※ 引述《illuvive (攸)》之銘言： : Raptors defend draft : Babcock 'overjoyed' with picks : By LORI EWING : TORONTO (CP) - Critics of the Raptors' 2005 draft will be backpedalling by : next season's all-star break, says coach Sam Mitchell. : The Toronto Raptors head coach defended on Wednesday the team's decision to : draft forward Charlie Villanueva seventh overall in the previous night's NBA : draft, a move that raised some eyebrows around the league and disappointed : Raptors fans. Sam教練說"要批評Raps 2005年的選秀,請到明年的明星賽休兵期在來說" Sam針對星期三的選秀會中,球隊以第七順位選了CV做出了辯護,這個選擇讓一些 聯盟工作人員挑眉(驚訝奇怪的意思吧?),以及讓一些Raps的球迷失望. : "When we start playing games, all the experts will have to concede," said : Mitchell. "You take all these shows (Tuesday) night and watch them backtrack : halfway through the season - 'I didn't say that, I knew he was going to be : great."' "當球季開始,所有個專家都會讓步" Sam說. "大家看了選秀,然後做季中在做回顧,我沒這麼說,我只知道結果會很好" : The Raptors presented their four drafts picks at a news conference: : Villanueva, a six-foot-11 forward who won an NCAA title with the Connecticut : Huskies; six-foot-nine Oklahoma State forward Joey Graham, rated one of the : best athletes in the draft; six-foot-five Croatian point guard Roko Ukic, a : gym rat who's known for his court vision; and six-foot-10 Slovenian forward : Uros Slokar. (這段應該不用翻吧,就是介紹三個人!) : After the dust had settled on the draft drama, general consensus was the : group as a whole isn't too shabby. : Raptors GM Rob Babcock said the four players had some key traits that were : at the top of the team's draft wish list. They all like to play defence, : they're team players, and they have proven track records. Villanueva and : Graham come from solid college programs where they played for demanding : coaches, while Ukic and Slokar have been starters in Europe for several : seasons. GM說四個球員都有一些"transit"(好的轉變?),使得他們在我們的選秀名單之中, 他們都喜歡防守,他們都是團隊球員,而他們也都有了過去的紀錄來證明, CV和Graham來自於不錯的大學,並且在好的教練手下打球,Ukic和Slokar在歐洲都 已經是球隊先發球員好幾個球季了. : "We got four guys here that, No. 1, exemplify our philosophy of basketball," : said Babcock. "They're quality people, they're team-first people, they're : hard workers. 我們拿到了四個球員,符合我們球隊的哲學,他們都是不錯的人,他們都是團隊第一, 他們都是認真努力的球員(CV你真的是嗎?是就太好了!!) : "They're winners, the type of people that we need to have on our basketball : team and the type of people we need to take the step forward to getting back : in the playoffs and competing and contending for a championship." : The selection of Villanueva drew harsh criticism from ESPN analysts, who had : pegged the New York native to go much later. 他們都是贏家,這種球員是我們球隊所需要的,他們也可以幫助我們提升實力,以及回到 季後賽,以及成為冠軍的競爭者. CV的選擇招來很多ESPN分析家的批評,他們認為CV應該是在比較後端的順位. : But Villanueva was a consensus pick among the Raptors brass, mainly because : of his rebounding. His rebounds-per-minute average would rank him in the top : five or six in the NBA, Babcock pointed out, and the Raptors were last in the : league in offensive boards last season. 但是CV是Raps制服組一致同意的決定,主要是因為他的籃板能力,他的籃板/分鐘數據, 可能可以讓他再NBA中排到第五或是第六(有沒有這麼有信心阿?),而Raps是去年聯盟中 進攻籃板的最後一名. : "Picking Charlie was not a difficult decision at all," Babcock said. "I know : that wasn't a popular opinion on ESPN but we're concerned more with our : opinion and our staff which has a tremendous amount of expertise, from Wayne : Embry, a Hall of Famer who played the centre position, to Jack McCloskey, who : won two world championships as a general manager, to all the rest of the guys : on our staff." GM說選擇CV並不是一個困難的決定,我知道這不是一個會讓那些ESPN評論家歡迎的決定, 但是我們更關心的是,我們自己的擁有專業知識同仁的意見. Wayne Embry,名人堂的成員,曾經打過中鋒的位置,McCloseky,曾經當過兩次冠軍隊的 GM,以及很多其他們工作人員. : Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun joined the fray Wednesday, saying he was : surprised and disappointed by ESPN's take on his player. The coach said : Villanueva was his team's best player and if he hadn't gone seventh to the : Raptors, he would have been snapped up by a team that followed. : "Maybe because he's multi-dimensional," Calhoun said in a conference call : with Toronto reporters. "During his two years, we won two Big East : championships, one Big East Tournament championship, a national championship. : We won 56 games and lost 14. 康乃迪克大學的教練Jim Calhoun在周三跳出來為他的球員辯護,他說他很驚訝以及失望 ESPN這樣對待他的球員,他說CV是他們球隊最好的球員,假如Raps沒在在第七順位選擇他, 他可能會對他之後的球隊生氣的責罵. "也許是因為他的多功能吧",Calhoun這樣說,在他的大學期間,我們贏得了兩次 Big East分區冠軍,一次Big East邀請賽冠軍,一次全國冠軍,贏了56場球,只輸了 14場. : "Last night, there was an awful lot of talk around the draft in the States : about the fact of winners. Well, that's pretty good winning." : Critics wondered why the Raptors would draft another power forward since : they already have one in Chris Bosh, but Babcock and Mitchell said the two : can complement each other in the same manner Ben Wallace, Rasheed Wallace : and Antonio McDyess do in Detroit. "昨晚在美國有很多遭透了的評論,關於選秀的贏家" "評論家想要知道為什麼Raps要在選另一個PF,既然他們已經有了一個叫做CB4的球員, 但是Sam和Bab說CV和CB可以互相補足就像是兩個Wallace,McDyess在Detorit做的一樣. : "If they were both selfish players, you might worry about that," said : Babcock. "But they're not, they're both unselfish players, they're team : guys so they'll figure out to complement each other, and Sam will figure out : how to put them together." "如果CB和CV都是自私的球員你也許會擔心,但是他們不是,他們都不是自私的球員, 他們都是團隊球員,他們將會了解去互相掩護,而Sam會找一個把他們一起放上場的方法" : Interesting note: Bosh goes by the nickname CB4, Villanueva is known as CV3. : The Raptors were ecstatic, said Mitchell, when Graham, a highly-regarded : versatile forward, was still available at No. 16. Graham is a hard-nosed : defender, and can jump out of the gym, and too often last season Mitchell : lamented the fact his team simply didn't have the athletes to compete. : "Coming from a program like Oklahoma State, our whole emphasis was on defence, and me starting off playing great defence here is definitely going to help the program out," said Graham. : The Raptors may have landed a gem in Ukic, the No. 4-ranked point guard in : the draft, who was a surprise when he was still around for the Raptors to : take him at No. 42. Ukic could conceivably earn a spot on the team next : season with Alvin Williams still on the mend and Milt Palacio becoming a free : agent. 有趣的note:Bosh的綽號是CB4,而Villanueva是CV3,Raps將會很高興,另外,Graham是一個 很拼的防守球員,還有很棒的彈性,而這是去年Sam在球隊中沒辦法找到可以匹敵的. "來自於Oklahoma的球隊,我們整個強調的就是防守" Raps另外還選了一個可能是寶石的Ukic,在所有的選秀PG中排名第四,能在42順位選到 他是一個大驚奇,Ukic將可以立即在球隊中贏得位置,在Palacio是FA,以及Alvin W. 的傷還不明朗下. : "He's got some tools," said Babcock. "He's athletic, he's explosive, he's a : gym rat, he handles the ball, he gets into the paint, he can make plays, he : sees the floor really well, and he's 6-6 playing the point. He can make : passes other guys can't." : The Raptors took Slokar, known for his rebounding and shot-blocking, with : their 58th pick. "他有很多的能力,他有運動力,他有爆發力,他是個整天泡gym的人,他控球,他切入, 他可以創造機會,他的全場觀察能力很好,他是個6-6的PG,這讓他可以傳出一些 別人傳不出來的球. Raps還選了Slokar,他以他的籃板以及火鍋能力出名. (隨便翻了一下,有錯請指證^^) --

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