好久沒聯絡的 Jim Beseda

[Price (Price)]

前兩天寫了封信給 Jim Beseda ，還好他沒忘記我，我問了
一些關於新球季陣容的問題，剛收到回信，先貼上來，會儘
快翻成中文，若有版友願意代勞，請推文告知，不必客氣，
謝謝!

Price: No, the Blazers aren't looking to trade Shareef. I think
they want to keep their options open, especially with Zach coming
up on free agency at the end of this season.

Right now, if the Blazers wanted to trade Zach and keep Shareef,
they would only be able to trade Zach at the value of his current
contract, which is well below his market value. If they wait until
next summer, they can work a sign-and-trade deal, where they sign
him for what he's worth and trade for a player of similar value.
Or they could sign him and keep him, and then go ahead and trade
Shareef, or do work the same sign-and-trade scenario with him.

Shareef has been one of Portland's best players during the exhibition
season, and I'm guessing that he will start at small forward and
that Darius will come off the bench. That is the way Cheeks has
been working them so far, and I suspect he will continue to use
them that way. Some people have suggested that maybe Shareef should
start at power forward and Darius start at small forward with Zach
coming off the bench, but that's never going to happen. Zach will
always be the starting power forward.

So, your starters will be Randolph, Abdur-Rahim, Ratliff, Anderson
and Stoudamire. The primary reserves are Miles, Pryzbilla, Frahm
and Van Exel, and then Patterson, Outlaw and Telfair will be used
as needed. Stepania probably will start the season on the injured
list, and I think the Blazers will have to put Khryapa on the injured
list, too. That's 14 players.

My guess is that the team will leave Woods on the suspended list
and that eventually he will be waived. I'm also guessing that the
Blazers will cut Geno Carlisle before the start of the regular season,
although they might have room for him if they cut Woods before next
Wednesday.

The Blazers are improved, but I don't know if they have kept pace with
some of the teams around them, such as Denver, Phoenix, Houston and
Utah. Those teams look better, too. I think Minnesota, San Antonio,
Sacramento are locks to make the playoffs, followed by Dallas, Denver,
Houston and the Lakers. I could be wrong about the Lakers, who may
have fallen more than I suspect after losing Shaq, but my guess is
that there are four teams -- Balzers, Grizzlies, Jazz and Suns --
that will be in a close battle for that last spot. I'm not giving
Seattle, Golden State or the LA Clippers little chance of reaching
the playoffs.

Anyway, thanks for the message. Talk to you again soon, I'm sure.

Cheers,

Jim
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希望這個球季一直能跟他保持聯絡，上次真是虎頭蛇尾 >"<

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