[外電] Rockets see tall glass half-full

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Rockets see tall glass half-full Yao’s return helps alleviate not getting Bosh By JONATHAN FEIGEN Copyright 2010 Houston Chronicle July 7, 2010, 10:58PM http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/7098173.html 自翻 Rockets guard Aaron Brooks stopped by the Rockets’ summer league practice, got the word that free agent Chris Bosh had decided to join Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat and played his trump card. 小AB聽到Bosh的消息之後停下了腳步. “I think we made the biggest acquisition (by) getting Yao (Ming) back,” Brooks said. “We’ve got to be happy with that. That put us over the hump right there. This team is definitely a playoff team with Yao.” The Rockets had hoped, however, to be more than a playoff team with Yao and Bosh. "我想我們最大的成就是把姚明簽回來."一哥說. "大家都很高興. 有姚明在我們肯定是一支季後賽的勁旅." 不過火箭隊曾經期待的是有Bosh與姚明連線的夢想. With Wednesday’s news, they instead were thankful that they did not go all in for Bosh by gutting their roster to create salary cap space for him as some other teams did. There is no doubt, however, that they went all-out to get Bosh and came up short, and still would like to add a center to help out while Yao’s minutes are limited. 聽到禮拜三的消息之後, 火箭隊也有點慶幸並沒有拿一堆球員去交易來Bosh. 如果真的交易來Bosh, 肯定會破壞現在陣容的完整性. 就算Bosh來了, 姚明的替補還是一個問題. “It’s not a big shock or anything,” Rockets assistant coach Elston Turner said. “He was a guy that was on our list and would fit well in our program, but he’ll be fine down there. We have to move on. “We have (a Plan B,) and a C and a D.” "不意外."助理教練Turner說. "他是我們的目標之一, 不過事情已經發生了. 我們不是天龍特攻隊, 我們還有B計畫, C計畫, 甚至D計畫." General manager Daryl Morey, vice president of player personnel Gersson Rosas and Turner would not detail the planned — or even desired — next step. 老大們不肯透露接下來的計畫是什麼. They have shown genuine interest in center Brad Miller, who played for Rockets coach Rick Adelman in Sacramento and has visited with Rockets coaches before and after every game and at summer leagues since. Miller, however, is expected to have suitors that have a greater need (and larger contract offers) than a team with Yao in place. 大家對Brad Miller產生濃厚的興趣, 就像老鼠愛大米, 不過看起來他想要的是一筆豐厚的合約, 有姚明在的球隊對他來說似乎吸引力不是太大. David Lee is expected to complete a deal with another team. Brendan Haywood might be the best true center available, but is not interested in becoming a backup. Shaquille O’Neal is also unlikely to settle for something strictly off the bench. 李大衛已經跟別支球隊完成合約了. Haywood是個正格的中鋒, 不過他肯定不想只是當姚明的替補. O'neal也不會只是想乖乖坐在板凳. Search for next Mutombo 老木的老木 After that, the list of free-agent centers moves to players suited to more limited roles, from veterans Jermaine O’Neal, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Joe Smith, Johan Petro, DJ Mbenga, Josh Powell, Sean Marks, Rasho Nesterovic, Etan Thomas and Fabricio Oberto, to younger prospects such as Earl Barron and Ian Mahinmi. (上列的清單是FA裡面的中鋒位置) Ideally, the Rockets would like to add someone to play the Dikembe Mutombo role: a defensive-minded true center willing to accept a role behind Yao. But after the stunningly large contracts received by Drew Gooden, Darko Milicic, Amir Johnson and Hakim Warrick, they are expected to let the market settle before diving back in. 基本上火箭隊在尋求下一個Mutombo. 一個防守為主的中鋒, 而且願意輔佐姚明. 不過在看了市面上這些大合同之後, 火箭隊還是先靜觀其變. “We feel good to know we have a strong team with assets to continue to try to improve the team with a free agent or the trade route, in addition to improvements within our own team,” Rosas said. “We have Yao Ming returning. You’ll see us more proactively looking at the Luis Scola and Kyle Lowry situations. They are a big part of what we plan this season, along with the young guys. "我們已經是一支不錯的隊伍, 我們還會繼續試著交易或是簽下FA來向上提升"Rosas說. "姚明回來了, Scola與Lowry也都會繼續努力, 他們都是我們重要的拼圖." “Our focus is to bring in quality players we value. There is a need for that type of player on our roster. We’re not going to bring in a big guy just because he’s big. We’ll look for players we value for their talent and we think is priced appropriately. There are options on our team. After summer is said and done, how will Jordan Hill fill that role for us? How does that compare to the options? We will not sign a guy just for the sake of signing a guy.” "我們的想法是寧缺勿濫. 我們可不會簽下一個徒有身高的球員. 我們在找尋的是一個真正有實力有天賦的球員. 我們不想只是為了簽球員而隨便濫竽充數." ‘Keep plugging away’ The Rockets have their mid-level exception (worth $5.765 million in the first season with next season’s salary cap set at $58 million, a higher number than projected.). They also have a $3 million trade exception. They do not, however, have a shot at Bosh anymore, or the next clear step. “We have to keep plugging away,” Turner said. “You don’t get somebody it doesn’t phase you. We as coaches have been through it. We make the best use of the guys who are able to suit up, just like we did this season. It’s a downer you don’t get somebody you’re really looking forward to, but you have to push on. If we start the season with what we ended up with plus Yao, we should be a bit better. “There’s still good free agents out there. We’re going to do what we can.” (新資部分懶的翻@@ 有興趣的自己看一下) 對於Bosh的追求算是失敗了. "我們還是會繼續前進"Turner說. "這種事情是倆情相悅的, 免強不來. 如果姚明能夠完整打完賽季, 我相信戰績就會很不錯." "市面上還是有一些不錯的自由球員, 我們會盡力而為." -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 112.78.66.224

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