[外電] 太陽交易筆記本

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Suns trade notebook: Coveting star or assets, McDonough not pressed to deal
太陽交易記事簿：渴望明星或資產，麥當勞並不急著做交易。

(以下以大略翻譯為主)

There’s been little scuttlebutt of late after Sacramento Kings general
manager Vlade Divac hushed rumors of the Suns’ interest in acquiring big man
DeMarcus Cousins, but here comes the NBA trade deadline. As reports become
more frequent, we want to keep up with what might be an active trade deadline
for the Phoenix Suns. Here, we’ll recap the past week or so of news with a
little analysis while also riffing off comments from those with the Suns and
around the NBA who speak on such matters.

這裡提到，過去一週除了表弟並沒有甚麼特別的大新聞。我們想要整理一下過去一週的
資訊，並提供一些評論。



SEARCHING FOR STARS

繼續尋找明星

Unless Carmelo Anthony is still considered a star player, Cousins remains the
only star whose name has even been mentioned in NBA trade rumors so far.

HoopsHype’s Alex Kennedy reported in his own trade notebook this week that
one NBA general manager expressed surprise Phoenix hasn’t been mentioned
more in trade rumors, and that the Suns are actively looking to acquire a
star or continue acquiring more young pieces.

Regarding the rumor-mill, it’s important to point out that McDonough’s Suns
have been successful keeping their dealings quiet until trades are nearly
complete.

Regarding their desire for a star, well, sources don’t need to tell us that.
McDonough hasn’t been shy about his aggressive approach and wasn’t when
asked about it Wednesday on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM’s Burns and Gambo show.

“We’ll obviously always inquire about star players,” McDonough said,
adding he believes the Suns’ assets would make them one of the first teams
others would call if they want to deal a star. “We proactively call others
ourselves.”

除非 Melo 仍被視為一個全明星，不然過去一週內討論熱度比較高的只有表弟。

HoopsHype 的 Alex Kennedy 本週在自己的交易筆記說他很意外都沒有聽到太陽正在
尋求明星球員的乳摸出現。聯盟的消息來源說太陽在為交易保持安靜上做得很好，除
非真的完成交易，否則應該都是靜悄悄的。而當麥當勞在接受亞利桑那電台訪問時就
說：「我們很明顯都會優先詢問明星球員。太陽累積的資產也將讓我們成為他們優先
詢問的目標。」


IF NOT A STAR …
如果沒有明星.....

Barring acquiring a star, which at this point would come as a surprise,
McDonough said the Suns being below the cap floor makes them able to absorb
bigger contracts to trade for more assets.

“We’re also able to take on contracts, particularly expiring contracts, if
it’s incentivized or if there’s a young player or pick attached to it that
we think will help us going forward,” he said.

But unlike last year with Markieff Morris wanting out of Phoenix, the Suns don
’t feel the need to force a deal, the general manager said.

That might indicate Phoenix isn’t desperate to trade backup guard Brandon
Knight. At least, the team isn’t putting that out there for teams to
short-change the Suns with offers.

As for the likelihood of trading Knight, McDonough, speaking more generally
about the big picture of the NBA, might have hope it could still get done
thanks to the rising cap. Knight is owed from $13.6 million to $15.6 million
per season over the next three years.

“Teams are less worried about preserving cap space or hoarding cap space. It
’s less of a concern than it used to be,” McDonough said. “Now pretty much
everybody or virtually every team has cap space so that’s less important and
teams are more willing, I think, to take on long-term salaries if they think
the deals will help them in the short-term.”

麥當勞說，我們還是可以有一些餘裕去吃別人的合約，為了這個拿選秀權或年輕球員
來就可以。去年的 Markieff Moriss 他就不覺得是一個一定要交易掉的情況，而這
可能意味著太陽並不迫切的想要把 Brandon Knight 交易出去，特別他的合約狀況很
健康。

「現在的團隊不需要過於擔心薪資空間，現在幾乎各隊都會有一些薪資空間的情況下，
我認為團隊會比以前更願意承擔長期的薪水。除非交易來短期合約能立即給予幫助。」



TO TRADE OR NOT TO TRADE BLEDSOE

交易或不交易布雷獸？

ESPN’s Brian Windhorst says it would make sense for the Suns to test the
market by dangling a red-hot Eric Bledsoe to see what he would draw in a deal.

Windhorst’s colleague, former Suns front office member Amin Elhassan, isn’t
in agreement. At least, he doesn’t think Phoenix should consider trading
Bledsoe until the offseason.

“I’m all about succession plans,” Elhassan said Tuesday on the Burns and
Gambo show. “I don’t want to make a move and not have the next move planned
out. To move him now and not know where you’re going to pick, who’s going
to be available, all those things — you’re basically left without a point
guard if you do that, at least potentially. Or not a point guard that you
really like or what have you. For me, I’d hold onto him.

“You wait until draft day or July and maybe you revisit that when you know,
OK, we drafted a Markelle Fultz or we signed a Kyle Lowry. To trade him now
and just say, oh, I’ll just wing it with Brandon Knight and Tyler Ulis until
something else better comes along, I don’t like that uncertainty.”

McDonough might not actively dangle Bledsoe on the market.

“He’s really come a long way,” McDonough said. “Look, I think he’s just
starting to enter his prime at 27 years old.”

The Suns will “more likely look at add players to help him and Devin
(Booker) and help our young core grow,” the GM added.

McDonough will never say never. If Bledsoe is needed to acquire a star player
or multiple enticing assets are offered to the Suns, they will have to listen.

ESPN 的 Brian Windhorst 認為太陽會想試試 Bledsoe 的價值，Windhorst 的前太陽
OF 成員 Amin Elhassan 則認為太陽不應該在球季結束前試著交易 Bledsoe 。

至於麥當勞怎麼說？麥當勞說，雷獸才剛剛進入球技成熟期的 27 歲。而太陽將「更
有可能交易其他球員來幫助他跟 Devin Booker ，以及其他年輕球員成長。」

麥當勞永遠不會說 Never ，如果雷獸有辦法換到超好的東西他還是會換的。

(編按：但以麥當勞把話說到這麼滿，看起來交易機率極低)


WHAT CAN THEY GET FOR TUCK?
他們能從胖塔拿到什麼？

It’s easy to see why P.J. Tucker is the most likely Sun to be traded.

He’s on an expiring, light contract at that. He’s an energizing bench
player who can defend scoring forwards.

Elhassan agrees he’s the most tradeable player, but he’s not sure the Suns
will end up getting a first-round pick like McDonough wants. Phoenix might
have to settle for a second-rounder McDonough said he doesn’t want.

“Well here’s the problem. Everyone says the Suns’ asking price for him is
ridiculous,” Elhassan said. “Teams hang up the phone laughing because you’
re not going to get that kind of a return for a guy that old for a contract
that’s going to expire. A good second-round pick I would (take). He’s going
to be a free agent. So you either get something or you get nothing.”

毫無疑問胖塔是有很高機率被交易的，他的場上表現很好，又是便宜到期合約。

Elhassan 說其他球隊都認為太陽想拿胖塔換首輪是很可笑的，想要掛麥當勞電話XD
但當他們拿次輪籤要換，麥當勞又不想要了。所以最後可能是其他 GM 妥協後拿到
首輪，或者麥當勞妥協變成次輪，也可能甚麼都沒有的放他走。




NICE SIDESTEP

雞湯生感人發言

During Arizona Sports 98.7 FM’s Newsmakers Week on the Doug and Wolf show,
Wolf tried to ask Suns coach Earl Watson if he’d hypothetically be up for
coaching a player who sounds pretty similar to Cousins.

亞歷桑納電台的 Doug & Wolf 秀試圖採訪花生，假設有一個類似表弟這樣傳聞有
管理問題的球員他該如何管理。

A lightly-edited transcript:

以下是劇本

Wolf: “Let me give you a hypothetical. There’s a guy, there’s a guy out
there and maybe he’s not on your team right now. He’s really, really good.
But he’s kind of got a behavioral issue. Do you want that guy? Do you
actually want a crack at bringing something like that into your organization
right now? Do you think you could actually make an impact on a guy that’s
out there who’s really, really good, who might have issues? Let’s put it
that way.”

Wolf：如果有一個球員，他不在你的球隊。他很好，真的很好，但他擁有管理問題，
      你會想要那個傢伙嗎？你會把他帶進你的隊伍嗎？或者讓我們這樣說，你會
      真的認為你能夠影響一個很好很好，但卻被視為問題球員的人嗎？


Watson: “I have a preschool in Kansas City Kansas. I swear. This is true,
this is true, this is true. The principal texts me and says we need shirts
for school. I went to our merchandise store at the arena that sold Suns
jerseys and I bought everyone there Suns jerseys. So they’re wearing Booker,
Bledsoe, Tucker, Warren — that’s their clothing for work. Sent them like 30
jerseys. It doesn’t matter to me, you’re put in people’s lives for many
difference reasons, and I feel like if you feel like it’s a challenge or you
feel like you can reach someone, why not try to reach them? Never be
intimidated, you never know what can happen.

花生：我在 Kansas 有一間自己的幼兒園，我是認真的。有時候他們需要一些上學的
      T-Shirt ，我就跑去買太陽的，看她們穿著 Booker ， Bledsoe ， Tucker ，
      Warren.....對我來說這沒甚麼。你會因為各種原因而存在於其他人的人生中，
      我只覺得如果你感覺這是一個挑戰或者你能夠試著接觸看，那為什麼不接觸看
      看呢？不要自己嚇自己，你永遠不會知道有什麼事情會發生。

“It doesn’t matter to me, you’re put in people’s lives for many
difference reasons, and I feel like if you feel like it’s a challenge or you
feel like you can reach someone, why not try to reach them? Never be
intimidated, you never know what can happen.

“When you get to that point, you feel like you can reach people, you have to
understand the most difficult challenge has the greatest reward.”

「當你意識到這點，你覺得你可以接觸到其他人，你必須了解最艱難的挑戰往往有最
  好的回報。」

So, there’s that.



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