[外電] A promise would make Daye's day

[eliczone (C'est la vie)]

      http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/sports/kings/archives/022777.html

If Austin Daye is available for the Kings to select with the 23rd pick,
someone might have lied to him.
如果Daye在23順位被國王選走，也許有人欺騙了他。

He'd like a guarantee from a team that it would select him. Daye said he's
heard he'll fall between 9-17.
某隻球隊向他保證會選他，Daye說他聽到的是他會落在9到17之間。

The lanky small forward from Gonzaga hasn't hired an agent. Daye said he's
"pretty dedicated to staying in" the draft with this caveat.
這名從Gonzaga大學來的瘦長小前鋒還沒有雇用經紀人，Daye說他還是會參加選秀。

"I really don't want to fall into the 20s," Daye said after his workout
Tuesday at the Golden State Warriors practice facility. "If that happens I'm
probably going to go back to school, if that's what they're saying."
「我真的不想要落到20幾，如果真的發生了我想我會回去學校」

Daye spent two seasons at Gonzaga. At 6-10, 192 pounds, Daye sees himself
creating matchup problems as a small forward or even a power forward like
Rashard Lewis.
Daye在Gonzaga兩季，6'10，192磅，Daye認為自己在小前鋒甚至大前鋒都可以創造Matchup
的問題，就像2000萬一樣。

Daye just doesn't want to wait to be selected after the top-20 picks to show
he can do that, even if it might mean going to a better team.
Daye只是不想要在20順位之後才被選，就算那代表著可以去到比較好的球隊。

"If you fall to the 20s it could help you and it could hurt you," he said.
"You could be buried so far down on the bench you might not get out of that
hole."
「假如你落到20幾，也許對你有幫助，也許會傷害你，你可能會成為溫板凳大師」

Daye wouldn't be buried if he somehow fell to Sacramento, which holds
Houston's first-round pick from the Ron Artest trade.
Daye如果被國王選走，那他就不會被埋沒。

Daye's length and athleticism would be welcome on offense and defense. Daye
is also a decent shooter, having made 42.2 percent of his three pointers for
the Bulldogs.
Daye的高度和運動能力在攻守兩端都很受歡迎，Daye也是一位正規的射手，有42.2%的3pt%

Daye averaged 11.6 points in two seasons. His 70 blocks last season were
third most in school history.
兩個球季平均得11.6分，上個球季有70個鍋是學校歷來第三多。

But if Daye is around for the Kings to pick, he's not going to be happy.
但如果Daye落到那個附近，他並不會開心。

Another interesting prospect that could fall to No. 23 is Louisville swingman
Terrence Williams who calls himself a "definite NBA player."
另一個可能會落到23順位的是Terrence Williams，他稱他自己為「絕對的NBA球員」

Unlike Daye, Williams isn't worried about where he'll be selected. And after
four years of college, he doesn't have the option of going back to school
either.
不像Daye，Williams並不擔心他在哪裡被選。在經歷四年大學生涯後，他也沒有辦法回到
學校去。

Williams isn't finding the draft process stressful.

"Not studying for a test and trying to take a test, that's nerve-wracking,"
Williams said. "Playing basketball and getting drafted? This is supposed to
be fun. I see one website where I can go 13. I see another where I can go 25.
It doesn't matter to me. Playing in the NBA is a dream. If I get drafted 30,
I'm playing in the NBA. It's not going to really matter. This is basketball."
「不要想這麼多嘛，打球和被選？這應該是很有趣的事，我看到某個網站預測我是13順位，
另一個說我是25，對我而言並不重要，能夠在NBA打球是個夢想，就算我是30順位，還是能
夠在NBA打球，那真的不重要，這就是籃球」


Williams (6-6, 220) operated as a point forward and often defended the
opposition's best player. He said that meant guarding anyone from a point
guard to a power forward.
Williams(6-6, 220)像個大前鋒，常常防守到對方最棒的球員，他說那代表著可以從pg守
到pf(還是輸阿泰一些，阿泰連觀眾都能守)

And he's the kind of player that looks to do the little things, or as he put
it, connect the dots.
而且他是那種試著去做一些小事的球員。

"If you're a great shooter and he's a great rebounder I'm going to get you
the ball so he can knock down the shot and I'm going to box out so he can get
the rebound," Williams said. "So I'm a guy that does the little things."
「如果你是位很棒的射手，而他是很棒的籃板手，我會讓你拿到球投籃，我會幫他卡位讓
他拿到籃板，所以我是那種做這些小事的人」(聽起來這球員很佳哦，來和Cisco組成狂漢
二人組吧)

So where did Williams learn to play like this? It started while growing up in
Seattle.
Williams是在哪裡學到這樣打球的？西雅圖

"When you're a kid everybody wants to score 12 points so they go home and
tell their mom 'I scored 12 points today,'" Williams said. "There wasn't
enough balls for the type of teams I played on so I had to be the type of
person that didn't' want to shoot the ball all the time. I had to be the type
of person to get those guys involved, rebound."
「當你還是個孩子時，每個人都想要得12分，然後回家告訴他們的媽媽說"我今天得了12分"
球場上只有一顆球，所以我必須成為不是總是想投籃的球員，我必須成為讓這些人融入、
搶籃板的人」

Williams is living in Las Vegas and working with former All-Star Gary Payton
on ways to improve his play.
Williams現在正住在拉斯維加斯(馬老闆好好招待一下)，和手套在切磋球技。

Williams played on Payton's AAU team in Seattle and they share the same
agent, Aaron Goodwin.
Williams過去在手套的球隊打球，他們有共同的經紀人。

Payton, however, has his way of reminding Williams he hasn't hit the big time
yet.
手套提醒Williams他還沒很成功。

"I stay in (Payton's) house," Williams said. "Well I stay in the little house
he stays in the big house."
「我待在他的房子，我住在小房子，他住大房子」

As for where he fits in this year's draft class, Williams is confident he's
as talented as any of the wing players available.
他很適應今年的選秀程度，他很有信心自己是今年鋒線球員中很有天份的一位。

The stats say Williams is not a great shooter. Williams shot 43.1 percent as
a senior, including 38.5 percent on threes. Both were career highs. But his
free throw percentage (58.1 percent) was the second lowest of his career.
數據顯示Williams並不是個很棒的射手，他在大四只有43.1%，3分球是38.5%。但都是生涯
新高，但他的罰球是生涯第二低(58.1%)(比O'neal還低...)

Williams defense and versatility make him worth a look. He's the only player
in Louisville history with 1,500 points, 900 rebounds, 500 assists and 200
steals.
Williams的防守和多攻能使得他值得一看，他是Louisville歷史上唯一得1500分，900籃板
，500助攻和200抄截。

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推 pennykidd:Daye跟Greene功能重複了不如選跟他同是岡查加大學的隊友
→ pennykidd:Williams是Cisco學弟還曾經在夏季小型訓練營中蓋LBJ一鍋
→ pennykidd:還很好笑地說:「我該跟別人講我蓋了LBJ一鍋嗎？」很全能
→ pennykidd:但這兩位都不比如果能撿到今年第2中鋒Mullens還令人興奮
推 tahikuro:Daye應該更像特克魯不是Greene
推 nanogiant:Greene現在也還沒成熟  是否為未來的拼圖也不一定
→ nanogiant:如果Daye的天份也不錯的話  我覺得不應該為了小綠放棄他
→ nanogiant:而且  Mullens掉到23的話...是不是該擔心一下  XD
→ Knicks:去年D.Jordan掉到第二輪我也覺得他可能有什麼毛病
→ Knicks:才會大家都不要，可是他後來頂先發光看數據還不錯。