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※ 引述《RonnieBrewer (Reverse Layup)》之銘言：快速翻譯 : Previewing the Jazz: What does ‘improvement’ mean? 季前對爵士的審視:"進步"的意義是什麼? : By Steve Weinman | October 20th, 2007 : Utah Jazz : Last year's record: 51-31 : Key losses: Derek Fisher : Key additions: Jason Hart, Ronnie Price, Morris Almond 去年51勝31負失去了漁夫.得到了哈傑森普朗尼阿摸利斯 : 1. What significant moves were made during the off-season? 球季結束後有什麼重大的變動? : From the standpoint of transactions, it is hard to imagine an off-season that : could have been more eventful than the summer of '07 in Utah. As a result of : continuing issues with the health of young daughter Tatum, Derek Fisher was : able to have his contract voided and subsequently took his services back to : Los Angeles. On a largely young team, Fisher provided immeasurable veteran : leadership down the stretch, and his return to the floor in the midst of Game : 2 of the semifinals against Golden State was nothing short of chilling. : He will most certainly be missed. 漁夫為這支年輕的球隊提供了寶貴的經驗特別是季後賽對勇士第二場直接回來比賽然而他畢竟是走了 : Hart, signed from the Clippers, is a six-year veteran who will be serviceable : as a backup to franchise point guard Deron Williams. Price should provide : some energy and the occasional highlight reel dunk coming off the bench. : Almond, a first-round pick who lit it up at Rice last year (26.4 points per : game on 48.3 percent shooting) could provide some instant offense off the : bench. All the same, none of these acquisitions are deal-breakers. The core : of this team - Fisher excepted - remains nearly a mirror image of what it was : at the conclusion of last season. 雖然簽了一堆人還有新秀但是基本上這支隊伍跟去年沒變多少 : 2. What are the team's biggest strengths? 這支球隊最大的優勢是什麼? : Above all, this team's strength lies in coaching and preparation. Simply put, : Jerry Sloan gets it. A throwback to an older school of ball, Sloan's teams : are almost always scrappy teams that come to play and play hard each and every : night. The Jazz play smart basketball and don't back down from anyone. In many : ways, the Jazz teams of Sloan's tenure have been modeled after his style as a : player, a style that has been very successful. He consistently gets more from : his players than is expected, and he will continue to do so. 基本上這支隊伍的優勢就是教皇無論是賽前準備或是教皇的體系 : Beyond that, one would be remiss to omit the fact that this unit also has one : of if not the best young point guard-big man combination in all of basketball. : As the whole NBA community witnessed during the playoffs, Carlos Boozer is a : monster all over the floor. Quick but tough, he can score inside and out, and : he isn't afraid to bang with anyone. The fact is that he spent the playoffs : increasing his production beyond his season averages of 20.9 points and 11.7 : boards per game. The boy can play. So can Deron Williams, who emerged as on : the road to becoming a full-fledged star throughout the postseason. We won't : get too crazy with lofty comparisons here yet, but it's safe to say that the : days of unstoppably successful pick-and-rolls in Salt Lake City aren't over. 除此之外布卡洛斯以及威蝶龍都證明了他們是好球員跟其他人相比也不遜色 : 3. What are the team's biggest weaknesses? 這支球隊的最大弱點是什麼? : The overriding issue right now is chemistry. Basketball fans across the : country are now for the most part acutely aware of this, as the Andrei : Kirilenko saga finally hit the fan nationally towards the end of the summer. : Less than two years ago, this guy was being hailed as a perennial MVP : candidate if he could stay healthy. Now, he is the fourth option on this : team, and, more significantly, he is the disgruntled man who could hold the : linchpin to this group's ability to cross the border between good and great. : If Kirilenko is interested, he can be a force at both ends of the floor, : particularly on the defensive end, where he has the quickness to play good : perimeter defense, the size to play inside and the length to block and alter : shots everywhere. This is where Jerry Sloan will be tested more than ever : this year, as it will fall largely into his hands to forge a truce between : AK47 and the organization. 目前最大的問題是化學效應 (按:化學效應基本上是嘴砲...) 眾所皆知科安卓暑假對外放話的事情教皇今年的重點是要讓他能夠融入團隊 : Depth - or lack thereof - is also an area meriting wariness with this Utah : squad. Matt Harpring remains a solid reserve, but questions abound after that. : It is this writer's contention that reserve power forward Paul Millsap is : primed for a breakout second year as he sees more time on the floor. However, : with Derek Fisher gone, guards Gordon Giricek and Ronnie Brewer will both be : asked to play bigger roles than they did last year, and newcomer Jason Hart : will need to contribute as well. This team didn't get a ton out of the two : incumbents last season, and how much Hart has to give remains to be seen. : This bench will come under plenty of scrutiny this year, and it is hard at : this point to levy a verdict on just how well it will hold up. As such, it : remains a weakness until proven otherwise. 這支球隊的板凳能否發揮去年的績效有待觀察同時吉格登和布朗尼需要頂上漁夫離隊後的位置 : 4. What are the goals for this team? 這支球隊的目標是什麼? : This is tough: The team comes off a trip to the Conference Finals in the NBA's : clearly superior Western Conference and an off-season fairly devoid of much : player turnover. As such, the goal should probably be the logical next step, : which is a trip to the Finals, and, as the West's representative, a victory. : When one simply looks on paper at 51 wins and a loss in the penultimate round : of the playoffs, there isn't really another option. 毫無疑問的去年已經打進西區決賽今年就是進軍總冠軍雖然這並不容易 : However, the fact of the matter was that last season's circumstances were : extenuating in many regards. Although this was a very good team, the Jazz : still benefited enormously from the facts that the top-seeded Mavericks got : dumped in the first round and that Phoenix and San Antonio - truly the two : best teams in the conference - faced off the in the semis. Further, Utah was : able to cruise for most of the year playing in a division with three teams : (Portland, Minnesota and Seattle) who each lost 50-plus games. Denver, Utah's : best divisional competition, didn't bring in Allen Iverson until late December : and also lost Carmelo Anthony for 15 games due to his role in the brawl with : the Knicks at Madison Square Garden. With that roster together all year, the : Nuggets will be primed to make a much more serious run at the division. : The point here is that the likelihood is that the road will be much tougher : for the Jazz this year. So while the team should benefit from having a year : under the belt together, if the competition rises proportionally, it is hard : to realistically up the expectation. As such, the goal for the Jazz should : be another division crown followed by another trip to the Western Conference : Finals; in other words, a replication of last season's success. As odd as : that sounds, reaching that same level of success this year will demonstrate : more about this team as a long-run contender than it did last year. If they : can do it, it will represent an improvement. (這段基本上都在馬後炮...看一半就懶得看(#‵′)凸) 總之說的是去年爵士的運氣很好分區中只有金塊有競爭力而且金塊之前還沒找來AI 以及季後賽第一種子被做掉...真正最好的兩隻隊伍馬刺太陽又先碰頭等等 : 5. Well then, will they do it? Or if not, what will they do? 那麼,他們作得到嗎?如果做不到,他們又能做到什麼? : The Jazz will win the division again. The Nuggets will be a driving force in : the division, and last year's lower-tier conference teams such as Seattle, : Portland, Memphis and New Orleans will be much more competitive, making the : schedule tougher as a whole. However, Utah is still the best team top to : bottom in this division, and the Jazz easily have the best coach. Denver's : sheer dumbness (read: Melo and, at times, AI) will do in the Nuggets in the : long run, and none of the other Northwest teams will make a serious run : beyond that. 爵士會再次贏得分區冠軍 : It is how far the Jazz will be able to go beyond another division crown that : remains to be seen. At this point, one would be hard-pressed to say that San : Antonio and Phoenix aren't better, given that they are. For all their playoff : failures, the Mavs are likely to have another stellar season, and the Rockets : could get a real boost under new coach Rick Adelman. Of those four teams and : the Jazz, at least one won't make it to the second round of the playoffs. It : won't be the Jazz, who will survive the first round but also won't make it to : the conference's final two either. 爵士在季後賽能走多遠有待注意馬刺太陽小牛三強以及將大爆發的火箭加上爵士至少有一隊不會進第二輪那將不會是爵士但是爵士也就到此為止不會進西區冠軍戰 : Predicted Record: 48-34 預測成績:48勝34負 : http://mvn.com/nba-takingittotherack/2007/10/20/ : previewing-the-jazz-what-does-improvement-mean/ -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 203.73.158.133