To those who thought Joe Dumars was less inclined to shake up his roster now that he’s given them a different voice at the top of it, think again. “It doesn’t change my stand on what I sat here and said last week,” Dumars said Tuesday after announcing Michael Curry as his head coach – a week to the day after dismissing Flip Saunders as his head coach. “I still feel the same way I felt last week.” 別以為換了新教頭Dumars就不想再動他的球員了。Dumars表示他的感覺和上星期一樣。 Curry said he hoped he would “never get the chance to read one of you all say the team didn’t play hard, they pick and choose when they want to play, they play up to the level of their competition, the regular season doesn’t mean anything. Curry說他希望他上任之後沒機會再讀到"球隊打球不拼"的報導。 “For me as a coach, that’s a direct relationship to me. That’s a stab to me. That hurts me more than losing in the conference finals, because that’s something you directly control. And that’s one of my goals, personally, to never let that be said about a team that I coached and a team that represents this organization, because you don’t get that nowhere else in the organization. Everybody else in the organization works every day.” Curry認為這點和教練有直接關係，也是教練可以直接掌控的部分，這對他來說比輸掉 分區冠軍戰還傷。 A few questions later, somebody wanted to know how you keep players motivated. Curry fairly pounced on that one, too. 問到如何保持球員的動力。 “I don’t think you make anybody play. I think you substitute. Put somebody in there that wants to play. The way you have a motivated team, you remove the ones that are unmotivated. That’s pretty simple.” Curry的回答是擺上想打球的人，讓沒有動力的人下場休息如此的簡單。 “I don’t think it will be a hard transition. I thought it probably should have happened when I retired. Three years ago, I thought I probably should have been a head coach. I did. 談到工作的轉換Curry認為不難。Curry甚至認為他在三年前退休時就該當教頭了。 “I look at being a head coach just like I did as an assistant. I prepared as an assistant as if I was the head coach. I was a role player my entire career. I prepared as if I was going to be a guy that played 48 minutes. When you prepare that way, any role you find under that, you’re prepared for. Now that I’m a head coach, I can’t prepare more than I’ve prepared.” Curry說他身為助理教練時就準備好當教頭了。他認為他不能再準備得更好了。 “Some people just have the qualities you see in a leader,” Dumars said. “I knew he had the qualities to be a coach, but more so he had the qualities to be a leader. He could have chosen any profession and he would have been one of the top people. He commands respect. He’s very disciplined, very organized, very well prepared in whatever he does.” Dumars認為Curry有領袖特質，在任何職業運動中都會是頂尖人士。而且他非常有紀律， 有組職，不管做什麼他都準備好了。 A few other interesting tidbits. Dumars said he’s talked to about 10 teams since smoking out interested trade partners last week with his “everyone is in play” proclamation and the rumors – as Dumars knew they would – have been flying ever since. Dumars說自從他上星期「每個人都可交易」的言論後已經和十個球隊談過了。 “I knew the phone was going to start ringing and I knew following that the rumors would start,” he said. “I’ll say this – we’re not talking to teams about their second- or third-best player. If I’m going to put these types of guys on the market, then don’t waste your time talking to me about guys you don’t like. Nothing is imminent. … They know we’re open.” Dumars說他要找的是第一流的球員。目前沒有立即的交易。 * Curry said Dave Cowens will be back on the staff. Terry Porter, of course, was named Phoenix’s head coach on Monday. There’s a chance he’ll take Igor Kokoskov with him. As for filling out the staff, Curry and Dumars said they have reached out to assistants currently working for other teams and have a working list that they’re comfortable will produce what they’re looking for – a mix of veteran coaches and young ones who’ll bring experience and vitality. Curry表示Dave Cowens會留任助理教練。太陽新教頭Porter有可能會把助理教練Igor Kokoskov一起帶走。Curry和 Dumars說他們目前已和其他球隊的助理教練取得聯繫。 “We’re just going to be a hard-working staff, from top to bottom, and we’re going to have a lot of responsibilities,” Curry said. “And I think that’s good. Any time you have accountability and you’re going to stand on that, your staff will be really hard working. And once your players see that, they usually follow suit.” Curry表示他們會找一批努力奮鬥的工作人員，這也可以讓球員追隨他們的精神。 * Dumars said he had yet to talk to Lindsey Hunter about his future. Hunter signed a two-year contract two years ago with the understanding that he would have a role in the organization upon its completion. Dumars說他還沒和獵人談他的未來。 http://tinyurl.com/62zzzm Rasheed Wallace was the only Pistons player on the practice floor during Curry's press conference. Dumars said he had spoken to Wallace once since Detroit's Game 6 loss to Boston in the Conference finals. Curry had a brief exchange with Wallace following the press conference. I anticipate those two will talk more in the coming weeks as Curry goes about getting a feel for who he believes can help him succeed next season, and who can't. Wallace declined to comment. Sheed是Curry上任記者會時唯一出現會場的活塞球員。他和Curry在記者會後有短暫的 交談，但Sheed拒絕發表評論。 http://tinyurl.com/66kjq7 Morris Peterson of the New Orleans Hornets wasn’t surprised Curry, one of his former teammates, became a head coach. “Mike is a great guy, who has always been a class act,” Peterson said in a telephone interview. “He wasn’t a big-time player coming into the NBA, and he had to travel a lot of venues to turn himself into a pro. That will only help him as a coach. I’m not sure I would be where I am without Mike’s guidance in Toronto.” Curry前隊友Peterson很感謝Curry在暴龍期間對他的指導，也發他好人卡。 http://tinyurl.com/5tkh76 --

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