原标题：SUNDAY BASKETBALL NOTES: Celtics president Brad Stevens reveals his
thinking behind offseason decisions
(青赛总经理 Brad Stevens 透露其休赛季决定背后的思路)
来源：https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/09/30/sports/sunday-basketball-notes/
作者：Gary Washburn
原文＋翻译：
What folks may not know about the usually reserved Brad Stevens is that he is
an entertaining story teller, and he spent time this past week answering
questions from Celtics fans, going into detail about a couple of team issues
and the future of Blake Griffin.
大家可能不知道，一向来态度保守的Brad Steven 是有趣的说故事人，他在上个星期花了
一些时间回答青赛球迷的提问，并深入谈论一些队内事务和Blake Griffin 的未来。
Stevens revealed the Celtics were interested in bringing back Griffin for a
second year, but the former All-Star is considering retirement. Griffin is a
free agent.
Stevens 透露，青赛有意重新签回 Griffin，但这位昔日的全明星正在考虑著退役。他目
前是自由球员。
Stevens described the challenge of luring Griffin last season when the club
was seeking a veteran backup center and positive locker room presence.
Stevens 描述了上赛季引进Griffin 时所面临的挑战，当时该队正寻求一位老将类型的替
补中锋，同时活络更衣室的氛围。
“I told him, ‘We’d love to have you join us, but you may not play when
Robert [Williams] gets back [from injury],’ ” Stevens told participants at
ABCD Hoop Dreams. “He said no. So I went through a few more days, called him
back, and said, ‘Hey ,I don’t mean to burden you. I know you’ve got kids.
I know you’ve said no initially, but I just wanted to circle back before I
turn to other people because you’re the best fit for our team.’ He said, ‘
I thought about it and I want to do it.’ ”
Stevens 在一场公益篮球活动上表示：
“我跟他说，‘我们希望你能加入我们，但如果Robert Williams 伤愈复出了，你有可能
就没办法出赛了。’而他回应‘不行’。所以我们等了数日之后，再回电给他说：‘嘿
，我无意给你更多困扰。我知道你有小孩。我知道你当初说了不行，但在我转向找其他
人之前，想再谈谈看是否有转圜的余地，毕竟你是最适合我们的球员。’最后他表示：
‘我想过了，我同意这样做。’”
Griffin played in just 41 of 82 regular-season games and averaged 4.1 points.
He made just one appearance in the postseason, but his impact on the locker
room, including Payton Pritchard and Grant Williams, left Stevens gushing.
Griffin 在上赛季82场例行赛中，上了其中的一半，并场均累计缴出4.1 分的表现。他也
在季后赛中上过一场，但他对更衣室内的影响力，使Stevens 为此津津乐道。
“I’m not blowing smoke, it was as good as it gets,” Stevens said. “He was
unbelievable when he played and even better when he didn’t. He has a fan for
life from everybody in our organization. You know, if he decides to keep
playing, he wants to come back out East, he knows we’re a phone call away.”
“我不是在抛烟雾弹（吹牛），他的表现真的很厉害。他在场上的表现令人难以置信，在
场下时更是如此。球队内的每个人都是他的终身支持者。你知道如果他决定继续打球、
如果他想回来东部，只要一通电话便能解决。”
Stevens also touched on the status of Williams, who is healthy and enters a
pivotal season.
Stevens 也谈到即将进入其关键赛季的 Williams。
“He’s not an old guy, but he’s not a rookie anymore,” Stevens said. “He’
s six years in now and this is the time where guys make leaps and make jumps.
He showed his defensive versatility a couple of years ago. His offensive
threat at the rim and his rebounding is as good as it gets, and the keys for
him are to be available as much as possible and to be able play as long as
spurts as possible.
“他讲不上是一位老将，但他已经不是一位新秀了。如今他待了六年，也正是时候实现飞
跃了。数年前，他已经展现出了本身的防守全面性。他在篮下的进攻威胁和他的篮板能
力都是一流的，对他来说，关键在于要尽可能地挣得更多的上场时间。”
“We’re lucky with Kristaps [Porzingis], with Al [Horford], with Luke
[Kornet], we’re lucky to have a group that can all play when he’s not
available, but we’re a different team when he is. You can see that.”
“我们很庆幸能拥有 Porzingis、活佛和 Kornet ，他们可以在他不在的时候随时待命；
有了他时，表现就会变得不一样了。”
Stevens was asked about conversations with players rumored to be in trade
discussions, such as Malcolm Brogdon this summer or Jaylen Brown last summer
in a potential deal for Kevin Durant.
之后，Stevens 被问到一些陷入交易传闻的球员之事。
“They’re hard, but you just have real conversations,” Stevens said. “Some
stuff has been talked about with the Brogdon stuff, you just have
conversations about it. You understand why a person would feel angry about
that. But at the same time, that’s why you have those conversations. You
work together. Obviously, in almost all scenarios, you’re talking about
unbelievable players on all sides. That’s the other part of the recognition
being discussed.
“即使过程艰难，但顶多只是进行了真诚的对话。对于Brogdon 的事，已经谈过了其中一
些。你可以了解为何一个人会对此感到生气。但与此同时，这也是你会有这些对话的原
因。你们在一起努力。很明显的，你几乎都要跟意料之外的球员进行对话。这就是正在
热议的‘认可’层面之另一端。”
“Again, a lot of the stuff that you read, we’re making calls all year. The
other 29 teams know who we like on their team because we tell them. And we
know who they like on our team because they tell us. Does that become a
rumor? You have to have an idea who you’d like to target and who’s
attainable and who’s not.”
“再一次的，正如你看过的消息一样，我们到处都在通电话。其他29支球队都因为我们的
告知而获悉我们所想追求的球员。这有变成传闻吗？你必须自己自己所要的目标，哪些
可以实现、哪些不行。”
Stevens traded Marcus Smart, the Celtics’ most vocal leader, to the
Grizzlies in a controversial deal that landed Porzingis, perhaps leaving a
major leadership void that will have to be filled by incumbents such as
Jayson Tatum or Brown.
在一场具争议性的交易中，Stevens 把最具说话分量的聪明哥交易到了灰熊队，并换来了
Porzingis ，这或许会让对外发言的主导权出现悬空，最终将要由 Jayson Tatum 或 Ja-
ylen Brown之类的留队球员来填补。
“First of all, it’s hard to discern leadership from afar,” Stevens said. “
I think Marcus is a good leader and we have a lot of other good leaders in
that locker room, too. Everybody does it through their own personality and
their own way. We talked about it several times three, four, five years ago,
is one of the keys to our whole program will be when Jaylen and Jayson get to
25, 26 and 27, being two of the best leaders in the league, and they’re
there. I think they will without question [lead] and they were already. And
Al knows buttons to push, and when he speaks it’s worth listening to.
“首先，远见难识领导风范。我觉得聪明哥是一位好主导者，我们在更衣室内也有其他的
好主导者。大家都有本身的个性。我们对外重复讨论这事已有三到五年之久了，当时计
划是让他们在25、26、27岁时，成为联盟中其中两位最好的领导者，如今他们已经到那
个程度了。我认为他们毫无疑问的会成为领袖，而且他们已经是了。活佛也知道发言的
时机，他说的话也值得一听。”
“We have a number of guys in there. Derrick White I think is a person we
want to see continue to rise and grow. He certainly can take over some of
that. But the key is will everybody embrace their role? Will everybody do so
in their own authentic self and bring it to the table so we can be the best
team we can be?”
“我们这边有很多（能主导发言的）球员。我认为小白是一位我们希望能继续见证其成长
的球员。他可以接下一部分负担。但问题在于，他们是否会致力于坚守岗位？我们是否
有能力做好自己的本分，让球队成为最好呢？”
短评：
现在看起来，还真是看一场少一场了...