[外電] Michael Curry已經準備好要帶領活塞了

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http://0rz.tw/e44eo Michael Curry is equipped to lead Pistons Michael Curry已經準備好要帶領活塞了 The best thing you can say about Michael Curry is that he didn't have much talent. 當你提到Michael Curry時，你能說的最好事情就是他並沒有很多才華。 "Michael wasn't a great shooter," said John Hammond, the former Pistons assistant coach and executive, who just took over the Milwaukee Bucks. "Michael wasn't great passer. And Michael wasn't a great ball handler." "Michael的投籃並不出色，"剛接手公鹿總教練職務的前活塞助理以及行政人員教練John Hammond如是說。"他的傳球不出色，他處理球的能力也不出色。" Also, Michael was undersized for his position. Yet Curry somehow started 269 games in the NBA, and most of them were for winning teams. 更別提Curry的體型較同位置的一般球員要來的小。但是Curry在NBA先發了269場比賽，而且大部分都是替前段班球隊出賽。 When Hammond speaks to groups of kids, or businessmen -- or anybody, really -- he usually talks about Michael Curry. He talks about a guy who showed up in Detroit on a 10-day contract and played another 10 seasons in the NBA. 當Hammond在跟一群小孩、一群商業人士或是任何人講話時，他通常都會聊到Curry-一個帶著10天合約來到底特律，然後接著在NBA又打了10個球季的傢伙。 "How do you do it?" Hammond asked. "You do it with amazing heart and amazing leadership." "你如何做到這些？"Hammond問。"靠著突出的意志以及傑出的領導能力。" Is Curry the answer for the Pistons? Nobody knows for sure. But in all the areas that matter for a head coach, he is well-equipped. Curry是活塞的答案嗎？沒有人確定。但對一個總教練該有的一切特質來說，他已經準備妥當。 PEOPLE SKILLS: Curry arrived in Detroit in the middle of the 1995-96 season, right before a game. Hammond sat down with him as the teams were warming up and said he was happy to have him aboard. 人際關係：Curry在1995-96球季季中的一場比賽開始之前來到了底特律。 Hammon在球隊正在熱身的時候坐到了他的旁邊並歡迎他的到來。 "I can remember him stopping me in mid-sentence," Hammond said. "He said, 'Hey, Coach. Let me tell you one thing: Don't worry about me. I'll be just fine. "我還記得他在我講到一半的時候打斷了我，"Hammond說。"他告訴我 'Hey, 教練，我跟你說：不用擔心我，我會過得很好。'" " 'I know what it takes to be an entry-level person. You have to be the first one in the office. You have to be the last one to leave. You have to speak to everyone and call everyone by name.' " "'我知道作為一個初生之犢我該做什麼。你得第一個抵達辦公室，你得最後一個離開。你得跟每個人溝通而且都要能夠叫得出他們的名字。'" Curry pointed at the players shooting on the floor. Curry指向正在場上投籃的球員。 "Those guys don't know how to be an entry-level guy," he said. "I do, and I'll survive in this business." "這些傢伙不知道怎麼當一個初生之犢，"他說。"我知道，而我會生存下去。" Curry was on a 10-day contract at the time. Curry當時手上拿的是一個10天的短約。 Five years later, his fellow players elected him president of the NBA Players Association. 5年後，他的同僚們推舉他為NBA球員工會總裁。 BASKETBALL SMARTS: This is the biggest question about Curry. He has been an assistant for one year. Can he make adjustments in the middle of a helter-skelter NBA game? 籃球智慧：這是一個有關於Curry最重要的問題。他當過一年的助理。他能夠在緊張倉促的NBA比賽中調兵遣將嗎？ Well, in his first two seasons as a Pistons player, Curry spent most of his time on the bench. He always -- always -- sat next to Hammond, one of Doug Collins' top assistants. 在他擔任球員的頭兩個球季，Curry大部分時間都待在板凳上。他總是--總是-- 會坐在Doug Collins的頭號助理教練Hammond身旁。 "He was in my ear constantly," Hammond said. "And the amazing thing about it to me was that so many of the things he was saying were right on. I can't tell you how many of the things he said to me that I passed along to Doug Collins." "他時常在我耳邊開口，"Hammond說。"而對我來說神奇的是他說的許多事情都是對的。我無法告訴你我把他告訴我的話傳給了Collins多少次。" When Tayshaun Prince was a rookie, Rick Carlisle kept Curry as his starting small forward. It was probably a mistake -- Prince is a much better player than Curry. But Curry had that kind of effect on coaches. They clung to him. He understood the game on a different level from other players. 當小王子還是新秀的時候，卡帥讓Curry擔任先發小前鋒。 (P大息怒息怒息息怒) 那八成是個錯誤-小王子是個比Curry優秀的球員。但Curry對教練有種影響力，教練們都依靠他。他對於比賽的了解程度跟其他球員相比是在一個不同的層次。 CREDIBILITY: Yes, Curry is a first-time head coach. But several Pistons players sprinkled references to "Coach Curry" into interviews this past season, and it happened too often to be an accident. 可信性：沒錯，Curry是個菜鳥教練。但幾個活塞球員在接受訪問時提到Curry時都稱呼他為"Curry教練"，這情形發生得太頻繁，不可能只是單純的口誤。 Curry already has more credibility with his players than Flip Saunders had. He could squander it, of course -- that happens sometimes. But credibility is not a concern right now. Curry在球員心中的可信性已經多於老桑。有時候他會白白浪費掉這些可信性。但現在可信性不是重點。 TOUGHNESS: Hammond loves telling a story from Curry's first year with the Pistons. They were playing the Knicks in New York. 強悍：Hammond很喜歡說Curry在活塞菜鳥年的一個故事。他們正在紐約出戰尼克。 Allan Houston, the Pistons' star shooting guard, was chasing the Knicks' John Starks. Collins kept telling Houston to go around Patrick Ewing's screens. But Ewing kept moving a little on his screens -- which was illegal, of course, but Ewing got away with it for roughly 20 years. 活塞的明星得分後衛Houston正在追著尼克的Starks。Collins一直叫Houston繞過 Ewing的掩護。但Ewing持續地移動他的掩護-當然，這是非法掩護，不過Ewing將近 20年以來都沒被抓到過。 Houston complained to Collins: "He's moving on his screens." Houston向Collins抱怨："他會移動掩護。" From the bench, Michael Curry yelled: "You gotta run through it!" 從板凳上，Curry吼著:"你得突破他!" Houston complained again: "He's moving!" Houston又抱怨了一次:"他在移動!" Collins complained to the officials: "He's moving!" Collins向裁判抱怨:"他在移動！" Curry yelled again: "You gotta run through it!" Curry又吼了一次:"你得突破他！" Collins finally put Curry in the game. And, of course, the Knicks tried to run Starks around a Ewing screen. And Ewing moved. Collins終於把Curry放到了場上。而理所當然地，尼克試著讓Starks繞過Ewing的掩護。而Ewing移動了。 And Michael Curry gave Patrick Ewing a forearm shiver that knocked Ewing back and nearly started an altercation. 而Curry用前臂給了Ewing一拐然後把他打了回去，差點引爆了一次衝突。 LEADERSHIP: This is the most important quality for any coach, and it is probably Curry's best attribute. He did not garner the Pistons' respect this season by being soft. 領導力：這是身為教練最重要的條件，而這也大概是Curry最棒的特質。他不是因為和藹獲得球員們的尊敬。 "The best coaches I've observed in 30 years in this game have this very unique ability," Hammond said. "And that is the ability to coach people, which means criticize people -- coaching is critiquing -- and yet not offend them in doing so. "在我這30年的觀察中，最棒的教練們都有這個獨特的能力，"Hammond說。"那就是訓練指導球員的能力，這代表批評球員(教練就是批評)但又不會因此冒犯到他們。" "We're talking about an extremely bright person, an extremely quick learner. As a coach, if he makes a mistake once, it won't happen a second time. I don't think it's going to take him long to be a great one." "我們在談論一個極度聰穎的傢伙，一個學習快速的學習者。身為教練，如果他犯了一次錯，那絕對不會有第二次。我不認為他會花很多時間成為一個偉大的教練。" Until Curry coaches a season or two, people have every right to be skeptical. We don't know yet if he can last longer than Rick Carlisle, Larry Brown or Flip Saunders. They are all highly regarded coaches, and none lasted more than three seasons. 在Curry實際執教一或兩個球季之前，人們有權利抱持懷疑的態度。我們還不知道他能不能待得比卡帥、布朗爺或老桑久。他們都是有高度評價的教練，而他們都沒有待在活塞超過三個球季。 But Curry has one advantage over Carlisle, Brown and Saunders: extensive experience working with Joe Dumars, as a player and assistant coach. Dumars knows him better than he knew any of those coaches. 但Curry有一項優勢贏過卡帥、布朗爺以及老桑：分別身為球員以及助理教練與老喬的共事經驗。老喬對Curry的了解比他對於任何一個前教練的了解還要多。 And if you wonder how Curry will do as a first-time head coach against NBA legends, just remember: In 1995, he knew how to be an entry-level guy. I don't think he has forgotten. 而如果你好奇Curry作為一個菜鳥教練會怎麼與NBA的傳奇們交手的話，記得，1995年，他知道怎麼去當一個初生之犢。我不認為他已經忘了。 -- ＴＨＡＴ‵Ｓ　Ａ　ＬＯＴ　ＯＦ　ＨＩＳＴＯＲＹＬＥＴ‵Ｓ　ＭＡＫＥ　ＳＯＭＥ　ＭＯＲＥ！！！ -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 118.165.225.33

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