- Because of the salary cap, you have a player like Trevor Ariza. He’s part of your winning culture. And then there is a losing organization that offers him a lot of money. Do you sit him down? What’s the pep talk? Those are very painful losses. I think he’s one of those nuanced players that has real value, especially against a long capable scoring team on the wing like Golden State.
You know is there a sales pitch? Like, hey man, you’re gone from a winning culture to that culture. Was that especially painful?
- Yeah. Trevor’s been such a big part of what we’ve done. And he’s had multiple stents at Houston. And really a beloved player and was fantastic for us. You know my job is to basically fit and create a championship contender within the box that the CBA gives us.
So it’s a pretty straightforward conversation. I spoke to Trevor two days ago. He has no ill feelings towards Houston. So wish him luck in Phoenix. But my job is to fit a great team within a box the collective bargaining agreement gives me. Sometimes you know a guy gets a huge offer, and you have to move on from that. And my job is to find new players that are going to come in and hopefully give us as much, if not more, than what Trevor gave us.
And we feel like James Ennis coming in is someone that can really add a lot. We really like the upside of Michael Carter Williams. Obviously, we’re trying to take smart risk to close this gap with Golden State. And we feel like Ennis and Michael Carter-Williams do that. And we do have, obviously, a heavily rumored move potentially coming up that we feel good about if that works out.
翻譯
火箭總經理莫雷在Colin Cowherd的訪談裡談論阿里扎離隊以及休賽季其他運作 ：
由於工資帽的問題，你的球隊中像阿里扎這樣的球員（離開了）。他是球隊贏球文化的一部分，但是一個輸球較多的球隊（指太陽）給了他更多的錢。你和他坐下來聊了嗎？沒有說什麼鼓勵他留下的話麼？畢竟這是一個很讓人心痛的損失。我認為他是讓球隊體系更好運轉的一員，特別是在對陣像勇士這樣側翼火力強大的球隊時，他能展現自己的價值。
比如你有過遊說麼？就像“老哥你現在這是從一個贏球的文化裡去那邊誒”這個過程很痛苦嗎？
胖子：對的，就我們走到現在，阿里扎是非常重要的一部分，他對我們的作用是多方面的，對我們來時他深受喜愛而且非常棒。但你知道，我的工作是在CBA條款框架之下創造一個有力的爭冠球隊。
所以我們之間的談話很直白。兩天前我和她對話了，他對休斯頓沒有恨意，所以我祝他在鳳凰城一切順利，但是在強調一下，我的工作實在CBA條款限制之下組建一個爭冠球隊。有些時候你知道一個老哥拿了個大合同，那你可能不得不把他從球隊陣容裡移出了。那麼我的工作就是找到一個願意來，並且至少能承擔阿里扎工作的球員
而且我們認為恩尼斯的加入可以有很大幫助，我們也很期待邁卡威的長處能帶來點什麼。明顯，我們在嘗試一些有風險的小聰明去縮小和金州的差距，恩尼斯和邁卡威就是這樣的。而且，坊間盛傳以致喧囂的那個謠言可能就快成真了（應該是瓜哥），一旦事成我們也非常開心。
obviously, a heavily rumored move potentially coming up that we feel good about if that works out
採訪中這句還比較重點，和火箭緋聞最大的巨星，再聯和現在休賽季的狀況，應該是安東尼沒有錯
而具火箭管理層的表態中，也不難發現，火箭在為這名巨星努力，而安東尼也表態願意為火箭放棄交易否決權
只能說最後的這句話還真有些鼓舞火箭士氣：這個在坊間盛傳以致喧囂的那個謠言可能就快成真了（這個說法是不是太隱晦了...)
對於火箭休賽季來說，的確需要一個大的操作才能彌補和金州的差距，而保羅的頂薪對於火箭空間來說，也只有安東尼有這個可能，在火箭和勇士的天平上，起到決定的作用。
至於很多朋友質疑安東尼的狀態，說實話我還是比較看好安東尼，畢竟在保羅和哈登身邊，安東尼應該會輕鬆很多
而最近比較糾結的卡佩拉——會留的吧，參考莫泰和火箭，卡佩拉團隊應該會有些讓步，畢竟在超級控衛身邊，吃吃餅還是很歡樂的
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