Season Previews Cleveland Cavaliers A quick note: As of this writing the Cavs have not yet re-signed Ander son Varejao or Sasha Pavlovic, but are expected to do so before training c amp opens. This preview is written under the assumption that both are re-s igned. 本文撰写之时骑士尚未跟鲨虾与瓦雷蛟签约，但是训练营开始前应该会搞定，这 篇预测是假定这两人都续约留队。 One cannot even say that the Cavs had a honeymoon of a season last yea r because the regular season in no way set-up the eventual success this te am would see during the playoffs. The Finals sweep notwithstanding, this t eam had perhaps the most unexpected spring out of any team not located in the Bay Area and all of the credit is due to a 22-year-old veteran going i nto this fifth NBA season. 我们很难说去年的骑士处在甜蜜期，因为季赛的成绩完全无法佐证球队季後赛的 成功。尽管最後被横扫，骑士还是拥有除了湾区球队以外最难预期的爆发力，这一切 来自一个22岁，打第五个球季的老鸟。 LeBron James continually redefines what one player is capable of in th is predominantly team sport. His abuse of Orlando, New Jersey and Detroit last spring was truly an effort worthy of the 'Witness' signs that dominat e the landscape at the Quicken Loans Arena. As is the case with any team t hat rolls through the playoffs in the manner that LeBron…I mean the Cavs did would be foolish to assume he doesn't have it in him…I mean they don' t have it in them to do it again. While this team may be no closer to bein g able to knock off one of the Western powers, one must remember that even Jordan needed six years before he broke through and won his first title. LBJ不断重新诠释个人球员在团队运动中所能发挥的战力。去年春天他给魔术、篮 网与活塞的屈辱（译注：作者讲的是去年季後赛之旅，很明显的他把巫师记成魔术） ，值得Q球馆把「见证者」这个字印起来当地标。就像其他循这种一人模式杀入playo ff的球队一样……我的意思是骑士总不会笨到以为没有LBJ也会达到如此成果……骑 士依然欠缺打倒任何一支西区强权的力量，但请别忘记球登也需要六年来成长，拿下 他的第一个冠军。 All kidding aside, though, the Cavs as a team caught a lot of people o ff guard last year and it is somewhat troubling how little they've done th is off-season to try and build on that momentum. Their on-again-off-again pursuit of the Kings' Mike Bibby makes a lot of sense from the perspective of Bibby being the perfect compliment to the way the Cavs use James, givin g him the primary ball-handling responsibilities and letting the point gua rd act as more of a finisher. However, if the cost for Bibby is Drew Goode n, then it is a price the Cavs cannot pay. As trendy as Anderson Varejao i s these days, he is no where near as well-rounded a player as Gooden, and the Cavs are far better off with the depth they have now up front than imp orting a potentially over-the-hill point guard that makes such an insane a mount of money. 撇开玩笑不提，上季骑士让许多人跌破眼镜，相对今年夏天他们维持竞争力的补 强却没有多少进展。骑士断断续续地跟麦毕比的谈判，让人感到毕比的到来可能真的 带给LBJ极大的帮助，他能担起控球的重任，也会让骑士控卫更具威胁力。然而想要 换到毕比的代价却是渚孤灯，这是骑士给不起的。就算是最近广受欢迎的大V，他的 球技也不像孤灯那麽的全面。而且骑士现有的前场不但在先发或深度上都比联盟平均 为高，用一部份前场来换一位正要从生涯高峰下滑的後卫，并不值得。 What this team could still use, though, is some depth. Donyell Marshal l and Damon Jones have hardly panned out for this team since they signed o n and Shannon Brown didn't show a ton last season to make anyone think of him as a primary backup on a Finals team. While money is tight for this te am right now, they have to learn to exploit their status as a title conten der in the way that San Antonio, Phoenix and even Boston do and get some t itle-hungry vets on the cheap. The trick here isn't trying to maintain the ir position in the East so much as it is trying to make sure up-and-comers don't leapfrog them before they've had their day in the sun. 这支球队其实还有一点深度可资开发。唐马朽跟戴琼斯签约以来的表现实在差强 人意，夏布朗去年也没展现过半点能让人信服他是「打进finals的球队的替补」的水 准。既然球队薪资是如此吃紧，骑士应该要像太阳、马刺或塞队看齐，用低价签入对 戒指饥渴的老将带领他们冲冠军。这策略与其说是保持骑士在东区竞争力，或者该说 确保维持潜力新人不至於在球队登顶之前就流失。 The fact is that this team still needs LeBron James to be superhuman e ach and every game in the postseason to have a shot at winning just about every series. With his summer commitments to Team USA and - ideally - many more long playoff runs in the future, the physical toll this could exact o n James could knock him out before his time. A gift like LeBron is not one to be feasted on ravenously, it is one to be savored and accented and draw n-out for as long as possible. 事实是这球队仍然需要LBJ在季後赛的每场系列战投进致胜一球。就如这个夏天 他在美国代表队做的一样，理论上往後还有更多的季後赛之路等着他。但在这此之前 说不定身体上积累的疲劳会先让他付出代价，像LBJ这样上天恩赐的球员不该被过度 使用，他应该要好好被重视并珍惜。 Make no mistake, James is this team's meal ticket, and if he ever catc hes wise to the fact that they are just wearing him out instead of complim enting him then all of those never-ending rumors detailing his exit strate gy from Ohio may prove to be not so far off the mark after all. 请搞清楚，LBJ是骑士的至宝。如果有一天他发现球团不是尊重他，而只是消费他 的时候，那些关於他要离开俄亥俄的谣言，很快就要变得不只是谣言了。 PROBABLE STARTING LINE-UP PG - Larry Hughes Head coach Mike Brown managed to hide Larry Hughes and his hugely disappointing stint as a Cavalier here late last season and it mostly work ed for the team, until they reached the playoffs. Hughes has had one except ional season to his name - in Washington - and yet people still act like hi s stabilizing persona is just around the corner. Face it, Hughes is a wildl yinconsistent player who may be able to look as though he's shaken out of h is career-long slump long enough to make someone think he's turned a corne r, but then he just goes ahead a falls into his slump again. It should sur prise no one if Daniel Gibson finds his way into this spot permanently bef ore the end of the season and watch Larry Hughes come off of the bench at $12 million per year until his contract expires is 2010. He's been given s uch latitude so far on this team because of his contract but now that this team is really playing for something it can't worry about whether or not t hey are going to get a return on their investment. 上个球季末期布朗教头计画性地把赖秀诗跟他令人失望的表现隐藏起来，直到季 後赛。秀诗在巫师有过很好的一季，後来人们以为他的稳定表现会持续下去。面对现 实吧，秀诗是个超不稳定男，而且受个伤就看起来要报废到天荒地老一样，花费好长 时间复原後又会再受伤。我们并不惊讶看到下季结束前吉步尘在这个位置打出心得， 然後秀诗拖着每年一千两百万的大合约去坐板凳坐到2010年。基於球队给他的大合约 ，秀诗现在其实满自由的，而且现在也没时间顾虑到底这笔投资能回收多少了ꄊ SG - Sasha Pavlovic While Pavlovic is hardly the permanent solution to this team's shootin g guard spot, he is fine for now at knocking down open shots to keep his r ole for the foreseeable future. He shoots a decent enough percentage from behind the arc (40%) to open up the floor for LeBron's driving game and th at is a huge improvement for this team, but he himself has serious issues putting the ball on the floor and his defense and rebounding are not nearl y good enough for a 6' 7" player with his athleticism. His skill set is st ill painfully one-dimensional but he's the best they have at the moment so he's a starter by default, just so long as no one expects any kind of cons istency in the post-season. 鲨虾很难成为骑士SG的最佳解，但是现阶段他能投进空档球，就短期而言已经足 够胜任愉快了。四成的三分命中率足以让他分散对手防阵，LBJ遂得以表演切入，也 对球队有所贡献。但他的运球是个问题，以六尺七的身高来讲防守跟篮板也不够出色 。技术面来讲鲨虾还是很单调，但是现阶段他是球队表现最好的，所以可以先发—— 只要大家不对他在季後赛的稳定性有过度期待的话。 SF - LeBron James There is actually nothing new or useful to say about LeBron James at t his point. There is no story, no line of thinking, no words left unsaid wh en it comes to LeBron James. He and this team are synonymous with each oth er and the NBA just hopes that his game and his charisma can pull in more viewers than it did last June. 没有什麽好多形容的，也没有更多话题可聊了。James与骑士队几乎能划上等号， 联盟只希望他的活力今年能吸引比去年六月更多的人买票看球。 PF - Drew Gooden The ever under-appreciated forward returns for another season to hear about why he should be dealt or replaced with Varejao or some other malark ey. Yes, anyone would wish for more than 11.1 points per game from Gooden, but Mike Brown runs such a horrendous offensive scheme - sixth least effec tive in the NBA - that it's a miracle Gooden still manages to get 11.1 poi nts on 47% shooting, so it's hard to blame him for the output. Of course t his team and the fans that support it wish that Carlos Boozer was still ma nning the paint Cavs, but he isn't. Gooden is what they have and given the contracts awarded shortsightedly to Zydrunas Ilgauskus and Larry Hughes, h e is probably the best this team can afford. Trust is needed when one says 'it could be a lot worse', just ask Sacramento why they want him. 这个常常不被重视的大前锋，又一次要收听有关他为何要被交易或被大V等什麽人 给取代的流言。人人都可以期待Gooden的得分可以比11.1分还多，但在布朗教头指挥 的超烂进攻——效率全联盟倒数第六——之下，Gooden还是以47%命中率拿下11.1分， 这是个奇蹟，所以我们不能抱怨他的产能。球队跟球迷当然都希望主宰骑士禁区的还 是Boo$er，但事实上孤灯是球队现有的，而且短时间看起来合约还比秀诗跟大Z来的划 算。当孤灯被批评比Boo$er逊色的时候，我们应该给予支持，问问看国王为何执意要 拿他来换毕比就知道了。 C - Zydrunas Ilgauskus There is this sense that when Ilgauskus started battling his foot prob lems it was especially frustrating because he was one of the few truly tal ented centres left in the NBA. Little did he know that by the time he got himself healed and ready for action again he'd be doing so in an era where players like him are not only rare but rendered obsolete. It's an unfair r eality that Ilgauskus must face each game but centres like him just aren't what teams are anchoring themselves with, anymore. Of course, Mike Brown c ould one day wake up and realize that he could use that fact to his advant age, but that seems less likely every time it's uttered, so we'll just pre tend that it is an unfortunate affliction of the times that Ilgauskus, the longest-serving Cav, seems so irrelevant to their cause. 当初大Z开始跟他的脚伤作战时是很让人惋惜的，因为他是联盟少数有天分的中锋 之一。他很少想到当他克服脚伤回来後，这个战场已经不是这麽需要他，而且甚至用 不上他了。这对大Z这位每战必与，球队却不把他当成一块重要拼图的中锋，其实满辛 酸的。当然也许有一天布朗教头会良心发现，发现这其实是让球队更强的筹码，但恐 怕跟过去一样仅止於说说而已。所以我们就把这位长期效命的Z当成生在一个错误的时 期吧，他看来会在骑士越来越式微了。 =========================================================================== 原文:http://0rz.tw/0d32W Blog版:http://0rz.tw/e5348 --

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