[外電] Sachin Gupta sees team as 'buyers'

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    After the midway point of the season, Gupta said he was happy with
    the Wolves (20-22) being in contention for a playoff spot or spot
    in the play-in tournament.

    "We're two games out of the No. 5 [seed]. We're closer to five
    than we are to 10. That feels really good," Gupta said. "The
    coaching staff has done a great job. We've been a top-10 defense
    over the year so far, which this roster isn't one that we felt was
    the strongest on the defensive end.”

    Because of the Wolves' start and defensive ranking, Gupta said he
    would categorize them more as "buyers" at the deadline because
    there's an opportunity to secure a playoff spot and avoid the
    play-in tournament. But being a "buyer" doesn't mean shopping for
    a rental player who won't be in Minnesota beyond this season.
    Gupta said any deal the Wolves make will be geared toward
    improving now and over the next five years to maximize the
    "runway" Gupta said the Wolves have with center Karl-Anthony Towns
     and guards D'Angelo Russell and Anthony Edwards.

    "We do see an opportunity to get up to maybe the five [seed], to
    work our way out of the play-in to just secure a playoff spot
    outright, which would be great," Gupta said. "Given that
    opportunity, I'd say we're more buyers. But generally I would say
    we're buyers over the long term.”
    Gupta 表示理想情況是避開附加賽直接進季後賽。而本季交易大限，球隊更
    接近買家身份參與，主要提升以KAT、Dlo、Ant 為核心的長期競爭力，不會
    把租借球員半季當作交易目標。
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    Vanderbilt has meshed with Towns on offense with his spacing, and
    his offensive rebounding has helped the Wolves become a top-five
    team in that statistic. He's also been a good pick-and-roll
    partner for Russell.

    "He's been really impactful. In a lot of ways [Vanderbilt] has
    been a good frontcourt partner for KAT," Gupta said. "That has
    changed a little bit how we look at things. He's gained a real
    starting role, playing big minutes and he's really earned that. I
    think we need to be cognizant of that, to look at other potential
    acquisitions to see how that impacts his minutes because he's
    really earned the minutes that he's playing right now.”
    V8 崛起改變了高層對球隊陣容的想法，制服組會把任何新進成員如何影響
    V8 的出賽機會納入考量。
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    Despite the playoff push, Gupta said he did not feel like the
    Wolves are prepared to pay the luxury tax this season by taking on
    additional salaries, but that is on the table in future years.

    "We're probably not at the position yet where it's going to make
    sense to go into it and add to the potential to be a repeater at
    some point," Gupta said.
    雖然要衝擊季後賽，但 Gupta 認為球隊還未走到承接更多薪資，繳交豪華稅
    階段，也許再等幾個球季之後。

    But the playoffs are in sight sooner than later, and Gupta said
    he's ready to strike to make the Wolves better now.
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    距離交易大限剩不到一個月，很久沒當買家了，Gupta 提供一些線索。

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推 chih2loveu: 今年要避開附加賽 除非D77狀態又差了 不然很難...不過
→ chih2loveu: 今年的確先控制在不要付稅 打附加賽進去是最好的劇本
推 vince4687: V8的崛起讓球隊原本一定要補四變成可補老將三
→ vince4687: 上限黑鷹下限找個Ross就很好用了
推 Leaflock: 交易目標是長期搭配三核和非短期租用有意思 感謝分享了
→ Leaflock: Gupta應該有幾個明確的目標 不過這幾天Barnes和Collins
→ Leaflock: 也進入市場 這就有意思了
→ balabalaba: 沒補防守性內線、升級三號位、地板流控衛的話根本走
→ balabalaba: 不遠也升不上去
→ jinshenn: 最少最少板凳深度要補強一下
推 Leaflock: Barnes、Collins截止日沒機會的話 應該至少會有基本補強
→ Leaflock:  畢竟Gupta的飯碗穩不穩就看這賽季了
→ vince4687: 升級三號衛也是會找那種有尺寸的三號
→ vince4687: 替補等級的Prince換成先發等級的三 大概差不多是這意思
→ vince4687: 推文提到的黑鷹跟Ross是我自己舉例 所以我不會舉EG這種
推 Leaflock: 最簡單就是把Prince換成RoCo 或是把薪資包換成Thies這類
→ Leaflock:  出次輪清掉一個底薪避稅
推 vince4687: RoCo目前算是比較平穩而且很有機會的選擇
→ vince4687: 不用出太多資源 而且回鍋加上有經驗跟尺寸的大三D
→ vince4687: 不過今年狀況差一點就是
推 Leaflock: RoCo最近狀況調回來了 和生涯的起伏差不多
推 chih2loveu: EG應該Finch會愛用 但換來我會吐血...
推 yzuboy: 監獄明星跟福醬包雷曼還有烏骨雞不知道會不會被清掉
推 pttshian: 期待換回Roco。
推 jjoonnyy: 跟我想法一樣， V8的成長，讓補強多了選擇
→ jjoonnyy: 我也會往大3號去考慮
推 jjoonnyy: 其實我最想要的是IG, 當初貼2個首輪或許有機會。 補上
→ jjoonnyy: 我們的所以缺點
推 Leaflock: Barnes適合一點 來打三陣容直接大一號 髒活累活都肯做
→ Leaflock: 也有投射和單打能力
推 Leaflock: 不過截止日真的要購入Barnes只能丟複數首輪了
→ a62312000: 沒有很研究Barnes，但印象中他是攻大於守的人了，如果
→ a62312000: 交易來，我是認為他只會被Finch用來當成底線射手
→ a62312000: 看籃網三巨頭這季的情況，跟我們去年好像
→ a62312000: 整個賽季沒幾場一起出賽的
推 jjoonnyy: barnes不用丟複數首輪啦 他沒有那麼值錢 不是國王未來
→ jjoonnyy: 我甚至認為2個二輪 說不定就有機會了
→ kevinduh4: ？？？？
→ kevinduh4: 2個2輪？？？
→ Leaflock: 不可能啦 肯定一個首輪往上 球風萬用的高側翼 又還有一
→ Leaflock: 年半遞減合約 超級正資產
推 bo497751553: 不可能不出首輪
推 jjoonnyy: 出到2首輪就真的太多了 那是奪冠球隊才需要allin
推 yzuboy: 二首輪太誇惹，一個還能接受
推 k952gfjk: 獵鷹我也覺得一個首輪是比較合理
推 sato111: 以Okogie當籌碼算不算丟首輪簽lol
→ chih2loveu: Barnes的價格 可以參考去年Gordon的狀況
→ chih2loveu: 迫切需要的就會出複數首輪來搶
推 Leaflock: 因為灰狼幾乎沒有等值首輪的可動籌碼 所以換高檔貨就是
→ Leaflock: 薪資包+首輪拉滿了 沒辦法
推 vince4687: Barnes應該某方面跟AG會有差不多的比較性 不過Barnes
→ vince4687: 更加偏向3D AG則是有點持球能力的防守大前鋒
→ vince4687: 然後AG年輕很多 不過Barnes如果真的花資產弄到 拿來當
→ vince4687: 三星的第四個地板會突然墊很高
→ vince4687: 不過到時候就是要保底季後賽繳稅的時間線了
→ a62312000: 個人認為，只要上述的其中一個來，現在先發中，PB最有
→ a62312000: 可能會替補，不過怕finch是讓Vanderbilt回替補，變成一
→ a62312000: 大四小的陣容..
→ a62312000: 到時可能是Pb+Mb，而nowell又被冰
推 Leaflock: 如果真交易來頂配先發三號 那PB下替補沒什麼問題 買來頂
→ Leaflock: 配四才會比較尷尬
推 jjoonnyy: 其實可以看陣容來匹配 如果有頂級後衛 上PB沒有不行
→ jjoonnyy: 聯盟中 頂級後衛其實沒有幾個
→ a62312000: 第三節打完只領先10分，且第四節先發都沒上，還可以把
→ a62312000: 比分拉開，真的要稱讚替補
這一篇看起來是被誤刪...XD
※ 編輯: jinshenn (1.169.195.66 臺灣), 01/21/2022 23:54:18
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→ vince4687: 我創的line群組連結