[外電] More From A Long Day

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More from a long day

By now we all know who's who on the Kings roster.
Gone are Kevin Martin and Hilton Armstrong, who are now Houston Rockets.
Sergio Rodriguez is a New York Knick.
Kenny Thomas was waived.

真相終於大白了。

Kevin Martin跟Armstrong去了休士頓。

S-Rod去了尼克。

KT直接被打包丟掉。

Now on the team are:
Carl Landry and Joey Dorsey from Houston. Larry Hughes from the Knicks is a
King in name, but won't be with the team anytime soon. Dominic McGuire was
added from Washington.

But there was a lot more uncertainty less than 24 hours ago.

新來的成員有：

從休士頓交易來的Carl Landry跟Joey Dorsey。從尼克交易來的Larry Hughes，不過預料
將不會太快在球場上看到他（譯按：有傷嗎？）。另外加上從華盛頓交易來的Dominic
McGuire。

過去的24小時真是有夠懸疑。

As word spread Wednesday night amongst the Kings players that Martin had
indeed been traded most were surprised something had come of the rumors.
Some, who didn't take too kindly to Martin's not entering during the fourth
quarter of Tuesday's game against the Celtics or his on-court pouting
wondered if that had anything to do with the deal.

譬如說，當星期三晚上確定KM已經被交易時，大多數的國王隊員都驚訝於謠言竟然成真了
。

有些人也許還聯想到前一天對上賽爾提克時，KM在第四節的一些態度問題。

Kings president said that wasn't the case at today's press conference at the
team's practice facility.
Nor was this a deal about Martin's inability to coexist with Tyreke Evans.
This was about landing Landry, a power forward who can play in the post. If
any of you chose to watch last night's game, it was obvious the Kings need
some kind of post presence.

據總管說，這兩件事完全沒有關係，雙槍組合失敗也不是原因，這次交易的重點是幫國王
的前場找來一個像Landry這樣的PF。看過昨天對勇士的比賽之後，任何人都會覺得國王需
要加強他們的禁區。

If you can't dominate the paint against the undermanned and undersized
Warriors there's a problem.
The 130-98 loss left normally upbeat Paul Westphal admitting he was
"embarrassed" by the effort.
The team had the day off today. But last night there was no talk of
excitement about new teammates or who might see their role change without
Martin.

如果你連對勇士隊這種人手不足又沒有身高優勢的禁區都會吃虧，那問題可大了。

130比98，這樣的比數連通常樂觀的總教練Paul都不得不承認他「真的很難堪」。

今天全隊休假一天，但是昨天晚上沒有人在興奮地討論新的隊友或是KM離隊後每個人角色
的轉變。

That's hard to discuss when an undermanned and undersized Warriors team has
just drilled you.

被勇士隊打成這個樣子，沒有人有心情討論這些事。

"It is what it is, man," Evans said. "Whenever we have the ability to make
this team better, let's get it done. The way we traveled here (Wednesday) and
lost by 30, it was the worst experience of my life. I've never lost by 30,
ever. So whatever happens happens."
Evans conceded players worrying about deals the day before Thursday's
deadline could have impacted the on-court product.

「事情就是這樣」，TE說，

「只要對球隊有幫助的，我們就應該去做。大老遠跑到這來然後又輸了三十分，我沒遇過
更糟的事了。我從來沒輸過三十分。所以有任何改變都是好的」。

TE承認大家在交易截止前的不安確實蔓延到了場上。

"It was like 'We don't care,' " Evans said. "Everybody wanted to score points
instead of just playing basketball. They went out there and they ran their
sets. That's basic basketball. If we can't stop that we can't win a game."

「有點漫不經心」，TE認為，
「每個人想的都是得分而不是好好打籃球。他們上場但是沒有熱情。如果這種情況不停止
的話，我們永遠都沒辦法贏得比賽。這是贏球的根本之道。」

Now it's time to see if this new infusion of toughness can prevent night's
like Wednesday in Oakland from happening the rest of the season.

讓我們來看看強化後的禁區是否能讓國王隊在接下來的賽季裡不要再重蹈星期三晚上的覆
轍：

*Toughness is something used to describe all of the significant additions
since last season.
That's no accident.
There's a concerted effort to shed the soft label that has dogged the Kings
for years.
The three rookies aren't scared. I think Omri Casspi would play center if he
had to. Donte' Greene likes to have fun, but hasn't backed down from
challenges this season.
Landry is just one piece when it comes to addressing interior toughness. The
Kings could still use another physical big man to complement Spencer Hawes
and Jason Thompson.

＊從上個賽季以來，國王隊每次的補強都圍繞在如何讓球隊變的更強硬。這次也不例外。
管理階層一直在試著讓國王隊擺脫多年來大家印象中偏軟的惡名。本賽季選進的三個菜鳥
就是證明，我想你就算要求Omri去扛中鋒他也毫不畏懼。小綠愛玩，不過今年在面對敵手
的進攻時，他絕不讓其他人在他手上輕易得分。

*Kings president Geoff Petrie said he preferred not to trade Martin, but the
opportunity to upgrade the frontcourt with Landry was a chance to "augment"
and "fill some holes" up front. He added shedding salary for more financial
flexibility in the deal was a bonus.

＊Petrie說他寧願不要交易KM，但是交易來Landry是個提升前場等級的機會，我們的前場
有太多洞要補了。同時這個交易也帶來更多薪資空間。

*Petrie said he hoped to have Landry in town tomorrow for a physical. He
expects the paperwork on the Kings' end to be completed to have Landry,
Dorsey and McGuire eligible to play by Saturday at the Los Angeles Clippers.
Their debuts would still be held up until the NBA signs off on all the
paperwork for all involved.

＊Petrie希望Landry明天就能報到並作體能檢查。如果文書作業夠快的話，他希望在這個
星期六對上快艇時，Landry、Dorsey跟McGuire就可以上場比賽。

*Landry is averaging 16.1 points as a reserve. Petrie said it would be up to
Westphal to decide if Landry would start.

＊Landry今年以替補出賽，平均16.1分，Petrie說要不要把他放上先發讓總教練全權決定
。

*Hughes has a fractured finger and will stay on the East Coast to rehab. He
won't join the Kings anytime soon. I'd be shocked if he ever plays for the
Kings.

＊Larry Hughes目前手指骨折而且會一直待在復健中心，我們將不會馬上看到他的身影。
事實上，如果他今年真的為國王出賽我會嚇一大跳。

*Petrie said in his talks with Houston the team had no intention of Tracy
McGrady every playing for Sacramento.
McGrady should be happy in New York for the rest of the season. Playing in
their system he will have plenty of chances to show he's healthy and can
still score with the hope landing another big contract in the offseason.
That would have been the wrong kind of player to add to the Kings' locker
room.

＊總管說在跟休士頓談判的時候，一點都不期待T-Mac會到國王隊。T-Mac在尼克應該會過
的不錯，他可以在他們的體系裡得到很多上場時間，爭取明年換張大合約的機會。

*More from Petrie moving Martin:
"I think we have a lot of wing players on our team. I think we can fill a lot
of the void there. It was more the opportunity to get a player as productive
and consistent as Landry. We really need to fill some holes up front."
"The team's played better this year. We're going to win more games than last
year. But we still need to continue to try to add to what we have, obviously.
That's now going to come in the form of the draft again and on into free
agency. We'll have a significant amount of real (salary cap) room but so will
a lot of other teams."

＊Petrie談論關於交易KM：

「我覺得我們已經有夠多的鋒衛球員，相較之下，球隊應該作一些其他的補強。有了像
Landry這樣有效率跟穩定的球員，球隊會有更多可以期待的未來。（強調）我們前場的洞
真的需要好好地補一下。」

「今年這支球隊已經比去年好多了，至少勝場數會更多，但是很明顯地我們還是應該繼續
在現有的基礎上試著往前走。眼下的課題是展望明年的選秀跟自由市場，別忘了，雖然我
們已經清出不少薪資空間，但是其他球隊也是。」

Be sure to check back for more updates and tomorrow's chat at 1 p.m.

--Jason Jones

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※ 編輯: sellig          來自: 218.166.224.209      (02/19 14:35)
推 Yocoldagain:辛苦囉
推 RonArtest93:PUSH   基本上還不差啦
→ RonArtest93:NOC暑假努力兜售吧
推 kingpredrag:推，辛苦了
→ kingpredrag:希望Landry可以長成大衛西
推 AsukaLee:暑假有2300萬可用，好好搶個大魚吧!!
推 eliczone:本來就還不差 有的人要Jeffries + 兩個選秀籤 但我覺得有
→ eliczone:好的薪資空間對球隊的幫助才是最大的 進可攻退可守 怎麼
→ eliczone:會覺得只有對老闆才爽呢？ 沒有薪資空間 球隊根本動彈不
→ eliczone:得 Petrie也很不願意動到KM吧 但前場真的是爛透了
推 michaelch:KM也衰啊...不動他誰要給你好的禁區,但我覺得他算爽了
→ michaelch:火箭體系適合他+缺乏穩定射手+老教練,根本是如魚得水
推 eliczone:只能說這三年的傷真的影響很大 如果可以打滿全場會不一樣
→ michaelch:KM:原來單擋後出手...是這種感覺(淚)
推 eliczone:Petrie也算人至義盡了 算KM到矮豆人那 也很照顧他了啦
推 eliczone:                     送
推 eliczone:希望KM在火箭可以真的長成全星星啊
→ Yocoldagain:不是已經預定ASG先發sg了嗎...
→ michaelch:想到火箭那群大眾臉硬漢掩護KM出手...明年就all-star了
推 eliczone:對啊 空檔應該多到爆 而且有Ariza和八爺這兩個鎖在
→ eliczone:也不需要太顧防守 還有姚明和十克拉在內線牽制 機會很多
推 Yocoldagain:發現火箭可以擺出全鎖陣容以及剪子彈大隊...
推 eliczone:所以火箭的內線矮歸矮 陣容算是很齊全的
→ Yocoldagain:C:海爺 PF:Jeffries SF:八爺 SG:KM PG:羅莉 KM:爽啦
推 nanogiant:KM離開最大的安慰大概是比較有機會看到他打季後賽吧