[外電] Wolves unveil shooting shirts dedicated to Flip

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http://goo.gl/JwLOrS Three days after losing their leader to cancer, the Minnesota Timberwolves are making sure everyone knows that Flip Saunders is still with them. 失去球隊領袖後第三天，灰狼隊用另一種方式讓大家了解老桑依然與球員並肩作戰。 The Timberwolves unveiled a new shooting shirt for pregame warmups in their season opener against the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night. The gray shirts have "WE" written in big, block letters, with "FLIP" written over the heart. 新的灰色熱身球衣，上面繡著巨大正體字「WE(團隊)」，而在心臟位置寫著「FLIP」字樣。 The "We over Me" concept is something Wolves GM Milt Newton and Saunders discussed starting last year and planned to instill as the mantra heading into the season. It was all about driving home to a young and impressionable core the importance of valuing team achievement over individual statistics. 總管 Milt Newton 和老桑從上一季就在討論「We over Me(團隊重於個人)」的概念，並且計畫把這句口頭禪當成本季標語，讓年輕球員了解，團隊成就重要性遠高於個人數據。 The NBA granted the Wolves permission to wear the shirts for the first month of the season while they mourn Saunders, who died on Sunday at age 60. 灰狼隊已取得NBA官方允許，在球季第一個月穿著此熱身球衣，悼念已逝去的老桑。 "It's one way to show tribute to him," Newton said in a telephone interview from Los Angeles. 「這是緬懷他的一種方式。」Newton 在電話的另一端說道。 The Lakers, who started in Minneapolis before moving to Los Angeles in 1960, made a classy gesture of their own, donning gray warmup shirt with "FLIP" in gold and the old Minneapolis Lakers logo. 湖人隊也在熱身球衣繡上「FLIP」，以及過去明尼亞波里斯湖人的隊徽。 Newton first became familiar with the "We over Me" concept as a player at Kansas. Jayhawks assistant Jerry Green had a wood carving that could either read "WE" or be turned upside down to read "ME." Green would change the display depending on the level of unselfishness exhibited by the Jayhawks in the previous game. Newton 在堪薩斯大學打球時期，逐漸熟悉「We over Me」的概念。當時助教 Jerry Green 擁有塊木雕，上面字樣可以讀成「WE」，也能翻轉過來讀成「ME」，他會依照前一場比賽中，球員展現的無私程度來擺設。 It resonated with Newton, who has a similar carving in his Timberwolves office and one at his home as well. Newton 的辦公室內也有塊類似設計的木雕。 "When him and I talked, we always talked about getting us some 'we' players," Newton said of his conversations with Saunders, who was the team's president of basketball operations, coach and a minority owner. "There were times last year he came into my office and noticed it was turned to 'ME.' He said, 'Yeah you got that right.' 「當他(Saunders)和我對話時，我們總會聊到要幫球隊找尋『WE』的球員。」Newton 說道。「上一季有幾次他走進我的辦公室，注意到木雕轉成『ME』，他回說『你真了解。』」 "Then there were times he came in the room, and I would have it turned to 'WE.' And he said, 'Yeah we played well last night. We shared the ball.'" 「而有時他注意到那塊木雕轉成『WE』，他會說『我們昨晚真的打的不錯，懂得分享球。』」 Saunders planned to have shirts made up for the team and staff sporting the slogan and setting the tone for youngsters like Karl-Anthony Towns, Andrew Wiggins, Zach LaVine and Shabazz Muhammad. 老桑原本計畫要將這件球衣製作出來，並使用此標語為隊上幾位年輕球員，像是 Karl-Anthony Towns、Andrew Wiggins、Zach LaVine 和 Shabazz Muhammad 等球員定調。 And it was his vision to have Kevin Garnett, Andre Miller and Tayshaun Prince on the roster to underscore the lessons given by the coaches. 把 Kevin Garnett、Andre Miller 和 Tayshaun Prince 放進球員名單，也是老桑想更凸顯教練團傳達出的團隊概念。 "I think it's really starting to trickle down," Newton said. "Sometimes players really don't understand that team concept. In high school, they're the guy. Sometimes it's not reiterated. For the most part we've got a bunch of guys that are 'we' guys instead of being 'me' guys." 「我想那概念會一點一滴進入球員內心。」Newton 說道。「有時球員們確實不了解，因為他們在高中階段都是各隊主力，不容易被反覆灌輸此概念。現在我們已經收集到一群『團隊』球員，而不是一群『個別』球員。」 Just the way Flip wanted it. 就如同老桑想要的。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 1.169.178.45 ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Timberwolves/M.1446223219.A.D61.html