NBA News Updated (29-9)

hermit

1.
Center Theo Ratliff signed a five-year contract extension with the Portland Trail Blazers

2.
New Raptors coach doesn't think Carter will be a distraction

3.
Magic head coach Johnny Davis plans to have forward Grant Hill play in both of the team's preseason games on October 12 and 13

4.
Pistons center Ben Wallace is still recovering from his emergency appendectomy on August 25, and he won't be at full strength when training camp opens on October 4

5.
The Suns continue to insist that their best lineup features power forward Amare Stoudemire at center

6.
The Cleveland Cavaliers signed Forward Scott Williams. He averaged 4.6 points and 3.1 rebounds in 43 games last season

7.
Andre Brown, Damone Brown, Tierre Brown, Darius Rice, Alex Scales and Jabari Smith are in Nets training camp list

8.
The Pistons are expected to invite three free agents to camp, including former Cleveland Cavaliers guard Smush Parker. The others are Nigel Dixon, a 6-foot-10, 322-pound center from Western Kentucky, and Terrence Shannon, a 6-7, 185-pound forward who played in the NBDL last season  

9.
"The Spurs have reached agreement on a two-year contract with James Thomas, making him the first University of Texas player to join the team since Johnny Moore

10.
The Spurs plan to add at least two more players to their roster before training camp begins Monday: Ruben Boumtje Boumtje, a 7-foot center who played sparingly with Portland for three years before he was traded to Cleveland last season; and Marque Perry, a 6-1 point guard who averaged 15.4 points and 6.7 assists for Roanoke in the NBA's developmental league last season

11.
Orlando Magic forward/center Dwight Howard has signed on to become a spokesman for the footwear and apparel manufacturer Adidas

wai214

5.  There is no way that Amare will handle the Center job probably in the west...

put him back to his nature position and find someone else to handle the role...pls...

kakueeken

[quotefrom="wai214"]5.  There is no way that Amare will handle the Center job probably in the west...

put him back to his nature position and find someone else to handle the role...pls...

太陽禁區悍將Stoudemire將轉任中鋒？

由於太陽陣營並沒有一位足以獨當一面的中鋒球員，因此，今日(29日)有媒體報導指出，太陽球團目前有意要讓原本擔任大前鋒工作的Amare Stoudemire轉任中鋒要務。

太陽總裁Bryan Colangelo就說：「由於我們沒有非常出色的中鋒球員，因此，我們本季應該是要以速度、跑轟取勝，如果Stoudemire能夠勝任中鋒工作的話，Shawn Marion及Joe Johnson就可分擔前鋒位置，後衛位置則由Quentin Richardson及Steve Nash擔任。如果一切順利，這將可能是我們本季的主要先發名單。」

即將面臨「轉職」問題的Stoudemire則說：「中鋒並不是我所熟悉的位置，但如果球隊需要我轉型，我會盡力扮演好這個新角色。而且，如果我真的轉型成功的話，應該很酷吧！不過，我不認為教練團應該會讓我擔任太多中鋒工作。」據了解，Stoudemire最近都努力地跟Jake Voskhul及Steven Hunter兩位「正統」中鋒學習各項中鋒動作。

2002年以選秀第九順位身份加盟太陽的Stoudemire，曾在2003年榮獲年度新人王殊榮。然而， Stoudemire在上個球季受腳踝傷勢影響，僅僅替太陽打了55場例行賽事，但他仍繳出平均20.6分、9籃板、1.4助攻、1.16抄截及1.62阻攻的全方位成績單。
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其實用Stoudemire 打中鋒唔係唔得,反正大多數球隊的中鋒都係 "得個高字",
不過用 Marion 打大前鋒就好勉強, 而家nba 的4號位太多好球員la。
suns 呢個矮人陣偶一為之可收奇兵之效,不過如果就係就一整季的starting line-up就會同 dallas 的命運一樣。

hermit

J.Johnson or Q.Rich is 6th ppl la....
J.Voshkhul is still the starting C....

甘國武

講真，中鋒最重要是步法、扛位等中鋒技巧，而不是Stoudemire般衝衝衝！
Stoudemire當中鋒，其實同叫KG打中鋒一樣無知！

學下囉
有好多空間進步~
不過暫時當然唔適合打中鋒.....

Nerd

Oh that sucker Grant Hill is coming back...lets see how many minutes can he play...I guess 10