[轉錄][外電] Porter likely gone by Monday

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作者: suana (白夜行) 看板: PHX-Suns
標題: [外電] Porter likely gone by Monday
時間: Sun Feb 15 10:33:46 2009

Porter likely gone by Monday

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There are strong indications that the Suns will have a new head coach leading
them at Monday morning's practice.

Although no final decision has been made, the apparent plan is for Suns
management to fire Terry Porter - who in his first season has led the Suns to
a 28-23 record and ninth place in the Western Conference standings - on
Monday.

Because of financial concerns, the replacement probably would come from the
staff. Lead assistant Alvin Gentry would be the likely successor, not General
Manager Steve Kerr, as has been reported.
Gentry and assistant Bill Cartwright have previous head-coaching experience,
but Gentry has been with Phoenix since 2004.

Porter has had two shots at his 100th career coaching victory, but the Suns
lost both games by 17 points to finish a 6-10 stretch entering the All-Star
break. Their past six losses have come by double digits.

He signed a three-year contract to be the Suns' coach in June, but the third
year is not guaranteed. The Suns would eat about $2 million of Porter's
salary by firing him. He was the only experienced head coach among the
finalists for the job, which was vacated in the off-season by Mike D'Antoni.

The timing seems ideal for a new coach, with the Suns facing the Los Angeles
Clippers (13-40) on Tuesday and Wednesday and Oklahoma City (13-40) on Friday.

There has been speculation that a big change would be coming in the form of a
trade involving forward Amaré Stoudemire. Chicago, Houston and Cleveland
have been considered the likely trading partners, but a deal with Portland
for guard Jerryd Bayless, a first-round draft pick and Raef LaFrentz's
expiring, insurance-protected contract has been considered.

Any trade also would not happen until Monday, as the NBA does not want the
Suns to act during All-Star weekend in its city.

The Suns' decreasing faith in Porter recently became apparent when Managing
Partner Robert Sarver and Kerr took unscheduled cross-country flights to
Atlanta to hold meetings with players without Porter, a sign that they did
not think the coach was reaching the players.

Porter got off to a bad start with many players during training camp, when
his no-nonsense approach, basic drills and changes in philosophy ruffled
some, especially veterans.

The players had asked for more of a defensive emphasis and accountability
after last season's first-round playoff exit under D'Antoni. However, they
did not buy in to Porter's program from the beginning. The team is loaded
with subpar defensive players and has not improved in that area, and Kerr
said that is his biggest disappointment this season.

Porter's attempt to put in a Detroit Pistons-type offense was abandoned after
an 11-9 start. He allowed point guard Steve Nash to have more control of the
ball and push the tempo more, although he still wanted center Shaquille
O'Neal to regularly have post-up opportunities. Nash and teammates pitched
their cases in public that the team was built to run, and they got their
wishes.

The Suns won more in December, but Porter did not win their respect.

Guard Raja Bell resisted Porter's ways and forward Boris Diaw was unhappy
with his new role. Their attitudes led to the Suns trading them Dec. 12 to
Charlotte for guard Jason Richardson. The Suns won nine of their next 12
games but lost twice at the buzzer on defensive mix-ups.

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還是懶人式翻譯～

有消息暗示說，在下週一練習時，太陽將會換一位新的總教練。(－^－)ｄ

Porter把太陽的戰績帶到只有28W-23L，並且現在我們位處西區的老九。┐(─＿─)┌

之前的Rumor是嚇唬人的，Kerr並不會真的去當總教練。

總教練替補的人選是從Gentry與助理教練Bill Cartwright兩位之中選出一位。

但目前看來，Gentry呼聲是最大的，因為他自從04年以來，就一直待在太陽了。

把Porter炒掉之後，我們要吃下2百萬的薪資。

接下來我們三場比賽的對手，分別是兩場快艇與一場雷霆。

有推測說，交易阿罵之後，太陽會有極大的轉變。

目前還在與太陽談論交易案的球隊有公牛、火箭、騎士。

而拓荒者還是在找尋交易掉Bayless、第一輪選秀、LaFrentz的可能性。

當然也有可能什麼交易都不會發生。

現在之所以Rumor滿天飛，交易案沒下文，主因也是因為聯盟不希望太陽在全明星賽週

發生任何的交易案，以免破壞明星賽的進行。

原來之前老闆與Kerr有安排一場會議，參加者只有球員，Porter是被屏除在外的，

進行與球員們的商討，聽取球員們對Porter的看法。(－^－)ｄ

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爽( ￣ c￣)y▂ξ 終於要換教練了

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推 chiusna     :所以明星賽完阿罵應該會走囉
推 Workshy     :Porter掰掰  不送~
推 JoeJohnson  :Sarver和Kerr也可以一起走路嗎
推 highmimi    :終於願意承認教練才是主因了 ...
推 ASDF0714    :掰~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
推 pasti       :Porter掰掰 全明星的先發被你帶成這樣....
推 GrantHi11   :爽快!!
推 sinll       :掰~~~~~~安心上路
推 andy1203    :雖然有點殘忍不過事實是殘酷的啊PHX加油!!
推 Alubasong   :我還是不希望AMARE走啊~~~
推 evonre      :算是好消息  2M就花下去吧
→ evonre      :除非球員整個大改組  不然Porter一定得走
→ imug7       :安~~~心~~~上~~~路~~~
推 jcma        :借轉火箭版
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