http://goo.gl/VSR98p (接续前一篇，一样简略解释) 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，除了伤兵之外，最令人失望的地方，老桑认为是团队防守和球的流动。进攻 上，投篮准度不佳，导因於许多不理想出手选择，没有找到合适空档，内线大个缺席也 是难打的原因。团队防守上，仍缺乏防守智慧，而且球员在防守时不习惯相互沟通，这 是整支球队最大劣势，当然也不利於相关智慧的提升。 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. 不确定感以及信心不足？老桑认同，也认为是身体素质不够，指出 Wiggins 和 LaVine 需要不断增强身体对抗性。 --- 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. 这里谈到控卫防守，Mo 本来就不是会卖力防守的球员，而 LaVine 缺乏防守经验。老桑 觉得 LaVine 除了欠缺防守基本功，还有吸收能力。球队只针对找到对位球员并进行压 迫这件事，就花了两个礼拜指导。 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 面对持球者的防守不错，但若碰到对手进行掩护，他会被撞开，因为 身体素质还不足。跟所有年轻球员一样，现阶段19岁的他害怕身体对抗。 --- 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. 谈到在 Rubio 因伤缺阵，只剩下 Mo 能控球，而 LaVine 又未成熟，球队为何没针对 这位置补人，反而不断签禁区球员。想加速 LaVine 成长？也许将造成燃烧老迈的 Mo ，且摧毁 LaVine 信心的结果。老桑解释球队在 Peko 缺阵，一旦 Dieng 发生什麽状 况，内线就没人手，只能靠 AB 这类矮小禁区球员，等 Radujica 十天短约到期後会再 评估。另一原因，原本评估 Peko 会最晚归队，甚至有下放去发展联盟调整的想法，不 过他的状况在最近大幅改善，最後决定将他放入出赛名单。 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. 老桑解释假若他们认为某位後场球员能长时间有助於球队，他们会行动。 --- 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. 这里老桑被问到球队三分火力不足的问题，老桑解释他鼓励球员投三分球，像是对小 牛队那场，Wiggins 有一球出手，其实应该传给站在底角三分空档的 LaVine，他为 此念了 Wiggins 几句。队中不缺有外线投射能力的球员，重点在於如何取得最佳出 手机会。且在没有称职後场，或是内线支柱下，的确不容易制造出空档。 --- 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过 Love，他有不少外线空档是 Rubio 帮他找到的。未来伤兵陆 续归队，Peko 在内线能吸引包夹，Rubio 能切入帮队友找寻空档，将有助於外线问题 改善。 --

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