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http://0rz.tw/152NI Instant gratification? Pacers call it free agency 快速補強嗎?溜馬把希望放在自由球員市場 Team's draftee is years away, but some can help right away 今年的菜鳥還得再磨幾年，但有些人現在能馬上幫到忙 The NBA draft came and went Thursday with only a minute sound coming from the Indiana Pacers. 在禮拜四的選秀會上，只有一分鐘的時間是有和溜馬有關的 Their lone draft pick, Croatian center Stanko Barac, won't help them get to the playoffs anytime soon because he is expected to remain in Europe for three years. 他們的菜鳥，克羅埃西亞籍中鋒Stanko Barac還會在歐洲磨練三年，對他們短期內要重返季後賽不會有幫助 The Pacers' next attempt at improving starts Sunday when the free agency period begins. Contracts can be signed starting July 11. 溜馬下一波的補強是在禮拜天自由球員市場的開放，球隊可以在7月11號開始簽約 The Pacers don't have enough cap space to sign an expensive free agent. They have their midlevel exception, which is more than $5 million, and a $4 million trade exception acquired during the eight-player deal with Golden State. 溜馬沒有足夠的薪資空間去簽"大咖"的自由球員，他們只有略多餘5M的中產條款和4M的TE，這個TE是在和勇士隊進行八人大交易中獲得的 "After the draft, everybody looks at their team and they say, 'I need this, I need that,' " Pacers president Larry Bird said. "Now it will start heating up and we'll see what we can do. I expect us to be very active to find the guys coach (Jim) O'Brien feels he needs for this team. (Former coach) Rick (Carlisle) played a different style. We tried to get his type of players. We have a new coach now, so we're going to try and get his style (of players)." "在選秀會之後，每個人都覺得自己的球隊得到他們需要的"大鳥說，"而現在該是我們加把勁做補強的時候了，我們會很積極的尋找Obie認為適合他戰術的球員，他和卡帥的風格截然不同，對新的教練我們會找來適合他風格的球員 Finding an outside shooter, a backup point guard and settling Jermaine O'Neal's future are priorities. 尋找外線射手，替補控衛，和解決小歐未來的定位會是得優先處理的 The Pacers finished 30th in league in field goal percentage last season, leaving O'Neal constantly facing double teams. 溜馬在上個球季命中率在聯盟墊底，讓小歐經常遭到包夾伺候 They are interested in Kareem Rush, a career 35 percent 3-point shooter. He worked out for the Pacers last week after playing in Europe last season. Rush, who scored a career-high 35 points against the Pacers in November 2005, spent five seasons in the league before being released by Charlotte with nine games left in the 2005-06 season because of his work ethic. 他們對Kareem Rush有興趣，這個身涯35%的三分球命中率的射手，在結束歐洲的球季之後，在上禮拜接受了溜馬的測試，Rush的身涯單場最高得分35分就是對上溜馬，他在NBA打滾了五個球季最後因為努力的問題被山貓炒掉 The Bobcats released a statement at the time about Rush's release, saying: "The Bobcats are about two things -- hard work and maximum effort. With that in mind, we think that it is best to go in a different direction with Kareem." 在山貓開除Rush的原因說明中提到，山貓在乎兩件事：用功和最大的努力，因此我們認為該是Kareem轉換跑道的時候 Bird and O'Brien have said they want players who will practice and play hard. The Pacers likely won't have to spend a lot to sign Rush. 大鳥和道長說過他們要的球員是會努力的練習，所以溜馬可能不會花大錢簽Rush Another possibility is Jason Kapono of the Miami Heat. The unrestricted free agent led the league in 3-point shooting (51.4 percent) last season. 另一個射手的選擇是熱火隊的不受限自由球員Jason Kapono，上個球季三分球命中率51.4%勇冠全聯盟 Kapono only made $1.2 million, and there's a sense the Heat don't plan to get into a bidding war over a one-dimensional offensive player who doesn't defend well. Kapono去年只領1.2M的薪水，而且據傳熱火隊不會參與爭奪這位只會單元進攻而防守實力不怎樣的球員 Earl Boykins, Steve Blake and Chucky Atkins are a few point guards that will be available. Veteran Tony Delk, who didn't play in the league last season, also worked out for the Pacers. Earl Boykins, Steve Blake和Chucky Atkins是一些一號位置替補的選擇，去年沒打NBA的老江湖Tony Delk也參予了溜馬的試訓 The team's biggest issue, however, is O'Neal's future. 然而，溜馬最大的問題還是在小歐的未來 The Pacers have had numerous discussions with teams, including the Los Angeles Lakers and New Jersey Nets, but no deal appears imminent. The Pacers are interested in acquiring Lamar Odom and Andrew Bynum from Los Angeles, but Lakers officials are reluctant to give away both for O'Neal. 溜馬和許多球隊包括了湖人、籃網做了許多討論，但都沒有相當的共識，溜馬對湖人的Odom和Bynum都很感興趣，但湖人不想同時送出這兩位以換取小歐 "We're going to look this summer to maybe do something," Bird said. "If we get the right deal to make us better (we'll do it). If not, we'll come back with what we have." "我們將在這暑假好好觀察決定是否改變"大鳥說，"如果我們能進行正確而又讓我們更好的交易我們會做，如果不行，我們還是會保留原狀" -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 220.137.104.250