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By Adrian Wojnarowski
John Beilein apologizes to Cavs, says he meant to call players 'slugs,' not
'thugs'
骑士总教练John Beilein跟球员道歉，说他意思本来是说球员是"slugs"，不是"thugs"
After stunning his players in a film session on Wednesday with a verbal
suggestion that they were no longer playing "like a bunch of thugs,"
Cleveland Cavaliers coach John Beilein later reached out to players
individually to insist he had instead meant to use the word "slugs."
在星期三的影片时间，骑士总教练John Beilein讲出骑士球员打球不再"像是一群暴徒"
(thugs)吓到骑士球员后，他之后个别去找球员澄清，坚持说他本来是要讲"蛞蝓"(slugs)
这个字的。
Delivering the term thugs onto a group of largely young African-American men
carries obvious racial connotations, and Beilein acknowledged to ESPN in a
telephone conversation on Wednesday night that he understood that.
在一群主要是由非裔美国球员组成的球员前用"thugs"这字会有明显的种族意味在里面，
而Beilein星期三晚上在与ESPN的电话访谈中说他有了解了。
Beilein had been wrapping up what had been an off-day film session in Detroit
and a hush fell over the room when his players and staff heard the words come
out of his mouth, sources said.
消息来源说，球队在底特律时，Beilein在影片时间要结束前，球员听到他讲了那个字后整
个房间变成一片寂静。
The Cavaliers players left the room initially stunned and were increasingly
disturbed as they dispersed out of the meeting, league sources said.
消息来源说，当会议结束球员们离开房间时先是惊讶，然后开始觉得不舒服。
Cavaliers general manager Koby Altman was alerted to the issue in the
aftermath of the meeting and reached out to Beilein for clarification later
on Wednesday. Soon after, Beilein said he started to contact his players
individually to clarify his words and meaning.
星期三的时候总管Koby Altman知道了这场会议后的骚动后就去找了Beilein，想澄清事情
的真相。很快的，Beilein说他开始去跟各个球员谈，厘清他本来要讲的话以及要表达的意
思。
"I didn't realize that I had said the word "thugs," but my staff told me
later I did and so I must have said it," Beilein told ESPN on Wednesday
night. "I meant to say slugs, as in slow moving. We weren't playing hard
before, and now we were playing harder. I meant it as a compliment. That's
what I was trying to say. I've already talked to eight of my players tonight,
and they are telling me that they understand."
“我不知道我有讲"thugs"那个字，但是我的工作人员之后告诉我说我有说，所以我一定是
说了，”Beilein跟ESPN说。“我本来是要说"slugs"，就是指慢吞吞的意思。我们之前打
得不够努力，而现在我们打得比较努力了，我本来是要赞美球员的，那是我本来想说的意
思。我已经跟8个球员解释过了，他们跟我说他们有了解了。”
Altman was in the process of gathering details and context on the team film
session on Wednesday night, sources told ESPN.
消息来源说，总管Altman正在蒐集那天影片时间到底发生了什么的所有细节以及内容。
After signing a five-year contract, Beilein, 66, has been slow to connect
with his players and adjust to the NBA in his first year on the job. Beilein
has been on the receiving end of significant frustration from All-Star
forward Kevin Love, and in some cases, several of the younger core of players
whom Beilein had been hired to teach and develop.
66岁的Beilein与骑士签下五年的合约，他的第一年在与球员沟通上还不是很快，还在做调
整中。除了接受来自球队全明星前锋Kevin Love的许多抱怨外，其他一些本来是要聘
Beilein来培养的年轻球员也对他有抱怨。
Beilein held a film session at a Detroit hotel on Wednesday, and largely
derided his players for poor decision-making and execution, sources said. The
Cavaliers play the Pistons on Thursday in Detroit.
消息来源说，Beilein的影片时间大部分是在数落他的球员们场上做错误的决定以及执行战
术不佳。明天骑士会在客场面对活塞。
The Cavaliers are 10-27, and planning to continue making veterans players
available on the trade market to cycle into a full rebuilding mode. Cleveland
hired Beilein from the University of Michigan, his final college stop on a
coaching career that had spanned over 40 years in the collegiate game.
骑士战绩10-27，持续在交易市场上想卖他们的老将，好进入重建期。骑士是从密西根大学
聘Beilein来当教练，他在大学篮球已经执教超过40年。