来源:http://goo.gl/PXXhd2 Charley Walters: New Wolves coach Tom Thibodeau wants to bring back good years Charley Walters: 灰狼队新帅Tom Thibodeau盼望带领狼群重返荣耀 By CHARLEY WALTERS April 23, 2016 | UPDATED: 2 days ago In the 1990-91 season, with 33-year-old Tom Thibodeau as an assistant to coach Bill Musselman, the Minnesota Timberwolves finished with a 29-53 record. 在1990-91球季，时龄33岁的Tom Thibodeau是灰狼队教头Bill Musselman的助理教练，当 年球队最终取得了29胜53负的战绩。 This season, 25 years later, the Wolves finished 29-53. 25年过後，这个球季，灰狼队再度以29胜53负告终。 “How ’bout that — some irony,” Thibodeau told the Pioneer Press from his home in Chicago. 「你觉得如何呢？这看起来有点讽刺啊。」Thibodeau在芝加哥的家中向圣保罗先锋报这麽 说道。 On Tuesday afternoon at Target Center, Thibodeau, now 58, will be introduced as the new coach of the Timberwolves. 周二下午在Target Center，灰狼队将招开新闻发布会，介绍这位现年58岁的新任教头。 “That’s the challenge of this league,” Thibodeau said. 「那就是身处在这个联盟所面临的挑战。」Thibodeau说。 “It’s a very hard league. You have to build and you need some good fortune. But there were some good years in (Minnesota), too, in between. Hopefully, we can get back to that. Hopefully, we want to be hard-playing, unselfish and we want to be smart. I know the fans will buy into that.” 「这是一个竞争力强大的联盟。你必须要建构好队伍，同时也需要一点运气。但是在这25 年期间，灰狼队也是有几年欣欣向荣。而我盼望我们能重返荣耀，我盼望我们能努力的打 球、无私的打球，更要聪明的打球。我知道我们的球迷会为此买帐的。」 Under Musselman, with Thibodeau, the Wolves played their inaugural season (1989-90) in the Metrodome and set an NBA attendance record with 1.07 million fans, including a turnout of 49,551 in their final home game of the season against the Denver Nuggets. 由Musselman带领、Thibodeau作为助教，灰狼队於1989-90年在Metrodome体育馆开展了他 们的第一个球季，并创下了NBA年度观众纪录：107万人次到场观赏，这包含主场闭幕战对 阵丹佛金块时的49,551名观众。 “What I remember about my first year at the Metrodome, I believe our last three games (attendance) was like 45,000, 47,000 and 49,000,” Thibodeau said. “So there are great fans there, and we’ve got to give them something to cheer about. And that’s what we’re going to try to do.” 「在我的记忆里，第一年在Metrodome体育馆的最後三场比赛，涌入了45,000、47,000、 49,000名观众，」Thibodeau说道。「所以灰狼队在当地有相当多的粉丝，而我们必须要让 他们有可以感到振奋的地方，这就是我们将要尝试努力去做的。」 Surprisingly, the Chicago Bulls fired Thibodeau nearly a year ago after he compiled a 255-139 record with five straight playoff appearances. He was named the NBA’s coach of the year for the 2010-11 season. 令人惊讶的是，公牛队在一年前、在Thibodeau带队连续五年闯入季後赛并取得255胜139 败的战绩後，仍然将他炒了鱿鱼。他在2010-11球季，被票选为NBA年度最佳教练。 Now he’ll coach the Timberwolves. Expectations? 现在他即将要执教灰狼队，我们有什麽可以期待的呢？ “It doesn’t matter really where you are, whether you’re a team that’s just starting out or you’re in the middle or you’re at the top, you want to strive for daily improvement,” Thibodeau said. “I don’t want anyone wrapped up in the past and I don’t want anyone wrapped up in ‘down the road. ’ I just want everyone concentrating on knowing what you’re job is, doing your job every day, putting everything you have into it. 「不论你身处在上游、中游、下游球队，你总是希望每天都能更进步些，」Thibodeau说。 「我不希望任何人顾着缅怀过去、展望未来，我希望的是每个人专心於你现在的工作，每 天做好你的工作，竭尽所能的完成它。」 “If we’re doing the right things each and every day, the results are going to take care of themselves.” 「如果我们每天都做着正确的事情，那麽结果自然会为你说话。」 Thibodeau, who puts everything he has into his job, undoubtedly could have coached somewhere after the Bulls fired him a year ago, owing him $9 million over this year and next year. But he sat this season out, surprising to some for a coach as driven as Thibodeau. Thibodeau奉献他的全部给了他的工作，没人会怀疑他在一年前刚被公牛队开除後(公牛队 还欠他今年和明年共900万美金)，马上就会有新工作上门。但他决定这个赛季不接总教练 ，这让很多人对这个积极的教头感到惊讶。 “You know what, last year was a great year for me,” he said. “Everyone said, ‘You’re going to go crazy.’ I actually enjoyed it a lot because it allowed me to take a step back. It was a much broader view of everything. You don’t have a team, and you’re not worried about what you’re doing with your team, who your next game is, who the game is after that. 「你知道吗？去年对我而言真是美好的一年，」他说。「每个人都说『你会被逼疯的。』 然而我真的很享受这段时光，他让我有机会停下脚步好好思考，观察任何事情都显得更加 辽阔。你不再执教，你不再需要担心你对你的球队做了什麽，下一场比赛是对谁，下下一场 比赛又是对谁...」 “It was a much broader perspective for me — it gave me a chance to not only reflect, but to recharge and learn. I had an opportunity to visit with a number of different teams, and it was great.” 「这对我来说可以有更宽广的视野，它给了我一个机会反省、充电和学习。我有了一个机 会可以去拜访数支不同的球队，那真的很棒。」 Thibodeau used his sabbatical to prepare for his inevitable next coaching opportunity.“I thought about the criteria I would be looking for in the next job,” he said. So he traveled the NBA to become better educated about his craft, studying assorted teams to learn how they operated. Thibodeau利用了这段休假期间去准备他必然会有的下个执教机会。「我在思考我要寻找的 下个工作的标准。」他说。所以他到了NBA各队，学习让自己的执教能力更好，观察各式各 样的球队是如何运作的。 “I wanted to see how things worked within an organization with all aspects, from top to bottom,” he said. 「我想要了解一个组织从上而下各个方面是如何运作的。」他说。 He chose model franchises to study. 他选择了模范球队来学习。 “You look at San Antonio with Pop (coach Gregg Popovich) and (general manager) R.C. (Buford), Golden State with (coach) Steve Kerr and (GM) Bob Myers, Boston with (coach) Brad (Stevens) and (president) Danny Ainge — you’ re looking at those things and you’re trying to figure out, ‘what are the most important things in the next opportunity?’ ” Then he determined his criteria for his next job. 「我观察了马刺的Pop和Buford、勇士的Kerr和Myers、塞尔蒂克的Stevens和Ainge，然後 我问我自己『当下一个机会到来时，最重要的事情是什麽？』」 然後他订下了下个工作的标准。 “I didn’t know how it would go, but I wanted to have an open mind, and basically it came down to the strength of the roster, what’s the makeup, is there an opportunity to win big — not necessarily right off the bat, but to eventually get there — and then, secondly, who am I working with and who am I working for, and thirdly, was there the commitment to winning.” 「我不知道事情会怎麽发展，但我希望保持一个开放的心态，而最基本的是阵容的强度、 组成，是否有机会可以赢下大量的比赛？不需要马上达成，但最终有机会达到。其次，与 我共事的同仁是谁？老板是谁？最後，球队是否有要赢球的决心？」 The Timberwolves? Late president Flip Saunders was interested in Thibodeau coaching his team after Thibodeau was let go by Chicago. 灰狼队已逝世的总裁Flip Saunders在Thibodeau被公牛队解雇後就对他来执教灰狼队表达 了兴趣。 “I had talked to Flip when he was laying out his plan of how he wanted to move this team forward, and that’s really come to fruition,” Thibodeau said. “He wanted to get some young, budding stars and create (salary) cap space while going forward. I knew that part was appealing. 「我曾跟Flip谈过，当时他展示了他对球队的未来规划，而那确实都在後来兑现了。」 Thibodeau说。「他想要得到几个年轻、有潜力的明星，在球队前进的同时也清理出薪资 空间。我知道那都是很吸引人的。」 “(Andrew) Wiggins, obviously, his rookie year was terrific. Then what Karl-Anthony Towns did (this season). I thought Zach (LaVine) really improved. Ricky (Rubio) looked like he was healthy. Gorgui (Dieng) was terrific. Shabazz (Muhammad) really came on as the season went along. 「Wiggins的菜鸟球季显然表现的相当杰出，而接着Karl-Anthony Towns也一鸣惊人。我认 为LaVine真的进步很多。Rubio看起来很健康。Dieng也很杰出。Shabazz随着赛季进行， 也跳了出来。」 “So there were a lot of really good pieces. And the way everything is set up — cap space is important, having another high (draft) pick this year, there’ s great flexibility to move forward.” Still, Thibodeau said, it will be challenging. 「所以他们有相当多很好的资产。而球队运行的根本：薪资空间，也相当重要，今年还有 一个高顺位选秀权，这都让接下来的运作有相当大的弹性。」 然而，Thibodeau说，这仍然是极具挑战性的。 “Because we’re going to have to improve significantly on the defensive end, and rebounding, and offensively we’ve got to get our turnovers down,” Thibodeau said. “The challenge is for guys to be as strong on both sides of the ball.” 「因为我们必须在防守端还有篮板球上取得大幅度的改善，在进攻端我们必须压低我们的 失误次数。」Thibodeau说。「挑战的地方在於让球员们能在攻防两端都表现的很强硬。」 Saunders’ son, Ryan, was a bright, young Wolves assistant this season. It’s unclear whether he’ll be asked to join Thibodeau’s staff. Saunders的儿子Ryan是一位有着光明未来的年轻灰狼助理教练，目前还不确定他是否会加 入Thibodeau的执教团队。 “I have some (assistants) who were with me before (in Chicago), so I have to see who’s available, and I’d rather keep it open right now,” Thibodeau said. “But I certainly have a lot of respect for (Ryan) — he’s built a great reputation in the league.” 「我有一些在公牛队时跟着我的助教群，所以我需要看一下谁是可以过来的，而我希望现 在保持职缺开放。」Thibodeau说。「但我当然很尊重Ryan，他在联盟有着很好的名声。」 Among Thibodeau’s Bulls assistants were ex-Wolves assistant Ed Pinckney, Andy Greer, Ron Adams, Adrian Griffin and Mike Wilhelm. Thibodeau在公牛的助教群包含：前灰狼助教Ed Pinckney、Andy Greer、Ron Adams、 Adrian Griffin和 Mike Wilhelm。 #补充一下Thibs的几个公牛助教群现况：(我有贴在前面文章的推文中) Ron Adams：在勇士，Thibs很器重他，RealGM讨论是说有很大机会过来 Adrian Griffin：在魔术 Andy Greer：在暴龙 Ed Pinckney：在金块，RealGM讨论是说有机会过来 Mike Wilhelm：留在公牛 Rick Brunson：13-14在山猫，现况不清楚 Thibodeau still lives in Chicago and for a few weeks will commute from there, then move to Minneapolis permanently. He’ll be an assistant for Mike Krzyzewski and Team USA men’s basketball in the Olympics in August in Rio de Janeiro. Other Olympics assistants are Jim Boeheim and Monty Williams. Thibodeau现在仍然居住在Chicago，会从Chicago到Minnesota通勤数周，接着搬到 Minneapolis。他会在八月的巴西里约奥运担任美国男篮队主帅Mike Krzyzewski的助理教 练。其余的奥运助理教练分别是Jim Boeheim和Monty Williams。 The Korn Ferry search firm that Wolves owner Glen Taylor hired to recommend a coach provided Taylor with 25 resumes that included former NBA head coaches, NBA assistants and college coaches. Thibodeau ended up on top of the pile even before Taylor interviewed him. Also, Taylor and Flip Saunders had extensively discussed Thibodeau after he was fired by Chicago, so Taylor had that background to consider. 灰狼老板Glen Taylor雇用了Korn Ferry猎头公司来推荐教练，後者提供了Taylor一份25 人的履历表名单，包含了前NBA主帅、NBA助教和大学教练。Thibodeau在Taylor面试他之 前就在这份名单上排行第一了。此外，Taylor和Flip在Thibodeau被公牛开除後，曾经广 泛的讨论他，这也是Taylor可以做为参考的背景资料。 Thibodeau also will be president of basketball operations for the Wolves, and Taylor told Thibodeau during his interview that he was concerned about the dual roles, that he was being hired to coach and that Taylor wanted him to concentrate on coaching. Thibodeau也会成为灰狼队的篮球事务总裁，而Taylor在与Thibodeau的面谈中对於他同时 兼任两职表达了担忧，因为Taylor是雇用他来执教球队，希望他能专心在执教上。 So Taylor also hired Scott Layden from the San Antonio Spurs as the Wolves’ GM. Taylor had asked Thibodeau to provide a list of GM candidates, and Layden, whom Thibodeau trusts implicitly, was on top of that list. Taylor subsequently was impressed with Layden after flying to San Antonio to interview him. 所以Taylor也雇用了马刺队的助理经理Scott Layden作为灰狼队的总经理。Taylor事先询 问Thibodeau提供一份总经理人选名单，而Thibodeau相当信任的Layden，排在这份名单的 首位。Taylor随後在飞去San Antonio面试完Layden後，对他留下了深刻的印象。 Taylor had Thibodeau and Layden discuss their potential partnership with each other before committing to Taylor, who then hired both the same day on five-year contracts. 在签约前，Taylor让Thibodeau和Layden讨论他们的合作关系细节，接着在同一天与两者 各签下了五年的合约。 Thibodeau’s deal is for a reported $8 million annually, Layden’s for $2 million a year. Both asked for five-year deals. Thibodeau的年薪为800万美金，Layden的年薪为200万美金，两者都要求五年合约。 “I can afford it — I want to win,” said Taylor, who is a double billionaire and last week turned 75 years old. 「这点钱我还出得起，我想要赢球。」Taylor说。上周他刚度过75岁生日，而他的资产超过 20亿美金。 Layden will have traditional GM responsibilities, but Thibodeau will have control of his roster and the final word on players. Layden会履行一般总经理的职责，但是Thibodeau具有掌控阵容的权力也有交易的最终话 语权。 Both Thibodeau and Layden asked Taylor if there were certain expectations with the jobs, for instance a specific number of victories. Taylor told them he expected to see constant improvement. Thibodeau和Layden询问Taylor对於他们的工作是否有特定的期待，像是要赢多少场球？ Taylor跟他们说希望球队持续不断的进步。 I didn’t have to remind Taylor that his Wolves finished 29-53 this season, but did mention that the Wolves, under other ownership 25 years ago, had finished the same 29-53 with coach Musselman and Thibodeau as an assistant. 我不需要提醒Taylor他的灰狼队本季只拿下29胜53败，但我向他提到了，25年前，灰狼队 在别的老板底下，也是以29胜53败收尾，那时的教练是Musselman，而Thibodeau是助理教 练。 “Now (Thibodeau) has to build upon his old record,” Taylor said with a laugh. 「那麽他现在就要从他的旧纪录开始前进了。」Taylor笑着说。 Taylor, by the way, the other day added two more team investors, bringing his total to 10. Interestingly, one is from China, 34-year-old John Jiang, who operates a sports marketing company there. Jiang approached Taylor through some U.S. contacts, and after visiting with Taylor, purchased 5 percent of the Wolves. 顺带一提，Taylor在其他日子新增了两位投资人，让投资人总数增加到10位。有趣的是， 一位是来自中国，34岁的John Jiang，他在Minnesota当地运营一间运动行销公司。Jiang 透过一些美国人脉接触到了Taylor，而当拜访完Taylor後，他购买了灰狼队5%的股份。 Jiang is believed to be the first investor in a NBA team from China, which has made connections with the NBA in recent years. Jiang是第一位来自中国的NBA球队投资者，中国近年来跟NBA有不少的连结。 The other new limited partner is Meyer Orbach, a New York real estate investor who is in his 40s. Orbach bought 9.5 percent of the Wolves. 另一位新的投资人是Meyer Orbach，一位纽约的房地产投资人，现年40多岁。Orbach买下 了灰狼队9.5%的股份。 Orbach’s and Jiang’s interest in the Wolves isn’t as much about basketball as it is about business. Neither has an option to eventually succeed Taylor as majority owner, and Taylor is resolute about continuing as majority owner and for the Wolves to remain in Minnesota. Orbach和Jiang对灰狼队的兴趣并不是来自於篮球，而是来自於商业。两者都不会接替 Taylor成为下任老板，Taylor会继续作为灰狼队主要持有人并让灰狼继续留在Minnesota。 Taylor recently called Flip Saunders’ widow, Debbie, and asked her if she wanted to retain Flip’s limited partnership with the Wolves. She told him she did, and will. Taylor最近联系了Flip Saunders的遗孀Debbie，询问她是否要保留Flip在灰狼队的有限合 夥人身分，而她表示她不论现在和未来都会继续保留。 Kevin Garnett, who turns 40 next month and is signed for a guaranteed $8 million next season, still hasn’t told Taylor whether he intends to play again. Garnett, who played in just 38 games and averaged 3.2 points for $8 million this season, told Taylor he would like to return because he expects the Wolves will make the playoffs, but doesn’t know how his tender knees will hold up. Kevin Garnett下个月将满40岁，下季还有一份800万美金的合约，他还没有告诉Taylor下 季会不会回归。Garnett本季只打了38场球赛，平均3.2分，年薪800万美金。他告诉 Taylor他希望能回归，因为他期待灰狼能重返季後赛，但是不确定他的膝盖是否撑得住。 --

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