昨天，“选择性现实主义”帖子中的讨论的一部分集中在今年的西装外套小队面孔中必须采取哪些问题。我们仍处于初步阶段，我敢肯定我们会在本赛季的前夕再次访问这个话题，但是从仲夏有利的角度来看，这些很容易想到：
1。格雷格·奥登（Greg Oden）将如何健康，这将如何影响他的进步？
到目前为止，这是开拓者队今年面临的第一问题，以至于它的重量超过了所有其他人的重合。真正的自然之力basketball-wise奥登,will affect the style of play and fortunes of this team more than any other newcomer or any improvement made by incumbent players.这也是不可预测的问题。You know it’s going to be a bumpier road than it would have been without the surgery.问题是，有多颠簸？It’s a far different team with Greg Oden playing 30 minutes per night than with him on the bench or in street clothes.
2。How will Oden’s presence plus the addition of more offensive-minded players affect Lamarcus Aldridge’s game?
Lamarcus had a good second season.他的未来看起来很棒。But he’s also the most likely of our Big Three to lose his way this year.Last year he had free rein in the frontcourt, being far and away the #1 option and having the entire court to work with.At times he was the #1 scoring option for the entire team.It won’t be quite the same this year.理论上Oden should occupy opposing defenders, allowing Lamarcus to work one-on-one all night long.理论上Lamarcus should be able to get that mid-range face-up shot he likes.理论上Oden’s rebounding should free Lamarcus to run and jam, which he couldn’t even begin to do last year.The two showed a little bit of passing chemistry when they played together briefly in the 2007 Summer League, so there's hope there.但是他们也花了很长时间互相感觉，团队的进攻陷入了一个或另一个的隔离比赛中。调整完全有可能是岩石的。Hopefully we’ll lean a ton on Lamarcus offensively anyway and it will pan out, but the issue is open.
3。Bayless和Fernandez是否会迅速发展以提供替补席上的得分？
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4。Who handles the ball and starts the offense?
Steve Blake and Brandon Roy split this duty last year.But now you throw Bayless into the mix, plus you want to get minutes for Rudy, which means finding different spots for
5。Will the backcourt defense be good enough to keep Oden out of foul trouble?
Two of the hardest things to learn for a defensive center are timing and the sense of which shots to block and which to let go.格雷格·奥登（Greg Oden）将需要一段时间才能发展。同时，我们无法让对方的后卫整夜驶向百老汇，否则他将在每场比赛的上半场犯下四次犯规。This has been a chronic problem for the Blazers in recent years, ameliorated last year only by our stubborn refusal to get up on our men, thereby forfeiting any chance of forcing turnovers or tempo.Perhaps we’ll grind it out on defense again, but it would be nice to be more aggressive.The pressure is squarely on the guards there.他们必须敏捷地移动脚。
6。How will Travis Outlaw and Martell Webster develop, if at all?
Both small forwards showed signs of growth last year.但是他也不需要成为球员。我们每个人都倾向于未来的潜力。Yet for the team and for these two players the future is approaching like a freight train.这仍然是一场赌博。他们中至少有一个需要抓住牛角，并在本赛季迈出一步。
7。Channing Frye和Joel Przybilla如何适应他们的角色？
It’s easy to forget in the light of his recent success, but Joel’s career with the Blazers has been up and down.起伏很酷，但跌倒确实很低。乔尔（Joel）将开始从中锋位置的锚点到本赛季的比赛人12-18分钟的过渡，接下来的季节可能较少。How he makes that transition will be critical to his future here.Channing Frye, though a radically different player, is in a similar situation.Lest we forget, he struggled to find his way until exploding the last few weeks of the season…not coincidentally when he was given starter's minutes.He had one double-digit rebounding effort all year until April, when he had three.He had 14 double-figure scoring games in the first 72 games, then rattled off five in a row when his minutes ranged from 29-38 per game.除非对一名首发球员受伤，否则他今年没有任何接近这种比赛的时间。他甚至可能没有达到去年获得的17.2分钟。他可以短暂地生产吗？We might not need our frontcourt back-ups to be all-world but we can’t afford to have them no-show either.
8。Can the Blazers get some easy buckets and top 100 per game?
There has been no greater lack in the past few years than the paucity of gift-wrapped deuces for the Blazers.不管您多么熟练和专注，没有跑步的时间和一些轻松的篮球，您永远都会在狗战中。开拓者队在去年的绝大多数比赛中表现出色，但他们似乎从来没有离开过对手，也从未获得胜利，直到最后几分钟。这就是原因。We don’t have to turn the game into a track meet, but somebody’s got to rebound and somebody’s got to get out and we need 4-6 more unopposed points per game to get the number of victories we’ll need to in order to make the playoffs.
9.Will the team have enough outside shooting?
布兰登Roy is a decent three-point shooter when he takes them but you don’t want him taking a steady diet of those shots.With James Jones gone the burden of hitting deep falls squarely on the shoulders of Martell Webster and Steve Blake, with an assist from Rudy Fernandez if he can make an impact.韦伯斯特和布雷克都有能力，但两者都在首发五个，每个人都面临着通过崛起的球员在他们身后吃掉几分钟的前景。Will those two be enough?Will we get any deep shooting off the bench?您可能会说（非常正确），上个赛季进攻的问题之一是我们服用了太多的跳线。当然，这是事实，但是为了使我们能够以驱动器和/或有效的邮政为止，必须有空间。与奥登在中间比以往任何时候都更团队be sagging down on us.The only way to keep them honest and to free up the lane for the likes of
10.What roster moves get made during the next fiscal year?
This team is growing closer to its final form, but it’s not there yet.这些球员不能永远保持在一起。Talent will have to be consolidated somewhere.我们很可能会在明年六月之前看到一项举动，也许是在季节日历转弯之后通过签署或交易进行的。当这些动作做出时，谁将离开，新来者将如何适应？
可以肯定的是，这一年的信心很高。Blazer fans are right to point to the amazing possibilities in our near future.But as you can see there are plenty of issues to be resolved as well.下一个季节的大部分时间都将用于发现此类问题的答案，这反过来又决定了我们从那里走的地方。
--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)
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