[外電] NBA官網的ROOKIE REPORT
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拓荒者陣中目前登錄了四個Rookies，是各隊最多的
以下節錄四人的簡單近況介紹和訪問
Nicolas Batum
Batum (pronounced Bah-Toom) flirted with the top 10 in the Rookie Rankings
early on in the season but had fallen off the map, going 3-for-18 in the
first seven games of December before breaking through with an impressive
night, collecting 12 points and six rebounds to go with a steal and a block.
His scores were all electric, be it filling the lane for a smooth finger roll
on the break, tipping in a missed shot with a put-back dunk or drilling a
three from the corner.
He had some lapses on defense early and looked exposed by John Salmons on a
couple possessions, but he only turned 20-years-old less than a week ago, so
we can cut him some slack there.
I played a little word association game with all four rookies, asking each of
them to comment on the first thing that comes to mind about each other and
then about themselves.
Greg Oden: "Big."
Jerryd Bayless: "Crazy."
Rudy Fernandez: "Fantastic."
Himself: "Surprise."
I asked him if he meant that he was surprised or if he's a surprise to
everybody else?
"I'm surprised."
Jerryd Bayless
The Blazers were blowing out the Kings so badly last night that Bayless got
to play the last eight minutes at the point. He missed a wide open three from
the corner and left it way short on his first attempt. The 6-3, 200-pounder
is compact and so is his stroke, he doesn't get a ton of arch on his release.
Later on in his run he showcased his ridiculous athleticism with a powerful
two-handed dunk after making a move along the baseline.
His final line: four points on 1-for-4 shooting, two points, two assists, one
steal, zero turnovers.
After a game a reporter came up to him and joked with him, "One-for-four man,
you're killing your shooting percentage!" Bayless responded as straight faced
as can be, "I don't even care about that one bit."
That should give you a little bit of a glimpse into JB, who has a chip on
his shoulder the size of the beautiful high definition jumbotron in the Rose
Garden that shows highlights made by all of his Blazers teammates who have
gotten extended playing time this season.
As for his thoughts on the other rookies ...
Greg Oden: "Special ... He's a once in a lifetime big man."
Rudy Fernandez: "Exciting ... He does things on the court to bring a lot of
energy to people; he's just an exciting player."
Nicolas Batum: "Long ... and he makes plays."
Himself: "Just trying to get on the floor ..."
What about when he's on the floor though?
"I don't know, he hasn't been on the floor long enough to make that assessment
yet."
But you're a driven guy, you're a confident guy ... I saw what you did on the
court this summer ...
"I'm confident, I'm just saying, I can't really make that assessment yet."
There's that chip again. But I like the guy. He's fiery, he's feisty. During
the game he was active and cheered for his teammates and said that while
sitting on the bench hasn't helped him physically that he has, "learned a
lot more sitting on the bench next to the coaches and what not. Learning the
things they like to do in different situations. That's what I think I've
improved on in this time."
Rudy Fernandez
Rudy is just a fun guy and that statement has nothing to do with his Seth
Rogan style hairdo. Before the game he was marveling at the snow fall, saying
that it was the first time he's ever seen snow and sharing with a couple
reporters how he spent his day building a snowman and struggled navigating
the icy roads in his Subaru. He was just as engaging with fellow countryman
Sergio Rodriguez as he was with Joel Przybilla, the reporters or the locker
room attendants.
He scored 12 points in the game and just like Batum, did it in impressive
fashion with an alley-oop here, a stepback-fadeaway-off-the-glass jumper
there and a double-clutch and-one layup thrown into the mix.
He has scored in double digits in 17 of Portland's 26 games and has knocked
down three triples or more on 10 occasions.
His thoughts on the rooks ...
Greg Oden: "Big."
Nicolas Batum: "Future."
Jerryd Bayless: "Strong."
Himself: "Me? Aggressive."
Greg Oden
It has to come back to Oden, the man averaging 8.0 points and 8.0 rebounds
on a 16-10 team, which would be a pretty good year for any other first year
player that didn't have to sit out a year with an injury and have his hype
marinate all that time.
Oden hit right on his averages pretty much with eight points and 10 rebounds
in 21 minutes. He was 3-for-6 from the field, including two impressive dunks.
One of them came on the pick-and-roll with Steve Blake, where Oden set a high
screen and then came barreling through the lane to pick up a perfectly placed
Blake bounce pass that G.O. tomahawked home.
The other was a particularly telling sequence. Oden was in the short corner
faced up to the basket with the ball and only Spencer Hawes standing between
him and the rim. After taking a jab step and pausing for a half a second,
the Portland crowd started to stir, "OK, here we get to see our No. 1 pick
do something other than labor up and down the court!" Oden obliged, employing
a drop step move that Hawes adeptly defended by poking the ball away. Oden
used his immense reach to haul in the loose ball, while still staying anchored
to his excellent post position and finished the play with a two handed slam.
On Sacramento's ensuing possession on the other end of the court, Hawes
received the ball in an iso against Oden with a chance to return the favor,
but Batum ran off his man to come double and harass Hawes just enough to make
him pass back out to the perimeter.
One sequence, two plays -- one excellent individual effort by a Portland
rookie and one excellent team effort by a different Portland rookie.
After the game Greg Oden slipped out the locker room behind me before I got
to ask him about his rookie teammates.
The whole bit wouldn't work in this story unless I got all four guys, so in
a panic I ambled to the exit to find Oden just about ready to walk out the
door. He had already fulfilled his media duties, I had messed up, but he let
me ask nonetheless.
Rudy Fernandez: "Smiling."
Jerryd Bayless: "Just, hard."
Nicolas Batum: "Quiet."
Greg: "Greg."
Did you just say Greg or great?
"Grey-Guh."
Oh, OK, thanks.
Just Greg, Rudy, Nicolas and Jerryd. Just four rookies finding their way.
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