Pacers Notebook From Media Day



Wrapping up the day’s activities, including notes on the rookies, new vets, and returning players





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Turner turning heads, including Bird’s

Turner引起包含Bird等人的注目





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Myles Turner is just 19 years old, barely averaged 10 points in his only college season and is listed at 6-11. Some say he’s a 7-footer. But the rookie who has yet to put on a Pacers uniform for anything other than having his picture taken already has achieved an unusual status in Pacers president Larry Bird’s educated opinion.

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Mylers Turner是個年僅19歲，6呎11吋並在他唯一的大學球季中平均10分左右的球員，有些人則是說他剛好7呎。不過這位穿上溜馬球衣後除了拍照外還沒做過任何事的新秀在閱歷豐富的溜馬總裁Larry Bird的眼裡已經有了不尋常的地位。



“He’s probably our best shooter on the team,” Bird said Monday. “He’s a dead-eye shooter, he’s big … I’ve got high expectations for the young man.”

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Bird在禮拜一的時候表示：「他或許是隊上最好的射手。他不僅很準，而且很高……我對這個年輕人有很大的期望。」



The Pacers’ first-round draft pick averaged 18.7 points on 60.5 percent shooting and 8.3 rebounds in Summer League play in Orlando in July, and continued to shoot well in fullcourt scrimmages with his future teammates the past couple of weeks at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

這個溜馬的第一輪新秀在七月的奧蘭多夏季聯賽拿下了平均18.7分和8.3籃板的成績，並有著60.5%的命中率。而在過去的幾週，他和未來的隊友在班克斯人壽球館中的全場比賽中投射能力也持續維持在高水準。



Veteran Ian Mahinmi is figured as the likely starting center when the season opens, but training camp and the pre-season games will determine that. Turner isn’t counting on earning a starting position, but isn’t conceding it, either.

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老鳥Ian Mahinmi預計會在開季時擔任先發中鋒，不過最後還是取決於訓練營和季前賽的表現。Turner不被指望能獲得先發的位置，但他也不打算就這樣拱手讓人。



“Don’t get me wrong, I’m definitely going out there trying to get that starting position, but I’m approaching it as I need to go out here and learn as quickly as possible,” he said. “It’s not like my No. 1 goal is, ‘Oh my God, I need to start.’ I need to find my role on this team.”

他表示：「別誤會了，我當然想盡力取得先發的位置，不過我會以力爭上游的心態去努力。而不是說好像我的第一目標是：『噢天啊，我不先發不行。』我需要尋找自己在隊上的定位。」



Turner is often compared to LaMarcus Aldridge, another 6-11 former University of Texas player, who signed a free agent contract with San Antonio over the summer that will pay him nearly $20 million next season. Meaning, he is effective posting up around the basket, but can step out and score from the perimeter as well.

Turner時常被拿來和另一位6呎11吋的前德州大學球員LaMarcus Aldridge比較，他今夏剛以自由球員的身分與馬刺簽下一筆明年薪資約2000萬的合約。這樣的比喻代表他是一位在籃框附近不錯的低位球員，同時也可以拉出去在外線投籃。