[外絮] 巫師宣布Scott Brooks仍是下季的總教練

Scott Brooks to return as Washington Wizards coach, says GM
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原文作者:Associated Press (刊登於ESPN.com)

WASHINGTON -- Washington Wizards general manager Tommy Sheppard said coach
Scott Brooks will be back in 2020-21, the last season in his five-year
contract.

華盛頓巫師隊的總管Tommy Sheppard，在本周宣布Scott Brooks將會繼續執教2020-21
賽季，這也是後者與巫師為期五年合約的最後一個賽季。

"He's a decorated coach. He's been in the league a long time as a player and
as a coach. Very accomplished guy," Sheppard said Wednesday on a video
conference call with reporters. "And I think we're in great hands next
season."

Sheppard本周三透過視訊記者會表示︰「他是一名備受讚譽、在聯盟有很長資歷
甚至當過球員的教練，甚至是完成度很高的領導者，所以我覺得我們球隊在下個
賽季會有很棒的表現。」

Washington went 25-47 this season -- going 1-7 in the NBA restart -- and
missed the playoffs for the second time in a row, after getting there in
each of Brooks' first two years.

巫師隊本季以25勝47負坐收，而且在復賽後打了8場比賽只贏1場，不意外地連續
兩年打不進季後賽。在此之前，也就是Brooks任期的前兩年，球隊都有打進東區
八強。

The Wizards played all of this season without All-Star point guard John Wall,who tore his Achilles tendon, and were missing their other All-Star, shootingguard Bradley Beal, for the restart because of a shoulder issue.

巫師隊今年球季走得並不順，先是全明星控衛John Wall已經因阿基里斯腱的養傷
整季缺席，接著在復賽後，另一位看板球星Bradley Beal，也因為肩膀的傷勢沒有
參加奧蘭多舉辦的復賽。

Both should be fine for the start of next season, whenever that might be.
The timing is uncertain because of the coronavirus pandemic and the delayed
finish to the current season.

當然，這兩人在下個賽季開始時，身體狀況都應該已經好到可以出賽了。
只是比較大的疑問是︰什麼「時間點」才可以看到兩人同場打球？
這個問題的答案是︰不確定；因為新冠(武漢)肺炎疫情的產業停擺，
以及後續造成的本季延後結束，都讓下個賽季的開幕時間變得無法確定。

"Assuming that the season were to start, even in October, both John and
Bradley would be ready to go in a normal preseason," Sheppard said. "I feel
strongly when the first day of training camp starts, we will have -- knock onwood, barring anything between now and then -- John and Bradley ... at full
health, ready to go."

Sheppard在這次記者會也談到這個議題︰「假如新球季能順利開幕，甚至10月就能
開打的話，我想John & Bradley這兩人已經準備好要參加正常模式的季前賽了。
我甚至可以強烈感受到季前訓練營的場景—地板上有響亮的敲擊聲、有時出現阻擋
的場面；甚至於John & Bradley都會在完全健康的條件下，準備加入戰場了。」

Looking ahead to offseason moves, Sheppard wants to bring back Davis Bertans,who will be a free agent.

"He's been a priority," Sheppard said. "I told him that."

另外，Sheppard在被問及季外的簽約活動時，也表示想要將即將成為自由球員的
白人射手Davis Bertans簽回來，他說︰「(簽回)他(Bertans)是我們的優先工作
我也告訴他這件事了。」

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心得︰Sheppard這次記者會講的話，感覺蠻文青的感覺，
害我要多查幾次網路英文辭典，確認一些字與片語的意思，才能前後文搭配

回到新聞內容，Brooks續留不算意外，
畢竟教練市場上也似乎少有經歷與戰功(1次總冠軍賽/西區冠軍、
3次打進西區決賽、1次年度最佳教練)比他好的人，
另外他的人和與釋放後衛的能力也是被公認的

當然，這個決定也算是對於Bradley Beal的後續發展不變應萬變，
換句話說這也暗示除非Brooks在季中因為戰績太差被開除，
否則至少2020年結束前，Beal仍然是巫師隊的非賣品等級球星

(不過假如Brooks就算能帶完球季，但沒有獲得續約的話，
到時Bradley Beal的爭奪戰可能就要正式點燃戰火了，
畢竟根據幾個歷史案例，教練一旦換人，
沒有處理好的話也會是球星出走的導火線，
像T-Mac與Shaq就是因為恩師被母球團開除，不約而同在2004年暑假喊吹密)

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