T-Mac on the Rockets trade: 'It's a sad day'

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February 21, 2008

T-Mac on the Rockets trade: 'It's a sad day'

By the time the Rockets arrived for their Thursday morning shootaround, the
lockers of Bonzi Wells and Mike James were empty.

"It's a sad day,'' Tracy McGrady said.

面對這筆交易，踢妹說：「今天真是難過的一天。」

McGrady couldn't put a happy face on the Rockets sending Wells and James to
division rival New Orleans in return for veteran guard Bobby Jackson and
rookie guard Adam Haluska. The Rockets had won nine consecutive games when
general manager Daryl Morey pulled the trigger on the deal. They broke up
their momentum, their winning mojo, to bring in a soon-to-be-35-year-old to
back up point guard Rafer Alston.

T-mac對這筆交易擺了臭臉

In essence, they traded Wells and James for an older version of James.

Sure, James has had his problems this season. James averaged 6.5 points in
16.3 minutes per game with the Rockets this season, shooting a miserable 35
percent from the field in the process. He had fallen out of coach Rick
Adelman's rotation and wasn't contributing anything but his willingness to
show up for work early and stay late.

Mike James今年很鳥

James is 32, so there's no reason to think he can't snap out of his shooting
funk if given the chance. Clearly, though, the Rockets weren't counting on it
happening any time soon with this team. James has averaged 11.1 points in
25.9 minutes per game in his career, compared to 10.0 and 22.5 for Jackson.
Both James and Jackson are smallish shoot-first guards. James has a career
.426 shooting percentage from the field and .379 from behind the three-point
line, compared to .419 and .360 for Jackson.

MJ和Bobby都是矮個子幹王

   MJ生涯 FG-42.6%，3pt-37.9%
Bobby生涯 FG-41.9%，3pt-36.0%

Think the 6-foot-2 James shoots first and asks questions later? He has
averaged an assist every 6.8 minutes in his career. The 6-foot-1 Jackson has
averaged an assist every 8.5 minutes

MJ平均每6.8分鐘有一個助攻
BJ平均每8.5分鐘有一個助攻

Oh, and Jackson is also shooting below 40 percent from the field for the
third consecutive season. So how does this help the team?

Bobby連續三年命中率不到四成，所以他要如何幫助火箭？

"I don't know,'' McGrady said. "You never know. We'll see. I really don't
have much to say about it. We'll see.''

「我不知道，」踢妹說。

「你不會知道的。時間會證明一切。我對這交易沒啥好說的。」

Wells averaged 9.2 points and 5.1 rebounds in 22 minutes per game. He was
wildly inconsistent, and he missed too many layups and too many free throws
and too many shots in general, but he gave the Rockets a presence they don't
otherwise have. Some teams simply cannot match up with him when he's in his
aggressive, attack-the-rim mode. More than once, McGrady said, "He will be
missed.''

Bonzi每22分鐘可拿下9.2分 5.1籃板，但是上籃常放槍，罰球又很爛，外線也不準。
但他帶給火箭其他人沒有的能力-幹爆對方禁區。


"To lose Bonzi, that's pretty tough to lose,'' McGrady said. ``That's a lot.
His ability to get us extra possessions on offense. Just his presence out
there on the basketball court.''

「失去胖子對我們是很大的損失，」踢妹說。

「真的是很大的損失，他在進攻能帶來很大的幫助。」

The Rockets will have to count on guard Luther Head, rookie forwards Luis
Scola and Carl Landy and sharp-shooter Steve Novak to fill in the void left
by Wells. Adelman and Morey contend that in the playoffs, there's a premium
on being able to make shots against tough defenses. The presence of Jackson
and an expanded role for Head and Novak means the Rockets will be able to
surround McGrady and Yao Ming with more shooters. At least in theory, the
Rockets have more counter moves to defenses geared to shut down T-Mac and Yao.

Head，Scola，Landry，Novak會分擔幫雞的工作。
Jackson的出現讓火箭的射手更多了。

The trade is also a sign the Rockets weren't comfortable trying to make a
playoff run with rookie Aaron Brooks backing up Alston. Adelman coached
Jackson, a former NBA Sixth Man of the Year, in Sacramento. Familiar with
Jackson's strengths and weaknesses, Adelman endorsed the trade. In time,
perhaps Adelman will have the McGrady and the rest of the players seeing
things the same way.

這交易也意味著不會讓Brooks在季後賽當RA的替補。
Adelman對這筆交易感到贊同。

The Rockets extended their winning streak to 10 by fending of the Miami Heat
on Thursday, 112-100. Asked if he's uncomfortable with breaking up a team
that is 19-4 since the start of 2008, McGrady offered this answer:

火箭今天打敗熱火，拿到十連勝。
記者問踢妹，在2008年拿到19勝4敗時卻作了這交易，會不會感到不舒服？

"Uncomfortable? You kind of had a sense that something was going to happen,
so I kind of mentally prepared myself for it. It's just how it is. Yeah, we
are playing well. You hate to break that up, and Bonzi was a big part of it.
But I'm a player. I will play. I don't have any say-so in the decisions. You
just hate to see things happen like that, especially when things are going so
well for your team.''

踢妹說，「我們之前打得很好，所以你一定討厭破壞這化學效應。但我是球員，我仍然
會好好打球。我對這交易沒有決定權。當球隊這麼順利時，當然討厭看到發生這種事。」

T-Mac wasn't the only Rocket wondering about the move. Players — and fans,
for that matter — don't want to hear about a trade being beneficial because
it gets a team out of paying a luxury tax.

球員和球迷都不想看到交易只是為了避免豪華稅。

"Man, it's tough,'' Landry said. "When things are going your way, you look
for things to stay the same. When things are different, sometimes I guess you
question why. But it's all a business. It's all a part of the game. You've
just got to take it and be positive about the situation and try to build on
it.''

Landry說，這只是商業和比賽的一部份，還是得好好打球好好過日子。


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推 npchen:被標題嚇到了﹐以為是Trade McGrady
推 eggdoegg:*嘆*
推 kendle:唉  球隊高層真無情   隨便舉幾個球員  S.Francis C.Mobley
→ kendle:J.Jackson   S.Swift  M.Taylor  M.James  D.Anderson
→ kendle:Norris T.Lue這幾個球員都是當初不想離開火箭卻被交易掉的
推 npchen:幸好今天的十連勝多少沖淡球迷的Hate心情﹐所以..
→ npchen:請火箭連勝下去吧﹗
→ barkleyc:最難過的是當初Olajuwon沒能在休士頓退休...
推 Eook11:恩～～太同意版主了
推 chenlansue:BJ比MJ還自幹  為啥ㄧ大堆版友說她是我們替補PG答案?
推 O37:打馬神龜走了 哭哭
推 adamcha:看來踢妹還是不太爽BJ  希望兩人能合好
推 dash13:因為現在市場上要找到好的替補PG有點難　而且AB跟小頭的控
→ dash13:球不可靠　我覺得Bobby當替補PG還不錯~
推 SMALLZCH:我覺得踢妹不爽的是老闆和GM...
推 e12518166339:希望這筆交易能跟當初我不爽GAY男一樣，能讓我跌破
→ e12518166339:眼鏡，事實上現在的我覺得B對我們而言太重要了
推 PrinceKevin:BJ並沒有那麼自幹喔~ 對BJ的印象不要停留在國王時期,
→ PrinceKevin:他當時的角色就是上來搶分,所以得自幹.
推 win1130:時間會證明的!!不過感覺TMAC不太相信BJ
推 klasd:老木來火箭之前姚還不是有被老木鐵肘給幹傷過
推 e12518166339:真心希望這筆交易會讓所有人看走眼，但願如此
推 tmdtmd:都成定局了 就放寬心看比賽巴...雖然我也很想念棒子壓~~
推 win1130:看明年棒子會不會想念火箭回來!!這樣最好!!
推 Ethan96:T-Mac在魔術有跟Bj幹過架的樣子 當時對國王 好像打到OT
推 wielain:push
推 MichaelRedd:芭比練球小人物上籃時，T-MAC:手滑了!
推 DDMO:這跟看走眼沒啥關係,重要是Bonzi已經是確定融入隊形的搖擺人
→ DDMO:也有固定的上場時間,Gay會怎樣或是會有多少上場時間都不知道
推 DDMO:另外Bobby不是以控球見長的,希望他來以後能有穩定外線就好了
推 win1130:恩!!穩定外線比較實際!!wells有好有壞拉!!
推 tamataco:沒有不爽誰的問題吧  是大家都知道失去Wells太傷太傷
→ tamataco:唉 上個禮拜還在熬夜po文說一定要留下他
推 SMALLZCH:奇怪為啥火箭的人氣久久不散阿  能爆這麼久很少見...
推 iamexwilly:TMAC一定不高興Bonzi被當交易籌碼 他們兩私交不錯
推 waterice12:一定的..當初找來他也是T-Mac親自去找他談他才肯來的
推 atlantiskid1:T-Mac會不會被老闆搞到沒朋友..辛苦找來的朋友就這樣
推 g85115:希望這筆交易是成功的.....希望BJ有穩定的外線...
推 win1130:不知腦殘老闆聽到了嗎??姚麥都強力譴責了!!
推 kspacey:明天芭比會上嗎？
→ win1130:明天棒子應該會上!!希望他一上場就把球傳給TMAC
推 wadeGergebye:姚明: 強烈譴責那位智障老闆
推 sun9:還有人記得以前踢妹跟巴比打過架嗎~