There have been losses and more losses enough that last season the Wolves didn't even make the cut for the MBA bubble enough that this season the team already has the worst record in the MBA.

有輸有贏，而且輸得更多，上賽季狼隊甚至連MBA的資格都沒有入圍，足以說明本賽季球隊的戰績已經是MBA中最差的了。

There have been injuries to to the point that D'Angelo Russell on Karl Anthony towns have played a grand total of five games together five since Minnesota traded for Dello more than a year ago.

有傷病到，自一年多前明尼蘇達交易德洛以來，德安吉洛-拉塞爾對卡爾-安東尼鎮總共打了五場比賽，共五場。

It's all been largely miserable, including last night when the Wolves came into the Garden to face their old coach, Tom Thibodeau.

這一切基本上都是慘不忍睹，包括昨晚狼隊來到花園面對他們的老教練湯姆-錫伯杜。

Minnesota fell behind by as many as 21 then eat their way back to a late game lead thanks to a 15 point fourth quarter from Karl Anthony towns, including this nice little spin move.

明尼蘇達州落後多達21，然後吃他們的方式回到後期比賽的領先優勢，感謝卡爾-安東尼鎮的15分第四節，包括這個漂亮的小旋轉動作。

And if the Wolves would have held on for the final 2.5 minutes, I assume Ryan Saunders would have woken up this morning and still been the head coach of an MBA team.

而如果狼隊能堅持到最後2.5分鐘，我想萊恩-桑德斯今天早上醒來，應該還是一支MBA球隊的主教練。

Instead, Minnesota folded, and within a few hours not only had Saunders been fired, but Chris Finch, an assistant coach with the Toronto Raptors have been announced as his permanent replacement.

而明尼蘇達卻折戟沉沙，幾個小時內，不僅桑德斯被解僱，多倫多猛龍隊的助理教練克里斯-芬奇也被宣佈為他的永久替代者。

And look, Saunders being fired in itself, not a shock.

而且你看，桑德斯被炒，本身就不是什麼驚天動地的事。

Ryan is, of course, the son of late Flip Saunders, and it was a really feel good story when he was made interim coach in the wake of the team getting rid of tips.

當然，萊恩是已故的弗利普-桑德斯的兒子，在球隊擺脫小費的情況下，他被任命為臨時教練，這真是一個很有感覺的故事。

Remember how the guys doused him in the locker room after his first win?

還記得他第一次贏了之後，大家是怎麼在更衣室裡給他澆水的嗎？

But Ryan was never able to get any mo mentum going, and the writing has seemed to be on the wall for a while now that he was on his way out.

但萊恩始終無法獲得任何莫導師的青睞，而現在似乎已經有一段時間寫著他要離開了。

Still, it was the immediate hiring of Finch without any interim period or search process that did shock the rest of the league, making that kind of midseason switch to another team's assistant coach instead of giving one of the team's own assistance.

不過，在沒有任何過渡期和尋找過程的情況下，立即聘請芬奇，而不是給自己球隊的助手，做出那種賽季中期換成另一支球隊的助教，確實讓聯盟其他球隊震驚。

At least a look just isn't normal in the n B A.

至少在n B A的時候，一個眼神就不正常了。

In fact, it's so where that the last time it happened was 12 years ago, and it was even more jarring, considering that the Wolves did have an internal candidate who many considered ready for the big chair.

事實上，這是在哪裡，上一次發生這種情況已經是12年前的事情了，考慮到狼隊確實有一個內部候選人，很多人認為他已經準備好了坐上這把大椅子，這就更讓人震驚了。

Saunders lead assistant David Vanderpool Vanderpool had come to Minnesota from Portland, and when he was so abruptly passed over last night, two of his former players called it out immediately.

桑德斯首席助手大衛-範德普爾範德普爾是從波特蘭來到明尼蘇達的，當他昨晚如此突然地被傳球時，他的兩名前球員立即叫了起來。

Here's Damian Lillard.

這是達米安-利拉德。

How the hell do you not hire David Vanderpool?

你怎麼不僱David Vanderpool?

And And he's right there on the bench and has been in the front office successfully and on the front of a bench of a winning team successfully and has played a major role in the development of a dominant, backcourt shaking madam head and then c.

而而他就在板凳席上，並且成功地在前臺，成功地在一支勝利球隊的板凳席上，並且在發展主導，後場搖頭夫人然後c的過程中起到了重要作用。

J.

J.

McCollum.

麥科勒姆。

Make it make sense respectfully.

讓它有意義的尊重。

Make it make sense.

讓它有意義。

We will see if Rose Sauce answers that query later today.

今天晚些時候，我們就看看玫瑰醬是否回答了這個疑問。

The Wolves air holding a press conference around six o'clock Eastern.

狼隊在東部六點左右召開新聞發佈會。

But here's what we already know.

但這是我們已經知道的。

Finch and Rosa's go way back.

芬奇和羅莎的關係可以追溯到很久以前。

They worked together for years when both were with the Houston Rockets, and Rosa's actually considered hiring Finch in 2019 before deciding to extend Saunders instead.

他們在休斯敦火箭隊的時候都合作過多年，羅薩的其實也考慮過在2019年聘請芬奇，然後決定改簽桑德斯。

And we can probably deduce that Rosas is feeling his seat get a little more hot these days.

我們大概可以推斷出，羅薩斯這幾天感覺自己的座位越來越熱了。

And in those kinds of situations, front office execs often go with hiring someone they already know.

而在這種情況下，前臺主管們往往會選擇僱傭自己已經認識的人。

But just because it's common doesn't mean it's not a problem.

但這是常見的，並不代表沒有問題。

hiring someone you go way back with without giving anyone else a chance to interview is exactly the kind of old boys Old Boys club networking that keeps the coaching ranks of so many sports leagues overwhelmingly white, even though their players are overwhelmingly not.

僱用一個人你回去的方式與不給其他人面試的機會正是那種老男孩老男孩俱樂部網絡，保持教練行列的這麼多體育聯盟壓倒性的白色，即使他們的球員是壓倒性的不。

And I want to be clear.

我想說清楚

This is not to put down Chris Finch.

這不是要貶低Chris Finch。

The man could go on to become a Hall of Fame head coach, but big picture.

這個人可能會成為名人堂的主教練，但大局。

The MBA needs to be a league where minority candidates get more consideration, and I'm talking about candidates way beyond Vanterpool here, where even if they don't get the job, they do get the experience of going through the hiring process so they are more qualified the next time around.

MBA需要成為一個少數族裔候選人得到更多考慮的聯盟，我在這裡說的是遠遠超過範特普的候選人，即使他們沒有得到這份工作，他們也會得到經歷招聘過程的經驗，這樣他們下一次就會更加合格。

And Rosa's the first Latino exact.

而羅莎是第一個拉丁裔的準確。

Whoever had an MBA front office certainly knows this as well as anyone, so I'm going to at least hear him out tonight on his thought process before I pass judgment.

誰有MBA的前臺，肯定和誰一樣清楚，所以我今晚至少要先聽聽他的思路，再做判斷。

But I can sit here right now and say this.

但我現在可以坐在這裡說。

It doesn't look good, which has been a problem in Minnesota for a very long time.

它看起來並不好，這在明尼蘇達州已經有很長一段時間的問題。

Another black head coach text me fire Ryan higher Finch on the same day.

另一位黑人主教練同一天給我發簡訊，解僱瑞恩更高的芬奇。

Passover.

逾越節。

David Vanderpool crazy shaking my head.

大衛-範德普爾瘋狂地搖頭。

I don't know how David sticks around on.

我不知道大衛是怎麼堅持下來的。

Then I think another thing that stuck out to me.

然後我覺得還有一件事讓我印象深刻。

You know, Quinn Cook from the Lakers spoke about it on Twitter.

你知道，湖人隊的奎因-庫克在推特上談到了這件事。

So did Isaiah Thomas.

以賽亞-托馬斯也是如此。

It's not what you say basketball.

這不是你說的籃球。

I hear that David was very popular with the Timberwolves players but haven't heard anything from them.

聽說大衛很受森林狼隊球員的歡迎，但還沒有他們的消息。

But, you know, Dame also said on Twitter, look at Vander Pulls resume.

但是，你知道，大梅也在微博上說，看看範德普爾斯的履歷。

This is a former MBA player played for the Wizards, played in the Continental Basketball Association.

這是一位曾效力於奇才隊的MBA球員，曾在大陸籃協打球。

He was an assistant with the Blazers for seven seasons, departing to be an associate head coach, which means I'm close to be a head coach.

他曾在開拓者隊做了7個賽季的助理，離任後成為副主教練，這意味著我離當主教練已經很近了。

He interviewed with New Orleans.

他接受了新奧爾良的採訪。

He interview with Houston last offseason but didn't get the job.

去年休賽期，他面試了休斯頓，但沒有得到這份工作。

And now to say that he's an associate head coach, that title seems a little hollow right now.

而現在說他是副主教練，這個頭銜現在看來有些空洞。

Well, I'm gonna say this, OK, and this is what it is.

好吧，我要說的是，好吧，就是這樣。

It's not what you know.

這不是你所知道的。

It's who you know.

這是你認識的人。

And despite what Rosa may say in the interview later on this evening, we all know what it is.

儘管羅莎今晚接受採訪時可能會說什麼，但我們都知道是什麼。

Him and Fitch are best friends.

他和Fitch是最好的朋友。

They've been best friends since the rocket days when they was down there doing all the analytic stuff and they were really close friends, and they trust one another.

從火箭時期開始，他們就是最好的朋友，當時他們在下面做所有的分析工作，他們是真正的好朋友，他們互相信任。

Here's the thing about hiring African American coaches, and this is why coaches air, not African American coaches air not getting hired and getting these job opportunities when they come up is because in order for this to happen, we gotta have more African Americans in the front office.

這是關於僱傭非裔美國人教練的事情，這就是為什麼教練的空氣，而不是非裔美國人教練的空氣沒有被僱傭，並在他們出現時獲得這些工作機會的原因，因為為了讓這種情況發生，我們必須在前線辦公室有更多的非裔美國人。

When you look, for example, James Jones for the Phoenix Suns, he's the G M of the Phoenix Suns, who he goes out and hires Monty Williams.

當你看，例如菲尼克斯太陽隊的詹姆斯-瓊斯，他是菲尼克斯太陽隊的G M，他出去聘請了蒙蒂-威廉姆斯。

Another example, before down More got to the Philadelphia 76 is El Brand was still calling the shots who?

又比如，在下莫爾到費城76人之前，是艾爾-布蘭德還在指揮誰？

He went out and hired Doc Rivers.

他出去請了裡弗斯醫生

So until we started getting more African Americans in the front office in position of power, toe actually hired former players.

所以，在我們開始讓更多的非洲裔美國人進入前臺的權力位置之前，託伊其實是僱傭了前球員。

Guys like Phil Handy, who have won three championships.

像菲爾-漢迪這樣的人，已經贏得了三個冠軍。

Guys like Jason Kidd, one of the greatest to ever play the game and was a pretty good coach when he was the head of the snake.

像傑森-基德這樣的人，是有史以來最偉大的球員之一，當他還是蛇頭的時候，是一個相當不錯的教練。

Guys like Sam Cassell, who has been a long time assistant under Doc Rivers and vice versa worked with superstar players.

像薩姆-卡塞爾這樣的人，在多克-裡弗斯手下當了很久的助手，反之則與超級明星球員共事。

Until we get African Americans in those front off in those front office positions, we're going to continue to see these trends because there's more so off.

除非我們讓非裔美國人在那些前臺的位置上，我們會繼續看到這些趨勢，因為有更多的所以關。

I'm hiring my friend and not the guy that's best for the job.

我僱傭的是我的朋友，而不是那個最適合工作的人。