来源：溜马官方网站 http://nba.us/pacers/news/larry_bird_110428.html Larry Bird discusses Pacers future April 28, 2011 Is there a timetable on your decision on whether to return? 关於你决定去留这件事，有时间表吗？ The way me and Mr. Simon's been handling this, we wanted to wait till after the season, get together, sit down, talk about a few things and basically go from there. The big question of mine to him is, "Now we have the money, are we going to be able to spend it? We waited three years to get to this point, now what can we do? What are you going to let us do?" There's a lot of questions that are going to be asked and I want to see what direction he wants to go. 我和老板 Simon 处理这件事的方式是，希望等到球季结束後，坐下来好好谈，再从结论 做出决定。我对老板要优先提出的重大问题是：「现在我们有钱了，那我们可以花掉它 吗？我们等了三年才走到这一步，现在我们能作些什麽？你会允许我们作什麽？」有很 多要问的问题，而我想先看看老板的意向如何。 If Herb is on board with what you believe going forward, does that seal the deal? 如果 Herb 赞成你想做的事，那事情就这样决定了吗？ Well, there's a lot of different questions I want to ask him and get his take on everything and see how he feels about the direction of the team, have a lot of input on it, go back and forth and just make a decision right after I talk to him. 嗯，不过我还有不少问题得问，了解他对大小事的看法，对球队方向觉得如何……有很 多东西需要反覆厘清，然後在我和他谈完之後做出决定。 Do you know when that's going to happen? 你知道何时会和他会谈吗？ I talked to him last night and hopefully we'll get together in the next week or two. 我昨晚和他谈过，希望能在下周或下下周。 What are your thoughts on Frank Vogel's performance? 你觉得 Frank Vogel 表现如何？ I think Frank did an excellent job, stepping in without the experience of a head-coaching job and the way he conducted himself, he brought positive energy to this team. We won more games than we lost, he did it with a young team, a team that's trying to grow. We went through a period where we won a lot of games, then we lost some and at the end of the season he got 'em back and they probably performed as well in the playoffs as they did in any part of the season and that's a good sign. 我认为 Frank 真的做得很好，从来没有总教练经历而临时接手，但他确实为球队带来了 正面能量。他率领一支年轻、成长中的球队打出胜多败少的战绩。我们有段时间开高走 低，而他在季末把情况导正回来，而且在季後赛表现也一样地好，这是个好的徵象。 Will you wait until your status is determined before moving forward with interviewing coaching candidates? 你会等到你的去留决定後，才开始面试总教练候选人吗？ I would like to settle this today so we can get moving here but I do have an owner. I have a boss and he wants me to go through the draft. Hopefully in the next week or two I can find out what's going on and we can get some things done. We've got a lockout looming and it's really on his timetable. I hate to throw him under the bus like that but it is what it is. 如果可能的话，我想今天就开始，这样可以快一点，但我上头还有老板。老板希望我弄 完选秀。希望一两周内我就能知道老板的决定，然後开始着手作点事。另外，明年也有 可能封馆，这点也得由他来定夺。我并不想把所有责任都推给他，但事情就是这样。 Given Vogel's performance, can you envision a future without him? Vogel 表现得这麽出色，你认为球队未来会舍弃他吗？ I'm sure Frank's going to have some interviews and I want to interview a couple of guys. It's a process but we're going to go through it. I think Frank did an excellent job. Obviously, I said he's going to have the first interview and the last interview. I was very impressed with a lot of things he did. He grew along with our players. It's just a situation where he's a free agent and there's some other free agents out there and we're going to talk to a few people and make a decision and hopefully it's a quick decision. 我会找几位人选来面试，而我很肯定 Frank 一定会获得几次面试的机会。这是个必经的 流程。我认为 Frank 做得非常好。我会第一个找他来面试，最後也会再和他面谈一次。 我对他作的许多事都印象深刻。他和球员们一同成长。不过情况就是如此：他是自由之 身，也有好些人情况和他一样，而我们会和几位候选人谈过之後做出决定，希望不会花 太多时间。 Looking back, do you feel you've accomplished what you set out to do here? 回顾过去，你觉得你达成了你当初所决定要作的事了吗？ When I took over three years ago and Donnie left, we both knew this was going to be a great challenge. We were sitting at around $76 million, we were a $6 million tax-payer and we had some assets we felt like we might be able to trade. We knew moving forward for three years we weren't going to have any money. If we had a $100 million payroll, it's a lot easier. So we're trying to build a team through the draft without any money. We got Dahntay Jones for his contract, but we (cut) $5 million somewhere else. That's how we had to do it. I'm not satisifed with how we did overall but obviously we're moving in the right direction and now we're down to where we have a lot of cap space and we've just got to use it the right way. We're in a great situation here. We do have some young talent that obviously they've got to get better as they grow, but we're in position where we can be a player in the free agent market. I know the type of players I'd like to get, it's just a matter of if we can get 'em. 从三年前 Donnie Walsh 离去，我接手他的位置以来，我们都知道这会是个巨大的挑战 。当时球队薪资达到 $76M，要缴 $6M 豪华税，而我们有些能拿来交易的筹码。我们知 道这样下去三年内将不再有任何钱可用。如果我们有 $100M 薪资，那也许事情会简单不 少。於是我们决定从选秀来建立球队，而不花大钱。我们签了 Dahntay Jones，但在其 他地方省下了 $5M。这是我们必须作的。我对过去所做的并非全然满意，但很明显地， 我们走在正确的方向上，而现在也空出不少薪资空间，我们得正确地用掉它。我们现在 的处境很不错：有好些年轻人，随着他们成长一定会越来越好，而且我们还有机会在 FA 市场大展身手。我知道我想要的是什麽类型的球员，剩下的就只是能否弄到手的问题。 Is there anything holding you back that says "Maybe I don't want to do this? Maybe I want to be down in Florida on the beach?" 你心里会不会有股声音阻止你：「说不定我根本不想作这工作？也许我真正想的是去佛 罗里达海滩作日光浴」？ Why's it got to be Florida all the time? (Laughter) Here's the thing, and I think about this a lot. When you're in a position for a period of time, sometimes do they need a new direction, a new voice? I don't know if they do or not. I know the last three years have been very tough. I actually like all my players. They're fun to be around. We had some issues this year that I addressed yesterday to each one of them but they're excited and I'm excited for them. My decision will be based on my decision with Mr. Simon. If I like what I hear I'll probably be back. But if there's some things he sees in the job performance I did and he's not comfortable with it, it might be time for a new voice. 为什麽非是佛罗里达不可？（笑）以下是我反覆思量的想法。当你身处同一个位置一段 时间，有时候需要新的方向、新的声音？我不确定是不是如此。我知道过去三年十分艰 困。我真的很喜欢我们的球员。和他们相处很愉快。我们今年确实有些问题，我昨天和 他们每一个人对谈时也讲过，但他们很兴奋，我也为他们感到兴奋。我的决定得视老板 的决定而定。如果我觉得我得到的回答不错，那我很可能会回来。但如果他对我的工作 表现有什麽地方不满意，那也许就是需要新声音的时候。 Could the unsettled NBA labor situation wreck your plans for the team this offseason? 混沌未明的劳资争议会不会打乱你今年休赛期间的计画？ I don't know. I don't know what the rules are going to be. I can only sense that it's going to help us, no matter what happens. But I don't know the rules. If I knew the rules, I could tell you. I just hope they can come to an agreement in a short period of time. 我不知道。我不知道新的规则会变什麽样。我只知道无论事情怎麽演变，情况将会对我 们有利。不过我不知道规则会是如何。假如我知道规则的话，我会告诉你们。我只希望 他们能尽早达成协议。 Are you saying this is not the ideal time for you to be leaving? 你的意思是，这不是你离开的理想时机吗？ I don't know. This is really not about me. It's about the franchise and I want to do what's right for the franchise. I've always said there's 30 jobs like I have and I think it's the best job you could possibly have. Yeah, there's some ups and downs but I've been in this business for 31 years, I know a little bit about it, I enjoy it, I love the games and I really love the playoffs for some reason and I really like my players. I've seen them grow. I know we have a lot of holes we have to fill but we're in a situation now where we can do it. I don't know if we can do it all next year but we've got to continue to get pieces and put this thing together. Our ultimate goal is to get back to being competitive for the Eastern Conference championship and I'm very high on a lot of our players. I think in the draft we'll be lucky enough to get another great player and just continue to build this. It'd be nice if there was no lockout and we could get this thing done this summer but unfortunately it looks like there's going to be one. 我不知道。这不是我能决定的。这是球队的事情，而我想作对球队有益的事。就像我一 直以来所讲的，也许我有 30 多个工作机会，而我觉得这是其中最好的。没错，过去曾 有许多起起落落，但我在这行打滚也有 31 年了。我对这门工作有些了解，也喜爱这份 工作，喜爱篮球，喜爱季後赛，也喜爱我的球员们。我看着他们成长茁壮。我知道阵容 有许多缺陷必须填补，而我们现在的处境恰好办得到。我不知道是否靠一年的时间就能 补齐，但我们会持续蒐集拼图来补完阵容。我们的终极目标是重返东区冠军竞争者行列 ，而我对球员们的前景十分看好。我想幸运的话我们可以在选秀中选中另一名好球员， 然後继续照这套方式重建。如果不会封馆的话，应该今年夏天就可以完成这些工作，那 就太好了，可惜照现在情况看来封馆是无可避免。 What are your plans for your own free agents, specifically Jeff Foster, Mike Dunleavy and Josh McRoberts? 你对本队的 FA，尤其是 Jeff Foster，Mike Dunleavy，Josh McRoberts 有何计画？ We've got T.J. (Ford), we've got a lot of guys. I don't know yet. We're going to look at everything. I like all my guys. Some will probably be back and some won't. It's according to what we do in free agency. 我们有 T.J. Ford 以及其他人。我还没有计画。我们会看情况如何再决定。我喜欢我们 全部的球员。有些人可能会留，有些人会走。这将视我们在 FA 市场的情况决定。 If you don't come back, do you feel it's right to work through the draft, or should the new guy be able to come in and pick his team moving forward? 如果你不留任，你觉得把选秀选完才走比较好，还是让继任者决定他要选的人比较好？ I do but I have an owner. He wants me to do it and he's paying me till August so I'll do what he tells me to do. But I do think if you're going to make a change, you need to do it right away. He needs to be in control of the draft and he needs to pick his coach. 我倾向後者，不过我上头还有老板。我的合约到八月，而他希望要走也是等选完选秀才 走，所以我还是会遵照他的意思。但我的确认为：如果球队决定要改变，应该当下就做 。新的继任者必须选他想要的人，还有选他属意的总教练。 You mentioned liking your players and that wasn't always the case in the past. Was that because you were able to make moves to build a positive locker room? 你说喜欢手下的球员，但以前好像不是这样。这是因为你所作的决策，改变了更衣室气 氛的关系吗？ One of our problems this year (was) we didn't have a positive locker room all year. I addressed that with some players yesterday. They understood. They know I'm not happy about it and we're going to make some changes there. I've been in this league for so long, I know in your locker room you don't have to hug and kiss each other every time you come in. It doesn't work that way. But you've got to respect one another. You've got to be professional about the way you do your business. And I expect that out of my players. We addressed all that. The guys said they understand and it'll never happen again. But I came back and said, "If it does happen and I'm here, you won't be here." We're not having that anymore. I think it cost us some games this year and it's going to be interesting because there are some guys that need to grow up and be professional about their job. 球队今年的问题之一是：并非整年更衣室里的气氛都很好。我昨天和球员们对谈时也有 提到，而他们也了解这点。他们知道我对此不满，而我们得作些改变。我在联盟这麽久 了，我知道不是每次进门就得拥抱或亲吻才算是气氛和睦，但至少得彼此互相尊重。职 业球员就该有职业球员的样子。我希望球员们作到这点。我们都谈过，他们也说了解了 ，保证绝不再犯。但我也回头警告他们说：「如果在我任内又发生这种鸟事，那你就准 备滚蛋吧！」这种事不会再发生了。我想这让我们今年少了几胜，有些球员需要成长并 以专业态度面对工作，这会很有意思。 Aside from the willingness to spend money, are there any other issues of concern you need to address with Mr. Simon? 除了花钱的意愿之外，你还想问老板 Simon 什麽问题？ It's going to make my job a lot tougher. It's going to make the next guy's job a lot tougher. I understand our situation here with the Pacers the last three years. We've lost a lot of money. I know that Mr. Simon doesn't want to jump back in there and be up against the tax again right away. But we've got to be selective in who we draft and who we go get in free agency. I understand all that. But if you're going to be competitive in this league and you're in a situation to be competitive, you've got to take advantage of it. 这会让我，或是继任者的工作变得更加艰难。我了解球队过去三年的处境。我们亏损了 很多钱。我知道老板 Simon 并不想马上跳回前几年要缴豪华税的程度。我们得慎选我们 要的新秀和 FA。我了解这一切，但是如果要成为强队，而刚好又有补强的可能的话，你 当然得利用这个机会。 What positions would you like to target to upgrade the team? 你想针对哪个位置来让球队升级？ That's hard for me to do but if you watch our team play and you know a little bit about our game, you know what we need. It's pretty simple. We have a lot of young players. I look at them and you always say they've got to improve and they've got to get stronger. I don't think Hansbrough's got to get any stronger. I don't think Lance has got to get any stronger. I don't think Danny's got to get any stronger, or Jeff. But the rest of the kids have got to do things to improve. If you really watch our team a couple times a week or you go to our practices, you know exactly what we need. It's not fair for me to get into the positions because when the season starts everybody's going to be fighting for that power spot or that center spot and the guys that come in are going to have to work for it. But we are in good position and we've got to take advantage of it. 对我来说这工作不容易，不过如果有看球，对球队有些理解的话，你应该会知道球队需 要什麽。要的其实很简单。我们有一群年轻球员。看看他们你就会知道他们需要更加进 步、需要变得更强壮。我想 Hansbrough 应该不需要练得更壮了。Lance 也是，Danny、 Jeff 也是。但其他人都有不少课题要作。如果你有亲眼看球队比赛或是练球的话，你会 知道球队需要什麽。要我特别针对哪个位置是不公平的，因为当下个球季开始时，人人 都在竞争那个 PF 或 C 的位置，而获得先发位置的人也有很多课题要作。但我们处在有 利的处境，而我们会善加利用。 Lance Stephenson was the focal point of many of the locker room problems you mentioned. Is it a matter of him growing up or the players respecting him more? Lance Stephenson 是许多你所说的更衣室问题的焦点。是他成熟度的问题，或是其他球 员不够尊重他？ I'm not going to sit here and blame it all on Lance. The one thing we don't have in there is a leader. If I played with Lance I would have no problem. I know Lance Stephenson can play basketball and I would do everything in my power to get him on the court because if he's on the court and he's one of our better players, he wins games for us. I also know that Lance is very immature. I've got a son the same age and it's not all roses every day at the house, either. I'm not giving up on Lance Stephenson. Now, if he does something in the summertime you can always go back and change your mind. But as of right now Lance Stephenson is one heck of a basketball player and I expect him to grow, I expect him to get better and I expect him to do the things necessary to get on the basketball court for us. If he does that, we're going to win basketball games. He's one of the most talented kids we have. But there's some issues there and it's not only him. We've got some veterans in our locker room that were a pain and I addressed that yesterday and we're not having it anymore. It's not like our locker room was a mess every day but off and on different times. When you have 15 players, there's going to be three guys that don't dress. Early in the season, guys didn't know if they were going to be sitting out or if they were going to play. Under Frank, we sort of knew the three guys who weren't going to dress. I think guys knew their roles. I think there was a lot more communication. The last 25-30 games I think Frank did a good job of letting the players know where they stood. But Lance Stephenson is one heck of a basketball player and I say it, I see it every day and I'm not giving up on the young man. 我不会把一切都归咎於 Lance。我们缺少一位领袖型人物。如果是我和 Lance 一起打球 ，那就不会出什麽问题。我知道 Lance 能打，而我会尽我职权所能让他上场，因为他是 我们阵中较有天赋的球员，他上场时能为我们赢得比赛。我也知道 Lance 十分不成熟。 我儿子和他同年，在家相处也不是每天都很顺遂。我不会这麽快放弃 Lance Stephenson 。如果他今年夏天搞出了什麽事，那也还来得及回头改变主意，但截至目前为止，Lance Stephenson 是个很棒的球员，我预期他会成长、进步、达成足以上场的要求。如果他能 作到，那我们可以赢下很多比赛。他是我们阵中天赋最高的球员之一。他的确有些问题 ，但也不是只有他有问题。有些老鸟是更衣室气氛破坏者，我昨天也提过，而这种情况 不会再发生了。更衣室气氛并非总是很糟糕，而是有一阵没一阵的。我们有 15 个球员 ，总是会有 3 个人上不了场。在开季之初，球员们根本不知道他们到底会不会被叫上场 。而在 Frank 底下，则事先就会知道哪三个人不用上场。我想这样球员会比较了解自己 的角色，沟通也变多了。我认为 Frank 在最後 25-30 场，让球员们知道自己扮演的角 色，这点做得很成功。Lance Stephenson 是个很棒的球员，就像我一再说的，我不会放 弃他。 If the NCAA moves up the date for college underclassmen to withdraw from the draft, how does it affect your evaluation process? 如果 NCAA 把撤回选秀申请的日期提前，这会影响你对新秀的评估吗？ It always affects it. There's some young men I thought were definitely going to be in the draft and they didn't even apply for it. There's one of them that pulled out that I was going to take. So it affects everything we do. 当然会有影响。有些你预期一定会中选的新秀根本没有提出申请。而就有一个我本来打 算要选的人已经退出选秀了。这会影响我们做的一切决策。 --

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