（KIDD翻译专栏）里夫斯的杀手锏：将三巨头合成一个人
Rivers’s Sleight of Hand: Making Three Stars Think as One[img]http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/06/06/sports/06rivers.span.jpg..jpg[/img]
BOSTON — Doc Rivers has a trophy that bears Red Auerbach’s likeness and the words “Coach of the Year” — an
award that has nothing to do with Rivers’s success with the Celtics, but perhaps foreshadowed it.
Rivers made his N.B.A. finals debut Thursday because he successfully coaxed three All-Stars into sharing the glory and
blending their talents for the greater good. It is a skill he probably mastered eight years ago, when he had far less talent to
coax.
As the rookie head coach for the Orlando Magic, Rivers took a roster of journeymen, misfits and undeveloped prospects
and guided it to a 41-41 record, just shy of a playoff berth. The feat was recognized by voters in the news media, who
awarded Rivers the 2000 coach of the year trophy.
In his first three years as Celtics coach, Rivers was often faulted for his game strategy and his rotation. Only a year ago,
fans at TD Banknorth Garden were screaming for his dismissal. When the Celtics acquired Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen
last summer, to form a nucleus with Paul Pierce, there were doubts that Rivers could mold them into a contender.
But the Celtics won a league-best 66 games in the regular season and are battling the Los Angeles Lakers for the
championship. The presence of Garnett, Pierce and Allen makes it look deceptively easy. But it took a certain amount of
selling by Rivers.
“He just had it mapped out how he wanted to do it,” Allen said. “And we just had to say, ‘O.K., what do you need
me to do?’ ”
Allen added, “We couldn’t all be mavericks out there.”
Looking back, it is easy to see the roots of Rivers’s skills as a motivator. The Magic’s agenda in 1999 was not so much
to win as it was to clear salary-cap space for the free-agent class of 2000. Team officials hoped to sign two elite players
and set their sights on Tim Duncan, Tracy McGrady and Grant Hill.
Clearing cap space required some short-term suffering. Orlando entered the season with a roster full of players with
expiring contracts.
The Magic’s leading scorer that season was point guard Darrell Armstrong, at 16.1 points per game. Its shooting guard
was Ron Mercer, an impulsive scorer who played for seven teams in an eight-year career. Its best talent was Corey
Maggette, an undisciplined rookie who played mostly as a reserve. Way down the depth chart was an undrafted fourth-year
center named Ben Wallace, who later became a defensive force in Detroit but who, at age 25, was just another player
trying to stay in the league.
The list of names that filled out the roster is thoroughly uninspiring: Chris Gatling, Tariq Abdul-Wahad, John Amaechi,
Monty Williams, Chucky Atkins, Pat Garrity, Michael Doleac, Bo Outlaw, Matt Harpring.
There were good guys among the bunch, and a number of valuable role players. But they were understandably expected to
finish near the bottom of the league. Instead, they stayed in contention for a playoff berth right down to the season’s
final days. Finishing with a .500 record still seems like a remarkable achievement.
Rivers was only 38 and had never coached at any level, even as an assistant. The lesson he preached then is the same one
he brought to Boston four years later: “If you can get five guys to function at the same time, with or without stars, then
you have a chance,” Rivers said Thursday. “That’s what I sold to Paul when I first got in the door. It wasn’t
received well at first, and then it turned out to be great for him, and obviously has turned out to be pretty good for us.”
Rivers chuckled Wednesday when he heard Lakers Coach Phil Jackson discussing the challenge of reaching players.
Jackson mentioned that young players in particular can be hardheaded and tough to reach. “The exact thing that I’ve
been saying for three years,” Rivers said. “It’s true, though.”
Rivers later learned how to deal with the peccadilloes of superstars, when the Magic signed McGrady and Hill in the
summer of 2000, and drafted Mike Miller.
The challenge then, Rivers said, was “getting them to see the same thing that the first group saw: that teamwork,
offensively and defensively, will make you a team, and individual play will not.”
“I brought that here,” he said.
The advantage Rivers had this season, other than an infusion of talent, was that his lineup became older almost overnight.
Garnett, Allen and Pierce were established stars with great résumés who no longer needed to prove themselves.
“It’s always been easier with veterans,” Rivers said. “No. 1, you know who they are and they’ve already accepted
who they are. And No. 2, the sense of urgency. Veterans have a sense of urgency about them, because they know the
hourglass is running out. And they want to get something done significant in their careers as far as winning, because most
of the individual stuff has already been established. Where young guys are thinking: ‘Well, I’ve got to establish myself
first. I’m not buying into the role thing.’ ”
Another coach in 1999-2000 had a great season, winning 26 more games than Rivers’s Orlando team. Jackson led the
Lakers to the title that year, but he finished second to Rivers for coach of the year.
波士顿——道格。里夫斯拥有了一个奖励，那是和红衣主教奥尔巴赫相似的众人评论的“年度教练”——一个与里夫斯在凯尔特人成功丝毫无关的奖项，但是也许这预示着什么。
里夫斯让他的总决赛处女秀在星期四隆重登场，这是因为他耐心地使得三个全明星能够分享荣誉而且能够将他们的特长完全地融合在队中，让他们能由更伟大的表现。这也许是他用了八年掌握的一个技巧，当时他可是一点也没有这项天赋。
当他在奥兰多还是个新秀教练的时候，里夫斯将球队里的流动人口，表现不好的球员和没有发展前途的人糅合成了一支队伍，而且这让魔术打出了41胜41负的成绩，进入了季后赛。这表现让他被新闻媒体的投票者们选为了2000念的最佳教练。
在他在凯尔特人任教的前三年里，里夫斯制定的战术和他的犹疑不决使得他经常犯错，仅仅在一年前，波士顿北岸花园球馆内还响起了里夫斯下课的喊声。当凯尔特人在去年夏天引进了凯文。加内特和雷阿伦，构成了以皮尔斯为核心的阵容，仍然有人置疑里夫斯能不能将这三人融合为一个真正的球队。
但是凯尔特人本赛季常规赛66胜的联盟第一战绩而且和湖人一起站在了冠军争夺的球场上。虽然加内特，皮尔斯和阿伦让这看起来有些太容易。但是这里面也肯定由里夫斯的一些功劳。
“他只是制定了他希望我们做的事，”阿伦说。“于是我们说好的，你要我们做什么？”
阿伦补充说，“我们都被打上了这家伙的印记了”
看看过去，就很容易能看出里夫斯作为一个激动人心教练的出处。1999——2000的魔术队赛程可不那么好赢而且在2000年的时候还需要清理自由球员以谋得薪金空间。魔术队官方希望签两个一流球员，他们将他们的目光瞄准了蒂姆。邓肯，特雷西。麦克格雷迪和格兰特。希尔。
清除薪金空间必然带来阵痛。奥兰多在当时进入新赛季时阵容名单上全都是合同期满的球员了。
魔术队当时的第一的分手是组织后卫达雷尔。阿姆斯特朗，平均每场16.1分。当时的得分后卫是罗恩。莫瑟，一个容易头脑发热的八年换了七支球队的得分手。当时阵中天赋最佳的科利。马盖蒂，一个不好管教的新秀大多数时候表现的只是个预备队的水平。在场上纵深处站着的是没有参加选秀的打了四年的中锋本。华莱士，这个不久后就在底特律获得了最佳防守球员而当时，25岁的他仅仅是一个为了在联盟留下而努力打拼的家伙之一。
而其他在名单上的球员也不是那么地能让人激动：克里斯。加迪，塔里克，阿卜杜-瓦哈德，约翰。阿莫赫，莫斯。威廉姆斯，昌西。阿特金斯，帕特，加里蒂，迈克。多里亚克，马特。哈普林。
这些能绑在一起的好家伙，都是些有价值的角色球员而已。但是他们被认为只是能够让魔术结束在联盟垫底徘徊的日子，而取而代之被争论的是他们是否能触碰到季后赛，以百分之五十的胜率结束赛季看起来也是个不平凡的任务。
里夫斯当时38岁而且没有过任何的执教经验，即使是助教也没有。他在四年后在波士顿再度面对的课程当时就开始了。“如果你能够让那五个家伙的能力同时在一刻爆发出来，不管有没有举行，你都会由机会获得胜利，”里夫斯在周四说，“那就是我刚到这里一开始就给保罗（皮尔斯）说的，也许开始不会好，但是接下来一切队他都会好的，而现在看来显然对我们大家都不错。”
当里夫斯周三听到湖人主教练菲尔。杰克逊说的关于球员中间的挑战不由得笑了。杰克逊提到的关于年轻球员关键时刻相当地困难和冲动地处理球。“有一件事我说了三年了，”里夫斯说，“那是真的，就是这样。”
里夫斯在学习中学会了怎么搞定超级球星弄的小过错，当魔术队遭2000年夏天签下了麦克格雷迪和希尔而且选中了麦克。米勒的时候。
现在接下来的挑战，里夫斯说，那就是“让他们看到同一个目标，球队第一看到的是：团队合作，积极的进攻和防守，这为让你感到身在球队种，而单打独斗就会消失了。”
“那可是我带来的！”里夫斯说
里夫斯本赛季所表现出来的优势，可不是向球员教导如何发挥他们的天赋，他的球队阵容可是每夜都在变得更老。加内特、阿伦和皮尔斯已经是不需要任何数据来证明他们的伟大的球员了。
“和老兵在一起一切都会简单”里夫斯说，“第一，你知道他们是谁而且他们也接受你所知道的；第二，关键时刻的感觉，老兵对球场上的关键点都由感觉，因为他们对沙漏怎么漏的了如指掌。而他们希望在职业生涯做一些重要的意义非凡的事，比如胜利。因为每个人的任务都制定好了，年轻球员们就会想：我得先做好我自己，我还是先不要想着当主角的事。”
1999-2000赛季另一个教练，比里夫斯多赢了26场的教练，杰克逊引导着湖人直指总冠军，但是在最佳教练的评选中被里夫斯压着屈居第二。
[[i] 本帖最后由 firekidd 于 2008-6-7 10:10 编辑 [/i]] 拜谢，强大无比，KIDD，我爱你
回复 2# 小6 的帖子
这话相当地暧昧。。。。。。。。。。。 ::face::056:: 强`` 如果将三巨头合为一体 小飞侠的总冠军梦越来越远了 ::face::004:: 不错啊 原来会英文怎么吃香！！！！页:
[1]