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前情提要:
2011.5 Jerry West被聘为勇士队顾问
2011.6 传出球队主将Ellis即将被交易
Jerry West Implies Monta Ellis Trade Is Imminent
Jerre West暗指Ellis交易即将发生
“I’ve seen teams trade players that score tons of points and people say,
'How in the world can you trade that player?’” West said last week. “
Because he might score tons of points and the team doesn't win."
"我看过球队将很会得分的球员交易出去，而人们会说'天啊!怎么可以交易他'
那是因为他可能可以得一堆分但球队仍然无法赢球"
"When I look at [the Warriors], obviously they need more size."
"当我看勇士队的时候，很显然的他们需要增加高度"
The problem for the Golden State is that Monta Ellis, their leading scorer at
24 points per game last season, has terrible trade value on the market.
Ellis当时是勇士队上得分王(24分)，但在市场上卖相其实很差
So why trade a player that scores the majority of your team's points if you
are unsure if you are going to get the same production in return?
为什么要交易队上的得分王，而又不确定换来的人能有相等的贡献呢?
This will have to be a very convincing deal for the Warriors.
勇士需要极为充分的理由来执行这笔交易
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“I love to watch them play,” West said of the Ellis-Curry combo. “They’re
so much fun to watch play. But at the end of the day, you want to win.
"我喜欢看Ellis-Curry双枪打球，看他们打球非常愉快，但终究，你想要赢球"
“Monta Ellis, a fierce competitor. He competes his fanny off every night.
Love to watch him play.
"Ellis是极强的竞争者，我爱看他打球"
“But to me, size helps. Size helps.”
"但对我来说，size个子还是很重要!"
That doesn’t mean it will be easy for the Warriors to trade Ellis —
emotionally or practically. It will take some guts. But again, that’s
precisely why West was brought to the Warriors in the first place.
无论从情感上或现实上，要交易Ellis都不是一件简单的事，需要一些胆量
但这就是Jerry West一来到勇士要带给他们的东西
后续发展:
2011.6
如果Ellis真的被交易，勇士希望找一个防守好的高SG来搭配Curry，避免重演矮双枪
因此在2011球季前选秀的第11顺位，制服组在KT和Alec Burks当中二选一
最后选了KT(Burks第12顺位被爵士选走)
2012.3
交易截止日前不到48小时
勇士公鹿5人交易，当中的主菜就是 Ellis换Bogut
勇士换到想要的大个子，同时也空出先发SG给高大的菜鸟KT