Re: [閒聊] 一篇關於太陽前途外電之雜談

[truegodchild (蛙)]

※ 引述《jeromee ( 迷途小書僮)》之銘言：
:     首先本篇文章真的只是隨便談談，近日Babby加入太陽管理層，Sarver也首次完整表
: 態對太陽現階段與未來運作的看法。而隨隊記者Seth Pollack寫了一篇完整的文章交代管
: 理層的思路。
:     http://0rz.tw/aooZk
:     我個人強烈建議關心太陽的板友可以參閱此篇文章，畢竟知道高層的想法後，才不會
: 對未來球隊發展方向的討論產生偏差。
:     原本想翻譯此篇文章，但因為個人時間不足，故僅以雜談發表讀後感想。希冀本板有
: 能人志士翻譯，以饗眾板友。
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先翻這樣  看有沒有人接力  好長喔QQ

                    Jul 20, 2010 - The Phoenix Suns introduced Lon Babby as
their new President of Basketball Operations today. You can read the press
release here and listen to the entire press conference here.

太陽今天向大家介紹了他們的新GM(?)，Mr. Babby。

It was certainly nice to hear from Mr. Babby, with his avuncular demeanor
and


hybrid mid-Atlantic/Brooklyn accent. He said all the right things, as you
mightexpect from a guy who took a pay cut to join a Suns organization that
he called"elite" within all of sports, "I want to get paid, but it's not
about that. Who has this kind of opportunity?"

Babby有著像叔父般的風度以及混合著亞特蘭大/布魯克林的嗓音。他說，對於一個非常
努力想加入太陽這個優秀的團隊的人來說，你可以對他有所期待。"我想拿到薪資，但跟
那個無關，畢竟有誰能有這個機會？"

"It allows my career to come full cycle," Uncle Lon said. "I've been in
sports now 35 years, first half on management, second half -- 15 or 16 years
--representing players. And now I have an opportunity to bring everything
I've seen and learned all those many, many years to this wonderful
organization.

那讓我的職業生涯像個完整的圈圈，我在運動圈子裡呆了35年，一開始的一半在管理
階層，後面的那一半(約15~16年)是球員的經紀人，現在我有機會把我之前花好多好多
年所看到和學到的東西帶進這個美好的團隊。

Babby went on to talk about one of those advantages his experience brings,
"When you're an agent, you really get a window into every organization in
the NBA. You know how every organization works. You may not know all the
details,but you know a lot."

B哥繼續說到，其中一個我的經驗所帶來的好處是，當你身為一個經紀人的時候，你有
一個窗口可以接觸到NBA裡每一個團隊，所以可以知道每個團隊是如何運作，可能沒辦
法了解詳細情況，但也碰到的夠多了。

Robert Sarver and Alvin Gentry had a few laughs about the entire process,
 as well, "Well, Alvin and I had a fun couple of weeks, but we did decide
we needed professional help."

Sarver和Gentry在整個過程中發出了幾次笑聲，"Alvin和我在過去幾個禮拜過的非常
有趣，但我們決定我們需要專業的幫助。

"I liked spending that $80 million you gave me," Gentry responded to the
amusement of the assembled media.

Gentry則回應"你給我的那80M我花的非常開心"。

The real fun part of the press conference, however, came in the Q and A,
whenwe heard some very interesting things from Managing Partner Robert
Sarver about the direction the team is headed. One gets the sense that
during the process of interviewing candidates and talking to agents,
he's refine his vision for the Suns.

然而，這整個記者會最有趣的部份則是Q&A的地方，那時候Sarver提到球隊的方向。
在面試訪談過程中，他重新定義了整個憧憬。

His answers were confident and had the air of being repeated many times in
other forums.

他的答案非常的有信心，不過也以其他形式重複了好多次。

Having a Plan is a Good Idea

定個計畫是個非常好的主意。

Successful organizations have a vision and philosophy that drives their
planning process and can be used to guide adjustments when circumstances c
hange.

成功的團隊都擁有憧憬和哲學，能驅使他們往計畫好的方向走，也能在相關環境改變
的時候做出應對。

How's that for some fancy MBA school speak?

一些MBA學校怎麼說？

Robert Sarver's vision for how the Suns will try and win a ring has
been made clearer today. In addition to becoming a better defensive
team, he laid out a plan for getting franchise players.

Sarver對太陽的憧憬變的相當明確--嘗試並贏得一枚冠軍戒。除了讓球隊的防守變好
，他也打算盤來基石球員(複數，代表不只一位)。

Sarver explained there are three ways to get franchise players: draft,free
agency and trades. The Suns clearly understand the need to go down one
of these roads, which is a great sign all by itself. The team is aware
and willing to talk about how it is going to fill this need.They understand
the chances of winning a title without franchise players is slim and
Steve Nash, at his age,just can't be that guy moving forward.

Sarver解釋有三種得到基石球員的方法，選秀以及FA和交易。太陽明確知道他們得
往其中一個最好的方法前進，這只隊伍很小心也願意去談論如何去滿足需求。
他們了解沒有基石球員而贏得冠軍戒的機會是渺茫的，而老大也的年紀也不太可能
是球隊要的那個人。

It might not seem like much, but it is a refreshing acknowledgment of the
obvious.
這的確是個新的確認。

The draft approach takes too big a sacrifice for Sarver, "As long as Steve
(Nash) and Grant (Hill) are here, I feel an obligation to be as successful
as possible... (and) I don't know that I can sit there for four years and
watch a terrible team play. I think we have too many good players to be
terrible, even if we wanted to try and be terrible."

選秀對Sarver犧牲太大，"只要Nash和Hill還在這，我就有責任盡最大的努力並成功
，我想我無法坐四年並看到球隊打爛比賽，我們有很多的好球員，所以即使我們
嘗試打出爛比賽也不太可能。(Nets:WTF!)

So forget getting the next Kevin Durant or John Wall through a lottery pick.

所以放棄藉由樂透選秀得到下一個雷帝或約翰牆吧。

Next up is free agency, which as these past few weeks proved, can provide
for some franchise player movement. But this summer was very much the
exception,and looking forward, there are just not many franchise-type
players entering the free agent market. Clearing cap space like the Nets
and Knicks did is a very high-risk proposition. Just ask the Nets and
Knicks fan.

接下來是FA，就像像過去幾個禮拜證明的，FA可以提供一些基石球員，但這個暑假則
是碰到一些例外，沒太多的基石球員投入FA，導致像尼克或籃網這樣空出大量薪資空間
的球隊冒了非常大的風險，問問籃網或尼克的球迷就知道。

The third option is where the Suns decided to go. Sarver explains, "We can
sign some good contracts at reasonable prices that give us the ability
to compete and be good, but also the flexibility that if we want to bring
that franchise player in and that opportunity (exists), the best way that's
going to happen for us is through a trade, not through free agency over
the next couple of years."

第三種則是太陽決定走的路，Sarver解釋"我們可以用合理的價錢簽一些很棒的合約，
而那讓我們有競爭奪冠的本錢，另外在打算交易基石球員過來的時候有彈性調整的
空間，最棒的在接下來的幾年不是靠FA而是交易。(明年有些咖也不錯，難怪綠茶
不是非賣品)
So that's the plan in a nut shell: 1) Get better defensively, but still
be agreat offensive team. 2) Look for opportunities to trade for
franchise players by building a flexible stable of contracts while also
remaining competitive and entertaining in the process.

這樣就有兩個目標了，一是更好的防守，當然進攻一樣有威脅性，二是藉由彈性的
薪資空間和保持競爭力，去尋找靠交易得到基石球員的可能性。

That's an identity and a direction. There would be plenty of franchises
happy to have either.

這樣就有明確的目標和方向。

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