[外電] Sixth man gets some help off Dallas Mavericks' bench

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 Jason Terry already made it clear he wants to repeat as the NBA's sixth man
of the year.

That might be tough as the Dallas Mavericks' seventh man.

That's why the 6-2 guard is making sure Rick Carlisle doesn't forget about
him now that improved depth surrounds Terry and the starting five.

"No doubt, I'm going to be looking at coach, making sure he pulls me off of
there first, so I can keep my status," Terry said.

There will be times, with foul problems or matchups or whatever, when Terry
won't be the first Maverick off the bench. But he'll still occupy that role
most of the time. Unlike last season, he won't do so as the lone ringer among
the support troops.

"Not at all," Terry said. "Last year, guys that filled the positions off the
bench were young and inexperienced. Now you bring in experienced guys that
have been through the battles. It'll help.

"I thought that's what we were looking for going into the off-season,
realizing that one of our weaknesses last year was overall depth. And I think
we addressed that right away."

It's a change Terry welcomes. While the Mavericks claimed they liked their
bench brigade last season, turns out they were fibbing. They approached the
off-season knowing that they couldn't have mostly young players flanking
Terry on the pine.

So in came Drew Gooden, Tim Thomas and Quinton Ross, all of whom have at
least five years of NBA experience and have seen playoff battles. They will
be bench contributors, though Gooden will start at times.

"Our summer was dedicated to getting better," coach Rick Carlisle said. "We
feel our bench is stronger and we can guard people and make shots. That's the
idea. We weren't going to get better just sitting around."

Carlisle said when Erick Dampier starts at center, Gooden will provide
scoring punch off the bench. Reserve Kris Humphries also has shown
consistency and the ability to put the ball in the basket.

In the backcourt, Terry and Ross, along with a year-older J.J. Barea and Matt
Carroll, are expected to have an impact offensively.

All that should relieve the unreliable nature of the bench last season. Owner
Mark Cuban saw the Mavericks build too many early leads with the starters on
the floor, only to see them evaporate on the occasions Terry wasn't lighting
up the scoreboard.

"We had some younger kids who were out to prove they belonged in the league
as opposed to [thinking] how could they make the team better," Cuban said.
"This year, we've got a lot of guys who everybody knows can play. ... And I
think that makes all the difference. You just see there's a lot more trust,
rather than uncertainty."

Terry is thankful for the help. He also sees something familiar in this team.

"This is the structure," he said. "Look at us three years ago when we went to
the Finals. We were a deep team. We had guys with experience off the bench
and who contributed nightly.

"Starters can carry you, but only so far in an 82-game season. You're going
to need your bench."

Work to be done: The Mavericks didn't arrive back to Dallas from Friday
night's game in Washington until the early hours of Saturday morning.

The players were given the rest of the day off, but will convene for a
morning shootaround in advance of Memphis' visit to American Airlines Center
tonight.

There is no shortage of problem areas, coach Rick Carlisle said, especially
since the Mavericks have surrendered an average of 112.5 points in their
first two preseason games. That Washington scored 115 points and is the
opponent for the regular-season opener in 16 days is even greater cause for
concern.

"We have some areas we have to get better at, no question," Carlisle said.
"Defensively, we made some mistakes in the first half late in the shot clock,
and we've got to remedy those because this is going to be an opportunistic
team. We did some good things, but we've got a lot of work to do."

Making the most of plays: Jason Kidd said Shawn Marion's first preseason game
showed him exactly what he remembered Marion being able to do when the pair
played together a decade ago for Phoenix.

"We might have run two plays for him and he was 11-of-15," Kidd said.
"Getting loose balls, tip-ins, keeping balls alive – he just makes the game
easy."


Terry表示

他希望本季能再度拿下最佳第六人獎

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※ 編輯: popstarkirby    來自: 114.38.1.1           (10/11 10:22)
→ UNdracula   :太帥了 JET就感心
→ ahsoo       :很難吧~~ 隊上人才很多...波霸,HUMP等人都很值得期待
推 SKnight     :ㄟ  如果隊上有到人才濟濟而讓Terry拿不了第六人
→ SKnight     :的程度  那某種角度來說  反而是值得開心的事 = =
→ SKnight     :但現在來看  替補陣容雖堪稱齊全  檔次和Jet還是有差
→ SKnight     :Jet在替補群裡  也明顯是"鶴立雞群"的程度
→ SKnight     :可以說是"火車頭"吧  除非像當初Stack+Jet都放替補
→ SKnight     :04-05年季初的時候  那種情況下才抑制了兩人自身威能
推 nashno1     :他絕對是替補內砍分的主角啊
→ popstarkirby:記得jet跟Stack同時先發...兩個都打不好..
推 SKnight     :他們好像很少同時先發過  @@ 但是同時替補倒有一陣子
→ popstarkirby:某年有...然後Jet打很爛...後來變成Harris Stack先發
→ popstarkirby:好像是0708吧
→ popstarkirby:有一年Jet連續低潮差不多10場...
推 dmdjjj      :他們兩人同時替補同時先發都沒太好效果 @@
→ dmdjjj      :然後某位ㄉㄉ就很威的在開季分析說JT先發打的比替補
→ dmdjjj      :好 不該讓他打替補XD
→ popstarkirby:07年季後Jet打先發的問題就很明顯...矮SG..
→ popstarkirby:對馬刺系列守Manu也是...防守端完全處弱勢
推 dallasjet   :有JET必推   不過拿第6人還要再加油
推 muyang1016  :逢ＪＥＴ必推　這次拿三分球王吧！別想第六人了ＸＤ
推 Mdimdimdi   :JET真的很討人喜歡
推 wind91      :我最喜歡的是他沒戴頭巾的時候頭好圓XDDD
推 Sadosi      :同樓上XDDDD