[外電] 麥當勞：交易選項很多，但賣雷獸不在其中

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Suns GM: Plenty of trade options, but dealing Bledsoe likely not one of them

麥當勞：交易選項很多，但賣掉布雷獸不在其中

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The NBA’s Feb. 23 trade deadline is looming, and for the Phoenix Suns, it
could prove to be a pretty busy day.

But GM Ryan McDonough is not stressing over it, especially compared to this
time last year.

2/23 的交易截止日即將到來，可以想見這會是太陽隊相當忙碌的一天。
但特別在跟去年此時比較上，太陽總管麥當勞並沒有強調這一點

“I feel like we put a lot of pressure on ourselves internally,” he told
Doug and Wolf on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM Friday as part of Newsmakers Week. “
Last year I felt like we had to make a move. The Markieff Morris situation
had obviously become untenable, and for the good of the organization that was
something we had to do.

“I don’t feel that way this year.”

「我覺得我們在內部給自己太多壓力了。」麥當勞告訴亞利桑那電台的 Doug 跟 Wolf：
「去年，我覺得我們不得不有所動作，顯然我們不能再繼續承受中二哥的狀況下去，為
了球隊整體好，那是當時我們必須的動作。」


Indeed, last season the Suns were almost forced to pull off at least one
trade, shipping the disgruntled forward to Washington in exchange for a 2016
first-round pick. On draft night, the Suns traded the pick — No. 13 overall
— to Sacramento in the deal that landed them Marquese Chriss.

事實上，去年太陽被迫至少要做出一個交易──把對球隊身懷不滿的不定時炸彈送到巫
師換來一枚 2016 選秀籤，然後在 2016 選秀夜把這枚 13 籤打包賣給國王以獲取
Marquese Chriss 。

McDonough saying he does not feel like the Suns need to make a trade is not
the same as him saying they would not like to make a deal, however.

At 18-39 the Suns enter the All-Star break with the second-worst record in
the NBA and 7.5 games out of the final Western Conference playoff spot. They
lost 10 of their last 13 games entering the break, but did end the first half
on a high note with a 137-101 demolition of the Los Angeles Lakers.

然而，麥當勞說「他不覺得太陽需要交易」跟他說「他們不會交易」可不能畫上等號。

在明星賽前，太陽的戰績是歷史第二差的 18-39 ，並且與季後賽球隊有著 7.5 場的勝
差。在最後十三場比賽中，太陽輸了十場，但同樣以 137-101 痛宰湖人的比賽為上半
季畫下句點。


“Our record’s not what we hoped it would be,” McDonough conceded, before
adding that he feels good about how the team’s young players are performing,
especially of late.

There are areas he would like to see the team improve, but in terms of the
trade deadline, McDonough pointed out that there are plenty of options in
front of them.

「我們的戰績確實不如預期。」麥當勞承認，隨後又補充他覺得球隊中年輕球員的成長
讓他感到舒服。

有些他希望球隊能夠改進的部分，但在交易大限之前，麥當勞只說太陽有著很多選項。


“I think we’re about $13 or 14 million under the salary cap, so we’re able
to take on more salary in a trade than we send out,” he said. “Obviously we
have a lot of young players and draft picks that have a significant amount of
interest around the league. And we have some veteran guys that I think would
help teams that either are trying to solidify themselves as playoff teams or
trying to load up if they think they are a championship contender.”

「我想我們還有 13-14M 的薪資空間，所以比起騰出空間，我們可以選擇吃進更多的薪
資。」他說：「顯然，我們有不少的年輕球員跟選秀權，在聯盟中已經引起了不少的興
趣。同時我們也有不少經驗豐富的老將，可以幫助有意作為冠軍角逐者的季後賽球隊。」


Any stress McDonough said he may have would be related to the various
directions he and the team could go.

The path he wants the team to be on is one that leads to a star, though he
said every GM in the league is seeking the same thing.

關於麥當勞與球隊，可以前往的方向太多了，確實讓麥當勞也感受到了壓力。

他想要的目標很明顯是一個明星球員，但他同樣說了，聯盟中的每一個 GM 都在做同樣
的事情。

To that end, the fourth-year GM said one thing that has changed over the last
year and a half or so is that more teams are calling them asking about
younger players and draft picks, showing that the Suns have some coveted
assets.

“With us, I think we’re at or near the top of the list in terms of teams
that could put together a package for a star,” he said.

為了這個目的，這位在擔任第四年總經理的太陽人說，有些事情開始在過去一年半有了
變化，從有些球隊向太陽試探出讓選秀權或年輕球員來看，太陽確實擁有一些令人羨慕
的資產。

「有了這樣的優勢，在提出一個包裹換得一個年輕球員上面，我想我們是名單上最名列
前茅──或至少前幾名的。」麥當勞透露。


But is that star or are those stars available? That’s something McDonough
said they have to determine, along with deciding if the organization is ready
to take that big of a leap.

“Are we ready to push some of our chips to the center of the table and say ‘
this guy would really help accelerate our learning curve, our timeframe,'”
 he said. “Or, are we willing to be patient, continue to develop the young
guys, who have obviously shown a lot of promise, and try to add another piece
or pieces to them in the draft?”

McDonough did say he does not feel like the Suns are one star away from being
a contender, which will impact how he approaches this upcoming deadline.

但是太陽想要的是「那顆」星星還是「那些」星星呢？這就是麥當勞長考所在。他必須
評估並且決定，太陽隊是否已經準備好要發起陣容上的飛躍式轉變。
(編按：即我常常提到的，多換一打包交易。或者衝擊季後賽──會讓選秀順位下降。考
 慮到選秀籤會變差這點，過早發起此一衝擊不見得是一件好事。)

「我們準備好要把一些球員推到場中央，然後告訴大家：『這個人將加速球隊的成長曲
線，還有我們預設的時間框架嗎？』」他說：「或者，我們願意繼續保持耐心，等待那
些已經表現出自己預約未來的年輕人，並且試著透過選秀，在他們的天賦中加入一個或
一些球員？」

麥當勞曾經表示，他不認為在獲取一個明星球員上太陽是一個有力的競爭者。而這將影
響他在交易大限之前做出的動作。


“Now, if we could figure out a way to get two elite players and keep some of
our core or most of our core guys, then we have to think about that,” he
said. “Because I think the way Eric Bledsoe’s playing, the way Devin Booker
’s playing and how he’s going to look in the future, how we think he’ll
look in the future, those two guys are good enough to win, or will be good
enough to win at a high level.

“If we can get another couple guys to go with them who are as good or better
than them, then we have to think about that and that’s something we’re
actively weighing.”

「現在，我們必須想想，要怎麼找到一個或兩個菁英球員加入我們現有的核心球員群中？
」麥當勞說：「因為我認為 Eric Bledsoe 的比賽方式， Devin Booker 的比賽方式還
有他跟我們如何看待未來，這兩個球員已經足夠好到能讓我們贏下比賽，或至少能夠把
我們在比較高等級的比賽中獲得勝利。」


「如果我們可以獲得另外差不多好或甚至比他們更好的球員跟他們一起打球，那麼我們
  就必須把他列入考慮。這是我們正在衡量的。」

When trying to gauge the Suns’ future, it starts with 20-year-old Booker and
continues with Chriss and Dragan Bender, who are each 19 years of age.
Twenty-three year old T.J. Warren has also impressed this season, though his
improvement has been derailed a bit due to injuries.

After that group, however, things get a bit murkier. Bledsoe has arguably
been the team’s best player this year and likely should have been an
All-Star while averaging a team-best 21.6 points to go along with 6.2 assists
and 4.9 rebounds per game, while veterans P.J. Tucker, Jared Dudley and Tyson
Chandler have also played well.

當我們試圖測量太陽的未來，勢必要談到 20 歲的 Booker 跟 19 歲的 Chriss 與龍哥，
還有本賽季令人印象深刻的 T.J. Warren (23歲) ──雖然他的進步在受傷後已經顯得
脫軌了。

在這群年輕人以外，呃，看起來就比較昏暗不明。 Bledsoe 今年可能是球隊中最好的球
員，他平均可以獲得 21.6 分 6.2 助攻 4.9 籃板的表現是全明星級的數據。除此之外，
老將 P.J. Tucker 、 Jared Dudley 跟 Tyson Chandler 同樣有著不錯的表現。


Other players, like Brandon Knight, Leandro Barbosa and Alex Len have all
been effective at times, though have hardly been consistent.

Put it all together and you have a team that is short on wins but not
necessarily on attractive pieces. Bledsoe in particular has been the subject
of recent speculation, not because he is a bad player but instead because
while he’s excellent, his age, 27, and career timeline does not necessarily
mesh with those of the team’s other young talent.

McDonough said that kind of thinking is false.

至於其他球員，像是 Brandon Knight 、小巴、小蘭，則是時靈時不靈，而且幾乎不會
同時發威。

把這些狀況放在一起考量，你會發現這支球隊雖不善於取勝卻仍未失去吸引力。
在最近的交易討論中， Bledsoe 常被視為炒作成功後可以送走的期貨。這並不是因為他
表現得不好，相反的因為年僅 27 的他在同齡球員的成長中表現得相對傑出。

麥當勞表示：這種想法是錯的。


“I’m not saying that we’d put anybody off limits — we’re not in position
to do that — but Eric’s played at an extremely high level, especially in
2017; over the last month and a half he’s been phenomenal,” he said. “
Forty-point games, a triple-double the other night; his development and
growth as a player has been one of the more rewarding things for me,
personally, and for us, organizationally, since I’ve been in the league,
which is 14-plus years now.”

McDonough credited Bledsoe’s growth on and off the court as well as his
maturation as a leader, which is important at the point guard position. As
for his age, the GM pointed to Steve Nash, who played some of his best
basketball in his 30s, as reason to not look to trade Bledsoe just because he
is a little older.

「我絕不會說我們永不交易誰──我們不能這麼做──但 Bledsoe 已經有了高水準的發
揮，特別是在過去一個半月， 2017 年的他有著非常驚人的表現。」他說：「幾度獲得
四十分的比賽，在另一個晚上獲得大三元，作為一個球員，他的發展跟成長對我來說是
一件更有價值的事情。對我個人來說，對我們來說，對太陽這支球隊來說，對我在這個
聯盟已經十四年以上的經驗來說都是如此。」

麥當勞認為 Bledsoe 作為一個成熟的領導者，他在場上與場外的成長是作為一個控衛很
重要的事情。至於他的年紀──麥當勞指出 Steve Nash 人生最美好的一段時光也是在
他三十歲後才開始的，所以布雷獸看起來有點年紀了並不能作為交易他的合理理由。」

(編按：突然好想念老衲 Q__Q)

“I’m not obviously comparing Eric to Steve — that would be unfair to him
when you’re talking about a two-time MVP and Hall of Famer — but he has
improved a lot and if you look at guys who are in their 30s, around 30, like
Chris Paul, like Mike Conley, those guys kind of keep getting better every
year, and Eric looks like he’s on that path.

“We never say never, we never put anybody totally off limits, but I think it
’s very unlikely we trade Eric and more likely we try to add guys in that
age range, from 19 to 27, to play with Eric and Devin Booker.”

「我不太推崇把 Eric 拿來跟 Steve 做比較──當我們把一個兩度最有價值球員及準名
人堂球員拿來做為比較標準不太空瓶──但如果你看看那些三十幾歲的，接近三十歲的
球員例如 Chris Paul ，像是 Mike Conley ， Bledsoe 已經證明了很多。那些傢伙每
年都在不斷的變好，而 Bledsoe 看來跟他們正走在同一條路上。」

「我們從不說『永不』(編按：潛台詞是『永不交易任何人』)，我們從不會讓任何人被
交易的機率減少到可以忽略不計。但我想我們不太可能交易 Eric 而更可能是尋找其他
19-27 歲的球員來跟 Eric Bledsoe 跟 Devin Booker 一起打球。」



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