[外電] Don't be surprised if team makes big …

看板Kings (沙加緬度國王)作者eliczone (C'est la vie)時間15年前 (2010/05/18 23:53)推噓15(15推 0噓 5→)

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http://www.sacbee.com/2010/05/18/2757948/ailene-voisin-dont-be-surprised.html 自爽文，不喜勿入 So what happens if the Kings get really lucky and win the NBA draft lottery tonight? 如果國王真的賽中狀元籤會怎樣？ The party's on. In the streets. In the arena. In the railyard. In the Kings' front office. Perhaps most importantly, in the ticket sales offices. 開趴啦。 But the celebration wouldn't be strictly about Kentucky's John Wall, the consensus No. 1 pick among league executives at the moment. It would be about Joe and Gavin Maloof, about Tyreke Evans, and about a certain someone who is deciding whether to ditch his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers and start over elsewhere. 但跟江臥沒什麼關係。而是跟馬老闆有關，跟reke有關，跟那個最近很紅的那個有關。 Why not here? 為什麼不來這裡？ Why not roll the dice? 為什麼不來賭一下？ You know the Maloofs. Of course they would. Now that they're emotionally reinvested and intimately involved with operating the franchise, they want to make a big splash in their small market. And the only way to do that in a single offseason is to enter the LeBron James sweepstakes. 你了解馬賭徒的。當然他們會的，現在他們又開始願意灑錢，參與球隊事務，他們想要來個大地震。而當然唯一的方法就是加入爭奪LBJ大亂鬥。 Sure, it's crazy. It's absolutely crazy. But the NBA is all about crazy. Salaries are crazy. Coaches are crazy. Ticket prices are crazy – or used to be. When confronting career-altering and free- agent decisions, players get crazy; the evaluation process is dominated by personal and professional factors, but never underestimate the power of romance. 的確，這太瘋狂了。瘋狂透了。但NBA就充滿瘋狂的事啊。薪資也瘋了，教練們也瘋了，票價也瘋了。當面臨生涯大改變和自由球員的決定，球員也瘋了；評估的過程都由個人和專業的因素所佔領，但絕對不要低估了浪漫的威力。 People scoffed when the Indiana Pacers approached Larry Brown, when Pat Riley left New York for Miami, when Carlos Boozer stiffed the Cavs for the Jazz, when Phil Jackson flirted with the Kings, when Shaq privately lobbied the Maloofs to bring him to Sacramento. And there were more than a few skeptics who insisted Chris Webber would never re-sign with the Kings, which of course he did, much to their much later regret. 當溜馬找布朗爺時，當油頭離開紐約到邁阿密時，當Boooozer移情別戀時，當禪師和國王曖昧時，當俠客私底下要馬老闆讓他去沙城時，人們都在看笑話。還有一些人堅持CW絕對不會和國王重簽，當然，他重簽了。 "We aren't allowed to discuss free agents until July 1," Kings co-owner Joe Maloof said Monday while visiting ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Conn., "but when it's time, we'll go after whichever player we think is going to help our franchise in the future, and immediately." 「我們不被允許在7月1號前討論自由球員，但當時間到時，我們將會去追尋任何可以在未來和立刻幫助球隊達到顛峰的人」馬老闆說 From the Kings' perspective, LeBron is the only marquee free agent worth chasing for a lot of reasons, primarily because he's the only franchise transformer in the bunch. Chris Bosh, Joe Johnson, Amar'e Stoudemire and Dwyane Wade are superb talents, but only Wade seems intent on staying put, and only Wade is ticketed for the Hall of Fame. So why would a small or mid-market franchise expend max dollars and all that cap room on a non-superstar? 從國王的觀點，LBJ是唯一個值得追的自由球員，主要是因為他是唯一一個能夠扭轉情勢的人。Chris 'Hell No' Bosh、鷹王、阿罵和典韋都很棒，但只有典韋有足夠野心，而且只有典韋有可能進名人堂。所以為什麼一個中小市場的球隊要花最高薪資和全部的薪資空間在一個不是超級巨星身上？ And if you're LeBron, after your team's inglorious postseason exit, you absolutely have to look around. 如果你是LBJ，球隊在季後賽被掃地出局後，你絕對會想要到處看看的 The Chicago Bulls are terribly tempting with Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah and numerous tradeable pieces. 公牛擁有Rose、Noah和許多吸引人的球員。 The New Jersey Nets have a rich new owner and soon will own a new home in Brooklyn. But come on. New York is the Knicks. Does anyone really believe the Clippers will someday dislodge the Lakers as L.A.'s premier basketball attraction? 籃網也很多，而且將會在布魯克林擁有新家。但算了吧，紐約就等於尼克，真的有人相信快艇會幹掉湖人成為LA最有人氣的球隊？ Nonetheless, and mindful that Knicks owner James Dolan is loaded and there is adequate cap room to sign a second marquee free agent, the locker room isn't busting with talent. 但是，記住尼克老闆也不是省油的燈，他可是有錢再簽第二個超級大咖。 The Miami Heat can tout Wade's (probable) re-signing and Riley's (probable) return to the sideline, but Wade's injury history is troubling and Riley routinely suffers from early burnout. 熱火可以和典韋重簽(可能)，和油頭也會重當總教練，但典韋的傷痛史實在是個麻煩。 Why not Sac? 為什麼不是沙城？ Why not? 為什麼不？ Assuming the ping pong balls fall in the Kings' favor, a lineup featuring James, Wall, the 2009-10 Rookie of the Year (Evans) would generate plenty of wattage, bolstered by prospects Omri Casspi, Jason Thompson, Donte' Greene, and a 7-foot center (Spencer Hawes) who is only 22 years old. 如果乒乓球真的是國王養的，想想看，LBJ+江臥+09-10的ROY Tyreke Evans會有多秋啊，再加上還有omri、小湯、綠綠和7呎中鋒(不要說出名字會比較好)等一堆小兵。 Evans and James could be the Jordan and Pippen of their generation, with Wall providing quickness, playmaking and creativity. The fast break would be devastating, the ball movement and defense exceptional reke和LBJ將會是現代的MJ和Pippen，和江臥會提供速度、Playmaking和創造力。 Even if the Kings finish with the Nos. 2-4 picks and miss out on Wall, other possibilities remain intriguing. Geoff Petrie could draft Evan Turner, Derrick Favors or DeMarcus Cousins, then package him in a trade for an established quality player. 就算國王只抽到2-4順位，錯過了江臥，也還是有其他的可能性。Petrie可能會選Turner 、Fovors或表弟，然後將他包一包換一位已經有實績的球員。 "We have options and great cap flexibility for the first time in a long time," added Joe Maloof, with his team payroll dropping to $33 million this summer, well below the projected league salary-cap figure of approximately $56 million. 「我們第一次有選項和很大的空間彈性」馬老闆說。 "We can go after a (superstar) player or build like Oklahoma City. It depends on who's available. Is he really going to make that much of a difference between winning and losing? We've got to look at all possibilities, all the avenues." 「我們會追尋一位超級巨星或像雷霆一樣，就端看誰是OK的。他是否真的有這麼大的能耐？我們必須看全局」 OK, so LeBron probably isn't coming to Sacramento. We get that. But let's stop fretting about cows and horses and start reminiscing about big-time basketball. And remember this: The Maloofs are players. OK，也許LBJ不會來(來的機會比我上月球的機會還低)。我們接受，但不要妄自匪薄，國王的日子來了。記住：馬老闆是玩家。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 219.70.206.103

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