作者Aldridge (目標:明星賽我來啦)
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標題[情報] Mills awarded 15th and final spot on Trail Blazers roste
時間Thu Oct 22 08:42:33 2009
Mills awarded 15th and final spot on Trail Blazers roster; Udoka and Collins
to be waived on Thursday
The Trail Blazers have finalized their 2009-10 roster, filling the 15th spot
with unheralded and injured point guard Patrick Mills. Ime Udoka and Jarron
Collins, who had been competing for the spot, will be waived Thursday,
sources told The Oregonian.
It was a surprising decision by the team, which was thought to be leaning
heavily toward Ime Udoka, a small forward who was a starter for Portland in
2006-07 and whose defensive skills have long been valued by coach Nate
McMillan.
Instead, the team opted for Mills, a 6-foot guard who was the 55th overall
pick in this summer's NBA Draft. As a sophomore at St. Mary's last season,
Mills averaged 18.4 points before breaking his right hand, which ended his
season with nine games remaining. This summer, he broke his right foot in the
first day of summer league practice with the Blazers.
Mills will join the Blazers on Friday in Tualatin. However, he doesn't figure
to contribute to the team this season because of his youth and his foot
injury. Early in training camp, McMillan said he wanted the 15th spot to go
to an experienced player who could offer depth to the young Blazers.
Mills, who was valued highly by owner Paul Allen, has resumed shooting
activities but is not expected to be cleared for running and contact drills
for at least six weeks.
Both Udoka and Collins practiced with the Blazers on Wednesday, but did not
board the team's 3 p.m. flight to Vancouver, B.C. for Thursday's exhibition
finale against the Phoenix Suns.
The move saves the Blazers about $350,000 in salary, a negligible amount of
money when considering the Blazers' payroll is around $58 million this
season. Mills stands to make around $457,000 this season, while veterans like
Udoka or Collins would have made just more than $1 million, of which only
$797,000 would have been paid by the Blazers. The remaining money comes from
an NBA pool that covers veteran expenses.
It was thought that Thursday's game in Vancouver would be the final chance
for Udoka and Collins to make an impression.
Udoka, because of his past experience with the Blazers when he earned the
trust of McMillan, was thought to be the front runner. He plays physical
defense and is a reliable three-point shooter. Udoka was the last roster
invitee to the Blazers camp that season, and he not only made the team, but
also went on to start 75 games. He played for San Antonio the past two
seasons.
In the first seven preseason games, Udoka did nothing to hurt his cause,
averaging 6.8 points and 3.4 rebounds in 19 minutes a game.
Collins, a center who has played eight seasons, all with Utah, was trying to
make the roster as insurance in case Greg Oden or Joel Przybilla became
injured. He averaged 3.5 points and 2.0 rebounds in 14 minutes over four
preseason games.
General manager Kevin Pritchard declined to comment and coach Nate McMillan
was unavailable for comment.
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Udoka 和 Collins 被裁,第15個位子給了 Mills
KP我果真猜不透你啊,選擇留第四PG的 Mills 卻不留第三中鋒的 Collins
可憐的 Uodoka 和 Collins,這算"半路殺出程咬金"嗎??
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1F:推 seacall:是Blake還是Baylesss要打包了吧?不然留四控球幹嘛? 10/22 09:06
2F:推 AdamHmc:快把Blake和Outlaw打包吧~~~~~~~~~~~KP 10/22 09:11
3F:→ Aldridge:就算交易也不會太早 當初Mills手術復健預估要4~6個月耶 10/22 09:14
4F:推 jessieptb:KP有每年收一個新秀控衛的嗜好:06Sergio,07Koponen 10/22 09:23
5F:→ jessieptb:& Green,08 Bayless,09 Mills 10/22 09:24
6F:推 roy7175:Collins季前賽沒特別印象... 10/22 09:25
7F:推 knight0123:要控球做什麼,留長人才有用吧!!Collins熱身賽還不錯喔 10/22 10:01
8F:推 stevejo:有那嚜好用嗎?熱身賽都沒上場過...況且現在還在養傷.. 10/22 10:45
9F:→ taroa:為什麼放roster不放到NBDL.... 10/22 10:57
10F:推 jessieptb:樓上﹐下放到NBDL的也要佔roster名額的 10/22 11:56
11F:推 forever23:人太多了.... 10/22 16:56