Pistons could shuffle team by summer 活 塞 可 能 到 夏 季 才 会 有 动 作 原文链结：http://0rz.tw/a4S1L BY MICHAEL ROSENBERG ‧ FREE PRESS COLUMNIST ‧ February 16, 2009 If you think the Pistons will make a big move by the NBA trade deadline this week, ask yourself this: 如果你认为交易截止日前活塞将会做出大动作的交易，先扪心自问： Ｗｈｙ 为什麽 Trades, like cold medicines, tend to fall into two categories: fast-acting and long-lasting. Teams either try to help themselves now or put themselves in better position later. 交易就像「斯斯」一样有两种：一种是短期立即见效、一种是为了长远的未来着想。 团队总是试着让自己能够现在、未来都更好。 The Pistons are caught in between. President Joe Dumars has tried to achieve one of the toughest tasks in sports -- go from one successful era to another without ever being bad. 而活塞现在刚好藉於两者之间的尴尬期。 老乔一直试着去做到一个体育界的难题 -- 如何无痛的世代移转。 Dumars' plan, clearly, is to acquire a superstar in the next 16 months. The only potential superstar on the market this week is Phoenix's Amare Stoudemire. But the Suns have a high asking price, and Stoudemire is under contract only through 2009-10. It would be risky to acquire him for only one full season. So don't expect the Pistons to land Stoudemire this week. 老杜的计画很显然的是希望在接下来的16个月想办法搞到一个全明星身手的家伙。 就本周的观察而言，目前放在台面上比较大尾的鱼只有太阳的Amare Stoudemire。 但太阳相对要求高额贴水才愿意放人，而Amare的合约在走完09-10年的球季後，他 将在次年拥有选择权，也就是只签了他一年却还得承担他能否续留下来的风险。 所以不要太期待活塞会想要在这周内把Amare搞来。 This year's Pistons have been, by any standard, a disappointment, and every day, it gets tougher to imagine them rising to contention this year. There is no way Dumars will sacrifice the future for the present. That wouldn't make sense. 今年一路跌跌撞撞的活塞，无论以任何标准来审视都是令人失望的。每一天都越来越难 想像到底哪天才会走出阴霾。老杜不可能会为了保住他的乌纱帽而牺牲活塞的未来，这 没有道理。 But would he sacrifice the present for the future? That's not so easy to do, either. If Dumars wanted to give up one of his current rotation players, then it must be asked: 但他会为了活塞的未来牺牲自己的总管职位吗？ 这当然也不是件容易的事情。 如果老杜愿意放弃他目前手头上所拥有的其中一名球员，那我们必然会问： 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Ｗho? 　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　哪 位 Allen Iverson and Rasheed Wallace obviously are not important parts of the Pistons' future. Yet they are not going anywhere. With every passing day, they hold more value for the Pistons. Well, OK, they don't hold more value, but their contracts do. Combined, they are making more than $35 million this year (I hope they don't spend it all in one place), and that money comes off the books this summer. The Pistons created a bit more cap room by trading Alex Acker to the Clippers on Sunday for a swap of future draft picks. 虽然AI与溪蛙现在还没离开活塞，但显然他们两人不会是活塞未来的重要支柱。 随着日子一天一天过去，他们对活塞的价值与日俱增。好吧 我指的不是球场上的价值 而是他们合约的价值。合起来看，他们两个就占了今年35M薪资(我希望他们不要把钱 都押宝在一张合约)，而这笔薪资空间将在今年暑假空出来。透过周日这笔把Acker送 去快艇交换未来选秀权的这笔交易，活塞又增加了一些些的薪资空间。 Trading Iverson or Wallace almost certainly would mean giving up cap space. Dumars would rather give up his house. 若此时交易这两人当中任一人，不就意味着老杜放弃了即将创造出薪资肥缺的机会? 他不可能会这麽做的。 Rip Hamilton and Rodney Stuckey are the backcourt of the future. The whole point of this plan is to find a superstar to play with those guys. RIP与小史势必成为未来的後场核心。整个计画中最重要的是找个超级好手来和他们合 作。 Which superstars? 而这位好手是哪位? Like almost everybody else in the NBA, the Pistons are eyeing the 2010 free-agent class, which could include LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, Joe Johnson, Stoudemire, Tracy McGrady and Chris Bosh, among others. But while everyone talks about who the Pistons might acquire, let's ask another relevant question: 就像现在NBA中的其他球队一样，活塞也希望在2010年的自由市场捞一票。这年会端出 的好料有LBJ、Wade、Melo、JJ、Amare、T-mac、Bosh。但当大家在讨论活塞会想要从 当中挑选哪一位球员时，我们来想想另一个问题： When? 啥 时 The Pistons won't wait until 2010 to try to acquire one of those guys. It is possible they make a big move this summer. 活塞不会拖到2010年才试着去签下这些家伙。 很可能在今年暑假就会做出大动作。 Consider: If you're Toronto -- and from where I sit, you certainly don't look like Toronto, but hey, let's pretend -- then you will try to sign Bosh to an extension this summer. But suppose Bosh is fed up with the Raptors, who have the second-worst record in the Eastern Conference, and he turns down the extension. Toronto would have two options: hope to sign in 2010 -- and risk losing him for nothing -- or trade him this summer. [ 注意 ] 假如你是个暴龙迷 -- 以我看来你当然不是个暴龙迷，嘿 只是假设而已。 那你将希望在今年暑假和Bosh续约，但假设Bosh翅膀硬了、想飞离现在东区倒数第二 的暴龙队，他拒绝了续约。暴龙将会面临两个选择：期待2010年续签(这个选择有可能 成为一场空)、或是在暑假交易他。 That is where the Pistons would come in. They could offer Bosh a chance to play with Stuckey and Hamilton on a future contender. But in order to trade for Bosh (or any other star in this scenario), the Pistons need to stockpile all their assets now. 那就是为什麽活塞有机可趁。活塞可以提供一个让Bosh和RIP、小史在未来合作的机会。 如果一定要签下Bosh(同理适用於其他上述球员)，活塞势必要趁现在多累积些筹码。 That means guys like Tayshaun Prince, Amir Johnson and Jason Maxiell are potential trade chips this summer. And that means they are unlikely to get traded this week, too. 也就是说像小王子、Amir、Maxy这些人将会是这个夏天很有浅力的交易筹码。 换句话说，这些人在这个星期以内一脸看起来就不太像要被交易的样子。 So the Pistons you have watched for the past three months -- the maddening, tantalizing, frustrating Pistons -- likely will stay intact for the rest of the season. You might love that and you might hate it. But you ought to get used to it. 所以你在过去这三个月所看到如此令人抓狂、折磨、沮丧的活塞 -- 这季大概不会有 太大的阵容改变。你也许为此高兴、也许为此干液浓稠... 但你总得习惯。 --

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