(续上篇)
Jeremy Lin & His Potential Fit With the Thunder, Blazers, Nuggets,
Timberwolves & Jazz
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Posted on 19 May, 2016, by Greg in NBA
We're two thirds of the way through with our series of posts about Jeremy
Lin, his potential free agency and his fit on different teams. Up next?
The Northwest division, with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Portland Trail
Blazers, Utah Jazz, Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves.
我们探讨Lin下一季以自由球员身份加入各队定位的探讨已完成2/3,
接着我们要探讨的是西北组,包括奥克拉荷马雷霆,波特兰拓荒者,
犹他爵士,丹佛金块,明尼苏达灰狼这5队.
The interesting thing about the Northwest division, in relation to Lin
and other players, is that there's no major TV market. Lin has played in
Golden State (hardly played), New York, Houston and Los Angeles. Last
season he was in Charlotte, which might be in the state that has college
basketball as an official religion, but it's still a small market when
it comes to its NBA team. Good or bad? Just thought it's worth mentioning.
有趣的是西北组对Lin或其他球员来说,这边都是小球市没啥电视曝光度,
Lin已经待过金州(很难上得了场),纽约,休士顿与洛杉矶,
上一季他待在夏洛特,这是一个大学篮球龙兴之地,但对NBA来说是小球市,
这对Lin是好是坏不知道,算是一个值得一言的观点.
We begin with the teams that Lin has no real place on. The Oklahoma City
Thunder have Russell Westbrook signed for one more year. That's about
35 minutes per game of a point guard who loves having the ball in his
hand. Even without Kevin Durant, Lin has no room on the Thunder, who do
get rid of Dion Waiters' contract. They might be in the market for a
backup point guard and a shooting guard they're happy with, but it's not
a good place for Lin.
我们首先说到雷霆队,西河还有一年的合约,他是一个场均35分钟且一球在手的控卫,
就算雷霆队可能失去KD,在有Dion Waiters的情况下,Lin在这一队依旧没有立足空间,
雷霆队可能想要一个有Lin这层水准的替补双能卫,但对Lin来说这并不是个好位置.
Another team where Lin isn't going to end up? The Blazers. Portland don't
have a bench, and also $34 million in cap space, but the Damian Lillard -
C.J. McCollum backcourt eats up most of the minutes and possessions
available. There's no room for a new starting backcourt player. The Blazers
need a backup to these two, and Lin would be fantastic in that role, but
it's not for him: He needs more minutes and more responsibility.
那么下一支球队是否是Lin的归宿?
拓荒者队并没有合格的替补后场,同时还有34M的薪资空间,
但在拓荒者双枪Lillard与McCollum吃掉大部份后场的上场时间下,
已经没有另一个后场球员太多的上场空间,
拓荒者需要双枪的替补,Lin也是很适合的名单,
但对于Lin想要更多的上场时间与更多的场上角色来说并不适合.
The Denver Nuggets, with Mike Malone as a head coach, make more sense.
The Nuggets are pretty empty in the backfield, except for Emmanuel Mudiay.
Jameer Nelson is signed on, but he’s irrelevant at this point of his
career. D.J. Augustin? He actually did a number on the Hornets this season,
but he never sticks around in one place for too long, and will probably
bring his ability to score a lot of points and create mayhem for both
teams at the same time to a new city. The question here is this: Are the
Nuggets committed to seeing through Mudiay becoming a franchise-point
guard no matter what? Or are they willing to take down his minutes and
give Lin the keys to the offense? If the answer is yes, this could be an
interesting, slightly out of the box option for Lin.
金块队在Mike Malone的执教下,看起来有点意思了.
该队后卫来说除了新秀Mudiay以外已经没有其他的后场大将,
Nelson已经步入老将之龄,D.J.Augustin生涯初期在黄蜂有些成绩,
但转了许多球队后,并没有打出太大的影响力,
接下就是看金块是否把Mudiay当成地位不可动摇的控卫;
如果不是,那或许会愿意把一些上场时间拨给Lin开启攻击模式?
若上述状况成立,金块会是一个意想不到的有趣选择.
On to the Utah Jazz, an option I personally really like. A very good
defensive team, that can allow Lin to take more risks on defense and
show how good of a ball snatcher he is. Trey Burke isn't a starting
point guard. Gordon Hayward handles the ball, but not all the time,
and he's better without it. Dante Exum? Too many questions marks. Raul
Neto shouldn't be holding anyone back from starting at point guard too.
Again, just like with the Nuggets, the question here is whether or not
the Jazz are 100% behind Exum and don't want to try and eat into his
minutes. Lin could provide them with creativity they severley lacked on
offense too many times, costing them a place in the playoffs, although
one more lottery piece for a team that isn't losing anyone significant
isn't too big of a disaster.
爵士队是我其中一个觉得不错的球队,
它优秀的防守体系可以承载Lin更多主掌球带来的失误,并让Lin的持球表现更亮眼,
Burke不是个先发控球的人选,更多时间通常是Hayward在控球,
但Hayward还是减少这样做对他会更有利;
Exum身上贴著太多执疑的标签了,Raul Neto也没有办法把球控好.
爵士跟金块一样,重点在于爵士愿不愿意把放在Exum身上的关爱分一点给Lin,
林可以填补上爵士贫弱欠创造力的进攻,试着让他们抢那季后赛的门票,
反正就当买个乐透,再差也没什么可以失去了.
We finish with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Why them? Don't they have a
point guard, signed through the 2018-2019 season? Yes they do. Ricky Rubio
is owed $42.6 million over the next three years. He's only 25, but has
been playing pro basketball since he was 14. He might have improved his
three point shooting, but he still gets no Respeck from defenses as a
shooter. When he's never finished above 38.1% from the field in a season,
it's understandable. Rubio has great vision and is a very fun player to
watch, but Lin would fit right in with a young, talented team, that now
also has an excellent head coach. We've heard of the Timberwolves thinking
about trading Rubio. If it does happen, Minnesota is an obvious destination
for Lin.
最后来到灰狼队,为什么我把他们放在最后讲? 他们明明就有一个长约的主力控卫.
Rubio到2018-19球季,还有3年42.6M的约.
Rubio只有25岁,但他从14岁就开始打职业篮球了.
他必须要提高他的3分球投篮,防守者并没有把他当成一个射手看待,
但他的生涯命中率没有高过于38.1%,这是不合格的,
虽然Rubio有更好的场上视野,看他控球很有乐趣,
但Lin更适合这个年轻且充满天份的球队,而现在灰狼也有个不错的总教练.
我们从不乏听到灰狼想交易Rubio的风声,如果成真,那灰狼对Lin会是很棒的选择.
【结论】
雷霆: 卡哇帮嘎~!!
阿拓: 后场双枪空间受限
金块: 视Mudiay的少主重视度
爵士: 对目前后场成员的断舍离与否?
灰狼: 有空间,卢比欧被交易更佳