Steve Kerr would love for Jonathan Kuminga to turn into an updated version of Shawn Marion or a close copy of Aaron Gordon and ease right in as a consummate complementary piece next to Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler, and Draymond Green. I suspect many of Kuminga’s current Warriors teammates would love that, too. Sometimes, I’m sure that Kuminga understands and embraces this practical path for his still-young career. Steve Kerr希望Jonathan Kuminga能够成为现代版的Shawn Marion，或是Aaron Gordon的 翻版，在Stephen Curry、Jimmy Butler与Draymond Green身边担任一位理想的辅助型球 员。我相信许多勇士队友也有相同的期望。有时候Kuminga似乎也理解并接受这条对他这 位年轻球员来说极具实际性的成长道路。 They know that the Kuminga situation is problematic. The Warriors know paying him his market rate would shoot them over the first apron and deep into the luxury tax. They know that in a perfect world, Kuminga would’ve been a star by now and well worth every minute and free-agent dollar. But this isn’t a perfect world. And he’s not a star yet — and might never get there on this team (or any team). 他们知道Kuminga的情况颇为棘手。勇士队若要以市价留住他，将会突破第一层薪资上限 ，并深陷豪华税泥沼。在理想情况下Kuminga此时应该已经成为一名明星球员，值得每一 分钟的上场时间。但现实并不完美而他也尚未成为球星，甚至在这支球队（或任何球队） 中可能永远都无法达到那个高度。 “It’s a tricky one because Jonathan obviously is gifted and wants to play a bigger role and wants to play more,” Kerr said on my podcast Wednesday. “ And for me, I’ve been asked to win. And right now, he’s not a guy who I can say I’m going to play 38 minutes with the roster that we have — Steph and Jimmy and Draymond — and put the puzzle together that way and expect to win. … “All I do is I try to win. That doesn’t necessarily mean everybody’s going to be happy, whether it’s the fans, or the players, or management, whatever, it’s just I’ve gotta do what I think is best.” Kerr在播客中说：「这件事很棘手，因为Jonathan显然是一位有天赋的球员，并希望能担 任更重要的角色获得更多上场时间。但对我而言，我的任务就是赢球。现在以我们拥有的 阵容来看，我无法说我会让他打38分钟，然後还期待能赢球。」 「我所做的一切，就是设法赢球。这并不意味着每个人都会满意，不论是球迷、球员，还 是管理层。我只是尽我所能做出最好的决定。」 This wasn’t meant as a definitive sendoff for Kuminga. On the Warriors’ side, Mike Dunleavy will have the most say about Kuminga’s future, which will be decided when everybody finds out which other teams are interested, what they offer, and if a sign-and-trade deal can be hammered out. It’s still possible that Kuminga ends up back with the Warriors next season. And this is just one of the issues the Warriors are facing this offseason. But it ’s the biggest one and it has the most potential ramifications. 这并不是对Kuminga的告别。就勇士方面而言，球队总经理Mike Dunleavy将对Kuminga的 未来拥有最终决定权，这将取决於其他球队是否感兴趣、他们提出什麽报价，以及是否能 达成签换协议。Kuminga下赛季仍有可能继续待在勇士。而这仅是勇士休赛季面临的众多 问题之一，但却是最具潜在影响的问题。 The Warriors just don’t have many ways to add to their roster other than seeing what they can get for Kuminga. And they definitely need to add some better-fitting pieces to their roster. So it’s a good thing that, as Curry put it and Kerr concurred, their run with Butler gave the Warriors so much clarity about the next few seasons. “You know, as soon as we traded for Jimmy Butler, we got really good,” Kerr said. “And as soon as Steph Curry got hurt, we lost. And sometimes it’s that simple.” 勇士并没有太多方式补强阵容，除了看看能否透过Kuminga换来更合适的球员。而球队确 实需要提升阵容的适配性。正如Curry和Kerr所说，与Butler合作後让勇士对未来几个赛 季的方向变得更加明确。 Kerr：「自从我们交易来Jimmy Butler我们就变得非常强。而当Curry受伤後，我们就输 球了，事情就是这麽简单。」 And you can believe that Butler should’ve been more aggressive shooting the ball once Curry was out, but you also have to understand that he instantly added so much to the Warriors precisely because he is so adamant about setting up his teammates. “I think Jimmy, he’s a subtle superstar,” Kerr said. “He doesn’t jump off the page when you watch him from afar from a skill standpoint, from an athletic standpoint. But as soon as you’re with him for a few days, you see the impact. You see how strong he is, how smart he is, the footwork. He rarely turns it over. And he’s so smart, he reminds me a lot of Andre Iguodala, the way he sees the game. 你也可以认为Butler在Curry缺赛期间应该更积极出手，但也必须理解，正因为他坚持为 队友创造机会，他的加入才让勇士的整体运作变得如此流畅。 Kerr说：「我认为Jimmy是一位细腻的超级球星。从远处看，他的技巧与运动能力可能不 那麽显眼，但只要和他共事几天，你就会看到他的影响力。他很强壮、非常聪明、脚步扎 实，极少失误，他的篮球智商让我想起Andre Iguodala。」 “Jimmy’s main thing that he wants to do is pass. And you know me, I believe passing is the key to the game, I really do. We’ve always had good passing players on our most successful teams, guys who distribute, who see the game, who understand that a good pass, whether it’s an assist or not, unlocks an offensive possession. And a couple good passes on a possession means your defense is set up and the game is flowing and it’s connected. Jimmy does all that. And that’s why we started winning.” 「Jimmy最想做的事就是传球，而你们知道我一直认为传球是比赛的关键。最成功的球队 里总有优秀的传球手，这些人懂得看比赛、懂得一个好传球即使不是助攻也能解锁整个进 攻回合。若一个回合能出现几次好传球，防守也能立刻就定位，整场比赛也能打得更流畅 与连贯，Jimmy就是这样的球员，这也是我们开始赢球的原因。」 “This kind of reminds me — this topic of, ‘Did Jimmy shoot enough?’ — kind of reminds me of … before LeBron (James) won any championships and he was with Cleveland,” Kerr said. “And he’s passing to open teammates for game-winning shots and they miss and then the next day, it’s like, ‘Why didn ’t LeBron take the game-winning shot?’ It’s like, well, because that was the right play and his teammate got a wide-open look, that’s why. “Every player is unique to himself. I think Jimmy’s an incredible player. But if you want him to score and there’s no spacing around him, which was the case for the last four games of the series without Steph, it’s going to be really hard to score, especially against a guy like (Jaden) McDaniels with (Rudy) Gobert at the rim.” 但问题来了，在没有Curry的情况下，Butler在第4和第5战加起来只出手20次，这样的方 式是否太过保守，错失帮助球队多撑一场以获得让Curry回归的机会？ Kerr回应：「这让我想起过去人们对LeBron James的评论，在他还没赢冠军还在克里夫兰 的时候。他在比赛最後传球给空档队友，但队友没投进，隔天舆论就会说：『为什麽 LeBron 不自己出手？』原因就是那是正确的选择，他的队友有一个大空档。」 「每个球员都是独一无二的。我认为Jimmy是一位不可思议的球员。但如果你希望他得分 ，场上又没有空间，比如最後四场Steph缺阵那样，要得分会非常困难，尤其面对有像 Jaden McDaniels那样的防守者，还有Gobert镇守禁区。」 Both Curry and Kerr have spoken recently about their unique relationship after all these years and how much they count on each other as they lead this team. Draymond, for sure, has a key voice on team matters. But over the last few years, it’s become more and more of very valued partnership between Kerr and Curry. “There’s no coincidence why this has lasted 11 years,” Kerr said. “Steph has been an incredible partner and an amazing guy to collaborate with. He sets the tone culture-wise for everything we do. And we have a great bond. I think we share a lot of the same values as human beings. We share a similar vision of how the game should be played. “And we look forward to seeing each other every day. So why wouldn’t we keep this thing going? And why wouldn’t we still enjoy this? And that’s the dynamic I saw with (Gregg Popovich and Tim Duncan) when I played for four seasons with the Spurs. It was very similar. It was collaborative, it was authentic, genuine love and friendship. A lot of humor, a lot of joy. It’s hard to find that, but Steph and Tim are very similar in that regard. To me probably the two most collaborative superstars, the most easy to work with superstars that I could imagine.” Curry与Kerr最近都谈到了他们多年来建立的独特关系，以及在带领球队过程中彼此有多 麽的仰赖对方。虽然Draymond无疑在球队中也拥有关键话语权，但这几年来，Kerr与Curry 之间的夥伴关系变得愈加珍贵与重要。 Kerr表示：「这段关系能够维持11年绝非巧合。Steph是一位难以置信的夥伴，也是一位 很棒的合作对象。他为我们所做的一切奠定了文化基调。我们之间有着深厚的连结，我认 为我们在人格特质上共享许多相同的价值观，也有着对比赛应该如何进行的共同愿景。」 「我们每天都期待见到彼此，那为什麽不继续这段合作？为什麽不继续享受这一切？我曾 在马刺打球四年，那时我亲眼目睹了Gregg Popovich与Tim Duncan之间的互动，这种关系 很相似合作性强、真诚、充满爱与友谊，还有很多幽默与欢乐。这样的关系很难得，而 Steph和Tim在这方面非常相像。对我而言，他们大概是我能想像到最具合作精神、最容 易共事的两位超级球星。」 While Curry, Butler, and Draymond are all signed for two more seasons, Kerr’ s most recent extension expires after next season. But he reiterated that he has zero concerns about the situation and is happy to let things happen naturally after next season. “If they want me back, I’d probably say yes,” Kerr said. “How could I say no to the Warriors and Steph and Draymond? But I’ve also learned that there’ s no reason to even consider what’s gonna happen in the next year because none of us have any idea.” But he’s definitely not setting this up as the final year of his coaching career. “I love what I do and I’m not sitting here thinking, like, ‘Yeah, I’m wrapping this thing up and I don’t have the energy,” Kerr said. “I’m not thinking that way at all. Again, this is the NBA and my contract is for another year. Let’s put that to bed. I don’t want to have any discussions about my contract for the rest of the year. I just want to go into next year and have a great season and then we’ll re-address it. Curry、Butler和Draymond都还有两年合约在身，而Kerr的合约则将在下赛季结束後到期。 不过，他强调自己对此毫无担忧，愿意顺其自然地等待赛季结束後再讨论未来。 Kerr表示：「如果他们希望我留下，我可能会说好，怎麽可能对勇士、Steph和Draymond 说不呢？但我也学到，不需要过早去考虑未来，因为我们谁也说不准一年後会发生什麽。 」 他最後也强调，自己并没有打算将下一季当作执教生涯的最後一年。 「我热爱我做的事，我不会坐在这里想：『是时候收尾了，我已经没有精力了。』 我完全不是这样想的，这是NBA而我的合约还有一年。我希望这个话题就此打住，我不想 再花一整年谈论我的合约，我只想好好度过下个赛季，然後我们再回头谈论这件事。」 消息来源：https://reurl.cc/OYggdv 短评或心得：明年完整赛季的吉巴加上勇士还是很让人期待 --

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