Chen An walked over, looked at Lillard, who was drooping his head and full of disbelief, and said: "Darmian, although you won the MVP of the Las Vegas Summer League and performed well in a few games in the preseason, these games are still far from the intensity and level of the regular season.

If you want to be a successful player, don't be complacent about temporary success, let alone be discouraged by temporary failure, you are still young, train hard in the future, study hard, you will become better and better, go and train. ”

Chen An poured a bowl full of chicken soup, Lillard seemed to drink it, nodded and didn't say much, but before turning to leave, he looked at Beverly deeply, as if to say: I will defeat you in the future.

It's a good thing to be full of fighting spirit, Chen An is also happy to see Lillard show fighting spirit, and when Lillard leaves, Chen An looked at Beverley and said with a smile: "Do you want to stay?" ”

"Yes!"

Beverly replied in the affirmative, and with such emotions, Chen An's next negotiations went smoothly. Chen Anke is not a virgin, he, like Morey in history, squeezed Beverley fiercely and signed a three-year base salary contract with Beverley.

Since Beverley had no years in the NBA before, his starting salary is the same as Zhu Fangyu's, which is 470,000, with a total amount of 2.28 million for a three-year contract.

Such a price is simply cheap, it can't be cheaper, like picking up a cabbage for nothing, but the premise is that players who are willing to sign such a contract can play, there is no doubt that Chen An has an absolute advantage in this regard.

It's just that Chen An felt that he had picked up a big bargain, but after Blake was bought out and cut, the news that he was claimed by the Portland Trail Blazers came out in an instant, and the sports media in the United States criticized him again, but this time it was a little different, some media in Orlando had reservations, and they also made some special reports on Beverley.

It can be seen that Chen An has been partially recognized in Orlando through the performance of Lillard and Harden, but this is just the beginning for Chen An.