[外電] Q&A: Flip on the season so far (II)

看板Timberwolves (明尼蘇達灰狼)作者jinshenn (Don't panic)時間10年前 (2015/01/25 23:34)推噓7(7推 0噓 2→)

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http://goo.gl/VSR98p (接續前一篇，一樣簡略解釋) MP: On the flip side, even granting that you have had a bunch of injuries, aside from that, what has been the most disappointing things about this season? FS: Defense, for sure. The two broader things are defense, and offensively, just [not getting] continuous ball movement. The offense in part because you had to rely on so many guys to carry us offensively — we don’t shoot the ball very well. Because we really never had a big inside presence, either a four [power forward] or five [center], where you could throw them the ball and they could create. So we don’t shoot the ball very well now because a lot of our shots are contested shots. Defensively, I understood when the injuries went out, many times defensively it boils down to education and knowledge. Knowledge empowers you to play defense. It is like last night, I was talking to Wiggins and I said, ‘Hey, [Dallas point guard Rajon] Rondo knew our plays better than you guys did.’ Every time we called a play, Rondo was telling their guys what was happening, where we were going to go, what we were going to do with it, and how to cover it, even as he was coming up the floor. That knowledge can make your defense a lot better and easier to play. Defensively, with Wiggins, he doesn’t talk much on defense. The team doesn’t talk. That is probably our biggest weakness as a team. We can improve our defense as much as anything just by communicating. But sometimes they are too worried about what they have to do to talk and have communication. So maybe you are not helping your other guys knowledge-wise. 球季至今，除了傷兵之外，最令人失望的地方，老桑認為是團隊防守和球的流動。進攻上，投籃準度不佳，導因於許多不理想出手選擇，沒有找到合適空檔，內線大個缺席也是難打的原因。團隊防守上，仍缺乏防守智慧，而且球員在防守時不習慣相互溝通，這是整支球隊最大劣勢，當然也不利於相關智慧的提升。 MP: Is that uncertainty and a lack of confidence? FS: Yeah, but part of what it is too, point blank, defensively we get hurt when teams are physical with us. And the same thing offensively. The physicality. Zach and Wig, both of those guys are going to get a lot stronger, and when that happens they are going to be better defensively and do a lot more things. 不確定感以及信心不足？老桑認同，也認為是身體素質不夠，指出 Wiggins 和 LaVine 需要不斷增強身體對抗性。 --- MP: One could argue that in addition to communication, defense at the point guard is where the defense starts to collapse, because Mo has never made much of a pretense at that end of the court. And Zach just, well, it comes down to fundamental experience I guess, doesn’t it? FS: Fundamental experience and also just grasping — we have worked on him more than anything the past two weeks just getting into your guy and pressuring him. 這裡談到控衛防守，Mo 本來就不是會賣力防守的球員，而 LaVine 缺乏防守經驗。老桑覺得 LaVine 除了欠缺防守基本功，還有吸收能力。球隊只針對找到對位球員並進行壓迫這件事，就花了兩個禮拜指導。 MP: He’s not a bad on-ball defender, but how often does that really happen out on the perimeter in the NBA? FS: Right. He is a good on-ball defender when there are no screens. When there are screens what happens is, because of his physicality, he gets bumped off. He is afraid of contact right now, he’s a 19-year old. All young guys are afraid of contact. 老桑同意 LaVine 面對持球者的防守不錯，但若碰到對手進行掩護，他會被撞開，因為身體素質還不足。跟所有年輕球員一樣，現階段19歲的他害怕身體對抗。 --- MP: This subject leads to roster management. You have made the decision to ride with Mo and Zach while Ricky has been out and to keep the backup center position stocked. Is that to accelerate Zach’s development? Because as a second-guess, maybe you are burning Mo out and burning Zach’s confidence. Is it because you think you need that big man more than you need another point guard? FS: Well we needed the big without Pekovic. Because if Gorgui got hurt we had no one there; we’d be riding a smaller post man, somebody like AB [Anthony Bennett]. So, after the next ten days [when the latest short-term contract of center Miroslav Radujica expires] we will reevaluate. Understand, when we first looked at these injuries, Pek was going to be the last guy ready to play [among him, Rubio and Kevin Martin]. And we talked about the idea that he was probably going to have to go play in the NBDL [the development league]. But what happened with his medication is that everything has improved so much that he can go out there and play 20, 25 minutes and we think that is where he is going to be. So that’s why we activated him. 談到在 Rubio 因傷缺陣，只剩下 Mo 能控球，而 LaVine 又未成熟，球隊為何沒針對這位置補人，反而不斷簽禁區球員。想加速 LaVine 成長？也許將造成燃燒老邁的 Mo ，且摧毀 LaVine 信心的結果。老桑解釋球隊在 Peko 缺陣，一旦 Dieng 發生什麼狀況，內線就沒人手，只能靠 AB 這類矮小禁區球員，等 Radujica 十天短約到期後會再評估。另一原因，原本評估 Peko 會最晚歸隊，甚至有下放去發展聯盟調整的想法，不過他的狀況在最近大幅改善，最後決定將他放入出賽名單。 MP: So if Pek gets established, you may look at backcourt help? FS: I’ll put it this way: If we can get backcourt help that is someone we feel could be in a long-term situation with us, we would do that. 老桑解釋假若他們認為某位後場球員能長時間有助於球隊，他們會行動。 --- MP: I noticed something really interesting the other day about the capabilities of two guys who have been positives for you this season. You have Bazzy Muhammad shooting over 41 percent from three-point range and getting fouled 116 times in somewhat limited minutes. And you have Wiggins shooting 39 percent and getting fouled 160 times in forty games. So have the makings of some really interesting inside-outside actions. One of the thing you get criticized for a lot is the lack of three-pointers taken by your teams. Whether that is fair or not, you guys are still shooting fewer three-pointers in your mix of shots than any team in the league. Yet your three-point percentage is the same as it was last season, even without Kevin Love and without Kevin Martin for much of the season. As you look at the roster going forward, with the way Muhammad and Wiggins can play and with Martin and [Troy] Daniels, are you looking at ways to deliberately set up three-pointers in your offense? FS: Well, a lot of times three-point shots are set up; there are two reasons why your three-point shooting attempts will improve. When you guard better, you have more open-floor opportunities, because you are going to get some threes in trail situations with that. And when you have an inside presence you get more opportunities because you can space the floor and the other team has to trap. Listen, I encourage my guys. I have never discouraged anyone from taking a three-point shot. And I have never really — unless it is a quick three — I have never gotten on guys for taking those shots, especially if they are shooters. Now, I’ll get on them, like Wig last night, he took a shot at the end of the game and Zach was wide open in the corner for a three and he didn’t pass it. It is a philosophy we all use: San Antonio gets credit for it because they are so successful, but you want to turn down a good shot for a great shot. That is what you are always trying to do. So based on the fact of who we have, we think those guys [Muhammad and Wiggins] have that ability because they take tons and tons and tons of shots in their workouts. And we believe they will be able to be three-point shooters. But again, your veteran players, they have a tendency to know how to get those shots. So it is a matter of also figuring out how to get those shots. 這裡老桑被問到球隊三分火力不足的問題，老桑解釋他鼓勵球員投三分球，像是對小牛隊那場，Wiggins 有一球出手，其實應該傳給站在底角三分空檔的 LaVine，他為此念了 Wiggins 幾句。隊中不缺有外線投射能力的球員，重點在於如何取得最佳出手機會。且在沒有稱職後場，或是內線支柱下，的確不容易製造出空檔。 --- MP: Do you feel like you have the personnel, and the desire, to significantly increase the three-point shots once everyone is healthy? FS: Yeah, yes. Listen, three-point threats happen more often when you can be in transition and with inside play and with penetration. Well we don’t have penetration and we haven’t really had an inside game that demands a double-team. And because our defense hasn’t been real good we haven’t been in transition a whole lot. So our three-point attempts have been inhibited. Now as Pek gets back we have an inside game. When Ricky gets back we are going to have penetration. [Kevin] Love’s three-point shooting has gone down because he’s not playing with Rubio. For all the criticism that Rubio doesn’t score — hey, as I told Kevin last summer, ‘Six or seven of your three-pointers you are getting you ain’t getting anywhere else, because Rubio is finding you.’ So you have that and you add Martin when he gets back and all that is going to improve our three-point shooting. 老桑在去年夏天曾告知過 Love，他有不少外線空檔是 Rubio 幫他找到的。未來傷兵陸續歸隊，Peko 在內線能吸引包夾，Rubio 能切入幫隊友找尋空檔，將有助於外線問題改善。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 1.169.189.50 ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Timberwolves/M.1422200051.A.ABD.html ※ 編輯: jinshenn (1.169.189.50), 01/25/2015 23:34:41