[外絮] 籃網擬聘請 Kevin Ollie 為助教

原標題：Sources: Brooklyn Nets hiring Kevin Ollie as assistant coach
(消息人士：布魯克林籃網隊將聘請 Kevin Ollie 為助理教練)

來源：https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37788765/

作者：Adrian Wojnarowski

原文＋翻譯：

The Brooklyn Nets are hiring Kevin Ollie as an assistant coach, sources told
ESPN on Saturday.

消息人士在星期六告知ESPN，籃網隊有意聘請 Kevin Ollie 為助理教練。

Ollie, who won an NCAA championship as Connecticut's coach in 2014, had been
a finalist for the Detroit Pistons' head-coaching job this spring.

曾於二零一四年率領康涅狄格大學哈士奇贏得 NCAA 總冠軍的 Ollie，在今年春季曾是活塞隊主教練的最終人選之一。

Ollie joins a reshaped coaching staff for Jacque Vaughn's first full season
as the Nets coach. Ollie spent the past two years as head of coaching and
player development for the Overtime Elite program in Atlanta that has become
a premier feeder program for professional basketball.

Ollie 將加入重組後的籃網隊教練團，這也是 Jacque Vaughn 擔任籃網隊主教練的第一個完整賽季。Ollie 在過去兩年間，於作為職業籃球首要連接計劃的亞特蘭大 OvertimeElite 中，負責培訓和球員發展的工作。（目前已經離開）

After going undrafted out of UConn, Ollie spent 13 seasons in the NBA and
built a reputation as a trusted leader and teammate.

雖然離開康涅狄格大學後成為落選秀，Ollie 在 NBA 效力了十三個賽季，並在場上建立了信譽。

In September, Ollie and UConn agreed on a settlement of $3.9 million in a
potential federal race discrimination suit that he had considered against
UConn. That payout included claimed reputational damages and attorney's fees
to end what had been a lengthy legal battle between UConn and Ollie since hisfiring in 2018 for allegedly violating NCAA rules.

在去年九月，Ollie 和康涅狄格大學已就潛在的種族歧視訴訟案，達成了價值三百九十萬美元的和解協議。Ollie 收到的賠償包含損害賠償和律師費，以結束自從他於二零一八年因為違反 NCAA 的規則而被解雇以來，漫長的法律抗爭。

短評：

另據《紐約郵報》報導，他是成功讓 Amen 和 Ausar Thompson 兩兄弟，在今年的選秀中進入前十名之內的教練；同時得分後衛Robert Dillingham 也將是未來的潛在新秀。

自從五月初解雇多位助理教練以來，目前籃網隊正經歷教練團重組的過程，不知會否是一開始的好選擇呢？

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