http://www.indystar.com/article/20090412/SPORTS15/904120373/1088/SPORTS04 For next year, Pacers need some nastiness By Bob Kravitz 下一季，溜马需要脏一点。 You have questions about the Indiana Pacers' direction this offseason. We have answers. Where do the Pacers look in the NBA draft? Let's assume they aren't going to make any lottery magic, although they've certainly been due since the Patrick Ewing draft. Their biggest need -- and stop me when this gets too obvious -- is at the power forward spot. Not that Troy Murphy hasn't had a tremendous season, but the Pacers need a big, long, disagreeable human being who will guard the paint like fine china. Think in terms of a younger Jeff Foster, but with much better low-post skills. Murphy is offensively tailor-made for Jim O'Brien's system, but Murphy and Roy Hibbert together are a slow-footed defensive nightmare. "We need an athletic big who has a little bit of nastiness offensively and game against the Detroit Pistons. "That would be our top priority.'' Of course, there aren't a lot of those kinds of players in this draft. Blake Griffin surely will go first. Then there are names like Arizona's Jordan Hill, Kentucky's Patrick Patterson and my early favorite, Pitt's DeJuan Blair. "We could try to get that player in a number of ways,'' O'Brien said. "We've got a little bit of money to work with. There are trade possibilities. The problem is, if it's a rookie, it's a rookie. To ask a rookie to be that tough, nasty hombre inside, that's a lot to ask.'' 溜马得找个敢做脏活的年轻人为佛爷接班镇守禁区，但还要附带点低位进攻能力。 强力前锋会是溜马在选秀会上关切的头号位置(偏偏今年又有点缺)毕竟大鼻子和Roy 的太极步法实在是防守的恶梦。 Bob-K点出了上面四位年轻的PF，当中他最爱的是Blair。 欧比道长(是因为这样才有太极步吗？)却担心要个新人做脏活这样的要求过高。 If the power forward the Pacers want isn't available when they pick, they won't hesitate to jump on the point guard of the future. How does Ty Lawson of North Carolina sound? Or Memphis' Tyreke Evans? Just because the Pacers have T.J. Ford returning and are likely to re-sign restricted free agent Jarrett Jack doesn't mean they won't grab a point guard who can take them beyond sub-.500 purgatory in the future. "Absolutely, point guard would be the other area we would take a strong look at,'' O'Brien said. "If you could find somebody who, in three years, could be a starter on a team that contends in the Eastern Conference, then you go for it.'' 球队并不排斥再选个控卫进来(各位观众....五只披居！！！)，如果能在三年内 帮助球队晋升为东区强权的话…… Speaking of point guards . . . who's the Pacers' point guard next season? Good question. My sense is, in O'Brien's perfect world, Ford rebounds from his late-season demotion to the bench and wins back the starting job next fall. That gives the coach the option of using Jack as a backup at both the point and the two-guard spots, or even lets him use the two together in smaller lineups. Ford hasn't exactly been a total disappointment, but he hasn't been a revelation, either. He still pounds the ball too much, still gets stuck in the lane too often with no place to go. Either way, the Pacers are in a far better place than they were a year ago. Last year, they had nobody at the point; next year, they might have two solid pros competing for the spot. Bob-K认为福特车在本季尾段的表现有可能让他在下个球季重新从先发控卫出发， 不过TJ的持球时间依然过长、而且常会切的太深。 但，比起上个球季一个先发级控卫都没有，明年至少有两个不差的选择。 So who will be playing his last game as a Pacer on Wednesday night? No surprises. Rasho Nesterovic was brought here for his expiring, $8.4 million contract. He's a goner. Marquis Daniels, who is too injury-prone, will not be retained after making $6.8 this past season. Eddie Jones' $2 million comes off the cap. And the Pacers will get some cash and cap relief the longer Mike Dunleavy remains out of commission, once the insurance payoff kicks in. If you include Jamaal Tinsley's $7.2 million and the rookie contracts, it's safe to figure the Pacers will have about $8 to $10 million and change to use during the offseason. It's not a ton of money, and the Pacers figure to spend some of it to keep Jack, but it's more than they've had in recent years when they were chained to Jermaine O'Neal's deal. (If you hear whimpering, that's Larry Bird, still crying about the Tinsley-to-Orlando deal that blew up 10 minutes short of the trade deadline.) "We're going to have more flexibility than we've had in a long time,'' said Pacers general manager David Morway. 由於暑假成功的把嘴炮小欧交易掉，溜马还能在今年的休赛期挪出八百万至一千万 的钱(而不是薪资空间)来改变球队，包括和Jack续约。不多，但是对长远的运作讲 算很有弹性的。 如果听到有人在哀嚎，那是大鸟，为他交易截止日前十分钟送走丁丁计画失败痛哭 That's the good news. The bad news is, they're still going to carry around $16 million in dead money on their payroll. That's $7.2 million on Tinsley and $9.7 million on Dunleavy, who won't be back any time soon. There's no margin for error in the draft or when signing free agents, not now. The bottom line is, if the Pacers are going to take that next step, Bird has to hit some home runs. No more Shawne Williams drafts on his watch. (Anybody know what's happened to Stanko Barac?) 溜马真正的考验即将开始，因为丁丁和小邓两个伤兵卡死了一千六百万，球队没有 限度能够忍受在选秀和自由市场上的错误，这里说的就是大鸟。 How far away are the Pacers from making the playoffs? Not far at all. Especially not in the East, where sub-.500 will get you to the postseason. 溜马离季後赛不会太远，毕竟在东区进挤前八胜率未必要达五成。 How far away are the Pacers from being real contenders? Three years, minimum. And maybe longer given the contracts of Dunleavy and Tinsley. Bird still has one of the toughest rebuilding jobs in the NBA. This won't be fixed any time soon. 但溜马要重返东区列强就少说要三年，甚至因为丁丁和小邓的肥约而更久。大鸟 面临着全联盟最困难的重建工程，这不是短期就可达成的任务。 -- 就算有病，只要肯面对… 仍然可以有幸福 from《天生一对 2 become 1》 --

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