Re: Blazers get No. 1 pick; Celtics, Grizzlies … - 波特蘭拓荒者 Portland Trail Blazers

※ 引述《Rostow (When?)》之銘言：
: Blazers get No. 1 pick; Celtics, Grizzlies slip down
: Associated Press
: Updated: May 22, 2007, 9:32 PM ET
: SECAUCUS, N.J. -- The Portland Trail Blazers beat the odds and won the right
: to settle the Greg Oden-Kevin Durant debate.
拓荒者擊敗其他對手，獲得選秀會中要選擇Greg Oden或Kevin Durant的甜蜜煩惱

: With just a 5.3 percent chance of winning the No. 1 pick, the Blazers won the
: NBA's draft lottery Tuesday night, earning the right to draft a potential
: franchise player from what's considered to be a deep class.
僅僅只有5.3%機率的情況下，波特蘭在選秀抽籤夜中獲得狀元籤，贏得一位具有潛
力將球隊帶往更強等級的關鍵球員

: Represented by Rookie of the Year Brandon Roy, the Blazers got a head start
: on landing next year's top rookie. They will almost certainly choose between
: Oden, the Ohio State center, or Durant, Texas' high-scoring forward.
波特蘭獲得最好的機會重現今年的最佳新秀，幾乎可以確定他們會選中鋒Greg Oden
或具有得分力的高大前鋒Kevin Durant

: "They're going to help us right away," Roy said. "They can come into the NBA
: right away and play. I'm just excited about sitting back and knowing our
: general manager has the choice of drafting either Kevin Durant or Greg Oden.
: Either one, you can't go wrong. So I'm excited we have the opportunity to
: choose between the two."
Roy表示"她們將可以立即幫助我們。他們倆位是NBA的即戰力，我很興奮我們總管會
選擇他們其中哪一位，哪一位都是不會錯的，所以我真的很興奮有機會去選擇其中
一位"(ROY看起來真的很興奮啊..)

: The 7-foot Oden is the likely top pick, because dominant centers are harder
: to find.
7呎中鋒Oden是最可能的選擇，畢竟具有統治力的中鋒是很難尋找滴

===================以下就比較不重要了，所以..==============================
: Regardless of who goes No. 1, both players are likely headed to the
: Northwest, as Seattle also moved up into second. Atlanta got the third pick
: -- and needed it. Falling out of the top three would have meant sending the
: pick to Phoenix.
: The lottery determined the top three spots, with the rest of the teams going
: in reverse order of a team's finish.
: Memphis and Boston, which had the worst records in the league and the best
: chance of landing in the top two, slipped to fourth and fifth, respectively.
: Milwaukee will go sixth, followed by Minnesota, Charlotte and Chicago, which
: had the rights to New York's pick through the Eddy Curry trade.
: Sacramento goes 10th, followed by the Hawks, Philadelphia, New Orleans and
: the Los Angeles Clippers.
: With Oden and Durant highlighting a draft that includes the core of Florida's
: consecutive NCAA championship teams, the June 28 draft in New York is
: expected to be one of the NBA's best in years.
: "Tonight we're looking at what's probably going to be the deepest draft in a
: couple of decades," commissioner David Stern said earlier Tuesday.


: Portland had a great draft night in 2006, landing Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge
: through trades. They won't need a deal this time thanks to some lottery luck.
波特蘭有個成功的2006的選秀，所以不需要一些為這次選秀無謂的交易

: The SuperSonics will get a player that in many other years would have gone
: No. 1, and maybe whichever player it is can help save the NBA in Seattle. The
: Sonics haven't been able to get a new arena and aren't guaranteed to be in
: Seattle past next season.
: The Hawks were the other big winner Tuesday. Moving up one spot saved them
: from having to send their pick to the Suns as a result of the Joe Johnson
: trade. And Atlanta also picked up Indiana's pick, No. 11, from the Al
: Harrington deal since the Pacers stayed put.
: The presence of the two freshmen superstars added more hype than usual to
: this year's lottery. There were nearly 100 media credential requests, far
: more than usual.
: It also led to speculation that some teams didn't try their best to win
: games, hoping to improve their chances of landing a top-two pick. Because of
: all the tanking talk, Stern said he wants NBA owners to look at the lottery
: this summer to see if a new system is needed.
: But the losing didn't pay off. The Grizzlies had a 25 percent chance of
: winning No. 1 after finishing with the league's worst record, but they will
: pick fourth in Jerry West's last draft with the team. Ten years after missing
: out on Tim Duncan, Boston had more lottery heartbreak, falling from the No. 2
: spot. Milwaukee will go sixth.
: Oden averaged 15.7 points, 9.6 rebounds and 3.3 rebounds while leading Ohio
: State to the national championship game, even though he was limited for much
: of the season while recovering from right wrist surgery.
: Durant was even better in his only season at Texas, becoming the first
: freshman in NCAA history to win player of the year honors. The 6-foot-9
: forward led the Big 12 with 25.8 points and 11.1 rebounds per game, and was
: the AP national player of the year.
: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2007/news/story?id=2879568

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