※ 引述《jerod (KG4MVP)》之铭言： : http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/sports/basketball/13744459.htm : The Timberwolves' first half of the season fell well short of their goals. : The most striking admission of that mediocrity came when they traded Wally : Szczerbiak, a longtime fan favorite who was having a career season, to the : Boston Celtics on Thursday. 灰狼队在上半球季并未顺利达成他们的众多目标。他们也做出了令人震惊的交易： 将整个生涯都在灰狼阵中并长期受到球迷欢迎的Szczerbiak在星期四送到了波士顿。 : As they prepare to face Szczerbiak and the Celtics tonight at Target Center, : the Wolves are desperate to fix their season, plagued by inconsistency and : the inability to win close games. With the team struggling at 19-21 at the : time of the trade, Szczerbiak became the casualty. 同时他们即将在主场面对拥有Wally的塞尔提克，灰狼队本季在关键时刻的糟糕表现使得 球队以些微差距输了好几场比赛，同时也陷入了19胜21负的窘境中，这也让Wally成为了 交易标的。 : "If we had won a number of those close games, we probably wouldn't have : thought about doing the trade," owner Glen Taylor said. "Looking at the : results, which were below our expectations, we felt we had to do something. : Wally was a player other teams wanted." 灰狼队老板Glen Taylor说到："如果我们能够赢得一些低分差的比赛的话，我们很可能 不会做出这个交易，光就结果来说，这样的表现是不够让人满意的，我想我们必须做些 交易，而Wally就是那个其他队会想要的球员。 : The Wolves hope the trade will improve their team. Many areas need an upgrade, : as the first half of the season revealed. : The Wolves might have had unrealistic expectations entering the season. Many : experts had the team pegged for a record hovering around .500 and a finish : in the middle of the pack in the Northwest Division. 按照上半季球队的表现来看，灰狼队会希望这个交易能够在许多方面都使球队获得改善 ，球队似乎在球季开打前仍然抱持着不切实际的预期。许多球评都预测灰狼本季大约会 以五成左右的胜率排在西北组中间的位置。 : But from the day the Wolves hired coach Dwane Casey on June 17, Taylor and : Wolves vice president of basketball operations Kevin McHale said they : believed this team should make the playoffs and, they hoped, make a run : past the first round. : Now the Wolves (20-22) are searching for answers, three games behind : first-place Denver in the division with five of the next seven games on : the road. If the playoffs had begun Sunday, the Wolves would have been : sitting at home. 去年6月17日，灰狼队聘用Dwane Casey为总教练时，老板Taylor和篮球事务总裁McHale 都相信本季灰狼队能够进入季後赛，并希望可以顺利突破第一轮。但是现在，灰狼队仍 然以三场胜差落後给西北组的龙头金块队。如果季後赛在周日开始的话，灰狼队将会回家 开始放暑假。 : Casey took over bent on reshaping the Wolves into a defensive team. He : has succeeded in that regard. : Teams are averaging 91.2 points against the Wolves, the fourth fewest : in the NBA. The Wolves also rank in the top 10 in field-goal percentage : defense (43.8). : But numbers don't tell the full story. Their defense has been porous in : the fourth quarter over the past 21 games, outscored by an average of five : points (27-22) as opponents shot 49.1 percent. : Casey's team has lost seven games when leading after three quarters, the : most in the NBA. The Wolves are 0-6 in games decided by three or fewer points Casey表示会把重点放在防守方面，他在某些层面的确做到了，灰狼队平均每场让对手 得到91.2分，在联盟中排名第四；对手的命中率为43.8%，也排在联盟的前十位。但是 事时并未如前面的数字表现的那麽顺利，他们在第四节的防守可以说是千疮百孔，对手 的命中率达到49.1%，灰狼的平均得分也比对手少了五分。灰狼队已经输了七场前三节 领先，到第四节却被逆转的比赛，这也是全联盟最多。在三分差距已内的比赛，灰狼的 战绩是难看的0胜6败。 : Casey hopes the acquisition of Ricky Davis from Boston in the Szczerbiak : trade will improve the Wolves' mental toughness in close games. : "I think Ricky Davis' offensive aggressiveness will help that a lot," : Casey said. : Davis averaged 19.7 points a game in Boston. He is a slasher who can attack : the basket and go one on one against defenders, not unlike former Wolf Latrell : Sprewell. : "He reminds me a lot of Gary Payton as far as that type of grittiness and : toughness," Casey said. "That's what you need, night in and night out, to : be successful." : Davis also can quickly switch on defense to provide help. : "Athleticism is always a good thing," Wolves all-star Kevin Garnett said. : "And we have a lot of it, so it helps in both offensive and defensive : situations." Casey期望从波士顿交易过来的Ricky Davis可以改善灰狼在低分差比赛时所展现的心理 素质。他说："我想他的进攻企图心能对球队产生很大的帮助"。Davis本季在塞尔提克有 19.7分的PPG，他是个可以进行一对一作战的球员，类似之前的Latrel Sprewell。Casey 表示："他那股不服输的毅力和强悍总让我联想到Gary Payton，想要能够在每场比赛中 获胜的话，那会是你所需要的东西"。Davis也可以很快在防守端提供贡献，KG表示："热 爱比赛绝对是件好事，现在我们有足够的斗志，相信很快就能在攻守两方面产生帮助"。 : In the seven-player trade, Mark Blount, Marcus Banks and Justin Reed also : came to Minnesota, and Michael Olowokandi was traded to Boston along with : rookie Dwayne Jones. : Minnesota's reserves have provided little production, and that's where : Blount can help. Friday's 96-92 victory at Houston ended a streak of 15 : consecutive games in which opponents' reserves had outscored Minnesota's. : Casey said Blount would have an opportunity to compete for the starting : center role. But even if he comes off the bench, he can be effective, as : he showed with 18 points during Saturday's 102-88 loss at San Antonio. : Blount made midrange jump shots and looked like much more of a threat on : offense than Olowokandi. Blount, a 7-footer, averaged 12.4 points a game : this season for Boston. The Wolves are hungry for more scoring to complement : Garnett. 在这笔交易当中，灰狼同时得到了Mark Blount、Marcus Banks和Justin Reed三名球员 ；而一并送走了Michael Olowokandi和新秀Dwayne Jones。 灰狼队目前的板凳深度不足，这也是Blount能够贡献的地方。在星期五击败火箭的比赛 当中，球队也中止了连续15场比赛板凳球员得分低於对手的惨况。Casey表示Blount有机 会出任球队的先发中锋，不过即使如此他还是能做出不少贡献。就像星期六出战马刺的 那场比赛中，Blount得到18分，他展现了中距离跳投能力和胜过Olowokandi非常多的斗志 。身高七尺的Blount，本季在波士顿每场平均得分是12.4分，他将会是灰狼队热切期盼的 那位Garnett的禁区夥伴。 : The trade gives this team a chance to reverse the close losses. : "All in all, yeah, it's like a fresh start," Garnett said. "You've got whole : new players, new atmosphere." : Said Casey: "I'm optimistic once we jell together and get some more time : together that we'll be fighting, hopefully, for playoff position. But we : have to get it together pretty quick." 这笔交易让灰狼有机会大幅减少以低比分差距输球的比赛场数。KG说到："那的确是一个 很大的改变，就像一个全新的开始，有了很多新球员，就连球队气氛也都焕然一新。" Casey则表示："在球队团结起来之後，我想一切都会变的乐观，甚至是回到季後赛的行 列当中，但重点就是我们必须要加快球队凝聚的速度。" 如果有翻译的不好的地方，还请大家不吝指教!!! 另外关於交易的一点小心得： 我想这笔交易目前看来是相当不错的，至少老大目前所表现出来的态度是这样的。 光看Blount和软糖这一部分就觉得已经成功一半了，希望还有一些後续的交易。 把人满为患的PG拿去换一个苦力或是炮台都可以。 总之，灰狼加油!! Go Go Go!! T-Wolves!! --

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