来源：Sports Illustrated
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时间：Sat Apr. 23, 2016
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John Wall says Wizards hired Brooks to win a title, not to sign KD
John Wall told the Washington Post on Friday that the Wizards hired Scott
Brooks to win a title, not just to make a run at soon-to-be free agent Kevin
Durant.
Wall在本周五时告诉华盛顿邮报，巫师聘请Scott Brooks来当总教练，是为了赢得总冠军
，而不是为了招募Durant。
Brooks, the former Thunder coach, replaced Randy Wittman as this week and
helped develop Durant for much of his career in Oklahoma City. He would be
part of the team’s expected marketing pitch in the off-season. Durant is a
native of the D.C. area.
雷霆的前任总教练Brooks将取代巫师队之前的总教练Randy Wittman成为巫师的新总教练，
而Brooks目前生涯几乎都在雷霆度过。Brooks将会成为巫师在休赛季招募球员的关键，而
Durant刚好是出生于华盛顿特区。
“We signed Scotty Brooks to win an NBA championship,” Wall told the Post’s
Jorge Castillo. “We didn’t sign Scotty Brooks to say, ‘Okay, Scotty, go
get him. You got to bring us Kevin Durant.’ We got Scotty Brooks because we
feel like he can help John Wall and make him a better player and make our
team get to the next step.
Wall告诉华盛顿邮报的Jorge Castillo说：“我们找来Brooks是为了赢得总冠军，我们不
是找来Brooks然后跟他说：‘Scotty，快去替我们把Durant找来！’我们找来Brooks是因
为我们觉得他可以帮助Wall变得更好，也让整个球队可以往上提升。”
“We didn’t get Scotty Brooks just to get Kevin Durant. That’s not what
Scott is on board to do. And I hope everybody doesn’t expect just because we
got Scotty Brooks, he’s automatically going to get K.D., he’s going to
automatically jump.”
“我们不是只是为了得到Durant才找来Brooks。那不是Brooks将要做的事。所以我希望大
家不要期待说，我们找来Brooks，Durant就会自动也跑来我们这了，Brooks来是为了协助
提升球队的。”
Wall told the Post he was in favor of hiring the former Thunder coach and had
heard good things from OKC star Russell Westbrook, with whom he shares a
trainer. But he reiterated that Brooks was hired to move the team forward,
first and foremost.
Wall告诉华盛顿邮报他将会因为Brooks的到来而受益匪浅，同时他之前也从雷霆的当家球
星Westbrook那听到一些关于Brooks的正面评价。不过Wall还是一再重申，找来Brooks是为
了帮助球队前进，这是最优先也最重要的。
“I just don’t think it’s fair on [Durant] and I don’t think it’s far on
Scotty and our part as a team and an organization,” Wall said. “If that was
the case, that’s not a real smart move and I know those guys didn’t [hire
Brooks] just for that. It’s about us trying to focus and win, try to take
the next step to give us a better team. One step is getting a new coach and
now the next step is getting free agents that are going to help the team.”
“我只是觉得这样说对Durant是不公平的，对身为我们一员的Brooks也是不公平的。如果
球团真的只是为了招募Durant就找来Brooks，我想这不是个明智的策略。所以找来Brooks
当然是为了让球队能更专注和赢球，让整支球队变得更好。要达到这些目标的的第一步就
是找一个新总教练，然后接着下一步就是在自由球员市场寻找一些能帮助球队的好球员。”
Wall说道。
The Wizards went 41–41 this season and missed the playoffs.
巫师本季41胜41败，被踢出季后赛之外。