From Ohio to Minnesota 从俄亥俄到明尼苏达 "Last year, we were in Flip's car going down to Cleveland," Wilson says. "He always takes a nap; I always drive. I said, 'You know what's really good about our team? I can't even tell you -- and I don't think you can -- what each of our guys is scoring per game. They don't seem to care, and we don't seem to care. I think that's key for us.' "去年，我们开老桑的车下去克里夫兰，"Wilson说。"他总是打个盹；我总负责开车。 我说，'你知道我们球队好在哪里？我甚至没办法告诉你 -- 而我也不认为你能 -- 每场比 赛都可能由不同的球员挺身而出扛起攻坚重任。他们似乎不在乎，而我们也不在乎。我认 为那就是我们之所以表现优异的关键。' "Before he falls asleep, Flip asks me to wake him up at a certain time because he has an ESPN phone interview. So he wakes up, and he's talking on the cell phone, and he's asked a question. He goes: 'You know what's really good about our team? I can't even tell you what each of our guys is scoring ... ' "在他想睡觉前，老桑要我在特定时间叫醒他，因为他必须接受ESPN的电话采访。所以 他醒过来，开始讲手机，而他被问了一个问题。他回答：'你知道我们球队好在哪里？我甚 至没办法告诉你每场比赛都可能由不同球员跳出来得分...' "I just smiled." "我只是笑了笑。" Asked about the influence he has played in Saunders' career, Wilson refuses any credit with a wave of his hand. 被问及他在老桑的人生中起到的影响，Wilson摇了摇手拒绝接受任何称赞。 On his job as Saunders' special assistant, Wilson says: "I told Joe (Dumars) and John Hammond one time, 'If I would have sent you my resume, you would have put a coffee cup on it and mailed it back to me.' 关於他身为老桑特助的工作，Wilson说："有一次我告诉老乔和J.Hammond，'如果我传 给你一份我的履历，你会把它拿来当咖啡杯的垫子并把它寄还给我。' "I tell people my job is to take care of Flip. I'm like Flip's assistant coach. I don't pick up his dry cleaning -- I don't even live by him -- but I keep him centered, keep him focused, give him little snippets." "我告诉人们我的工作是照顾老桑。我像是老桑的助理教练。我不负责帮他送衣服到乾 洗店去 -- 我甚至也没跟他住在一起 -- 但我持续关心、注意他，给他一些建言。" Saunders counters: "No. 1, he has the same authority as our other assistants, that's how I look at it. I respect his opinion a lot. I give my assistants a lot of responsibility to do things. With this team, we use a lot more zone -- that's kind of his forte." 老桑回应道："第一，他和我们其他助理教练拥有同样的影响力，那就是我看待他的方 式。我很尊重他的意见。我赋予我的助理们很多职责。在这支球队，我们运用许多的区域 联防 -- 那是他的专长。" After playing for Musselman at Ashland, Wilson became an assistant coach on Musselman's staff in 1971 at the University of Minnesota. 在艾许兰学院为Musselman打球後，Wilson於'71年在明尼苏达大学成为Musselman教练 团队中的助理教练。 The Pistons use a type of match-up zone defense that Musselman mastered to turn Ashland into one of the top defensive teams in the country in the late 1960s. It was called the "hyperbolic, paraboloid, transitional, floating defensive zone." Wilson said the system actually was the brainchild of Ray Mears, who coached Musselman at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. Mears later coached at the University of Tennessee in 1963-1977. 活塞运用一种Musselman经通的，在'60年代末期让艾许兰成为全国最杰出的防守球队 之一的人盯人式区域防守。那被称为"双曲线抛物面的变迁浮动防守空间。"Wilson说那项 系统实际上是曾经在俄亥俄州春田市的威登堡大学指导Musselman的Ray Mears所发明的。 Mears後来'63-'77年期间转至田纳西大学执教。 "The thing started with Ray Mears, and Bill took it to a whole new level," said Wilson. "那项系统始於Mears，而Bill把它提升到一个全新的境界，"Wilson说。 In 1973, Wilson and Saunders officially reconnected at Minnesota, though, by then, they already had been part of each other's life. 在'73年，Wilson和老桑正式在明尼苏达重见，尽管到那时为止，他们都已经在双方的 人生占有一席之地。 Wilson, who was the best man in Greg Saunders' wedding, was at Walter and Kay Saunders' house so often when he was in college, Kay started referring to Wilson as "my third son." Greg婚礼上的最佳来宾Wilson在大学时就时常到Walter和Kay Saunders家拜访，Kay也 开始把Wilson视为"第三个儿子"来照顾。 When Wilson came down with food poisoning on a recruiting trip to Cleveland -- when Flip Saunders was still in high school -- he bunked in Flip's room to recover. 当Wilson在一次到克里夫兰的新生旅行因为食物中毒病倒 -- 当时老桑仍是高中学生 -- 他借住在老桑的房间休息。 In 1973, Saunders was Ohio's Class A player of the year after averaging a state-high 32 points per game at Cuyahoga Heights. At Wilson's urging, Musselman turned his attention to Saunders after losing Adrian Dantley in a recruiting battle with Notre Dame. '73年，老桑在凯霍加高地写下平均32分的全州纪录後成为俄亥俄州的年度最佳球员。 在Wilson不断纠缠下，Musselman在招募Adrian Dantley之争输给圣母大学後便将注意力转 到老桑身上。 Musselman, though, initially was reluctant to sign Saunders. Listed at 6 feet, he was a little on the small side. 尽管一开始Musselman是在心不甘情不愿的情况下签下了老桑。注记为6尺的身高似乎 也有浮报的嫌疑。 "Bill said at first, 'Let's just get the guy as a walk-on and not use a scholarship for him,' " Wilson recalled. "I said, 'I think he can run our offense for us.' "Bill一开始说，'让他跑跑龙套就行了，奖学金也不需用在他身上，'"Wilson回忆道 。"我说，'我认为他可以担任球队进攻发动器的角色。" "So we had one scholarship open and went for Flip." "所以我们在老桑身上投资了一份奖学金。" Saunders, who also was considering Maryland, chose Minnesota for one reason: Wilson. 当时同时也被马里兰看上的老桑会选择明尼苏达只有了一个原因：Wilson。 Asked why, Saunders said: "Because ever since I was 12 years old, he was almost like a brother, and I was just so comfortable with him. I trusted him and I believed in what he was telling me, that he would give me every opportunity to try to have success while he was there." 被问到为什麽时，老桑说："因为从我12岁後，他就像哥哥一样照顾我，而我也觉得和 他在一起很自在。我信任他而且相信他跟我说的话，当他在时，他会让我有机会去尝试， 去挑战成功。 That summer, in 1973, Wilson received a letter in the mail. Addressed to "Coach K," it said, in part: "There is one promise I want to make you, and that is I will work 200% for you and Coach." '73年那个夏天，Wilson收到一封信。收信人写着"K教练"，内容有部分是这样的：我 想像你保证，我会拿出200%的努力为你和教练打球。" It was signed simply, "Flip" -- the 'i' in his name dotted with a drawing of a basketball. 署名很简洁，"Flip" -- 其中'i'上面那个点他画了一颗篮球来取代。 --

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