[外電] Season Preview: 30 Teams in 30 Days …

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東區很多隊版都有這系列的文章，翻來給大家看看 http://tsn.ca/nba/news_story/?ID=177531&hubname=nba 30 Teams in 30 Days - Pacers by Tim Chisholm Season Previews - Indiana Pacers I don't get it. Weren't Larry Bird and Donnie Walsh on a mission at the end of last season to root-up all of the bad vibes on this team and rebuild from the ground up? Because looking at the team now, it sure doesn't look like it. 我不明白。 Larry Bird 和 Donnie Walsh 不是自上季末起進行著把球隊的妖氛鬼氣連根拔起，從根本再造的任務嗎？因為現在看這支球隊，怎看都不像那個樣子。 Granted, I never really thought this team would part with Jermaine O'Neal, because players like him are just far too valuable to give away, especially since he's still fairly young at 28, and entering his prime at that. But why this team opted to ditch Anthony Johnson and Fred Jones, and then keep Stephen Jackson and Sarunas Jasikevicius is beyond me. I also don't understand their insistence on turning this club into an up-tempo team with Rick Carlisle as a coach, but we'll get into that later. 我承認，我的確不認為這支隊伍會放棄 Jermaine O'Neal，因為像他這樣的球員太有價值無法捨棄，特別是他還僅僅只有 28 歲，邁向生涯的巔峰。但為什麼球隊要捨棄老強和Fred Jones，而留下醜臉和小葉就超出我的理解。我也不懂為什麼他們堅持要把球隊改造成快速球風而讓 Rick Carlisle 執教這支球隊，但我們晚點再來談。 This Pacer team has actually rounded out better than expected when looked at completed. Marquis Daniels and rookie Shawne Williams give the team an interesting look off the bench (although it says here that it also makes a Jackson trade inevitable if one of them takes off). Darrell Armstrong is certainly a welcome addition to any team he joins, since he personifies leadership and is even able to log some minutes here and there, despite his 38-year-old body. Maceo Baston brings a nice looking game to the team's front line if he can transition his improved play from Maccabi Tel Aviv to the NBA. 溜馬隊確實完成得超乎預期。Marquis Daniels 和新秀 Shawne Williams 讓隊伍的板凳看起來很有趣 (儘管他們兩人其中之一打出成績，就意味著 Jackson 被交易走是無可避免的事)。Darrell Armstrong 對任何他加入的隊伍都是一項歡迎的補強，因為他擁有著領導特質，甚至也能在各處分到一些上場時間，儘管他已經是 38 歲高齡。Maceo Baston 讓球隊的前場看起來更棒，如果他能把他在 Maccabi Tel Aviv 的進步表現帶來 NBA。 The biggest addition (or should I say re-addition) to this team is obviously Al Harrington. Harrington insisted two summers ago that he wanted a team to himself, a nice starting role at a nice starters' salary. Well, he received all of these in Atlanta, and has since realized that ultimately winning is the thing. It took an unexpected (to him) pay cut, mind you, but he's back in Pacer-land to give winning another shot. 對球隊來講，最大的當然是 Al Harrington 的加入 (或許我該說是再加入)。兩年前 Harrington 堅持他要去一支有先發位置，有先發級薪資的球隊。他在亞特蘭大老鷹隊獲得了這些，然後最終才了解到贏球才是最重要的。對他而言這是個預期外的減薪，但他為了勝利而回到了溜馬的土地上。 Harrington brings a far more polished game to the Pacers now that he has logged heavy minutes and has acquitted himself nicely when he had them. The trick now is to work back into a system where he isn't the go-to guy in the front court. Harrington will most likely play power forward to Jermaine O'Neal's centre, and his main duty will be to keep defenders off of the team leader by playing an effective second fiddle on the offensive end. Harrington 現在能帶給溜馬更好的球賽，因為他獲得了大量的上場時間，而且當他有這樣機會時表現得很出色。現在的問題在於他得融入一個前場不以他為 go-to guy 的體系。Harrington 最可能擔任 PF 的位置而讓小歐打 C，而他的主要職責是在進攻上擔任一個有效的第二人角色，而把防守者拉離這位球隊主將。 But even though this team has shifted around and is probably more talented than last year, it remains to be seen if all of that will translate into winning for the Pacer organization. Remember, the knock on Harrington back in the day was that he was absolutely zero in the playoffs. He routinely came up lame on the big stage and that was a big reason the team was willing to let him walk to Atlanta in exchange for Jackson, one-year removed from a title in San Antonio. 但儘管球隊已經改頭換面，可能比去年更具有天份，能不能把這些化為溜馬的勝利仍是有待觀察的。記得，對 Harrington 的批評之一就是他在季後賽的經驗根本是零。他總是在重要關頭變得軟弱，這也是球隊當初為什麼肯放他去亞特蘭大，換來 Stephon Jackson (一年前在 San Antonio 拿過總冠軍) 的重要理由。 Well, it turned out that Jackson was no more clutch than Harrington, and it isn't like Al has been refining his playoff consistency stuck in the basement with the Hawks. Add to this the fact that point guard Jamaal Tinsley has yet to put together a solid campaign for a whole year, both statistically and health wise, and the fact that with the departure of Johnson, Jasikevicius' role is going to increase despite having what is politely called an under -achieving season last year, and there are still plenty of questions to be answered in the Hoosier state. 嗯，看來 Jackson 心臟並不比 Harrington 大多少，而 Al 卡在老鷹隊的環境下也沒有琢磨到季後賽的穩定性。除此之外， PG Jamaal Tinsley 這一整年也得打出一個紮實的球季，無論是數據上或健康上，而隨著 Johnson 的離開， Jasikevicius 的角色也隨著加重，儘管他剛度過一個說好聽點是 "未達水準" 的球季，而他在印城這塊土地上也還有許多問題尚待解答。 The hope going into a year like this, then, would generally be Rick Carlisle, who always seems to elevate his boring teams far beyond the sum of their parts. But this year they say they want to play up-tempo. Rick Carlisle couldn't find tempo in a dictionary. His entire offense revolves around slowing the game to a crawl and hoping for the best. His teams routinely go through expansive offensive droughts, and they shoot an even worse percentage in the playoffs than they do during the regular season. Consider, too, that this team let Fred Jones walk this summer, and he was easily their best athlete and perfectly suited to this purported system. In his place, Daniels will be asked to come off of the bench as a sparkplug for this offense, but he couldn't get consistent burn with an up tempo club like Dallas, so what does that say about his chances in Indiana? 這一年的希望，通常是放在 Rick Carlisle 身上，總是能讓他無趣的隊伍打出 1+1>2 的表現。但今年球隊說要打得節奏更快速。Rick Carlisle 字典裡找不到節奏兩字。他的進攻核心是把比賽放慢，然後等待最好的結果。他的隊伍總是會經歷得分乾旱期，而且在季後賽的命中率比常規賽還要差。另外，球隊今年夏天讓 Fred Jones 走人，而他是隊上最富運動力的人，且能完美搭配構想中的系統。在這點，Daniels 會被要求從板凳上跳出來作為進攻的火星塞，但他即使在 Dallas 那種快速球隊也沒辦法穩定燃燒，那在印城還有多少機會呢？ Look, the Pacers are a very interesting team this year, but it just seems like the brain trust keeps saying one thing and doing another. Scattered would be a nice way of describing the actions of the Pacers this summer, and while it could turn out to be that this roster has everything it takes to crack into the playoffs and maybe even advance, I just don't see that everyone here is on the same page. If the Pacers had lost out on Harrington this summer, it would have been an unmitigated disaster of an off-season in Indiana. As it stands the summer is something of a wash. They reconfigured a lot less than promised, and the team's play will decide whether it was enough to keep the team afloat for one more year. 看，今年的溜馬會是非常有趣的一支隊伍，但智囊團似乎總是說一套作另外一套。散亂也許是形容溜馬今年夏天的最佳敘述，儘管這個陣容有一切帶領他們打進季後賽甚至更遠的要素，我卻沒看到這些要素合在一起。如果溜馬今年夏天沒得到 Harrington，那對這個季末會是一場無法緩和的災難，因為這代表整個夏天都付諸流水。球隊重組的幅度比他們說的少了很多，而球隊的表現將會決定這些是否足夠撐起這支球隊。 PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP 可能的先發陣容 PG - Jamaal Tinsley How does this guy still have a job? He can't stay healthy for more than a week at a time, he is routinely out of shape, and his game has barely improved since the day he came into the league. He got beat out by Anthony Johnson last year for the starting spot, and did nothing to earn it back, and yet it was once again handed to him when Johnson was traded away. It's lauughable to think that Jamaal Tinsley is going to be running an 'up tempo' offense next season, since it takes a stellar and consistent playmaker to make that work, but since I can see Carlisle coaching that style about as easily as I can see Tinsley running it, I suppose he doesn't have much to worry about. 為什麼這傢伙還有工作？他沒辦法維持健康超過一禮拜，總是沒調整過來，而他的表現從他進聯盟起就沒有多大進步。去年他在先發位置上輸給了 Anthony Johnson，也沒有做些什麼試圖贏回來，而現在 Johnson 被交易走了，機會又回到他手中。認為 Jammal Tinsley下季能執行快節奏的進攻是可笑的，因為這需要一個主要且穩定的操盤手才能發揮，但我認為 Carlisle 能否執教這種球風和 Tinsley 能否執行它，這兩件事是差不多簡單的，所以我想他也沒啥好擔心的。 SG - Stephen Jackson I thought he was supposed to be the root of all of the whining and attitude that was eroding the Pacers locker room last year after Artest was banned from the team. I thought it was Jackson who could never get his game on straight and be counted on to help this team win. I thought many things about Jackson that apparently weren't true, because here we are after Donnie Walsh's cleansing project and Jackson still sits firmly planted in the team's starting five. I guess the organization really dug on the new-look Jackson gave them after Reggie retired; missing clutch shots and being entirely undependable. Clearly I don't care much for Stephen Jackson's game, so I'll just leave it at that. 我想他應該是從 Artest 被掃地出門起，一切侵蝕溜馬隊更衣室的牢騷和態度問題的根源。我認為 Jackson 沒辦法好好的打他的比賽，也沒辦法作為球隊贏球的依靠。我認為很多關於 Jackson 的事情很明顯的都不是真的，因為我們看到在 Donnie Walsh 的淨化計畫之後，Jackson 還是好端端的坐在他先發五人的位置上。我猜球團還滿喜歡 Jackson 在 Reggie 退休後帶給他們的東西: 錯失關鍵一擊，完全不值得倚賴。很明顯的我不關心 Stephen Jackson 的比賽，所以我就不管他了。 SF - Danny Granger I love his game. He might be the true savoir of this team this season, if the team indeed has one. He can play three positions, he can rebound, score inside and outside, he can handle the ball and he is the kind of guy you never want to let get away from your team because you'll never know how much he means to you till you lose him. I think he is going to have a stellar year this season playing off of Harrington and O'Neal, and the three of them give this team hope going into the future if they can ever give them a backcourt worth playing with them. 我喜歡他的球風。如果這支球隊今年真有救世主的話，那應該就是他了。他能打三個位置，能抓籃板，得分能裡能外，處理球，他是那種你絕對不想放掉的球員，因為你從不知道他意義有多重大，直到哪一天你失去他。我想他今年會在 Harrington 及 O'Neal 後擔任一個主要的角色，而這三人給了這支球隊前進未來的希望，如果他們能得到後場足夠的奧援的話。 PF - Al Harrington I think that I was a lot harder on Harrington than I intended to be in this piece. I actually quite enjoy all of the things he can do on the court, and I just hope that being on a more focused team like this can help his bouts of inconsistency. Even though he had two good statistical years in Atlanta, he still had problems bringing it every night, and having some of that pressure relieved last year by Joe Johnson seemed to help him a bit. If he can find a nice groove in this front court, he may finally find himself comfortable enough to just play his game reactively, which is when he is at his best. He is so versatile, it can sometimes be hard to know what each possession requires of him, but playing between O'Neal and Granger should help him be the kind of guy that just fills whatever gaps they leave for him. If he can do that, I honestly believe he will have earned the salary he agreed to this summer. 我想我在這篇文章裡對 Harrington 比我本來想的還要嚴格。我確實很欣賞他在場上作的一切，也希望他身在一支像這樣更加專注的隊伍中，有助於他不穩定的毛病。儘管他亞特蘭大有兩個數據亮眼的球季，他仍然有沒辦法每晚帶來穩定績效的問題，而去年 Joe Johnson 分擔了壓力幫了他一點忙。如果他有辦法在這個前場找到適當的角色，他也許終於可以讓自己在舒適、最佳狀況下靈活的打球。他也很全能，有時候不太好搞清楚哪個位置需要他，但在 O'Neal 和 Granger之間打球會有助於他這種能填補起任何空隙的球員。如果他能作到這點，那我誠摯得相信他會對得起他今年夏天簽下的薪水。 C - Jermaine O'Neal In a weird way this is a really important year for O'Neal. He has lost some of his stature as a premier big-man in the game to people like Dwight Howard and Chris Bosh, and he's going to have to work hard to regain some of that positive attention. For the first time in years his achievements won't be overshadowed by Ron Artest's outbursts, and he can finally assume the role of leader on this team without having to deal with Artest's mental fragility. O'Neal still has the game that got him to where he is today, but he now has to prove that he can use it and lead his team to the playoffs rather than just being a guy who helps get them there. Reggie isn't the guy in the locker room anymore who represents the Pacers, O'Neal is, and he has to slide into that role quickly or risk disappearing from people's memories altogether. 以奇怪一點的方式，今年對 O'Neal 而言是很重要的一年。他身為明星長人的地位，部分輸給了Dwight Howard 和 Chris Bosh 等人，而他正努力去贏回一些正面評價。這是近年來第一次他的成就不會被 Ron Artest 的爆發所掩蓋，而他也終於可以取得球隊領導者的角色而不必去處理 Artest 的心理問題。 O'Neal 依然能打出讓他擁有今天明星地位的成績，但現在他得證明他能用這些帶領他的球隊進入季後賽，而不只是從旁幫助球隊而已。 Reggie 已經不是更衣室裡代表溜馬的人了，而是 O'Neal，而他也必須趕緊進入這個角色，否則會消失在人們的記憶中。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 59.114.138.108 ※ 編輯: pheather 來自: 59.114.138.108 (09/17 01:37)