Ex-Jazz coach Jerry Sloan interested in a return to NBA Former Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan is interested in a return to the NBA. 教皇有意重返NBA执教。 Sloan told The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday that he has talked to Charlotte owner Michael Jordan about the Bobcats’ job and could meet with him as early as this week. 教皇告诉媒体本周稍早他和山猫队的老板那个人谈过这件事。 Earlier in the day, Sloan told Fox Sports Florida that he would consider taking the job in Orlando, if it were ever offered. The Magic fired coach Stan Van Gundy and general manager Otis Smith on Monday. 刚开除教练与总管的奥兰多魔术队也是他的选项之一。 Reached at his farm outside McLeansboro, Ill., Sloan made it clear he would like to return to coaching after being away from basketball for 15 months. 在隐退了15个月後教皇清楚地表示了回归联盟的意愿。 Sloan resigned as coach of the Jazz in February of 2011, citing fatigue after 23 seasons. 2011年2月教皇在爵士执教23个球季後突然萌生退意辞去教练一职。 Asked if he had talked to any team about a job opening, Sloan mentioned Jordan and the Bobcats, who finished 7-59 during the lockout-shortened season and then fired coach Paul Silas. 在被问到是否跟任何目前缺人的球队接触过时， 教皇的答案是刚在缩水球季创下7胜59败纪录的山猫。 According to Sloan, undertaking such a massive rebuilding job would not prevent him from considering Charlotte. 山猫这麽难堪的情况并不会影响他考虑接任教练一事。 "Obviously, you probably wouldn’t win [a championship] right off the bat," he said. "But sometimes it’s not all about starting on top." 「一开始就拿冠军当然不可能，但万丈高楼平地起咩。」 If Sloan ever went to work for Jordan, Jazz fans would certainly see the irony. 如果教皇真的跟那个人合作，爵士迷恐怕都要崩溃了。 Under Sloan, Utah reached the 1997 and 1998 NBA Finals. Both times, Sloan and Jazz were beaten in six games by Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. 公牛耻，犹未雪。 Asked about his reported interest in Orlando, Sloan said, "I’m sure a lot of people are interested. But I really don’t know what the parameters are going to be or what’s going on. I guess we’ll wait and see what happens." 教皇对魔术的看法：「有意愿接教练的人必然很多，但现在情况还不明朗。」 Orlando’s situation is complicated, given the uncertain future of All-Star center Dwight Howard and the team’s vacant general manager job. 魔术前景将受到魔兽未来动向及继任总管人选影响。 Sloan knows the Magic "have a lot of different things to consider" while searching for their new coach. 教皇认为魔术在挑选教练时会有更多需要考量之处。 Now 70, Sloan says he feels "terrific" and his health is "good," although that does not mean he is actively seeking a job. 70岁的教皇自认现在亲像一尾活龙，但他并没有主动在找工作。 "I just stay out of the way and see what happens," Sloan said. "If there’s some interest in me, fine. If there’s not, I understand that, too." 「叫我卧龙先生。」教皇说道。 After the 2010-11 season ended — three months after he resigned in Utah — a handful of NBA teams approached Sloan about a return to coaching. 其实上个球季结束後就有不少球队徵询过教皇回归的意愿。 At that point, he was not interested. But by September, during an interview with The Tribune, Sloan hinted the situation might be changing. 但那时没有人能打动他，直到9月情况才开始有了转变。 "I don’t think you can ever say, ‘No,’ " he said at the time. "But I’m not agonizing over it, that’s for sure. I think I’ll always be able to find something to do." 「永不复出这件事我很难保证，但眼下并没有急迫性，」教皇透露： 「家里还有很多田地等着犁啊...」 But Sloan’s wife, Tammy, wasn’t so sure. "I just don’t see him staying retired," she said. "I just can’t see that happening." 教皇太座从不觉得他会安於田园：「老头子闲不下来的啦，奇怪耶他！」 Longtime friend Danny Brown, who lives in Illinois, agreed. "If the right deal came along, maybe. He might do it again," Brown said. 「遇到刘皇叔就会出山了啦！」教皇密友伯朗先生也这麽认为。 Sloan, who was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009, ranks third among coaches in regular-season wins with 1,221. He trails Don Nelson (1,335) and Lenny Wilkens (1,332). 教皇於2009年进入篮球名人堂，胜场数排名史上第三。 --

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