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時間Wed May 26 22:31:00 2010
Popovich’s big edge was that he had LeTim
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Popovich’s big edge was that he had LeTim
He flew to St. Croix after the draft 13 years ago, and he made a mistake as
soon as he picked up his rental car. Gregg Popovich didn’t know he had to
drive on the left side of the road in the Virgin Islands.
在13年前的那次選秀過後，Popovich飛到了St. Croix，而在他租車之時他犯了一個
錯誤: 他不知道在這座維京群島上的車是左側行駛的。
“I was gesticulating at about 10 people,” Popovich said later, “before I
figured out I was the jerk.”
「我沿途中對著十幾個人打手勢叫他們注意一點」Popovich事後說，「直到我意識到
我是個傻瓜為止」
He was right on everything else. He ran on the beach with Tim Duncan, and he
built a relationship one grain of sand at a time. Nothing else Popovich did
meant more than how he connected with his superstar, and Mike Brown was
around to see this firsthand.
除此之外，其他事他都做對
(right)了。他與Duncan在海灘上會面，逐步建立起他們
兩人的關係。Popovich把這一點擺在所有事情的首位，而在他身旁的Mike Brown親眼
見識到了這點。
Brown has always said his former boss was the best he’d ever seen at forging
relationships.
Brown總是說他的前任頭頭是他所見過最擅於培養人際關係的人。
But what if the sequence of drafts had been different? What if Popovich had
been renting a car in Akron, and he had been knee-deep in an entourage
instead of the surf?
但若是選秀的順位不一樣的話呢? 假使Popovich租車的地點是在Akron，那淹到他膝
蓋的恐怕是隨扈，而非浪花了吧?
Would Popovich have succeeded with LeBron James?
那Popovich配LeBron James有辦法獲得成功嗎?
Brown surely made mistakes, and he’s not the first to win a lot of games and
get fired. He’s the most successful coach in Cavaliers history, and he went
to a Finals against the Spurs, but he also did this with a two-time MVP.
Brown無疑地有錯，而他也不是第一位贏下一堆比賽後被炒魷魚的人。他是騎士史上
最成功的教練，他過去曾於馬刺奪冠那年打到總決賽，而他也與拿到兩屆的MVP的James
作到這個成就。
This spring undercut him. His offense and rotations stuttered, and his
players quit.
今年的季後賽讓他評價下滑。他的進攻與調動失靈，而他的球員們棄械輸球。
But Popovich heard the same over the years, particularly with his predictable
offense at the turn of the century. When the Spurs were swept in 2001, they
looked as disheartened as the Cavaliers.
但這些事情在過去Popovich也經歷過，尤其是他那老掉牙、每次都要打個半天的進攻
體系。當2001年馬刺被橫掃時，他們看起來就像騎士那般地沮喪。
The Spurs lost Game 3 to the Lakers by 39 points, then rallied to lose by 29
in the finale.
馬刺於第三場輸了湖人39分，然後再次於關門戰那場以29分差輸球。
A promising Global Icon might have distanced himself then. Someone surrounded
by childhood buddies and Nike execs would have heard he wasn’t at fault.
那尊大有可為的"石佛"(Global Iron)可能會就此疏遠他。身旁的童年好友與Nike經
理們可能會聽到他說錯不在他。
Duncan, instead, tolerated what he didn’t like about Popovich and accepted
the rest. He let himself be coached.
相反地，Duncan卻容忍了他對Popovich不喜歡的地方，並接受失敗。他讓自己得以接
受教導。
Popovich deserves credit for establishing this kind of credibility. Popovich
has always seemed to know when to be crazy or calm, when to yell or joke. He
related to the 2004 Olympic team — including LeBron — far better than Larry
Brown.
Popovich值得這份信賴，因為他建立起這種信賴關係。Popovich一向總是知道何時該
發飆或者河蟹，何時該怒吼或者開玩笑。他與04年奧運隊的關係 — 包含LeBron在內
— 遠優於Larry Brown。
Reading Duncan wasn’t simple, either. Duncan is a complex man with a
psychology degree, and something he said 10 years ago, when he was still
deciding whether he wanted to remain a Spur, spoke to that.
要讀出Duncan的心也並不簡單。Duncan是個有著心理學學位，令人猜不透的傢伙，而
這點在十年前，當他還在決定是否要繼續當個馬刺人時所說的話足以證明這點。
His favorite movie then was “Good Will Hunting,” and the plot involved a
young janitor at Harvard who hid his genius. “I’m just a taller, slightly
less hyperactive version of the Matt Damon character in that movie,” Duncan
said at the time. “I really liked how he probed people and found out their
weaknesses.”
他最愛的電影是"心靈捕手"，內容情節涉及一名在哈佛隱藏他自己天賦的清潔工人。
「我只是比Matt Damon劇中飾演的角色高了點、壯了些的好動版」Duncan那時說到。「
我實在喜歡他那探究人心、發掘出他們的弱點的手法」
Duncan probed. Yet Popovich used intelligence to earn Duncan’s respect and
humor to get through everything else. Duncan chose to stay a Spur, in large
part, because of Popovich.
Duncan也這麼做了。而Popovich用智慧贏得了Duncan的尊重，並以幽默通過了其他的
考驗。Duncan選擇留在馬刺，其中很大一部份是因為Popovich。
To make that happen, some accommodations were made, with family sometimes
flying on the Spurs charter. But these were minor compromises compared to the
ones in Cleveland, where pregame playtime was just part of the circus.
為了讓他留下來，馬刺也做了一些讓步，讓他的家眷們有時能搭馬刺飛機隨行。但這
點與克里夫蘭秀味十足的那位相比仁兄只不過是小兒科罷了。
This from ESPN.com last week: “Two opposing GMs, without citing specific
examples, said they know James has vetoed deals (Danny) Ferry would have made
over the past few years.”
上星期ESPN報導: 兩位沒舉出具體事例的對手GM說，他們知道James否決掉Ferry過去
幾年來數個交易案。
The Spurs sought Duncan’s input. But Duncan understood when they told him,
for example, friends such as Malik Rose had to be traded.
馬刺過去謀求過Duncan的意見。但是當他們告訴他，比方說，如朋友關係一般的Malik
Rose必須得交易掉時，Duncan卻表現出能夠理解的態度。
Duncan was also open to living in San Antonio, and, if he’d ever called
himself “King,” it would have been with considerable sarcasm. LeTim could
laugh at himself.
Duncan也願意住在聖安東尼奧，而且，若是他曾稱呼自己為"King"的話，那必定是夾
帶著大量的挖苦。 對他而言，反應大概會是:「LeTim? 我笑了」
He could also blame himself, and he did during the Suns series. He pointed at
his free-throw failures and what they were doing to the Spurs, and this is
how he’s acted for more than a decade.
他可能也會將過錯歸於自己，而在太陽系列賽期間他確實這麼做了。他指出他的罰球
不及格，以及他們對馬刺做了些什麼，而這是他十幾年來的一貫作風。
LeBron? The blame is always for someone else, and this cuts to what happened
to Mike Brown. Unless you are willing to take some responsibility, it’s
always going to be someone else’s fault. After an embarrassing second-round
exit, Brown became LeBron’s excuse.
LeBron? 錯的永遠是其他人，而這次鎩羽與Mike Brown又何干。除非你想要承擔點責
任，否則永遠都是其他人的過錯。在令人難堪的第二輪系列賽遭到淘汰之後，Brown成
了LeBron的代罪羔羊。
Maybe Popovich would have demanded more from LeBron earlier in their
relationship. And maybe Brown was too nice.
也許Popovich來當的話，他會在事情走到這個地步之前，對與LeBron的關係多下點功
夫。也許，是Brown人太好了。
But, in LeBron, Popovich wouldn’t have gotten what he found in Duncan.
但是，在LeBron的身上，Popovich不會得到他從Duncan身上所得到的東西。
Which is a partner.
一個名之為
夥伴的東西。
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