推 CarlosBoozer:照片不錯 11/24 12:30
by Ian Thompsen
Posted: Tuesday November 21, 2006 9:29PM
In his own words: Kevin O'Connor
The Jazz GM has assembled the NBA's winningest team (a franchise record 10-1
start) over the opening three weeks, despite the absence of Andrei Kirilenko
for the last four games. The Jazz have scored at least 100 points in all of
their victories.
On their young front line of center Mehmet Okur, Carlos Boozer and Kirilenko:
"All three can pass the ball pretty well, and it's a positive for us that
their ages are 24, 25 and 27. So it's not like this is the only window you
have to win.
"The guys that flourish in Jerry (Sloan)'s system are guys that want to play
hard and want to win. It's not about them; it's about how many we win and how
many we lose. A lot of good players would be very good in his system."
On trade rumors involving Boozer:
"He's a very efficient player. If you watch him he's, as they say,
'amphibious' around the basket -- he's ambidextrous, he's capable of scoring
more points with his left hand than he does with his right hand. And his
width makes up for his lack of size.
"My job is to make the team better and we as an organization have a history
of not trying to trade people. We're not looking to move people and patience
is something that's important to us, because we think guys get better here.
But if we had a situation that would improve our team, there is nobody
untradeable on the team."
On rebuilding after the John Stockton and Karl Malone era:
"We've turned that page, it's been four years now. One of the things I've
felt very happy about it is the fact that, if you look at what Chicago did
and what Indiana did, and if you look at Boston and Detroit -- usually when
you have a great team and you let the players finish their careers in one
place, you become an expansion team. With us, we had one losing season and
the last three or so we have remained competitive. Are we turning the page?
John and Karl would want us to turn the page, and they're cheering us now."
On how Sloan's system has adapted to the new players:
"We're still running the basic sets, but they're tweaked to the strengths of
the players. Now we have Derek Fisher on the floor who is left-handed, and
Carlos uses his left hand very well. The thing we do the same, and the reason
people still like watching us, is based on the fact that our coaches still do
such a good job of teaching reads."
On second-year point guard Deron Williams:
"Sometimes Deron is going 100 mph when he shouldn't be and he makes mistakes,
but if you look at his track record he's gotten it done every year. One of
the things we try to look at is both ends of the floor. For example, John
Stockton is the all-time leader in steals: He wasn't the quickest guy in the
world or the biggest, but he had long arms and he played defense. If you look
at the guys who have played against Deron: Steve Nash (17 points, 10 assists)
had a good game but not a great game. Baron Davis was 1 for 9. Jason Kidd's
numbers (15 points, 2 assists) weren't that great, and Chauncey (Billups) was
3 for 10.
"That's one of the things that people don't take notice of, but he's done a
great job defensively."
On Jerry Sloan's longevity:
"He's intense when he goes walking in the morning. The thing that's
unbelievable about him is that he still really understands players. He may
get on their ass, but he really can walk by you the next morning and that
game's gone, and now it's all about how are we going to get better tomorrow?
That's a unique ability, that he can let it go and play forward."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/ian_thomsen/11/21/notes/2.html
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