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R.C. Buford Wins 2014 Executive Of The Year

在 05-15-2014, 6:08 下午 由 YuYuen 發表.第 9 篇回覆.
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  •  05-08-2014, 2:23 上午 477366

    R.C. Buford Wins 2014 Executive Of The Year

    San Antonio Spurs general manager R.C. Buford is finally being honored the way he deserves to be, and the first Executive of the Year award of his well-respected, under-the-radar career might actually be the result of what he didn't do.

    In the wake of a devastating loss to Miami in the NBA Finals last season, Buford didn't panic. He didn't give up on an aging Manu Ginobili. He didn't let Tiago Splitter get lured away by big money elsewhere.

    Buford's approach was the embodiment the Spurs' creed: Stay the course. Believe in the system. Never give in.

    While other teams chased huge stars and made big splashes, Buford quietly re-signed Ginobili and Splitter and added second-tier free agent Marco Belinelli. The moves weren't flashy, but were exactly what the Spurs needed to recover from that bitter defeat and post the best record in the NBA.

    In each of his first 11 seasons as GM in San Antonio, Buford was overlooked come awards season. Not this time. Buford was -- finally -- voted the league's top executive by his peers.

    "I'm extremely happy for RC Buford to have won this award, which is both absolutely deserved and long overdue," Spurs Gregg Popovich said Wednesday in a statement issued by the team. "His knowledge of the rules, basketball expertise and keen eye for talent have served the Spurs organization well for a very long time. It has been a personal pleasure to be at his side during this period."

    Popovich said last month that he was surprised Buford, who's in his 23rd season with the franchise, never had been named the league's top executive.

    "He does a great job and should have won that several times," Popovich said.

    Buford received nine first-place votes and 58 total points to win the award. Phoenix's Ryan McDonough (47) finished second for his superb job in turning the Suns from an afterthought into a 48-win team that just missed the playoffs.

    Portland's Neil Olshey, who added Robin Lopez, Dorell Wright and Thomas Robinson to bolster the Trail Blazers' depth and get them into the playoffs, finished third in the voting with 34 points. Toronto's Masai Ujiri and Miami's Pat Riley rounded out the top five.

    Popovich, who was named coach of the year, and Buford have been by each other's side for more than two decades, assembling one of the most uniquely stable systems in professional sports built around Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Ginobili, who have won three championships together and keep coming back for more.

    "They have a really good idea about who they want to fit in around those guys," former Minnesota Timberwolves coach Rick Adelman said. "They pick certain talents and they've been able to find guys, young guys, who have done that. But those three guys have been the glue. ... They've done a great job of identifying young guys that are going to fit the system and are going to grow in it."

    Popovich gets more of the credit for making the Spurs machine go, and that's just fine with Buford, who much prefers to work behind the scenes and let his coach and players get the attention. The two have put the Spurs at the forefront of the influx of international players, opening the franchise's doors to players from around the globe. The Spurs started this season with 10 international players on the roster, an NBA record.

    The depth this season was directly attributable to Buford's vision. Six Spurs players averaged double figures in scoring and eight played at least 20 minutes per game during the regular season, which was the 15th in a row with at least 50 wins.

    After surviving a seven-game slugfest with Dallas in the first round, the Spurs lead the Blazers 1-0 in the Western Conference semifinals heading into Game 2 on Thursday.
     
     
    回顧去年冠軍失利後
    Splitter 整個系列戰被打爆了,但Buford依舊排除眾議,簽下了他,還有Ginobili也是以"高薪"簽下(如果比較Parker跟Duncan的合約),這兩張當初備受質疑的合約,在整季看來,的確有打出他們的身價,當然Marco Belinelli無疑是自由球員中成功的一仗,雖然馬刺球迷期待的SF替補始終沒有找到,但聯盟第一種子,已經無可挑剔了。
  •  05-08-2014, 2:31 上午 477367 in reply to 477366

    Re: R.C. Buford Wins 2014 Executive Of The Year

    Masai Ujiri連前三名都沒有 XD
  •  05-08-2014, 10:00 下午 477421 in reply to 477367

    Re: R.C. Buford Wins 2014 Executive Of The Year

    Diaw和Marco都讓人覺得他們在休賽季好像是跟馬刺一起進行訓練的,完全不需要磨合期,隨插即用。

    果然歐陸的籃球文化和美國本土還是存在本質上的差異,基本上他們和Pop說的都是同一種籃球語言。


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  •  05-09-2014, 3:18 下午 477465 in reply to 477421

    Re: R.C. Buford Wins 2014 Executive Of The Year

    要是我,會投暴龍總管一票,畢竟,誰想得到暴龍本季會有這等表現?

    尤其是季中換走得分大將Rudy Gay,這個不被看好的部分,卻意外的補充了暴龍的球員深度,得到得Chuck Hayes和Vasquez等人,都能在板凳上,有所發揮.

    P.S:當年國王得最佳行政Geoff Petrie,還在國王隊嗎?最近看一本舊雜誌,瞄到國王的報導,挺想念他的.過往國王的先發「五虎將」,外帶厚實的板凳深度如Bobby Jackson, Turkoglu,還有Pollard等...無一不是他眼光獨到的傑作.

    本季的國王,樹立了「鐵三角」,Cousins和Isaiah Thomas,以及Rudy Gay為球隊未來,重建的核心,看起來頗有機會在下個球季,更加進步. 

    現在的問題,就是防守,後場少了個防守大鎖,內線也少了個能做苦力的大前鋒(當然,不可能叫Cousins去做苦工),Jason Thompson得條件不錯,球技也很紮實,但感覺跟Cousins配,壓抑了他的表現.

    至於板凳,沒啥大問題,Derrick Williams才華洋溢,McLemore也能夠打,但是打先發,他的防守,實在也不到「大鎖」的程度,國王的後防,還不能倚賴他. 

    大前鋒部分,就看Carl Landry,下季能否復活了?

    如果國王,下季贏個45場,那麼最佳行政,肯定有機會,再一次獎落『國王』家. 


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  •  05-10-2014, 7:54 下午 477522 in reply to 477465

    Re: R.C. Buford Wins 2014 Executive Of The Year

    有一點要說明

    最佳總管的投票是由30隊的總管互相投票的結果,所以沒有之前的媒體人投票名單。

    再一點

    馬刺桃李滿NBA,目前最有名的黑雷的總管就是 R.C. Buford的得意弟子,其他更是不勝枚舉,在投票上的確有其優勢

  •  05-10-2014, 10:56 下午 477528 in reply to 477522

    Re: R.C. Buford Wins 2014 Executive Of The Year

    YuYuen:

    有一點要說明

    最佳總管的投票是由30隊的總管互相投票的結果,所以沒有之前的媒體人投票名單。

    再一點

    馬刺桃李滿NBA,目前最有名的黑雷的總管就是 R.C. Buford的得意弟子,其他更是不勝枚舉,在投票上的確有其優勢

    這確實是重點。投票前Popovich公開喊「23年來竟然沒有一次頒給Buford」 ,想必就是下達動員令了。

    沒有記名投票資料還真可惜。 

  •  05-11-2014, 12:35 上午 477531 in reply to 477522

    Re: R.C. Buford Wins 2014 Executive Of The Year

    YuYuen:

    有一點要說明

    最佳總管的投票是由30隊的總管互相投票的結果,所以沒有之前的媒體人投票名單。

    再一點

    馬刺桃李滿NBA,目前最有名的黑雷的總管就是 R.C. Buford的得意弟子,其他更是不勝枚舉,在投票上的確有其優勢

    上季多了爵士的Dennis Lindsey, 多這一票變成穩定多數?

    如果都是GM互投, 此後Buford年年機會都會不錯~


  •  05-11-2014, 2:51 上午 477535 in reply to 477531

    Re: R.C. Buford Wins 2014 Executive Of The Year

    Red Jazz:

    上季多了爵士的Dennis Lindsey, 多這一票變成穩定多數?

    如果都是GM互投, 此後Buford年年機會都會不錯~

    多數黨最會搞的就是配票,每年換人輪流拿。

  •  05-12-2014, 12:53 下午 477632 in reply to 477366

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    Re: R.C. Buford Wins 2014 Executive Of The Year

    老實說,「23年來竟然沒有一次頒給Buford」確實比他今年獲獎還令人匪夷所思。
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  •  05-15-2014, 6:08 下午 478151 in reply to 477632

    Re: R.C. Buford Wins 2014 Executive Of The Year

    ShoTime:
    老實說,「23年來竟然沒有一次頒給Buford」確實比他今年獲獎還令人匪夷所思。

    其實他今年得獎,還真的令人匪夷所思...

    我腦袋的名單無非就太陽,暴龍,他突然得獎,我也驚了一嚇 

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