Will Tim Duncan play another year? By Michael Erler @MichaelErlerSBN on Feb 4 2015, 4:58p 來源：http://ppt.cc/MjH4 --------------------------------- Gregg Popovich gave USA Today's Sam Amick all sorts of juicy tidbits the other day, among them details like the exact length of the extension he signed last summer (five years), the revelation that he really doesn't expect to coach the full term of that deal and also that there is a calculated method to his madness for the way he conducts himself in those sideline interviews during nationally-televised games. Basically, it's a form of protest. I would argue that Pop is being a bit revisionist by choosing not to remember how he acts with the press at times after losses, but it's an interesting little quote from him nonetheless. Popovich給了USA Today的Sam Amick許多的小口資訊，包括他去年夏天跟馬刺續約的確切 合約長度(5年)，也坦承他可能不會執教到合約結束。他也說了每次他在場邊採訪中的瘋狂 行徑是經過考慮的，那實際上就是抗議的一種。我會為Pop辯論說他其實是有一點修正主 義，因為他選擇去忘記他那些在輸球後的採訪中出現的行徑。總之這些說辭依舊是有趣 的。 The money quote, however, was an opinion Pop shared about Tim Duncan, which was surprising on several fronts. 雖然如此，最值得的說辭是來自Pop的對Tim Duncan的個人看法，也是非常令人驚訝的。 --- "No matter how (the season) ends, I think Timmy is going to look at (retirement) again," Popovich told USA TODAY Sports on Tuesday. "And if you ask me, my guess is that he'll go for another one because he has been so consistent this season. Popovich說道："不論今季是怎麼結束的，我覺得Timmy都會再一次的考慮退休。但是如果 你問我，我的猜想是他會選擇再戰一年，因為他今季的表現依舊是始終如一的。" "It's just consistent stuff: another double-double, over and over and over again. Because of that, I think in his mind that if it continues through the rest of the year, I think he'll say, 'I'm going to go another year and see what happens.' Because what he has told me is that the minute he feels like he's a hindrance to his team or he's not on the positive end or helping him, he's going to walk right off the court. It might be during the third quarter of a game. "他的表現依然是那樣：一次又一次(又再一次）的雙十表現，如果這種表現持續到球季 結束，我覺得他一定會想說‘我會再打一年看看會發生什麼事’。因為他告訴我只要他覺 得他會成為球隊的阻礙或者是他沒辦法保持他的好表現時，那一刻他一定會離開球場，哪 怕是還在一場比賽的第三節中。" "He's not going to hang on to finish a contract or make the money or have the notoriety that you know he doesn't give a (expletive) about. So the way he's playing now, he's going to look in the mirror and say, 'Hey, I'm doing all right.'" "他不會硬撐在那邊只為了走完合約亦或者是為了錢，更不會讓自己聲名狼藉。他現在的 表現會讓他站在鏡子前看著自己並說‘嘿，其實我打得還不賴’。" --- Here's why the story surprised me. First, I would never expect Pop to ever guess at Duncan's intentions on a subject like retirement on the record with a reporter, no matter how good the relationship between Popovich and said reporter is, especially considering how emphatic Duncan has been about not want ing to discuss this particular subject in public. I'd say outside of discussing his private life, the will you/won't you retire questions are Duncan's second-biggest turn-off. And Popovich certainly knows this. 所以這是為什麼這個故事令我感到吃驚。首先，我從來都不會盼望Pop會去猜測並跟一位 記者聊到Duncan對退休的打算，不論他跟那位記者有多要好，特別是Duncan有強調說他不 想在公開場合討論這個話題。我要說的是，這個‘你究竟會不會退休？’的問題絕對是 Duncan的第二大地雷(第一大是討論他的私生活)，而Popovich理應要知道才對。 Secondly, Pop is not the type idly speculate about anything. He's a big advocate of not worrying about things you can't control. So my educated guess is that fairly recently, despite Duncan's oft-stated position of not even thinking about the decision until the off-season, is that either he or someone in his camp gave PATFO some strong indications that he's leaning toward coming back, or at the least that retirement isn't a definite "yes." 第二，Pop不會是那種會去隨便猜測的人。他是那種主張不要去擔心那些你沒辦法控制的 事情的人。所以我的合理猜測是，儘管Duncan的立場是他不會在球季中想這個問題，可能 他本人或他的團隊在最近透露給Popovich跟球團一些強烈的表示說他目前傾向于明年再回 到球場上，或至少退休不會是一個確切的Yes。 Finally, Pop subtly called out a number of Spurs including Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker and Tiago Splitter in the story, while praising Duncan's play. This had been an issue earlier in the year, when Duncan made it plain that he disliked being lumped with the others when Pop called out the team's effort in losses, especially in games where Duncan had played well. It is Duncan's one and only point of vanity. Pop can curse him out in practice, away from prying eyes all he wants, and he can even suggest that Duncan played poorly when the occasion fits, but do not ever question his effort publicly. It really upsets him. Ever since that incident (I want to say it was after the home overtime loss to the Lakers) Pop has made sure to clarify that Duncan is the exception when it comes to critiquing the team's effort. 最後，Pop也在讚美Duncan的時候，巧妙的提到了一些球員，像是Manu、Tony跟Tiago。這 在今年剛開始的時候是一個問題，在Pop提到說球隊輸球是因為球員們在球場上不夠努力 的時候，Duncan之前就表示不喜歡被歸類為不努力，尤其是在Duncan表現還很不錯的比 賽。這也可以說是Duncan唯一的自負吧。Pop可以在私底下練習的時候咒罵他，甚至可 以在某些對的時候針對Duncan的表現提出疑問，但是你絕對不能在公開場合中去詢問他在 球場上的付出，這會讓他感到不開心。自從那件事(我只想說那是在主場對上湖人的延長賽 失利後) Pop已經會確保他在評論球隊的努力及付出時，去澄清Duncan是唯一的例外。 Though Duncan doesn't pay attention to media, word always trickles in one way or another. My theory is that Pop wants Duncan to hear as many flattering things as possible. It's why he gives flowery interviews about him to national reporters. I also believe he's subtly putting pressure on Duncan to keep playing. He's making it clear that he doesn't want to coach a mediocre team led by Kawhi Leonard and Parker on his last legs. Heck, if he can convince Duncan to stay on for one more, that might pull in Ginobili for another year too. These are Pop's guys. They're all he's known for the past 13 years or more. He doesn't want to work with new people. He's too old to learn new tricks. Even Leonard's already in his fourth season and it's more like five years if you add in all the playoff wars. I think Pop meant it when he said, for years now, that he was intent on following Duncan out the door. 雖然Duncan不會去注意媒體，這些話難免會傳到他耳裡的。我的理論是Pop要Duncan聽到 這些讚美他的話。這是為什麼他會在這種絢麗的採訪中提到他。我也相信這是他巧妙的給 Duncan有繼續打下去的壓力。他已經很白話的說不想在教練晚期執教一隊由Leonard跟 Parker領軍的平凡的球隊。天啊，如果他可以說服Duncan再戰一年，這可能也會讓 Ginobili也在留下一年。這些人都是Pop的人啊，他們在過去已經認識13年以上了。Pop 不想跟新人合作，他已經老到很難去學習新把戲了。甚至Leonard也在他的執教下打了4季 了，如果考慮到季後賽，已經像打了5年了。我覺得Pop對於他會跟隨著Duncan離開是有著 非常認真的態度。 There's also this tidbit, again from another extended interview Pop granted, this time to Sports Illustrated's Ian Thomsen, about Leonard. Though he can't name names because of the league's tampering rules, Popovich implies pretty clearly that he doesn't expect at all to be able to land a big star in free agency (such as LaMarcus Aldridge or Marc Gasol) even if the Spurs have the cap room. So, just for the sake of the 2015-16 Spurs, Duncan or Ginobili might be their best --or even only-- chance to even be a fringe contender. If they don't come back, then the next best plan, really, is to make up an injury to Leonard and tell him to spend the year relaxing on a beach somewhere, maybe pretend to be Larry O'Brien trophy and visit Ginobili in Argentina, Duncan in St. Croix and Bonner in New Hampshire. 這邊還有另一個小訊息是來自Pop跟Sports Illustrated的採訪，是關於Leonard。雖然因 為NBA的規則(tampering rules) Pop不能提到一些名字，但是他已經講的蠻清楚的說他不 認為他們可以在自由市場上撈到大魚(像是LaMarcus Aldridge或Marc Gasol)，即使是他 們有那個薪資空間。所以，為了2015-16年的馬刺，Duncan或者是Ginobili可能會回來。 即是他們絕對不回來，下一個最好的打算，將會是想一個受傷理由給Leonard然後告訴他 去哪邊找個海灘放鬆一下，可能叫他想像一下自己是Larry O'Brien獎杯然後去Argentina 探望Ginobili，去St Croix看看Duncan，還有在New Hampshire的Bonner。 In closing, I'd just like to add (with help from Sports Illustrated's Rob Mahoney) that Tim Duncan is a Golden God and I never want him to leave. 最後，我只想要說Tim Duncan是最偉大的人而我從來都不想要他離開。 ------------------- 偉哉叮噹肯，再戰10年吧！！！ 倒數第二段根本搞笑吧XDD 看來作者根本就覺得Duncan明年會再回來 (Cuban表示:...) 最後一段的Golden God不太確定翻得對不對，應該意思有到嗎？ --

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