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: Previewing the Jazz: What does ‘improvement’ mean?

季前對爵士的審視:"進步"的意義是什麼?

: By Steve Weinman | October 20th, 2007
: Utah Jazz
: Last year's record: 51-31
: Key losses: Derek Fisher
: Key additions: Jason Hart, Ronnie Price, Morris Almond

去年51勝31負
失去了漁夫.得到了哈傑森 普朗尼 阿摸利斯

: 1. What significant moves were made during the off-season?

球季結束後有什麼重大的變動?

: From the standpoint of transactions, it is hard to imagine an off-season that
: could have been more eventful than the summer of '07 in Utah. As a result of
: continuing issues with the health of young daughter Tatum, Derek Fisher was
: able to have his contract voided and subsequently took his services back to
: Los Angeles. On a largely young team, Fisher provided immeasurable veteran
: leadership down the stretch, and his return to the floor in the midst of Game
: 2 of the semifinals against Golden State was nothing short of chilling.
: He will most certainly be missed.

漁夫為這支年輕的球隊提供了寶貴的經驗 特別是季後賽對勇士第二場直接回來比賽

然而他畢竟是走了

: Hart, signed from the Clippers, is a six-year veteran who will be serviceable
: as a backup to franchise point guard Deron Williams. Price should provide
: some energy and the occasional highlight reel dunk coming off the bench.
: Almond, a first-round pick who lit it up at Rice last year (26.4 points per
: game on 48.3 percent shooting) could provide some instant offense off the
: bench. All the same, none of these acquisitions are deal-breakers. The core
: of this team - Fisher excepted - remains nearly a mirror image of what it was
: at the conclusion of last season.

雖然簽了一堆人 還有新秀 但是基本上這支隊伍跟去年沒變多少

: 2. What are the team's biggest strengths?

這支球隊最大的優勢是什麼?

: Above all, this team's strength lies in coaching and preparation. Simply put,
: Jerry Sloan gets it. A throwback to an older school of ball, Sloan's teams
: are almost always scrappy teams that come to play and play hard each and every
: night. The Jazz play smart basketball and don't back down from anyone. In many
: ways, the Jazz teams of Sloan's tenure have been modeled after his style as a
: player, a style that has been very successful. He consistently gets more from
: his players than is expected, and he will continue to do so.

基本上這支隊伍的優勢就是教皇 無論是賽前準備或是教皇的體系

: Beyond that, one would be remiss to omit the fact that this unit also has one
: of if not the best young point guard-big man combination in all of basketball.
: As the whole NBA community witnessed during the playoffs, Carlos Boozer is a
: monster all over the floor. Quick but tough, he can score inside and out, and
: he isn't afraid to bang with anyone. The fact is that he spent the playoffs
: increasing his production beyond his season averages of 20.9 points and 11.7
: boards per game. The boy can play. So can Deron Williams, who emerged as on
: the road to becoming a full-fledged star throughout the postseason. We won't
: get too crazy with lofty comparisons here yet, but it's safe to say that the
: days of unstoppably successful pick-and-rolls in Salt Lake City aren't over.

除此之外布卡洛斯以及威蝶龍都證明了他們是好球員 跟其他人相比也不遜色

: 3. What are the team's biggest weaknesses?

這支球隊的最大弱點是什麼?


: The overriding issue right now is chemistry. Basketball fans across the
: country are now for the most part acutely aware of this, as the Andrei
: Kirilenko saga finally hit the fan nationally towards the end of the summer.
: Less than two years ago, this guy was being hailed as a perennial MVP
: candidate if he could stay healthy. Now, he is the fourth option on this
: team, and, more significantly, he is the disgruntled man who could hold the
: linchpin to this group's ability to cross the border between good and great.
: If Kirilenko is interested, he can be a force at both ends of the floor,
: particularly on the defensive end, where he has the quickness to play good
: perimeter defense, the size to play inside and the length to block and alter
: shots everywhere. This is where Jerry Sloan will be tested more than ever
: this year, as it will fall largely into his hands to forge a truce between
: AK47 and the organization.

目前最大的問題是化學效應 (按:化學效應基本上是嘴砲...)
眾所皆知科安卓暑假對外放話的事情
教皇今年的重點是要讓他能夠融入團隊

: Depth - or lack thereof - is also an area meriting wariness with this Utah
: squad. Matt Harpring remains a solid reserve, but questions abound after that.
: It is this writer's contention that reserve power forward Paul Millsap is
: primed for a breakout second year as he sees more time on the floor. However,
: with Derek Fisher gone, guards Gordon Giricek and Ronnie Brewer will both be
: asked to play bigger roles than they did last year, and newcomer Jason Hart
: will need to contribute as well. This team didn't get a ton out of the two
: incumbents last season, and how much Hart has to give remains to be seen.
: This bench will come under plenty of scrutiny this year, and it is hard at
: this point to levy a verdict on just how well it will hold up. As such, it
: remains a weakness until proven otherwise.

這支球隊的板凳能否發揮去年的績效有待觀察
同時吉格登和布朗尼需要頂上漁夫離隊後的位置

: 4. What are the goals for this team?

這支球隊的目標是什麼?

: This is tough: The team comes off a trip to the Conference Finals in the NBA's
: clearly superior Western Conference and an off-season fairly devoid of much
: player turnover. As such, the goal should probably be the logical next step,
: which is a trip to the Finals, and, as the West's representative, a victory.
: When one simply looks on paper at 51 wins and a loss in the penultimate round
: of the playoffs, there isn't really another option.

毫無疑問的 去年已經打進西區決賽 今年就是進軍總冠軍
雖然這並不容易

: However, the fact of the matter was that last season's circumstances were
: extenuating in many regards. Although this was a very good team, the Jazz
: still benefited enormously from the facts that the top-seeded Mavericks got
: dumped in the first round and that Phoenix and San Antonio - truly the two
: best teams in the conference - faced off the in the semis. Further, Utah was
: able to cruise for most of the year playing in a division with three teams
: (Portland, Minnesota and Seattle) who each lost 50-plus games. Denver, Utah's
: best divisional competition, didn't bring in Allen Iverson until late December
: and also lost Carmelo Anthony for 15 games due to his role in the brawl with
: the Knicks at Madison Square Garden. With that roster together all year, the
: Nuggets will be primed to make a much more serious run at the division.
: The point here is that the likelihood is that the road will be much tougher
: for the Jazz this year. So while the team should benefit from having a year
: under the belt together, if the competition rises proportionally, it is hard
: to realistically up the expectation. As such, the goal for the Jazz should
: be another division crown followed by another trip to the Western Conference
: Finals; in other words, a replication of last season's success. As odd as
: that sounds, reaching that same level of success this year will demonstrate
: more about this team as a long-run contender than it did last year. If they
: can do it, it will represent an improvement.

(這段基本上都在馬後炮...看一半就懶得看(#‵′)凸)
總之說的是去年爵士的運氣很好 分區中只有金塊有競爭力 而且金塊之前還沒找來AI
以及季後賽第一種子被做掉...真正最好的兩隻隊伍馬刺太陽又先碰頭等等

: 5. Well then, will they do it? Or if not, what will they do?

那麼,他們作得到嗎?如果做不到,他們又能做到什麼?

: The Jazz will win the division again. The Nuggets will be a driving force in
: the division, and last year's lower-tier conference teams such as Seattle,
: Portland, Memphis and New Orleans will be much more competitive, making the
: schedule tougher as a whole. However, Utah is still the best team top to
: bottom in this division, and the Jazz easily have the best coach. Denver's
: sheer dumbness (read: Melo and, at times, AI) will do in the Nuggets in the
: long run, and none of the other Northwest teams will make a serious run
: beyond that.

爵士會再次贏得分區冠軍

: It is how far the Jazz will be able to go beyond another division crown that
: remains to be seen. At this point, one would be hard-pressed to say that San
: Antonio and Phoenix aren't better, given that they are. For all their playoff
: failures, the Mavs are likely to have another stellar season, and the Rockets
: could get a real boost under new coach Rick Adelman. Of those four teams and
: the Jazz, at least one won't make it to the second round of the playoffs. It
: won't be the Jazz, who will survive the first round but also won't make it to
: the conference's final two either.

爵士在季後賽能走多遠有待注意
馬刺太陽小牛三強 以及將大爆發的火箭 加上爵士 至少有一隊不會進第二輪
那將不會是爵士 但是爵士也就到此為止 不會進西區冠軍戰

: Predicted Record: 48-34

預測成績:48勝34負

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推 Kreen:48會不會太虎爛？基本盤就是50了吧= =
推 Poleaxe:老實說我也覺得去年爵士的運氣很好
→ Poleaxe:如果對上小牛的話應該不會比馬刺好打到哪去
推 monmo:我們去年真的多少有份幸運 雖然絕對實力不差 季賽少傷兵
→ monmo:季後勇士非弱隊但剛好是我們不怕的類型 所以今年我才不認為
→ monmo:爵士該以總冠軍為預設目標 有第二輪已告成功 剩下是多的
→ monmo:這也要考慮競爭隊今年補強不少 我們的冠軍希望預計10年有望
→ monmo:把阿蒙釀酒人神科米爺練好 AK融入團隊 到時候真的能逐鹿中原
推 hardaway:神科聽起來很威!
推 rangertsao:其實去年寄末超抖，一度以為過不了一輪XD
推 jasonshu:誰敢說AK的追平三分球不是 lucky shot ＠＠？
→ jasonshu:Fisher: ＡＫ你這一球比我的0.4秒還虎爛......