http://www.sltrib.com/jazz/ci_12264334 Monson: Three major Jazz questions answered By Gordon Monson Tribune Columnist Updated: 04/30/2009 04:50:19 PM MDT 蒙森三问对 The three biggest Jazz questions everybody's wondering about and their definitive, absolute, 100 percent sure answers, sort of ... 让我来回答你关於爵士对的三个大哉问吧。 1. (a) Will Jerry Sloan return as coach? I. (a) 教皇下个球季会回来吗？ Yes. What else would he do with his time? Piddle around? No. Sloan has always looked young for his age -- now 67 -- until the end of this season, when he aged 10 years in the span of seven months, making him now 77 in Sloan hang-dog years. Check the lines gridded out alongside his perennially busted-up nose on that face, which looks like a Rand-McNally cartogram of downtown Salt Lake City. The wrinkles signify either great wisdom or great frustration, maybe with some rugged living mixed in. When he was asked the other day whether he would return, his typically undecipherable answer came quickly, which is an indication that Sloan will be back. 会的，难到他想玩一整年的牵引机吗？而且他看起来仍是那麽年轻(後面形容教 皇容貌略)。当教皇又用老梗的答案来回应那个老梗问题(下季还会回来吗？)时， 便暗示教皇仍会回来执教。 1. (b) Should Sloan return as coach? II. (b) 教皇应该以总教练的身分回归吗？ There are two ways of looking at that question. On the one hand, Jerry is inflexible and old-school, a coach who wants his offensive plays run just so, with screens set with conviction, with passes piled on passes to get shots ever closer to the basket, and his defense overly protective of the low-post area. That's why the Jazz give up so many threes -- they bring help in the paint and expose themselves to the kinds of perimeter shots from opponents that Sloan would generally disapprove of in his own offense. 这个问题可以从两方面看。教皇是一个缺乏弹性，守旧型的教练，他希望他的 球员依据严谨的战术进攻、并尽量靠近篮框得分；在防守上教皇过度重视低位 的保护，这是为何对手三分球都喷很多、喷不用钱。 He has softened a bit with his players, but he remains tubborn and rigid about certain decisions, such as giving Brevin Knight the minutes at backup point guard when your 5-year-old nephew could plainly see that Ronnie Price was the better choice. To his credit, after inserting Price at the back end of the second half in Game 5 -- a little late, eh? -- against the Lakers and seeing the energy he brought his team, Sloan confessed that he had made a mistake. That's honorable and all, but the question remains: Why couldn't Sloan see what was so clear to see? 他对待球员的态度有比从前温和，但当你五岁的侄子都知道Price是真王牌时， 教皇仍然只给他少少的上场时间。教皇在湖人系列战结束後赞美了真王牌的表 现，并承认自己可能犯了些错误，认错值得嘉奖，但问题仍存在。为何教皇无 法看到一些显而易见的事实呢？ He continues to say his players have to motivate themselves, it is not his job to motivate them, which, of course, is a load of bull manure, and a bit disingenuous, too, because when Sloan makes that claim, he is, in fact, trying to motivate the same players he says it is not his job to motivate. Point is, one of the key responsibilities of a coach is to get the best out of his players. That is his job. And sometimes Sloan leaves a bit to be desired in the communication department. With younger players, that's pretty important, and whether he'll ever get that corrected at this late juncture in his career is doubtful. Too bad. (前半略) 重点是，身为教练的一项重要责任就是把他表现最好的球员派到场上。教皇有 时和球员之间缺乏沟通，而沟通对於年轻的球员而言是相当重要的。很不幸， 教皇能否在他教练生涯的紧要关头将此问题导正是令人怀疑的。 On the other hand, Sloan's biggest contribution is the overall effect he has on his team, expecting his players to work hard, to play hard, to play team basketball, to be professionals, to be grown men, all of which is ironic, considering the way the Jazz crumbled down the stretch in 2009, after all their players were healed up and available. Sloan once said that when players stop listening to him, he's a dead man coaching. At times, that happened this past season, leaving fans to wonder whether Sloan's presence on the bench floats the team to certain heights or weighs it down to certain limits. And the answer is ... both. 另一方面，教皇最大的贡献就是教导球员正确的打球观念，进而提升整个球队 的能力；但讽刺的是，就在季末球员伤癒归队後，爵士却在季後赛被打了个大 败(其实好几个球员都是带伤上阵)。 Should he stay on as coach? There's an hour or two of daylight left, but eventide is closing in quickly. 教皇应该继续当总教练吗？还有一两小时的白日，但很快就会日暮了。 (意指时日不多) 2. Will Carlos Boozer remain with the Jazz? II. Boozer还会待在爵士吗？ No. Even if Boozer opts in with the team, the Jazz will find a way to get rid of him, regardless of what's being said publicly now. They cannot afford Boozer, and having him stay on the roster, all while there are other players they want to sign, all while the payroll rockets into the luxury tax realm, does more damage than good. 不。尽管大家都说了很多场面话，但即使Boozer留队，爵士也会想办法将他除 去。他太贵，而且还有其他球员要签，如果两者一起执行球队就必须付豪华税， 弊多於利。 The late Larry Miller said he did not want his club to cross that threshold, but he also once said he would be willing to go there -- if it meant a championship was imminent. Having Boozer in the lineup doesn't guarantee that kind of result. In fact, it could hinder it, considering the way Boozer's teammates respond to him. Look at the way they played once he returned from his knee injury this past season. They got worse, not better. There is no proof for it, but there is a suspicion that Boozer jacks up the Jazz's team chemistry and that his presence hurts their cohesiveness. No argument here. 已故的老板Larry Miller曾说他不希望球队的总薪资超过豪华税的门槛，除非， 总冠军已经垂手可得了。Boo的存在并不能保证这样的结果，还有可能是种阻碍。 Paul Millsap is not the offensive player Boozer is, but he'll cost them less than half as much, allowing the Jazz, if they want to spend that kind of money, to allocate their resources toward other weaknesses. The Jazz are real good on offense and bad on defense. They could take a hit at the offensive end if they bolstered the defense in the process. It's like a penny saved is a penny earned. Boozer doesn't play defense and that's precisely what the Jazz need. Playing Boozer alongside Mehmet Okur is all about scoring points, but also surrendering them, so, keeping them both doesn't work. Millsap的进攻并不如Boo，但他的薪水是Boo的一半有余，有了闲钱，球队可 以拿来补强。爵士进攻不差但防守不强，Boo的防守也不太行。把Boo和Okur同 时放在场上有利进攻，但也会被对手得很多分，因此将两人同时留在队上并不 管用。 Boozer, who has missed one-third of the Jazz's games during his time here, won't -- shouldn't -- be with the Jazz by the midway point of next season. If he doesn't opt out, he'll be traded and become a 20-and-10 enigma for some other team. 在爵士队生涯有三分之一时间因伤缺赛的Boozer不会，不应该，在下一季季中 还待在队上。如果他不选择opt out，他将会被交易并成为一个拥有20-10成绩 的谜样球员。 3. Will Mehmet Okur stay with the Jazz? III. Okur还会待在爵士吗？ Yes. Okur will not opt out. He'll go on being the Jazz's second-leading scorer, happily giving them a unique perimeter presence, all while the Jazz seek help for him and others at the defensive end. The center who drives a Ferrari but has the look of a middle-aged man who should be hauling a family of five around in a minivan -- perfect for Utah -- is not the whole package at the 5, but a solid contributor and a valued asset. 会的。Okur不会opt out。他会成为爵士队第二得分点，在防守端爵士则会寻求 其他人的帮助。他虽然不是一个正统的中锋，但是有稳定的贡献，是一个有价 值的资产。 -- 这位作者的论点算是比较基进的，但是为球队的未来提供了不一样的看法。我 只将重点译出，有错还请指正。 --

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