[外電] Whiteside's size, potential may outweigh maturity concer

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There is perhaps no player in Thursday's draft with less knowledge about
where he is going to be selected than Marshall's Hassan Whiteside. The 7-foot
center could be chosen in the lottery, according to several league sources,
or he could slip down into the 20s, depending on who is willing to take a
chance on him.
禮拜四的選秀沒有人比白邊還要徬徨。這位七呎中鋒可能在樂透區被選，也有可能滑落到
20多順位。

Whiteside could be this year's version of Hasheem Thabeet, the raw 7-footer
from Connecticut who was selected by Memphis at No. 2 overall in last
season's draft, leaving many to shake their heads in dismay when so many
other talented, NBA-ready players were available. Whiteside is not going to
go that high, for certain. But there is the chance that he could upend many
mock drafts if an undersized team, such as Utah, feels it could use a
shot-blocking big man in the middle.
白邊是今年版的Thabeet，去年從康乃迪克來的Thabeet被灰熊以第二順位選走，使得很多
人都很沮喪，因為還有很多有天份，NBA-ready的球員還沒被選。可以確定的是，白邊的
順位不會這麼高，但他有機會使得許多專家的眼鏡需要重配，如果一個undersize的球隊
譬如猶他，可能需要一個會蓋鍋的大個在禁區。

"There is a lot of speculation in the league right now that he could move up
around 10," one league source said. "Personally, I don't see it. But that is
the word going around."
「現在聯盟中有很多猜測他也許會爬到第10順位左右。就個人而言，我並不認為，但的確
在人們中傳遞」一來源指出。

Whiteside has a lot of shortcomings. He has not interviewed well with many
teams and is considered immature. At the pre-draft camp in Chicago last
month, Whiteside spoke brazenly of being the No. 1 pick, of becoming a Hall
of Fame player and compared himself to Boston's Kevin Garnett.
白邊有許多缺點，他和許多隊的會談並不優異，被認為不成熟。在芝加哥的選前營，白邊
很厚臉皮地說自己會是第一順位，會成為名人堂球員，將自己比作KG。

"I have big goals," he said.
「我有遠大的目標」他說。

He did not play in a big-time conference against the draft's mainstay players
and spent the final two games of his lone year Marshall coming off the bench.
他並不和選秀中的主要球員在同一個分區，而且最後兩場比賽都是替補。

However, that all may be overlooked for a team that needs length and
shot-blocking. Whiteside averaged an NCAA-best 5.4 blocks per game last
season, in addition to scoring 13.1 points and grabbing 8.9 rebounds. He also
recorded three triple-doubles (points, blocks, rebounds), one of which
included 13 swats.
然而，那些也許都會被需要高度和火鍋的球隊所忽略。白邊火鍋是NCAA最佳的5.4火鍋，外
佳13.1分和8.9籃板。他有三次大三元，其中一次還包括13火鍋。

He is the classic NBA case of a risk-reward gamble. There is the chance that,
if he fulfills even a fraction of what he plans to, he could make some
general manager look very good, and his 7-foot-7 wingspan could give a team a
presence in the middle for years to come.There is an equal chance that, if
the red flags that are being raised about him come to fruition, he could be a
wasted pick. So many teams fall in love with big men only to be sorely
disappointed by their lack of development.
他是典型的賭博型球員。如果他照著他的計劃走，會讓一些GM看起來很棒，他7'7的臂展會
讓球隊的禁區有嚇阻力。同樣的是，如果事情沒有這麼美好，就會是個糟糕的選擇。所以
許多熱愛大個的球隊會因為他們無法進步而失望。

But Whiteside seems to be taking the right steps toward maturing and growing.
He spent a week with Hall of Fame center Hakeem Olajuwon, getting tutored on
everything from offensive moves, to the intensity needed on a nightly basis
to compete at the NBA level. He said he will spend another week with the
league's all-time leading shot-blocker before the summer is over.
但白邊似乎正在往正確的方向邁進，他花了一個禮拜接受大夢的指導，從進攻的腳步，到
能夠在NBA等級競爭所需要的高強度。他說他在夏天結束前會再花一個禮拜和大夢討教。

"When I see a player like him, his reach is his strength," Olajuwon said in a
phone interview from Toronto. "He knows he can put the ball on the floor and
shoot. I was more or less thinking about his height advantage, what he can be
doing in the post with his jump hook. He should be able to play small
forward, power forward or center comfortably. I try not to limit him to a
position. He has the skills and the height where he can play three positions
as he matures in the league."
「當我看到像他這樣子的球員，他的高度是他的優勢，他知道他能夠在場上將球放進和投
射。或多或少都在想著他的身高優勢，他能夠在低位勾射，他應該可以打SF、PF和C。我試
著不去限制他在某一個位置，他有技巧和高度，所以當他成熟時他能夠在聯盟打三個位置
」

Olajuwon said several NBA teams -- he refused to identify which ones -- have
called him to ask him his opinion of Whiteside. The former Rocket said that
while Whiteside is young, he told the teams that their concerns about his
focus are unfounded.
大夢說許多NBA球隊--他拒絕說出是哪一隊--有打給他問他關於白邊。前火箭球員說白邊還
年輕，他告訴那些球隊對他的注意力無法集中根本是沒必要的。

"When you see him, he is a gentleman, very shy," Olajuwon said. "That is his
demeanor. So if you see him, you say he is not that enthusiastic about the
game. But when you see him play, he goes after it. That works against him if
you don't understand him as a person. His maturity? He is a young boy.
Somebody has to look at what he is now and you have to look at his potential
with the right training."
「你看他，他是個紳士，非常害羞。那就是他。當你看到他，或許你說他對比賽並不是那
麼熱情。但當你看到他打球時，他會拚命去追逐。如果你不了解他你就會誤會他。他的成
熟度？他是個年輕男孩，你去看看他現在是什麼樣子，你必須去看見他的潛力，當有正確
的訓練時」

Olajuwon said he thinks it would be a mistake for a team to pick Whiteside
and then send him to the D league in the same fashion that Memphis did with
Thabeet last season.
歐拉說他認為如果球隊選了白邊後就像灰熊對Thabeet所做的一樣將他送至發展聯盟，那將
會是個大大的錯誤。

"I was shocked Memphis made that decision," Olajuwon said. "That was the
wrong move. If you are a big guy, you need to play. Give the boy a chance so
that he can develop confidence. By sending him to the D league you are
demoralizing him. Give him the opportunity. Being a shot blocker is enough to
keep him on the floor. Give him time. That was wrong. It is not the right
move. Give him time to develop."
「我很驚訝曼菲斯做了那個決定，那是錯誤的一步。如果你是大個，就需要上場。給他一
個機會，那能夠培養他的自信。送他去發展聯盟根本是在摧毀他的自信。給他個機會，能
夠蓋火鍋就已經足夠讓他待在場上。給他時間吧，那是錯的，那不是對的決定，給他發展
的時間」

That is precisely what Whiteside needs, the time to develop. Some teams don't
have the time to take on a project and see their investment come to fruition
in several years. Others can more readily afford it. But the infrastructure
and the understanding that immediate gratification is not likely must be in
place.
那的確是白邊所需要的，發展的時間。有些球隊沒有時間讓新秀成長，幾年內就看到他們
的投資失敗。其他球隊能夠承擔，但必須了解成果不會馬上出現。

"He has all the tools," Olajuwon said. "If he goes to the team that has a
good big man he can practice against, he can get confidence. If he gets the
right coach that knows that he is a talent and will play him and encourage
him, he can come along quickly. But as you know, with the draft, he does not
know what to expect."
「他有所有的天份，如果他去到一支有一個好大個能夠和他練習的球隊，那他就能夠得到
自信。如果他遇到一名好教練知道他是個有天份的人，願意讓他上場且鼓勵他，他會快速
地成長。但你知道的，在那樣子的順位，他不知道該期待什麼」

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大夢，就你啦。聽到這麼說，西佛拜託多練練白邊吧。


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