作者popstarkirby (POP先生)
看板Mavericks
標題[外電] Stackhouse feeling better about future as a Dallas Maver
時間Fri Feb 6 19:00:58 2009
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You may be under the impression that Jerry Stackhouse doesn't want to be in
Dallas any longer. You may believe he no longer has a place on this team and
his departure in the next few weeks is a foregone conclusion.
Don't be so sure.
If Stackhouse finds himself in a Mavericks uniform once the Feb. 19 trade
deadline passes, well, that's fine with him. He actually sounds encouraged by
the idea. And while the veteran guard missed his 40th consecutive game
Thursday night against Utah, he hopes to return next week for the team's
final game before the All-Star break.
The reversal stems from a conversation Stackhouse had with Rick Carlisle last
week. The Mavericks coach told Stackhouse once he is healthy, he will be
given the opportunity to reclaim a consistent role in the rotation.
"It changed my whole mind-set of what I was thinking," Stackhouse said. "I
just wasn't comfortable with what was being said early on about using me in
certain matchups and certain games. As a competitor, I just wasn't ready to
accept that.
"I feel like if I'm healthy and ready to go, there's not a game where I
shouldn't play. We talked about that and now I know we're not going to have
that type of issue."
The issue was playing time. That was erratic for Stackhouse in the first two
weeks of the season. He came to feel he was the sacrificial veteran, the
34-year-old on a team that felt the need to develop younger players in
Antoine Wright and Gerald Green at his expense.
Stackhouse never demanded a trade. But he suggested publicly that he should
explore other possibilities if the Mavericks were committed to a youth
movement at his position.
Something else has changed since Stackhouse made his mid-November
proclamation. The offense.
Stackhouse is at his best in half-court sets when plays are called for him.
He was not a good fit for the motion offense the Mavericks ran to open the
season.
That offense has been scrapped. What the team runs now resembles what it has
done the past several seasons.
"Stack has been an integral part of this team for many years," Carlisle said.
"I don't dismiss that. I know what he can bring. I know what he brought to my
team in Detroit.
"This is a two-part process. The first part is he's got to get healthy and in
condition, and the second part is the actual activation and integration into
the rotation. That's going to be a feel thing.
"My message to him was, 'let's get you back, then we'll go from there.' "
It has been nearly three months since Stackhouse took the court for the
Mavericks. He endured what he calls a nagging discomfort in his heel all
summer from plantar fasciitis and a bone spur. He went to several sports
therapists around Dallas as well as a chiropractor and an acupuncturist to
get ready for the season.
The pain persisted. Eventually, there was a rupture.
It's been a long road back. Stackhouse's heel still hurts when he gets up in
the morning. But he has been cleared to run and cut and went four-on-four in
an informal practice earlier this week. He hopes to return to practice next
week, get a few minutes in Thursday's game against Boston, then see how the
heel responds over the All-Star break.
"I've just got to get back into a rhythm and into shape," Stackhouse said.
"It behooves me that I'm ready to go.
"I told them before, it's not that I ever wanted to leave Dallas. That wasn't
my thing. But I wasn't ready to accept that position. Either ride it out with
me or let me ride out."
Stackhouse understands he could still be traded. If the Mavericks continue to
win, finding his niche in the rotation could take even longer. But he feels
better about staying with this team than he did before his talk with Carlisle.
"Yeah," Stackhouse said. "Very much so."
球團滿會替自己留後路...
個人感覺是
一直找不到好的交易對象
所以才說他在治傷...
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推 SKnight :如果真的冰起來不用 希望還是能找到交易出路 02/06 19:12
推 APUU :真的滿心疼老師的 02/06 19:39
推 kevinkeynes :不交易就讓他打嘛 我也很心疼老師 02/06 19:44
推 SKnight :看看前隊友鐵牛哥現在還生龍活虎的... 02/06 21:01
→ SKnight :比他小一歲的老師 身手應該還在 02/06 21:01
→ SKnight :不曉得是不是真的因為卡帥有心結的關係 造成這樣... 02/06 21:02
推 livelifejim :幾季以前老師超強的 他進三分都超High 讓他再試試吧 02/06 21:45
推 muyang1016 :我個人覺得應該有心結吧....可惜了Stack 02/06 21:55
推 nashno1 :他先發代替WRIGHT應該也可以吧 02/06 23:58
推 SKnight :可以說 是因為他不在輪替中 Wright才有機會頂先發 02/07 00:02
推 Taylor0820 :與其繼續養練不起來的賴打 不如讓老師打也好非常多 02/07 01:47
→ popstarkirby:我不信用Stack打效益會比用Wright差 02/07 01:57
推 mickey0223w :Wright真的太廢 蟾蜍先發都還比他好 02/07 02:20
推 a274775927 :讓STACK先發吧!!! (全聯盟最老的後場組合???) 02/07 12:08
→ tatata :搞不好也是最老的先發組合 02/07 16:22