http://sports.yam.com/show.php?id=0000013968 首位被賣至國外的NBA球員 孫傳賢 身高6呎11吋的爵士中鋒Mel Turpin，是NBA史上第一位被賣至國外的NBA球員。 Turpin在1987-88賽季效力於爵士，共參與79場賽事，平均每場只能貢獻5.9分， 賽季結束後當然被球團丟入出售名單中。但Turpin的表現實在不怎樣，使爵士 在NBA各球團間根本找不到買主，只好進行外銷動作。 1988年，爵士終於如愿在西班牙為Turpin找到新東家，並換來另一位球員Jose Ortiz。 原本爵士希望Ortiz能夠表現得比Turpin好一點，但這筆交易讓爵士賠了夫人 又折兵。Ortiz在1988-90賽季，只出戰64場賽事，平均得分更只有2.9分，讓 爵士高層立即把他送回老家。 相關英文報導 http://tinyurl.com/kg292 International Trade Published: August 25, 1988 The Utah Jazz and a professional basketball team in Zaragoza, Spain, would like to make a trade, but an overweight backup center, Mel Turpin, may ruin the delicate details of the swap. The Jazz hopes to send Turpin, a center from the University of Kentucky whose listed weight is 268, to Zaragoza for Jose Ortiz, a 6-foot-10-inch center who was the Jazz's No. 1 draft pick in 1987 and who has three years remaining on his contract with Zaragoza. For that reason, Utah must compensate the Spanish team. Before deciding to send Ortiz to Utah, Zaragoza watched Turpin play on Saturday against a team of junior college players in Salt Lake City. He scored 23 points and grabbed 19 rebounds, but looked considerably heavier than 268 pounds. After the game, Turpin admitted he had not played basketball all summer and was out of shape. David Checketts, the Jazz president and general manager, admitted on Tuesday that the Spanish team has a big concern about Turpin's weight and said he expected to discuss the situation soon with Jose Luis Rubio, the president and part-owner of the Zaragoza team.(AP) --

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