[情報] Larry Bird discusses Pacers future

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Larry Bird discusses Pacers future
April 28, 2011


Is there a timetable on your decision on whether to return?

關於你決定去留這件事，有時間表嗎？

The way me and Mr. Simon's been handling this, we wanted to wait till after 
the season, get together, sit down, talk about a few things and basically go 
from there. The big question of mine to him is, "Now we have the money, are 
we going to be able to spend it? We waited three years to get to this point, 
now what can we do? What are you going to let us do?" There's a lot of 
questions that are going to be asked and I want to see what direction he 
wants to go.

我和老闆 Simon 處理這件事的方式是，希望等到球季結束後，坐下來好好談，再從結論
做出決定。我對老闆要優先提出的重大問題是：「現在我們有錢了，那我們可以花掉它
嗎？我們等了三年才走到這一步，現在我們能作些什麼？你會允許我們作什麼？」有很
多要問的問題，而我想先看看老闆的意向如何。


If Herb is on board with what you believe going forward, does that seal the 
deal?

如果 Herb 贊成你想做的事，那事情就這樣決定了嗎？

Well, there's a lot of different questions I want to ask him and get his take 
on everything and see how he feels about the direction of the team, have a 
lot of input on it, go back and forth and just make a decision right after I 
talk to him.

嗯，不過我還有不少問題得問，瞭解他對大小事的看法，對球隊方向覺得如何……有很
多東西需要反覆釐清，然後在我和他談完之後做出決定。


Do you know when that's going to happen?

你知道何時會和他會談嗎？

I talked to him last night and hopefully we'll get together in the next week 
or two.

我昨晚和他談過，希望能在下周或下下周。


What are your thoughts on Frank Vogel's performance?

你覺得 Frank Vogel 表現如何？

I think Frank did an excellent job, stepping in without the experience of a 
head-coaching job and the way he conducted himself, he brought positive 
energy to this team. We won more games than we lost, he did it with a young 
team, a team that's trying to grow. We went through a period where we won a 
lot of games, then we lost some and at the end of the season he got 'em back 
and they probably performed as well in the playoffs as they did in any part 
of the season and that's a good sign.

我認為 Frank 真的做得很好，從來沒有總教練經歷而臨時接手，但他確實為球隊帶來了
正面能量。他率領一支年輕、成長中的球隊打出勝多敗少的戰績。我們有段時間開高走
低，而他在季末把情況導正回來，而且在季後賽表現也一樣地好，這是個好的徵象。


Will you wait until your status is determined before moving forward with 
interviewing coaching candidates?

你會等到你的去留決定後，才開始面試總教練候選人嗎？

I would like to settle this today so we can get moving here but I do have an 
owner. I have a boss and he wants me to go through the draft. Hopefully in 
the next week or two I can find out what's going on and we can get some 
things done. We've got a lockout looming and it's really on his timetable. I 
hate to throw him under the bus like that but it is what it is.

如果可能的話，我想今天就開始，這樣可以快一點，但我上頭還有老闆。老闆希望我弄
完選秀。希望一兩周內我就能知道老闆的決定，然後開始著手作點事。另外，明年也有
可能封館，這點也得由他來定奪。我並不想把所有責任都推給他，但事情就是這樣。


Given Vogel's performance, can you envision a future without him?

Vogel 表現得這麼出色，你認為球隊未來會捨棄他嗎？

I'm sure Frank's going to have some interviews and I want to interview a 
couple of guys. It's a process but we're going to go through it. I think 
Frank did an excellent job. Obviously, I said he's going to have the first 
interview and the last interview. I was very impressed with a lot of things 
he did. He grew along with our players. It's just a situation where he's a 
free agent and there's some other free agents out there and we're going to 
talk to a few people and make a decision and hopefully it's a quick decision.

我會找幾位人選來面試，而我很肯定 Frank 一定會獲得幾次面試的機會。這是個必經的
流程。我認為 Frank 做得非常好。我會第一個找他來面試，最後也會再和他面談一次。
我對他作的許多事都印象深刻。他和球員們一同成長。不過情況就是如此：他是自由之
身，也有好些人情況和他一樣，而我們會和幾位候選人談過之後做出決定，希望不會花
太多時間。


Looking back, do you feel you've accomplished what you set out to do here?

回顧過去，你覺得你達成了你當初所決定要作的事了嗎？

When I took over three years ago and Donnie left, we both knew this was going 
to be a great challenge. We were sitting at around $76 million, we were a $6 
million tax-payer and we had some assets we felt like we might be able to 
trade. We knew moving forward for three years we weren't going to have any 
money. If we had a $100 million payroll, it's a lot easier. So we're trying 
to build a team through the draft without any money. We got Dahntay Jones for 
his contract, but we (cut) $5 million somewhere else. That's how we had to do 
it. I'm not satisifed with how we did overall but obviously we're moving in 
the right direction and now we're down to where we have a lot of cap space 
and we've just got to use it the right way. We're in a great situation here. 
We do have some young talent that obviously they've got to get better as they 
grow, but we're in position where we can be a player in the free agent 
market. I know the type of players I'd like to get, it's just a matter of if 
we can get 'em.

從三年前 Donnie Walsh 離去，我接手他的位置以來，我們都知道這會是個巨大的挑戰
。當時球隊薪資達到 $76M，要繳 $6M 豪華稅，而我們有些能拿來交易的籌碼。我們知
道這樣下去三年內將不再有任何錢可用。如果我們有 $100M 薪資，那也許事情會簡單不
少。於是我們決定從選秀來建立球隊，而不花大錢。我們簽了 Dahntay Jones，但在其
他地方省下了 $5M。這是我們必須作的。我對過去所做的並非全然滿意，但很明顯地，
我們走在正確的方向上，而現在也空出不少薪資空間，我們得正確地用掉它。我們現在
的處境很不錯：有好些年輕人，隨著他們成長一定會越來越好，而且我們還有機會在 FA
市場大展身手。我知道我想要的是什麼類型的球員，剩下的就只是能否弄到手的問題。


Is there anything holding you back that says "Maybe I don't want to do this? 
Maybe I want to be down in Florida on the beach?"

你心裡會不會有股聲音阻止你：「說不定我根本不想作這工作？也許我真正想的是去佛
羅里達海灘作日光浴」？

Why's it got to be Florida all the time? (Laughter) Here's the thing, and I 
think about this a lot. When you're in a position for a period of time, 
sometimes do they need a new direction, a new voice? I don't know if they do 
or not. I know the last three years have been very tough. I actually like all 
my players. They're fun to be around. We had some issues this year that I 
addressed yesterday to each one of them but they're excited and I'm excited 
for them. My decision will be based on my decision with Mr. Simon. If I like 
what I hear I'll probably be back. But if there's some things he sees in the 
job performance I did and he's not comfortable with it, it might be time for 
a new voice.

為什麼非是佛羅里達不可？（笑）以下是我反覆思量的想法。當你身處同一個位置一段
時間，有時候需要新的方向、新的聲音？我不確定是不是如此。我知道過去三年十分艱
困。我真的很喜歡我們的球員。和他們相處很愉快。我們今年確實有些問題，我昨天和
他們每一個人對談時也講過，但他們很興奮，我也為他們感到興奮。我的決定得視老闆
的決定而定。如果我覺得我得到的回答不錯，那我很可能會回來。但如果他對我的工作
表現有什麼地方不滿意，那也許就是需要新聲音的時候。


Could the unsettled NBA labor situation wreck your plans for the team this 
offseason?

混沌未明的勞資爭議會不會打亂你今年休賽期間的計畫？

I don't know. I don't know what the rules are going to be. I can only sense 
that it's going to help us, no matter what happens. But I don't know the 
rules. If I knew the rules, I could tell you. I just hope they can come to an 
agreement in a short period of time.

我不知道。我不知道新的規則會變什麼樣。我只知道無論事情怎麼演變，情況將會對我
們有利。不過我不知道規則會是如何。假如我知道規則的話，我會告訴你們。我只希望
他們能盡早達成協議。


Are you saying this is not the ideal time for you to be leaving?

你的意思是，這不是你離開的理想時機嗎？

I don't know. This is really not about me. It's about the franchise and I 
want to do what's right for the franchise. I've always said there's 30 jobs 
like I have and I think it's the best job you could possibly have. Yeah, 
there's some ups and downs but I've been in this business for 31 years, I 
know a little bit about it, I enjoy it, I love the games and I really love 
the playoffs for some reason and I really like my players. I've seen them 
grow. I know we have a lot of holes we have to fill but we're in a situation 
now where we can do it. I don't know if we can do it all next year but we've 
got to continue to get pieces and put this thing together. Our ultimate goal 
is to get back to being competitive for the Eastern Conference championship 
and I'm very high on a lot of our players. I think in the draft we'll be 
lucky enough to get another great player and just continue to build this. 
It'd be nice if there was no lockout and we could get this thing done this 
summer but unfortunately it looks like there's going to be one.

我不知道。這不是我能決定的。這是球隊的事情，而我想作對球隊有益的事。就像我一
直以來所講的，也許我有 30 多個工作機會，而我覺得這是其中最好的。沒錯，過去曾
有許多起起落落，但我在這行打滾也有 31 年了。我對這門工作有些瞭解，也喜愛這份
工作，喜愛籃球，喜愛季後賽，也喜愛我的球員們。我看著他們成長茁壯。我知道陣容
有許多缺陷必須填補，而我們現在的處境恰好辦得到。我不知道是否靠一年的時間就能
補齊，但我們會持續蒐集拼圖來補完陣容。我們的終極目標是重返東區冠軍競爭者行列
，而我對球員們的前景十分看好。我想幸運的話我們可以在選秀中選中另一名好球員，
然後繼續照這套方式重建。如果不會封館的話，應該今年夏天就可以完成這些工作，那
就太好了，可惜照現在情況看來封館是無可避免。


What are your plans for your own free agents, specifically Jeff Foster, Mike 
Dunleavy and Josh McRoberts?

你對本隊的 FA，尤其是 Jeff Foster，Mike Dunleavy，Josh McRoberts 有何計畫？

We've got T.J. (Ford), we've got a lot of guys. I don't know yet. We're going 
to look at everything. I like all my guys. Some will probably be back and 
some won't. It's according to what we do in free agency.

我們有 T.J. Ford 以及其他人。我還沒有計畫。我們會看情況如何再決定。我喜歡我們
全部的球員。有些人可能會留，有些人會走。這將視我們在 FA 市場的情況決定。


If you don't come back, do you feel it's right to work through the draft, or 
should the new guy be able to come in and pick his team moving forward?

如果你不留任，你覺得把選秀選完才走比較好，還是讓繼任者決定他要選的人比較好？

I do but I have an owner. He wants me to do it and he's paying me till August 
so I'll do what he tells me to do. But I do think if you're going to make a 
change, you need to do it right away. He needs to be in control of the draft 
and he needs to pick his coach.

我傾向後者，不過我上頭還有老闆。我的合約到八月，而他希望要走也是等選完選秀才
走，所以我還是會遵照他的意思。但我的確認為：如果球隊決定要改變，應該當下就做
。新的繼任者必須選他想要的人，還有選他屬意的總教練。


You mentioned liking your players and that wasn't always the case in the 
past. Was that because you were able to make moves to build a positive locker 
room?

你說喜歡手下的球員，但以前好像不是這樣。這是因為你所作的決策，改變了更衣室氣
氛的關係嗎？

One of our problems this year (was) we didn't have a positive locker room all 
year. I addressed that with some players yesterday. They understood. They 
know I'm not happy about it and we're going to make some changes there. I've 
been in this league for so long, I know in your locker room you don't have to 
hug and kiss each other every time you come in. It doesn't work that way. But 
you've got to respect one another. You've got to be professional about the 
way you do your business. And I expect that out of my players. We addressed 
all that. The guys said they understand and it'll never happen again. But I 
came back and said, "If it does happen and I'm here, you won't be here." 
We're not having that anymore. I think it cost us some games this year and 
it's going to be interesting because there are some guys that need to grow up 
and be professional about their job.

球隊今年的問題之一是：並非整年更衣室裡的氣氛都很好。我昨天和球員們對談時也有
提到，而他們也瞭解這點。他們知道我對此不滿，而我們得作些改變。我在聯盟這麼久
了，我知道不是每次進門就得擁抱或親吻才算是氣氛和睦，但至少得彼此互相尊重。職
業球員就該有職業球員的樣子。我希望球員們作到這點。我們都談過，他們也說瞭解了
，保證絕不再犯。但我也回頭警告他們說：「如果在我任內又發生這種鳥事，那你就準
備滾蛋吧！」這種事不會再發生了。我想這讓我們今年少了幾勝，有些球員需要成長並
以專業態度面對工作，這會很有意思。


Aside from the willingness to spend money, are there any other issues of 
concern you need to address with Mr. Simon?

除了花錢的意願之外，你還想問老闆 Simon 什麼問題？

It's going to make my job a lot tougher. It's going to make the next guy's 
job a lot tougher. I understand our situation here with the Pacers the last 
three years. We've lost a lot of money. I know that Mr. Simon doesn't want to 
jump back in there and be up against the tax again right away. But we've got 
to be selective in who we draft and who we go get in free agency. I 
understand all that. But if you're going to be competitive in this league and 
you're in a situation to be competitive, you've got to take advantage of it.

這會讓我，或是繼任者的工作變得更加艱難。我瞭解球隊過去三年的處境。我們虧損了
很多錢。我知道老闆 Simon 並不想馬上跳回前幾年要繳豪華稅的程度。我們得慎選我們
要的新秀和 FA。我瞭解這一切，但是如果要成為強隊，而剛好又有補強的可能的話，你
當然得利用這個機會。


What positions would you like to target to upgrade the team?

你想針對哪個位置來讓球隊升級？

That's hard for me to do but if you watch our team play and you know a little 
bit about our game, you know what we need. It's pretty simple. We have a lot 
of young players. I look at them and you always say they've got to improve 
and they've got to get stronger. I don't think Hansbrough's got to get any 
stronger. I don't think Lance has got to get any stronger. I don't think 
Danny's got to get any stronger, or Jeff. But the rest of the kids have got 
to do things to improve. If you really watch our team a couple times a week 
or you go to our practices, you know exactly what we need. It's not fair for 
me to get into the positions because when the season starts everybody's going 
to be fighting for that power spot or that center spot and the guys that come 
in are going to have to work for it. But we are in good position and we've 
got to take advantage of it.

對我來說這工作不容易，不過如果有看球，對球隊有些理解的話，你應該會知道球隊需
要什麼。要的其實很簡單。我們有一群年輕球員。看看他們你就會知道他們需要更加進
步、需要變得更強壯。我想 Hansbrough 應該不需要練得更壯了。Lance 也是，Danny、
Jeff 也是。但其他人都有不少課題要作。如果你有親眼看球隊比賽或是練球的話，你會
知道球隊需要什麼。要我特別針對哪個位置是不公平的，因為當下個球季開始時，人人
都在競爭那個 PF 或 C 的位置，而獲得先發位置的人也有很多課題要作。但我們處在有
利的處境，而我們會善加利用。


Lance Stephenson was the focal point of many of the locker room problems you 
mentioned. Is it a matter of him growing up or the players respecting him 
more?

Lance Stephenson 是許多你所說的更衣室問題的焦點。是他成熟度的問題，或是其他球
員不夠尊重他？

I'm not going to sit here and blame it all on Lance. The one thing we don't 
have in there is a leader. If I played with Lance I would have no problem. I 
know Lance Stephenson can play basketball and I would do everything in my 
power to get him on the court because if he's on the court and he's one of 
our better players, he wins games for us. I also know that Lance is very 
immature. I've got a son the same age and it's not all roses every day at the 
house, either. I'm not giving up on Lance Stephenson. Now, if he does 
something in the summertime you can always go back and change your mind. But 
as of right now Lance Stephenson is one heck of a basketball player and I 
expect him to grow, I expect him to get better and I expect him to do the 
things necessary to get on the basketball court for us. If he does that, 
we're going to win basketball games. He's one of the most talented kids we 
have. But there's some issues there and it's not only him. We've got some 
veterans in our locker room that were a pain and I addressed that yesterday 
and we're not having it anymore. It's not like our locker room was a mess 
every day but off and on different times. When you have 15 players, there's 
going to be three guys that don't dress. Early in the season, guys didn't 
know if they were going to be sitting out or if they were going to play. 
Under Frank, we sort of knew the three guys who weren't going to dress. I 
think guys knew their roles. I think there was a lot more communication. The 
last 25-30 games I think Frank did a good job of letting the players know 
where they stood. But Lance Stephenson is one heck of a basketball player and 
I say it, I see it every day and I'm not giving up on the young man.

我不會把一切都歸咎於 Lance。我們缺少一位領袖型人物。如果是我和 Lance 一起打球
，那就不會出什麼問題。我知道 Lance 能打，而我會盡我職權所能讓他上場，因為他是
我們陣中較有天賦的球員，他上場時能為我們贏得比賽。我也知道 Lance 十分不成熟。
我兒子和他同年，在家相處也不是每天都很順遂。我不會這麼快放棄 Lance Stephenson
。如果他今年夏天搞出了什麼事，那也還來得及回頭改變主意，但截至目前為止，Lance
Stephenson 是個很棒的球員，我預期他會成長、進步、達成足以上場的要求。如果他能
作到，那我們可以贏下很多比賽。他是我們陣中天賦最高的球員之一。他的確有些問題
，但也不是只有他有問題。有些老鳥是更衣室氣氛破壞者，我昨天也提過，而這種情況
不會再發生了。更衣室氣氛並非總是很糟糕，而是有一陣沒一陣的。我們有 15 個球員
，總是會有 3 個人上不了場。在開季之初，球員們根本不知道他們到底會不會被叫上場
。而在 Frank 底下，則事先就會知道哪三個人不用上場。我想這樣球員會比較瞭解自己
的角色，溝通也變多了。我認為 Frank 在最後 25-30 場，讓球員們知道自己扮演的角
色，這點做得很成功。Lance Stephenson 是個很棒的球員，就像我一再說的，我不會放
棄他。


If the NCAA moves up the date for college underclassmen to withdraw from the 
draft, how does it affect your evaluation process?

如果 NCAA 把撤回選秀申請的日期提前，這會影響你對新秀的評估嗎？

It always affects it. There's some young men I thought were definitely going 
to be in the draft and they didn't even apply for it. There's one of them 
that pulled out that I was going to take. So it affects everything we do.

當然會有影響。有些你預期一定會中選的新秀根本沒有提出申請。而就有一個我本來打
算要選的人已經退出選秀了。這會影響我們做的一切決策。

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推 sliverstream:對Lance的愛多到滿出來了....
→ pheather:愛真的多到滿出來...翻的時候就覺得其他問題都在打太極,
→ pheather:就只有講到 Lance 的時候用了「一．整．頁」來替他辯解
→ pheather:人家說「一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩」，而大鳥是被咬沒幾年
→ pheather:好像怕了一陣子做了一些保守的操作和選秀,結果又開始放膽
→ pheather:玩蛇了...希望到時候不要又被反咬一口
→ luke77222:Bird從來沒怕過吧...2nd round總是選很有淺力但是有問題
→ luke77222:真想問問他當初為什麼用三個二輪換一個James White...
推 azndevil26:Lance季初鬧事 季中又來亂..真不知大鳥的愛是哪來的
推 unmeinohito:覺得對他有愛還蠻正常的.
推 unmeinohito:一來他的類型剛好類似大家認為隊上缺乏的可控球2號
推 unmeinohito:然後這類型的高雙能衛球員近代溜馬幾乎很少見也沒養過
推 unmeinohito:Brewer,丁丁,老強,歐洲天王,傑克,阿丹, 都不矮
→ unmeinohito:但綜合體型和活動力, 也難怪大鳥對LANCE很有愛了..
推 pezhan:再有天賦沒有腦袋這種球員也沒用
推 unmeinohito:他的兒子好像是養子  或許沒大鳥的天賦來打球  可能
→ unmeinohito:大鳥看到這些90的小孩特別有感覺..
→ larson:我覺得要Lance還不如去選漢堡弟...
→ hunight:漢堡弟........不要吧
推 larson:我的想法是,就算打不出來,也不會破壞團隊氣氛
推 yushi:感謝翻譯。Bird Sucks. 還我真是白和貝勒爺！
→ luke77222:James White大概是本來就沒救了，把三個第二輪還來阿...
→ luke77222:Pacers Sports & Entertainment presedent, Jim Morris
→ luke77222:reached out to Spurs officials to talk to assistant
→ luke77222:GM of Spurs, Dennis Lindsey.
→ pheather:馬刺出品的制服組,應該有相當不錯的水準保證
→ pheather:看了一下此人的簡歷,07年以前是火箭的VP,之後到馬刺擔任
→ pheather:VP/assistant GM,太陽去年找過他面試,灰狼似乎也有考慮過
→ luke77222:不過Spurs那邊表示:確定Bird和Morway的位置空出來再去找
→ luke77222:Lindsey談，可以說是相當程度上保護自己人。
→ luke77222:以上都是來自Yahoo!的Woj所發布的消息。另外Woj提到，他
→ luke77222:聽到的消息是，Simon其實比較希望球隊保持在較低薪資。