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前情提要:
2011.5 Jerry West被聘為勇士隊顧問
2011.6 傳出球隊主將Ellis即將被交易
Jerry West Implies Monta Ellis Trade Is Imminent
Jerre West暗指Ellis交易即將發生
“I’ve seen teams trade players that score tons of points and people say,
'How in the world can you trade that player?’” West said last week. “
Because he might score tons of points and the team doesn't win."
"我看過球隊將很會得分的球員交易出去，而人們會說'天啊!怎麼可以交易他'
那是因為他可能可以得一堆分但球隊仍然無法贏球"
"When I look at [the Warriors], obviously they need more size."
"當我看勇士隊的時候，很顯然的他們需要增加高度"
The problem for the Golden State is that Monta Ellis, their leading scorer at
24 points per game last season, has terrible trade value on the market.
Ellis當時是勇士隊上得分王(24分)，但在市場上賣相其實很差
So why trade a player that scores the majority of your team's points if you
are unsure if you are going to get the same production in return?
為什麼要交易隊上的得分王，而又不確定換來的人能有相等的貢獻呢?
This will have to be a very convincing deal for the Warriors.
勇士需要極為充分的理由來執行這筆交易
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“I love to watch them play,” West said of the Ellis-Curry combo. “They’re
so much fun to watch play. But at the end of the day, you want to win.
"我喜歡看Ellis-Curry雙槍打球，看他們打球非常愉快，但終究，你想要贏球"
“Monta Ellis, a fierce competitor. He competes his fanny off every night.
Love to watch him play.
"Ellis是極強的競爭者，我愛看他打球"
“But to me, size helps. Size helps.”
"但對我來說，size個子還是很重要!"
That doesn’t mean it will be easy for the Warriors to trade Ellis —
emotionally or practically. It will take some guts. But again, that’s
precisely why West was brought to the Warriors in the first place.
無論從情感上或現實上，要交易Ellis都不是一件簡單的事，需要一些膽量
但這就是Jerry West一來到勇士要帶給他們的東西
後續發展:
2011.6
如果Ellis真的被交易，勇士希望找一個防守好的高SG來搭配Curry，避免重演矮雙槍
因此在2011球季前選秀的第11順位，制服組在KT和Alec Burks當中二選一
最後選了KT(Burks第12順位被爵士選走)
2012.3
交易截止日前不到48小時
勇士公鹿5人交易，當中的主菜就是 Ellis換Bogut
勇士換到想要的大個子，同時也空出先發SG給高大的菜鳥KT