[外電] 爵士與發展聯盟中鋒Marcus Cousin簽下十天合約

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由於現有陣容的三個中鋒都無法上場(Elson、Fess、Okur)，
爵士從發展聯盟拉來24歲的中鋒Marcus Cousin並簽下十天合約。
在客場之旅中有可能缺陣的其他位置球員還有AK、Millsap跟Price...

Utah makes a move by adding D-League’s Marcus Cousin

By Brian T. Smith
The Salt Lake Tribune

The Jazz dealt away the face of the franchise before the NBA trade
deadline, ran with a 13-man roster for the majority of the season, and have
chosen since the year began to play through injuries rather than address them
through roster additions.

But with just 18 games left during the 2010-11 campaign and the team’s
playoff hopes taking a beating, Utah has made a move.

The Jazz called up center/forward Marcus Cousin from the Development League’
s Austin Toros on Tuesday, The Salt Lake Tribune learned. The 6-foot-11,
245-pound product of the University of Houston has been signed to a 10-day
contract and will be in uniform Wednesday night for a road game against the
Toronto Raptors.

As of Tuesday night, Cousin’s promotion had not been officially announced by
Utah, and messages left for general manager Kevin O’Connor were not returned.

But with the Jazz in the middle of a crucial four-game road trip and the team
dealing with several key injuries, the time had come for Utah to take action.

Cousin is not just backup insurance, either. Aggressive, physical inside and
able to knock down outside jump shots, the 24-year-old big man could rack up
minutes against the Raptors if he shows progress during a Wednesday morning
shootaround. But the biggest factor affecting Cousin’s playing time will be
Utah’s frailty. The Jazz had just eight players available Tuesday for
practice in New York, and four — Francisco Elson, Kyrylo Fesenko, Mehmet
Okur and Ronnie Price — have been ruled out versus Toronto. Working in Cousin
’s favor: Elson, Fesenko and Okur are centers, leaving Al Jefferson as the
team’s lone veteran post player who is not ailing.

Cousin played in 38 games for the Toros, averaging 14.7 points and 8.6
rebounds. He spent training camp with the San Antonio Spurs, recording 5.2
points and 4.2 rebounds during five preseason games.

Everyone from O’Connor to former Jazz coach Jerry Sloan had previously
stated their reluctance to add a new, unproven player to Utah’s roster this
season, citing reasons such as the complexity of the team’s offensive system
to the fact that the small-market organization was already in the luxury tax.

But with the playoffs approaching and the Jazz falling backward — Utah
entered Tuesday night stuck in 10th place in the Western Conference and
having lost 8 of 10 games — a franchise that is running out of time to move
forward made a play by reaching downward.

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推 DK47:幹  側翼也不補一下
→ monmo:擺了Fess Okur Elson AL Millsap 還有Evans AK可打的禁區組
→ monmo:現在還有Favors 居然可以爆成這樣(不能補了啦 15人滿了)
推 jeromeshih:讓Favors和Hayward上場30+練練經驗吧
→ jeromeshih:Favors:4,5號;Hayward:2,3號位置都適應一下
推 monmo:Favors的犯規問題應該是簽人的原因 不過很可能10天被裁啦
→ monmo:Fess Okur Elson 能頂中鋒的全傷應該不會是常態
→ monmo:不過10天後搞不好有沒季後賽就明朗了 也不用補了
→ maxtail:現在還不明朗??????????
→ monmo:別這樣嘛XDXDXD
推 jeromeshih:蠻想看Favors打先發的
推 CW4:Jizz現在開始18連勝 還是追不上去年Jazz的戰績
推 Cousins15:借轉國王
→ Cousins15:tks
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