Popovich's assistants popular around NBA Web Posted: 06/04/2005 12:00 AM CDT Johnny Ludden Express-News Staff Writer Spurs officials have spent the past three summers piecing together a roster they hope will contend for not only this season's NBA championship, but also for much of the rest of the decade. 马刺的制服组，在过去三个暑假中，努力拼凑一个冠军队--不止是为了 本季的冠军，而是放眼未来十年。 Tim Duncan is under contract for at least three more seasons. Manu Ginobili is completing the first season of a six-year deal. Tony Parker received a six-year extension that has yet to start. Bruce Bowen has two more years on his contract. Beno Udrih has another three on his rookie deal. Timmy的合约至少还有三年，而Manu正在6年合约的第一年而已。Tony还 有六年约，包大叔的合约也还有两年。Udrih的菜鸟合同还有三年呢。 As the Spurs prepare to play in their second NBA Finals in three years, their biggest challenge for the future, it seems, isn't keeping their players. It's maintaining their staff. 当马刺正在为三年内第二次的总决赛备战时，他们未来最大的挑战，不 是留住球员，而是留住制服组。 During the past month, assistant coach P.J. Carlesimo has interviewed for head-coaching positions with Minnesota and New York. Cleveland has spoken with 33mDanny Ferry, the Spurs' director of basketball operations, about becoming the franchise's general manager. This week, the Cavaliers hired Mike Brown, who spent three seasons as an assistant under coach Gregg Popovich, as their new head coach. 过去这个月，助理教练Carlesimo与灰狼及尼克商谈出任总教练的事。 骑士队也与咱们的篮球事务执行长Danny Ferry讨论了GM的职缺。这礼 拜，骑士队才刚聘任我们过去三季的助理教练Mike Brown 为他们的总 教头。 Four years after former Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson derisively labeled the Spurs' staff "The Simulator Crew" for its lack of NBA playing experience, the nickname has taken on a different connotation. 四年前Phil Jackson曾说过，我们的这团制服组是"The Simulator Crew"， 暗讽他们没有打过NBA的经验， "Instead of saying, 'I want to be like Mike,'" Brown said, referring to Gatorade's old Michael Jordan slogan, "teams are saying, 'I want to be like the Spurs.'" 提到开特力的广告词，Mike Brown说，「与其说 "我想像乔丹一样" ， 其他队伍会说， "我们想像马刺队一样"」。 Last summer, Portland hired 33mKevin Pritchard, one of the Spurs' scouts, as its director of player personnel. He finished the season as the Trail Blazers' interim coach. 去年暑假，拓荒者请马刺队斥候组之一的Kevin Pritchard，出任球员 事务总管。他这季担任拓荒者过渡性的教练。 Popovich and Spurs general manager 33mR.C. Buford both think Sam Presti, the team's talented 28-year-old director of player personnel, will eventually become a general manager in the league. Director of scouting Lance Blanks, who played an important role in re-signing Parker and facilitating the trade for Nazr Mohammed, also figures to attract attention from other teams. 波波和总管R.C. Buford都觉得我们28岁的球员人事主任Sam Presti一定 会成为联盟的GM之一。而在Parker 的新合约以及回教人的交易中扮演重 要角色的斥候主任Lance Blanks，也引起了别队的觊觎。 "You hate to lose people that have helped create the success you have," Spurs chairman Peter Holt said. "But, at the same time, new people come in and bring new ideas, new blood." 马刺的总裁Peter Holt说，「你会很讨厌失去那些曾经帮助你成功的人， 但是，新的成员进来同时也注入了新血，带来了新的想法」 The franchise has maintained its continuity during Holt's nine-year tenure because he hasn't had to replace any of his top- level decision makers — on either the basketball operations or business side — since former coach Bob Hill was fired. Popovich, whose contract doesn't expire until after the 2007-08 season, ceded his general manager title and day-to-day front -office duties to Buford in 2002, but continues as the executive vice president of basketball operations. 在Holt九年的任期内，球队的经营保持了连惯性。自从裁撤掉前任教练 Bob Hill，之後无论是在篮球或是生意上，他都不曾替换掉任何的高层 决策人员。合约一直延续到07-08年的波波，在2002年把GM头衔和 "day-to-day front-office duties"让给Buford做，但仍担任篮球事务 副总裁一职。 In Duncan's eight seasons, the Spurs have made three Finals appearances while compiling the highest winning percentage (.702) of any team in the four major U.S. professional sports leagues. 在Timmy八年的职业生涯里，马刺队三度在总冠军赛里头露面，并且在 北美四大职业运动联盟的所有队伍里头，拥有最高的胜率。 "The blend we have works and the teamwork we have works," Holt said. "Behind the scenes we have stability. You need that because the unstable part of the business is the basketball. On any given night, who knows what's going to happen?" 「我们融合得很好，」Holt说，「在幕後，我们有很高的稳定性。这种 稳定是必须的，因为在这整个经营过程中，最不稳定的就是球赛本身。 谁会知道在哪个晚上会发生什麽事勒？」 Still, as the Spurs' success has grown, so has their challenge to maintain it. 马刺的成功仍然持续着，他们的挑战便是维护这项成功。 Should the Timberwolves hire Carlesimo — he had another conversation in recent days with Kevin McHale, Minnesota's vice president of basketball operations, that went well — Popovich will have to fill a vacancy on his coaching staff for the fourth consecutive summer. Mike Budenholzer has been the one constant during Popovich's tenure — and probably the coach Popovich depends on the most. 要是灰狼队挖走Carlesimo，这便是连续第四个暑假，波波必须想办法填 补教练团的空缺。在波波的任期中，Mike Budenholzer 是固定的班底之 一，也许也是波波最倚赖的人。 After Brown left to become Indiana's associate head coach following the Spurs' 2003 championship, the Spurs replaced him with Mario Elie. A year later, Golden State's Mike Montgomery hired Elie as one of his top assistants. 2003年拿到冠军後，Mike Brown离开前往溜马担任助理教练，取而代之的 是Mario Elie。一年後，勇士队的Mike Montgomery挖走Elie 作为他的首 席助手。 Now charged to guide Cleveland, Brown has asked Popovich for advice in hiring his staff. He hopes to implement some of the same principles Popovich values, most notably a team-first attitude. Brown现在带领骑士队，他请教过波波用人的诀窍。他希望能把波波那一 套带进来，特别是团对至上的态度。 "The biggest thing you hear teams say is, 'We treat people the right way,'" Brown said. "But San Antonio doesn't just say it.They do it." 「一个队伍最喜欢挂在嘴边的便是"我们用正确的方式待人"，」Brown说， 「但是马刺队不只是打嘴炮，他们真的做到了。」 Three of Popovich's former players — 33mAvery Johnson, Terry Porter and Doc Rivers — are now head coaches. Former Spurs guard 33mMonty Williams also has spent the season interning with Popovich's staff. 有三个波波的前队员，小将军、Terry Porter、Doc Rivers现在是总教练。 前马刺後卫Monty Williams也在波波团队里实习了一季。 "If there's any correlation there, I think we look for guys that understand the game, understand team and truly realize what it takes to win," Popovich said. "Oftentimes if those guys want to stay in the league, they end up wanting to coach or be in management of some sort. We've been pretty fortunate to attract the kind of player that really has a good basketball IQ." 「若要说有什麽关连的话，我认为我们在寻找了解比赛、团队，也真的知道 胜利关键的人，」波波说。「若这些人想继续留在联盟工作，他们最後往往 会想要当教练或是担任某个管理职位。我们很幸运的吸引那些有高篮球智商 的球员加入。」 Popovich and Buford have an unwritten philosophy: As long as you respect the organization, the organization will do its best to advance your career. Even if it means helping a staffer find a job with another team. 波波和Buford有个带队哲学：只要你重视组织，那麽组织便会帮助你在工作 生涯上更上一层楼 -- 就算这意味着别队会来挖角(T_T)。 Ferry could be the first member of the team's current brain trust to leave, but he also has made it clear he will remain with the Spurs until the right job comes. The Cavaliers have been unable to specify the duties of their general-manager position. Ferry 是马刺现在智囊团第一个离开的成员，但是他仍然清楚的表示，除非 真的有很合胃口的工作，不然他会待在马刺队。骑士队仍不能确定GM的责任 划分。（已经是过去式了） "I think it's rewarding because people are recognizing Pop's vision, " Buford said, "and the progress this organization has made under he and Peter." 「我认为这是一种鼓励，代表人们认同了波波的先见之明，以及在波波及Holt 的带领下，这个组织的进步」Buford说。 Of course, the problem with having one's staff members leave is they usually depart with first-hand knowledge of how the franchise operates. In the case of Brown and Johnson, that means knowing much of the Spurs' playbook. Pritchard also talked openly this season about how he modeled Portland's scouting database after that of the Spurs, implementing the same formulas he learned from Presti. 当然，教练团跳槽的最大问题，便是他们带着球队经营与作战的第一手资讯离 去。以Brown 与小将军而言，意味着马刺的战术书被人家摸透透。Pritchard 也提到在离开马刺後，这一季他帮拓荒者建立斥候资料库的方式，是学自Presti的。 "Hopefully, we'll continue to evolve and make good decisions," Buford said. "What we did three to five years ago isn't what we're doing now." 「希望我们可以持续的进步，并做出正确的决策，」Buford说。「三五年前我 们搞的东西，跟现在我们在玩的可不一样呢」 The NFL's New England Patriots have coped with some of the same problems. After the Patriots won their third Super Bowl in four years, the team's offensive and defensive coordinators both left for head-coaching jobs. NFL的爱国者队也遇到一样的问题。在他们赢得四年内的第三座冠军後，队上的 进攻与防守教练都离开了。 "Working for the Spurs means a lot in the eyes of a lot of other people, " Mike Brown said. "In terms of organizations right now, they're at the pinnacle of the NBA. Everybody else is trying to get there." 「在马刺队工作在很多人眼中是很棒的事，」Mike Brown说。「以马刺目前的 组织而言，他们是NBA中的翘楚。其他人都试着达到那种程度。」 -- Cast a cold eye On life, on death. Horseman, pass by! --

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