[外電] NBA Draft Lottery reaction

[Royster (輕飄飄的舊時光)]

http://blog.oregonlive.com/blazers/2008/05/nba_draft_lottery_reaction.html

Drink it in Blazers fans. I hope you were all able to watch yesterday's NBA
Draft Lottery and enjoy it, for the last time. Because after yesterday, there
will be no more visits to the lottery for the Portland Trail Blazers.

Portland has built a contender with successful drafts the past two years. Now
it's time to let those ingredients grow and mature together, while mixing in
some minor tweaking and a vet here or there. While the Blazers may or may not
use their No. 13 pick in this year's draft, Portland will still add at least
one (hopefully two) impact pick (Greg Oden) from last year's draft. That's
better than any selection Kevin Pritchard could make next month.

And though the Blazers ended up with their most probable pick (13), they were
digits away from nearly shocking the league two years in a row:

The Trail Blazers came this close to receiving another jolt of odds-defying
lottery luck Tuesday.
The winning combination of pingpong balls that surprisingly delivered the
Chicago Bulls the No. 1 pick in this summer's NBA draft were 11-9-13-7. One
of the Blazers' six combinations was 11-9-13 . . . and 12.

"I was trying to do everything I did last year," Blazers general manager
Kevin Pritchard said. "I tried Jedi mind tricks on the balls, everything.
Unfortunately, it doesn't work."


Unbelievably close. As Joe Freeman writes, conventional logic would show the
next ingredient to this sizzling Blazers stew would be experience rather than
youth. But Pritchard isn't looking past the draft options:

Pritchard said Tuesday there are two areas where the Blazers need improvement
to contend for the playoffs next season: athleticism/speed in the backcourt
and shooting. Those holes can be plugged in this year's draft, Pritchard
said, adding that an "impact player" will be available at No. 13 and the
Blazers already have a list of "seven or eight" possibilities.
It is not unheard of for future All-Stars to be selected at or near pick No.
13. Kobe Bryant (1996) and Karl Malone (1985) were No. 13 picks who blossomed
into All-Stars, and one of the best players in Blazers history, Clyde
Drexler, was the No. 14 pick in 1983.

這篇文章幾個值得一講的點稍微提一下:
(1)這次公牛拿到狀元籤的球號組合是11-9-13-7，而拓荒者的六個組合中有一個是
   11-9-13-12，真是一個"不可思議地接近"的殘念
(2)拓荒者現今已完成重建的雛形，他們不再需要"年輕-潛力"，而是"經驗"。
(3)Pritchard認為下一季打進季後賽所需做的改善有二:
   a.後場必須更具充沛能力與速度
   b.投射(shooting)
(4)Pritchard說"假設在13順位可以選到有衝擊力的球員，那我們利用這個選秀權，
               可以做的事情有7~8種可能!!

(5)Kobe與Malone分別是1996與1985的13順位，而滑翔翼崔斯勒則是1983的14順位
   所以不用對13順位太悲觀XD


   當然也有球迷對13順位是悲觀的，希望能夠交易出去，找些即戰力加入。
   不過這邊有趣的是第4點，似乎暗示著Pritchard今夏會有大動作!!









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推 jessieptb:關於第四點﹐我的理解是13號簽能選的人有7-8個﹐好像不
→ jessieptb:是指交易。文字記錄在blazersedge和blazerbanter上都是
→ jessieptb:指選秀人選。
推 Rostow:我看原文看到的也是和jessieptb一樣的意思:)
推 Rostow:對了我說的原文指的是blazersedge和blazerbanter XD
→ Rostow:其實以今年選秀的素質在13順位左右可以選到很好的人選
推 Rostow:如果不強求一定要PG的話選擇還滿多的，尤其是SF和PF
推 YuuAoi:所以就把Frye或SF換個強點的PG回來吧!! 名單：Jose Hinrich
→ YuuAoi:Conley etc..這樣選秀就可以拿來回填坑 超音速的PG也要走人
推 h321123aa:能弄到Ridnour在好不過 本來順利的話他應該會有八百左右
→ h321123aa:被超音速弄成這樣大概中產有可能到手
推 AdamHmc:看到號碼真的是很殘念......
推 behind0416:雖然真的覺得很可惜! 不過前三組號碼是11-9-13這樣的
→ behind0416:組合其實還是有14組,所以其實有13組都只差最後一號!
→ behind0416:再推論前三組的情況,所有總共有13*4=52支籤都只和狀元
→ behind0416:差一號! 或許這樣想就比較不會覺得可惜了!   XD
推 YuuAoi:Ridnour的問題是看起來比Hinrich更不值得他的合約 誰敢賭??
→ tahikuro:Ridnour續約了 而且高於中產..