[外電] For next year, Pacers need some nastiness

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http://www.indystar.com/article/20090412/SPORTS15/904120373/1088/SPORTS04 For next year, Pacers need some nastiness By Bob Kravitz 下一季，溜馬需要髒一點。 You have questions about the Indiana Pacers' direction this offseason. We have answers. Where do the Pacers look in the NBA draft? Let's assume they aren't going to make any lottery magic, although they've certainly been due since the Patrick Ewing draft. Their biggest need -- and stop me when this gets too obvious -- is at the power forward spot. Not that Troy Murphy hasn't had a tremendous season, but the Pacers need a big, long, disagreeable human being who will guard the paint like fine china. Think in terms of a younger Jeff Foster, but with much better low-post skills. Murphy is offensively tailor-made for Jim O'Brien's system, but Murphy and Roy Hibbert together are a slow-footed defensive nightmare. "We need an athletic big who has a little bit of nastiness offensively and game against the Detroit Pistons. "That would be our top priority.'' Of course, there aren't a lot of those kinds of players in this draft. Blake Griffin surely will go first. Then there are names like Arizona's Jordan Hill, Kentucky's Patrick Patterson and my early favorite, Pitt's DeJuan Blair. "We could try to get that player in a number of ways,'' O'Brien said. "We've got a little bit of money to work with. There are trade possibilities. The problem is, if it's a rookie, it's a rookie. To ask a rookie to be that tough, nasty hombre inside, that's a lot to ask.'' 溜馬得找個敢做髒活的年輕人為佛爺接班鎮守禁區，但還要附帶點低位進攻能力。強力前鋒會是溜馬在選秀會上關切的頭號位置(偏偏今年又有點缺)畢竟大鼻子和Roy 的太極步法實在是防守的惡夢。 Bob-K點出了上面四位年輕的PF，當中他最愛的是Blair。歐比道長(是因為這樣才有太極步嗎？)卻擔心要個新人做髒活這樣的要求過高。 If the power forward the Pacers want isn't available when they pick, they won't hesitate to jump on the point guard of the future. How does Ty Lawson of North Carolina sound? Or Memphis' Tyreke Evans? Just because the Pacers have T.J. Ford returning and are likely to re-sign restricted free agent Jarrett Jack doesn't mean they won't grab a point guard who can take them beyond sub-.500 purgatory in the future. "Absolutely, point guard would be the other area we would take a strong look at,'' O'Brien said. "If you could find somebody who, in three years, could be a starter on a team that contends in the Eastern Conference, then you go for it.'' 球隊並不排斥再選個控衛進來(各位觀眾....五隻披居！！！)，如果能在三年內幫助球隊晉升為東區強權的話…… Speaking of point guards . . . who's the Pacers' point guard next season? Good question. My sense is, in O'Brien's perfect world, Ford rebounds from his late-season demotion to the bench and wins back the starting job next fall. That gives the coach the option of using Jack as a backup at both the point and the two-guard spots, or even lets him use the two together in smaller lineups. Ford hasn't exactly been a total disappointment, but he hasn't been a revelation, either. He still pounds the ball too much, still gets stuck in the lane too often with no place to go. Either way, the Pacers are in a far better place than they were a year ago. Last year, they had nobody at the point; next year, they might have two solid pros competing for the spot. Bob-K認為福特車在本季尾段的表現有可能讓他在下個球季重新從先發控衛出發，不過TJ的持球時間依然過長、而且常會切的太深。但，比起上個球季一個先發級控衛都沒有，明年至少有兩個不差的選擇。 So who will be playing his last game as a Pacer on Wednesday night? No surprises. Rasho Nesterovic was brought here for his expiring, $8.4 million contract. He's a goner. Marquis Daniels, who is too injury-prone, will not be retained after making $6.8 this past season. Eddie Jones' $2 million comes off the cap. And the Pacers will get some cash and cap relief the longer Mike Dunleavy remains out of commission, once the insurance payoff kicks in. If you include Jamaal Tinsley's $7.2 million and the rookie contracts, it's safe to figure the Pacers will have about $8 to $10 million and change to use during the offseason. It's not a ton of money, and the Pacers figure to spend some of it to keep Jack, but it's more than they've had in recent years when they were chained to Jermaine O'Neal's deal. (If you hear whimpering, that's Larry Bird, still crying about the Tinsley-to-Orlando deal that blew up 10 minutes short of the trade deadline.) "We're going to have more flexibility than we've had in a long time,'' said Pacers general manager David Morway. 由於暑假成功的把嘴砲小歐交易掉，溜馬還能在今年的休賽期挪出八百萬至一千萬的錢(而不是薪資空間)來改變球隊，包括和Jack續約。不多，但是對長遠的運作講算很有彈性的。如果聽到有人在哀嚎，那是大鳥，為他交易截止日前十分鐘送走丁丁計畫失敗痛哭 That's the good news. The bad news is, they're still going to carry around $16 million in dead money on their payroll. That's $7.2 million on Tinsley and $9.7 million on Dunleavy, who won't be back any time soon. There's no margin for error in the draft or when signing free agents, not now. The bottom line is, if the Pacers are going to take that next step, Bird has to hit some home runs. No more Shawne Williams drafts on his watch. (Anybody know what's happened to Stanko Barac?) 溜馬真正的考驗即將開始，因為丁丁和小鄧兩個傷兵卡死了一千六百萬，球隊沒有限度能夠忍受在選秀和自由市場上的錯誤，這裡說的就是大鳥。 How far away are the Pacers from making the playoffs? Not far at all. Especially not in the East, where sub-.500 will get you to the postseason. 溜馬離季後賽不會太遠，畢竟在東區進擠前八勝率未必要達五成。 How far away are the Pacers from being real contenders? Three years, minimum. And maybe longer given the contracts of Dunleavy and Tinsley. Bird still has one of the toughest rebuilding jobs in the NBA. This won't be fixed any time soon. 但溜馬要重返東區列強就少說要三年，甚至因為丁丁和小鄧的肥約而更久。大鳥面臨著全聯盟最困難的重建工程，這不是短期就可達成的任務。 -- 就算有病，只要肯面對… 仍然可以有幸福 from《天生一對 2 become 1》 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 140.113.91.31

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