[情報] Splitter’s play now means Spurs will

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Splitter’s play now means Spurs will pay later From http://goo.gl/ZKxtj By Jeff McDonald Spurs center Tiago Splitter tries hard not to think about the money. This, he acknowledges, can often be easier said than done. Tiago努力地不去思考錢的問題，因為，他知道這事情「說的比做的容易」。 His value boosted by a breakout third NBA season, in a league not exactly known for restraint when it comes to throwing big dollars at tall people, Splitter is poised to enter free agency this summer holding a lottery ticket all but guaranteed to hit the jackpot. Tiago第三年的爆發讓他的價值順勢提升，在多數球隊願意給長人高價合約的現在， Tiago做好準備在今年夏天談一筆好合約。 So yes, Splitter admits, sometimes he does think about the money. “I’m not thinking about it during the games, of course,” Splitter said of his looming first brush with NBA free agency. “But it’s difficult not to think about it other times. It’s in your head.” Tiago自己也承認，有時還是會思考未來合約的問題。對於自己在NBA生涯中的第一次換約，Tiago說：「當然，我不會在比賽過程中思考這件事，但在比賽之外，很難不去思考這件事情，他就是會在你腦中想起。」 This is the season the 28-year-old Splitter — the Spurs’ top draft choice in 2007 — solidified himself as an everyday NBA player. Through 49 games, the 6-foot-11 Brazilian is averaging career highs in points (10.2) and rebounds (5.8) and owns the league’s third-best field goal percentage (59.9 percent), while holding down a crucial frontcourt spot next to All-Star Tim Duncan. 28歲的Tiago，2007年經由馬刺選秀獲得，已經證明自己實力足以擔當夠格的NBA球員。經過本季49場比賽，這位巴西籍6呎11吋長人在跟明星球員Duncan搭配下，平均攻下10.2 分5.8籃板，且FG是全聯第三高的59.9%。 Splitter’s ascendancy has become a double-edged sword for the Spurs, who must find a way to pay him in a summer when four other players (Manu Ginobili, Stephen Jackson, Gary Neal and DeJuan Blair) also will become free agents. Tiago的成長對馬刺而言是一把雙頭刃，因為馬刺今年夏天還必需搞定Manu, Jackson, Neal及Blair (Blair：真欣慰，我的名字還在這裡XD)。 In the final year of his first NBA contract, worth $3.944 million this season, Splitter is set to become a restricted free agent July 1. The Spurs will have the right to match offers from other teams. Tiago目前正在走的合約已經來到最後一年，本季394萬元/年。從今年7月1日起，Tiago 就會變成受限自由球員，當別隊報價時，馬刺仍有權力直接比對他隊報價。 And make no mistake. Other teams will come calling. 此外，其他球隊也會來電詢問其他方式的可能性。 Though his statistics don’t exactly leap off the page, Splitter has proven to be a bankable commodity — a savvy pick-and-roll big man in an era in which the pick-and-roll is most every team’s bread-and-butter. 雖然Tiago的數據不是聯盟頂尖，但Tiago已經證明「自己是擔保過的可用品」，一位瞭解如何跑pick-and-roll的長人，尤其在這個每一隊都在跑pick-and-roll的年代。 Even mediocre big men — and Splitter, a former Spanish League MVP, is better than that — get paid in the NBA. 這個年代，每一位中等成績的長人，如同Tiago，這位前西班牙聯盟的MVP，在NBA中都會得到不錯的報價。 It’s why Kwame Brown, a former No. 1 overall pick widely regarded as one of the biggest draft busts in league history, has earned more than $58 million in his 11-plus seasons. 這也是為什麼選秀狀元Kwame Brown會被普遍認為「物低所值」的主因，他在11個球季多共拿了超過5千8百萬元的薪資。 One would hardly blame Splitter if he hears the Portuguese version of a cash register’s “cha-ching” with each double-digit scoring night. 對一個每晚都有Double Double表現的Tiago而言，外界實在很難批評他，Tiago目前就像葡萄牙語的「cha-ching」一樣。 (意思代表他一定會得到大合約，cha-ching解釋可見 http://goo.gl/G9bvr) “It doesn’t matter what happens in the summer,” said Splitter, insisting his first priority will be to re-sign with the Spurs. “I have to play good now, just help the team win. If I play well in the present, it’s going to be better for me in the future.” 仍然強調希望留在馬刺的Tiago說：「今年夏天會怎樣，對我而言不是一個大問題。眼前我該關心的是我必需打出好成績，協助馬刺勝利。如果我現在打得好，自然今年夏天就會有好的結果。」 For any idea of the kind of interest Splitter might generate this offseason, glance east down Interstate 10. In July, the Houston Rockets pried 7-footer Omer Asik away from Chicago with a three-year, $25 million deal. 在今年夏天會對Tiago感興趣的球隊，自然都會想到本季剛轉到火箭的Asik案例，Asik 在七月從公牛跳到火箭，身價上漲到3年2500萬元。 Asik, who like Splitter was a restricted free agent, averaged an underwhelming 2.2 points and 4.9 rebounds in two seasons with the Bulls. The Rockets dissuaded Chicago from matching their offer by including a so-called “poison pill” third season that will net Asik $15 million in 2014-15. Asik雖然跟Tiago一樣都仍是受限自由球員，且前兩季在公牛僅有2.2分及4.9籃板成績，但火箭開出一個公牛無法比對的高價，包括Asik第三年薪資(2014-15球季)將上升到 1500萬元。 In that sort of overheated big-man market, double his current salary feels like just the starting point for Splitter this summer. 在這個長人供不應求的市場，Tiago對於未來身價的期待自然也不是意外。 Ginobili says Splitter — who is married with a 7-month-old son — would not be human if he didn’t occasionally think about his professional future. “Especially after your first contract, it has to be in the back of your mind, ” Ginobili said. 對於已經成家且有一個七個月小孩的Tiago，Manu認為Tiago一定會在今年夏天選擇合約時，好好考量他的職業未來，特別是在剛走完第一份合約之後。 Still, Ginobili believes Splitter’s breakout has been fueled only partly by the motivation of earning a new contract. Manu仍然相信Tiago今年的爆發，仍跟合約年是有點關係的。 “He’s not playing like this because he’s a free agent,” Ginobili said. “ It’s because he’s used to (the NBA). He’s in his third season. He knows he ’s going to be on the court. That’s what’s making him better. Not the contract situation.” Manu說：「因為今年他將成為自由球員，他不能再像過往那麼打。也因他逐漸適應NBA 。這是他的第三年球季，他知道他必需打出好成績，也是這個推力促使他前進，並不全然是因為下一份合約。」 Spurs coach Gregg Popovich agrees. 馬刺教練Popo也同意這樣看法。 “What he’s doing, we didn’t teach him that, and he didn’t grow into it,” Popovich said. “It’s what he’s been doing in Europe. He just has time and steady minutes, basically.” Popo說：「Tiago的表現並不是我們教導的，也不是他過往一兩年的表現。那就像是他在歐洲聯盟的表現，根本而言，他只要有穩定上場時間，他就能夠有這樣表現。」 Barring injuries, the likes of which short-circuited parts of Splitter’s first two seasons, the steady minutes will keep coming. His aim is to make the most of them now and count his money later. 前兩季都受限於傷勢而無法得到穩定上場時間的Tiago，本季穩定上場時間持續增加，他的目標自然放在「得到更多上場時間」跟今年夏天「得到更多合約金額」。 “I don’t want to make it a big deal,” Splitter said of entering free agency. “I know it’s going to come. People are going to talk about it. I just want to play good now, and who knows how it works out?” 談到今年夏天的合約，Tiago說：「我並不想得到一個大合約，我知道談合約的事情一定會發生，球迷也會開始談論這件事，我只知道現在要先打得好，至於之後會怎樣，誰知道呢～」 BIG MEN, BIG MONEY 長人，大合約 Tiago Splitter is making a little more than $3.9 million in the final season of his Spurs contract. Here is a partial list of less productive NBA big men making more: Tiago在第一張合約最後一年年薪為390萬元(今年)，以下是NBA部分長人(成績不出色，但合約卻很高)的合約金額。 Player, Team – ’12-13 salary - Remaining DeSegana Diop, Bobcats – $7.4 mil. - Not available Tyrus Thomas, Bobcats – $8 mil. – 2 yrs., $18.1 mil. Omer Asik, Rockets – $5 mil. – 2 yrs., $20.1 mil. Samuel Dalembert – Bucks, $6.7 mil. – Not available Marcin Gortat – Suns, $7.5 mil. – 1 yr., $7.7 mil. Amir Johnson – Raptors, $6 mil. – 2 yrs., $13.5 mil. Spencer Hawes – 76ers, $6.5 mil. – 1 yr., $6.5 mil. Brandon Bass – Celtics, $6 mil. – 2 yrs., $13.4 mil. Glen Davis, Magic – $6.4 mil. – 2 yrs., $13 mil. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 129.255.225.5

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