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Jazz's Williams in tune with Sloan in second season
Posted: Monday January 8, 2007 10:58AM
Updated: Monday January 8, 2007 11:30AM

Chris Mannix

The Utah Jazz's war room was operating on overdrive the evening of the 2005
NBA Draft. The Jazz had just traded away three first-round picks for the
right to swap places with Portland, with the clear goal of acquiring a point
guard to replace John Stockton, whose presence (or lack thereof) was still
being felt in Salt Lake City two years after his retirement.
２００５年的選秀會上當晚，猶他爵士的戰鬥開始在戰情室內開打了，他們交易了三個第
一輪選秀去換取波特蘭的順位，想要選取一位控衛藉此替代史塔克頓從鹽湖城退役兩年後
的控下的位置。

As united as the front office was on its primary need, it was divided on
exactly whom it needed. General manager Kevin O'Conner favored Chris Paul,
the poised playmaker from Wake Forest seemingly cut out of the Stockton mold,
while coach Jerry Sloan preferred Deron Williams, a heady (and occasionally
hulking) guard from Illinois. Sloan, as he has for the better part of his
19 years with the Jazz, won out: Utah made Williams the third overall pick.
選擇對於爵士的所需控衛分成兩派，一是總管Kevin O'Conner派的Chris Paul，和老史看
起來完全不同樣的威克森林大學控衛；另一個是史隆派的Deron Williams，來自伊利諾大
學的疾速控衛（不過有時候看起來很笨重就是了）。最後，史隆勝出，爵士用第三順位挑
了Williams。

Sloan's faith, however, wasn't immediately validated. Though Williams grabbed
the starting point guard position nine games into the season, he lost the job
a month later. Worse, he developed a volatile relationship with Sloan.
雖然史隆認為他能做好控衛的工作，但這想法沒有立即實現。當Williams以先發控衛出發
打了九場比賽後，他被踢離先發位置足足一個月。除此之外更糟的事，Williams把他跟史
隆的關係弄的非常差。

"I just felt I should have been playing," says Williams. Sloan himself
acknowledged that the two "knocked heads" last season, mainly because of
Sloan's belief that Williams could work harder.
Williams說，”我覺得我應該多打打球阿，而不是被踢下場。”史隆則是認為他可以打的
更好更努力而把他拉下先發。（其實我看不懂第二句,啥是打頭阿?!）

While Paul was on his way to winning Rookie of the Year honors and leading
the Hornets to the brink of a playoff berth, Williams quietly fumed on the
bench as his minutes continued to dwindle. Though his confidence (and Sloan's
in him) returned late in the season -- Williams started the final 26 games
and played more than 40 minutes in four of them -- it wasn't until the
offseason when Williams figured out what playing for Sloan truly meant. That
August, Williams spent four days working out with Stockton in Spokane, Wash.,
where he picked up secrets on successfully running an offense that Stockton
spent 16 seasons conducting.
當Paul贏得新人王頭銜並差點率領黃蜂拿到季後賽門票時，Williams則努力減少自己被晾
在板凳上的時間。然而他的信心（還有史隆對他的信心）在球季尾端時回來了－他在最後
２６季賽先發並且其中四場打超過４０分鐘的時間－Williams終於了解史隆要他在球場上
做什麼，雖然最後爵士還是沒踏進季後賽。接下來的八月天，Williams花了４天在Spokane
wash這地方（這是哪　XD）和老史練球，學習老史花１６個球季悟出的密技。

"I know what he expects now," says Williams, who also hired a personal
trainer and worked daily on his conditioning. "Try to get easy baskets. Push
the ball every chance I get; if not, bring it back out and get the ball where
it needs to go. That has always been one of my strengths, controlling the
tempo of the game."
”我終於知道史隆想要我做什麼，不過就是要我做些簡單正確的進攻。抓住每個機會；如
果沒有機會，就好好組織ㄧ次，把球送到它該去的地方。這正好，掌握球賽的節奏是我的
拿手絕活之ㄧ。”Williams說道，他還另外請了位個人訓練員陪他每天練習各種球場上的
狀況。

The results speak for themselves. Utah is off to a 24-10 start (third in
the Western Conference) with Williams operating as the offensive catalyst,
averaging 16.9 points and a Stocktonesque 8.8 assists.
結果顯而易見，開季後Williams發揮苦練的絕活讓自己平均來到１６。９分且有８。８助
攻，帶領猶他爵士有個２４勝１０敗，西區第三名的好戰績。

At 22, Williams' leadership has extended beyond the floor. Last season
Williams wanted to wear black sneakers but Sloan wanted uniformity with his
players and required a unanimous vote. When the vote wasn't unanimous --
Greg Ostertag was the lone adamant dissenter -- the change was quashed. With
Ostertag, Sloan's all-time favorite whipping boy, having retired, Williams
again pushed for the switch. The result? Let's just say Utah's road attire
looks a little different this season.
２２歲的Williams讓他在球場的領導才能更上一層樓。上個球季Williams想穿黑色球鞋上
場比賽，但史隆希望大家能穿著統一戰靴，所以史隆要大家投票一致通過才讓他穿愛的黑
鞋鞋。但是隊友沒有一致通過，奶油手Ostertag投下唯一反對票，Williams因此不能穿黑
鞋上陣了。但本季史隆最愛欺負的Ostertag退休了（這樣翻嗎？），所以Williams再提出
一次投票要求，結果呢？喔耶，大家都穿去年不能穿的鞋鞋了。

"You can see him maturing and getting better before your eyes," says Jazz
guard Derek Fisher. "He has a rare combination of a lot of strengths and he
makes good decisions. And he doesn't walk around thumping his chest. He's
respectful."
爵士後衛說道”你可以看到Williams的成熟跟進步。他綜合了各方面的長處而且可以在場
上做出對的決定。他不再那麼容易受到挫折，他是如此令人謹仰。”

Williams has even managed to impress the seemingly unimpressible.
Williams表現給人的印象是那麼難以打敗。（不知道這句啥意思，我就亂翻了XD）

"He's played pretty well," says Sloan. "We drafted him because he has all
the basketball abilities, but he also has a mind for the game, a basketball
intellect. Intelligence doesn't always correspond with basketball
intelligence, but he's one of the smartest players I've ever coached."
”這傢伙打的很好， ”史隆說 ”我們選擇他因為他具備所有籃球需要的技能，而且他還
俱有球賽所需的智慧與籃球方面的理解能力。理解力強不代表能理解籃球，而他是我所指
導過最聰明而且能理解球賽的一位球員之ㄧ。”



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