[外電] Drama, confusion shadow Blazers as draft approaches

[JerrydBatum (Nicholas Bayless)]

Blog: Blazer Banter

Subscribe

By Brian T. Smith (Columbian Staff)

June 15, 2010

部份刪簡單翻:

TUALATIN, Ore. — The head coach firmly stood his ground.

A tight-lipped assistant coach ran and ducked for cover.

總教練地位穩固。 助理教練緊縮需要尋求遞補。

And an embattled general manager finally acknowledged that nearly three months
’ worth of questions about his uncertain future had left him fighting for
his life as a Portland Trail Blazer.

正在努力為選秀準備的GM，終於得知近三個月大家都想知道的事。
(指的是高層的確在尋求新GM人選)


McMillan said he is examining candidates to replace two former Portland
assistant coaches: Monty Williams, who last week was named head coach of the
New Orleans Hornets, and Maurice Lucas, who will not return after battling
bladder cancer.

RankA說正在測驗兩個助理教練位置的競爭者們，要補上當上黃蜂教頭的Monty Williams
還有對抗癌症的Maurice Lucas。

Williams spent five seasons with the Blazers, joining the staff in 2005 after
McMillan took over head-coaching duties.

Williamsy在阿拓待了5年，就是在05年時RankA執教後加入的。

Meanwhile, Lucas is a Portland basketball legend. He teamed with center Bill
Walton to bring the city its lone NBA Championship in 1977, and Lucas’ No.
20 jersey has since been retired by the organization. In addition, Lucas had
served as a Blazer assistant coach for six seasons, often playing a lead role
in the development of center Greg Oden, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2007
NBA Draft.

Lucas則是阿拓的傳奇，他是和Bill Walton在1977一起拿下隊史唯一冠軍的人。
他的20號球衣也已經被退休。除此之外呢，Lucas在阿拓當了6季的助理教練，最常
負責的工作就是訓練Oden的工作。

But McMillan quickly shut down when asked to address reports that Demopoulos
and assistant coach Joe Prunty will not be retained once their contracts
expire at the end of June.

而關於另兩個助理教練Demopoulos和Joe Prunty，被報導月底合約到期後就不會再續約
的消息，RankA則是不回應。

“I’m a Blazer. All right?” Demopoulos said. “I’m working these guys out.
Enjoying myself. Peace.”

Demopoulos表示 : 我是個阿拓人好嗎，我很享受我的工作。


Soon, all attention turned to Pritchard.

接下來的重點跳到了KP

Pritchard — who is under contract through 2010-11 with a team option for the
following season — was asked what he knew about the state of an
organizational evaluation process concerning his job performance that has
dragged on for more than six weeks.

KP的合約是有個2010-11的球隊選項。他被問到知不知道目前高層評估他的狀況是如何

He responded: “I have no idea. The thing that I do know is that we all know
they’re looking for a GM and going through that process. I’m a competitor. I
’ve always been a competitor. And I’m not afraid of that. And the big thing
for me is, may the best may win. Do your job. Do your search. May the best
win.”

他表示 : ''我不知道，我知道的是他們確實在進行尋找GM的動作。我一直將自己視為一
         個競爭者，我並不害怕，對我來說重要的是，做好工作做好新秀觀察，願最好
         的人會獲勝。''

Asked whether the Blazers are looking to specifically replace him or are just
weighing possible options, Pritchard said he was not sure.

而被問到高層是特別在找取代他的人，還是只是考量其他選擇時，KP回答說他也不清楚

“I’m going to battle every single second to make this the best organization
I can,” said a subdued Pritchard, who spoke with a weary voice and conceded
that life is not fair. “At the end of the day, they’re going to make their
decision. But until then, I’m going to compete like heck. I’ve done it all
my life, guys. This is not something unusual. I’m OK with it.”

''我會盡我所有奮鬥每一秒鐘讓我們變得最好'' KP這樣說著，並帶著疲憊的語氣承認
人生是不公平的。 ''最後他們會作出決定，而直到那之前我會努力競爭，我一生都在
這麼做，guys，這不是什麼不尋常的事，我可以接受的。 




Notes Buffy Filippell, president of TeamWork Consulting, denied a report
Tuesday that she is in charge of search firm that has been hired by the
Blazers to find a replacement for Pritchard. Filippell acknowledged that she
worked in the past with the Blazers, helping the organization hire a previous
general manager. But she said she had no information about any details
relating to Pritchard’s future, nor published reports that the Blazers have
hired a search firm.

後記: 球隊的團隊總顧問-Buffy Filippell，一個過去有幫忙阿拓雇用GM的人，否認她
      是尋找新GM行動的負責人，且對於KP的未來無可奉告。

The NBA announced its 2010-11 Summer League schedule Tuesday. Portland will play July 11, 13,
15, 17 and 18 in Las Vegas at Cox Pavillion. McMillan said the Blazers’
 roster will be set after the draft. Assistant Kaleb Canales will coach the
team.

NBA公怖了2010-11 Summer League schedule，阿拓會在15.17.18號打，RankA說球員名單
會在選秀後確定。助理教練Kaleb Canales會帶領。


補上一點OREGONLIVE的KP問答

Does that make you lose a little of your passion for the organization?
這有讓你失去對阿拓們的熱情嗎?

“Not one bit. I love who I work with. Nate McMillan — I would do anything
for him. Our players, I have great relationships (with them). Chad
(Buchanan), Mike (Born), Beth (Hancock), Sarah (Mensah), I choose to be here.
I want to be here. But they’ve opened up the search and guess what? Here’s
the deal, they can do whatever they want. And if it’s best for the
organization, so be it. Like I’ve said, may the best man win. I’m OK with
that.”

''就連那麼一點也沒有，我喜歡和我一起工作的人，Nate McMillan — I would do
  anything for him。我和球員們的關係也很好。我選擇了待在這，我想要待在這裡。
  而關於他們尋找新人選的動作，如果這是對球隊組織最好的，那就這樣吧，就像我說
  的，願最好的人獲勝，我可以接受的。


--
◥◣      ◢◣ Ｂｌａｚｅｒｓ◥██◣          ◣ ＲＩＳＥ ★ ＷＩＴＨ ★ ＵＳ
  █◣    ◤   ◤ ◢█◣     ▋    █          █                 ◢█◣ ◢█◣
  █◥◣  ◢   ◢ █  ◤     ▋  ◢◤ ◢██ ◥█◤ ◤  ◣ ◥█◤ ◥  ◤ ◥  ◤
  ◤  ◆  █   █ ◤     ▍▌▋  ◥◣ ◤  ◤   ◤   ◢  █ ◣▼◢   ◆     ◆
  ◢  ◥◣█   █ ◢  ◢     ▋    █ ◢  ◢   ◢◢ █  █ ◤▼◥ ◢  ◣ ◢  ◣
  ◤    ◥◤   ◤ ◥█◤     ◥◤◢◤ ◥◤█   █◤ ◥◤◥ ◢  ◣ ◥█◤ ◥█◤

--
※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc)
◆ From: 125.227.222.77
推 AdamHmc:感謝翻譯  :)
推 Soccer:把KP放走吧,只有把有能力的總管趕走,高層才會看出RANK A
→ Soccer:的無能
※ 編輯: JerrydBatum     來自: 125.227.222.77       (06/16 12:53)
推 cvincent:感謝翻譯~~
推 tPA:唉，祝福KP，真的很希望他留下啊...
→ Totonyny:不知道會和西瓜簽幾年約...希望是短約
推 Totonyny:如果是長約希望不要像幾年前的灰狼 一直死在第一輪
推 knight0123:好像是一年一簽,下季應該還是他