这一篇也不错... http://www.nba.com/pistons/news/truebluepistons.html Posted Monday, May 4, 2009 Joe D’s summer to-do list includes 3-point solution Getting younger and better up front figures to be the first priority of Joe Dumars’ off-season. That issue has sat in the middle of the Pistons’ dinner table all season and been discussed and analyzed ad nauseum with names like Carlos Boozer, Chris Bosh and Amare Stoudemire in the mix. But a close second has been discussed only peripherally: The Pistons need to address their 3-point shooting this summer, too, after finishing in a tie for 26th with Utah in 3-point accuracy last season and in 28th in points generated from behind the arc, ahead of only Philadelphia and Oklahoma City. The Pistons as we’ve known them in this generation were never a team that leaned heavily on the 3-point shot, but they always used it efficiently. But with Chauncey Billups departing and Rasheed Wallace aging, the character of their offense changed this season. Rip Hamilton is a solid 3-point shooter from the corners, but he’s not a prolific deep shooter. The 190 he attempted this season, even though the 67 games he played were the fewest in his seven seasons as a Piston, were a career high by 44 attempts. He still took less than three per game. And he’s the definition of an average NBA 3-point shooter. Hamilton, a career .348 3-point shooter, connected on .368 from behind the arc this season; the league average was .367. Tayshaun Prince is an above-average 3-point shooter – he hit .397 this season – but he hoists it even less than Hamilton with 1.7 attempts per game. Contrast that with the seven per game taken by Orlando’s Rashard Lewis – a power forward, no less. As a team, the Pistons attempted 13.8 triples a game this season; the league average was 18.1. The Pistons made an average of 4.6 triples a game; the average NBA team made 6.65. That means the Pistons spotted the other team a little more than six points a game from the arc this season, one in which their per-game scoring differential was minus-0.5. And with the likelihood that Wallace has played his last game for the Pistons, the urgency of their 3-point pursuit becomes greater. Wallace, though he played only 66 games, took more triples than any other Piston by a margin of 129. Here’s what Joe Dumars said about his team’s 3-point deficiency last week, comments that came from Part III of the Q&A I did with him that will be posted on Pistons.com on Tuesday: “I’m a fan of the 3-point shot. I like the 3-point shot. I like 3-point shooters. They affect the momentum of the game. They allow you to get back in games when you’re down. I just think it’s a huge weapon. I’m going to try to address that this summer. I’m going to try to bring some guys in that can knock down threes. That’s a weapon. I love the 3-point shot. I’m biased, but I love the 3-point shot. That’s definitely a weapon we need to get better at. Definitely.” And, serendipitously, that roughly $20 million in cap space Dumars has at his discretion this summer comes at a time the free-agent class – though not teeming with All-Stars as the class of 2010 could be – is loaded with potent 3-point shooters. Four of the top 14 most prolific 3-point shooters last season and six of the top 22 will be or could be free agents, if all exercise player options. They are: Al Harrington (third, 470 attempts), Mike Bibby (seventh, 428), Ben Gordon (eighth, 422), Jamal Crawford (14th, 394), Nate Robinson (17th, 385) and Hedo Turkoglu (22nd, 376). Harrington, Crawford and Turkoglu all have player options that could make them free agents, while the other three are all hitting the market as unrestricted free agents. The field doesn’t stop there, either, with other 3-point role-playing snipers like Eddie House (player option), Wally Szczerbiak and Kyle Korver (player option) potentially up for grabs. What it means is that Dumars could use a combination of his cap space and players on the roster now to upgrade both critical areas of need – his frontcourt and his perimeter shooting. It could well be that Dumars will dangle Hamilton and Prince – one, the other or both – in trade talks with the three young big men: Boozer, Bosh and Stoudemire. Of the three, Stoudemire seems the least likely to be in play this summer. Phoenix shopped him aggressively at the trade deadline, then got cold feet and pulled him back. But if the Suns can’t find a home for Shaquille O’Neal in the last year of his $20 million contract, then Phoenix might revisit the idea of trading Stoudemire for the chance to rebuild. Boozer and Bosh are likelier to be moved. Utah can plug Boozer’s void with a cheaper version in restricted free agent Paul Millsap, a move that could keep the Jazz under the luxury-tax line while remaining competitive and allowing them to re-sign both Korver and Mehmet Okur, should they choose to opt out. Toronto risks the probability of losing Bosh for nothing next summer if they don’t move him first. It’s possible the Raptors will delay the decision until the trade deadline on the hopes that they can improve enough this summer to encourage Bosh to sign on long term. But that seems a long shot. Prudence could motivate GM Bryan Colangelo to act now, when he would figure to have a willing trade partner in Dumars. Both Utah and Toronto figure to have high interest in Prince and, quite possibly, in Hamilton. What acquiring either of those players via the trade route would mean for the Pistons is that Dumars would still have all (or most, depending on how the trades are structured) of his cap space in play to pursue perimeter free agents. Of the pending free-agent perimeter players, Bibby seems likely to return to Atlanta and, as a point guard, would be unlikely to be a Pistons target; Crawford would be hard-pressed in free agency to match the $19 million he has coming over the next two seasons should he opt out; and Harrington and Robinson’s 3-point numbers might be skewed by the Knicks’ unique offensive system. But Gordon and Turkoglu are intriguing. Obviously, signing one or both would make more sense if the Pistons had ample playing time available for them – which would mean a trade involving Hamilton or Prince for the young big man would likely be a part of the equation. If it’s Gordon in and Hamilton out, some of the concerns Chicago has had about Gordon being undersized for a shooting guard would be lessened in Detroit. If matchups dictate as much, Rodney Stuckey, at 6-foot-5, could guard the opposition shooting guard in most instances and allow Gordon to play defensive point guard. If it’s Turkoglu in and Prince out, the Pistons would be giving something away defensively but would be getting back a truly unique offensive player. At 6-foot-10, Turkoglu is not only a proficient 3-point shooter – he’s a .385 career shooter from the arc – but is dangerous off the dribble, too, another area where the Pistons need help. Gordon, of course, would be the easier get for the Pistons, first because he’ s certain to be a free agent and second because of his history of acrimonious negotiations with Chicago. Turkoglu must first opt out, though he’s indicated he’s leaning in that direction for long-term security, and then be pried away from Orlando, where he’s happy and management would like to keep him. But finances might force their separation; the Magic need to do some maneuvering to avoid paying the luxury tax. Mix and match any of the combinations possible for Joe Dumars this summer and it doesn’t seem terribly far-fetched that not only could he affect the type of significant roster change he’s said he expects, but also that he could address the Pistons’ biggest needs in doing so. -- 电影,因为有你在我身边而精采... 咖啡,因为有你而香醇... 生活,因为你而有了色彩... 生命,因为有了你而完整... --

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