Offseason moves for the Indiana Pacers: Addressing uncertainty after injury-plagued season 溜马休赛季: 伤病缠身的赛季後的未知数 https://t.co/QXYEYr5meY by Bobby Marks The Indiana Pacers have been a constant presence when it comes to the playoffs. Since 2011, Indiana has failed to reach the postseason only twice: the 2014-15 season (when Paul George missed most of the year recovering from a broken leg) and this injury-ravaged season. 溜马向来是季後赛的常客，自从2011年以後，溜马只有两次例行赛打完就放假： 2014-15赛季(PG大伤)和被伤病摧残的这一季。 They came within a game of making it back to the playoffs, but after their play-in round loss, the Pacers' focus now shifts to rookie head coach Nate Bjorkgren. Is he part of the future or will Indiana be looking for a new coach for a second consecutive offseason? 他们一路努力到距离季後赛仅有一场之遥，但在入围赛的落败後，溜马的重点将转移到菜 鸟教头Nate Bjorkgren身上。他究竟会是溜马未来的一部分、还是印第安纳要再重新找个 新教练呢？ There is also the unknown when it comes to their roster. 他们的球员名单也存在着未知数。 Indiana returns 12 players from a roster that was ravaged by injuries this season, leading to a 34-38 record. Was the disappointing season a result of health or is it time for the Pacers to begin retooling their roster? Now eliminated from postseason contention, let's look ahead to the free agency, draft and trade decisions facing Indiana this offseason. 在这伤病缠身的赛季中溜马打出了34-38的成绩，而球员名单中有12个下一季还有合约在。 这个失望的赛季究竟是伤兵的问题，抑或是球员名单需要retool呢？放假就该是关注自 由市场、选秀以及潜在的球员交易的时候了。 The future of Nate Bjorkgren Nate Bjorkgren的未来 Bjorkgren is the first to admit that he is a work in progress. Bjorkgren首先坦承他还需要更多成长。 "It's been a tough year," Bjorkgren said following a report by Adrian Wojnarowski that his style of coaching and communication with his players and staff have been at the center of turmoil this season. "There's a lot of challenges being a head coach in this league. I don't make excuses for things. I'm a young coach. I'm learning, I'm growing and I've got to coach better. This is on me. I'm the head coach. Things should be pointed at me and rest on my shoulders." Bjorkgren：「这是个艰困的一年。」在Woj的爆料中，Bjorkgren的执教风格与沟通方式成 为了本季的动荡的核心。「在联盟中成为一个总教练有很多的挑战，我不会找藉口，我是 个年轻的教练，我还在学习、还在成长，必须要执教的更好。这都是我的错，既然我是总 教练那我就该承担起这些责任。」 Bjorkgren could draw up plays like Hall of Famer Phil Jackson, but in this league when a coach begins to lose the locker room and fails to develop relationships, he has no chance of surviving. Bjorkgren能够划出像是名人堂教练Phil Jackson的战术，但在联盟里面当教练失去了更衣 室的信任而且无法跟球员培养关系的话，他没有任何机会存活下来。 "Communication is an enormous part of it," Bjorkgren said. "It's the management of personalities. That's where I've got to keep growing and get better." 「沟通占了很大一部分原因。」Bjorkgren表示：「这是关於不同人格特质的管理，这是我 该成长并做得更好的区块。」 Bjorkgren could have easily pointed to plenty of reasons beyond communication issues for the Pacers finishing below .500: having to field 21 different starting lineups, starting forward T.J. Warren playing just four games, or even the realization that former All-Star Victor Oladipo was a shell of himself, before getting traded for Caris LeVert -- who was then immediately diagnosed with a cancerous mass on his kidney and didn't make his Pacers debut until nearly two months after the trade. Bjorgren可以很轻易地指出除了沟通问题以外的原因：被迫尝试了21种不同的先发组合、 先发小前锋Warren只打了四场球、徒有其表的前全明星球员Victor Oladipo，交易来了 Caris LeVert结果被诊断出肾脏的肿瘤，过了两个月才有办法为溜马打球。 Instead Bjorkgren addressed that he is in need of a coaching makeover on how he communicates with his team. He could have easily let his pride get in the way and not addressed the situation. However, it remains to be seen whether his reaction was lip service, knowing that his job status is uncertain moving forward, or if he actually means it. Bjorkgren选择了把问题摆在他自己在执教上需要针对与队伍间的沟通作出调整，他是可以 维护自己不把这件事情拿到台面上的。然而，究竟这些话只是因为他为了保住工作在耍嘴 皮子还是他真的这麽想就暂时不得而知了。 In his introductory news conference last October, Bjorkgren emphasized the need for communication between players and coaches. The question is now: Is it too late? 在去年十月的记者会上Bjorkgren强调了球员与教练间的沟通，现在的问题是：是不是太晚 了呢？ President of basketball operations Kevin Pritchard deserves credit not for not bottoming out in the aftermath of Paul George demanding a trade in 2017 and keeping the team in the postseason in the years since. However, despite being part of the organization since 2011, Pritchard had never been the sole decision-maker when it came to hiring a head coach until Bjorkgren was tabbed in October. (He did have a relationship with former Pacers head coach Nate McMillan from their years together in Portland.) KP带领了球队从PG吹密的低谷中走出来，成功的让球队多年打进季後赛值得一些嘉奖。然 而自从2011年加入球团以来，KP从未独自扛下寻找新任总教练的决策，直到去年找来了 Bjorkgren为止。 It is now up to Pritchard to decide if the man he hired just last October is the right fit moving forward or if Indiana needs to open up the search process once again. 现在KP要决定是否要留下他去年十月找来的人选，还是要再一次开启雇用新教练的流程。 The Pacers are not known for having a revolving door of head coaches and have prided themselves on stability. Every head coach that the Pacers have hired dating to Larry Brown in 1993 has survived at least three seasons. They have never had a non-interim head coach fail to make it to a second season. 溜马并不是频繁更动总教练的球团，会给他们一定的稳定度。从1993的Larry Brown起，每 个正式的总教练都至少待了三个球季。 Keep in mind that Indiana has 12 players under contract for 2021-22. Although Bjorkgren has pledged to foster a better relationship with the roster, what happens when the first sign of adversity hits? 要注意的是下一季溜马会有12个球员还在队上，尽管Bjorgren保证了会改善与球员间的关 系，但是当第一个逆境的徵兆来临时，会发生什麽事呢？ While there is plenty of blame to share, starting with Pritchard, the players in the locker room and of course Bjorkgren, Indiana would be best going in a different direction now and not waiting until midseason when the same issues could resurface. 有很多能够拿出来检讨的点，KP、球员当然还有Bjorkgren，而溜马最好现在就调整他们 的方向，而不是等到季中了一样的问题又浮上台面。 Doug McDermott and T.J. McConnell There are two words that do not mesh well in the NBA: lottery and tax. 在NBA中有两个不该扯上边的词；抽乐透、缴税。 After losing in the play-in round, the Pacers are headed to the lottery. They were not a tax team this season and will dodge paying a penalty. 在输掉入围赛後溜马要去抽乐透了，他们这季不在税线上所以不需要缴税。 However, Indiana enters the offseason with a projected payroll of $125 million (including their draft pick), $11 million below the 2021-22 tax threshold. The team's top two reserves, Doug McDermott and T.J. McConnell, are set to become free agents, and retaining both players would require Indiana to pay the luxury tax for the first time since 2005-06 unless they move off salary at some point during the 2021-22 season. 然而在这个休赛季，他们下一季的团队薪资来到125M，离2021-22的税线剩下11M的空间， 两个队上的重要替补：Doug McDermott和T.J. McConnell将要成为自由球员，如果留下这 两位球员将会让溜马自从2005-06以後第一次缴税，除非他们在下一季季中想办法倒掉一点 薪资。 McDermott should receive votes for Sixth Man of the Year after averaging career highs in points (13.6), field goal percentage (53.2%), true shooting percentage (63.2%), rebounds (3.4) and offensive rating (110.5). He also ranks No. 6 among all small forwards in offensive real plus-minus. Since the All-Star break, the forward has shot 56.1% from the field and 41.5% from 3-point range. 本季的McD拿下了生涯新高的得分、FG%、TS%、篮板跟ORTG，他理应会得到一些年度第六人 的选票。在所有小前锋的ORPM中排名第六，明星赛後有56.1%的FG%和41.5%的3P%。 McDermott has outplayed his $7.3 million contract this season by close to $5 million according to ProFitX and at the very minimum will see offers that start at the $9.5 million midlevel exception. McD的表现超出了他本季所领的7.3M合约，在ProFitX的模型中多了将近5M的价值，他下一 季起码能拿到起价9.5M的中产合约。 McConnell shows up for work every night, having missed only nine games due to injury since entering the league in 2015-16 and has evolved into one of the top two-way backup point guards in the NBA. Besides averaging a career-high 8.6 points (in 26 minutes), McConnell ranks No. 2 in steals (behind Jimmy Butler) and No. 1 among all reserves in assists (6.5). TJM几乎每场都能上场打球，仅仅在2015-16的新人赛季中因伤缺席了9场，并且成长为联盟 中攻守兼具的顶尖替补控卫。除了生涯新高的场均8.6分以外，还有联盟第二的抄截以及替 补中联盟第一的助攻数。 Like McDermott, the guard has outperformed his $3.5 million contract this season by $4 million according to ProFitX and is a strong candidate for a team to use a good portion of the $9.5 million midlevel exception, if not all of it. 就跟McD一样，TJM打出了超越他合约3.5M的价值，在ProFitX的模型中多出了4M，非常有机 会拿下9.5M中产合约的大量额度甚至是全部拿下。 The Pacers' replacement for either player could come at lower cost in the July draft with their lottery pick. 溜马很有机会藉由他们的乐透签用较低的价码在选秀中找到其中一位的替代选项。 Note: ProFitX is a dynamic financial and performance index powered by Artificial Intelligence with front-office optics displaying 17 visual and time-series models for 480+ NBA Athletes. The Athledex models historical, dynamic & future performance data to monitor and project insights on contracts, performance, injuries, team fit, development, and potential. 注：ProFitX是用AI预测球员合约、表现、伤病、球队适性、球员发展与潜力的系统。 The state of the roster 球员名单的状态 Get used to the words "expiring contract" when talking about the construction of the Pacers' roster. 当谈到溜马如何建队时，要习惯听到「到期约」这三个字。 While the Pacers should get high marks for having six players on contracts that range from $10.5 to $21.7 million (despite the possibility of losing McDermott and McConnell), only Domantas Sabonis is under contract in 2023-24. 溜马有六个球员薪资在10.5M~21.7M的球员，这点做得很不错，但其中只有Sabonis 的合约会持续到2023-24。 That means the Pacers enter this season with three key players on expiring contracts (T.J. Warren, Jeremy Lamb, Aaron Holiday). Four more players have contracts that expire after 2022-23 (Malcolm Brogdon, Caris LeVert, Myles Turner and Justin Holiday). 这意味着下一季时会有三个球员的合约成为到期约(T.J. Warren、Jeremy Lamb跟 Aaron Holiday)。四个其他球员(Malcolm Brogdon、Caris LeVert、Myles Turner、 Justin Holiday)则是会在2022-23成为到期约。 Outside of Justin Holiday, every player on the above list can be extended either before the start of the season (Aaron Holiday, Brogdon, LeVert and Turner) or during the course of the season (Warren and Lamb). 除了Justin Holiday以外，上述的所有球员都能在下一季的开季前延长合约，Warren跟 Lamb在季中也可以。 Despite the Pacers' loss in the play-in tournament -- and the team's failure to get beyond the first round of the playoffs since 2014 -- this roster isn't stuck in neutral. Every player on this roster has trade value, both financially and on the court. 尽管在入围赛中失利而且2014到目前为止的所有季後赛都是一轮跪，这个球员名单并不算 卡在不上不下的窘境。每个名单上的人都有交易价值，不论在金额上或球场上都是。 The Pacers still also don't know what this roster is capable of when fully healthy. The projected 2021-22 starting lineup of Brogdon, LeVert, Warren, Sabonis and Turner played zero minutes together this season. 溜马也不知道当这些球员全员健康时能做到什麽程度，目前预测的2021-22开季先发名单 的五人组合(Brogdon、LeVert、Warren、Sabonis、Turner)本季完全没有一起打过球。 Team needs 队伍需求 For everyone to be on the same page 全员步调一致 A healthy T-J- Warren 健康的涡轮 Stretch-4 延伸四号 Resources to build the roster 建队资源 The draft: one first-round pick (lottery) and possibly three second-round picks 选秀: 一张首轮乐透签、可能有三张的二轮签 Exceptions: $9.5M midlevel (but more likely $5.9M) and $3.7M biannual (but dependent on their own free agents). $4.9M and $2.9M trade exceptions. 特例: 9.5M全额中产(大概只能花5.9M)、3.7M双年特例、4.9M交易特例、2.9M交易特例 Cash: $5.8 million to send or receive in a trade 现金: 5.8M额度 Dates to watch 关键日期 ‧ Expect the Pacers to exercise the $2.3 million team option of Edmond Sumner by Aug. 1. In 53 games this season, Sumner averaged 7.5 points on 39.8% from 3. According to ProFitX, Sumner has outplayed his $2.1 million contract for the 2020-21 season by a remarkable $8 million. 预期溜马会在8/1前执行Sumner的球队选项，根据ProFitX的模型，Sumner的表现超越 了本季2.1M合约以外足足8M的价值。 ‧ The $1.7 million contract of Kelan Martin becomes guaranteed on Aug. 7 (one day after the moratorium ends). The 25-year-old appeared in 30 games, averaging 6.9 minutes and 2.9 points. Kelan Martin的1.7M合约在8/7後将转为保障。 ‧ There is no offseason trigger date on the $1.7 million non-guaranteed contract of Oshae Brissett. The Pacers can waive Brissett up until the Saturday before the regular season starts and not incur a financial penalty. The full amount will get guaranteed on Jan. 7. Oshae Brissett的合约会在明年1/7转为保障合约。 The draft 选秀 After sending last year's pick to Milwaukee as part of the Malcolm Brogdon trade, the Pacers are back to having their first-round pick -- and back in the lottery for the first time since 2015, when they drafted Myles Turner No. 11 overall. The Pacers also have all their future first-round picks, and have only traded out of the first round twice since 2006. 在去年把Malcolm Brogdon交易案中欠公鹿的首轮签还掉了以後，溜马今年保有自己的首轮 签 -- 自2015年用#11选下Myles Turner後的第一张乐透签。目前未来的所有首轮都握在自 己手上，从2006年以後只卖过两次。 Here's how ESPN's Jonathan Givony and Mike Schmitz have Indiana selecting in July: ESPN预测选秀人选 No. 13 (own): Josh Giddey, PG, Australia No. 54 (from MIL): Matthew Mayer, SF/PF, Baylor No. 60 (from UTAH): Sandro Mamukelashvili, PF/C, Seton Hall Since taking over as head of basketball operations in 2017, Kevin Pritchard has made three draft-night trades, the most notable coming in 2019, when the Pacers acquired T.J. Warren and three second-round picks as part of a three-team deal with Miami and Phoenix. 自从2017年接任篮球营运总裁以来，KP做过三笔选秀夜交易，包括了最着名的2019年在与 太阳、热火的三方交易中得到T.J. Warren跟三张二轮签。 -- 可以改看选秀啦！ --

※ 发信站: 批踢踢实业坊(ptt.cc), 来自: 111.246.211.87 (台湾) ※ 文章网址: https://webptt.com/cn.aspx?n=bbs/PACERS/M.1621578753.A.AD1.html ※ 编辑: lens82801 (111.246.211.87 台湾), 05/21/2021 14:46:17 基本上不可能，老板不喜欢这种玩法，我们整个队史好像都没用球员换过首轮 ※ 编辑: lens82801 (111.246.211.87 台湾), 05/21/2021 17:26:40 原来是先选完才换的，直接看basketball reference的交易记录没办法看出来 XD ※ 编辑: lens82801 (111.246.211.87 台湾), 05/21/2021 17:44:42 如果你是说Bleacher Report那篇报导的话，Warren有专程在推特上说别拿他的名子唬烂 为什麽要把Goga交易掉？ 没速度的更要沉退禁区不是吗？ ※ 编辑: lens82801 (111.246.211.87 台湾), 05/21/2021 21:03:09