[外電] 拼圖開始：Doug要如何整合新生七六人？

[willyt (ㄌㄔ2015 世界一流)]

How do Collins, Sixers make the pieces fit?
拼圖遊戲開始：Doug要如何整合新的七六人？
August 15, 2012, 9:00 pm
John Finger / CSNPhilly.com
http://tinyurl.com/cayzjtg

It was in London last week where Sixers head coach Doug
Collins and his old friend, Celtics coach Doc Rivers, were
hanging out and taking a break from their duties broadcasting
the Olympic basketball games for NBC. Collins and Rivers go
back more than 30 years so the old basketball coaches
certainly have few secrets between them.

But when the topic of centers in the NBA came up, Collins must
have had his best poker face or cat-that-ate-the-canary grin.
Little did Rivers know at the time that one of his worst fears
was about to join the Atlantic Division.

Doug Collins 跟 Doc Rivers 很明顯已經是閨中密友很多年了*腐*。
當他們上個禮拜還在倫敦幫NBC轉撥奧運的時候，
他們是會在休息時間閒聊。
但是雖然他們都在籃球上已經付出三十年以上，
他們之間卻有不可告人的小秘密*羞*

但是當他們的話題轉到聯盟的中鋒時，
Doug Collins 就像是嘴巴裡面含著金絲雀的貓一樣，
有著最高等級的撲克臉。
Rivers 當時幾乎不知道，他最糟糕的想像，
已經準備加入大西洋組了。

“It was kind of funny. We were talking one night and he was
talking about low-post centers and he said the only guy he
really worries about is Andrew Bynum and I was about ready to
choke,” Collins said with a wry smile. “I was thinking, ‘
Hey, Doc we’re going to get him tomorrow.’”

Doug 賊笑表示：
這真的很有趣。
有一天晚上，兩個老人家泡茶聊天，
他就突然講起 Andrew Bynum 是聯盟目前唯一能夠真正引起他煩惱的中鋒。
我幾乎就快要憋不住了，我一直在忍笑，忍住不要跟他說
"嘿，老朋友，他明天就要加入七六人了，surprise~"


It’s not just about Bynum, though. It was about moving
forward. By simply adding Bynum to the club, the Sixers are a
legit threat to challenge the Miami Heat in the Eastern
Conference. The team has so much more depth and versatility
now than at any point in the past decade. With Bynum as the
anchor, the Sixers are a bona fide power team.

Or, if Collins wants, they can go small with Bynum set in the
paint.

但是這絕對不只只是拿到Bynum這麼簡單。
意義上代表七六人決定拾級走向下一個時代。
在拿下Bynum之後，七六人將會有機會成為火火的正牌挑戰者。
過去十年之內，七六人從來沒有像是現在這樣，
擁有著陣容深度與各式各樣的天份。
當Bynum成為這個球隊的基石的時候，
七六人將有著不可被質疑的內線力量與優勢。

當然七六人也有其他的可能，
如果想要的話，Bynum也是可以打一大四小的。

“We can play a lot of different ways,” Collins explained
Wednesday afternoon at the National Constitution Center. “We
can put four different shooters on the floor with Bynum if you
want to play a smaller lineup. Dorell Wright, who is 6-foot-9,
can slide over and play the hybrid four and he can really
shoot the ball. We could have Jrue Holiday, Jason Richardson,
Nick Young and Dorell out there with him and they all shoot
better than 35 percent from beyond the three-point line, so we
’ll have spacing on the floor.”

Doug Collins:
我們現在在打法上有著諸多的選擇性，
當我們有必要增加速度打小的時候，
我們可以同時讓四個射手上場搭配Bynum
Dorell Wright 也是可以支援四號位置的，
他能夠打一點四號(6-9)，而且他能夠射。
我們甚至可以在比賽中排出 Jrue/J-Rich/Nick/Wright 同時在場的陣容，
這些人的三分命中率都在 35% 以上，
所以現在我們在場上我們有著可靠的Spacing。

Make no mistake about it, though … there was no way the
Sixers could be as competitive if they returned for another
season with the same roster. In fact, with the way the Sixers
were set up before the draft and even as the summer
progressed, it would have been very difficult for the team to
even make the playoffs.

Just like that and they are a contender to win the Atlantic
Division.

豪疑疑問的，
七六人如果要留下上個球季取得成功的陣容，
那他們的陣型將無法像是現在一樣具有競爭力。
事實上，如果以選秀之前七六人的建隊概念來說，
這個球隊甚至有可能在進入季後賽上都會出現問題。

但是現在不一樣了，
現在他們有著絕佳的機會真正成為大西洋的王者。


“The day we met and broke up after the season ended, we said
we wanted to get bigger and more athletic on the front line
and get more shooting,” Collins said, admitting that the
Sixers’ brass was worried about whether or not they could get
it done.

“It was 10 days before the draft and we were concerned that
we were going to come back with the same team and be a
luxury-tax team with no place to go,” Collins said.

Doug Collins:
在季後某天，我們(跟教練團、制服組、CEO/Owner)決定拆開陣容，
我們希望能讓前場陣容變得更碩大、更有活動力，
而在後場我們需要找到人負擔更多的跳投。

但是Collins承認當時立下這個目標都非常憂心，
無論這個目標達成與否。

Doug Collins:
那個會大約是在選秀之前十天開的，
但是在當時我們就已經有了共識，如果我們維持同樣的陣容，
那我們會被豪華稅壓的死死，並且沒有任何重組加強的空間。


However, with Bynum, everything has changed.

Still, there was one important maneuver the Sixers had to make
in order to make all the pieces fit. It wasn’t even a
surprising move when it happened, though it’s one some
basketball observers have suggested that the last ownership
group would not have entertained.

但是當球隊有自信拿到Bynum的時候，
整個情況就完全不一樣了。

不過呢，七六人的完美佈局還差最後的關鍵步驟。
當這項決策成真，外界並不驚訝。
但有些專家暗示過，上一任球隊持有者Cocast Spectacor絕不會如此大膽。


According to Collins, the Sixers would not have been able to
add Bynum, Richardson, Wright, Young or even Lavoy Allen or
Spencer Hawes if they had not amnestied Brand. Worse, the
Sixers would have been trapped. As Collins explains it, the
Sixers would have been pinned against the salary cap while
facing a luxury tax with nowhere to turn and no wiggle room to
add pieces.

那個重大的動作就是：特赦 Elton Brand

collins 表示，
如果七六人不特赦 Brand，
那我們將不會有機會擁有 Bynum, J-Rich, D-Wright, Nick Young
甚至沒有辦法留下 Lavoy Allen 與 Spencer Hawes。
甚至更慘的，七六人的薪資結構，將會被牢牢套住。
Doug 對媒體解釋，如果他們放任七六人的薪資結構被豪華稅壓住，
那他們甚至連後續補強的掙扎機會都沒有。

Brand, Collins said, was the key.

“I love E.B. No one loves E.B. more than I do. I love Elton
to death,” Collins said. “But if we had kept E.B. and we
sign Spencer and [Lou Williams], we would have been a
luxury-tax team with no place to go. I had that situation
before in Detroit. We won 54 in my second year there and we
were an overachieving team and we had to make a change. When
you make a change you have to change pieces and we’ve done
that.

“We have good guys, high-character guys and we want to win.
That’s exciting from a coaching standpoint.”

Brand 對 Collins 來說，是讓這一切發生的關鍵。

Doug:
我絕對愛死 Brand，沒有人像我一樣願意與他愛得海枯石爛至死方休(?)
但是如果我們選擇留下EB，並且與 Spence 跟 Lou 達成續約，
我們將會完全被豪華稅綁死。
當年在底特律我也遭遇過相似的情景，
我們前一年贏了五十四場，這個成績甚至超出了我們應該在的位置，
而我們必須做出改變以便讓我們變得更好。
既然必須改變，就必須能夠改變原本的架構的關鍵拼圖，
上次在底特律沒有作到，而這一次我們確實作到了。

我們現在有著一群定位清楚的好球員，並且大家都希望成為一個贏家。
身為一個教練，對於七六人的現狀，我感到非常的興奮。

What to do with them all is what Collins is going to have to
figure out. For now, the coach says he’ll probably continue
to use Thad Young off the bench. In the backcourt, Collins
will likely start with Jrue Holiday and Evan Turner while
using Hawes as his starting power forward.

For a seven-footer with more of an outside game than a
low-post game, Hawes could fit in nicely with Bynum.

要如何想辦法整合這樣的一個球隊就是目前Collins需要去腦力激盪的。
現在 Doug 說他極有可能讓 Thad 從板凳出發。
在後場， Jrue Holiday 與 Evan Turner 將會聯袂先發，
而 Hawes 將會成為與Bynum搭配的大前鋒。

身為一個擁有外圍能力勝過低位的七呎長人，
耗子將能夠與電車男擦出漂亮的火花。

“I want him to play the Pau Gasol role with Bynum,” Collins
said about Hawes. “He likes to play out on the perimeter
because he can shoot the ball and he’s a very good passer. I
think you saw last year when Spencer was healthy that he could
rebound the ball well. But he doesn’t have to guard those
big, strong guys now. With Bynum and Kwame Brown, we think we
have two of the best post defenders in the NBA.”

Doug:
我希望能夠讓 Hawes 打以前 Pau Gasol 的位置。
Hawes 之所以喜歡打外圍是因為他有很不錯的外圍投射能力，
而且他很會傳球。
如果你對去年 Spence 開季還健康的時候的表現有印象，
他當時還能作到好好保護籃板的工作。
不過他現在甚至已經不需要在防守端做出跟過去一樣吃重的犧牲了，
因為我們現在有聯盟最好的低位防守者：Bynum 跟 Kwame。

Meanwhile, the new-look Sixers are going to present an
adjustment for Collins, too. The vocal and impassioned coach
has never before led a team that had a bona fide star in the
middle. In Chicago, Collins had Michael Jordan, but his
centers were Dave Corzine and Granville Waiters. With the
Pistons, Grant Hill was the star, and his players in the paint
were Mark West, Theo Ratliff and Otis Thorpe. During his last
go-round with Jordan in Washington, Collins’ centers were an
18-year-old Brown, Etan Thomas and Jahidi White.

但是，新生的七六人提供了 Doug 一個在他生涯當中並不熟悉的挑戰。
這個口條無礙的熱血老年(?)教練從來沒有擁有一個真正好樣的中鋒。
在芝加哥他有 Michael Jordan 的大名星，但是他的中鋒？
Dave Corzine 跟 Granville Waiters 。
在底特律，他又有了一個叫做 Grant Hill 的大名星，
但是他的內線是 Mark West/Theo Ratliff/Otis Thorpe。
至於在巫師？他又一次擁有了老年期的 MJ23，
但是內線是當時是十八歲的 Kwame Brown，
以及Etan Thomas/Jahidi White。

Yes, Collins coached stars, but not one of them was a force in
the paint. Regardless, the coach says it’s a luxury he can
deal with. After all, Collins never based his systems on his
desires. Instead it was always about his players.

沒錯，Doug是擁有過真正的巨星球員，
但是他們通通都不是一個真正意義上的中鋒。
無論如何，Doug 並不認為這是一種挑戰，
或者應該換句話說，他認為這是一種奢侈的機會面對這樣的挑戰。
因為他之前持有的陣容的關係，
他從來沒有辦法如他的渴望去建立一個以明星中鋒為中心的球隊。

“Every place I went, I ran a different system based on our
personnel. The job as a coach is to figure out who we have and
how do we best play,” Collins said. “Obviously we become a
power team. We went from an undersized team a few years ago
where our finishing lineup was Elton Brand and Thaddeus Young
on the front line and now we have Andrew, we have Kwame, we
have Lavoy, we have Spencer, we have Thad and we have Dorell.
We have such a big lineup and the great thing about it is we
added shooting.”

Doug:
在我過去的執教生涯當中，
每當我到了每個地方，都必需要以他們的陣容作為優先考量。
一個教練的天職就是想辦法理解並且找尋以這樣的陣容，
我們必須怎麼運作，並且在球場上以這樣的條件去打出好球。
現在很明顯我們變成一個充滿內線能量的球隊，
而不再是一個身材上輸人的球隊 (undersized team)。
有時我甚至必須把 Thad 跟 Brand 同時放上先發 (Hawes受傷時)
但是現在完全布一樣了，我們有 Andrew, Kwame, Lavoy, Spence
甚至我們還有 Thad 跟 Dorell 可以支援四號。
我們現在可以排出一個身材條件擁有絕對優勢的內線陣容，
而且更加美好的是，我們從根本改善了我們的外圍投射。

Oh yes, a bruising, big team with plenty of players on the
perimeter that can stick it from the outside, including the
15th-leading three-point shooter of all time.

Indeed, Collins will have a lot of fun making the pieces fit.

沒錯，一個擁有肉搏戰能力的Big Team，
配上一群可以在外圍拉開空間的射手群，
甚至包括一個在聯盟史上三分命中第十五強的射手...

至少我們肯定，Doug 在拼拼圖的時候，一定會非常愉快。


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※ 編輯: willyt          來自: 111.243.221.147      (08/18 19:07)
推 ILP76ER:看成整新生七六人...
推 garenas0:原本以為Doug會說出他先發SF是誰XD
→ willyt:想必是開放競爭吧
推 iAnavel:看Doug後面講的，Thad可能也會打3號吧
推 garenas0:Doug說得也對原本的陣容要走比去年還遠真的有難度...
→ garenas0:但是情感上不能接受...去年的team work永遠忘不了
→ garenas0:而且更難能可貴是以防守為全聯盟TO最低還是最年輕的球隊
→ willyt:+1, 這麼多年來我沒有看過這麼無私的隊伍
→ willyt:認真，認份，不過成為一代老八傳奇也算是一個永遠的銘記了
→ garenas0:沒辦法老大叫Iggy XD
推 alan0214:看起來Young可以上來先發做做了
→ willyt:哪個Young XD
→ Alipapa:要開賭盤了嗎XD 開季第一場的先發SF會是誰呢??