Re: [外電] 第五順位的小蘭失敗的關鍵合約年

[bll135 (洪爺)]

(續上篇)

McDonough sees the adjustment for Len this offseason as changing what he does
on the floor, perhaps abandoning the high-post hybrid elements of Len’s game
that were so enticing on draft night.

麥當勞在休賽期間看到小蘭在場上的調整，也許這更像是小蘭在選秀夜時展現的多種
混合技術。

“Simplify his role a little bit, put him in a position to be effective,”
 McDonough said. “Anytime you have a talented young player who has the
ability to do a number of different things, it’s tempting to throw a lot at
them.”

「將他的角色簡化一點點，使用他的方式就會變得有效率一點。」麥當勞如是說：「
每當你有一個充滿天賦且能夠做很多不同事情的年輕球員，期望他去做到更多事情是
很難抗拒的誘惑。」

The previous shooting numbers and Len’s shot chart reflects that’s the
right decision.

(請參考原文的命中率圖：https://goo.gl/rJuPHf)

以小蘭在球場各位置的命中率數字圖來說這或許是正確的決定。

shotchart

Maybe it’s easy to criticize Len because the post-trade deadline role was
one where he was expected to bounce back and create a difficult free agency
decision for the Suns.

也許很容易以此來批評小蘭，因為在交易大限前我們期待的是他谷底反彈並且讓太陽
對他的自由球員身分變得艱難一點。

He did the opposite of that.
但他做的與此相反。

This entire argument surrounding Len is not to ignore the fact that he’s
still talented.

對於小蘭的這整個論點並不是忽略他具備天賦的事實。

The Denver Nuggets traded Jusuf Nurkic to the Portland Trail Blazers in
February and in his time in the Pacific Northwest, Nurkic averaged 15.2
points, 10.4 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.9 blocks and 1.3 steals per game in the
regular season. He was a monster.

金塊把 Nurkic 交易到拓荒者後他平均打出了 15.2 分 10.4 籃板 3.2 助攻 1.9 籃
板 1.3 抄截的表現，他是一個怪物。

Uninformed fans have been rushing to crush Denver for the trade, but the
story on the Bosnian in Denver didn’t quite have the national reach. He was
fuming with his role behind Nikola Jokic, who looks like the next franchise
big man in the NBA. He was pouting and didn’t look interested when he was
playing.

不知情的球迷會急著否定金塊在這場交易中做的事情，但這名球員擔任 Jokic 這位
看起來像是能主宰聯盟未來的球員的替補時，他在場上看起來意興闌珊。


The Nuggets had no choice but to deal Nurkic, despite this potential everyone
in Denver knew he had.

即使丹佛的每個人都知道 Nurkic 有這個潛力，但交易他是別無選擇的。

Len won’t become a world-beater like Nurkic, but despite the flaws in his
game, he’s got a whole lot of talent and potential left at 23 years old.

小蘭並不會像 Nurkic 那樣成為震驚全世界的球員，但儘管他的比賽有缺陷，他仍
舊是一個年僅 23 且具備天賦的球員。

While it’s clear he will never be able to fill the shoes of what a top-five
pick in a weak draft should be, he’s always had the skills to be a
competent, complementary starting center who would play well on both ends.

即使很明顯他永遠無法擺脫一個弱選秀年的前五順位標籤，他仍舊被視為有足夠的技
巧去擔任一個在攻防兩端有表現的先發中鋒。

Another NBA team may very well unlock that player, but it’s extremely
unlikely for it to come in Phoenix.

其他的 NBA 球隊可能會很好的放掉這樣的球員，但這種球員不會來到鳳凰城。

The Suns control their destiny with Len.

太陽的命運掌控在小蘭的身上。

He is a restricted free agent, and Phoenix will be able to match any offer he
agrees to with another team.

他即將成為 RFA ，且當他跟其他球隊達成協議，太陽也有能力 match 所有報價。

With a $13 million-plus commitment over the next two seasons to Tyson
Chandler and having restricted free agency control over Williams, though,
there’s no reason to bring back Len.

當未來兩年的中鋒位置有了 13M的 老拳王，且 AW 也將進入 RFA ，看起來太陽
並沒有非把小蘭帶回家的理由。

First-round picks Dragan Bender and Marquese Chriss both show enough promise
to play minutes at center and already did this season. If Len gets offered
even just $10 million per season, why would it make sense to use nearly a
quarter of the salary cap on centers?

今年的第一輪順位球員龍哥跟 Chriss 都在嘗試擔任中鋒位時展現了能耐，如果
小蘭拿到年均 10M 的合約，有什麼太陽需要在中鋒位置花費將近 1/4 總薪資的
理由？

The Suns appear to be on the same page by, down the stretch, playing Len
fewer minutes than Williams, who could wind up being his replacement and
certainly will be cheaper.

太陽似乎是在不斷測試 Len 跟 Williams ，甚至讓小蘭的上場時間比 AW 都來得
少。 AW 肯定更甘於擔任替補並且更便宜。

Williams is not a long-term fix as a potential starting center of the future
but as of now, Len isn’t either.

當然了，作為未來的先發中鋒選項， AW 並不合格。但目前為止，小蘭也還不是那
個答案。

If the Suns can get Len to re-sign on the cheap without much long-term
commitment, it’s worth another shot to see if what McDonough said about a
simplified game for Len is true. If that doesn’t happen, it’s time to move
on.

如果太陽可以便宜且不要給予過長合約的話，是可以讓小蘭繼續試試看，看看麥當
勞所述的，簡化 Len 在場上做的事情是否起作用。但如果沒有辦法這樣做，也該
是時候繼續往前走了。


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→ mnzx        : 推！雖然沒養好，但覺得1200萬可以留，但是出現了AW
→ mnzx        : ，讓問題變難了，感覺麥當勞最後會留AW當拳王替補了
推 humbler     : 謝謝翻譯
→ bll135      : 我是這樣想啦，只要替補就aw簽下去不考慮小蘭。但如
→ bll135      : 果要拳王以後的未來先發，就必須考慮小蘭（但不保證
→ bll135      : 他扛得起來。而且aw len都留難
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