作者PaulDavis (Paul Davis)
看板Hawks
標題Boris Diaw
時間Thu Sep 7 22:11:37 2006
SLAMonline Top 50
50. Boris Diaw, Phoenix Suns
by Lang Whitaker
Wednesday, September 6th, 2006
The story goes like this: It was a few days after the 2004-05 season had
ended, and Hawks coach
Mike Woodson sat down with Hawks guard
Boris Diaw for
their postseason meeting. It had been a tough year in the ATL. It was Woodson's
first season in charge, and he had a team intent on rebuilding, plus a
disgruntled Antoine Walker (is there any other kind?). The Hawks finished
the season a dismal 13-69.
Boris Diaw hadn't had the best of years either. The Hawks had drafted the
6-8 Frenchman 21st overall in the summer of 2003, and had tried using him in
every position imaginable ─ from inbounds specialist to forward to point
guard ─ with no blatant success. Diaw often appeared to be drifting on the
court, almost unable to assert himself.
Woodson opened the meeting with some general comments and then said,
「For next season, we'd like you to work on your shooting, your…」
Diaw cut him off.
「I can not play for you,」 Boris said.
And then he got up and walked out.
Whether that story is true or not, I don't know, because I haven't asked
Boris about it (yet). But I've heard it enough times from enough different
people that at least some part of it must be true. Diaw was probably fed up
with being misutilized, and he let it be known. By the end of the summer,
Diaw was no longer a Hawk, traded to the Suns along with some draft picks
for Joe Johnson.
And in the desert, everything turned around for Boris. He was suddenly
surrounded by more talent than he'd ever been around in his NBA career,
and the kid they affectionately call Bobo flourished. Maybe it was the open
Phoenix offense, maybe it was the work Boris put in on his jump shot, maybe
it was having the MVP getting him the rock in places he could be succesful.
Whatever happened, Boris Diaw transformed himself from a guy who'd averaged
less than 2 made shots per game over his first two seasons into a complete
basketball player, able to score, rebound, pass and defend. And at 24 years
old, Diaw has nowhere to go but up. And that goes for our list, too.
http://slamonline.com/online/2006/09/50-boris-diaw/
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1F：推 sssfrost:我認為這是馬後砲。 09/08 07:27
2F：推 RonnieBrewer:雖然是陳年往事, 不過這是SLAM要談聯盟前50名有價值 09/08 10:59
3F：→ RonnieBrewer:球員的第一篇(Diaw是第50名), SLAM應該沒有偏老鷹的 09/08 10:59
4F：→ RonnieBrewer:理由? 除非作者有個人喜好啦.. 09/08 11:00
5F：推 sssfrost:我是說那段對話啦 不過是我的主觀認定就是 09/08 11:43
※ 編輯: PaulDavis 來自: 59.41.173.165 (09/25 15:42)