[外電] High pick narrows Kings' focus

[eliczone (C'est la vie)]

                http://www.sacbee.com/kings/story/1792855.html

Many questions remain in Kingsland, from who the next coach will be to who
will fill out the roster by the time the 2009-10 season begins in six months.

But one thing is certain: On June 25, the Kings are guaranteed to have their
highest draft pick since they took Billy Owens at No. 3 in 1991. And if the
pingpong balls fall their way when the picks are determined May 19 and they
land at No. 1, it would be just the second time in the Sacramento era (Pervis
Ellison, 1989) and fourth time in franchise history (Bob Boozer, 1959, Rod
Hundley, 1957 ) they had the top pick.
5月19號就可以知道是第幾順位了。

After a season in which they set a franchise low for wins (17) and surpassed
the 1989-90 Kings (23-59) as the worst Kings team in the Sacramento era, the
draft offers hope for those who run the team and root for it. Kings
basketball president Geoff Petrie is among them, excited at the prospect of
landing one of the best amateurs available and optimistic the draft can help
expedite the rebuilding.

Petrie sat down with The Bee recently to discuss the draft process. And while
he certainly wasn't going to tip his hand in evaluating individuals, he
shared his thoughts on everything from the way in which this year's
preparation has been different to his philosophies regarding the draft
exercise he so often refers to as an "inexact science."
今年Petrie選秀前的準備非常不一樣。
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以下是記者和Petrie的問答

How has the leadup to the draft been different this year because you
essentially knew the pick would be higher than normal?
因為今年順位比以往來得高，那是如何不一樣？

As our season went along and our record being what it is now (16-57 at the
time) and where we were earlier … we started to condense our scouting down
(earlier) to concentrate on a fewer number of prospects so we could get more
looks (at players), knowing that our picks are going to be headed to a much
higher part of the draft than we had anticipated and have ever really had in
a long time.
當球季一路這樣子下來。我們開始濃縮我們的球探資料，只集中在幾位人選上，所以我們
可以看得更多。

A big part of scouting to me is based on … the theory that when you don't
see something often, you often don't see it. So in that sense, we
concentrated our scouting to a narrower group of players sooner.
對我而言很大一部分的情搜是基於當你沒有常常看某樣東西，你通常就不會看它的理論。
所以在那樣的理論下，我們集中我們的情搜在較少的幾位球員身上。

What about the sheer mileage for you this season? Have you bounced around
scouting more than in years past to do your homework?
對你而言這季的情搜之旅怎麼樣？你有比往年更努力地做你的功課嗎？

I've been gone a lot. It has all been in the United States. Beyond just the
regular-season games, there's the conference tournaments, the NCAAs
(tournament). And I probably spent more time than ever watching more college
games this year whether I'm here or on the road than I have pro games. I
really think with all the games that are broadcast, college and pro, that
once you've seen somebody three or four or five times in person, more TV
looks (at players) just add to that. It's the same old thing where you're
constantly trying to update your mental database about the pros and cons and
what you like or don't like about individual players.
我去了很多地方，都在美國。有常規賽，有NCAA的。我今年花了更多時間去看大學比賽，
比我看的職業賽還多。當你親眼看到某人很多次，看再多的電視轉播都只是增加那印象罷
了。還是一樣的東西，你試著去對每位球員評斷他的優點缺點，你喜歡什麼，你不喜歡什
麼，只是試著去不斷更新對他的印象。

How formal are you when it comes to looking at players? Are you there with a
notepad? Do you take a voice recorder and speak notes for yourself? Or is it
all in your head?
你去看球員的時候是如何？拿著一個筆記本？拿著錄音器做記錄？還是都在你的腦袋裡？

I make some notes, generally, but my personal view on scouting is based on
what I see. What we do is we build an individual file on all these players
that has statistics, a scouting report, physical history, a biographical
history, just about everything that you can find out, and then you can go
from there.
一般而言，我有做一些筆記，但我個人對情搜的觀點是基於我所看到的。我們所做的就是
我們建立個人檔案，有統計數字、球探報告、身體歷史、生長歷程，就是任何你能夠找得
到的，然後你就可以從那裡開始。

Is this a universal database in your office? Is it something that everybody
who's on the scouting team has access to? Are guys keeping files on their own?
這個資料庫在你的辦公室？每個情搜部門的都可以存取？每個人都有嗎？

We have scouting services we also use that provide a lot of data. We have
video services that do an enormous amount of breaking down and statistical
analysis of individual players. It's like a lot of things these days. It's
never going to come down to a lack of information. It's about determining
what information is most important, what's most relevant.
我們有情搜系統，我們也使用那個來提供很多資料。我們有視訊系統，那用來做很多各別
球員的分析和統計。從來不會缺乏資料。關鍵在於判定什麼資訊是最重要的，什麼是最有
關聯的。
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相信Petrie應該會給我們一個滿意的答案，畢竟今年又引進一個超強生力軍
不過不要忘了DC和CW的事哦。


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→ eliczone:美國大學的他應該看到不想再看了 剩下就是海外的了
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→ eliczone:隊有這麼多的互動 不讓他回來說不過去 CW回來 DC也很有可
→ RonArtest93:Petrie:NCAA每個球員泡幾個妞我全部一清二楚
→ eliczone:能會回來 這樣子國王的整個教練團就還滿齊全的了
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→ RonArtest93:這個問題就交給專業吧
→ eliczone:CW應該是公關 他只負責嘴炮 應該不用教球 DC我對他倒是挺
→ eliczone:有信心的 光把他自己對防守的看法和球員分享就很夠用了
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