Thursday, June 14, 2007

Joakim Noah and Ricky Rubio

Joakim Noah

Joakim Noah

"I hated Michael Jordan." 佛羅里達大學的Joakim Noah日前在芝加哥測試時發此豪語,一時語驚四座。因為大家都知道,在球場上惹毛MJ的人,通常都沒什麼好下場;而在球場外惹毛籃球之神,大概更沒有好處。

雖然說Noah自小在紐約成長,身為尼克迷痛恨喬丹自有其道理,不過,敢大聲的說出來還是要蠻有LP的。今年選秀順位,山貓排第8,公牛第9,剛好Noah的順位就落在這附近。有人說Noah此言一出,大概兩隊都別想去了。

這當然是玩笑話。不過話說回來,在大部份的mock draft中,居然把他同學Al Horford和Corey Brewer都排在他前面,令我百思不解,因為像Horford或Brewer這種類型的球員,怎麼抓都有,每年大概也都有,但是像Noah這種智慧型長人,可不是每年都有。

我預估,他至少會是Marcus Camby這種樣子的好用型球員。


Ricky Rubio

Ricky Rubio, Spain

用"The next Pete Maravich"來形容一個西班牙球員,好像有點扯。不過看Ricky Rubio的樣子,還真有點像。

Rubio出生於1990年10月21日,今年才17足歲不到,已經在歐洲籃壇留下不少豐功偉業供人探聽。他在歐洲Under-16錦標賽冠軍戰出戰俄羅斯二度延長獲勝一役,包辦51分、24籃板、12助攻加7抄截,多麼可怕的紀錄。



看起來,他的協調性很好,運球的樣子還真蠻像Maravich,有沒有手槍那麼鬼才就不知道了

In August of 2006 Rubio led the Spanish national team to the FIBA Europe U16 Championship. During the tournament (excluding the final game), Rubio achieved two triple-doubles and one quadruple-double. In the 110-106 double overtime finale victory over Russia, Rubio scored 51 points (including a three-point buzzer-beater shoot from mid court to force the first overtime), grabbed 24 rebounds, made 12 assists and stole the ball seven times — a performance unprecedented in tournament history. Rubio also was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament after leading it in points, rebounds, assists and steals.