Pacers Trying to Keep Danny Granger?
By HOOPSWORLD
http://www.hoopsworld.com/pacers-trying-to-keep-granger
The season-long question, then, will not only be how [Danny Granger and Paul
George play] together, but whether [Larry] Bird tries to move Granger before
the trading deadline. Here was my takeaway from a half-hour conversation: If
Granger is playing well and the Pacers are winning, Bird will hold onto
Granger and try to win a title this year. If he’s struggling and the
Granger-George duo isn’t quite working, he won’t hesitate to pull the
trigger on a deal by the trade deadline.
Paul George與溜馬達成續約協議是否意味著球隊將在交易截止日前，選擇交易走前鋒
Danny Granger呢？
對此，溜馬總裁Larry Bird表示，如果Granger的表現夠好而溜馬也能贏球的話，球隊
會留下Granger並在今年對總冠軍發起衝擊，而如果Granger的表現不好而Granger與喬
治之組合效果不佳，那麼，Bird會在交易截止日前果斷交易走Granger。
“I’ve talked to Danny about it; we definitely want to keep him,” Bird
said. “But we’ve got to find a way to do that and it’s not going to be
easy. I saw this coming four years ago. When we started getting better, I
thought, eventually, somebody’s got to go. We signed Roy (Hibbert), David
(West), Paul (George) and George (Hill), and we’re never going to go over
the luxury tax, so you add it up, eventually, somebody’s got to go. Right
now, we’re strapped a little bit. But I would like to see it through the
year. If it’s working good, I’m going with it (keeping Granger).”
Bird說道：「我和Danny談過此事了，我們當然想要留下他。但我們得找到個解決的辦
法，而那不會那麼簡單的。在四年前，我就預見此事將會發生了。 當我們開始變的更
好時，我就想到了最終會有人要離開。我們簽下了Roy、David、Paul與George ，而我
們永遠也不想繳納奢侈稅，所以，最終總會有某人要離隊。 我們現在有些缺錢，但我
希望今年能夠順利。如果Granger的表現夠好且球隊能贏球的話，我會留下他的。」
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