[外電] Mike Wells 的 Season Review

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from IndyStar: Pacers Insider 原文網址: http://blogs.indystar.com/pacersinsider/archives/2009/04/season_review.html April 18, 2009 Season review Posted by Mike Wells THE 'BURBS - Here's a look back at the season. 本季回顧。 Positives 好事 --You have to give credit to the Pacers front office for the job they did in cleaning house while also being able to acquire two rookie starters - Brandon Rush and Roy Hibbert - in the process. 必須稱讚溜馬高層幹得不錯：完成球隊大掃除，同時獲得兩個先發的新秀球員-Brandon Rush 和 Roy Hibbert 。 The challenge Larry Bird faces (besides not having much money to spend) is he has to continue to find talented players that won't bring any negative baggage with them. 大鳥面對的挑戰 (扣掉沒多少錢可花不提) 是在尋找有天賦，又不會帶來任何負面包袱的球員。 The Pacers can't afford to take steps back in the character department. 溜馬在球員人格這方面已經不能再走任何回頭路了。 What do you think about co-owner Herb Simon saying he's ready to give Bird a contract extension? 你對球隊老闆 Herb Simon 說他將給大鳥一份延長合約覺得如何呢？ --Drama free 沒戲可看 (場外) Some of you wondered why I wasn't giving you any negative dish inside the locker room. 你們之中也許有些人懷疑我為什麼不爆料爆些更衣室裡頭的負面消息。 The answer is simple: There wasn't any drama for the first time in several years. 答案很簡單：這是數年來首見，沒有任何負面消息。 The closest thing to any drama was the T.J. Ford-Jarrett Jack incident late last month. 最接近的，也許是上個月底 T.J Ford 和 Jarrett Jack 的事件。 That situation was over before the team landed in Charlotte for its game against the Bobcats the next night. 但那個狀況在隔天晚上，球隊抵達夏洛特迎戰山貓的時候早就已經結束了。 I'm not saying the Pacers have the type of bond the Cleveland Cavaliers have, but they've got a group of players that actually like each other for the most part. 我的意思不是說溜馬有著像克里夫蘭皇家騎士團堅如鐵的三信心，但溜馬的球員們確實喜歡彼此。 --Fan support 球迷的支持 All it took was some changes - and cheap ticket prices - for the fans to start coming back to Conseco. 把球迷找回 Conseco，需要的只是一些改變 - 好吧，還有便宜的票價。 The boos that were once directed at the home team were saved for players like Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O'Neal. There was a playoff-type atmosphere at times at the fieldhouse during the season. 對主場球隊的噓聲，現在保留給像醜臉和小歐的球員。在正規賽季中，球館裡的氣氛有時候像是季後賽一樣。 --B-Rush I remember a Pacers official telling me Brandon Rush would be the next $60-million player the day after Danny Granger signed his extension last fall. 我還記得一位溜馬高層告訴我，Brandon Rush 將是繼 Danny Granger 去年秋天之後，下一位值得六千萬合約的球員。 Rush didn't look like it when his confidence was on a roller coaster ride in December and January. 從去年十二月到今年一月，當 Rush 的自信像雲霄飛車一樣的時候，他看起來一點也沒那個樣子。 Rush went from possibly being sent to the D-League in late January to looking like he'll be the starting shooting guard for years to come. Rush 從一月底一副要被下放 D-league的模樣，成長到現在已經預約了明年先發 SG 的位置。 He made things look easy at the end the season. It got to the point that you thought all his shots were going in. 季末的他看起來作任何事都很輕鬆。看起來他的投籃就是一副會進的樣子。 --Danny Granger Granger provided plenty of excitement. Granger 帶來了無數的驚奇。 The one thing people constantly told me was that he put up great numbers on a team with a losing record. 人們總是反覆提醒我一件事：他的數據是在一支輸球球隊裡得到的。 True, but, he did it with defenses keying in on him and he also had big games against teams like the Lakers, Cleveland, New Orleans and Detroit. 沒錯，但是，那代表著他是在敵方的嚴加看管下辦到的，而且他在對陣湖人、騎士、黃蜂，和活塞這樣的球隊中一樣有著關鍵演出。 Granger needs to focus on playing defense again. Granger 需要再度致力於防守。 One Eastern Conference scout said, "Granger can put the ball in the basket, but he doesn't get down in a defensive stance anymore. He use to want to play defense in his first few years." 一個東區的球探說：「Granger 能把球弄進籃框，但他失去了防守的態度。在生涯頭幾年他是肯拼防守的。」 --Troy Murphy Murphy would have been the team's MVP if not for Granger. Murphy 是 Granger 之外這隻球隊的 MVP。 He set the team's single-season record for double-doubles and total rebounds. He also made 45 percent of his 3-point attempts. 他創下了球隊單季雙十場次以及總籃板數的紀錄。他在三分線外也有 45% 的高命中率。 Murphy's not a great defender. Bird and coach Jim O'Brien want him to take more charges. Murphy 不是個好的防守者。大鳥和教頭 Jim O'Brien 希望他承受多一點的衝撞。 Negatives 壞事 --Defense 防守 The Pacers talked about being a better defensive team after O'Brien tweaked his schemes last summer. 從去年夏天 O'Brien 改變他的計畫開始，溜馬就一直說要變成更好的防守球隊。 It may be hard to believe, but they took steps back defensively. 難以置信的，但他們在防守上居然還能變得更爛。 The Pacers gave up 106.2 points a game and opponents shot 45.8 percent from the field, which rank 26th and 16th in the league, respectively. 溜馬平均每場丟掉 106.2 分，讓對手有 45.8% 命中率，分別在聯盟排第 26 和 16 名。 It's not like the Pacers didn't spend time in practice working on defense. I was told they spent "70 percent of the time on defense and 30 percent of the time on offense" in practice. 看起來似乎也不是因為溜馬沒有花時間練習防守的關係。他們告訴我他們練球時花「70% 時間在防守，30% 時間在進攻」。 They need an intimidating force in the paint, the type of player that will have opponents thinking twice before attacking the basket. 他們需要一個在禁區能造成威脅的大個子，讓對手在進攻籃框時會猶豫的球員。 --Blew the lottery pick 搞丟樂透籤 I'm still baffled at why the Pacers wanted to win their last game of the season. It's not like they needed the game for better playoff seeding. 我還是不懂為什麼溜馬要贏球季最後一場比賽。又不是需要這場比賽來爭取季後賽席位。 They blew their chance to get the No. 10 pick in the draft. They'll likely have the No. 13 pick now. 他們搞砸了選秀會上拿到第 10 順位的機會。現在看來他們最可能拿到第 13 順位。 The Bucks probably weren't too upset about blowing their 17-point lead. 公鹿似乎也不太在意輸了這場領先 17 分的比賽。 --Low-post scoring 低位得分 Hibbert's goal is to be the Pacers' low-post scoring threat. He may never dominate in the post, but he can give them 12-14 points a game once he gets a move he can turn to and stop looking like a giraffe doing yoga in the post as Bob Kravitz put it. Hibbert 的目標是成為溜馬的低位得分威脅。他也許永遠無法達到統治禁區的程度，但他還是可以貢獻每場 12-14 分的得分，只要他能完成他轉身、禁區停球的動作，Bob-K 形容為長頸鹿在作瑜伽。 If not Hibbert, the Pacers have to find a player through a trade or on the free agent market they can dump the ball to and get an easy basket. 如果答案不是 Hibbert，那麼溜馬得透過交易或自由球員獲得這樣的球員：把球塞給他，然後輕鬆拿兩分。 Give me your likes and dislikes about the season. Etc. Do you think O'Brien should get an extension before the season starts, should he have to play out the season or should they see how things go during the first part of the season before deciding? 其他你認為 O'Brien 在下個球季開始前應該獲得一份續約嗎？你認為他應該做完下個球季，還是看看下個球季前半表現如何再做決定？ -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 218.170.171.63

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