[外電] Petrie denies offer to Rambis

[eliczone (C'est la vie)]

        http://www.sacbee.com/kings/story/1937020.html

The comparisons between Paul Westphal and Rick Adelman began almost
immediately Wednesday, when Kings basketball president Geoff Petrie sat in
the practice facility and discussed at length his team's latest new coaching
era.

There was the similar record of achievement, with the new Kings coach and the
former one regularly winning 50-plus games and guiding their teams into the
playoffs only to fall short of a championship.

There were the similar stories about style, with both men known as creative
offensive coaches who manage with tact more than toughness.

There was the reality that both coaches entered Sacramento with plenty of
critics, their previous NBA head-coaching jobs (Adelman at Golden State and
Westphal in Seattle) having ended badly.

But by the end of Westphal's first unofficial day, there would be yet another
similarity between the two: a Lakers rivalry.
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以上都在講Paul和矮豆人有許多類似的地方。

The saga involved Lakers assistant Kurt Rambis, one of three candidates for
the Kings job who – according to sources – was the leading contender.
Rambis made it clear all along that he wouldn't be distracted by the Kings'
process so long as his team was in the playoffs, but his preference in
handling the matter would eventually conflict with that of the Kings because
of Westphal.
這裡在講國王在等Rambis，但Rambis目前只想專心在奪冠。

Sources say Westphal came close to pulling out of the race late last week
after growing frustrated with the politics and pace of the process. The
former Phoenix and Seattle head coach had interviewed nearly a month before
and agreed to hypothetical terms of a deal not long after, then waited while
his fate was on hold and the delay was clearly related to Rambis.
保羅幾乎要退出了，因為他實在等太久，有點挫折，為什麼這麼久呢？還是因為Rambis

Yet after Petrie called Westphal personally and persuaded him to stay in, he
had pressured Rambis' agent, Warren LeGarie, for an answer on Tuesday
regarding the terms of a deal. That answer came in the afternoon in the form
of an e-mail from LeGarie, who insisted once again he needed more time and
made it clear he couldn't commit to anything.
Petrie馬上急扣叫保羅等等，之後就對Rambis的經紀人施壓，要個答案。但回應就是沒
空啦。

Without a commitment on the Rambis front and with the fact that a third
candidate (Boston associate head coach Tom Thibodeau) had pulled out of the
race earlier in the day, sources say Petrie's desire to get a deal done with
someone whose desire to be in Sacramento was no mystery rather than head
further down the rocky Rambis road won out.
而T也在幾天前退出了。

But when an ESPN.com story Tuesday said Rambis had turned down a formal offer
before the Kings opted for Westphal, the typically tight-lipped Petrie denied
the report.
但在ESPN說Rambis拒絕了國王的offer，國王才選擇保羅。Petrie也不是省油的燈，平常
口風很緊的他出來否認。

"The way we approached this hire was that we had a compensation structure
that was basically a pre-qualifying type of … commitment that was going to
be needed," he said. "So all of the people who we talked to were either told
ahead of time or immediately after in their interviews what this structure
was. And in order to have a chance to be offered the job, there needed to be
some acknowledgment that that structure would be acceptable, which is not
unlike a lot of jobs that get put out there.
「所有我們要的人，我們都希望他可以接受我們的全部。這種工作機會並不是常常有的」

"The job could not have been offered to somebody who hadn't said that that
structure was acceptable. The only person who was offered this job was Paul
Westphal. That's the bottom line."
「所以不可能有人不願意接受我們，我們還去熱臉貼冷屁股，唯一個接收到offer的人就
是保羅，就是這樣子」

There had been rumblings all along Rambis had serious doubts about joining
the Kings on a number of fronts, and that he would not have taken the job
unless the expected salary and length of contract ($1.5 million base per year
in two guaranteed seasons) rose significantly.
有傳言說Rambis不接受的原因在於錢和合約的長度。

Then hours after Petrie's candid comments circulated on the Internet, Rambis
gave his retort in a radio appearance on the "Petros and Money Show" on Fox
Sports Radio.
Rambis在Petrie發表言論後，他也回擊了。

"(The Kings) put some sort of timetable there (on the search)," said Rambis,
who had declined comment on the Kings' situation throughout the postseason.
"I understand that they wanted to move forward in their coaching search, but
really what it came down to was that they have a bunch of young players on
their team. It's a project team. As it stands right now, that team is –
 particularly in the Western Conference – is a ways away from winning.
「國王訂了期限，我了解他們想要往前走，但他們有一堆年輕球員，也就是說這隻球隊
目前在西區無法贏球」(幹，會贏球還找你來幹嘛)

"They have holes in their roster, and they certainly have to improve as a
ballclub if they expect to win. And I was just looking to be involved with
that team for a longer term than what the Sacramento Kings were looking for.
I think that that's basically what it came down to.
「他們的球員名單有漏洞，而且他們必須進步，更像隻球隊，如果他們想要贏的話。我只
是想要待在同一隻球隊比國王想要的還久。我想這就是事情的經過」

"I like the Kings organization. I like Geoff Petrie as a general manager. The
Maloofs are good owners, but my vision and their vision just didn't coincide,
so I decided to turn their offer down and they moved in another direction."
「我喜歡國王這個大家庭。我喜歡Petrie身為GM。馬老闆很好，但我們談不攏。所以我拒
絕了」

Petrie, however, insists moving away from Rambis was a matter of time and not
terms.
Petrie還是堅持是因為時間問題。

"I just think we gave everybody enough time to examine, analyze, mull over,"
Petrie said. There was no gun, really, put to anybody's head. …
「我認為我們給了每個人足夠的時間去檢查、分析、深思」Petrie說。說真的，他又沒有
拿槍指著任何人的頭。

"I guess the question was, 'How much time do you need?' And I think we gave
everybody adequate time to formulate their own sense of whether this works or
doesn't work. At some point, you want to have a coach. We liked them all very
much and decided that Paul was the best."
「我猜問題在於，你需要多少時間？我認為我們已經給了每個人適當的時間讓他們想想是
否要不要接受。在某些點，你想要個教練。他們每個人我們都很喜歡，而最後決定保羅是
最棒的」

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Petrie衝啊，不要被人看扁了，不要就算了，還放話。保羅好好幫國王出一口氣


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※ 編輯: eliczone        來自: 220.130.141.241      (06/11 16:32)
推 pennykidd:其實Rambis考量的點也沒錯正好湖人還在比賽所以選保羅也
→ pennykidd:合情合理只能說國王需要現在就能答覆的人保羅也準備好了
→ pennykidd:而且下週有很多PG要來測試這是最重要的測試我們需要教練
→ pennykidd:在場參與意見保羅帶過KJ我相信他能在這次選秀選到未來PG
推 ImMACACO:推penny大  雖然不甘心但Rambis講的也是事實
→ ImMACACO:But  I still believe!!
推 GodEyes:謝謝Rambis  因為我覺得Westphal比較好 甚至比達叔好
推 horse5288:事實真的是有點殘酷哪
推 GodEyes:有外電說Rambis的如意算盤是打算等禪屍明年退休直接接湖人
推 roysos:能在會贏球的球隊誰要來一個目前看不到未來的地方？
→ roysos:只希望前幾次選教練失敗的經驗能讓國王這次真的壓對寶