There will come a time when Pau Gasol will move from the centerspot to the power forward position.ll happen when Andrew Bynum returnsfrom the injury to his left kneecap, probably sometime inmid-March.Lakers coach Phil Jackson said the team has worked with Gasolduring pregame shootarounds and at practices on playing power forward.
LOS ANGELES — You could argue that Phil Jackson, with the Lakersatop the West and humming along, should already be preparing his teamto put its best playoff foot forward — which would mean making sure PauGasol is fully capable of producing at power forward once Andrew Bynumis back at center.
Given that the Western Conference race is the tightest it has everbeen this late in the season, I think Jackson is doing the right thingin not worrying about teaching Gasol something else until later.
鉴于诸强林立的西部，杰克逊并不急于让加索尔转换角色。我想这样的决定是正确的。
The Lakers have gotten no suggestion that Andrew Bynum should notbe able to return from his knee injury at some point next month, butJackson is not implementing anything now or soon to prepare for thatday. Gasol continues to work only at the center position, except forsome fundamental drills in which all Lakers big men do face-up work.
“I’m going to wait for it to be a reality,” Jackson said of Bynum’sreturn, which would necessitate Gasol learning to play power forward inthe triangle offense.
“我当然希望拜纳姆尽早归队，”砝码表示，那就意味着加索尔需要在三角阵地防守中担任大前锋的角色。
Jackson plans to work Bynum in off the bench for a stretch whenhe does return, leaving Gasol the starting job at center for a while.Then Gasol will get much more work at power forward – but it’s likelythe Lakers will often play without Bynum or Gasol because of how manysmall forwards besides Lamar Odom they have (Luke Walton, VladimirRadmanovic and Trevor Ariza). The lineup with Bryant at small forwardand Sasha Vujacic at shooting guard has also been increasingly potent.
Jackson believes Gasol should be a quick study when it comes topower forward, saying Gasol’s quick adjustment so far hasn’t just beenthe fact that center is the easiest position in the triangle.
菲尔相信一旦加索尔角色转变为前锋，他也能很快的适应，就像从灰熊转会后很快的适应了三角战术一样。
“A lot of it has to do with him,” Jackson said. “It takes a certain sense of the setup and the concept you’re working with.”
