Ken Catanella brings old- and new-school approach to Kings http://www.sacbee.com/sports/nba/sacramento-kings/kings-blog/article74813857.html Sometimes there appears to be a civil war among basketball’s executives. 有的时候在篮球管理层也会有所谓的内战产生。 On one side are the “basketball guys,” the old-school minds who trust their eyes for their evaluations and are considered dinosaurs by the younger generation. 一派就是所谓的「美国队长派」....呃，我是说老派作风，他们总是认为眼见为凭，也常 被年轻世代认为是快作古的恐龙。 On the other side is the analytics crowd, the numbers guys the older generation sarcastically says judge players with calculators because they don ’t know the game. 另一派当然就是「钢铁人派」....也就是通常称的分析派，这些数据分析者常被老派认为 完全不懂比赛，只知道靠计算机来评断球员。 Then there’s Ken Catanella. 然後我们就有变种人Ken Catanella的产生。 Catanella, hired Thursday by the Kings as assistant general manager, is caught between the two, making him ideal for the new role. The Kings have been searching for someone who knows the NBA salary cap and the collective bargaining agreement to help general manager Vlade Divac. Catanella 在周四成为国王助理GM，是两派的综合品种，也让他成为新角色的理想人选。 国王一直在找一位了解薪资和协议谈判的人员来帮助GM Vlade Divac。 Catanella is a numbers whiz who worked as a graduate assistant for the Duke men’s basketball team while pursuing his MBA. He played at Amherst College and professionally for the Cologne 99ers, and was the general manager for that franchise in Germany. Catanella also has worked for the NBA as a salarycap and analytics expert, and he’s worked on Wall Street. He was an assistant general manager for the Detroit Pistons before joining the Kings. Catanella以前曾在读MBA时，一边担任Duke男子篮球队助理。也曾在 Amherst大学以及德 国职业篮球俱乐部 Köln 99ers打过球，一度还成为该俱乐部的GM。 Catanella也曾经在 联盟担任薪资及分析专家，甚至还在华尔街待过一段时间。他在加入国王前是活塞的助理 GM。 “My history in the game has been (across) the basketball spectrum,” Catanella said. “My education happens to be in the CBA and analytics, and that’s actually what I bring to an organization. So I’m very much looking forward to working with Vlade, whose basketball credentials speak for themselves.” 「我的经历遍及篮球的每个角度。学历上我主攻成本效益及分析，这也是我会为球队带来 的部分。所以我会很希望能与已经用篮球证明自己的Vlade共事。」Catanella说。 Catanella anticipates “free-flowing” conversations with the basketball staff as the team prepares for the NBA draft on June 23. In his five years with the Pistons, he’s learned the importance of trust and communication. Catanella 期许在团队一边准备六月底的选秀时，成员间能有「自由的交流」。在他效力 活塞的五年间，他了解到互信及沟通的重要。 Detroit has revamped its roster over the last couple of years with timely trades to add key players (Reggie Jackson, Tobias Harris), which led to a return to the playoffs this season. 活塞近几年不停透过即时的交易带来了关键球员(Reggie Jackson、Tobias Harris等)也让 球队本季重返季後赛。 Catanella is enthused about joining the Kings and expects the team to become a “first-class, cutting-edge” organization. Catanella 对於加入国王迫不及待，并希望这只球队能重回顶尖行列。 “I’m energized by the concept of working with Vlade,” Catanella said. “ His vision, his passion, I’m really eager to get to work to building a winning team with him for the city and the region.” 「要跟 Vlade共事大大激励了我；他是位有远见跟热情的人，我真的很希望迅速与他一起 为沙城共建一只赢球的队伍。」 The Kings have needed someone with Catanella’s skills since former general manager Pete D’Alessandro resigned just before last year’s draft to join the Nuggets. 自从前GM PDA於去年选秀前离职後，国王就需要一位像Catanella这样的专家。 Divac had said he wouldn’t rush to hire a new executive, even if it meant hiring a new coach first. He said Catanella has all the qualities he was looking for during his nearly yearlong search to replace D’Alessandro, who ran basketball operations before Divac was hired in March, 2015. Divac 说他并不曾急於去聘请一位新的管理阶层人员，即使这代表需要先新聘教练。但在 Catanella 身上他见到自PDA 离职後他所找寻的特质。 “I’d heard about him when I was searching around the league,” Divac said. “And when I interviewed him, I felt very comfortable around him talking basketball.” 「我在寻遍全联盟时就久闻他的大名了，跟他面试时，我真的觉得和他谈篮球很舒服。」 Divac说。 After D’Alessandro left, the Kings relied on Divac and assistant general manager Mike Bratz, who now is the director of scouting. 在 PDA离开後，国王就一直依靠Divac及助理GM Mike Bratz，现在Bratz担当的会是球探部 门的主管。 “(Catanella) brings to the Kings something I was looking for,” Divac said. “Especially analytics and the salary cap.” 「他带给国王我所要找寻的，特别是分析跟薪资的部分。」Divac说。 -- 友措顷止郑，谢谢 --

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