In a blink of an eye, four days passed, and the Orlando Summer League ended, although the next two games were led by Kuchi to try various tactics, what double cover, cross running, but under the leadership of Lillard, the Magic still won all, but the Orlando Summer League did not award the championship until 13 years, and now there is no MVP title.

Despite this, Lillard's performance has been unanimously recognized by the outside world, after all, the average of 26 points per game, 5 assists, and 4 rebounds cannot be faked, even if some media are still not optimistic about Lillard, the words are also very tactful, only to ask whether Lillard can maintain the current level in the regular season and carry the banner of Magic.

It seemed as if Harden had been completely forgotten, the fans didn't notice him, the media didn't notice him, and it was in this situation that Harden traveled with the team to Las Vegas to begin his summer league journey.

The Orlando Summer League ended on the 13th, and the Las Vegas Summer League started on the 14th, the time was quite rushed, and the whole team was like a rehearsal of a back-to-back game in advance, after playing the last game of the Orlando Summer League on the 13th, they boarded the plane to Las Vegas in the evening, and when they arrived at the ground, they stayed in the reserved hotel, and it was close to midnight.

Chen An was also too tired, as soon as he arrived at the hotel, he was ready to wash and sleep, he never thought that someone would knock on the door, and when he opened the door, Harden was standing outside with his head down.

Chen An let Harden into the room, and as soon as the two sat down, Harden said, "Coach, I hope to start tomorrow." ”

Well, your best sixth man is tantamount to a foul when he comes to play in the summer league, and you still ask to start? This is the rhythm of things.

Harden was holding back the fire in his heart, and Chen An naturally knew, but he remained silent and only asked, "Have you thought about it?" ”

"Hmmm! I think I'm going to try to be a good leader and I'm confident that I'll lead the team to great results. ”

Harden replied in the affirmative, and seemed to have made up his mind, but Chen An said: "I don't care what you do when you're on vacation, but in the middle of the season, I hope you can really play a role model as a leader." ”

This sentence was still knocking on Harden, and Harden immediately wanted to say something, but Chen An preemptively said: "Judge, I trust you very much, and I hope you will not live up to my trust." ”

Harden looked at Chen An and said with a very sincere look in his eyes: "Thank you, coach." I actually understood from the beginning that you wanted to put me on the right path, and although I didn't like it, I still thank you for your expectation and trust in me. ”

"Come on, lad!"

Chen An patted Harden on the shoulder, and then said: "I'll give you 20 minutes in tomorrow's game, you can play the second half of the first and second quarters, and you don't have to play in the second half."

Remember the tactics I laid out for Lillard in the first game? ”

"I remember, I even went back and thought about what I would do with each ball if I had the ball in my own hands."

"Tomorrow you will play this tactic when you play, and the others will try to cooperate with you."

Harden nodded solemnly, he felt that Chen An was giving him a chance to prove himself, the same tactics, the same helpers, less time, he needed to perform better than the original Lillard to be convincing.

Harden left again, but this time he was full of ambition, looking at the figure of this guy leaving, Chen An was thinking about how long this guy's guarantee was timely, he didn't believe that Harden would really become a good baby so easily, this guy has a personality, maybe he is just a temporary compromise, and he will sprout in a solid state after he has a certain achievement?

"You have to keep an eye on this guy, and press him down at the first sign of something."

Chen An knows very well that taming Harden is a long-term thing, and he can't ignore it at all, and McHale's lessons from the past have to be guarded against.

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"The Rockets started with No. 12 Evan Turner and No. 23 Draymond. Green, No. 9 Nikolai. Vucevic, No. 88 Zhu Fangyu and... No. 13 James. Harden! ”

As the DJ announced Harden's name, a tsunami-like cheer erupted on the side of the court, no way, for the stage of the summer league, Harden is already a big name that is no longer big, and Americans are also chasing stars, and most of the people present today are coming for Harden.

Chen An fulfilled what he said last night, the only difference is that Turner will take on the role played by the white shooter at the beginning, and Green will assume the responsibility of responding, this arrangement, on the one hand, is to strengthen Green's tactical position, let him clarify his development direction, and on the other hand, it is also telling Turner, you three-point shooting hurry up and give me a good practice!

To be honest, Turner's talent is not bad, and he can be called all-round at both offensive and defensive ends, otherwise he can't be hailed as 'Maddie's successor', but this guy has been unstable in his last life, with ups and downs, causing him to toss and turn several teams and live up to the expectations of the outside world, and the biggest problem in the middle is that his basket is not good, especially three-pointers, and the shooting rate even fell below 25% in one season, which is miserable.

In his eyes, Turner's ability to respond and conduct is not irreplaceable, if this guy's three-point shot can't be practiced, then his end can only be traded.

However, the current Turner obviously does not have such an awareness, he came to play the summer league originally wanted to say goodbye to Harden, but he didn't expect to give Lillard a hand first, and now it's okay, Harden is in control of the ball again, and his own tactical position has further declined, which makes him extremely unhappy!

So after the game started, this guy was like sleepwalking, not only running lazily, but even running in the wrong tactical position, almost hitting Harden who was advancing with the ball.

Fortunately, Harden was very excited, and today's opponent Nets started all the players from the NBDL, Harden directly turned on the abuse mode, first a three-pointer, followed by a beautiful European step and two layups, followed by a back-step jumper, and even a one-arm sliding dunk to make it 2+1.

Even Evan Turner's sleepwalking did not stop Harden's chopping melons and vegetables, only 3 minutes into the game, Harden scored 10 points with a sudden shot, and the score was 10:2 on the court, the fans on the sidelines were very excited, and the cheers never stopped, but the coaching staff around Chen An frowned one by one, and Chen An finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked the referee for a timeout.

The players on the court walked to the bench, Zhu Fangyu was the first to return to the bench, Green was the second, Harden pulled Vucevic behind and blew something proudly, Evan Turner walked at the end with his head drooping, and when the three of them walked to the bench, Chen An unbuttoned the top of his shirt, and then crossed his hands on his waist and roared like an angry lion!