By JOHN HOLLINGER (一个爱看衰篮网的人所写) December 19, 2007 Sean Williams was in the Nets’ starting lineup last night. He had 11 points and 8 blocks in the Nets’ 106-101 loss to the Kings. 香威在昨晚成为篮网的先发成员之一。十一分、八火锅，在输给国王的比赛中。 Better late than never. 亡羊补牢，犹未晚也。 With the season on life support and Jason Kidd contemplating life in places such as Cleveland and Dallas, the Nets finally made the move for which fans have long clamored: changing the frontcourt. Out go the laughably unproductive Jason Collins and Malik Allen, and in come youngsters Sean Williams and Josh Boone. Game 1 of the experiment came last night against Sacramento. 就当 Kidd 在考虑加入骑士还是小牛还有球季走的不平稳时，篮网总算 做出了让球迷相当喜爱的决定：改变前场。把可笑的和没有贡献的Jason Collins Malik Allen 拉下先发，让年轻人 Sean Williams 还有 Josh Boone 成为先发。 这实验的第一场就在昨晚上抗国王展开。 "This isn't a panic move," coach Lawrence Frank said yesterday, and truer words have never been spoken. In fact, this was the opposite of a panic move. This was a move that was so long overdue — by three weeks in the case of Allen, and about three years in that of Collins — that Nets fans had practically given up hope that it would ever happen. Frank: 这不是一个应急的改变。事实胜於雄辩。事实上，这是一个 不应急的改变。这一项早就该做的改变现在才兑现。大约三个礼拜的Allen 还有三年的 Collins，篮网球迷现实的放弃他们应该有的希望。 That's Frank's biggest weakness as a coach: He loves big guys who don't screw up, regardless of how shockingly unproductive they are. That's why Clifford Robinson hung around so long, and that's why players such as Allen and Collins have stayed in the lineup despite their inability to score, rebound, draw fouls, or block shots. 这就是 Frank 成为教练的最大弱势，他喜欢不会犯错的大个子， 不管他们在场上有多麽没生产力。那就是为什麽 Clifford Robinson可以打这麽久， 也是为什麽 Collins 和 Allen 可以在阵容中那麽久，不管他们无法得分、 抢篮板、讨犯规，或是盖火锅。 To Frank's credit, he finally made the change. Many coaches, one of whom works across the river from Frank, are so stubborn that they ride their system right down the tubes. But by process of elimination, he finally succumbed to the logic that it had to be his frontcourt — because it wasn't Kidd, or Richard Jefferson, or Vince Carter that was causing the Nets to fall behind by double figures in the first half every night. 该给 Frank 一些认可，他总算改变了。许多教练，像 Frank， 一向很固执的执行他一贯系统的东西。不过就在行进中，许多他认可的东西， 一一被消灭掉，才不得不承认问题就出在前场。 因为这不是 Kidd, RJ 或是 VC 造成篮网上半场就落後两位数的问题。 While we're discussing Frank, by the way, this one flaw doesn't mean the Nets should cut him loose — far from it. People always the right call; in the case of the current frontcourt, he clearly did not. With Collins and Allen, the issue wasn't that they avoided negative plays, but rather that they never made any plays. This was quite possibly the least productive starting frontcourt pairing in NBA history. On the season, the Collins-Allen duo averages 6.1 points and 5.5 rebounds per game. Ready for the punch line? Those are their combined stats. 当我们在讨论 Frank 时，这一项缺点不代表篮网必须将他丢弃，离那还远。 人们总是讲出正确的事情，在目前的前场阵容，显然他没有发现。 在Collins和Allen的前场，他们不是执行错误的战术，而是他们不会执行战术或得分。 这也是很有可能他们是在NBA历史上绩效最低的前场先发。 在季中，Collins Allen 两位合计 6.1分 5.5篮板。 准备好听接下来的最後一段话吗，那是他们合起来的贡献。 Using my Player Efficiency Rating (PER, a per-minute rating of a player's statistical effectiveness), Collins was the single least effective regular player in basketball this season. That shouldn't come as a shock, though: He was last year, too. 用我自己发明的 Player Efficiency Rating， Collins 是本季最低绩效的球员。 尽管如此这也不应该是值得惊讶的事。 To give you a picture of Collins's awfulness, the league average in PER is set at 15.0, and usually only scrubs or defensive specialists fall below 10.0. Collins's rating? 0.9. He hasn't had a rating in double figures since 2003–04, and hasn't even come close in any of the past three seasons. 告诉你 Collins 有多可怕，联盟的PER平均值是15，通常只有二级球员或是防守专家 落到十以下，Collins多高？ 0.9。 自从03-04年来之後，他没有在拿到两位数的成绩了，而且远不如过去三季。 Yes, he's a good defender and he sets nice screens, but good heavens, is it really possible for an NBA player to do this little? It's not just the invisible scoring: He also doesn't rebound. His average of 5.3 boards per 40 minutes is worse than that of several point guards. 是的，他是个好的防守者而且挡人做的不错，但是是不是一个NBA球员只能做这麽多？ 不只是看不见的得分能力，他不能抢篮板，四十分钟只平均5.3篮板， 比大多数的控球後卫还要糟糕。 Not that Frank had many other options. Unbelievably, three of the league's four worst PERs belong to the Nets' frontcourt players. Jamaal Magloire, at 2.21, was third from the bottom (I guess $4 million doesn't buy what it used to). And the hobbled Nenad Krstic, at 2.23, was fourth, though at least he has an excuse. 不是 Frank 有很多其他的选择，不可思议的是，联盟最糟的四个禁区球员， 三个在篮网，Magloire 2.21。(我猜四百万不是买来要他只能这样的)。 而颠颇的 Krstic 也只有2.23，倒数第四，虽然他是有藉口的。 Compared to those guys, Allen's 8.73 rating — merely the 27thworst of the league's 300 players with enough minutes to qualify — must seem like a godsend. But in any other sphere of reality, his performance would be considered severely lacking. Allen's scoring, shooting percentage, rebound, and turnover rates all are well below par for an NBA big man, and his defense isn't exactly world-class either. That's why the 29-year-old journeyman was available for the veteran's minimum in the first place. Allen 还有8.73的成绩，虽然是联盟三百位有足够时间的球员中 第二十七糟的，但跟那些人比较，看起来还算已经不错了。 不过从现实面来看，他的表现是被认为一直缺乏些东西的。Allen的得分、命中率、 篮板还有失误比率都是在NBA长人中以下的水准，而他的防守也不是世界等级的。 这也是为什麽这位29岁的旅人，可以用老将新资将之签下。 And that, consequently, is why the Nets entered yesterday's game ranked 26th out of the league's 30 teams in Offensive Efficiency (my rating of a team's points per possession). With such miserable output up front, it's a miracle they weren't 30th. 必然的，这也是为什麽篮网在昨天的比赛当中是联盟当中进攻绩效第二十六名的球队。 在这麽恐怖的前场，他们不是最後一名已经是个奇蹟。 Contrast the Allen-Collins tandem's production with what Boone and Williams have done, and Frank's move becomes slap-in-the-forehead, what-the-hell-took-you-so-long obvious. Boone is the team's best rebounder, and he's a veritable scoring machine compared to Collins. While his 24.1% free throw mark is just a wee bit troubling (we've seen Hack-a-Boone each of the past two games), his activity at both ends should make up for it. Williams's numbers have been so good that Nets observers have been left puzzled why it took this long to get him out there: In virtually every category, he easily outranks the other frontcourt players. 和 Allen-Collins对照起来， Boone - Williams 所展现的， Frank的改变有点像，拍打在前额然後对你说， 为什麽花了你这麽多时间才做这个改变。 Boone 是篮网最好的篮板手，而且对照 Collins 他是可称得上得分手。 但他的罚球命中率 24.1% 是稍为带给他麻烦的(在过去的比赛对手还有进行 骇布战术)，但他在进攻和防守两端的活动贡献会掩盖这个事情。 Williams的数据更是让篮网的观察者感到头疼，为什麽要花这麽久的时间， 才能让他出现在那里。事实上从任何的方面来看，他比任何其他篮网的长人 还要优秀的多。 With the new frontcourt yesterday, the Nets managed to avoid their typical early deficit. In fact, Boone and Williams combined for 10 points in the first quarter — a feat that would take nearly two games for Collins and Allen — as New Jersey took an early lead, for once. Williams also blocked six shots in the first half. By comparison, Collins has four the entire season — and the two combined to shoot 5-for-9 from the floor. 在有他们新的前场的状况之下，篮网设法避免他们一开始就大幅落後的通病。 事实上，香布连线在上半场就贡献了十分，这要Collins-Allen两场才办得到的事情， 而当篮网有了稍早的领先，Williams 就在上半场盖了六个火锅。就比较而言， Collins 本季一共也才盖了四个而已。香布连线也投九中五。 Yes, it was a home game against a bad team, so don't consider the season saved or make any other grand proclamations just yet. What we can say, though, is that the Nets finally made the one move available to them that maybe, just maybe, could finally get this season turned around. As frustrating as it was to watch Frank delay the inevitable for so long, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that the Nets still have 57 games left to help this cause. After last night's move, it's far easier to contemplate such an event actually happening. 是的，这只是一场在主场对抗中下球队的球赛，所以不要认为这个球季被拯救了， 或先行宣告这是伟大的事情。尽管如此，我们能说的是，篮网总算做了一件 ，可能，只是可能，总算能让他们的球季的结果大不相同的事情。 只是我们这麽失望看到 Frank 让这项本来就该执行的事情延宕这麽久， 依然还是可以把这种眼光放下，因为篮网还剩下五十七场球可以打拼。 在今晚的改变之後，我们还不能那麽早认定篮网整季就像稍早那样。 [email protected] http://www.nysun.com/article/68306?page_no=3 --

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