[外電] 封館前夕 Collins跑全國會見球員
76ers coach Collins hits the road to meet with players
June 25, 2011
By Marc Narducci, Inquirer Staff Writer
Doug Collins is hitting the road, presumably for one last meeting with his
players before a potential NBA lockout next week.
The 76ers coach will visit a number of players next week on the West Coast,
including petulant swingman Andre Iguodala.
If there is no agreement and a lockout is imposed, neither Collins nor
anybody else from the Sixers organization will be able to have contact with
the players as of 12:01 a.m. Friday.
Collins上路囉！七一封館前夕，他要跑到西岸跟幾位球員見面，包括Iguodala。
因為當封館成真，從7月1日的午夜0點01分開始，教練和球團都不能再跟球員接觸。
"We want to reach out to our guys and tell them how important this summer
will be," Collins said.
One of those guys is Iguodala, whom Collins said he hopes to see Thursday in
Los Angeles. The coach said it won't be hard to have a chat with Iguodala
despite the constant trade rumors.
"I want to sit down and talk to him and see where his thoughts are," Collins
said after Friday's news conference at the Philadelphia College of
Osteopathic Medicine to introduce first-round draft pick Nikola Vucevic and
second-round selection Lavoy Allen of Temple and Pennsbury High. "More
importantly, I have shared this with his agent Rob Pelinka: Nobody is out
there shopping Dre."
「我們想跟大夥談談，讓他們知道這個暑假很重要。」
至於近來交易傳聞纏身的Iguodala，當然是重點之一。
「我要看看他有什麼想法。更重要的是我也跟他經紀人談過：沒人要賣Dre啦。」
（真的沒有？無風不起浪...）
That could be the case, but the Sixers also aren't hanging up the phone when
teams inquire about his availability.
"We want Dre," Collins said. "We want him back."
None of this would be needed had Iguodala not sent a less-than-positive vibe
when asked whether he wanted to return after the season-ending Game 5 playoff
loss in Miami.
In Los Angeles, Collins also will meet with Elton Brand and Jrue Holiday. He
said he hopes Vucevic also can meet with Brand.
也許如此，不過當別隊打來詢問iggy的價碼，七六人可沒堅定地掛上電話。
「Dre，別走！」Collins說。
季後賽對熱火第五戰落敗，球季結束後，Iguodala 被問到是否想繼續為七六人效力，但
他的態度並不積極，恐怕才是這趟旅程的出發點。
Collins 將在 LA 與 Elton Brand 和 Jrue Holiday 見面，也希望Vucevic能跟Brand
談談。
As expected, Collins and team president Rod Thorn said they were very happy
with their two draft selections.
"We were a small team and needed size, and size that could play," Thorn said.
"We think we got that with these two players."
Vucevic, who averaged just 2.6 points per game as a freshman, averaged 17.1
points and 10.3 rebounds last season.
"The thing I like about Nik is that he has gotten better every year," Collins
said.
Thorn added that Vucevic was ranked by the Sixers as the 75th-to-85th-best
prospect entering the season.
一如預期，Collins 和總裁 Rod Thorn 對兩位剛加入的新秀盛讚不已。
Thorn 說：「我們身材吃虧，需要有水準的大個子加入。我想這兩位都符合。」
Vucevic 大學第一年平均 2.6 分，但今年球季已經上漲到 17.1 分、10.3 籃板。
「Nik 最讓我尬意的就是每一季都有進步。」Collins 說。
Thorn 補充說明：Vucevic 被球團列為本季排名第 75 到 85 強的新人。
（這樣說起來是不是不需要用第一輪籤去抓？是否？是否？）
Vucevic, who will turn 21 in October, was measured during the NBA predraft
camp at 6-foot-113/4 (in shoes) and nearly a 7-5 wingspan while weighing 259
pounds with 6.1 percent body fat. He said a key to his development was coming
to the United States from Montenegro in 2007. He played one year of high
school basketball at Stoneridge Prep in Simi Valley, Calif.
今年十月將滿 21 歲的 Vucevic，在選前測試中量出6呎11又3/4吋的身高（212公分）
、將近7呎5的臂長、259磅重、體脂肪6.1%。他說對他發展幫助最大的，就是2007年
從蒙地內哥羅搬家到美國。他打了一年的美國高中籃球，為加州的Stoneridge Prep效
力。
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