Rodman:聯盟變太快，球員奪不了冠就會被 - NBA

既然被點名了, 我就單純回應有關Popo的部分.


"Rodman had a promise from the prior administration to extend his contract,
adding a season at $6 million. The new people said he had to prove himself
first and act like everyone else too. "

你把 "prove himself first"
翻成新管理層認為Rodman的場上表現還不值得$3.5mil的加薪.

實際上, Popo要的是他的場下表現 ---- 只要他遵守紀律, Popo就會給錢

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/339291/DANCING-ON-THE-EDGE-OF-LUNACY.html

If anything, Rodman's curious image has expanded since being traded last
summer from Detroit to San Antonio. He avoids the dressing room until moments
before games, rather than arriving the normal 1 1/2 to 2 hours early. He
skips warmups. "I still haven't adjusted to that," says San Antonio teammate
David Robinson. "But there's a lot of things you can put up with when you
win. After all, I'm a discipline-oriented guy."

Rodman doesn't join the team until the national anthem. During the exhibition
season he missed his teams' game-day shoot-around, explaining, "I'm not a
shooter.


比賽前最後一刻才到場, 不熱身, 不到唱國歌的時候不現身, 季前賽搞消失.
這跟他的形象完全符合, 可是Popo怎麼可能容忍這種特立獨行?

以下為Popo當初原本有意思幫Rodman加薪的證據 :

http://tinyurl.com/jmtrecs

When Popovich left the Golden State Warriors' coaching staff to become the
Spurs' GM before last season, he agreed Rodman deserved a big raise.

當Popo剛轉到馬刺隊時, 他認為Rodman值得大幅加薪.



But talks were frozen after Rodman missed the opening of camp, and subsequent
fines, suspensions and a leave of absence precluded any possibility of a new
deal that by now might have had him where he wants to be financially.

"I would have to have been a blithering idiot to give him more money or even
talk to him about it," Popovich said.


※ 引述《casatwl (Bravo!)》之銘言：
: : 推 huntai : Popo這段寫反了吧? 當初Popo也認為Rodman值得加薪 02/10 00:37
: : → huntai : 3.5Mil, 但是Rodman卻在開季訓練營搞失蹤 02/10 00:37
: : → huntai : 然後一系列的罰款, 禁賽, 脫序, 請假, 搞到Popo極度 02/10 00:38
: : → huntai : 不爽.還放話 "我要是跟他談加薪我就是個白癡" 02/10 00:39
: : → huntai : 員工要老闆加薪,公司守則就算你不再不屑至少也做做 02/10 00:40
: : → huntai : 樣子吧. Rodman這樣自己一副老大的樣子, 再加上Popo 02/10 00:41
: : → huntai : 這麼注重紀律的人, 你不是明著逼他趕走你嗎? 02/10 00:41
: https://tinyurl.com/heukwdp
: San Antonio Spurs general manager Bob Bass On benefits of trade (via LA
: Times):
: “Everybody thought we were a marshmallow team. In making this trade we feel
: we have really improved in (rebounding). He said he just wanted to win and
: would show us how to win. In Dennis Rodman, I think we have one of the most
: unique players that has ever played basketball. He proved his value to
: Detroit last year. They were 4-15 without Rodman and 36-26 with him, and
: their defensive average was 98 points with Rodman and 112 points without him.
: Those are astounding statistics.”
: Spurs head coach John Lucas:
: “Rodman is the type of player who will be good for me.”
: -------------------------------
: 交易來 Rodman 的 GM 與當時的教練都把 Rodman 當寶，Rodman 感覺到被重視，
: 1993-94 球季他當然是全力以赴回報 GM 與教練的善意。
: 過了一年換了新的 GM 與教練，怎知對待 Rodman 的態度如天壤之別呢？
: 這種情況下希望任何一位球員能夠保持表現，應該是一件很困難的事吧！
: -------------------------------
: http://articles.latimes.com/1995-05-10/sports/sp-64421_1_jack-haley/2
: By the time this season started, the Spurs were under new management.
: The new CEO, Robert McDermott, an insurance magnate, liked to be called
: "General," his rank in the reserves. Lucas was encouraged to leave. McDermott
: hired no-nonsense Gregg Popovich as general manager. Popovich brought in
: straight-arrow Coach Bob Hill.
: Rodman was no easy convert. In Detroit, he had lamented Chuck Daly's exit so
: keenly, he wouldn't talk to his successor, Ron Rothstein.
: Rodman had a promise from the prior administration to extend his contract,
: adding a season at $6 million. The new people said he had to prove himself
: first and act like everyone else too.
: By way of reply, Rodman blew off the pre-camp dinner and arrived late for the
: first exhibition. They put him on leave, then suspended him for the first
: month of the season.
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: Rodman 在 1993-94 球季的表現還不夠讓新團隊為他延長合約，
: 新的 GM Popovich 告訴他，除了場上表現要證明自己以外，
: 你必須跟其他人一樣服從球隊指命。
: 等做到這些以後，再來談加薪。

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