LeBron says Cavs need to get better http://blog.cleveland.com/sports/2008/05/lebron_says_cavs_need_to_get_b.html# The wounds were still stinging the day after the Cavaliers' turbulent season came to a close, reopening each time someone described how it all came to an abrupt end in Sunday's Game 7 loss to the Celtics in Boston. But the star player, the coach and the general manager already were looking forward to how to best patch the pain. 兵败波士顿，不稳定的一季画下句点，而椎心之痛仍缠绕着队员们。但阵中的明星球 员、教练以及总管已在寻找如何抚平伤痛的最好方式。 Cavaliers General Manager Danny Ferry said Monday he will take a couple of weeks to reflect and assess the chaotic season before beginning a "deep dive" into the roster to evaluate what changes need to be made to make the Cavaliers the kind of team LeBron James will want to play on for the remainder of his career, and the kind of team that can win a championship. 总管Ferry表示，在埋首思考於球员名单、评估怎样的改变才能使这支球队变成LBJ想 在职业生涯里继续待下去的禁卫军，并且是支可以赢得冠军的劲旅之前，他将会花几 周的时间来反省并评断这个混乱的球季。 "What we have is very good, but we need to continue to get better, we know that," James said after Sunday's Game 7. "If that means some personnel changes that need to happen, then so be it. The teams around us in the league are continuing to get better." 「球队现在非常好，但我们知道必须得精益求精。」LBJ在第七战赛後说道。「如果这 表示需要某些人员上的调整，那就覆诸实行吧。联盟中的其他队伍都持续变得更好。」 That's as close as James has come to instructing his team to make changes, and with a 2010 expiration date on his contract, that gives the Cavaliers two more off-seasons to find his long-sought sidekick. With an $81 million payroll that ranks fourth in the NBA and a handful of attractive expiring contracts (guard Wally Szczerbiak, guard Damon Jones and forward Joe Smith all up in 2009), changes for the Cavaliers are most likely to come from a trade -- if they come at all. 这些话差不多就等於皇帝下旨要球队做些改变，在2010年LBJ的合约到期日前，球团还 有两个休赛期去搜寻他长期渴望的人才。有着81M、联盟第四高的薪资，以及一票有吸 引力的即将到期合约(帅哥、老乔与 DJ都在2009年约满)，球团最可能藉由交易的方式 来做改变。 "Sometimes you've got to be careful because the grass is not always greener on the other side," center Zydrunas Ilgauskas said. "We do have a good team here." 「有时候(交易)还是得谨慎些，别人家的月亮并不总是比较圆。」大Ｚ如此认为。「我 们现在就是支好队伍了。」 Maybe this current roster just needs time to jell beyond the three months it was together after the trade-deadline deal. Maybe it needs an offensive guru to complement coach Mike Brown's defensive tilt, or a traditional point guard who can distribute the ball effectively. 也许目前在交易截止日前才凑合的阵容还需要时间磨合；也许需要个进攻战术的导师来 弥补扣区布朗偏重於防守的功力；或者一名能有效分球的传统型控球。 Ferry said he's not feeling deadline heat to find the right answer in the two years before James is a free agent. He has simpler goals. LBJ约满之前，Ferry表示自己并不像只热锅上的蚂蚁亟欲找出答案：他的目标很单纯。 "We all want to win," Ferry said. "I want to win. [Owner] Dan Gilbert, Mike Brown, LeBron, everyone feels the pressure of that. The city wants to win, and we want to be the team that helps this city celebrate a championship. That's something that drives us all, and we'll make decisions going forward based on giving ourselves the best opportunity to make that happen." 「我们都渴望胜利」Ferry说道。「老板、教练、皇上，每个人都对此感到压力。这座城 市想要胜利，而我们则想帮其拿到一座冠军。这是驱策我们前进的动力，而我们将会考 量最好的机会来做出决定，实现这个渴望。」 The plan right now includes re-signing restricted free-agent guards Daniel Gibson and Delonte West, and potentially buying out the remaining year on injured point guard Eric Snow's contract. 当下的考量包含续签受限自由球员(restricted free-agent)小吉与West，并且可能会买 断有伤在身的史诺大叔的合约。 Beyond that, the team is trying to figure out what, exactly, went wrong in losing a seven-game defensive playoff battle to Boston. 此外，球团试着去理解与波士顿七场漫长的防守战里究竟出了什麽问题。 The simplest explanation is the current Cavaliers squad simply wasn't together long enough. Only three players played in both the season-opening loss to Dallas and the season-ending loss to the Celtics: James, Ilgauskas and Jones. 最简单的解释就是：目前的组合磨合得还不够久。只有三位球员在开幕战与闭幕战都 一起出赛过：LBJ、大Ｚ与DJ。 In between, the Cavaliers endured contract holdouts from forward Anderson Varejao and guard Sasha Pavlovic, a constant stream of injured players ranging from James' finger to Gibson's ankle to forward Ben Wallace's back, and a midseason trade that resulted in three new players in the starting lineup. 整个球季里，球队忍受着大Ｖ与沙虾的薪情问题、屡屡不绝的伤兵问题(从LBJ的手指 到小吉的脚踝与大班的背部)，以及一次季中大搬风，让先发名单更换了三个新面孔。 "I never had to go through a year like this -- whether it's as a scout, coach, assistant coach anything," Brown said. 「无论是作为团员、教练、助理教练，我从未经历过像这样的一年。」扣区布朗表示。 Said Smith: "I think if we would have had a little more time together, the outcome may have been a little different." 老乔认为：「如果我们有多一点的时间磨合，结果或许会有些不同吧。」 After all, this Cavaliers team also featured in James the NBA's scoring leader, the All-Star Game MVP and a first-team All-NBA selection. The Cavaliers reached the NBA Finals last year. Expectations were high. 毕竟，骑士队也有着联盟得分王、明星赛ＭＶＰ与年度第一队的LBJ加持 ；去年则打到了 冠军战，人们自然期望很高。 "That's the good thing about being here now -- if you don't win a championship it's considered a failure," Ilgauskas said. "That's how we look at it. Making the playoffs or just winning a series is not good enough for us anymore." 「这对目前来说是件好事──冠军，否则就是失败者。」大Ｚ说道。「打进季後赛或仅 挺进一轮，对我们的标准而言，再也不能算是好了。」 大Ｚ想打奥运 Z in the Olympics: Ilgauskas has never played in the Olympics. With two seasons remaining on his contract, the 32-year-old Lithuanian knows this summer in Beijing is likely his last opportunity. 大Ｚ从未打过奥运。在合约还有两年的情形之下，这位３２岁的立陶宛老将知道，这次 北京奥运可能是最後的机会了。 One day after the season ended, Ilgauskas still didn't know if he had the Cavaliers' permission to represent his home country in three months. Ilgauskas is one of 14 NBA players who need permission from their teams to play in international competition because of insurance clauses in their contracts. 球季结束後，大Ｚ依旧不知道是否球队允许他在三个月後能代表祖国出赛。大Ｚ是联盟 里十四名需要球团允许才能打国际赛的球员之一，因为合约中的风险条款。 "I've yet to talk to Z about it, purposely," Ferry said Monday. "We've both decided to talk about it after the season. I don't really want to talk about it until I can talk to him." 「我故意跟大Ｚ提到风险的问题，」Ferry在周一表示。「我们都已决定要在球季结束 後讨论这个问题。在能够与他对话之前，我实在不想谈论这个问题。」 (译按：看来球团不太想放人？) Last month, the Lithuanian Basketball Federation began a petition to persuade the Cavaliers to allow Ilgauskas to play in China. With a history of fragile feet and more recently a back injury that forced him to miss two weeks, the Cavaliers are hesitant. 上个月，立陶宛篮球联盟开始向骑士队请愿，希望能准许大Ｚ打奥运。而玻璃脚的伤病 史，以及最近迫使他缺阵两周的背伤，球团正犹豫不决。 "It's in the discussion stages right now between the NBA and [Lithuanian] Federation," Ilgauskas said. "It's out of my hands, unfortunately." 「目前处於球团与祖国的协商阶段，」大Ｚ说。「很遗憾地，我无法涉入其中。」 三名控卫 Cavaliers guards: The Cavaliers not only have decisions to make on whether to re-sign Gibson and West, and for how much, but they also might have to make a decision on Snow. The point guard played in just 22 games this season, the last Feb. 22, because of surgery and then arthritis-related symptoms in his left knee. 球团尚未决定是否要续签小吉与West，以及该给他们多少银子。但他们也必须在史诺 大叔的问题上做个了断。史诺本季只出赛了22场球，因为手术与他左膝的关节炎。 He is scheduled to earn $7.3 million next season, the final year on his contract, though the Cavaliers could buy out that deal. 他预计在下个球季还可领到7.3Ｍ的薪资，合约的最後一年，尽管球团可能会买断他。 "He's got to try to get healthy, which doesn't look promising right now," Ferry said. 「他(史诺)试着要保持健康，而目前看来希望不大。」Ferry表示。 Gibson, who earned the NBA minimum $687,456 last season while still on his second-round-draft-pick contract, will receive a raise. Meanwhile, restricted free-agent West said he wants to return to Cleveland. 小吉则领得是第二轮选秀的最低薪(687K)，将会得到加薪。同时，受限自由球员West 表示想待在克里夫兰。 "It definitely fits my style, and I think the type of player I am fits Cleveland's style," West said. "I'm not just one of those point guards that usually dominates the basketball to be effective. I can also play off the basketball. It's a good fit for me. But time will tell how things will pan out." 「这里很适合我的风格，我认为我是球队所需要的类型。」West说道。「我不仅可以 有效地控球，还可以自行得分。但时间将告诉我们接下来会发生的事吧。」 -- 附上团队薪资让大家参考：http://hoopshype.com/salaries/cleveland.htm 球季结束了，制服组的战斗才正要开始。Get Better!!! --

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