People like to do things that will make them successful. If you do something
and it doesn’t work then you adjust and try to make it better, and then
rinse and repeat.
人们喜欢做那些会让他们成功的事，如果你做了某些事但没有产生效果，那么做出调整并
尝试让它变得更好，然后周而复始地做。
For the Sacramento Kings, they’re trying to figure out what the best lineup i
s to start the game. You don’t have to start five offensive juggernauts but y
ou need to find a balance that makes it easier for everyone involved to thrive
. With a new head coach in Dave Joerger, his job is to figure this out.
对于国王队而言，他们试着找出最好的先发阵容，你不必找五个进攻最好的球员，但你需
要找到一个攻守平衡的阵容让每个球员都参与其中并打得更好，对于新的总教练Dave Joe
rger来说，他的工作是做好这一点。
In total, the Kings have had eleven different starting lineups since the year
began and eleven different players have started a game this year.
总结来说，国王队从开季到目前为止，总共有11套不同的先发阵容，11个不同的球员都打
过先发。
What does that mean? Is that a lot? Well, if you compare that to a team like t
he Warriors you see that the Warriors started nine different players this year
but only five of them have started more than three games.
这意味着什么? 太多了吗? 如果你拿勇士队来做比较，你会发现勇士队这季已经有9个不
同球员打过先发，但其中只有5个球员先发超过三场。
In other words, the Warriors have their starters locked up and every now and
then somebody misses a start because of an illness or a family emergency or
something like that.
换句话说，勇士队已经确立了先发阵容，除非其中有人遭遇伤病、家庭因素或是诸如此类
的问题而缺阵。
For the Kings, not only have they started eleven different people, but eight d
ifferent players have started at least twelve games this year. They’re still
trying to figure out what works for them.
对国王队来说，他们不仅用了11个球员作为先发，其中还有8个球员先发至少12场，他们
还在试图弄清什么先发组合才是真正有效果的。
Now, are the Kings the same as the Warriors? God no, but that’s not the point
. Do you know the best season the Kings have had since 2006? In 2008, they wen
t 38-44. So, as long as the team goes .500 and wins 41 games fans will lose th
eir minds with happiness.
现在国王队和勇士队一样吗? 当然不，但那不是重点，你知道国王从2006年以来最好的赛
季是什么时候吗? 在2008年，他们取得33胜44败，所以只要球队取得五成胜率及赢得41场
比赛，粉丝就会陷入疯狂。
We’re 39 games into the season and the only two starters that started in game
one that still start now are Rudy Gay and DeMarcus Cousins. That makes sense
since they’re clearly the two most talented players on the team. Who else do
you go with and why?
我们从开季到现在打了39场比赛，只有Rudy Gay和DeMarcus Cousins持续先发。这是有道
理的，因为他们是球队最有天赋的两个球员，还有谁会让你这么想? 为什么?
In ten of the first 13 games, the Kings started Ty Lawson, Arron Afflalo, Gay,
Cousins and Kosta Koufos. It made sense considering they signed Afflalo
in the offseason and Lawson was the only viable point guard on the roster at
that time due to the eight- game suspension Darren Collison had received. They
went 4-9 in those 13 games and Joerger decided to try something different.
在开季的前十三场比赛，国王队使用
Ty Lawson, Arron Afflalo, Gay, Cousins 和
Kosta Koufos先发，这是有道理的，考虑到他们在休赛期间签下Afflalo 和 Lawson 是当
时唯一可用的控卫，因同时间Darren Collison正面临8场禁赛，他们在13场比赛中打出4
胜9败，而Joerger 打算开始做不同的尝试。
Since then, they’ve swapped Afflalo for Ben McLemore, and then swapped McLemo
re for Garrett Temple. They went to Matt Barnes when Gay got hurt and
they made Collison the starter at point guard for the rest of the season.
从那时起，他们把Afflalo换成Ben McLemore，然后再把McLemore换成Garrett Temple。
当Gay受伤时用Matt Barnes取代先发，然后在剩下的比赛让Collison成为先发控卫。
The results were mixed but since Collison was added as the full-time starter t
he team has gone 12-14. While that doesn’t sound great it’s better than
the team has been in years. Add in the fact that he’s the third highest score
r on the team and averages the most assists on the team, it looks like the rig
ht decision was made to make him the starter.
效果相当混乱，但自从Collison开始全职先发，球队取得12胜14败。虽然这听起来不是很
好，但比国王队在这季的任何时候都要好。除此之外，他是球队得分第三高的球员，球队
中平均最多的助攻，看起来让他成为先发是正确的决定。
Even better, since Dec. 12, 2016, the Kings are 8-8 beating Memphis, Portland
and Utah (playoff teams). In that time frame, Cousins averaged more assists,
had a better shooting percentage, 3-point percentage and free throw percentage
while only being slightly worse in points and rebounds.
更好的是，从2016年12月12日起，国王取得8胜8败，其中击败了灰熊、拓荒者和爵士队(
前八强)，在那段时间里，Cousins有更多的助攻、更高的投篮命中率、三分命中率和罚球
命中率，只有得分和篮板稍微差了点。
In that time frame, Collison started all 12 games, Cousins started 15 games, K
oufos started 12 games, McLemore started 11 games and Barnes started eight gam
es. Add in some Tolliver starts, and the team has seen some progress.
在那段时间里，Collison先发了12场比赛，Cousins 先发了15场比赛，Koufos先发了12场
比赛，McLemore 先发了11场比赛，Barnes先发了8场比赛，并开始让Tolliver打先发，球
队看来已经取得了一些进展。
Oddly enough, the only player who has a winning record as a starter is McLemor
e. The team was 8-6 when he started, but he averaged the least amount of minut
es from guards in those 14 games (17.4 minutes) and didn’t even average six p
oints per game.
奇怪的是，阵中唯一胜场数多过败场的先发球员是McLemore，当他先发时，球队是8胜6败
，但这14场比赛里，他的出场时间是后卫中最少的(17.6分钟)，平均得分不到6分。
I threw a lot of numbers at you but what does it all mean? Well, it looks like
Collison is a good starter for the team. He’s not Stephen Curry or Russell W
estbrook, but he’s done a good job for them so far and the team is competitiv
e.
我丢了很多数字，但这代表什么意思? 好吧，Collison看起来对球队而言是很好的先发球
员，他不是Stephen Curry或Russell Westbrook，但他做得很好，球队也很有竞争力。
Cousins is doing All-Star level things and Garrett Temple has been one of the
most unsung players on the team both offensively and defensively.
Cousins在做全明星级别的事， Garrett Temple一直默默地做好进攻和防守。
Maybe the team trades 80 percent of these players by next year, but right now
the duo of Collison and Cousins seems to be doing a good job so far and with
an eight game road trip coming up, they need to know who to trust going forwar
d, and it looks like maybe they’re starting to figure it out.
也许这些球员在明年有80%会被交易，但目前为止Collison和Cousins看起来做得很好，随
之而来的客场八连战，他们需要知道未来可以相信谁，可能他们开始明白了。
资料来源
http://tinyurl.com/hdwe4kj
心得
1. Joerger还没找到最佳的先发组合，不断地变换先发阵容，球员也会无所适从，Malone
已经证明Cousins, Gay, McLemore, Collison可以成为全联盟最有效率的先发组合，但Jo
erger显然有自己的想法。
2. Collison应该算是假控卫，印象中大部分时间都是Lawson在控球。
3. Joerger需要明白球队缺乏什么，该如何让球队进步，而不是一直在原地踏步，每场比
赛都面临相同的问题：篮板无法巩固、外线防守无力，外线命中率不佳。
4. 如果不想用新人，就寻求交易，不要落的两头空，既保不了战绩，又让新人待的不开
心，最后也是走人。