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Backup center Jared Jeffries, who's an unrestricted free agent this summer,
wants to be a Knick next season.


JJ (替補中鋒)，這個暑假將成為不受限自由球員，希望下個球季還能在紐約打球。


"I love New York and this is the best experience of my life being here in the
city, being a part of this team, especially this year going wire to wire
through the playoffs," he said on ESPN New York 98.7 FM's "Stephen A. Smith
and Ryan Ruocco" show on Friday afternoon. "Even though we didn't have the
finish we would've liked, we went to the playoffs. This is an era in New York
basketball where we've been to the playoffs two years in a row, and we can
build on that. I think the key is to get there, get the experience, keep your
core group of guys together and keep moving forward."


"雖然這次的結局不如我們希望的那樣，但是這是尼克在近年來第一次、連續兩年進季後

我相信靠著這次的經驗、維持著我們的核心團隊，大家可以同心協力的繼續往前進。"


One of the most memorable postgame press conferences -- not just this season,
but ever in sports -- was when Mike D'Antoni told fans who didn't appreciate
Jared Jeffries to "re-examine their life."
After the Knicks beat the Jazz on Feb. 6, and Jeffries had 13 points and
eight rebounds -- way above his season averages -- D'Antoni said: "Indulge me
for one second. Anybody who boos Jared Jeffries has got to re-examine their
life a little bit. I am sorry to have to say this. I love our fans. I like
MSG, the arena. But here's a guy who came back to us, minimum contract -- he
could have gone to a lot of other teams. He plays as hard as anybody could
possibly ever play, with injuries, everything you ask him [to do].
"He takes every charge, every dirty play, every rebound. He works hard every
second. And there are people that look at that and go, 'I think I'll boo
him.' I have a hard time believing that. It's like, oh, he missed that
[shot].' I understand the frustration. I understand that. But you boo what is
good about America? To me it's like, are you kidding me? Are you serious? To
me, that's not good. I love him anyway."





There's no question Jeffries helped the team -- he was one of the league
leaders in charges drawn -- but right knee issues forced him to miss 27 games
and play limited minutes towards the end of the season (around 10). While the
Knicks should want to retain Jeffries, they'll definitely have to monitor his
health this offseason. Because the team will likely only have the veteran's
minimum ($1.4 million) to spend on a backup center, four other options could
include unrestricted free agents Marcus Camby, Reggie Evans and Kenyon
Martin, who the Knicks were interested in February when he arrived back from
playing in China.




Martin。


But if and when Jeffries eventually sits down with GM Glen Grunwald to
discuss a contract, he has his pitch ready to go.
"I think that a lot of times whenever you look at the team that wins, you
have people that fill roles," he said. "I don't think you can look at
scoring, look at guys that are in the media a lot and draw attention for
personal accolades. Those don't always equal out to wins. I think that when
I'm on the court and when I play well, my actions on the court equal out to
wins."


無論如何，如果JJ能跟GM討論他的去留，他絕對有立場說，"個人得分或個人的好表現並

不總代表團隊勝利。我認為當我在場上，而有場好表現時，我在球場上的行動代表勝利。"


Here are seven other interesting insights from Jeffries:

以下是JJ個人有趣的看法:

On the Knicks' No. 1 priority in the offseason: "I think if we can find a
young, athletic three that can come in and kind of give [Carmelo Anthony] a
break. I think this year, we relied so much on Melo at our three position,
that if we can get a young, athletic three that can come in and give us some
scoring, but also a lot of defense, that will be big for us. ... I feel like
because Melo is so versatile, he can move to the four some. So if Amare
[Stoudemire] does get tired, Melo can move to that position. But I feel like
if Melo moves to the four, we had to go really small at our three. We go with
Landry [Fields], we go with [Iman] Shumpert. If we can find somebody, like a
Kawhi Leonard [of the Spurs], a knock-down 3-point shooter at the three that
can also play defense, for the right kind of price, because this year we have
so little cap room, you bring him in and now you can move Melo to the four
and still big at three position."


"如果我們能找個年輕、有精力的3號位，來替補Melo，這會是一大利多。這季我們太仰






On how Amare Stoudemire's injury unfolded: "Me and Josh Harrellson were in
front of him walking in the locker room and I heard him hit the extinguisher
casing. And I kind of turned around and looked, and didn't see anything. I
knew we were all frustrated at the loss, so I kept walking to the locker
room. And by Josh's expression, I turned around and looked and Amare's hand
was wide open with blood falling out of it. I've been hunting all over the
world, I've gone fishing all over the world, so blood doesn't bother me that
much. But just the amount of blood coming out on a human, especially on one
of my teammates, seeing it almost made me feel sick because I knew it was
very serious. ... We were in disbelief because anyone that saw it, we knew it
was serious. It wasn't one of those injuries where you cut it, a couple of
stitches or they put a towel on it and it's OK."





On the aftermath of STAT's injury: "You feel bad because it's heat of the
moment, it's frustration. We just lost two games in a row. We felt like we
should've played a lot better as a team. It wasn't intentional, so you can't
get mad at a guy like that. ... Seriously, once that happened, I said he's
one of the toughest guys I've ever seen because the look on his face: he
looked at his hand and looked up at me and it was like, 'Aw man, what did I
do?' Not pain, not anything. It was just like, 'Do you see this?' I like
walked away because I was about to get sick and Josh put a towel on it. He
definitely didn't cry, he wasn't screaming. I was like, 'You've got to get
that looked at.' ... I think that as a competitor and an offensive weapon,
you always want more shots. He wants more shots. Miami, in my opinion, did a
great job on him. They did a great job at limiting what he likes to do, which
is getting to his right hand. But I don't think that there was any
frustration with his shot selection or the shot differential. I think he was
frustrated because he wanted to help the team more."


"我的理解是，因為阿罵是個這麼好的進攻武器，他的沮喪來自他知道他可以做更多，但




On the team's feelings after the Heat series ended: "We had been dominated by
a playoff team that we felt like we had a good chance of taking to seven
games, if not beat. That's your frustration. I'm sure you've been in
situations where you think it's going to go this way. It's going to go
according to this script, and if it goes totally different than what you
expect, there's a level of frustration and you look for areas to blame. After
we have a couple days to calm down, a couple weeks to calm down, we'll
realize that the injuries we had took a toll on us, not having our whole team
together for a long stretch of this season, not being able to find a
consistent rhythm, having to play different lineups every night. ... In my
opinion, what really hurt us most this year is that we go through stretches
with this lineup and then somebody would get hurt and then somebody would
step up and do that. And it was inconsistent roles and inconsistent lineups
during the course of the season that hurt us in the playoffs."


"我們的沮喪來自於，我們認為這個系列賽我們應該可以推進到第七局。不論結果如何，




On how Melo and Amare can play better together: "We've got to have a point
guard. I think that a point guard that demands the respect of both of them
will do a lot better. I think you had some of that with Chauncey [Billups].
When Chauncey was here, he was able to get them in the right spots and able
to kind of distribute shots for both of them. So I think the big key is for
Jeremy to take the next step as a point guard. He has to command the ball,
have control of the offense and get guys in the right spot."


"我們必須要有個PG，而這個PG同時要獲得阿罵跟Melo的尊重。我覺得上季槍西做到某些




On if Jeremy Lin has what it takes to play with Melo and Amare: "He doesn't
have to yell at them and do that, but he has to do it through his play. Be
confident. The biggest thing for a point guard is confidence. When you see
Chris Paul out there playing, he's one of the most confident guys on the
court. He's worked to that point. This was essentially Jeremy Lin's rookie
year and he worked into a successful rookie year, he had an unfortunate
injury. Next year, he can pick off where he left off. He can work his way to
a comfort level. ... There are a lot of what if's in the world, but with
Steve Nash, I don't feel like is going to come somewhere for the veteran's
minimum. I have in full confidence in Jeremy [being the leader for this team]
because a guy that plays as hard as he does, understands the game the way he
does, you can't help but follow his example and he's going to help your
team."


"林不需要對他們吼叫，來讓他們配合。他要展現他的自信。我覺得身為PG最重要的一點




On whether or not Lin should've played in the playoffs: "If you go out there
as a basketball player in the playoffs -- and I'm sure we all agree that the
playoffs is a higher level of basketball; it is the highest level of
basketball in the NBA consistently -- and to go out there at 85 percent isn't
fair after not playing for a large portion at the end of the season. Even him
going out there, it doesn't give us the kind of edge we needed to get over
the hump."


"我們都知道季後賽是更高層級的比賽，即使已經恢復了85%，但缺賽了這麼多場，我不

覺得他可以幫助我們度過這個難關。"

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JJ如果有個堪用的膝蓋，我好想留下他...QQ  希望手術可以幫助很大










啊~ 好想七月快來，我想知道最後的結果~~~

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