Z-Bo and Jack in the ATL Greetings from Atlanta. We arrived in the early afternoon in Atlanta, and, as I explained yesterday, are here to get a first-hand look at Zach Randolph and Jarrett Jack. Trail Blazers assistant coach Bill Bayno is down here, as is strength coach Bobby Medina. We just saw Zach for a few minutes today, and are getting set to attend tomorrow's (Tuesday's) workout sessions with the players. I did talk to Bayno when I arrived today. He arrived a few hours before we did, on a red-eye flight from Los Angeles. He went right from the airport to Georgia Tech and put Zach through an intense workout. They had a chance to workout for a few days together in Las Vegas, when Randolph arrived for the final days of summer league. I've known Bill for a couple of years now, and he's not the kind of guy to blow smoke. I had to keep reminding myself of this as I listened to him rave about the progress of Zach. This has been the first time Bayno has worked with Z-Bo and the first thing he did is call Zach an "absolute gem of a person." He said Zach is embracing this opportunity and has a hunger that makes him very easy to coach. This was, obviously, great to hear. Bayno is one of the best player development coaches around and he's a huge addition to this staff. He's willing to go wherever the players are, and work with them as long as they can take it. He's intense, and pushes these players to make themselves better. It's so vital to have a guy like this on the coaching staff. Bayno talked about his goals, concerning Randolph this summer. He told me this afternoon he "wants to be in Zach's head" and wants to "push him" and says Zach is one of his biggest priorities right now. He talked about how good Zach has looked in the post, and even said he hasn't really bothered to spend much time in there with him, at least with the left hand, because he's already got that down. Bayno said they're not spending any time working on Zach's left, but instead are concentrating almost solely on getting better with his weak hand, his right. I talked to Zach in Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago and asked him what kind of shape he was in. He was honest, and said "so so." I told Bayno that today, and he told me that where they are at now is "night and day" compared to where Zach was in Vegas. Randolph worked in Vegas, and now has had two workouts a day in six of the last eight days. The workouts are long and hard and they're pounding away at full-court, game-situation stuff. As for Jack, I'm happy to tell you he has been cleared for play. Jarrett has been working out, but now trainer Jay Jensen has cleared him for full-court games. Jack says the surgically-repaired ankle is feeling great, and says he's suprised at how quickly he's recovered. He originally told me he thought he'd be cleared some time in late August, so we're ahead of schedule by almost a month. I know it was killing Jarrett not to be able to play in the summer league games in Vegas, but that would have been pushing it. Both Zach and Jarrett will play pick-up games with some of the NBA players who spend their summers in Atlanta. The best games in the summer are in Houston and Atlanta, and that's always been the case. They'll compete tomorrow night, and Wednesday, and possibly the rest of the week as well. I'll be here until Wednesday, and will have a much more complete update on their progress following the workouts tomorrow. As I mentioned yesterday, Blazers TV producer Scott Zachry, and photographer Jeff Curtin are with me in Atlanta, and we'll have video for you on the web site as soon as we get home, so you can see for yourself. I joined Brian Wheeler and Mike Rice last night on Courtside Monday Night, presented by L.A. Weight Loss, our weekly radio show. Wheels did his usual great job of sitting in the hosts chair. It was a huge night on the show, as the guys were joined by Raef LaFrentz, who talked about being traded from Portland to Boston on draft night. Raef is currently looking for a home in Portland and says he is totally re-locating to the area. He also mentioned that is the toughest part of being traded, as you can imagine. He also mentioned that he is going to wear number 9 for the Blazers, as I reported to you about a month ago. Our radio producer "The Captain" Rich Patterson reminded Raef that Danny Ainge, the guy who just traded LaFrentz from Boston to Portland, also wore number 9 when he was in Portland. LaFrentz laughed, and was very suprised at the irony there. Yes, he's still going to wear 9. http://fans.blazers.com/blogs/mike_barrett/2006/07/z-bo-and-jack-in-atl.html 如果從這個部落格的消息看來， Jack的傷如預期在恢復中。 而他也是新球季先發PG呼聲最高的一位， 既使不是他先發，他也會得到Nate McMillan的重用。 Nate McMillan似乎將他視為愛將XD 而Randolph的部分不只是這裡有提到當地的廣播KXL也有說到 Randolph的狀況也越來越好，除了傷痛的部分外， 他的態度也比以前更積極，有人覺得可能是受到LaMarcus Aldridge這位競爭者的影響XD 另外Randolph還承諾季賽前會減肥讓身材標準一點。 或許拓荒者看到他積極的一面...會暫緩他的交易案喔！ Randolph的交易方面如果真的沒有對拓荒者有利的， 而Randolph在傷勢痊癒後願意再回到禁區廝殺， （之前有國外網友說他一直往外打跟他的傷勢的關係很大） 再度變身為當年和小牛季後賽七連戰的Randolph， 那將他留下何嘗不是好事一件？ 所以當地好像有不少球迷在看了不少和Randolph正面的報導後 一改之前非得要交易他出去的態度，而願意在給他一次機會。 如果就我個人立場， Randolph真如一些報導所言變的較積極，也願意減肥，努力去做復健和訓練， （另外本版1984篇也有提到Randolph球季結束後有跟Nate McMillan說他想留下來） 而拓荒者在交易案中真的沒有好的交易對象， 與其去做一些爛交易，不如把他留下來給他一次機會試試看。 目前就先靜觀其變吧 --

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