[外電] Dragic not likely to join Suns this year

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出處：http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/119578

How bad does Goran Dragic want to play for the Phoenix Suns? Last Saturday,
he got on a plane in his native Slovenia and flew 17 hours to Los Angeles.
After a two-hour layover, he arrived in Phoenix just before 10 p.m.

The next morning he was up before 7 and on the practice court at US Airways
Center at 9, where he spent an hour and a half playing two-on-two with three
other draft hopefuls.

A few hours later, he was back on another plane, headed home.

The Suns were the only team on his agenda.

“All of that because he wants to play here with Steve (Nash),” Suns vice
president of operations David Griffin said.

上禮拜Dragic輾轉飛來鳳凰城試訓，又匆匆飛回家了，他就只來太陽而已，沒別的行程。

"這麼多付出只因為他深愛著Nash。"副總Griffin這麼說。

Even that — plus Oregon swingman Malik Hairston, a second-round pick next
year and the $500,000 cash it cost for the Suns to coax the Spurs to take
Dragic with the 45th pick in Thursday’s draft — may not be enough to get
the Suns point guard heir apparent to America this year.

選秀那天，為了跟馬刺換45順位的dragic，太陽花掉48順位、明年的2輪簽、還有50萬。
只是，可能還不足以讓他在今年亮相。

The buyout clause with his team in Spain comes next year. If he and his
agent, Bill Duffy (who is also Nash’s agent), try to work a buyout this
year, it could cost the player about 1 million euros (more than $1.5 million)
even after the Suns kick in the $500,000 allowable to help.

他和西班牙母隊簽的買斷條款是到明年。如果Dragic跟經紀人Bill Duffy（也是Nash的）
要在今年買斷，就算加上太陽按規定可以幫出的50萬美元，也得花上大概100萬歐元。
(150萬美元以上)

“We’re going to try. We’ll do what we can,” Griffin said. “This year, we
can only do what we can do. It’s a lot of money, and the exchange rate doesn
’t help. Maybe it takes a year.”

General manager Steve Kerr, who had never seen Dragic before the workout,
would rather not wait.

“We’re going to roll up our sleeves and see what we can get done,” he
said. “After what I saw, the sooner he gets here, the better.”

"我們在踹了！能踹的都會踹！" Griffin說。"今年我們盡量啦，可那是一大筆錢，匯差
也沒幫上啥忙，大概要等明年了吧。"

但試訓前從沒見過Dragic的總仔Kerr，卻相當猴急。

"我們會捲起袖子試著跟對方做個了斷" "依我之見，Dragic是越早來越好。"

Even if Dragic comes this year, the Suns will still target a veteran to back
up Steve Nash as the first priority of their summer shopping. That’s
especially true now that Robin Lopez is set to play behind Shaquille O’Neal
in the middle, leaving Boris Diaw as a candidate to join Grant Hill at the
small forward spot.

就算Dragic今年能來，還是得再找個有經驗的後衛來替補NASH，這是夏季採購的第一
優先。特別是Lopez弟已確定是禁區替補，讓屌爺可以替補Hill小前的位置。

（後面不想翻了，就在講自由球員有誰可以買、或是交易的，作者自己的想像而已）

There are several avenues the Suns can travel to get their man.

In free agency, veterans like Tyronn Lue, Chris Duhon and Anthony Johnson
figure to be available and may have to settle for at or near the veteran’s
minimum salary that Phoenix can offer.

‧ Lue, 31, who played with Shaquille O’Neal and nearly came to Phoenix at
the deadline last year, chose Dallas but played only two minutes in the
postseason. The Suns like his defense and 3-point shooting but at 6-foot and
175 pounds, he’s another small guard.

‧ Duhon, 26, played 66 games for the Bulls last season and is no longer in
their plans with Derrick Rose, Kirk Hinrich and Thabo Sefolosha all on the
roster. He is a capable scorer and assist man and played for a winning
program at Duke.

‧ Johnson, 33, would be a fallback choice. He was traded by the Hawks to
Sacramento last year in the Mike Bibby deal and has averaged 5.7 points and
3.0 assists during his 11-year career.

The Suns can also look at teams who now have a glut at the point guard spot
and explore a trade.

‧ Indiana now has T.J. Ford as a starter at point and could be stuck with
Jamaal Tinsley and his bloated contract for a backup. But Travis Diener, who
makes $1.62 million next year with a player option for 2009-10, is a player
the Suns have gone after in the past. He now sits third on the Pacers’ depth
chart.

‧ The Suns sold Sergio Rodriguez to Portland during the 2006 draft to save
money. But the Blazers have a glut of players at every position — especially
guard — and his salary ($1.05 million next year) is attractive to Phoenix.

‧ Memphis traded for O.J. Mayo and has Mike Conley, Jr. and Kyle Lowry
($1.16 million) behind him — although the Suns haven’t shown any interest
in Lowry in the past.

Even with Lopez on board, there is a good chance that the Suns will keep one
of their backup centers from last season — Sean Marks or Brian Skinner. The
advantage would figure to side with Marks, a favorite of Kerr’s, a more
economical choice and a player with more offensive game to balance the
defense-first mentality of Lopez behind O’Neal.

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推 Zecloud     :外電幫推!!
推 mirialut    :Dragic對太陽真有愛 難怪Kerr花錢也要把他搞來
推 mirialut    :如果Dragic只到太陽試訓過，那馬刺擺明了是要選來搶
→ mirialut    :劫的…
推 GoGlay      :皮膚人 > Marks
推 chadey      :又一年被馬刺截標 XD   真壞
推 suana       :這麼多付出只因為他深愛著Nash( ￣ c￣)y▂ξ
推 Krstic      :沒關係 馬刺上次截標的那個打死都不去馬刺XD
推 chrisstar75 :這麼多付出只因為他深愛著Nash( ￣ c￣)y▂ξ
推 philluke    :這麼多付出只因為他深愛著Nash( ￣ c￣)y▂ξ
推 chadey      :搞不好Dragic也不會去馬刺　所以就跟我們凹點小錢 XD