http://www.nba.com/sixers/draft/draft_workout_060620.html Sixers Work Out a Quartet of Centers By Tom Cialino, Sixers.com Posted on June 20, 2006 In an attempt to add youth and athleticism to a front line in serious need of depth, the 76ers worked out a quartet of centers on Tuesday morning. 有监於内线亟需补强，七六人在星期二早上测试了四位中锋球员。 Hilton Armstrong, a wiry 6-11 center, rode the bench for a large part of his first three years at the University of Connecticut behind future lottery picks Emeka Okafor and Charlie Villanueva. It was not until Armstrong’s senior year at UConn that he became a starter and began to blossom into a dominant shot blocker. While starting 33 of the Huskies’ 34 games, Armstrong averaged 9.7 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3.2 blocks per game and followed in Okafor’s footsteps by being named Big East Defensive Player of the Year. 六尺十一、结实健壮的中前锋 Hlton Armstrong，在大学的前三年因为 Emeka Okafor (04年状元，Bobcats)和 Charlie Vllanueva (05年乐透区由 Raptors 挑走) 温了三年 板凳。直到大四，他才有在 UConn 先发的机会，并且发挥他阻攻的能力。在 UConn 三十四场比赛里他先发了三十三场，平均九点七分、六点六篮板，以及三点二次阻攻， 继 Okafor 之後获选为 Big East 今年的最佳防守球员。 Armstrong, who did not begin playing organized basketball until high school, takes tremendous pride in his defense and feels that he is still a work in progress. 在高中以前没有正式地入选篮球队的他，以防守自豪，并且认为自己还会继续进步。 “I’m real competitive, so that’s where my defensive abilities come in,” Armstrong said. “I don’t like when people score on me. I like to get blocked shots and agitate the offense. That’s the [most fun] part of the game for me. "对於竞赛我乐在其中，这也是我防守能力发挥的原因，" Armstrong 表示。"我不喜欢 让对手在我面前得分。我喜欢盖火锅以及扰论对方的进攻。对我来说，那才是比赛最有 趣的部份。" “I never give up. I can shoot, which most teams don’t know but they’ll find out. I like to run. On defense, I [can] block a couple of shots. I’m just a better player then people think I am, so when I get the opportunity, I am going to show it.” "我有一颗永不放弃的心。我也能投篮，很多队伍都不知道，不过他们将来会发现。 我也喜欢跑动。在防守上我可以盖锅。我的防守比大家想的还要好，所以当我有机会 我就会展现出来。" Armstrong almost got the chance to show Philadelphia fans his abilities four years ago when he made a verbal commitment to LaSalle before being noticed and eventually signed by UConn Hall of Fame coach Jim Calhoun. Despite not playing as much as he may have at LaSalle, Armstrong gained the invaluable experiences of playing against the best big men in the country and winning a national championship. Armstrong 在四年前差点就有了在费城球迷面前表现的机会--当时他和 LaSalle(注) 有了口头上的约定--不过他後来被注意到并且最後答应了 UConn 的名人堂教练 Jim Calhoun 的邀约。尽管他没有在 LaSalle 打球，Armstrong 得到了跟当时全国 最好的长人一起打球的无价经验，并且也是 04 年 UConn NCAA 冠军队的成员。 “I’m pretty happy that I went to UConn,” Armstrong said. “I wouldn’t trade it for anywhere else, because I am just used to winning now. I’m hungry to win.” "我很开心我能够到 UConn 打球，" Arnstrong 表示。"我不会答应用任何东西来 交换这种机会，因为我现在习惯於赢球的感觉。我对赢球相当饥渴。" Armstrong was not the only Defensive Player of the Year present on Tuesday. Patrick O’Bryant, a 7-0 center who earned the Missouri Valley Conference’s honors, entered the draft and recently signed with an agent to forgo his final two years at Bradley after a strong showing in the NCAA Tournament. In a second round upset over Pittsburgh, O’Bryant posted a career-high 28 points to lead the 13th-seeded Braves past the fifth-seeded Panthers and into the Sweet 16 for the first time in 51 years. In the process, O’Bryant dominated fellow 7-footer and NBA prospect Aaron Gray and solidified himself as one of the top centers in college basketball. Armstrong 不是惟一在星期二出席的年度防守球员。 七尺的 Patrick O’Bryant 同样 在 Missouri Valley 获得此殊荣，并且投身选秀。跟经纪人签了约的他，放弃还有两年 在 Bradley 的学业，乘着 NCAA 锦标赛时的好表现一探选秀身价。在第二轮爆冷打败 Pittsburgh 的那场比赛，O’Bryant 拿下生涯新高的 28 分带领十三种子的勇士们 击败第五种子的美洲豹，并且在五十一年来首次进入甜蜜十六强。在这场比赛里中， O’Bryant 压过了对手队中七尺的 NBA 未来新秀 Aaron Gray，并且证明他自己是 在大学篮球里最好的中锋之一。 On the heels of his recent success, O’Bryant decided to enter the draft now rather than return to Bradley for his junior year. 紧抓住这次机会， O’Bryant 决定不返校继续他的大三球季而选择在这个时候投身 选秀。 “There’s a lot of people saying, ‘This is his best chance,’” O’Bryant, who celebrated his 20th birthday on Tuesday, said. “There’s a lot of people saying, ‘I think he should stay. Think about it. If you come back next year, you can go in the Top 3.’ I just looked it at like this was probably my best chance.” "很多人说，'这是他最好的机会'"，刚在星期二过完他 20 岁生日的 O’Bryant 表示， "而很多人这麽说 '我想它应该留下来，想想，如果他明年再来，或许可以到达前三顺位' 。而我认为这是我最好的机会。" O’Bryant, who totaled 14.7 points and 10.3 rebounds per game in the tournament and is projected to be a lottery pick in most mock drafts, is prepared for the difficult, and at times grueling, transition to professional basketball. O’Bryant，在锦标赛的表现是每场 14.7 分，10.3 篮板，被预测将在乐透区被 挑走的他，准备接受更高难度--更漫长的球季--的职业篮球挑战。 “I think I understand it,” said O’Bryant. “I may not be there yet. I know it’s a whole different thing than college ball, and I’m just trying to get ready for it.” "我想我很清楚，" O’Bryant 这麽表示。"我还没真正成为其中一员。我知道这跟 大学篮球是完完全全不同的，而我也正准备要踏出这一步。" The Sixers also took a look at a pair of foreign players in Oleksiy Pecherov of the Ukraine and Saer Sene of Senegal. Pecherov, who spent the past year playing professionally in France, is a polished 7-footer that, in a traditional European sense, can shoot the ball from the outside. 七六人还测试了两位外籍球员，包括了 乌克兰的 Oleksiy Pecherov 以及塞内加尔的 Saer Sene。Pecherov 过去三年在法国打职篮，是个经过磨练、有传统欧洲长人典型 外线的七尺中锋。 “Both of those guys are impressive,” Sixers President Billy King said. “I think Pecherov is a little further along than Sene, but I think they both have a great upside.” "这两位球员都令人印象深刻，"七六人总管 Billy King 表示。"我认为 Pecherov 比起 Sene 成熟，不过他们两位都有很大的进步空间。" Sene, who played in Belgium last year, is another raw and undeveloped player who began playing basketball three years ago, garnering natural comparisons to Sixers center Samuel Dalembert. Sene 去年在比利时打球，在三年前还是个未经琢磨培养的球员，常被拿来跟七六人 中锋 Samuel Dalembert 比较。 “He’s so long, and I think he’s just learning the game,” King said. “I think he’ll get better. If you project him out, I think he’s got a good chance to be a pretty good pro.” "他很高，而且我想他能够学会比赛。" King 表示。"我想他会做得更好，看看 他的未来，我想他有不错的机会可以成为好的职业球员。" Even though he felt the workout was a success, King did offer criticism to the players during a portion in which he felt they were not defending the low post as well as they should be. 即使他认为这个测试是成功的，King 还是对部分球员有些批评，因为他觉得他们 没有在低位做好他们该有的防守。 “These guys, they want to score. A lot of them say: ‘I can shoot the ball, people don’t know.’ They feel they can shoot the ball, and they can do all of these things. It’s great to have that offensive skill, but what’s going to earn your stripes in this league is playing hard and guarding people. Because there are a lot of guys that can score that can’t guard people in this league. Especially as a big guy, because you are going to be guarding some tough opponents. You can’t let a guy catch it on the block.” "这些球员，他们想要得分。他们都说：'我可以投篮，只是人们不知道。'。有进攻 技巧是很好，不过要在联盟里立足你得认真打球并且防守对手。能够得分却无法防守 对手的球员太多了。特别是一个长人，因为你必须防守一些强硬的对手。你不能让 这些人在篮下拿到球。" While King is aiming to bolster the Sixers front line, he will not do it at the expense of passing on a guard who happens to be a better player. 虽然 King 正想办法充实七六人的内线，他也不会因此而赔上得到一个较好 後卫的机会。 “Everybody is looking for big guys,” King said. “You watch Shaq play, or you watch different big guys play, everybody figures you can never have enough big guys. So you’re always looking for big guys. Big guys, sometimes, develop a lot slower, so you try to project them further out. "很多人都在找长人，" King 表示。"你看 Shaq 打球或你看其他大个打球，每个 人都因此认为长人是永远不够的。所以你总是在找寻找长人。长人有时候得花较 多的时间培养，所以你必须试着把未来看远一点才有机会让他们表现。" “If the big guy is there, we will take them. We are going to take the best player, because we don’t want to pass up and say ‘we’ve got to take a big guy’ and pass up on a chance to take a good perimeter player.” "如果有个好的长人在那，那就挑他罗。我们要挑最好的球员，因为我们不希望错过 任何一个(後卫)然後说 '我们得挑一个长人'，然後错过了一个好的锋卫球员。" -- ”I want to win a ring. I want to have the opportunity to get back to the Finals. All that matters is us getting into the playoffs, because then, anything can happen.” ～ Allen Iverson --

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