[外電] Solving the Nets' power forward issue with T-Will

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原文: http://www.nj.com/nets/index.ssf/2010/07/solving_the_nets_power_forward.html Just cogitate the possibilities before you bash this premise: Terrence Williams is the Nets’ best ticket out of power forward purgatory. By now, Billy King knows this, because he is getting more calls about the kid than he does about any other player – and these solicitations have been escalating since Orlando, where T-Will’s summer league showing drove his value to an all-time high. Now it’s a case of justifying a divorce from one of your faves, which is impossible judging your e-mails, as you undoubtedly love Williams’ talent, versatility and upside. But start by doing this: Admit that right now, this kid is a spare part – and an extremely valuable one. What else can you call him? The way the team is currently constructed, they’re already two-deep at the 1, 2 and 3 – which makes T-Will a third-stringer at all three positions. He’s not going to get minutes at the point – not with Jordan Farmar in town now. He’s not going to get minutes at the 2-spot – not the way Courtney Lee plays both ends and the way Anthony Morrow hits 3s. And he’s not going to play small forward, because they’re (over)paying Travis Outlaw $7 million a year and because Avery Johnson has fallen head-over-heels with Damion James – who, according to everyone in Orlando, has at least two inches on Terrence and will be a better defender/rebounder at that position. Upshot: They like T-Will just fine, just as you do, but he had better think about renting until further notice. Where should they shop him? If it were up to us, we’d follow Rod Thorn’s lead for now, and pass on the big-monied guys no matter how available they might be. In other words, as much as Troy Murphy’s 15-and-10 routine will help them over the next 82 games, they’ll regret taking on that $12 million salary if somebody better becomes available and their flexibility is all used up. So over the next eight weeks, we would target three guys – all of them with just a few years in the league, all of them residing in the T-Will’s price range for a quick and uncomplicated sale that keeps the Nets' core together, and all of them with the potential to grow up as part of the three-man power rotation the Nets will take into Brooklyn. These three guys are: 1. Carl Landry ($3.0M) – The most polished of the group, you’d have to raise the stakes by offering Sacramento a draft pick(s) to go along with it. Can they part with him? Debatable. They have Jason Thompson, DeMarcus Cousins and Sam Dalembert in the power slots, with Donte Greene showing potential there. There are probably some third-team options they can pursue if somebody else is more enthusiastic about Williams. 2. Taj Gibson ($1.lM) – Chances of a T-Will move to Chicago diminished when the Bulls signed Ronnie Brewer the other day, but this is the team Williams destroyed for a triple-double in April, so they know his upside well enough by now. They also have a likely All-Star combo in Joakim Noah and Carlos Boozer, so it’s not like they’re going to play Taj more than 18 minutes a night. So, keep calling. 3. Ersan Ilyasova ($2.3M, $2.5M) – His base-year status expires Wednesday. And don’t scoff, the long-armed Turkish kid can play, and you’d know if it you watched the Atlanta series, when he averaged 10 and 8 in 22 minutes and showed great poise in the pressure spots. Of course, the best chance of this going down is if Andrew Bogut returns as a stud, Larry Sanders crashes the party, and the Bucks feel obliged to play Drew Gooden because he makes a bundle. Yes, Scott Skiles is well-stocked at the wing now, but something tells us he'd like to get his hands on a kid like T-Will. No, we haven't a clue how much Billy and Avery like these three guys. Nor do we know anything that would make them not like these guys, other than the fact that Landry’s 6-9 listing always seemed a bit exagerrated. All three are easy solutions to the existing problem with low risk, because all three are very likely to have long and productive careers. All three have salaries that won’t disturb the nest egg. And most important, any one of these guys is capable of starting immediately, and can be dropped back into the second unit when it’s Derrick Favors turn. Make the calls, Billy. * * * * * Addendum on the power forward issue: We wasted about four days overstating Thorn’s desire to jump back in with the top-8 sharks by thinking big during the second wave of free agency. But the Nets were never going to bump their bid to $16M a year Carlos Boozer, they weren’t going to come close to giving David Lee his $13.3M average, and they were never going to go to 5/50 for Luis Scola. Retain this quote as the overriding, definitive statement on the Nets’ actions during the 2010 free agent market: “If we were ever going to spend $10 million on a power forward,” one front office denizen said, “we would have drafted Wesley Johnson.” That’s plain enough. Of course, it doesn’t mean we have to agree with it – there’s still a huge piece missing, they could have filled it a number of ways, and they did spend $18 million on what most GMs consider a mediocre take during a talent-filled market. But they seemed to impress their owner by honoring their plan to spend conservatively if the main guys landed elsewhere, and saving enough for a rainy day. So, they're content. * * * * * Prokhorov Reprise: During one lull in the discussion last Wednesday, the owner tried out his promiscuous curiosity act again -- this time soliciting suggestions for GM candidates from Good Gentlemen Of New York Press. Ordinarily, this is something that an 11-year-old might regard as charming, but it’s unbearably patronizing and obvious to anyone with a brain that he couldn’t care less about anyone’s opinion – especially since we all knew he had just interviewed his last two candidates a few minutes earlier and had already made his selection. Besides, he never said anything about a finder’s fee. Anyway, nobody bit on the offer. Finally, an eloquent silence was met with people reluctantly muttering names, mostly to each other, just to run out the clock. But Mikky pretended to jot down the names anyway, a knee slapper that drew a few laughs that went ha-ha and had the rest of us checking around for the exit. Then, with amazing timing, he looked up from his pad and uncorked this one: “I think for Riley it’s high time to leave, yes?” he said matter-of-factly, before scribbling his name on the pad. Have to admit it, this guy has a great delivery. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 籃網在之前的自由市場競爭中表現並不理想記者Dave D認為籃網在談Scola,Boozer,Lee等人的合約時過於保守另外，在Farmar,Morrow等人加盟的情況下 T-Will在新球季有可能在一到三號位都沒有什麼球打因此這位記者寫道：籃網可以用T-Will作為籌碼去交易補強大前鋒而他建議的目標有以下三位：國王的Landry、公牛的Gibson、公鹿的Ilyasova -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 59.113.130.37

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