原标题：New Bucks coach Adrian Griffin will sign multiyear deal, has begun
coaching duties: Sources
(消息人士：公鹿队新主教练 Adrian Griffin 将签下复数年合约、已经开始执
教工作)
来源：https://theathletic.com/4576484/ (付费文稿)
作者：Eric Nehm, Shams Charania
原文＋翻译：
MILWAUKEE — After a busy Memorial Day Weekend packed full of news, the Bucks
quietly went about negotiating a contract with former Toronto Raptors
assistant coach Adrian Griffin, the man they tabbed to be the franchise’s
17th head coach. And Griffin will soon sign his Bucks deal, league sources
say.
密尔瓦基——在经历了一个满是新消息的阵亡将士纪念日周末后，公鹿队很快且静悄悄地
和即将成为第十七任主教练的暴龙队前助理教练 Adrian Griffin 展开新合约的谈判。而
消息人士也指出，他将会签下与公鹿队的新合约。
While the team has not yet made the hire official, league sources tell The
Athletic that Griffin has been with the team throughout the week in various
meetings and draft workouts in Milwaukee. The Athletic has also learned that
Griffin will be paid roughly $4 million per year on a multiyear contract with
the Bucks.
虽然目前该新聘雇尚未得到官方证实，消息人士向《运动家》表示，Griffin 在近一周来
频繁出现在队内的各项活动及选秀测试会上。《运动家》也获知，Griffin 将透过一份复
数年合约，得到每年约四百万美元的薪资。
Griffin and the Bucks will now work toward securing veteran assistants for
his coaching staff. Two potential candidates are former Charlotte Hornets
coach James Borrego and ex-Portland Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts,
according to the sources.
Griffin 将会同公鹿队，为教练团锁定一些资历较深的助教。根据消息人士的说法，其中
两位人选是前黄蜂队主教练 James Borrego 和前拓荒者队主教练 Terry Stotts。
在等待官方宣布的同时，目前关心的问题如下：
Who is coming with Griffin to Milwaukee?
谁将会和 Griffin 一起来到密尔瓦基？
As discussed multiple times throughout the last few weeks, this is Griffin’s
first head-coaching position.
如同过去多次讨论的内容所提，这是 Griffin 第一次担任主教练。
After deciding to transition from an NBA player to an NBA coach in 2008,
Griffin served as an assistant coach for 15 seasons for five different teams.
In that time as an assistant, Griffin was surely able to connect with the
coaches on all of those staffs as well as various coaches from around the
league, but that doesn’t necessarily suggest who he might target to join him
in Milwaukee on his coaching staff.
自从Griffin 于二零零八年从球员转任教练以来，他在这十五个赛季期间，担任五支球队
的助理教练一职。在该段期间，虽然他能与其他教练团成员、甚至是联盟内其他教练保持
良好关系，但这不一定能指明他会瞄准哪些对象，以加入他的团队。
Building a coaching staff, however, doesn’t always end up being the sole
responsibility of the head coach. Organizations can also be used for support
in these situations. As the Bucks build out the staff, they will have to work
with Griffin to figure out how to put together the best possible support
group for their new head coach.
无论如何，建立教练团不一定是主教练的职责。球团有时也可以提供支援。正当公鹿队建
立这团队时，他们需要和Griffin 一起合作，分析出能尽可能提供最好支援的团队。
And there is a lot to consider.
其中有很多需要考量的。
For example, as an assistant, Griffin spent a considerable amount of time
working for defensive-minded coaches like Scott Skiles, Tom Thibodeau and
Nick Nurse and also spent much of his time on the Raptors’ defensive game
plan, so maybe an offensive mind would help the staff. Or maybe the Bucks
need to add a younger coach to the staff since Griffin is 48 years old.
Because Griffin has never been an NBA head coach, maybe the Bucks could find
it useful to grab a former head coach to help Griffin sort through building
out an organizational strategy.
打个比方，作为助理教练，Griffin 用了好一阵子的时间，为 Scott Skiles、Tom Thib-
odeau 和 Nick Nurse 之类的防守向教练服务，也花了很多时间投入暴龙队的防守计划，
因此进攻向的心态也许能帮助球队。也有可能因为Griffin 如今已经四十八岁了，所以公
鹿队应该要找年轻的助教。毕竟他未有担任主教练的经历，因此公鹿队可能会找一位前主
教练，以协助他整理出组织性的战略。
Speaking of which, per league sources, the Bucks have shown interest in
adding Borrego to the staff. Borrego, 45, served as coach of the Charlotte
Hornets for four seasons from 2018 to 2022, but he has also been connected to
a number of teams searching for an assistant coach position this offseason.
说到这边，按照联盟内的消息人士所指，公鹿队已经对让Borrego 加入团队一事表达了兴
趣。年约四十五岁的他，曾于二零一八年至二零二二年期间担任黄蜂队的主教练，但他同
时在本休赛季期间，和一些正在寻求填补助教空缺的球队有着联系。
Another thing to keep in mind is that assistant coaches don’t necessarily
have the same contract as the head coach. While the Bucks parted ways with
Mike Budenholzer, the team’s assistant coaches all have separate contracts
of their own and need to figure out their next step as well.
另一个需要注意的是，助理教练不一定和主教练有相同的合约条款。当公鹿队决定与前主
教练 Mike Budenholzer 分道扬镳时，队内助理教练们都有本身的合约，因此需要自行决
定下一步该怎样走。
Bucks general manager Jon Horst talked about the situation on May 5, when
discussing the head coach opening with reporters.
公鹿队总管曾于五月五日时，在与记者们讨论主教练空缺的当下谈及此事。
“I have a ton of respect for all of this group,” Horst said. “I think we
have one of the best supporting coaching groups in the NBA and I would hope
if they’re still with us when we make the next hire, that they’ll get
consideration from that hire. That’ll be part of that process.
Horst 说：
“我对队内每个人都有着万分尊重。我觉得我们有全联盟最好的教练团支援，相信如果他
们在下次聘雇时还与我们同在，他们将会获得很好的酬劳。这将是过程的一部分。”
“I also expect a number of these guys will have other opportunities across
the league. And if they do, I have great relationships with everyone, we’ll
have an open line of communication as we already do and I’ll support them in
that way too.”
“我也预计，（教练团内的）一些人可能会转去其他球队任职。如果真是如此，我和各位
都有很好的关系，我们会维持如以往般开放的沟通方式，我也会以相同的方式给他们支
援。”
Horst further explained that while the team parted ways with its head coach,
the organization still had work to do. Those assistant coaches would be the
people executing that work, whether those were workouts for players who were
still in town or draft workouts for prospective players. In the last few
weeks, a few Bucks assistants have shared farewells to the city on their
social media, but others still work for the team. Griffin and Horst will have
to decide if any of the assistants from Budenholzer’s staff will stick
around for another year in Milwaukee.
Horst 进一步解释，当球队决定解雇前主教练时，还有一些待完成的工作。这些助理教练
们将协助为还没放假的球员们及将参与选秀测试的新秀们执行该（执教）工作。在过去数
周间，一些助教已经在社群媒体上表达了离别之意，也有一些助教选择继续留在队内执教
。Griffin 将和 Horst 一起决定 Budenholzer 原有的教练团中，将为公鹿队效力多一年
的成员。
How does Griffin find the balance between the new and the old?
Griffin 将如何在新旧之间求得平衡？
When Budenholzer came to Milwaukee in 2018, he was coming off five seasons in
Atlanta in which the Hawks finished the regular season top-10 or better in
forcing turnovers. After five seasons in Milwaukee, the Bucks never once
finished outside of the bottom 10 in forcing turnovers defensively. Both
defenses were overwhelmingly successful in both Atlanta and Milwaukee, but
Budenholzer opted to focus on different things with each defense.
当Budenholzer 于二零一八年初来到公鹿队时，他才刚离开效劳了五个赛季的老鹰队，当
时他们在受迫性失误排行上一直位于前十之内。在公鹿队的五个赛季间，公鹿队从未在受
迫性防守失误排行上位于最后十名之中。在两队的防守排阵上虽然都很成功，但他却选择
在每次防守中专注于不同的事上。
With Griffin, there is no outline for what he previously did as a head coach.
There is no film to watch to understand his tendencies or tactics. He will be
a blank slate in that regard, but the Bucks, as a team, will not and watching
Griffin lay out his own offensive and defensive strategies will be a
fascinating coaching exercise.
对于 Griffin，现阶段无法得知他代理主教练时的作法，也没有任何关于他排阵心思或战
略的任何影片。在这方面，他将是一张白纸，但公鹿队作为一个团队，将不会如此。看着
格里芬制定自己的进攻和防守策略，将是一次迷人的教练练习。
All coaches have certain core beliefs, certain things that they believe in
unconditionally, but there are also certain realities with every roster. As
covered earlier this week, there is a real possibility that the main
contributors at the top of the Bucks’ roster are the exact same as last
season. And if that is the case, there are certain strategies, like an
emphasis on rim protection on defense or an offense based on the isolation of
their playmakers, that make logical sense based on the team’s personnel.
所有教练都有本身的核心信念，一些他们会无条件相信的事，但在球员名单上总会有一些
要面对的现实。正如早前所提，公鹿队内的主要贡献者很有可能和上赛季的完全一样。倘
若真是如此，诸如强调防守时的篮板保护、或基于隔开他们球员的进攻之策略，对于球队
内的人员而言，是有逻辑意义的。
So, how much will Griffin lean on some of those same principles? And how much
will he try to break the Bucks of some of the habits they built under
Budenholzer?
因此，Griffin 将继续维持哪些价值观？有哪些在Budenholzer 麾下建立良久的习惯，将
会被打破呢？
Sorting through those questions will be critical to building the strategies
that the Bucks will lean on going forward.
解决这些问题将是决定公鹿未来策略的重要关键。
How does Griffin build relationships with his players?
Griffin 将如何和球员建立关系？
In a normal year, the front office and coaching staff connect with players in
the week after the season during the exit interview process to recap the
previous season and also give each player things to work on during the
offseason. While Horst told reporters that he did go through that process
with Bucks players in the days following the team’s playoff exit, the vision
for the franchise has changed significantly since those meetings.
在正常的赛季下，前台人员和教练团会在赛季结束的当周与球员们进行沟通，以为上赛季
的表现作总结，并提供他们休赛季期间需要努力的事。虽然Horst 告诉记者，在球队季后
赛出局后的数日里，曾确实与雄鹿队的球员经历了这个过程，但自从这些会面之后，雄鹿
队的前景已经发生了重大变化。
With a new coach, there will likely be new directives and most importantly,
there will need to be significant relationship-building between Griffin and
each of the Bucks players. To accomplish that, players may need to come back
to Milwaukee (if they leave the city for the offseason) or Griffin might need
to embark on a worldwide tour to track players down and discuss the future
with them. For example, when Budenholzer was hired in 2018, he quickly made
the journey to Greece to chat with Antetokounmpo and continued to make trips
there during subsequent offseasons to check in on Antetokounmpo during the
summer.
有了新教练之后，可能会有新的方向；更重要的是，在Griffin 和各公鹿队球员之间，将
会有更关键的关系建立过程。为了达成这目标，球员们可能需要回到密尔瓦基市（假如他
们在休赛季期间离开该城市），或者Griffin 本身需要亲自展开环球之旅，才能和他们展
开对于未来的讨论。举例：当Budenholzer 于二零一八年受聘时，他很快地前往希腊、与
字母哥会面，在往后的休赛季期间也一直这样做。
For Griffin to get on the same page as the players, he will need to make the
same sort of effort.
Griffin 要和球员们站在同一起跑线上，他需要做出同等的努力。
短评：
在没有担任主教练经历的情况下，看来需要有“白手起家”般的奋力一试了...