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Not even Boogie Cousins can save the Pelicans from their general manager's
mistakes

https://goo.gl/KhvCxX

感慨每次都看到無敵雙塔配鐵匠
簡單翻一下

There is no question that the New Orleans Pelicans made an excellent trade to
acquire DeMarcus Cousins from the Sacramento Kings in February. Cousins has
been every bit as good as advertised, even while sharing the ball and
spotlight with superstar teammate Anthony Davis. The Pelicans gave up Buddy
Hield and a draft pick in that deal: Hield has improved in a more suitable
environment and the pick became Justin Jackson and Harry Giles, but New
Orleans would do that deal again in a heartbeat.

鵜鶘做了個絕佳的交易--換來表弟，只用了Buddy Hield+選秀權
再一次給鵜鶘選，依然會毫不猶豫成交

The question is not whether the Cousins trade was a good one. All evidence
suggests that it was. The question is whether the Pelicans were in too deep a
hole for the Cousins trade to allow them to recover.

不用懷疑，這絕對是筆是好交易
但目前鵜鶘的困境，連找來表弟都救不了


First, let’s run through the evidence that the Cousins trade has itself been
a success. In 2016-17, after the trade, lineups featuring both Cousins and
Davis were +41 in 394 minutes, or roughly +5 per 48 minutes. In Davis’ other
1,795 minutes last season, the Pelicans were +10, which works out to +0.25
per 48 minutes.

上賽季，表弟+AD同時在場上，贏對手5 point/48 mins
只有AD在場上時，贏對手0.25 point/48 mins


Through seven games this season, the Pelicans are +44 in 147 minutes Cousins
and Davis have shared on the floor. In 55 minutes with Davis on the floor and
Cousins off, the Pelicans are -38. In 113 minutes with Cousins on the floor
and Davis off, the Pelicans are -3. In the 21 minutes with neither on the
floor, the Pelicans are -12.

本季前7場來看，雙塔在場147分鐘贏對手44分
AD一人在場上55分鐘，輸38分
表弟一人在場上113分鐘，輸3分
雙塔都不在時21分鐘，輸12分


In other words, the Pelicans are +14 per 48 minutes — something like a
60-win team — with Cousins and Davis on the floor together. They’re a -13
per 48 minutes — something like a 20-win team — when one or both sits.

This is a failure of team-building.

經過換算
雙塔---贏14 point/48 mins--------->60勝超級強隊
單塔/0塔---輸13 point/48 mins----->20勝搶狀元

都是隊形害的....


Jrue Holiday matters to this conversation, as the lead point guard often
plays with both bigs and only sometimes when just one of them is on the
court. Obviously, the starting lineup is suited to making the Boogie-Brow duo
shine. The bench units — including those which feature just one of the pair
— suffer. Head coach Alvin Gentry has been good at staggering rest for Davis
and Cousins; it just hasn’t mattered much. When one of them sits, the team
— which has been smashing opposing starting lineups — folds.

假日大部分都和雙塔一起在場上，目前還算可適應雙塔
但替補球員有些人只能適應單塔
Gentry調度雙塔還行，雙塔缺一時真的打得很爛


Demps didn’t do much in free agency before this season because he couldn’t.
He’d hamstrung himself over the years with bad deals and poor draft picks.
In 2014, Demps traded a draft pick for Omer Asik, a lumbering relic with no
place in the modern NBA. He compounded the mistake by giving Asik an enormous
contract in free agency. Asik hasn’t seen a second of action this season.
That same summer of 2015, Demps gave Alexis Ajinca — another center who isn’
t fit for today’s NBA — a sizeable deal.

鵜鶘總管Demps往往在休賽期難有作為
因為他自己亂簽人，選人眼光也差

2014年，用首輪換來Asik，一個傳統到不行的骨董C，而且竟然還給他肥約續留
一賺到肥約，阿西馬上休了一整個球季
2015年，又給Ajinca不小的合約，也是傳統C，難以適應當今球風


These centers aren’t just limiting New Orleans’ cap space. They are taking
up valuable roster spots since the Pelicans are unwilling to cut bait and pay
them to go away. Demps won the Jameer Nelson sweepstakes after Denver cut him
loose. But to sign Nelson (a necessity with Rajon Rondo injured), the Pels
had to waive a useful Jordan Crawford — all because Asik and Ajinca were
taking up roster spots.

這對鳥雙塔占了薪資空間，也占了球員名額
鵜鶘也捨不得直接買斷他們
傷了軟豆，幸好找來尼二嬸，但因為名額上限也裁了能打的Jordan Crawford
---都是雙A害的(Asik+Ajinca)


The draft might as well not even exist for New Orleans. Demps has been around
for seven drafts. Only two first-round picks in that time played at least one
full season for the Pelicans: Anthony Davis and Austin Rivers. Only Davis
finished out his rookie deal in New Orleans. Nerlens Noel was traded in the
Jrue Holiday deal on draft day; Hield went out in the Cousins swap. Consider
this: Demps’ Pelicans has traded the team’s 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and
2017 first-round picks for Holiday, Asik, and Cousins.

dding to this pile of problems, Demps has failed to pull in any second-round
draft gems.

總管玩過7枚簽，只有AD跟小河流在鵜鶘待超過一季
Noel換假日，Hield換表弟，其他簽都送走了
2013~2017的首輪，換來假日、阿西、表弟

2輪簽選來的一個能打的都沒有


As evidenced by Asik and Ajinca, Demps hasn’t fared much better in free
agency. Spending big on Tyreke Evans in 2013 didn’t work out, and the
Solomon Hill deal in 2016 was a classic reach that limited New Orleans in
2017. Rondo and Tony Allen received modest deals this summer — under the gun
to re-up Holiday, all the Pels could offer were modest deals — that can’t
hurt. But the fact that neither can shoot from distance poses spectacular fit
issues. Somehow, the latest Demps pick-up — Josh Smith — seems unlikely to
resolve that problem.

雙A事件告訴大家，總管在自由市場上眼睛有問題
2013年-------------大約簽下Tyreke Evans
2016年經典作-------大約找來Solomon Hill
2017年不錯---------找來軟豆跟Tony Allen

但找來的這些人，外線都不太好，這是讓鵜鶘陷入困境的主因之一
最近簽的Josh Smith也半斤八兩


What exactly has Demps done right in New Orleans?

He drafted Davis and traded for Cousins. The Jrue Holiday trade worked out
pretty well, in part because Nerlens Noel remains a walking question mark.
Everything else Demps has done has been a complete mess.

總管到底做對什麼?
找來表弟跟假日不錯，(假日不錯是因為Noel目前看起來也沒多好)
除了上述兩筆交易，其餘動作都是來亂的


Now we are learning that the few huge roster victories can’t paper over the
parade of failures. Unless the Pelicans figure out a way to survive those
essential minutes when Boogie and the Brow aren’t on the court together,
Demps dug himself a hole too deep to climb out of.

大家都知道了吧!
一兩筆好交易，還是難以彌補以前犯的過錯
鵜鶘必須找到沒雙塔該怎麼打球
不然這個泥沼，總管Demps是永遠爬不出來了


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