[外絮] 拓荒者認為選到Henderson勝過任何交易

來源:https://theathletic.com/4634568/2023/06/23/scoot-henderson-trail-blazers- damian-lillard/?source=nbatw by Jason Quick “Very successful draft,” Cronin said. As much as Cronin used superlatives to describe his picks, he delivered them with a decidedly hollow and flat tone. It doesn’t mean he doesn’t believe what he said — he knows he put some talent into the barn — he just knows the Trail Blazers’ world revolves around Lillard. And that world — from Lillard to the fans — wanted something more than Cronin delivered Thursday. They wanted something bigger, something more immediate, something that would live up to Cronin’s boast in April that he was itching to “go all in” with his chips. --- 「非常成功的選秀」，Cronin說道。 儘管Cronin用最好的詞彙形容他的選秀，但他卻帶著一種平淡的語氣來表達這些話語。 這並不意味著他不相信自己所說的話 - 他知道他已招攬了一些有才華的球員 - 只是他 知道拓荒者隊的世界圍繞著Lillard轉動。而且這個世界 - 從Lillard到球迷 - 希望看到 的遠超過Cronin在週四所呈現的。他們期望更大、更即時的成果，希望看到Cronin在四月 份所豪言的“go all in”的承諾得以實現。 --- Of course, there is still time to accomplish his big swing, or his big all-in move. Free agency starts next week, and Cronin hinted he made inroads on possible deals. It was Lillard who in April said he wasn’t on board for using the draft to bolster the next iteration of the Blazers. He made it clear his time was now, and that if the Blazers chose the path of youth, it was not a path he was interested in walking down. It’s been like this for much of the past three years, but Cronin said he interprets Lillard’s messages as passion to win rather than ultimatums. As a result, he said he doesn’t feel in danger of losing Lillard by way of the star asking for a trade. “I don’t. I think Dame badly, badly wants to win,” Cronin said. “He is probably being more vocal about that than ever, but I don’t look at that as a negative. I look at it as he is passionate about this. It matters deeply to him, and it matters deeply to us. And I think the reason you haven’t seen major issues from us, or the reason you still see Dame in our gym, and meeting with me and Chauncey (Billups), is because he wants this to work. He has bought in and he wants it to work here, and he is challenging us to get it done.” --- 當然，他仍有時間實現他的重大舉措或all-in的動作。自由球員市場下週開始，Cronin 暗示他已經在可能的交易上取得了進展。 在四月份，正是Lillard表示他不支持利用選秀來強化拓荒者隊。他明確表示他的時 間就是現在，如果拓荒者選擇年輕化的道路，那對他來說並不是他想要走的路。 在過去的三年中，情況一直如此，但Cronin表示他將Lillard的訊息解讀為對勝利 的熱情而不是最後通牒。因此，他說他不擔心Lillard會因為要求交易而失去他這位明 星球員。 「我不這麼認為。我覺得Dame非常、非常想贏球，」Cronin說道。「他可能比以往 更加強烈地表達這一點，但我不認為這是一個負面的事情。我認為這表明他對此充滿熱情 。這對他來說非常重要，對我們來說也非常重要。你之所以沒有看到我們有重大問題，或 者之所以你還能看到Dame在我們的訓練場上，與我和Chauncey（Billups）會面，是因為 他希望能成功。他已經投入其中，並希望在這裡成功，他向我們提出挑戰，要我們去完 成它。」 --- Cronin said he and Lillard haven’t talked since Tuesday (Lillard is in Europe this week), so he doesn’t have a great sense of where Lillard is with the direction Cronin took Thursday, but Cronin did say he told Lillard on Tuesday he was leaning toward making the pick at three instead of trading it. If Lillard wasn’t expecting a trade, much of the fan base was, especially after Cronin’s spirited postseason press conference where he boldly stated that now was the time to take big swings and go “all-in” with his chips. There was a feeling that Thursday was another go-round on the hamster wheel. That’s when Cronin had a direct and impactful response to a question of what he would tell the fan base that is once again being asked to be patient for the “big move.” “I would say we made the biggest move possible by drafting Scoot Henderson,” Cronin said. “He’s going to be better than any player that would maybe be perceived as that big move. And then you start to factor in other things that matter in this league — the salary cap, (Henderson) on a rookie scale — that allows us to build a lot more depth than we would have been able to otherwise .” -- Cronin表示他和Lillard 自從星期二以來沒有交談（Lillard 本週在歐洲），所以他對 Lillard對於Cronin在星期四所做的決定的看法沒有很清楚的了解，但Cronin確實表示他在 星期二告訴Lillard 他傾向於在第三順位選秀而不是交易。 如果Lillard 並沒有預料到交易，那麼很多球迷可能會有這樣的預期，尤其是在Cronin 在季後賽後的激動記者招待會上，他大膽宣稱現在是時候做出重大舉措，並all-in。有一 種感覺認為星期四又是忙忙碌碌卻一事無成。這時，當有人問到他該如何告訴那些再次被 要求耐心等待“重大舉措”的球迷們時，Cronin直截了當且有影響力地回應了這個問題 。 「我會說，透過選秀來挑選 Scoot Henderson，我們實現了可能的最大動作，」Cronin說 道。「他將比任何可能被視為是重大交易動作的球員更出色。而且你還需要考慮聯盟中其 他重要因素 - 薪資上限、(Henderson) 以新秀合同加入 - 這使我們能夠建立比以往更豐 富的陣容。 -- Of course, the Blazers can complement Thursday’s draft with their “all-in” move as early as next week. Free agency begins June 30, and Cronin hinted that while gathering his draft intel, he made inroads on possible deals. “There’s still a lot of movement to be had,” Cronin said. “We’ve planted a lot of seeds on deals. The goal now is to add some veteran players who can continue to ramp up this team.” -- 當然，拓荒者隊可以在下週以他們的「all-in」舉措來完善星期四的選秀成果。自由球 員市場將於6月30日開始，Cronin暗示在收集選秀情報的同時，他已經在可能的交易上取 得進展。 Cronin表示：“仍有很多機會可以利用。我們已經在交易上種下了很多種子。現在的目標 是添加一些老將，他們可以繼續提升這支球隊。”」 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 59.115.81.161 (臺灣) ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/NBA/M.1687537811.A.35F.html