The San Antonio Spurs’ success this season owes more to R.C Buford and Gregg Popovich than any single player. Buford, for his gradual but now obviously successful rebuild of the Spurs’ bench and for his amazing ability to unearth free agent diamonds such as Gary Neal. Popovich, for the time he spent on the internal development of players like Richard Jefferson and for his willingness to transform San Antonio’s offensive attack into something more effective in today’s NBA. 若提到圣安东尼奥马刺本季的成功，Popovich和 Buford的功劳绝对比得上任何人。 Buford，在他一步步的发掘下，显然成功地重建了马刺的板凳，像是挖掘出如Neal这位 钻石般闪耀的原石。而Popovich，则花了时间在了解自己队上的球员，像是Jefferson， 如今，Jefferson的进攻手段已成为现今NBA最有效率的攻击箭头之一。 It’s not an easy task for an older man to change his stripes, to revitalize an offense which boasted more than a decade of demonstrated success. Larry Brown, for all his genius, has never shown an ability to adapt himself to the game — for Brown success is always predicated on everything and everyone adapting to him. Gregg Popovich demonstrates more humility. Gregg Popovich is a forward-thinker. 要使人改变一种思维是一件不容易的事。尤其是当以往的经验常常成功时。Larry Brown 的厉害之处在於他不会将每次的比赛胜利视为理所当然--Brown的成功是建立在很多的基础 上，也使得很多人愿意顺从他。 而Popovich在这方面并不逊於Brown。Popovich就如同一位具有前瞻性的思想家。 Kudos to Popovich and Buford; they’ve done well. I’m partial, but I think they’re deserving of Coach of the Year and Executive of the Year honors. And, for what it’s worth, here’s another argument in favor of Popovich. Popovich 和 Buford在这一点上做得很好。我认为他们更应得年度最佳教练的荣誉。 对於Popovich是否值得这份荣誉这点上，这里有另一个论据来支持他。 One of the Spurs’ struggles last season was finding a consistent rotation. It took Popovich most of the season—his error was compounded by player injuries—to arrive at a consistent rotation. The Spurs never found a rhythm, and it’s fair to say Popovich deserved some of the blame. 马刺在上个赛季最大的挣扎之一便是发现一组稳定的阵容。这花了Popovich整个赛季的时 间来调整--为了得到一种最好的先发及替补的轮替方式。最终马刺并未找到答案，最後的 失败使得他受到一些批评。 Over the first 35 games of last season, Gregg Popovich fielded 10 different starting lineups. 10. Every 3.5 games the Spurs’ starting unit changed. Again, this was a combination of injury and coaching, but it was a pattern that started early and continued, more or less, through the conclusion of the season. 在上个赛季的前35场比赛，Popovich用了10种不同的先发阵容，平均每3.5场比赛就会改 变一次。同时也再一次的球赛的进行也伴随着球员伤病的困扰。但不论如何，这种阵容轮 替诠释了马刺队上季的模式。 This season the Spurs have featured the same starting lineup in every contest. San Antonio has been fortunate to dodge injury, but Gregg Popovich has had reasons to experiment. He hasn't. I suspect his choice is by design. 而本赛季，马刺拥有稳定的轮转阵容。马刺避免重蹈上个赛季的覆辙。但Popovich其实 是可以来尝试排不同的先发阵容，但是他并没有这麽做。显然Popovich是有意选择这样 的安排。 So what did Gregg Popovich and R.C. Buford do last summer? They made choices that returned stability to the Spurs. Offensive stability. Defensive stability. Franchise stability. System stability. Call whatever you’d like. It’s not sexy, and it doesn’t come with a television special, but it’s still a big score. 所以究竟他们在上个暑假做了些甚麽?他们选择让马刺回归稳定稳定，在进攻、防守、 球队、以及体系上的稳定。不论你如何看待这些事。即使这些作为并不是如此有吸引力， 在观看电视转播时也不显得特别，但这仍对马刺迈向成功踏出了一大步。 http://0rz.tw/uwmL1 --

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