[情報] Challenges and decisions to come

看板Rockets (休士頓火箭)作者Hotshoot (5ive)時間19年前 (2007/01/17 14:23)推噓7(7推 0噓 4→)

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January 15, 2007 Challenges and decisions to come First, let's get this out of the way. Whatever happens with the Rockets the next two games, whether they beat the Suns or Mavericks or both, or if they lose to one or both, keep it in perspective. Either way, it won't prove greatness or incompetence, or at least it won't prove any more than we already know. And it will mean nothing in April and May. The Rockets are a good team, playing with the league's best center laid up. Even if the Rockets beat one or both of those teams, it won't mean the Rockets are better. You earn that over time. You prove it in the postseason. The Mavericks and Suns are the best teams in the NBA. The Rockets would love to earn a place in the conversation. With that out of the way, the question becomes how the Rockets' success these past few weeks should influence what they do next. Do they seek backcourt help? Do they get a big to help Dikembe Mutombo for the next six weeks or so with Yao Ming still out? Do they stand pat, figuring that they are pretty good without Yao, better with him, and can add Bonzi Wells any day? It's not as easy, as someone suggested the other day, to add T.J. Ford or Jason Kidd. Good ideas. Not going to happen. You are talking about small changes. Sometimes teams get Rasheed Wallace and it sends everything headed toward a championship. Usually though, good teams get help, not a makeover. And the Rockets have great chemistry going. That's worth protecting, too. But now that they have won nine of 10, enough to believe that the loss of Yao need not wreck the season, what do they do? No fantasies. You don't get off that easy. Would you cherry pick Kelvin Cato from the Knicks roster? Chase a Nazr Mohammed and a contract you want absolutely no part of ($18 million in the three seasons after this)? Would you pick up a serviceable, but nothing special point guard to serve as Rafer insurance? To me, this team is good enough to warrant a move. I'm not talking about the great trade, terrific addition that anyone can endorse. Of course you would do that. I'm talking about those small, but significant tweaks that the Rockets' recent run has earned. To me, you don't commit to a six-week-only, stop-gap center. That's what the D-League is for. But if you can get a four-five you actually might like on a team with a healthy Yao, that would be help for Dikembe while Yao is out. As for the veteran guard, not now. Next month, maybe. But let's check out John Lucas a bit longer. ‧ ‧ ‧ All that said, it is going to be pretty good to see the Rockets measure their recent success against the NBA's best. I know I've been insisting that all wins are good wins, or at least, any bad team can play well sometimes. You see "bad" teams shock good teams all the time. But in the course of the next eight days, the Rockets play the Mavericks and Suns in this week's Tuesday-Wednesday back-to-back and then see the Spurs next week. Especially lately, the Rockets have played just well enough to be there in the end and find a way to win. They lost in overtime in Minnesota, won in overtime in Sacramento, came up big in the closing minutes in Chicago and Denver. They have a very long way to go before Yao comes back (though eventually, they might actually play more than one home game every week or so.) It will be interesting to see if playing the best brings out the best in the Rockets. ‧ ‧ ‧ As I sit here between the Suns-Grizzlies and the Lakers-Heat games, and yes, one of the crack Chronicle editors, Keith Kuepfert, thought I was nuts for watching games between games, I'm starting to wonder about myself. It's not about watching the game. Like many of you, I can't get enough. I'm just wondering when I will no longer laugh when the waitress says to Dwyane Wade, "Is this your dad?' By the way, as Jason Kapono hits jumpers for the Heat, I can't help but wonder if the Rockets might want to bring Casey Jacobsen back at some point. Kirk Snyder is healthy, but rarely playing. Steve Novak remains just on the outside of the rotation. Who knows how well Bonzi Wells will fit? As much as we talk about point guards and big men, a designated gunner might fit the way we all thought in October. Posted by Jonathan Feigen at January 15, 2007 09:19 PM 大意不管火箭打贏太陽或是小牛甚至兩場皆勝還是這兩場輸了一場或全輸無論結果如何都不會證明火箭的偉大或是無能至少不會證明比我們所知還更多的東西而且其結果對四月和五月而言是沒意義的就算火箭打贏其中一支甚至兩支隊伍也不會證明火箭比較強問題的癥結在於: 火箭過去幾週的勝利方程式會怎樣影響他們接下來要做的事? 他們會尋找後場支援嗎? 他們會找個大個子在接下來的六週姚明無法上場時幫助神木嗎? 他們會按兵不動認為他們沒有姚明時打的不錯有他會更好而且可以在任何一天擺進威爾斯嗎? 這沒有像前些日子某些人建議加入T.J. Ford 或 Jason Kidd這樣簡單這是好點子但是不可能會發生有時候球隊得到了Rasheed Wallace就可以一路前進到總冠軍但是通常而言好的球隊是尋求幫助而不是全盤重整更何況火箭隊現在有良好的化學效應這是相當值得被保護的但是現在火箭過去11場贏了9場已足夠讓人相信姚明的受傷不會毀了整個球季火箭該如何呢? 你會從尼克的球員名單中慎選出Kelvin Cato嗎? 或追逐回教人- 一份你不想碰觸的合約?(未來三季1800萬) 還是你會選一個有作用的但是並不突出的控球後衛當作私通的保險? 對我而言(Jonathan Feigen) 這支球隊好到足夠可以做個改變我說的不是超棒的交易那種每個人都會支持的新員我說的是那些小但是是火箭這一波所得到的顯著調整對我而言你不會找一個只待六禮拜停止斷層的中鋒這是發展聯盟的作用但是如果你可以找四五個你可能會喜愛的球員配上健康的姚明就會對沒有姚明時的神木有所幫助至於老後衛的加入時間不會是現在或許是下個月吧但是先讓我們檢視John Lucas久一點如我所說火箭能夠藉由著NBA最好的球隊們來衡量最近的成功會是件好事特別是在他們最近打的很不錯而且找到至勝的方法看火箭會不會愈強則強是件很有趣的事當Jason Kapono為熱火隊跳投得分我不禁想著火箭會不會在某些狀況下把Casey Jacobsen找回來 Kirk Snyder雖然健康但是很少上場 Steve Novak依然在輪替名單之外沒人知道Bonzi Wells會適應的多好在我們不斷談論控球後衛和大個子的同時一個我們在10月都想到定點射手會許可以融入球隊這篇講的滿中肯的給各位做個參考 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 218.160.60.221