[外絮] Van Gundy談魔獸:他在暗地裡批評Kobe

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Jeff Van Gundy calls out Dwight Howard
By Larry Brown January 11, 2013 - Posted in Basketball

http://larrybrownsports.com/basketball/jeff-van-gundy-dwight-howard/169720

While many media members buddy up with Dwight Howard because of his outgoing
personality, Jeff Van Gundy is not falling for the act. Van Gundy believes
that Howard got his brother, former Magic coach Stan Van Gundy, fired in
Orlando, and he’s not afraid to call out Howard when he feels it is
necessary.

During the second quarter of Friday’s Oklahoma City Thunder-Los Angeles
Lakers game, Van Gundy called out Howard on several accounts. His criticism
was inspired by a possession in which the Lakers’ reserves shared the ball
on an offensive possession, which is different from the way the starters
operate.

“Did you see how the ball moved?” Van Gundy asked rhetorically. “There was
no agenda. There was no pouting if they didn’t touch it. The ball just moved
freely. And when the ball moves freely, everyone feels good.

“And let’s face it, let’s not beat around the bush: Some of Dwight Howard’
s comments about having to play together? Those are veiled shots at Kobe
Bryant,” said Van Gundy. “And to me, I would have much rather seen Howard
go into the locker room and say, ‘Hey, listen, I think we need to do this,
this, and this.’

“You don’t go in the media and take veiled shots at Kobe Bryant! I
guarantee he thought the grass was greener other than Orlando. Now he’s
disenchanted with his offensive role [on the Lakers] it seems. When’s the
guy going to be happy?”

The “veiled shots” to which Van Gundy is referring came after the Lakers
lost to the Clippers earlier this month.


“Those guys on the Clippers team, they really enjoy each other off the court
and it shows,” Howard said.

“It really starts off the court. I think you have to have that relationship
and that chemistry off the court for it to really blossom on the court. It
takes time to develop that. You just don’t come together and then expect to
be best friends right away. It just doesn’t happen like that.”

Howard’s comments complaining about the Lakers’ chemistry came a few days
after he and Kobe reportedly got into a fight after a loss to the 76ers.

Though Van Gundy makes several good points, it should be noted that Howard
originally did not want to go to the Lakers because he was worried about
being a secondary option behind Bryant, so it’s not like this was his first
choice. However, Van Gundy’s dissection of Howard venting to the media about
chemistry issues is on the mark.

When Van Gundy’s partner, Mike Breen, talked about Howard and Bryant working
out their issues, Van Gundy disagreed.

“I’m not buying that,” Van Gundy cut in. “I’m not buying that Twitter
picture. When you have to go and start taking pictures to say that your
relationship is OK, I guarantee you your relationship is flawed.

“They don’t have to be best friends. They don’t have to like each other.
You don’t have to announce that you’re friends because you don’t need to
be friends. You need work well together and get good results. That’s what
you need to do.

“And believe me, if Dwight Howard took on Kobe Bryant’s serious-minded
mentality, everybody here would be better served.”

Van Gundy saying Dwight needs to be more serious is not a surprise. You may
recall that Van Gundy said in 2011 that the Orlando Magic had too many clowns
on their team.

After ripping into Howard a good amount, Breen asked for Van Gundy’s
assessment of what Bryant needs to do better.

“He’s got to guard better. Not individually, because when he’s put on a
primary scorer, his focus defensively one-on-one is very good. But off the
ball, [he makes] too many mistakes in transition and too many gambles in the
half court.

“I think he has to sacrifice some shots to get Howard the ball more since he
knows that’s important to Dwight Howard.”

Is there any doubt why NBA teams with coaching vacancies often seek to
interview Van Gundy? The man doesn’t fool around and just calls it like he
sees it. Sure, he is a little biased because of how Howard treated his
brother in Orlando, but it’s hard to disagree with most of his analysis.

在今天湖人vs雷霆的第二節，湖人換上替補後，他們在進攻端傳導球非常流暢，與主力在
場的時候完全不同。

現ESPN解說員Jeff-Van Gundy說：“你看到球怎麼移動的了麼？沒什麼佈置，他們碰不到
球也不抱怨。球就這麼自由自在地傳導著，當皮球這樣傳起來的時候，每個人都會感覺
很棒。”

隨後，Van Gundy開始針對Howard進行評論：“我們一起面對它吧，別繞彎子了：Howard
說的'湖人必須一起打球'的評論，就是對Kobe的隱晦批評。對我而言，我寧願看到Howard
走進更衣室，然後說，'嘿聽著，我覺得我們需要做這個、這個，還有這個'。”

“你不能走到媒體面前，然後隱晦地批評Kobe！我保證，他以前肯定覺得這兒的草都比奧
蘭多的綠，現在呢，他對於自己的進攻端的角色不抱任何幻想，這小子什麼時候才能高興
起來？”

Van Gundy口中的“隱晦批評”來自湖人vs快艇的賽后，當時Howard說，他羨慕快艇的團
結和無私，之後他還說，球隊的化學反應要從場下開始培養。
Van Gundy的解說搭檔Mike Breen說，Howard和Kobe正在努力解決問題，但是Van Gundy並
不同意他的觀點。

“我不這麼看，我不會買那張推特照片的帳。當你必須用拍照這種方式說明你們關係不
壞的話，我敢保證，你們的關係是有問題的。”

(有媒體爆料Kobe和Howard不和後，Kobe在推特發了一張倆人假裝對打的圖片闢謠。)

“他們不需要成為最好的朋友，也用不著互相喜歡對方，你也不必宣稱你們是朋友，因為
你們不需要成為朋友。你需要做的事情是：一起努力，然後得到好的結果，這才是你要做
的。”

“相信我，如果Howard採用Kobe那種認真心態的話，這裡的所有人都能得到更好的服務。
”
隨後， Mike Breen問Van Gundy，Kobe需要做什麼才能變得更好？
Van Gundy說：“他必須在防守上做得更好，不是個人防守，因為他在防主要得分手的時
候，他的一對一防守專注度非常好。但是一旦防守無球球員的話，他會在輪換方面犯太多
太多的錯誤、有著非常多的賭博式防守。”


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