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标题[外电] Whiteside's size, potential may outweigh maturity concer
时间Tue Jun 29 00:42:37 2010
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There is perhaps no player in Thursday's draft with less knowledge about
where he is going to be selected than Marshall's Hassan Whiteside. The 7-foot
center could be chosen in the lottery, according to several league sources,
or he could slip down into the 20s, depending on who is willing to take a
chance on him.
礼拜四的选秀没有人比白边还要旁徨。这位七尺中锋可能在乐透区被选，也有可能滑落到
20多顺位。
Whiteside could be this year's version of Hasheem Thabeet, the raw 7-footer
from Connecticut who was selected by Memphis at No. 2 overall in last
season's draft, leaving many to shake their heads in dismay when so many
other talented, NBA-ready players were available. Whiteside is not going to
go that high, for certain. But there is the chance that he could upend many
mock drafts if an undersized team, such as Utah, feels it could use a
shot-blocking big man in the middle.
白边是今年版的Thabeet，去年从康乃迪克来的Thabeet被灰熊以第二顺位选走，使得很多
人都很沮丧，因为还有很多有天份，NBA-ready的球员还没被选。可以确定的是，白边的
顺位不会这麽高，但他有机会使得许多专家的眼镜需要重配，如果一个undersize的球队
譬如犹他，可能需要一个会盖锅的大个在禁区。
"There is a lot of speculation in the league right now that he could move up
around 10," one league source said. "Personally, I don't see it. But that is
the word going around."
「现在联盟中有很多猜测他也许会爬到第10顺位左右。就个人而言，我并不认为，但的确
在人们中传递」一来源指出。
Whiteside has a lot of shortcomings. He has not interviewed well with many
teams and is considered immature. At the pre-draft camp in Chicago last
month, Whiteside spoke brazenly of being the No. 1 pick, of becoming a Hall
of Fame player and compared himself to Boston's Kevin Garnett.
白边有许多缺点，他和许多队的会谈并不优异，被认为不成熟。在芝加哥的选前营，白边
很厚脸皮地说自己会是第一顺位，会成为名人堂球员，将自己比作KG。
"I have big goals," he said.
「我有远大的目标」他说。
He did not play in a big-time conference against the draft's mainstay players
and spent the final two games of his lone year Marshall coming off the bench.
他并不和选秀中的主要球员在同一个分区，而且最後两场比赛都是替补。
However, that all may be overlooked for a team that needs length and
shot-blocking. Whiteside averaged an NCAA-best 5.4 blocks per game last
season, in addition to scoring 13.1 points and grabbing 8.9 rebounds. He also
recorded three triple-doubles (points, blocks, rebounds), one of which
included 13 swats.
然而，那些也许都会被需要高度和火锅的球队所忽略。白边火锅是NCAA最佳的5.4火锅，外
佳13.1分和8.9篮板。他有三次大三元，其中一次还包括13火锅。
He is the classic NBA case of a risk-reward gamble. There is the chance that,
if he fulfills even a fraction of what he plans to, he could make some
general manager look very good, and his 7-foot-7 wingspan could give a team a
presence in the middle for years to come.There is an equal chance that, if
the red flags that are being raised about him come to fruition, he could be a
wasted pick. So many teams fall in love with big men only to be sorely
disappointed by their lack of development.
他是典型的赌博型球员。如果他照着他的计划走，会让一些GM看起来很棒，他7'7的臂展会
让球队的禁区有吓阻力。同样的是，如果事情没有这麽美好，就会是个糟糕的选择。所以
许多热爱大个的球队会因为他们无法进步而失望。
But Whiteside seems to be taking the right steps toward maturing and growing.
He spent a week with Hall of Fame center Hakeem Olajuwon, getting tutored on
everything from offensive moves, to the intensity needed on a nightly basis
to compete at the NBA level. He said he will spend another week with the
league's all-time leading shot-blocker before the summer is over.
但白边似乎正在往正确的方向迈进，他花了一个礼拜接受大梦的指导，从进攻的脚步，到
能够在NBA等级竞争所需要的高强度。他说他在夏天结束前会再花一个礼拜和大梦讨教。
"When I see a player like him, his reach is his strength," Olajuwon said in a
phone interview from Toronto. "He knows he can put the ball on the floor and
shoot. I was more or less thinking about his height advantage, what he can be
doing in the post with his jump hook. He should be able to play small
forward, power forward or center comfortably. I try not to limit him to a
position. He has the skills and the height where he can play three positions
as he matures in the league."
「当我看到像他这样子的球员，他的高度是他的优势，他知道他能够在场上将球放进和投
射。或多或少都在想着他的身高优势，他能够在低位勾射，他应该可以打SF、PF和C。我试
着不去限制他在某一个位置，他有技巧和高度，所以当他成熟时他能够在联盟打三个位置
」
Olajuwon said several NBA teams -- he refused to identify which ones -- have
called him to ask him his opinion of Whiteside. The former Rocket said that
while Whiteside is young, he told the teams that their concerns about his
focus are unfounded.
大梦说许多NBA球队--他拒绝说出是哪一队--有打给他问他关於白边。前火箭球员说白边还
年轻，他告诉那些球队对他的注意力无法集中根本是没必要的。
"When you see him, he is a gentleman, very shy," Olajuwon said. "That is his
demeanor. So if you see him, you say he is not that enthusiastic about the
game. But when you see him play, he goes after it. That works against him if
you don't understand him as a person. His maturity? He is a young boy.
Somebody has to look at what he is now and you have to look at his potential
with the right training."
「你看他，他是个绅士，非常害羞。那就是他。当你看到他，或许你说他对比赛并不是那
麽热情。但当你看到他打球时，他会拚命去追逐。如果你不了解他你就会误会他。他的成
熟度？他是个年轻男孩，你去看看他现在是什麽样子，你必须去看见他的潜力，当有正确
的训练时」
Olajuwon said he thinks it would be a mistake for a team to pick Whiteside
and then send him to the D league in the same fashion that Memphis did with
Thabeet last season.
欧拉说他认为如果球队选了白边後就像灰熊对Thabeet所做的一样将他送至发展联盟，那将
会是个大大的错误。
"I was shocked Memphis made that decision," Olajuwon said. "That was the
wrong move. If you are a big guy, you need to play. Give the boy a chance so
that he can develop confidence. By sending him to the D league you are
demoralizing him. Give him the opportunity. Being a shot blocker is enough to
keep him on the floor. Give him time. That was wrong. It is not the right
move. Give him time to develop."
「我很惊讶曼菲斯做了那个决定，那是错误的一步。如果你是大个，就需要上场。给他一
个机会，那能够培养他的自信。送他去发展联盟根本是在摧毁他的自信。给他个机会，能
够盖火锅就已经足够让他待在场上。给他时间吧，那是错的，那不是对的决定，给他发展
的时间」
That is precisely what Whiteside needs, the time to develop. Some teams don't
have the time to take on a project and see their investment come to fruition
in several years. Others can more readily afford it. But the infrastructure
and the understanding that immediate gratification is not likely must be in
place.
那的确是白边所需要的，发展的时间。有些球队没有时间让新秀成长，几年内就看到他们
的投资失败。其他球队能够承担，但必须了解成果不会马上出现。
"He has all the tools," Olajuwon said. "If he goes to the team that has a
good big man he can practice against, he can get confidence. If he gets the
right coach that knows that he is a talent and will play him and encourage
him, he can come along quickly. But as you know, with the draft, he does not
know what to expect."
「他有所有的天份，如果他去到一支有一个好大个能够和他练习的球队，那他就能够得到
自信。如果他遇到一名好教练知道他是个有天份的人，愿意让他上场且鼓励他，他会快速
地成长。但你知道的，在那样子的顺位，他不知道该期待什麽」
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大梦，就你啦。听到这麽说，西佛拜托多练练白边吧。
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