来源: The ESPN 网址: https://tinyurl.com/y85xsobf The final days of the Butler saga, and why it could cost Thibodeau his job JB大戏即将落幕 以及Thibodeau可能会工作不保的原因 by Adrian Wojnarowski As Tom Thibodeau's plan disintegrated, owner Glen Taylor lost his last remnants of belief in this crumbling regime. Taylor had delivered Thibodeau a long and rich contract as the Minnesota Timberwolves president and coach, control of basketball operations and the trust to be a steward of a franchise forever in disrepair. 随着Thibodeau的计画土崩瓦解，灰狼老板Glen Taylor丧失了对这管理团队的最後一丝丝 信心。Taylor曾经给了Thibodeau一份长肥约，让他管理球队，也当球队教练，相信他会为 这一支始终在重整的团队当好管家的责任。 Taylor's judgment has been perpetually suspect, from a secret Joe Smith deal that cost Minnesota draft picks to wasting Kevin Garnett's prime to the David Kahn catastrophe. In getting things wrong, Taylor has been spectacular in his mishaps. 灰狼老板Taylor的判断力始终是让人怀疑的，从那桩Joe Smith的秘密交易让灰狼丢掉了选 秀签，浪费了Kevin Garnett的黄金年华，到David Kahn的灾难。在败事有余这件事上，他 真的很棒。 In the end, Taylor didn't sign off on a Jimmy Butler trade as much as he surrendered to one of the most embarrassing episodes in franchise history. 到最後，把JB交易掉这件事的难堪远不及让他成为队史上最难堪的几个事件之一。 Thibodeau sold Taylor on trading a starry young core and a high lottery pick to Chicago for Butler on draft night in 2017, sold him on waiting out Butler's preseason trade demand for two months. Thibodeau在2017年选秀日让Taylor同意把他们的年轻核心跟高顺位选秀给了公牛，换来了 JB，Thibodeau也让Taylor买帐，让JB在赛季开始前的吹密足足又等了两个月才解决。 He sold him a strategy of publicly excusing Butler's disruptive behavior, compromising his own credibility within his locker room, because Thibodeau believed he could navigate the dysfunction and win games. Thibodeau也让Taylor相信他的策略，公开的抨击JB捣乱的行为，让他在球员休息室里的信 用破产，因为Thibodeau相信他可以在撑过这样混乱的局面，然後可以赢球。 Thibodeau sold Taylor on passing on a strong Miami trade package, because he was sure Pat Riley would come back with a better offer, and the league would chase in a bidding frenzy for Butler. Thibodeau让Taylor相信，放掉热火提的交易包，因为他确信Pat Riley会提更大一包来， 然後联盟其他各队会疯狂追逐JB。 Taylor kept doubling down, and when he hung up the phone with Philadelphia owner Josh Harris on Saturday morning, Minnesota had lost everything -- the four-time All-Star in his prime, the trade standoff, and ultimately, the trust to stay with Thibodeau and GM Scott Layden beyond this season. Taylor持续加码，而当到了上星期六早上，他与76人老板Josh Harris通完电话，灰狼什麽 都没了--还在黄金岁月的四届全明星，无解的交易，以及丧失了要撑完这季对Thibodeau以 及球队总管Scott Layden的信任。 Even at the expense of sullying his professional standing, Butler played them all in Minnesota -- and shamed the Timberwolves into trading him to a big market contender. The Timberwolves couldn't find a team to bail them out of this debacle, and Thibodeau couldn't sell Taylor on one more basketball game with Butler in a Timberwolves uniform. 即使这会对他的职业生涯有所损害，JB还是演足了这场大戏--好好羞辱了灰狼，好让他们 把他交易到大市场的争冠队伍去。在这混乱的情况，灰狼找不到其他球队可以帮他们， Thibodeau也没办法说服Taylor再次相信他，让JB穿着灰狼球衣，让他再为灰狼打一场球。 Eventually, Thibodeau had lost hope that he could convince Butler to stay for the long term, but his ego still believed he could coach these Timberwolves into playoff contention before the February trade deadline. He underestimated this saga's impact on the rest of the team, especially his young max-contract players, as they watched Thibodeau excuse behavior and beg Butler to play games. 到最後，Thibodeau终於放弃了说服JB为球队留下来的想念，但是他的自负仍让他相信在二 月交易大限前他仍然能够教导灰狼队，可以有季後赛的机会。他低估了这场闹剧对於球队 里其他球员的影响，尤其是那几位年轻的顶薪球员，当他们看着Thibodeau为行为找藉口以 及他拜托JB打球的样子。 Minnesota desperately tried to cobble together trade offers in the past week, including extensive discussions with New Orleans, league sources said. The Pelicans are limited on tradeable assets, but desperate to find star power to keep Anthony Davis for the long run. The Pelicans wouldn't include point guard Jrue Holiday in its offer, nor multiple draft picks, league sources said. 灰狼在上周孤注一掷的拼凑出交易内容，据联盟消息来源说，这包括了与水鸟的深入讨论 。水鸟没有太多可以交易的筹码，但是非常渴望可以找到一位明星球员来跟Anthony Davis 搭档。消息来源说，水鸟不愿意把控卫Jrue Holiday放在交易包，也不愿意给选秀签。 Minnesota passed on a Miami deal weeks ago that would've included guard Josh Richardson, and the Heat never returned him into talks, sources said. Washington wouldn't offer guard Bradley Beal, sources said. 消息来源说，灰狼在几周前放掉了热火提的交易包，里面包括的後卫Josh Richardson，之 後热火就没在回电话了；来源也说，巫师不愿意给後卫Bradley Beal。 Through it all, the 76ers lurked. When Philadelphia principal owner Josh Harris talked with Taylor at the NBA's board of governors meeting in September, Taylor made it clear that he hoped the 76ers would become part of the trade process. Harris was eager to engage, but GM Elton Brand -- still new to the job -- intentionally resisted for weeks as the Timberwolves whiffed on unrealistic asks for Butler, including finding a third team for Gorgui Dieng and the three years, $48 million left on his contract. 经过了这些，76人浮出台面。在九月的球团老板会议，76人主要拥有者Josh Harris跟 Taylor有过讨论，Taylor很清楚表示他希望76人可以成为这交易的一部分。Harris很想 谈，但是刚上任的总管Elton Brand对於灰狼要交易JB提出的不合理要求拒绝了好几个星 期。那些要求包括要找第三队来接Gorgui Dieng以及接手他剩下的三年4800万镁合约。 The Sixers initial offer was restrained, letting the Timberwolves choose between Dario Saric or Robert Covington, sources said. Within the past 10 to 14 days, the deal finally included both players -- but no first-round pick. Philadelphia's salary structure made the Sixers reluctant to pay Dario Saric $16 to $20 million annually on his rookie extension next year, allowing them to trade Robert Covington's four years, $46 million to clear the way to make Butler the third major financial investment with Joel Embiid and the max contract that will eventually come for Ben Simmons. 消息来源说，76人一开始给的东西很少，只让灰狼选看是要Dario Saric或是Robert Covington。随着过去10到14天里，交易变成包括这两个球员都要--但是没有首轮签。76人 的薪资结构让他们对於Dario Saric在明年菜鸟续约要付1600万到2000万镁不是很愿意，这 让他们愿意交易Robert Covington，四年4600万镁的合约，这清出空间给了JB以及除了 Embiid之外也有空间给第三个顶级约，估计最後会给Ben Simmons。 The Sixers believe they're working out of a position of leverage with Butler. They want to sign him to a long-term deal this summer, and Butler is hellbent on a massive financial score. Philadelphia's locker room is a temperamental mix, and Butler needs to discover the best way to grow his young teammates. Based on his time in Chicago and Minnesota, that apsect of the game hasn't been Butler's strongest resume line. 76人相信他们会找出方式跟JB谈合约，他们今年夏天会想跟JB签长约，而且JB也想要一张 肥约。76人的球员休息室不易捉摸，JB得要找出最好的方式好与这些年轻队友打成一片。 但是基於他过去在公牛与灰狼的表现，那能力不在JB的履历表上。 As one league executive who pursued a Butler trade told ESPN, "He has to be on his best behavior [in Philly], and he knows it. If he screws up that team, that'll be three straight teams. Someone will sign him in free agency, but he won't get all that he's asking for." 据一位联盟高层参予追求JB交易所说，「JB得要在76人有最佳表现，他自己也知道。若是 他又搞砸了，这会是连续三队。这样的话，在他FA开始後是会有球队签他，但是他不会拿 到他所想要的全部。」 Only the Sixers can sign him to a fifth guaranteed year, and only they'll be able to pay him the most on a four-year deal. The Sixers will get to study his body, and get to measure the medical risks of signing him into his mid-30s, too. 只有76人有能力可以签他的第五年，也只有他们可以给他最高的4年约，76人将会有机会好 好观察他的体能，好好评估这会跨到JB三十多岁的约上面的医疗风险有多少。 In a lot of ways, Butler is perfect for the Philadelphia marketplace: tough-minded, fierce and unafraid. The fans will love him. As the Sixers fell behind Boston, Toronto and Milwaukee in the standings -- and July free agency offered no guaranteed solutions -- this deal made sense on every level for the Sixers. 从很多方面来说，JB对於费城人市场是个完美组合：心智坚强，凶猛，无惧，球迷会爱上 他。随着76人战绩排在青赛，暴龙，公鹿之後--七月的FA市场也不保证一定会成功--这桩 交易从哪个方面来看对76人只有好处。 As Philadelphia ramps up its rise into contention, Minnesota is sorting through what's left in Butler's wake. Taylor considered firing Thibodeau and Layden in the summer -- well before the Butler situation escalated -- and has continued to consider possibilities to eventually replace both of them, league sources said. There's immense pressure on Minnesota's management structure to see dividends on this trade. 随着76人踩下油门冲入竞争行列，灰狼正要开始收拾JB离开後的残局。消息来源说， Taylor在过去这个夏天有考虑要开除Thibodeau跟Layden两人--远在JB闹剧恶化之前--现在 仍持续考虑要更换这两个人的可能性，这交易之後所衍生的效应将会对於灰狼管理阶层有 着迫切的压力。 Thibodeau gambled using every fiber of a coach's short-term sensibilities over those of management's longer view -- and lost on them all. Butler deserves his blame for an unseemly two months that dented the NBA brand, but Thibodeau didn't trade for a stranger in June 2017. Butler was his guy, and Thibodeau will be accountable for the fallout. Thibodeau用他教练的评估炒短线，却没看到球队管理的长期观点--这让他输了全部。对於 JB在过去两个月的不当举动损害了NBA这招牌，他应该被谴责，但是Thibodeau在2017年从 公牛交易来的JB不是他不认识的球员，JB是他找来的，他要为这整件事负起责任。 Commissioner Adam Silver disdained the optics of these past several weeks, and that has left plenty of owners convinced Silver is a strong believer in the separation of front office and coaching powers. Silver was one of several league powerbrokers who Thibodeau visited in his season out between Chicago and Minnesota. Back then, Thibodeau sold himself as a rejuvenated renaissance man, promising to bring a different disposition to his next job. 联盟主席Adam Silver在过去几周对於这一连串的事件不屑评估，这让许多球队老板认为 Silver是一个对於要分开制服组以及教练团权力的拥护者。在那时Thibodeau离开公牛还没 加入灰狼前的时候，Silver是Thibodeau拜访的几个有力人士之一。那时，Thibodeau把他 自己塑造成一个充满活力博学多才的人，相信他会对提供他工作的人带来不一样的做法。 Thibodeau the coach turned out to be Thibodeau the president and coach: embroiled in turmoil, entangled in needless clashes and chasing today over tomorrow. 教练Thibodeau变成了球队营运长兼教练Thibodeau：把混乱的局面搞得更乱，纠结在原本 不必要的冲突，炒短线而输掉长期的结果。 His big score as an executive turned out to be his undoing as a coach. Jimmy Butler's gone now, but the price to get him, appease him and ultimately trade him could cost Tom Thibodeau everything. 他成为球队管理者是他的重要成就，但也是他成为失败的教练的原因。JB离开了，但是当 初为了拿到他，後来安抚他，最後交易掉他，这代价将会让Thibodeau失去所有。 -- 标题 [公告] NBA 板 开始举办乐透! 4、双十 = 两队四节打完107比107进入延长赛 开奖结果: 双十 --

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