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Avery Johnson doesn't enter his third full season as coach of the Mavericks
facing a crossroad, but facing a challenge. It's not any different than the
one he's talked about since Day 1.
Avery Johnson即將進入他第3季的執教，他沒有要在十字路口上(自己想像意思^0^)但
他仍然要面臨挑戰。這挑戰跟他剛來的第一天說的並沒有差別。
"When I took over, all I talked about was getting to the Finals and winning a
championship," Johnson said. "I haven't backed off that."
當我接管球隊後，我說我們要的是打進冠軍賽然後得一個冠軍，我現在還是不會退縮。
Johnson has built a two-decade career in pro basketball by not backing off.
His vision and opinions remain as sharp as his Louisiana drawl cutting
through the noise. Whether the noise is coming from roar of the crowd or the
second-guessing of NBA pundits, Johnson is secure in his path for the Mavs.
Johnson在職籃中渡過了二十年的生涯從來沒有退縮過。
The Mavericks didn't make any major moves this summer by design. Johnson and
Co. explored what was out there - yes, Kevin Garnett - but decided to stay
the course and not blow up the core. Johnson is excited about the veteran
addition of Eddie Jones and intrigued by the "animal" potential of Brandon
Bass.
小牛隊這一季沒有做大型的舉動。Johnson跟他的團隊找尋過外面有什麼-是的,Garnett-
但決定仍然保持同樣的陣容而不要打亂。Eddie Jones的加入以及Brandon Bass的"野獸"
潛力讓AJ很興奮。
As for last season, Johnson didn't call losing in the first round a failure.
It's not winning the title that's the disappointment. Not what round the Mavs
lost in or to whom. Celebrating the team's successes, and there have been
many, is one of the points Johnson hopes to stress.
至於上一季，AJ並不認為上一季在第一輪被打敗是失敗。另人失望的是沒有贏得一個冠軍
。不是小牛在第幾輪輸或是輸給了誰。慶祝球隊的成功，是AJ著重的事情之一。
The team gets together officially for the first time Monday at Media Day and
training camp gets going full force with Tuesday morning's first practice.
The preseason opens Oct. 9 with defending champion San Antonio at American
Airlines Center. The regular tips off Halloween Night at defending Eastern
Conference champ Cleveland.
球隊在星期一的媒體日將第一次正式集合然後訓練營將在星期二開始。季前熱身賽將在十
月九號開始，在美航中心對上衛免冠軍馬刺隊。季賽第一場將在萬聖節跟東區冠軍，騎士
隊開打。
Mavs.com met with Johnson inside his American Airlines Center office recently
to catch up before the start of camp.
Mavs.com在開季前在美航中心跟AJ見面。
Tell me a little bit about your summer.
告訴我一些關於你暑假的事。
Summer has been too long overall. I like the short summers. I like summers
where we only have three days as a staff to get ready for the draft and then
after the draft we've got to get right to the Vegas summer league. I like
short summers. Hopefully we'll have a chance to have a short summer next
time.
整體而言，暑假太長了。我喜歡短的暑假。我喜歡那種只有三天準備選秀然後選完後就去
拉斯維加斯暑假聯盟的暑假。我喜歡短的暑假。幸運的話，我們下次可以有個短一點的暑
假。
Did you get away from basketball?
你有遠離籃球嘛?
I took my family to Italy for two weeks. Everybody needs a little time to get
away and be with their families. Being in Italy was a real special time for
our family. We were exposed to a lot of history and saw a lot of interesting
sights. It was good to get away. The phone doesn't ring as much, but
basketball is always there. Other than that I've been here in the office
pretty much working.
我帶我家人去義大利玩了兩星期。大家都需要一點時間來遠離然後跟家人一起相處。在義
大利對我家人來說是個很特別的時光。我們曝在歷史下然後看了很多有趣的景象。是一個
很好的遠離。電話不常響，但籃球當然還在那。除了這之外我大多在辦公室忙著工作。
What have you learned about how last season ended as the summer went on?
你在這季結束後學到了啥?
You're constantly learning about your team. You're constantly learning about
situations. You're constantly learning. Every year, every team is different.
I don't think any situation is exactly the same. If it is, then you should be
able to make the right decisions. Our decisions are quick and they have to be
precise. When you take a step back and take a look at it, you learn certain
things. A lot of the things I was concerned about last year when we were on
those great winning streaks and everybody was telling the team how good we
were, a lot of those situations came to pass in the playoffs.
你要不斷的了解你球隊。你要不斷的了解現況。你要不斷的學習。每一年，每一隊都很辛
苦。我不認為所有的情況都是完全相同的。如果是的話你應該就能做正確的選擇。我們的
選擇必須要快跟精確。當你退後再看他時，你會學到一些一些東西。去年我們在連勝時時
我很在乎大家都在跟我說我們是多好的球隊，很多情況再季後賽過後就改變了。
You've said that you saw warning signs when you were winning. What were they?
你說你在贏時看到了很多警告標示。他們是啥?
I don't talk about them publicly. Our team knows. We talk about it behind the
scenes. You address it in different ways. One of the ways we addressed it is
that some of our players have just matured. They're going to get better. Some
of it is just roster moves. We made a couple of really subtle moves that we
think can be huge for us. We think Devean George being in our system another
year, for example, is going to help us. Whether it's coaching or player moves
or players maturing, all of those we feel we've addressed, but we still don't
know what's going to happen.
我不會在公開的場何說。只有我們隊上知道。我們都在私下講的。你用很多不同技巧去
讓球隊更好。其中一種方式就是我們的一些球員成熟了。他們會越來越好。其中一種方式
是改變球員名單。我們做了一些我們認為對我們有好很大好處的精湛的動作。我們覺得
Devean George在我們球隊再待一年對我們是很大的幫助。不論是教導球員,教動作或幫助
球員更成熟，我們認為我們做了，但我們還是不知道會發生什麼事。
Considering the roller-coaster ride of the last two years, you've stayed
consistent with the core built around Dirk Nowitzki. Why do you believe in
that philosophy?
考慮到過去前兩年的雲宵飛車式，你還是暫時決定以Dirk Nowitzki為中心建立球隊。為
何你相信這個哲學?
It gives you your best chance. At the end of the day if you win, you did it
right. If you don't win, you didn't do it right. Historically, and from what
I've seen, it gives you the best chance. We probably could have made a trade
this year, but we're not going to liquidate our whole team just to get one
player. Then you don't have a point guard, you don't have center. It's just
Dirk and the other guy. We're not going to do that. You can't play basketball
with two players and without a really strong supporting staff.
他給你最好的機會。在一天最後，如果你贏了，你做對了，果你沒有贏，你做錯了。根據
歷史和過去幾年我看到的，他給你最好的機會。我們這一年也許可以做到一點交易，但我
們不想消除整隊只為了得到一個球員。然後你就沒有控衛，你沒有中鋒。只剩下Dirk跟另
外一個球員。我們不會那麼做。你不能只用兩個球員打球，然後沒有強大的支援。
Is there a temptation when you see some "Big Ticket" items floating out there
this summer?
We always think about it. We always communicate about it. That's our job. We
owe it to our fans to make the best decisions we can. You want to take a
really hard look at your time and that's I why disagree with the result of
last season. The whole perception is we got upset when we lost in the first
round. That really makes me laugh. We didn't win the championship. We didn't
get to the Finals. When I took over, all I talked about was getting to the
Finals and winning a championship. I haven't backed off that. So if we had
lost in the second round to Utah, would we have had a better season? We did
not get to the Finals and give ourselves a chance to win the championship.
That's the only way you can win a championship. You've got to get to the
Finals first.
So you're saying that losing in the first round is the essentially the same
as losing in the West finals.
Now people really understand how special the year before was. Coming out of
that year it was like we choked. When you're one of two teams playing in
basketball, the team that wins did everything right. Their coach made all the
perfect moves. Their star player made all the right moves. That's what you
deal with. That's why I was trying to tell everybody coming out of the Finals
season that we should celebrate that more. We should celebrate that
accomplishment. I was dealing with my players about that all year. Don't let
anybody make you feel bad about losing in the Finals. That was a heck of an
accomplishment for a young basketball team still without a lot of experience.
Most of the teams that win championships have at least an experienced point
guard and a great inside game. We didn't have either and still got there. We
had to battle all last year with that. I was telling the team that was an
awesome opportunity and a lot of teams haven't had a chance to get there.
Do you feel that message has sunken in?
Now they understand that and realize it wasn't that bad. We spent so much
time apologizing for losing in the Finals. We just hope to get a little bit
better internal leadership. Our leaders are maturing and our young players
are growing up a little bit.
How much do you communicate with Dirk in the off-season?
For some reason or another we communicated more this summer than any summer.
Whereas other times I don't know if I talked to him one time over the summer,
this summer I talked to him quite a bit.
What did you talk about?
Everything. The team, life, everything.
Is that another step in his development?
Yes, in being on the same page as the head coach and we are on the same page.
I'm always trying to help him see things the way I see it. More than on the
court, we talk about the mental part and communication.
Is the signing of Eddie Jones similar to what you wanted to accomplish with
Doug Christie?
Yes. I'm trying to get that Adrian Griffin-type player with more offense.
He's not in the best shape that he should be in right now, but we want to
build it day-after-day, week-after-week, month-after-month. Once we get him
in the type of physical condition that he needs to be in, we think he can
help us.
Do you think he'll potentially make more of an impact in the playoffs than
the regular season?
I want to have it both ways. That brings up another point. We diminish the
regular season so much. Here we are winning like we've won - we've won 127
games in two years - and it's like that's not good enough. Yes it is good.
The regular season is important. Otherwise stop taking the fans' money for 82
games and just let everybody just make the playoffs.
That's just not the media or the fans' perception, you hear the players talk
that way. How do you reprogram them?
You absolutely have to do that. It's valuable time. It's hard to win games in
this league.
Is that why your challenges this year are more mental?
It's always been mental. Mentally, at first, we had to try to get them to
play some defense and then mentally trying to deal with losing in the Finals
and now mentally not winning the championship last year. I didn't say losing
in the first round.
Is there still a spot on this team for a Chris Webber or PJ Brown?
We'll take a look at it if any of those guys make sense. We did sign Eddie
Jones and just wait until we unleash the animal Brandon Bass.
Why have you gone with a different look at backup power forward with Bass?
We wanted somebody rough and rugged. He's 6-8, 255 pounds and we're going a
different route. It gives me more flexibility. I didn't have a chance to play
Dirk at 3 at all last year and I like that sometimes. I had that the year
before with [Keith] Van Horn. I didn't have that last year. We hope to
utilize Dirk at 3, 4 and 5 instead of just 4 and 5.
You and the franchise have made a commitment for Devin Harris as the starting
point guard even though he's not a traditional point guard.
That's OK. Different is not always bad. Jason Terry has been different and
we've won our share of games, and Devin is different. We feel he's maturing
and we like a lot of the things we saw last year and I like what I've seen
this year. His body is looking stronger, he's worked an awful lot on his shot
and he has a clearer understand of what we need and what it takes.
Devin has always had the physical tools, he's fundamentally sound and a smart
kid. Is there a point when all of that needs to connect?
You've got to connect it all. Sometimes it takes longer for others, but he's
a kid that we obviously have made an investment in and we want that
investment to pay dividends for us consistently.
Does having Devin there change Jason Terry's role?
JT is still JT. JT is still a guy that can flat out make shots. He can play
multiple positions and they play well together. They play well independent of
one another and that's what we're excited about.
So is the shooting guard spot up for grabs like it was last year?
Yes.
You've had a platoon at center for the last two years. Do you want to see
either Erick Dampier or DeSagana Diop grab the reins?
Yes. It's going to be hard because Damp won't be ready. It'll be nice. We're
going to miss Damp. He's one of the most underrated centers in the league. He
does a lot of dirty work. We're going to miss him for the first part of
training camp and early in the season. He should be ready sometime after the
beginning of the season.
How was Diop's development been?
He's still making some strides. In terms of rebounding and blocking shots,
he's a very smart player. He understands where we want him to get his offense
more than any year.
Greg Buckner recently called Jerry Stackhouse the true leader of his team. Do
you see that?
I don't think we have a leader, but Stack does handle the locker room pretty
good. Even though he's one of our older players, I've seen and heard him talk
about being more responsible this year because he knows the window is pretty
small now.
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