全文請見: http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2005/05/09/ainge_will_continue_to_shape_the_celtics/ By Shira Springer, Globe Staff | May 9, 2005 Ainge likes the direction the Celtics are headed, even though a first-round upset likely remembered for a pair of ejections, one suspension, and frustratingly inconsistent play marred strides they made during the regular season. With Boston holding picks No. 18, 50, and 53 (from Sacramento) in next month's draft, Ainge is excited about next season. Between now and training camp, he must figure out how to improve the team while maintaining a balanced mix of young talent and veterans. To that end, Ainge must make critical cost-benefit analyses of free agents Antoine Walker and Gary Payton. 按: 安吉果然真是熱中選秀之人... Q: Do you consider re-signing Walker and Payton priorities? A: ''I don't know. First of all, it's their choice. It's going to be tough because those discussions really can't start until July." But you must have an idea of what might happen. After all, Antoine has certainly indicated he would like to remain in Boston. "I would say that the priorities are to decide what they and we want to do." 按: 說了等於沒說... Q: What do you do in the next couple days? A: "I'll spend a lot of time with Doc. We will meet with the players and just set some parameters of what we expect of them in the offseason. In some of the cases, we'll set up [workout] programs for their offseason calendars. Some of the players are free agents and can do what they want. We'll continue to prepare for the draft and prepare for free agency and have those discussions [about free agents] when necessary. Q: What type of player has value for the Celtics now? In other words, what skills, qualities are you looking to acquire? A: "I think two things. We are very stagnant on offense. We need more movement of the ball. I think we need better passers, better shooters. And we need a better low-post, inside presence. We need our inside guys to get better at what they do. We need better spacing. But I think that we need to play together more. Right now, we have some really terrific individual scorers. But we need to become better as the team scoring the ball." Q: And what about player who could improve team chemistry? A: "It's hard to say we're going to bring in chemistry. We need to bring in talent. We need to bring in quality. We're still at a stage where we're more than just chemistry away from winning a championship." Q: So, you still feel the Celtics are on the right track, making the kind of progress you expected? A: "I feel the same as I did before [Game 7]. I feel like this was a bad game. I thought we had a chance to win this game. At the same time, I knew we had a chance to lose. The biggest thing that we don't do is execute in the halfcourt. You can pinpoint so many other things, but I think our halfcourt offensive execution is the biggest part. I thought both teams got emotional at times and that's not a good thing for championship-caliber teams and we need to get better at [staying composed]. But I think the thing that cost us the series was our inability to score at crucial times in the halfcourt." --

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