[外電] Pops: It Feels Good to Be a Rocket
Pops: It Feels Good to Be a Rocket
Updated: Thursday, 20 Aug 2009, 8:22 PM CDT
Published : Thursday, 20 Aug 2009, 11:32 AM CDT
MARK BERMAN
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/sports/nba/090820_rockets_agree_mensahbonsu
HOUSTON - The Houston Rockets have reached a verbal agreement on a contract
with free agent forward Pops Mensah-Bonsu according to his agent John Greig.
休士頓火箭跟Pops Mensah-Bonsu達成口頭上的簽約協議，此消息來自其經紀人John Greig
。
"We have an agreement," Greig said in an interview Thursday with FOX 26 Sports.
"It's a one-year deal.
"They are hoping Pops will fly in soon and do a physical."
「我們談成一個一年合約的約定了，他們希望Pops可以快點飛過去並做體檢」Greig在禮拜
四訪問中說到。
Mensah-Bonsu is ready to roll right now.
"I an wonderful, especially after (Thursday's) events," Mensah-Bonsu said in an
interview with FOX 26 Sports.
"It feels good to be a Rocket. I followed them closely last year and I feel
like I know what I can do to help them.
Pops在訪問中說到：「我很高興，特別是在禮拜四的會面之後。成為火箭的一員感覺很好，
我去年就有密切注意他們了，我覺得我知道我將如何幫助他們。」
Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey, who has not been available for comment,
has been working this off-season to add depth to his front court with Yao Ming
out for the year because of injuries and Dikembe Mutombo has retired.
火箭GM-莫雷在休賽季就一直在增加球隊深度，特別是在姚明報銷和老木的退休之後。
Mensah-Bonsu is 6'10, 206 pounds.
He played in 12 games for the Dallas Mavericks during the 2006-07 season and
split time last year with the San Antonio Spurs and the Toronto Raptors.
Mensah-Bonsu has career averages of 4.1 points and 3.9 rebounds after playing a
total of 34 games over two years.
However, during 19 games with Toronto last season he averaged 5.1 points and
5.4 rebounds while averaging only 13.8 minutes a game.
Mensah-Bonsu was in Houston for three days meeting with the Rockets earlier
this week.
門協邦蘇有6呎10(不過聽說實際大概六呎九…)和206磅。
他在06-07球季為達拉斯打了12場球，然後去年也在馬刺和暴龍呆過。
Pops生涯平均4.1分和3.9籃板，前兩年總共打了34場比賽。
在本周，Pops在火箭呆了三天並進行了會談。
＂The Rockets did a fabulous job with Pops," Greig said. "They made him feel
like he was Trevor Ariza."
「火箭待Pops極好，他們讓他感覺他自己像Trevor Ariza」Greig說。
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補一些HC上看到的資訊
http://bbs.hoopchina.com/0908/831677.html
門薩邦蘇是加納後裔，少年時在英格蘭聯賽接受訓練。後赴美經過一系列預科進入大學。
2006年喬治-華盛頓大學在常規賽取得26勝1負戰績，但蒙薩邦蘇在常規賽末尾受傷，球隊在
瘋狂三月止步第二輪，蒙薩邦蘇也未能在選秀大會上入選。
蒙薩邦蘇作為落選新秀簽約小牛，並被下放到發展聯盟，以30分7籃板的表現獲得當年發展
聯盟全明星賽的MVP。
2007年他被小牛放棄，加盟義大利特雷維索隊，場均8.3分9.2籃板。第二年在回NBA和留歐
洲的猶豫中，蒙薩邦蘇最後選擇簽約西班牙的尤文圖特，但是只打了兩場就受傷而被裁。
2009年2月蒙薩邦蘇簽約馬刺，在8場發展聯盟的比賽場均26.6分13.0籃板2.5封蓋。之後和
馬刺簽過10天短約，隨後加盟暴龍隊。
蒙薩邦蘇代表英國隊參加了歐錦賽的資格賽，場均12.2分10籃板1.8封蓋。
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有趣的是，門薩邦蘇已經把他在Twitter的昵稱從pops44改成了soon2beP21。他在留言裡也
特別強調了這一點。這也意味著他將放棄之前在暴龍的44號，穿回在小牛的21號。（他在馬
刺穿54號，因為馬刺的44號屬於冰人格文，21號屬於鄧肯）
更新：門薩邦蘇的昵稱又改成了theofficalP21，他也留言感謝了暴龍球迷過去的支持。
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我滿喜歡Pops的，肯拼肯搶的野獸型，我想今年火箭會有他的舞台
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