[轉錄]Re: [轉錄] 灰狼總管 Kahn 的公開信

看板Timberwolves (明尼蘇達灰狼)作者jerod (KG4MVP)時間16年前 (2009/06/27 17:21)推噓7(7推 0噓 1→)

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※ [本文轉錄自 NBA 看板] 作者: Fernandez05 (Rudy Fernandez) 看板: NBA 標題: Re: [轉錄] 灰狼總管 Kahn 的公開信時間: Sat Jun 27 16:03:31 2009 http://tinyurl.com/l2qtj5 A post-draft night letter from David Kahn Posted on June 26th, 2009 – 11:51 AM By Jerry Zgoda David Kahn and the Wolves asked me to pass this along and post it here on the blog. Dear Timberwolves Fans and Supporters: 親愛的灰狼迷,和所有支持我們的人 It’s been five weeks since I arrived in Minneapolis and I hope you can feel what I feel: change. 從我到Minneapolis來已經5個禮拜了,我希望你們也能夠感受到我在這5個禮拜內所感受到的:改變。 I especially want to talk about last night’s draft and explain why we made the decisions we did. 我特別想聊聊昨晚的選秀，並且解釋一下為什麼我們做了那些決定。 First, from a philosophical standpoint, I believe that teams should select players in the top 10 of the NBA Draft who have the chance — and I underline the word chance — to be special later in their careers. You do not use the fifth and sixth picks to select rotation players, but only players that figure to be starters, if not out-and-out stars. 第一，從一個哲學的角度來看，我認為一個球隊在選秀前十順位裡應該選擇的，是那種有機會，是的，有機會成為明星的那種球員，有機會在球員生涯內與眾不同的那種球員。你不應該用你的5或6號選秀權去選一個最多就只是個先發，而不是個明星的正常輪替球員 So, we were committed to taking two players who fit that description, and we were less concerned about the positions they played, assuming they were not power forwards. 所以，我們不在乎他們是哪個位置，而是預計選了除了PF以外，當下最好的兩個球員。 There were several two-person options we would have been comfortable with at those selections. 我們在選秀前有一些不錯的組合 It wasn’t until late Thursday afternoon that I thought there was a chance Ricky Rubio might be available for us at No. 5. I had actually been told by somebody who I deeply respect in the NBA that Ricky would be selected third by Oklahoma City. But we were prepared for all options nonetheless. 但是直到星期四的下午以前，我都不認為我們有機會選到Rubio，我曾經被一個NBA裡我身為尊敬的人告知雷霆隊將會選走Rubio，雖然如此，我們還是做好了各種準備。 Ricky has one of the most tenacious, most capable agents in our sport, Dan Fegan. He cares deeply about his clients. I explained to Dan late afternoon that we were singularly motivated to build an NBA championship-contending team in Minnesota — that it might take a few years, of course — but that nobody here cared about anything other than competing for an NBA title. That we have only one life to live, and that we must spend our lives trying, as Pat Riley once taught me, to leave footprints. Rubio有著一個非常頑強,有能力的經紀人，Fegan。他很在乎他的客戶。我在下午時跟 Fegan說我們非常積極的想去打造一隻冠軍隊伍，這可能會花上幾年，但是這裡的人在乎的不是別的，就是冠軍。我們每個人都只有一個人生可以活，我們每個人都必須，用我們人生的時間，去留下一些足跡，就像Pat Riley教過我的一樣。 I purposely selected Ricky with the fifth pick, not the sixth, to help with his buyout situation. Ricky and his family have taken a very bold step to enter the NBA despite having two years remaining on his contract with his Spanish team. I know that they would have preferred that we try to move to the second or third pick to take him, and I respect their wishes, but my belief was that we need during these next 15 months to acquire multiple pieces to make this a championship-contending team over the next three-to-four years. The price for moving to No. 2 or 3 was far too steep. 我故意在第五順位而不是第六選擇Rubio，這可能對他會多一點幫助，Rubio和他的家庭走了很勇敢的一步，他們暫時放下還在西班牙的兩年合約而選擇投入NBA選秀，我知道他們可能更想要在2或3順位被選，但我們的打算是在未來兩年內能建造出一個有冠軍競爭力隊伍的雛型，再把順位往前移動的代價太高了。 Ricky is a proven professional who played against the USA in the Gold Medal game in the Beijing Olympics. He is a virtuoso, a rare player who may well be unique. I have long believed that he has the chance to become one of basketball’s brightest stars. You’ve seen the highlights — he is like an orchestra conductor with the basketball. Ricky是一個已經證明自己有能力面對挑戰的球員，他是一個珍寶，是很稀有的很獨特的那種球員，我從很久以前就一直相信他會成為籃球界裡最閃亮的那顆星之一，你們也看過他的highlights了，他就像是一個管弦樂團裡的指揮那樣特別。 He will be our starting point guard here the moment he walks through our front door. We may have to wait a year, or even two, but he is worth the wait. We must be patient. This is a big step for he and his family. 當他走進我們的大門的那刻，他就是我們的先發PG，我們可能要等待1年，或2年，但他值得我們的等待，我們必須要很有耐心，因為這對他和他的家庭都是很重要的一件事。 With the sixth pick, we selected Jonny Flynn. I truly believe that Jonny is as much a scorer as a playmaker and will thrive playing off of Ricky. I also believe that, together, we will have one of the most dynamic defensive backcourts in the NBA over time. You will love Jonny Flynn. He, too, will be special. 在第六順位，我們選了Jonny Flynn，我真誠的相信Jonny是個可以好好跟Ricky合作的得分手和Playmaker，我也相信，同時擁有他們兩個，我們就等於在未來幾年擁有聯盟裡最朝氣蓬勃的後場搭擋，你們一定會喜歡Flynn的，他也一樣是那麼的特別。 And I also believe that there is a tendency in the NBA for all of us (myself included) to become too formulaic in our thinking. If you think of the Detroit Pistons backcourts during their championship run, with Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars and Vinnie Johnson, or the Celtics with their backcourt of Danny Ainge and Dennis Johnson (and before Ainge there was Gerald Henderson), or the Lakers with Jerry West and Gail Goodrich, or the Knicks with Walt Frazier and Earl Monroe, there are many instances of championship success that is not so paint-by-the-numbers. 我也認為在現在的NBA，我們所有人（包括我）的思想都越來越公式化，如果你想到底特律的Isiah Thomas和Dumars，或是Celtics的Ainge和Dennis Johnson，或是湖人的West和 Goodrich，甚至是尼克的Frazier和Monroe，他們都不是那種一個正規的隊伍組合。 It can and will work. 但他們卻成功了。 At the 18th pick, we did not believe we could identify a player who would be worthy of that rookie scale slot and become part of our core nucleus, so in an attempt to further stockpile assets, we traded it for a future first-round pick with only modest lottery protection. This will prove to be valuable. We also traded one of our two second-round picks for a 2010 second-round pick. 在18順位時，我們不認為我們還能選到一個足以成為核心的球員，所以我們把他交易掉換來明年金塊的第一輪，我們也交易掉了我們的一個第二輪去換明年的第二輪。 Finally, we selected Wayne Ellington with the 28th pick, one of the stars off the North Carolina National Championship team. Wayne is a 6-foot-5 shooter who has improved dramatically this season. He will help us soon. And, last but not least, we used our remaining second-round pick to take Henk Norel, a teammate of Ricky’s in Spain, who is long and athletic. Norel has one year remaining on his contract. 我們在28順位選了Wayne Ellington，北卡冠軍隊伍的成員之一，他是一個今年進步非常多的6"5射手，他能夠很快的幫助我們。最後，我們把剩下的那個二輪選了Henk Norel 他是Rubio在西班牙的隊友。 What excites me most about this team is the following: 這個球隊最讓我興奮的是 Al Jefferson, at 24, is the oldest player of our four future building blocks. Kevin Love is 20. Jonny Flynn is 20. Ricky is 18. Wayne Ellington is 21. And let’s not forget Corey Brewer is 23, Ryan Gomes is 26 and Sebastian Telfair just turned 24. AL,是我們未來核心內最老的球員,但他也才24歲,Love 20歲,Flynn 20歲,Rubio 18, Ellington 21,也別忘了Brewer才23,Gomes26,還有Telfair才剛剛滿24 We will need a special coach who understands that we are very much in the development stage and need to be shaped and molded. I have already talked to Al Jefferson and kevin Love about the qualities they would like to see in their new coach — what kind of person we should be seeking — and will also consult with our new players. Players respect structure and discipline. They want to know where they stand. And they want to know the coach has their back. I am eager to hear from Ricky, Jonny, Wayne and some of our existing players as we prepare our list. 我們還需要的，是一個知道我們還在發展階段，還需要許多修飾及調整的教練，我已經問過AL和LOVE他們想要他們的教練有什麼樣的特點，我們也會考量到新加入的球員們，並且建立新的秩序與紀律，這些年輕人想要知道他們該站在什麼地方，他們也希望教練能站在他們背後支持他們。等我們準備好我們的名單後，我將會很急於聽到Ricky, Jonny, Wayne 和其它本來球員們的想法。 These are fun times, I hope, to be a Timberwolves fan as we continue on this journey. There will be bumps and bruises along the way, but I believe we are pointed in the right direction. 我希望，對於灰狼的球迷來說，隨著我們的旅程進行，這將會是一段有趣的時光，雖然路上難免有阻礙與顛簸，但我相信我們是朝著正確的方向前進。 As always, thank you for your interest and passion. It makes our jobs easier. 謝謝您的興趣以及耐心，這些都會讓我們做得更好。 David Kahn 不好意思，小弟可能不是很了解灰狼，所以若有翻錯煩請指正！感謝！ -- ◢███◤ █ █ ＲＩＳＥ ★ ＷＩＴＨ ★ ＵＳ ★ █ Ｂｌａｚｅｒｓ███ ███ ◤ ◢█◣ ◢◢◣ ██◣ ◢█◤ ██◣ ◢█◤ ◢█◣ ◥██ █ ◤ █ ◢█◤ █ ◤ █◤◤ █ ◤ █ ◢ █ ◤ █ ◢ █ ◤ ◤ ◤ ◢ █◤◢ █ █◤◢ █ █ ◢ █ █ █ ◢ █ █ █◤◢ ◢ ◢ █ █ █ ◥█◤ ◤ ◤ █ ◥◤◥ ◤ █ ◥◤█ ◥█◤ ██◣ ███ ███ -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 118.160.196.197 感謝大大的翻譯 ※ 編輯: jerod 來自: 118.160.196.197 (06/27 17:23)