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這篇有點長 期末沒什麼時間翻 : (
看有沒有板友有時間的
簡單說一下大意 這篇就是在解說阿拓歷年選秀的挑選方向
而我們目前在球員名單裡7位從06~10選秀挑選的球員中
有5位在選秀時在醫療方面就已經被視為是高風險群
其中1位甚至是被標上紅色警告
另外重點講解Roy和Oden的選秀時的傷病考量
Roy當時被擔心的不是膝蓋，是他的腳和腳踝，他有pronated ankles (不知道是什麼)
Oden動過臀部手術，右手腕手術，有長短腳，但是在選秀之前他的膝蓋從未有問題，
甚至在選前訓練營，當時所有隊伍都可以要他檢查，也只有阿拓要MRI他的膝蓋，而結果
也沒有任何問題。
最後提到之前右膝開刀本季報銷的Elliot，這個月還要再開左膝
不過Larry Miller說這是之前就有注意的部份，樂觀點想他只會錯過一個球季。
外電來自Oregonlive
The Portland Trail Blazers, regarded as one of the NBA's most promising young
teams a little more than a year ago, enter the New Year with little reason
for optimism.
Brandon Roy and Greg Oden, the two players who were supposed to play the
biggest roles in helping the Blazers win another NBA championship, have
broken down to injury so dramatically that the team and its fan base appear
stunned and listing.
But the team's fall should not come as a total surprise to the Blazers' top
decision-makers. With Roy, and to a degree with Oden, owner Paul Allen and
his front office executives had information and medical advice suggesting the
pillars of the foundation could crumble, as has happened this season.
Oden, the No. 1 pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, has had three season-ending knee
surgeries in four years. He will have played in 82 of a possible 328 games
after this season.
Roy, who in the summer of 2009 signed a five-year, $82 million contract, has
missed 10 games this season and is sidelined "indefinitely" because of
soreness in both of his knees.
"We took some risks, but we also just had some bad luck," said Larry Miller,
the team's president since June of 2007. "That happens in sports."
Drafting and acquiring players in professional sports carry inherent risks.
Teams often gamble on a player's talent, character or health. The Blazers in
the last decade have taken significant risks in all three categories.
From 1996 through 2002, an era when the team was often referred to as the
"Jail Blazers," Allen and team president/general manager Bob Whitsitt valued
talent over character. The franchise banked that the skills of personalities
such as Rasheed Wallace, Isaiah Rider and Bonzi Wells could overcome the
accompanying headaches.
It nearly worked – the Blazers advanced to the Western Conference Finals in
1999 and 2000 – but eventually the volatile group combusted in 2001.
By the summer of 2003, Allen had declared "a new era" in which the Blazers
would value talent and character equally in the equation of acquiring
players. The next three seasons, they took risks on unproven talent, opting
to draft high-potential high school players in Travis Outlaw, Sebastian
Telfair and Martell Webster rather than more experienced college players.
The team's record plummeted to 41-41 in 2003-04, and eventually an NBA-worst
21-61 in 2005-06.
Faced with declining attendance, the team stuck to its emphasis on character
but took a different risk to increase its talent.
As a result, the Jail Blazers and Baby Blazers were gone. But waiting right
around the corner was the Frail Blazers.
High-risk health ratings
Like many NBA teams, the Blazers medical staff assigns a ranking to a
potential draft pick or player they are interested in acquiring.
Of the seven players on the Blazers' current roster who were drafted in the
first round by Portland from 2006-2010, five were rated as high risk from a
medical standpoint, including one who was essentially given a red flag as
dangerous to draft. Because of laws protecting the privacy of players, the
team would not disclose those players' names.
Steve Patterson, who served as Blazers president from June of 2003 through
March of 2007 as well as handling general manager duties from 2006-2007, said
the Blazers' medical staff was consistently spot-on in their evaluations. He
called Blazers doctors Don Roberts and Tom Reis "among the best doctors in
the NBA."
"They had an unique talent to look at a player – particularly Dr. Roberts
when it applied to knees – and with great precision predict what would
happen to that player in the future," Patterson said.
Patterson said the recommendations of Roberts and Reis were not always
followed.
"There were points in time when there were others within the organization who
weighed in on decisions who didn't have the same perspective as the doctors,"
Patterson said. "And those decisions came back to haunt the organization."
Patterson would not elaborate on which decisions he was referring to, but he
said Allen was aware of the medical ratings issued to Roy before the 2006
draft, and to Oden before the 2007 draft.
Roy had left knee surgery in high school, and right knee surgery as a junior
at the University of Washington.
"We recognized he had surgeries, and we looked at that, but we had no concern
about his knees," Patterson said. "The only questions we had were about his
feet and his ankles. He had pronated ankles."
Although Roy missed 20 games his rookie season because an elongated talus
bone in his left heel, the Blazers felt like they made the right decision in
drafting him with the seventh overall pick.
"Brandon came into the league and was a Rookie of the Year and three-time
All-Star," Miller said. "So if you look at that, the risk initially
definitely paid off."
But in the summer of 2009, Roy went to the bargaining table looking for a
contract extension. By that time, he had another surgery on his left knee in
August of 2008, leaving him with no meniscus in that knee.
Roy wanted a maximum deal allowed by the NBA's collective bargaining
agreement – a four-year deal with an option for a fifth year totaling $82
million. The Blazers wanted the deal to be four years. After more than a
month of negotiations, Roy got his option year, and essentially, his $82
million guaranteed.
Miller, who was in on the negotiation of Roy's deal, said the team was fully
aware that Roy's knees had little to no cartilage left when they granted the
extension.
"That's one of the reasons why the decision and the signing took longer than
maybe people thought it should have taken," Miller said. "Because there were
a lot of discussions around Brandon's health."
The Oden decision
The selection of Oden in the 2007 draft has become more controversial, in
large part because No. 2 pick Kevin Durant has become one of the best players
in the NBA.
Prior to the draft, the Blazers held many discussions regarding Oden and
Durant, who were the clear-cut candidates for the No. 1 overall pick.
It is difficult to get the full disclosure on the Oden pick. Allen did not
respond to submitted questions for this article. And Kevin Pritchard, the
general manager who selected Oden, was fired in June and said an agreement
prohibits him from speaking on the Blazers.
Patterson was fired three months before the 2007 draft and Miller was hired
eight days before the draft and admits that he was not intimately involved in
the draft process.
However, Patterson said that as far back as March the Blazers were gathering
information on draft picks and that there were concerns about Oden's body.
Oden had hip surgery in sixth grade, and one of his legs is shorter than the
other, causing a natural limp. While in high school, he also had ligament
damage to his right wrist, which was later operated on at Ohio State
University.
"I did have concerns with a guy who was hurt as much as Oden," Patterson
said, noting that he was in favor of drafting Durant.
Miller said the Blazers did their due diligence, none of which suggested Oden
would have knee problems. In fact, athletic trainer Jay Jensen remembers
being at the NBA pre-draft camp in Orlando, where all 30 NBA teams had the
opportunity to examine and test Oden. The Blazers, Jensen said, were the only
team who took magnetic resonance imaging on Oden's knees.
"I remember Greg saying that was unnecessary, that there were never any
problems with his knees," Jensen said. "But Dr. Roberts, bless him, thought
it would be a good idea. The MRIs were fine. There was nothing there."
Adding to the debate between of Oden and Durant: The Blazers graded Durant's
health as "pristine." In three-plus years, Durant has missed eight games, as
well as becoming the youngest player in NBA history to win a scoring title.
Jensen would not reveal what his medical grade was for Oden, and he would not
say what he answered when Pritchard casually asked who he would select in the
days leading up to the draft. Miller also would not reveal the medical
staff's recommendation.
"We had medical information to look at," Miller said. "But in evaluating
everything that goes into the total picture, we felt Greg was the right
choice. And in Greg's situation, there was no indication that he would have
knee problems ... he had some other injury issues, but not the knees. So I
don't think we took as big of a risk there.
"That's why I just think we've had some really bad luck in addition to taking
some risks that maybe didn't pan out or that have caused us some issues
lately, specifically with Brandon's knees," Miller said. "But the reality is,
there was nothing that told us that there was the potential for this with
Greg."
Uncertain future
It's difficult to say whether Allen and the Blazers have learned a lesson
about valuing medical information. In last summer's NBA draft, the Blazers
selected guard Elliot Williams with the 22nd overall pick. The first week of
the season, the team announced Williams would have season-ending surgery on
his right knee. Another surgery, on his left knee, is scheduled for this
month.
Miller said when the Blazers drafted Williams, they were aware he would need
surgery. Miller said the bright side is that Williams should only miss a
season.
The team's new general manager, Rich Cho, said he values medical history and
the advice provided by medical personnel when acquiring players
Meanwhile, Miller insists that the team has never ignored medical information
and will continue to make it a part of their player evaluations.
"Talent, medical and character all need to be on an equal plane," Miller
said. "Sometimes you can get all three, but sometimes you only get two of the
three. Sometimes the talent doesn't always pan out. Sometimes the character
doesn't pan out. And sometimes the medical doesn't pan out. I think there
will always be risk involved."
-- Jason Quick
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