[外電] With Rockets season over, what's next.

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With Rockets season over, what's next. We'll start with Morey/Adelman get together. (I'll bring the wine.) Posted by Jonathan Feigen at April 13, 2011 11:44 PM http://blogs.chron.com/nba/2011/04/with_rockets_season_over_whats.html 自翻 Sometime in the next 48 hours, Rick Adelman and Daryl Morey will get together to ask tough questions, provide needed answers and see where they go from here. 接下來的48小時內, Adelman與Morey會坐下來好好談談. They don't need to go to a public place for a civil breakup, though both might feel the need to say "It's not you, it's me." 倒也不必恭敬如賓地說分手, 雖然彼此都想告訴對方 "不是你的錯, 一切都是我不好." The notion that the decision about whether to bring Adelman back as Rockets coach is Leslie Alexander's is not true. It can be true at any time he chooses. It could come to that. That's not where it is now. Adelman去留的決定權並不在老闆Alexander的手上. 當然老闆的一聲令下還是能改變事情, 不過目前的情況不是這樣. Morey needs to get together with his coach and see if they still fit. Adelman needs to ask pointed questions of Morey. Morey必須仔細想想他跟目前的教練是不是還合得來. Adelman也必須去了解Morey腦袋在想甚麼. Adelman's ongoing displeasure with the trades this season did represent the usual difference between the missions of a coach and GM. The GM must be thinking of the future or he is not doing his job. The coach must be thinking of the next game to do his. Adelman對於本季的交易流露出的不滿, 在在證明了教練與 GM在本質上的不同. GM必須想到的是球隊長遠的未來, 而教練在乎的是明天的比賽是否能贏球. But in this case, it also represented a disconnect between the front office and coaching staff. 目前的情況看來, 兩邊的溝通出了問題. They do talk, but probably not enough. More than that, the way they thought of the team differed too much for things to be right. 他們是有溝通, 不過看起來並不足夠. 更嚴重的是, 他們對於球隊的想法相差甚遠. When they do talk, they need to feel that they will mesh next season and for seasons to come. The Rockets should not think of the front office and coaching staff as separate parts of the same company. 他們必須了解大家都是在同一條船上. 不應該把教練團以及GM當成兩個獨立運作的部門. There are always going to be differences. That's the nature of the jobs. In the Rockets' case, there is the added divide that comes with the new school and traditional ways of doing things. The coaching staff is almost entirely made up of former NBA players. The front office almost consists of executives that did not play on any level. But that can be a strength, with potential to get the best of both styles and backgrounds. 每個人總是會有不同的想法, 這很正常. 教練團幾乎都是真正在場上奔跑過的前NBA球員, 而坐在辦公室的那群人很可能連籃球都沒有摸過. 不過換個角度來講這或許是好事, 能讓球隊在各種不同的方面得到評估以及加強. There is respect, and a lot of it. (Maybe more than they know.) Without that, there would be no point in getting together at all. 如果沒有這樣的默契, 他們很可能就要就此分手. If they want, they probably could come away feeling as if they can work together much better than they knew. 如果有共識, 球隊或許會運作得比現在更好. Then, the "process" moves to Alexander . 等到這些事情都討論完畢了, 才會換大魔王Alexander上場. Players seemed unable to talk about the season without lobbying for Adelman's return. One after another, they made their case without being asked. Chase Budinger was the top scorer on Wednesday so we'll go with his. 球員們清楚地表達了他們的想法. Budinger在星期三的得分最高, 所以我們先從他開始. "We hope he is back. Our team wanted to win this game for him. He's such a great coach, such a great guy. We really hope he is back. "我們希望他回來. 我們都想為了教練把這場球贏下來他是個很棒的教練, 很棒的傢伙. 我們真的希望他留下." "We all want him back. We all want that. Make that the headline." "我們所有人都希望他繼續執教, 所有人. 記得把這句話寫在標題." Uh, well, sorry. It's not the headline. The point, however, is well taken. 唔, 拍謝, 我沒有把他放上標題. 不過這樣的訊息有被清楚地傳達出來. Having players so completely believe in a coach is vital and not easy. Phil Jackson has that. Gregg Popovich has that. That comes with all the rings and greatness. 能夠讓所有球員心悅誠服於教練, 是相當不簡單的事情. Phil Jackson做到了, Popovich也做到了. 他們都是手上有冠軍戒的偉大教練. Adelman doesn't have the championship, but he has that. For now, so do the Rockets. Adelman雖然兩手空空, 但是他也做到了這件事情. Some numbers (most courtesy of Bob Schranz) for those that like those sorts of things. 數據或許能說明一些事情. With Goran Dragic's triple-double on Wednesday, the second-consecutive season the Rockets have ended the season with a triple-double (Trevor Ariza got one last season), the Rockets have had triple-doubles by three different players, Dragic, Kyle Lowry and Chuck Hayes. The first time they have done that since the 1996-97 season when Clyde Drexler, Charles Barkley and Hakeem Olajuwon got them. 星期三Dragic拿到了大三元, 連續兩個球季的最後一場比賽都有人大三元. (上一季是Trevor Ariza) 火箭隊這個球季共有三個球員拿到大三元, Dragic, Lowry, Hayes. 這是自從96-97球季以來的首次(當時是Drexler, Barkley, Olajuwon) The Rockets were one of two teams with triple-doubles from three different players. Washington's John Wall (against the Rockets), Jordan Crawford and JaVale McGee did it. 本季只有兩支球隊能有三個不同的球員拿到大三元. 一個是巫師(Wall, Crawford, McGee), 另一個就是我們. Kevin Martin finished in the top 10 in scoring, free throws, free throw percentage and 3-pointers, the first Rockets player to be in the top 10 in four categories since Hakeem Olajuwon in 1994-95, which was a pretty good year for other reasons. Martin本季在得分, 罰球數, 罰球命中率, 三分球都在聯盟前十名. 這是自從94-95的Olajuwon以來首位火箭球員能在四個項目進入前十. The Rockets finished with 677 3-pointers, second most in franchise history. 本季投進677個三分球, 隊史上第二佳. A few others I've been tossing around lately: The Rockets have had five seasons with winning records that failed to get them to the playoffs, the most for a franchise in NBA history. 火箭隊有五個球季勝率不錯(這裡應該是指超過五成?)卻沒有進入季後賽, 這算是NBA史上第一. And the obvious one, Rick Adelman moved to sole possession of eighth in career wins with 945. 然後是最偉大的, Adelman以945勝成為史上勝場數第八名的教頭. Finally, with the season in the books, the Rockets are pretty close to being a very good team. Becoming a great one is much, much more difficult. 最後, 這支球隊已經逐漸轉變成一隻出色的球隊. 雖然離"偉大"兩個字還有滿長的距離. At 43-39 with a massive void, they can be a pretty strong team by filling that need. Add a rim-protecting, space-eating center and they can improve more than one player — especially one player that is not a life changer — should be able to improve a team. 43-39 的戰績, 他們還能做得更好. 找來一個保護禁區的中鋒, 即使不是巨星級的, 也能讓球隊向上提升. They have 11 players signed, three picks in the top 40 (not that they would add three rookies to this team) and likely have the cap room to chase the centers that will be out there. With the rule changes expected with the new CBA, with the league heading toward a hard cap, they can have a legitimate shot at free agents they would not have otherwise. 目前有十一位已簽約球員, 三個在前四十名的選秀權. 並且應該會有足夠的薪資空間去找堪用的中鋒. 隨著聯盟一些薪資規則的改變, 或許我們也將在自由球員上面有更多的機會. Drop Marc Gasol or Tyson Chandler (among other possibilities) in the middle and life looks different. 如果今天我們能搞來Marc Gasol或是Chandler, 一切都會改變. This is not to say that the Rockets would become last season's Lakers or Celtics. But most of the time, you get there in steps. In a way, this season was a step. The record is almost the same, but this is a better team than the team that finished last season. 這樣的改變或許不會讓火箭隊一夕之間變成奪冠熱門. 但是王者之路並非一蹴可及, 總是需要一步一步地向前邁進. 這個球季就是其中的一步. 或許戰績與去年幾乎相同, 但是球隊的戰力已經比去年有所提升. It was not good enough. This team, for all its relative second half success, was not good enough. It is not difficult, however, to see how it can get there. 還有進步的空間. 光是只有下半球季的好表現還不足夠. 就讓我們看看球隊之後的發展吧. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 60.251.1.226

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