[外電] Zo's next challenge: Michael Beasley

看板MiamiHeat (邁阿密熱火)作者zenwu (橘子)時間16年前 (2009/07/29 00:13)推噓3(3推 0噓 5→)

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Coach Erik Spoelstra had him for the start of the summer. Soon, Michael Beasley is about to become Alonzo Mourning's challenge, in the former center's new player-development role with the Heat. Mourning recently spoke of his outlook regarding the oft-Tweeting, SpongeBob- loving, free-spirited 2008 first-round draft choice. Q: How do you plan to establish a relationship with Michael in your new role? Mourning: "It just requires us to develop a stronger bond. Through relationships , that's when trust is developed. If I can get to a point where Michael understands where I have his best interests in mind, and understands that he can confide in me for any type of guidance, or direction or what have you, if we can get to that level, then ultimately you can see progress." Q: How do you plan to do that? Mourning: "Just based on my utilizing some of my experiences and expertise to help him become a better professional on and off the court." Q: Is there an urgency to your approach? Mourning: "We can't forget that Michael is a child. He's 19, 20 years old. If you document all the things, you and I had done at 19 or 20 years old, we have a couple of pages of crazy things we did. A lot of people fail to realize that. Because he's on such a pedestal, his life is under a microscope right now." Q: What are your objectives? Mourning: "What Michael has to understand is with his actions, with the abilities that he's been given, comes tremendous responsibility and the sooner that he gets that, the better off he will be. Because I don't think he realizes the magnitude of his responsibility." Q: So it's mostly just providing guidance? Mourning: "He's just a kid out there, having fun, and he's enjoying the fact that he's 19, 20 years old. So it's a maturation process that he has to go through, to satisfy all the critics." -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 61.228.107.86