Patrick Beverley sees himself as a defensive player this year with Ty Lawson in the fold.
This upcoming season the Rockets will allow Patrick (Pat) Beverley to do what Beverley does best: be a defensive madman.
During the Rockets media day, Beverley shared a little bit about the roles this year for the two point guards.
"Me and Ty (Lawson) are two different point guards," Beverley said "Ty’s your original point guard, playmaker, get in the paint make everybody better and I'm the opposite. I'm kinda like the defensive specialist this year,"
In football, teams that have two good running backs — one the big and bruising back, the other quick and speedy — call the pair "Thunder and Lightning.