[外電] Sarver, Gentry And Dragic Talk Suns This Week

[jeromee ( 迷途小書僮)]

    這是一篇外國寫手發表於www.brightsideofthesun.com的評論，主要是關於近來
Sarver、Gentry、Dragic一些言論的評析，有些觀點我認為挺有趣的，翻譯供大家參考。

原文網址：http://0rz.tw/YKCPk
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First, there's the Robert Sarver interview on KTAR (as a link off the KTAR
sports page). I don't have a transcript of this, but these (paraphrased)
items stood out to me:

    首先，這是Robert Sarver在KTAR接受訪問的資料，我不想在此全部抄錄，僅針對我
感興趣的部分提出看法：


Suns have been wanting Hedo Turkoglu for years.

    太陽已經打量Turkoglu數年了。


Turkoglu was a name they were discussing since the end of the season, even
using it as a selling point to Amare in those last days of June. (This means
they'd planned to have Turk play SF in the same front court with Amare and
Lopez. Given the transaction - LB + Jones for Turk - that definitely could
have happened.)

    制服組在季末一直在討論Turkoglu的交易可行性，甚至在7月阿罵將要離開時，拿來
當成爭取阿罵的誘因。（那也就是說，我們本來計畫維持Lopez和阿罵的前場組合不變，
令Turkoglu去打SF。事實上這是可行的，因為我們是拿小巴＋Jones去換，與其他人無關）



Even after acquiring Josh Childress and Turk, Suns may still do some
tinkering this summer, though he didn't mention specifics.

    即使在引入Childress and Turk後，太陽仍然有可能進行小型的陣容修補，但Sarver
並沒有透漏其引援計畫的細節。



He's looking to start out the season at about $65 million, midway between the
"cap" and the "tax." (Right now, the salaries stand at about $62 mill or so.
Add in spots 10-13 at minimum, and you're right around 64. Maybe Sarver is
factoring in using the 2 mill bi-annual exception for a vet big. But really,
any new rotation additions would have be accompanied by losing 1-2 players at
the same time. There's just not enough minutes for the people we have, let
alone another veteran big man.)

    Sarver希望在下季初我們的薪資控制在6500萬美金，恰好位於薪資上限與豪華稅起徵
點中間。（現在的薪資約在6200，剩下的第10人至13人若僅用最低薪資填滿，也還不到
6500，故推測Sarver也許有可能動用雙年特例去爭取一名禁區老將加盟。但實際上，我們
的深度很夠，以致於沒有足夠的上場時間分配給我們的球員，所以這禁區老將能夠分配到
多少時間是存疑的。）



He mentioned that the Suns have a lot of assets, and that the $65 million
allows them to add someone during the season if the fit was right. He
mentioned the remaining $6 in TPE specifically, plus the depth of the team in
general (I love this - it means no more scrimping if there's a huge weakness
someone can fill, or there's injuries).

    Sarver提及了太陽現在擁有很多資產，而位於6500萬美金的薪資也可以讓季中操作
更有彈性。特別是我們還有600萬的TE，善加運用必可增加球隊深度。（這個好，這表示
球隊目前不會有縮減人事行為的發生，除非遇到我們現有球員有明顯的弱點不堪用，而又
有人恰好可以補上，或是隊上有傷兵出現。）




Regarding the front office, he said they currently still have about 20 people
in the Operations dept, and that Todd Quinter did most of the
scouting/selling on Childress. (Have I mentioned I love me some Chill?)

   談到太陽現在的制服組現況，Sarver表示現在仍然有約20人在球隊營運部門工作，其
中Todd Quinter在觀察Childress現況，及使其接受太陽報價加入太陽上有卓越貢獻。



He also said he wanted to add an analytics department (this has become the
latest craze in basketball, used extensively by Houston, OKC and Portland, to
name a few. Personally, I think this is a long time coming. Suns are one of
only about 7 teams that don't already have this department.)

    Sarver也談到了他希望增加一個專門進行數據分析的部門。（目前數據分析正夯，
Houston, OKC and Portland等隊已經廣泛使用數據分析於各方面。個人認為，太陽長期
以來是聯盟中大約七支沒有數據分析部門的球隊之一。）



When asked about the GM hire, he said he wants to hire a few people (which
indicates to me that both of the rumored names - Dell Demps and Tom Penn -
might be brought in, in addition to Babby.  Demps is a talent evaluator,
while Penn is a cap guru and analytics guy)

    當被問到GM遴選工作進行如何時，Sarver說他已經鎖定了一些人。（傳言中
Dell Demps and Tom Penn可能會進來幫助Babby，Dell Demps是一個聰明的主事者，而
Tom Penn則是薪資方面的專家。）

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Next, we have an Alvin Gentry interview with Suns.com.

    再來，我們來看看Gentry說了些什麼。



Regarding the LB trade: "This is just one of those situations where he just
felt like he wanted to be in a different place and have an opportunity to
play more minutes. With J-Rich (Jason Richardson) playing the way he is and
Goran (Dragic) coming on, he thought it might be best to be moved and play
somewhere else. I understand that. There’s no hard feelings and we wish
Leandro nothing but the best, and I think he’ll be successful wherever he
is." (I didn't know LB expressed desire to move on.  Makes sense, of course.)


    談到小巴的交易，Gentry表示小巴認為在Dragic與綠茶情況穩定，步入正軌的狀態
下，他可能沒有足夠的上場時間。他希望到一個新的環境重新開始，並擁有更多的上場
時間。雖然不捨但Gentry了解小巴的想法，祝他一切順遂。（我從來都不知道小巴有表達
想要離開太陽的意願，不過小巴的想法是可以理解的。）




Regarding Hedo, and mixing with Nash: "One of the things we haven’t been
able to utilize over the years here is Steve’s ability to be a shooter. If he
’s not the best shooter in the league, he’s in the top two or three
shooters. We like for him to be the guy off the ball some coming off screens
and I think Hedo will allow us to do that." (To me, Nash has never been a
good spot-up shooter.  He's best off the dribble, as is Dragic.  But then,
the sample size of spot-up opportunities is pretty small.)

    談到Hedo，Gentry表示Hedo可以解放Nash在組織上的壓力，Hedo將可擔任主控，讓
Nash擔任純射手的角色。別忘了Nash絕對是聯盟前三的射手。（對我而言，Nash從來不是
一個好的定點射手，跟Dragic一樣，Nash表現最好的是行進後的投籃。然而Nash定點投球
的樣本數是不足的。）




regarding Childress: "He’ll be one of those guys that we ask to defend Kobe
(Bryant), Paul Pierce, Dwyane Wade, LeBron (James) and guys like that, and do
the best job that he can." (He will be a nice changeup with Hill and Duds all
taking turns)

    談到Childress，Gentry表示Childress就是一個防守上的瑞士刀（萬用工具）。我可
以要求他去守Kobe, Paul Pierce, Dwyane Wade, LeBron等人，而他會盡其所能的做好防
守這件事。（Childress將是Hill跟Dudley絕佳的互補。）

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And finally, our own Goran Dragic.  Man, does his confidence sound sky-high
right now!

    最後，我們來聽聽Dragic充滿自信的言論。



Regarding his personal trainer, and why he came back to the US just this past
week after a few weeks on vacation: "I came here to the States to work with
my personal coach Nenad Trajkovic. He’s Serbian and signed with the
Suns...Last year he was in Phoenix like for two weeks and they saw what kind
of improvement I made. We share the same agent so it was an easy for them to
sign him and I’m very happy about it." (Suns signed Goran's personal
trainer?  Sweet!)

    談到他的個人訓練師，以及為何幾個星期的假期會直接回到美國還不是回故鄉的原因
。Dragic表示：「我回到美國與我的個人訓練師與私人教練Nenad Trajkovic一起訓練，他
是賽爾維亞人，並已經跟太陽簽約了。在上個賽季中他來到鳳凰城與我共同訓練約兩個星
期後，制服組注意到我狀態的改善。而正好我們的經濟人是同一個(Duffy)，所以簽約加盟
一事進行的很順利，這件事我非常高興。」（太陽簽下Goran的個人訓練師，不錯喔！）




Regarding expectations in Phoenix: "...everybody was expecting me to play the
same game as Nash, but I have a different one. Journalists in Phoenix, they
were expecting me to play the same as Steve. I don’t have the same game as
Steve. I’m not a Nash clone. So then, Alvin just gave me an opportunity, I
relaxed  and just started to play my basketball. And then when you have a
good game you realize you can play at this level." (So maybe we should stop
trying to change players, and just allow them to play to their strengths?
 Umm, excuse me, Goran.  Don't you realize us fans and journalists know
what's best?  Hedo needs to become a rebounder/banger, and so does Frye. Oh,
and can you get us 10 assists a game in 20 minutes next year?  Otherwise,
we'll call you a shoot-first guy and write you off. kthxbye.)

    在談到太陽球迷對他的期待時，Draic表示：「每個人都期望我打的跟Nash一樣，但
事實上我們球風不一樣。鳳凰城的記者都期待我是下一個Nash，但我真的不是。我不是
Nash 2。Gentry給我機會，而我學會輕鬆以對，打出我自己的風格。當你不斷打出一場
又一場的好表現時，你就會知道你可以在這高層次的比賽中獲得出場機會」
（所以我們應該停止下一個Nash?下一個Jordan？的稱呼，然後就是讓年輕球員自由發揮？
喔，Goran抱歉，難道你認為我們球迷與記者會不知道你跟Nash誰比較好？Hedo和Frye
在下季都必須抓更多的籃板，你認為你下季可以給我每20分鐘10助攻嗎？否則，你覺得
我們稱呼你為投射優先的控位會比較好嗎？）



Regarding Hedo: "Hedo Turkoglu is a great guy and a great player and he can
help us a lot. The club is getting players with great characters and our
chemistry is great."

    談到Hedo的加盟，Draic表示：「他是一個好人與好球員，他可以幫助我們甚多。太
陽隊正努力爭取具有爭冠特質的球員加入，而我們的化學效應一直良好。」
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Of course, there's been tons of talk and spin on the internets lately.  And
Sarver and Gentry said a lot more than I mentioned above.  But I just wanted
to post what I thought was interesting, so don't get all up in my grill.
 Click the links to hear/read all of it.

    當然最近有數以千計的大量資訊湧入，而Sarver and Gentry實際上說得比我上面提
及的內容多很多。但是我只列出我認為有趣的議題，如果讀者覺得不夠，可以點選連結自
行聽取或讀取他們完整談話與內容。




Also, Seth got some good quotes from Todd Quinter this week.  Check out his
fanshot lower down this page for the link.

    對了，隨隊記者Seth已經在這個星期進行過Todd Quinter的訪談。有興趣者可點選連
結觀閱。

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譯者補充：

1. Dell Demps，馬刺體系出生。有關他的介紹請參閱此篇。

http://0rz.tw/oJzRw


2. Tom Penn，拓荒者前任GM KP的左右手。有關他的介紹請參閱此篇。

http://0rz.tw/PyBCD


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推 Sakber      :應該是想讓Nash的責任慢慢分擔掉吧
→ Sakber      :順便交棒給年輕人
推 suana       :小巴離開也是好事 畢竟他的空間已經被嚴重壓縮了
推 suana       :加上他的狀況因為等等因素沒比以前好了 放他去其他
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推 truegodchild:當射手那點我之前提過  不過得到的回應也是一樣
推 suana       :Turkoglu應該是要幫忙分擔某些時段的進攻與組織
推 suana       :至於射手那一部分　我想要正式打了之後才會知道
推 blablack    :當射手這點我覺得就是多一套戰術，本質上是加分的!
→ jeromee     :補充一下，Dragic的訪談是出自這一篇文章
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→ bll135      :但是交棒一說倒是蠻同意的，Nash有太多持球時間了
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