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Wizards GM Tommy Sheppard on Dwight Howard — ‘The quickest trade I’ve ever
done in my life’
巫師新總管Tommy Sheppard講到交易走魔獸Dwight Howard：「我一輩子裡做的最快的一筆
交易。」
Newly-named Washington Wizards general manager Tommy Sheppard quickly put his
chops to work in the offseason, hoping to get a cemented place in the front
office at the wake of former president Ernie Grunfeld’s firing. Trading
Dwight Howard to the Memphis Grizzlies was among his first moves after taking
over the brass in an interim basis, one he claims was the quickest he’s ever
completed.
剛上任的巫師總管Tommy Sheppard很快的在休賽季就大刀闊斧，希望在前總管Ernie
Grunfeld被開除後很快就在制服組裡佔有一席之地。在他暫代總管角色的時候，他首先
做的幾件事情的其中之一，也是他說他有史以來做最快的一次交易，就是把魔獸Dwight
Howard送到灰熊。
“The quickest trade I’ve ever done in my life,” Sheppard told ESPN’s
Adrian Wojnarowski.
「我一輩子裡做的最快的一筆交易，」Sheppard告訴ESPN的Wojnarowski。
Howard had a very brief an injury-riddled stint with the Wizards, hurt from
the time he stepped foot in training camp and marred by it through the course
of the season.
Howard在巫師的時間很短，傷病纏身，從進訓練營的時候就是這樣，一路到賽季結束。
Sheppard got to work quickly, getting star Bradley Beal on his side and
approaching free agency by aiming for character and a winning reputation,
selecting Gonzaga’s Rui Hachimura in the lottery and Tennessee’s Admiral
Schofield in the second round.
Sheppard很快就動了起來，先是拉攏住明星Bradley Beal，然後去找尋有特色且能贏球的
FA，在選秀日首輪選了Gonzaga大學的八村壘，第二輪選了田納西大學的Admiral
Schofield。
Owner Ted Leonsis said he’s consider Sheppard for the job, but he first
wanted to see him prove his worth to the organization.
巫師老闆Ted Leonsis說他認為Sheppard是適合這份工作的，不過他想先看到Sheppard能證
明自己是有這份價值，能當巫師的總管。
“I didn’t spend a lot of time with Tommy because of the hierarchy, but I
told him: Let me see how you work,” said Leonsis. “Let me see how you
handle the draft. Let me see a strategy document and a Plan A, Plan B and
Plan C. He came back and said he needed assets and young players, and that we
needed to connect the draft to free agency. Our big goal was to get more
coachable players that fit a system that the coaches wanted to play, that
would get us younger, hungrier players that would be helped by our
development coaches.
「因為職級的關係我沒有太多跟Tommy相處的機會，但是我告訴他：讓我看看你要如何
做，」Leonsis說。「讓我看看你要如何選秀，我要看你的應變策略，你的A計畫，B計畫以
及C計畫。之後他來跟我說他需要有資產以及年輕球員，我們應該要把選秀跟FA結合。我們
的目標是希望找到受教的球員，可以融入我們教練團想要打的體系，而那會讓我們找到年
輕有衝勁的球員，他們將會從我們的教練團那得到幫助。」
“And Tommy is also a big believer — like us in ownership — that the world
is a big place. He’s very fluent in the global view of basketball.”
「而且Tommy也是個夢想者