Chapter 11 The 13th Person_2

Buckwalter evaluated these newcomers.

After West arrived, he put great effort into player selection.

The Trail Blazers' roster was not built merely for chasing a championship.

"European players are a good breakthrough. They are talented and have strong willpower, decent immediate combat capabilities, but they need proper coaching, or it will be difficult for them to adapt to NBA games," West said.

West watched most of the training sessions and was quite satisfied with Sabonis, Divac, and Petrović.

Of course, what shocked West even more was Gan Guoyang's intensely rigorous training and the formidable combativeness, competitiveness, and desire for competition he displayed during practice.

West began to understand what Buckwalter meant, and the "Foxbat" analogy he made.

Ah Gan indeed played a decisive role, a very decisive one.

In other aspects, the Portland Trail Blazers had nothing special compared to the Los Angeles Lakers.