(续上篇) McDonough sees the adjustment for Len this offseason as changing what he does on the floor, perhaps abandoning the high-post hybrid elements of Len’s game that were so enticing on draft night. 麦当劳在休赛期间看到小兰在场上的调整，也许这更像是小兰在选秀夜时展现的多种 混合技术。 “Simplify his role a little bit, put him in a position to be effective,” McDonough said. “Anytime you have a talented young player who has the ability to do a number of different things, it’s tempting to throw a lot at them.” 「将他的角色简化一点点，使用他的方式就会变得有效率一点。」麦当劳如是说：「 每当你有一个充满天赋且能够做很多不同事情的年轻球员，期望他去做到更多事情是 很难抗拒的诱惑。」 The previous shooting numbers and Len’s shot chart reflects that’s the right decision. (请参考原文的命中率图：https://goo.gl/rJuPHf) 以小兰在球场各位置的命中率数字图来说这或许是正确的决定。 shotchart Maybe it’s easy to criticize Len because the post-trade deadline role was one where he was expected to bounce back and create a difficult free agency decision for the Suns. 也许很容易以此来批评小兰，因为在交易大限前我们期待的是他谷底反弹并且让太阳 对他的自由球员身分变得艰难一点。 He did the opposite of that. 但他做的与此相反。 This entire argument surrounding Len is not to ignore the fact that he’s still talented. 对於小兰的这整个论点并不是忽略他具备天赋的事实。 The Denver Nuggets traded Jusuf Nurkic to the Portland Trail Blazers in February and in his time in the Pacific Northwest, Nurkic averaged 15.2 points, 10.4 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.9 blocks and 1.3 steals per game in the regular season. He was a monster. 金块把 Nurkic 交易到拓荒者後他平均打出了 15.2 分 10.4 篮板 3.2 助攻 1.9 篮 板 1.3 抄截的表现，他是一个怪物。 Uninformed fans have been rushing to crush Denver for the trade, but the story on the Bosnian in Denver didn’t quite have the national reach. He was fuming with his role behind Nikola Jokic, who looks like the next franchise big man in the NBA. He was pouting and didn’t look interested when he was playing. 不知情的球迷会急着否定金块在这场交易中做的事情，但这名球员担任 Jokic 这位 看起来像是能主宰联盟未来的球员的替补时，他在场上看起来意兴阑珊。 The Nuggets had no choice but to deal Nurkic, despite this potential everyone in Denver knew he had. 即使丹佛的每个人都知道 Nurkic 有这个潜力，但交易他是别无选择的。 Len won’t become a world-beater like Nurkic, but despite the flaws in his game, he’s got a whole lot of talent and potential left at 23 years old. 小兰并不会像 Nurkic 那样成为震惊全世界的球员，但尽管他的比赛有缺陷，他仍 旧是一个年仅 23 且具备天赋的球员。 While it’s clear he will never be able to fill the shoes of what a top-five pick in a weak draft should be, he’s always had the skills to be a competent, complementary starting center who would play well on both ends. 即使很明显他永远无法摆脱一个弱选秀年的前五顺位标签，他仍旧被视为有足够的技 巧去担任一个在攻防两端有表现的先发中锋。 Another NBA team may very well unlock that player, but it’s extremely unlikely for it to come in Phoenix. 其他的 NBA 球队可能会很好的放掉这样的球员，但这种球员不会来到凤凰城。 The Suns control their destiny with Len. 太阳的命运掌控在小兰的身上。 He is a restricted free agent, and Phoenix will be able to match any offer he agrees to with another team. 他即将成为 RFA ，且当他跟其他球队达成协议，太阳也有能力 match 所有报价。 With a $13 million-plus commitment over the next two seasons to Tyson Chandler and having restricted free agency control over Williams, though, there’s no reason to bring back Len. 当未来两年的中锋位置有了 13M的 老拳王，且 AW 也将进入 RFA ，看起来太阳 并没有非把小兰带回家的理由。 First-round picks Dragan Bender and Marquese Chriss both show enough promise to play minutes at center and already did this season. If Len gets offered even just $10 million per season, why would it make sense to use nearly a quarter of the salary cap on centers? 今年的第一轮顺位球员龙哥跟 Chriss 都在尝试担任中锋位时展现了能耐，如果 小兰拿到年均 10M 的合约，有什麽太阳需要在中锋位置花费将近 1/4 总薪资的 理由？ The Suns appear to be on the same page by, down the stretch, playing Len fewer minutes than Williams, who could wind up being his replacement and certainly will be cheaper. 太阳似乎是在不断测试 Len 跟 Williams ，甚至让小兰的上场时间比 AW 都来得 少。 AW 肯定更甘於担任替补并且更便宜。 Williams is not a long-term fix as a potential starting center of the future but as of now, Len isn’t either. 当然了，作为未来的先发中锋选项， AW 并不合格。但目前为止，小兰也还不是那 个答案。 If the Suns can get Len to re-sign on the cheap without much long-term commitment, it’s worth another shot to see if what McDonough said about a simplified game for Len is true. If that doesn’t happen, it’s time to move on. 如果太阳可以便宜且不要给予过长合约的话，是可以让小兰继续试试看，看看麦当 劳所述的，简化 Len 在场上做的事情是否起作用。但如果没有办法这样做，也该 是时候继续往前走了。 -- ★▃▃ ◣ ▅▅▅▅ ▄▄ █ ▇▇ ▄▄◣ ◢ ██▋ 　 ▅▅ █ ▅▃▉ ▊ █▅ ◣◢ ▄▄ █ｓ▋▄▄▄ ◣▊▄ █ ▄▄▄◥ █▆ ◥◢ █▄ █ ▋ ▄▄▌█▊██▌ 04-05╴╴╴ ╴ ╴╴◤▄▄◤ ◤ █▅▅▅ ◤ █▄▌▄▄◤ █ Ｐｈｘ-Ｓｕｎｓ ▕▕▕▕╱ ├╯05-06 ◤◥▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ◥ ★ Ｄａｌ-Ｍａｖｓ --

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