[外電] Penny Hardaway waived by Heat, making room for Luke Jack

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By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Sports Writer

MIAMI --
Penny Hardaway's comeback attempt with the Miami Heat has ended.

The 36-year-old forward was waived Wednesday, a move that cleared the roster
spot Miami needed to sign another former first-round draft pick - guard Luke
Jackson. But the Heat haven't ruled out bringing Hardaway back in some
capacity.

"It was a business decision more than anything else," Heat coach Pat Riley
said. "We tried to do something last week. We couldn't. But you never know.
He may be back. We'll just see what happens over the next month."

這一段談話真的蠻官腔的...
不過還是期待，12/15還是16清掉一些人的合約後再把penny找回來的可能性

Hardaway signed a non-guaranteed contract with Miami this summer after
recovering from an array of injuries that kept him off the court for nearly
three full seasons. He started eight times this season, but averaged only
3.8 points on 37 percent shooting, and didn't play in any of Miami's past
four games.

"It was a tough, tough move," said Riley, whose team is off to a 6-15 start.


Hardaway has a 15.2 point-per-game average in 704 career regular-season games.
He was told of Miami's decision Wednesday morning before practice. He could be
claimed off waivers by another team within a 48-hour window, although it's
unclear if any other clubs will have interest.


Heat guard Dwyane Wade said he hopes to see Hardaway playing somewhere.

"I don't think he worked this hard for it to be the end," Wade said. "I think
he's going to continue to try to play somewhere else. I think Penny will be
best on a team that's really winning and have that veteran team where he can
come in and help them. It's kind of tough on a team that's struggling like us.
We need a lot of things right now."

Hardaway showed flashes of production with Miami: His 6-for-6, 16-point night
in New Jersey on Nov. 17 keyed a 91-87 Heat victory.

In the four weeks that have followed, he managed a total of 19 points.

The once-electric guard was a fast-rising star when he entered the NBA for the
1993-94 season. One year later, he and Shaquille O'Neal brought an Eastern
Conference championship to Orlando.

But knee problems kept Hardaway to 59 games in 1996-97, then surgery limited
him to 19 games the following year. In the years that followed, he's battled
plantar fasciitis, more knee surgery, thumb surgery and even more knee surgery.


He worked through all that and earned a shot with Miami. But when the Heat
decided it wanted Jackson - who essentially plays the same position - it deemed
Hardaway expendable.

"If we were 15-6, I wouldn't have made the move," Riley said. "I brought Penny
in here knowing that he was going to give us experience, intelligence,
basketball IQ, all of those things and some skill to facilitate Dwyane and
Shaquille. This is not his fault. It's nothing he didn't do."

他都做到了，但還是沒有繼續簽下他...

So now, Miami will see what kind of offensive boost the 26-year-old Jackson
can provide.

Jackson was the 10th overall pick by Cleveland in the 2004 draft, then played
only 10 games that year for the Cavaliers. The former Oregon star also has
played with the Los Angeles Clippers and Toronto Raptors, plus done stints in
the NBDL.

Jackson signed with the Idaho Stampede last week, scored 30 points in his first
game with that club, then left the team for his workout with the Heat.

"It's been a tough journey to get here but I feel like I'm better for that"
Jackson said. "So hopefully this is my time and there's a spot for me here to
contribute."



可能還沒發酵，找不到一些訪問的報導
還蠻想看公開場合之下熱火隊跟全員以及一分錢怎麼回應這件事


不過話說回頭，在Cook跟Wright的發揮之下，
尤其Cook敢出手，空檔命中率也不錯，一分錢的作用的確變的無關輕重，
很多人說防守才是他來熱火的作用，但很明顯熱火這15場輸球輸在進攻火力，
在球隊戰績不振的狀況，球團想做些改變也是很正常的

看到很多penny迷罵萊里，詛咒熱火戰績爛到底，甚至連狀元簽都抽不到，
實在是用不著，好像penny一離開熱火就是退休了，怎麼?對他沒信心?
如果真是如此，表示別隊也都不需要已經是近年來最佳狀況的一分錢
那還是讓他退休吧!他已經不適合NBA了...


作為一個當年的魔術球迷，也很不高興看到這種決定，
不過當今最重要的還是熱火隊怎麼走出開季的低迷重現王著風範。



PS:一分錢迷想罵請把回penny板去罵吧，別在熱火版喧騰。


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→ stenierkfrod:寵物你也X的jj  囧
→ solarpegasus:什麼叫做回penny板去罵?
推 tournamen:這不是penny的球隊 這是熱火 你上面的推文的確不該在這
→ tournamen:對了 我說的上面是指上一篇
推 rogerslee:雖然走了一分錢，我還是支持HEAT因為現在的支柱
→ rogerslee:是韋德和大歐，為了球隊的未來，鐵頭有他的考量吧
→ rogerslee:如果現在一分錢的身手還是和太陽隊Hill一樣的話
→ rogerslee:那就真的要罵了，HEAT雖然waive掉一分錢但是我認為
→ rogerslee:應該是為了朝向更長久的未來著想吧，HEAT加油
推 kart:很多Penny fans是被riley說一套做一套弄到氣瘋了吧～waive pe
→ kart:nny目前算是今日熱火新聞，還是可以討論吧 別太激動就好了@@
推 WenSky:戰績來看  熱火現在的確是個爛隊  riley也說了他的想法
→ WenSky:大家不能接受也是可以理解的  為什麼被丟的不是選轉門...
推 chikai:我認為parker比penny更需要被waive
推 tournamen:就算不是Penny被waive 也不會是parker被waive他的約可以
→ tournamen:當作交易的陪襯合約 而直接waive就現虧幾百萬了
→ lan233:最後一句真的蠻酸的!不過PENNY迷永遠不會來熱火版了~放心
→ jamescheen:嗯嗯...該回哪裡就回哪裡去
噓 magicmac:你可以酸別人不能罵喔
噓 waitforsb:如果打這種成績還不是爛隊，NBA還有爛隊嗎?爛就承認吧
推 dwyanes:夠了...NBA本來就是商業考量...waive掉帕克可是白白浪費
→ dwyanes:幾百萬   不可否認的是Penny用處比帕克大  但合約就是這麼
→ dwyanes:殘酷..  還有48小時後..NBA各隊可以開始跟Penny協商
→ chenshing:如果是站在熱火的角度討論失去penny的後果  當然很好
→ chenshing:問題是只是penny卻非熱火迷  來這邊謾罵不等於來鬧嗎?
推 flybow:沒辦法，PENNEY目前只有我們這種爛隊要簽（誤）
→ flybow:話說回來，強隊本來就強幹嘛要簽PENNY？
→ DeonBon:我覺得會開罵的也不只有Penny迷吧，文末那句可以省了。
推 frankmaki:誰說來這裡開罵萊里就是代表不支持熱火的 今天會這麼氣
→ frankmaki:肯定也是有原因的啊 Penny的好 是大家有目共睹的 供獻不
→ frankmaki:小啊 就連當家第一得分Wade都讚同了 當然熱火一定有所想
→ frankmaki:法才會這麼做 大家也知啊 但氣就氣在於為何把一位如此有
→ frankmaki:經驗 而且在復出時這麼努力跟隨練球的penny說放棄就放棄
→ frankmaki:無論是哪一隊的球迷看了也都會感到無限的憤慨啊 莫非罵
→ frankmaki:熱火就叫做不是熱火的球迷 那我想問問各位 有沒有罵過中
→ frankmaki:華棒球代表隊過 難道開罵是因為十分討厭中華隊嗎 百分之
→ frankmaki:一千的希望中華隊輸給全世界嗎 我想不是吧 是因為真正的
→ frankmaki:支持 看到打不好才會想找個可分享心情的地方留言 解解心
推 pasti:樓上先不要氣..如果你真的看過很多場今年熱火的比賽..
→ pasti:就會發現今年熱火最大的問題是SF...但是老實說
→ frankmaki:心的憤怒吧 噗怎麼突然留麼多啊 真是拍謝 願熱火會更好
→ pasti:penny只是一個好的替補球員..熱火那幾場讓他當先發
→ pasti:是因為熱火真的沒人了..但是不代表penny有先發的能力
→ pasti:就我一個熱火球迷而言..我只是覺得waive掉一個替補..(別氣)
→ pasti:因為事實就是這樣...所以大家就別在生氣了
推 pasti:期待他去別隊有好的表現..祝福他
推 kart:p大有興趣可以去penny版看看penny上場時間久的數據，可說明一
→ kart:些不容易講清楚的事情，他或許不適合做先發了，不過給他上場
→ kart:時間，他的貢獻度還不小唷～