CP: So the deal was more about erasing negatives that creating positives? CP：所以說，這個交易與其說是增加正面因素，不如說是為了消除負面因素囉？ Taylor: When we started out. Okay. Ricky [Davis] is a person McHale has always liked. This is not the first time he has tried to get Ricky. He's different from Wally, but I don't know that we dropped down there. We got a lower contract and Wally's contract was going to create a big problem for us later on. And the relationship in the locker room was way better. So we had the [approval] of our players and all that. If we could have done [Szczerbiak-for-Davis] straight up, that would have been a deal. But to get rid of Michael, we had to take Mark. It isn't that we didn't like Mark and didn't want Mark. He's a good player and not a bad guy. But the pay isn't right. And we really had, at one time, what we thought was a third-team option that could be worked out 開始時，OK，RD是McFail一向都喜歡的那種球員，這已經不是他第一次想把Davis拉過來， 他跟帥哥不一樣，我們可以得到一份較便宜的合約， 而帥哥的合約卻會在之後給我們帶來大問題。 另外，休息室裡的球員關係也可以比較好，所以基本上是會有進步的， 如果可以直接用Wally和Davis一換一，那就好辦了， 問題是為了把軟糖丟掉，我們不得不收下Blount，不是說我們覺得他爛然後不想要啦， 他是個好球員，不是什麼混蛋，但是他領的薪水有些名不符實。 有一度，我們希望可以有第三隊來參與這次的交易。 CP: So all those rumors about turning around and trading Banks right away were accurate? CP：所以所有的謠言，包括turning around（按：不會翻）和立刻交易Banks等， 都是真的囉？ Taylor: Yeah, all those were out there. But they all fell apart. And so then it was, should we do the [main Boston] deal or not do the deal? Let me talk for a minute about Mark. Good character. Probably what we were concerned about was, did he have a poor work ethic? We checked with a lot of people, and most of the people said it's not his work ethic. He'll do what you ask him to do, but he is what he is. So I think McHale understood all that. 是的，是有這些傳聞，但都失敗了。所以，那我們到底該不該跟Boston交易呢？ 讓我們談談Blount，或許我們關注的焦點在於，他的工作態度有很糟嗎？ 我們向許多人確認過，大部分人都表示不是這樣。 他會扛下你交辦的工作，但他也就只能做他做得到的。 我想McFail應該瞭解這一切。 Again this is the question: Can you use Mark and Kevin [Garnett] without hurting Kevin? Is there a way to bring Mark out [away from the basket] that can open up things for Kevin to do some things? Part of our answer was that Eddie [Griffin] could do all that dirty work. At the time, you could lay out a good scenario that Eddie can do this and that. So you do the trade. 這個問題又來了：你可以同時活用Blount和KG卻不傷害KG嗎？ 有沒有辦法讓Blount離籃框遠點，然後給KG製造機會呢？ 其中一部份的答案，在艾迪G身上，他可以扛下所有的骯髒活。 Eddie可以做到的話，這就會是個好劇本，所以，交易就成了。 （按：該說老闆太樂觀還是太天真啊......Orz） --

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