At this point, team's identity is anyone's guess, even theirs By KERRY EGGERS Issue date: Fri, Oct 17, 2003 The Tribune ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't be too disheartened, Trail Blazer fan, by the 110-91 exhibition pummeling of your team by the Seattle SuperSonics in Redmond on Tuesday. The teams meet again Saturday night in Spokane, and the outcome might just swing 180 degrees. （結果是維持在零度沒變！-_-） Ask Ray Allen, Seattle's All-Star shooting guard. "It is too early to make any judgments," Allen says. "They just beat Houston by 20 last week. I don't worry about what teams do in the preseason. Minutes are spread around. Some guys aren't playing. Everybody is trying to get comfortable with what their team is doing. When the two teams meet in Seattle on Nov. 7 in a regular season game, "It could be a totally different story," he says. Allen is impressed by Portland's core group, led by Rasheed Wallace, Bonzi Wells, Dale Davis, Zach Randolph, Derek Anderson and Damon Stoudamire. But the loss of Scottie Pippen, Allen suggests, could be costly. "Not having Scottie eats away at their infrastructure a little bit," Allen says. "He was a veteran who made sure everybody was on the same page. But this isn't last year's team. They will carve their own identity." What will be the identity of the 2003-04 Blazers? Even they aren't quite sure. Coach Maurice Cheeks thinks this will be a quicker, younger unit that can play a little more up-tempo. There is plenty of flexibility in potential lineups, and Cheeks is in no hurry to determine anything. He can go big with Davis, Wallace and Randolph on the front line and Wells in the backcourt. He can go small with Wells at small forward and Anderson at shooting guard. The rotation will include Davis, Wallace, Randolph, Wells, Stoudamire, Anderson, Ruben Patterson, Jeff McInnis and Qyntel Woods. Rookie Travis Outlaw could start the season on the injured list. Ruben Boumtje Boumtje has a slight edge over Mamadou N'Diaye for the backup center spot. That leaves a spot for a shooting small forward -- either Tracy Murray or Scott Padgett -- and a fifth guard. Murray, the 32-year-old veteran cast away by the L.A. Lakers after a dismal 2002-03 season, has made 12 of 23 shots, including 4 of 10 from 3-point range, and scored 30 points in 48 minutes of the preseason. Padgett, a free agent let go by Utah, has made 5 of 9 shots, including 1 of 2 from 3-point range, and scored 13 points in 36 minutes. Advantage Tracy. "I am just trying to play the way I know I can play," Murray says. "I am not going to try to put too much pressure on myself over what is at stake, because then you play thinking about it. I can't do that." Veteran Robert Pack would seem to have a lock on the final guard's berth, but he has played poorly -- 0 for 7 from the field, 2 for 4 from the line, with one assist and five turnovers in 31 minutes. Pack looked nervous in Redmond, throwing up one shot from the foul line that caught no iron. "I have to get into a rhythm of going out and just playing instead of worrying about running the show," Pack says. "I know what I am capable of doing." http://www.portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=20915 -- 這篇文章有點早了，所以有些內容會和前面PO的文章（時間比這 篇晚的）有所衝突，儘量以最新的文章為主。 --

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