Long shot to go: Coach not like the rest By Buck Harvey June 21, 2014 http://goo.gl/TuqiQi 马刺队的制服组有个惯性：「六月工作，七月打包。」 从助理教练到制服组，每一年都有很多人才离开圣城，追求更高的职位 或更好的薪资。Pop和Buford鼓励他们这麽做，也为他们感到开心，因为就 Sam Presti(雷霆总管)、Coach Bud(老鹰教练)等人来说，他们不只是马刺的 雇员，更是好朋友，他们值得追求这些升迁与加薪的机会。 现在也有一位教练面临挖角，但状况却与众不同，因为他，Chip Engelland， 是一位与众不同的教练。 SAN ANTONIO — The Spurs' staff has had a routine. Work in June, pack in July. Assistants in the front office and coaching staff have annually left San Antonio for a better title and a better salary elsewhere. Gregg Popovich and R.C. Buford have encouraged them and been happy for them, because people such as Sam Presti and Mike Budenholzer were not employees. They were friends who deserved to move up and get an opportunity with another franchise. But the situation involving the latest is unique. Because Chip Engelland is unique. 套句Doc Rivers常说的话，NBA是个零和游戏，最基本的篮球动作决定了结果： 投篮，投进者赢球，投失者输球。虽然如此，值得注意的是多数球团并未特别钻研 "进球"的机制。确实各队教练们都有一套投篮练习，然而球员学到的多半只是小技巧 --而且并非由投篮专家所教导。在NBA的生态中，「投篮」并未如高尔夫钻研「挥竿」 动作般仔细。 甚至有像Mark Jackson(前勇士教练)一样的教练，对於"投篮教练"根本不需 要存在。一年前的马刺/勇士系列战时，他曾经这麽表示过，这样较为传统的思想 其实并不罕见，只有少数几只NBA球队有过投篮教练。 Doc Rivers has often called the NBA a make/miss league, meaning the most basic play in basketball usually determines the outcome. Make, you win. Miss, you lose. Given that, it's remarkable more franchises don't study the mechanics of the “makes.” While coaches run shooting drills and try to correct what they see, the lessons are often the tips of a generalist. The kind of detail that golfers get from swing coaches is rarely part of the process. Some, such as Mark Jackson, don't even like the idea of a shooting coach. He said that a year ago during the Warriors-Spurs playoff series, and his old-school view is not unusual. Few NBA teams have ever had a shooting coach. 然而接下Mark Jackson勇士兵符的Steve Kerr却知晓投篮教练的价值，这是有 原因的，因为Steve Kerr的成功有一部分要归功於Chip Engelland。 说Kerr之前，先提Shane Battier吧。总冠军赛中Battier曾经提及，他能够在 NBA生存下去的原因，就是Chip。由於两人是Duke大学的学长/学弟，因此当巴爷的 大一年缴出17%的惨淡三分球命中率时，Chip告诉他需要调整的动作，调教後的三年 大学篮球生涯，巴爷三分球命中率从未低於41%。 当然多年以後的某场G7，马刺切身体会到了他的三分准度。 Chip的代表作还有TP、Kawhi、Tiago等人，曾经有某位NBA教练这麽形容 他的贡献： "这麽说吧，没有Chip Engelland，马刺不可能夺冠。" But the one who replaced Jackson in Golden State sees the value, and for good reason. Steve Kerr succeeded, in part, because of Engelland. Kerr isn't the only one. While Shane Battier's career ended a week ago in San Antonio, he said earlier in the Finals that the only reason he had an NBA career at all was because of Engelland. Battier played at Duke, so it made sense that an older Dookie such as Engelland would care enough to watch what he was doing. After Battier shot 17 percent from 3-point range as a freshman, Engelland told him he needed to change a few things. After working with Engelland, Battier was never lower than 41 percent in college. Years later, the Spurs felt that. In Game 7 last June, Battier tossed in six 3-pointers. Engelland's impact on Tony Parker, Kawhi Leonard and Tiago Splitter has been as dramatic. Asked what Engelland has meant to the Spurs, one NBA coach paused last week. “Let me put it this way,” he said. “They wouldn't have won the title without him.” 作为Chip最初的几个门生之一，Steve Kerr了解Chip所带来的一切。他最早是 在Pacific Palisade高中被Chip指导，多年後又在NBA里连系上： 2002年时，Kerr在拓荒者里陷入了手感低潮，他没有办法在板凳上维持手感。 Chip认为Kerr的麻烦来自於心理因素，而非生理动作。Chip开的药方如下：他会 和Kerr一起坐在体育馆里泡茶闲话家常，然後Chip出其不意的大喊，这时候两人 就要跑到定点，准备练习三分球。 Chip为Kerr的训练当然也帮助了马刺，隔年Kerr扮演扫地僧的角色，协助马刺 在西冠淘汰了小牛队。 As one of Engelland's original pupils, Kerr gets all of this. He followed Engelland at Pacific Palisades High School in California, and they reconnected years later when Kerr was in the NBA. Engelland helped him out of a slump with a few basic tweaks, and this continued for a decade. An anecdote on ESPN.com in April told of how far they went. Kerr was having trouble in 2002 in Portland coming off the bench and shooting in sudden, one-attempt moments. Engelland thought Kerr's issue was more mental than physical. His solution was to sit in a gym with Kerr, maybe talking about family, until he would shout. The two would run to a spot to set up a 3-pointer. The Spurs felt this, too. They would reacquire Kerr the next season — and he would come off the bench to help eliminate Dallas in the Western Conference finals. 因为这一段渊源，所以Steve Kerr信赖Chip教练，在2008他身为太阳总管时， 就试图将Chip挖角至太阳。而在今年总冠军赛期间传出的消息显示，作为新任勇士 教头的Kerr挖角Chip的力道更强了--他希望Chip能坐在他的教练席旁边。 我们不知道Kerr是否有与Chip谈过挖角的事宜，但至今还没有一支球队曾经 正式与马刺球团谈过这件事。Chip现在还在合约年限中，但合约并非制服组与教练们 跳槽的真正阻碍，真正让Chip留在马刺的原因，就是他自己的意愿。 其他的球队可以提供Chip Engelland更高的职位，像Presti或Coach Bud一样，但 Chip与众不同，他想要继续做他的职责，而马刺是他最好的选择。由其是他和另外一位 助教Chad Forcier建构了一套发展球员投篮能力的系统，这套系统成为了马刺在联盟中 竞争的重要元素。 再加上自从Coach Bud与Brett Brown相继离开马刺之後，Chip的角色更为重要， 尤其在与Pop合作这一面向上。 So Kerr believes in Engelland, and he did in 2008. The general manager of the Suns then, Kerr tried to hire away Engelland from the Spurs. Little wonder they were linked again during the Finals. ESPN reported Kerr wanted to add Engelland to his new staff, and the pull would have been different than it was in Phoenix. As the coach, Kerr would have Engelland at his side on the bench. It's unclear if Kerr ever got a sense from Engelland if this move was possible. But no one — including Golden State — has gone so far as to contact the Spurs for permission to talk. Engelland is under contract, but that never stopped other Spurs assistants from moving on. What stopped this migration is Engelland himself. While another team could offer him a better title, for example, there's a hitch: Engelland doesn't want one. He's not Presti or Budenholzer. He wants to do what he has been doing. Why go elsewhere to do that? With another assistant, Chad Forcier, Engelland has created a player developmental program that has become the strongest element of the Spurs' coaching staff. This past season, with Budenholzer and Brett Brown gone, Engelland's role also grew. Maybe no other assistant was better at managing Popovich. 所以也许在未来几年，Kerr会持续试着挖角Chip Engelland，而也许再Pop退休 後，Chip也会踏上「七月打包」这条路离开马刺。届时，马刺球团也会试着留住他， 或许给他加薪，或许创造一个舒适的工作环境，一如马刺对待他们的球员一般。 毕竟NBA是一个投进/投失的零和游戏，而若Chip离开了，马刺会想念他的。 So maybe Kerr comes after Engelland in a few years. Maybe, when Popovich retires, Engelland will also pack in July. Until then, the Spurs will treat their shooting coach as they do their players. They will pay him well, and they will try to create an environment that encourages him to re-sign. It's a make/miss league, after all. And the Spurs would miss Engelland. --

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