[外電] 小牛球員留隊的重要性排名 #12:Dominique Jones

[DM24Tim (黃金右腳)]

Will the lasting impression of Dominique Jones as a Dallas Maverick be the
"2011" neck tattoo with the Larry O'Brien Trophy serving as the first "1"?
Jones had the striking image inked after the title run, one in which the
then-rookie did not play one second.

Dominique Jones在小牛給人留下最後的印象會是他在頸部刺上了
"2011"與"Larry O'Brien金盃"的圖樣嗎？Jones在去年奪冠之後
刺了這個圖案，不過他在季後賽一秒鐘都沒上。


Placing Jones in the 12-hole could be considered gracious considering the
second-year shooting guard from South Florida was not active for any of the
playoff games in the sweep against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Who took Jones'
roster spot? Kelenna Azubuike, a player the Mavs acquired in late March and
who had not played in an NBA game since early 2009 because of a patella
tendon injury.

把Jones放在第12位對他也是好事，因為這位二年級的得分後衛
在被雷霆橫掃的系列賽中根本沒被發入13人名單，誰取代了他？
Kelenna Azubuike，這位球員在三月底被小牛簽下，他自從2009
年初就因為膝蓋的傷勢就沒再上場過。


That's gotta hurt, and I'm talking about Jones' pride, not Azubuike's
now-rehabilitated knee.

這對Jones的自尊會是一大打擊。


To suggest that Jones could be swept out in a trade, perhaps as early as the
June draft, is not a stretch. Jones is a likable kid, but if anyone thought
he was making any progress over these two seasons, coach Rick Carlisle's
playoff roster seemed to tell the real story.

Jones可能會在六月的選秀中被打包出去，他是個討人喜歡的小
子，但若要觀察他在這兩季有何進步？Rick Carlisle在季後賽
的上場名單或許已經說明一切。

The Countdown continues at No. 12...

DOMINIQUE JONES
Pos: SG
Ht/Wt: 6-5, 215
Experience: 2 years
Age: 23 (Oct. 15, 1988)
2011-12 stats: 2.7 ppg (39.7 FG%), 33 G
Contract status: Signed through 2012-13
2011-12 salary: $1.19 million
2012-13 salary: $1.27 million 

His story: Without a first-round draft pick in June 2010, Mavs owner Mark
Cuban paid the Memphis Grizzlies $3 million for their 25th overall pick.
Intrigued by Jones' parade to the free-throw line via driving to the rack in
the rugged Big East Conference, the Mavs took the combo guard, who in Dallas
has yet to distinguish himself as either a competent shooting guard or a
point guard. Part of the problem is his shooting. He's an awful 3-point
shooter (1-of-12 in his career) and doesn't have much touch for a mid-range
game either (36.4 percent career shooting). He's adept at plowing into the
lane, but without any threat of a shot to go with it he becomes far too
one-dimensional to play any kind of extended minutes in this league.

2010年選秀，沒有第一輪簽的小牛用3M買下了灰熊的第25順位，
在看過DoJo在Big East Conference犀利的從罰球線附近切入取
分的表現之後，小牛就鎖定了這位雙能衛，但他到了小牛之後還
沒辦法成為襯職的控球或得分後衛。投籃能力是一個問題，他生
涯三分球投12中1簡直悽慘，並且中距離跳投也不準，生涯命中
率36.4%。他對於切入很在行，但因為他沒有投籃能力，讓他的
功能太單一，導致他沒有上場時間。


His outlook: To be fair to Jones, for two seasons he's been bumped down the
bench by a veteran core of guards that gave him no shot at court time.
Without playing, how much can a guy be expected to improve? It's not easy
popping in every now and then in garbage time or filling in during an injury
as he did some this last season. As for Jones not dressing in the playoffs,
it could have just been a numbers game in that the Mavs were so filled up at
the guard positions that Rodrigue Beaubois was cut out of the rotation. With
Shawn Marion having to play some power forward after Lamar Odom was sent
home, Vince Carter was the only other option at small forward, so Carlisle
might have felt he needed Azubuike in uniform in case of emergency. If Jones
remains on the team next season it's because he's a cheap means to fill out
the roster. If he has a role that requires solid minutes off the bench, the
Mavs probably will not have had a very good offseason.

平心而論，DoJo的前面一直有老將來擠壓他的時間，讓他根本沒
有機會。沒有上場的時間，你怎麼期待他的進步？他的上場機會
只有垃圾時間或是有球員受傷的時候，很難有突出的表現。Jones
在季後賽根本沒被列入可上場名單，有時候小牛甚至連Rodrigue
Beaubois都受不了而不讓他上場。在Odom離隊之後Shawn Marion
偶爾要扛四號位，Vince Carter則是要去打三號，所以卡帥選擇
在季後賽名單放上Azubuike。如果Jones明年還在小牛隊上，也只
是因為他很便宜，來填補小牛的陣容而已。如果他下季會成為板
凳的重要替補的話，就代表今年小牛的補強失利了。


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