[外電] NBA Draft Lottery reaction

看板BLAZERS (波特蘭拓荒者)作者Royster (輕飄飄的舊時光)時間18年前 (2008/05/22 18:42)推噓9(9推 0噓 9→)

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http://blog.oregonlive.com/blazers/2008/05/nba_draft_lottery_reaction.html Drink it in Blazers fans. I hope you were all able to watch yesterday's NBA Draft Lottery and enjoy it, for the last time. Because after yesterday, there will be no more visits to the lottery for the Portland Trail Blazers. Portland has built a contender with successful drafts the past two years. Now it's time to let those ingredients grow and mature together, while mixing in some minor tweaking and a vet here or there. While the Blazers may or may not use their No. 13 pick in this year's draft, Portland will still add at least one (hopefully two) impact pick (Greg Oden) from last year's draft. That's better than any selection Kevin Pritchard could make next month. And though the Blazers ended up with their most probable pick (13), they were digits away from nearly shocking the league two years in a row: The Trail Blazers came this close to receiving another jolt of odds-defying lottery luck Tuesday. The winning combination of pingpong balls that surprisingly delivered the Chicago Bulls the No. 1 pick in this summer's NBA draft were 11-9-13-7. One of the Blazers' six combinations was 11-9-13 . . . and 12. "I was trying to do everything I did last year," Blazers general manager Kevin Pritchard said. "I tried Jedi mind tricks on the balls, everything. Unfortunately, it doesn't work." Unbelievably close. As Joe Freeman writes, conventional logic would show the next ingredient to this sizzling Blazers stew would be experience rather than youth. But Pritchard isn't looking past the draft options: Pritchard said Tuesday there are two areas where the Blazers need improvement to contend for the playoffs next season: athleticism/speed in the backcourt and shooting. Those holes can be plugged in this year's draft, Pritchard said, adding that an "impact player" will be available at No. 13 and the Blazers already have a list of "seven or eight" possibilities. It is not unheard of for future All-Stars to be selected at or near pick No. 13. Kobe Bryant (1996) and Karl Malone (1985) were No. 13 picks who blossomed into All-Stars, and one of the best players in Blazers history, Clyde Drexler, was the No. 14 pick in 1983. 這篇文章幾個值得一講的點稍微提一下: (1)這次公牛拿到狀元籤的球號組合是11-9-13-7，而拓荒者的六個組合中有一個是 11-9-13-12，真是一個"不可思議地接近"的殘念 (2)拓荒者現今已完成重建的雛形，他們不再需要"年輕-潛力"，而是"經驗"。 (3)Pritchard認為下一季打進季後賽所需做的改善有二: a.後場必須更具充沛能力與速度 b.投射(shooting) (4)Pritchard說"假設在13順位可以選到有衝擊力的球員，那我們利用這個選秀權，可以做的事情有7~8種可能!! (5)Kobe與Malone分別是1996與1985的13順位，而滑翔翼崔斯勒則是1983的14順位所以不用對13順位太悲觀XD 當然也有球迷對13順位是悲觀的，希望能夠交易出去，找些即戰力加入。不過這邊有趣的是第4點，似乎暗示著Pritchard今夏會有大動作!! -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 118.168.113.224