http://0rz.tw/e44eo Michael Curry is equipped to lead Pistons Michael Curry已经准备好要带领活塞了 The best thing you can say about Michael Curry is that he didn't have much talent. 当你提到Michael Curry时，你能说的最好事情就是他并没有很多才华。 "Michael wasn't a great shooter," said John Hammond, the former Pistons assistant coach and executive, who just took over the Milwaukee Bucks. "Michael wasn't great passer. And Michael wasn't a great ball handler." "Michael的投篮并不出色，"刚接手公鹿总教练职务的前活塞助理以及行 政人员教练John Hammond如是说。"他的传球不出色，他处理球的能力也 不出色。" Also, Michael was undersized for his position. Yet Curry somehow started 269 games in the NBA, and most of them were for winning teams. 更别提Curry的体型较同位置的一般球员要来的小。但是Curry在NBA先发 了269场比赛，而且大部分都是替前段班球队出赛。 When Hammond speaks to groups of kids, or businessmen -- or anybody, really -- he usually talks about Michael Curry. He talks about a guy who showed up in Detroit on a 10-day contract and played another 10 seasons in the NBA. 当Hammond在跟一群小孩、一群商业人士或是任何人讲话时，他通常都会 聊到Curry-一个带着10天合约来到底特律，然後接着在NBA又打了10个球 季的家伙。 "How do you do it?" Hammond asked. "You do it with amazing heart and amazing leadership." "你如何做到这些？"Hammond问。"靠着突出的意志以及杰出的领导能力。" Is Curry the answer for the Pistons? Nobody knows for sure. But in all the areas that matter for a head coach, he is well-equipped. Curry是活塞的答案吗？没有人确定。但对一个总教练该有的一切特质来 说，他已经准备妥当。 PEOPLE SKILLS: Curry arrived in Detroit in the middle of the 1995-96 season, right before a game. Hammond sat down with him as the teams were warming up and said he was happy to have him aboard. 人际关系：Curry在1995-96球季季中的一场比赛开始之前来到了底特律。 Hammon在球队正在热身的时候坐到了他的旁边并欢迎他的到来。 "I can remember him stopping me in mid-sentence," Hammond said. "He said, 'Hey, Coach. Let me tell you one thing: Don't worry about me. I'll be just fine. "我还记得他在我讲到一半的时候打断了我，"Hammond说。"他告诉我 'Hey, 教练，我跟你说：不用担心我，我会过得很好。'" " 'I know what it takes to be an entry-level person. You have to be the first one in the office. You have to be the last one to leave. You have to speak to everyone and call everyone by name.' " "'我知道作为一个初生之犊我该做什麽。你得第一个抵达办公室，你得最後一个 离开。你得跟每个人沟通而且都要能够叫得出他们的名字。'" Curry pointed at the players shooting on the floor. Curry指向正在场上投篮的球员。 "Those guys don't know how to be an entry-level guy," he said. "I do, and I'll survive in this business." "这些家伙不知道怎麽当一个初生之犊，"他说。"我知道，而我会生存下去。" Curry was on a 10-day contract at the time. Curry当时手上拿的是一个10天的短约。 Five years later, his fellow players elected him president of the NBA Players Association. 5年後，他的同僚们推举他为NBA球员工会总裁。 BASKETBALL SMARTS: This is the biggest question about Curry. He has been an assistant for one year. Can he make adjustments in the middle of a helter-skelter NBA game? 篮球智慧：这是一个有关於Curry最重要的问题。他当过一年的助理。他能够在 紧张仓促的NBA比赛中调兵遣将吗？ Well, in his first two seasons as a Pistons player, Curry spent most of his time on the bench. He always -- always -- sat next to Hammond, one of Doug Collins' top assistants. 在他担任球员的头两个球季，Curry大部分时间都待在板凳上。他总是--总是-- 会坐在Doug Collins的头号助理教练Hammond身旁。 "He was in my ear constantly," Hammond said. "And the amazing thing about it to me was that so many of the things he was saying were right on. I can't tell you how many of the things he said to me that I passed along to Doug Collins." "他时常在我耳边开口，"Hammond说。"而对我来说神奇的是他说的许多事情都是 对的。我无法告诉你我把他告诉我的话传给了Collins多少次。" When Tayshaun Prince was a rookie, Rick Carlisle kept Curry as his starting small forward. It was probably a mistake -- Prince is a much better player than Curry. But Curry had that kind of effect on coaches. They clung to him. He understood the game on a different level from other players. 当小王子还是新秀的时候，卡帅让Curry担任先发小前锋。 (P大息怒息怒息息怒) 那八成是个错误-小王子是个比Curry优秀的球员。但Curry对教练有种影响力，教 练们都依靠他。他对於比赛的了解程度跟其他球员相比是在一个不同的层次。 CREDIBILITY: Yes, Curry is a first-time head coach. But several Pistons players sprinkled references to "Coach Curry" into interviews this past season, and it happened too often to be an accident. 可信性：没错，Curry是个菜鸟教练。但几个活塞球员在接受访问时提到Curry时 都称呼他为"Curry教练"，这情形发生得太频繁，不可能只是单纯的口误。 Curry already has more credibility with his players than Flip Saunders had. He could squander it, of course -- that happens sometimes. But credibility is not a concern right now. Curry在球员心中的可信性已经多於老桑。有时候他会白白浪费掉这些可信性。 但现在可信性不是重点。 TOUGHNESS: Hammond loves telling a story from Curry's first year with the Pistons. They were playing the Knicks in New York. 强悍：Hammond很喜欢说Curry在活塞菜鸟年的一个故事。他们正在纽约出战尼克。 Allan Houston, the Pistons' star shooting guard, was chasing the Knicks' John Starks. Collins kept telling Houston to go around Patrick Ewing's screens. But Ewing kept moving a little on his screens -- which was illegal, of course, but Ewing got away with it for roughly 20 years. 活塞的明星得分後卫Houston正在追着尼克的Starks。Collins一直叫Houston绕过 Ewing的掩护。但Ewing持续地移动他的掩护-当然，这是非法掩护，不过Ewing将近 20年以来都没被抓到过。 Houston complained to Collins: "He's moving on his screens." Houston向Collins抱怨："他会移动掩护。" From the bench, Michael Curry yelled: "You gotta run through it!" 从板凳上，Curry吼着:"你得突破他!" Houston complained again: "He's moving!" Houston又抱怨了一次:"他在移动!" Collins complained to the officials: "He's moving!" Collins向裁判抱怨:"他在移动！" Curry yelled again: "You gotta run through it!" Curry又吼了一次:"你得突破他！" Collins finally put Curry in the game. And, of course, the Knicks tried to run Starks around a Ewing screen. And Ewing moved. Collins终於把Curry放到了场上。而理所当然地，尼克试着让Starks绕过Ewing的 掩护。而Ewing移动了。 And Michael Curry gave Patrick Ewing a forearm shiver that knocked Ewing back and nearly started an altercation. 而Curry用前臂给了Ewing一拐然後把他打了回去，差点引爆了一次冲突。 LEADERSHIP: This is the most important quality for any coach, and it is probably Curry's best attribute. He did not garner the Pistons' respect this season by being soft. 领导力：这是身为教练最重要的条件，而这也大概是Curry最棒的特质。他不是因 为和蔼获得球员们的尊敬。 "The best coaches I've observed in 30 years in this game have this very unique ability," Hammond said. "And that is the ability to coach people, which means criticize people -- coaching is critiquing -- and yet not offend them in doing so. "在我这30年的观察中，最棒的教练们都有这个独特的能力，"Hammond说。"那就是 训练指导球员的能力，这代表批评球员(教练就是批评)但又不会因此冒犯到他们。" "We're talking about an extremely bright person, an extremely quick learner. As a coach, if he makes a mistake once, it won't happen a second time. I don't think it's going to take him long to be a great one." "我们在谈论一个极度聪颖的家伙，一个学习快速的学习者。身为教练，如果他犯 了一次错，那绝对不会有第二次。我不认为他会花很多时间成为一个伟大的教练。" Until Curry coaches a season or two, people have every right to be skeptical. We don't know yet if he can last longer than Rick Carlisle, Larry Brown or Flip Saunders. They are all highly regarded coaches, and none lasted more than three seasons. 在Curry实际执教一或两个球季之前，人们有权利抱持怀疑的态度。我们还不知道他 能不能待得比卡帅、布朗爷或老桑久。他们都是有高度评价的教练，而他们都没有 待在活塞超过三个球季。 But Curry has one advantage over Carlisle, Brown and Saunders: extensive experience working with Joe Dumars, as a player and assistant coach. Dumars knows him better than he knew any of those coaches. 但Curry有一项优势赢过卡帅、布朗爷以及老桑：分别身为球员以及助理教练与老乔 的共事经验。老乔对Curry的了解比他对於任何一个前教练的了解还要多。 And if you wonder how Curry will do as a first-time head coach against NBA legends, just remember: In 1995, he knew how to be an entry-level guy. I don't think he has forgotten. 而如果你好奇Curry作为一个菜鸟教练会怎麽与NBA的传奇们交手的话，记得，1995年， 他知道怎麽去当一个初生之犊。我不认为他已经忘了。 -- ＴＨＡＴ‵Ｓ　Ａ　ＬＯＴ　ＯＦ　ＨＩＳＴＯＲＹ ＬＥＴ‵Ｓ　ＭＡＫＥ　ＳＯＭＥ　ＭＯＲＥ ！！！ --

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