The Hawks, parting ways with their head coach, Lloyd peers today.

老鷹隊，與他們的主教練勞埃德分道揚鑣，今天。

Piers going 63 120 in two plus seasons with the Hawks.

皮爾斯在老鷹隊的兩個多賽季裡，要63 120。

They are currently 11th in the Eastern Conference standings.

目前，他們在東部積分榜上排名第11位。

And, well, you can sort of point to what happened in February.

而且，好吧，你可以排序指向發生在二月。

It was certainly forgettable.

這當然是忘不了的。

One for the Hawks.

老鷹隊的一個。

They finished four and 11.

他們完成了4個和11個。

Only the Rockets and T Wolves had worse records.

只有火箭隊和T狼隊的戰績更差。

Defense continue to be an issue for Atlanta.

防守繼續是亞特蘭大的一個問題。

You can say that sort of been the Achilles heel for Pierce during his tenure with the team.

可以說，這算是皮爾斯在球隊任職期間的阿喀琉斯之踵。

I want to bring in senior NBA insider Adrian Jordanovski, now who first reported that Pierce had been let go.

我想請來NBA資深內線阿德里安-喬丹夫斯基，現在是他首先報道了皮爾斯被放走的消息。

Whoa!

哇！

Why did the Hawks aside to make this change right now?

為什麼老鷹隊一旁的人現在要做這個改變？

L certainly 11 of 15 losses here, Uh, in recent times, and I think there was a feeling in the organization.

我當然15次失利中有11次是在這裡，呃，最近一段時間，我想組織裡有一種感覺。

L you know that Lloyd Pierce's voice was not resonating the way they hoped it would in that locker room anymore.

你知道勞埃德-皮爾斯的聲音在更衣室裡已經沒有他們希望的共鳴了。

And so they decided here, just the head of an All Star game in Atlanta.

所以他們決定在這裡，就在亞特蘭大的一場全明星賽的頭。

Which is certainly interesting timing When?

這當然是有趣的時機，什麼時候？

When you're the host team and it's and it's your showcase, uh, they would like Nate McMillan to become the interim coach.

當你是東道主球隊，這是你的展示，呃，他們希望Nate McMillan成為臨時教練。

Uh, 16 years as a head coach in the NBA.

呃，在NBA當了16年主教練。

He's on Lloyd Pearson staff.

他是勞埃德-皮爾遜的員工。

I know he was meeting with Lloyd Pearson, the rest of the staff to talk through it with Lloyd.

我知道他在和勞埃德-皮爾森以及其他員工見面，和勞埃德一起討論。

He was very loyal, has been very loyal, Uh, to Pierce, Um, And so, uh, you know, for Atlanta that maybe the short term move here Nate McMillan in his interim coach if he chooses to do it at the same time.

他非常忠誠，一直非常忠誠， 呃，皮爾斯，嗯，所以，呃，你知道， 對於亞特蘭大，也許是短期的舉動 這裡內特麥克米蘭在他的臨時教練 如果他選擇在同一時間做到這一點。

The one thing I do want to say that why he may have not resonated with his team.

我想說的是，為什麼他可能沒有和他的團隊產生共鳴。

He has made an indelible impact in the city of Atlanta itself through what he's done through voter suppression as well.

他通過壓制選民的做法，對亞特蘭大市本身也產生了不可磨滅的影響。

I know that's something that really stood out to you about his 10 year in Atlanta as well.

我知道這也是他在亞特蘭大的10年裡，真正讓你印象深刻的事情。

Absolutely.

絕對的

Lloyd Pierce was really, uh, this past summer after the George Floyd murder, he was really the head coach in the NBA who rallied.

勞埃德-皮爾斯真的是，呃，在去年夏天喬治-弗洛伊德謀殺案發生後，他真的是NBA的主教練，他是集結起來的。

The other coaches got them together to start to really, uh, elevate their collective voice.

其他教練把他們召集在一起，開始真正地，呃，提升他們的集體聲音。

And in that region in Atlanta.

而在亞特蘭大的那個地區。

Lloyd pierces impact, uh, for voting rights, Black lives matter.

勞埃德穿透影響，呃，為投票權，黑人的生命重要。

Uh, he made a tremendous difference in that community, a lasting difference in that community.

呃，他在那個社區做了一個巨大的差異， 一個持久的差異在該社區。

I think Lloyd Pierce is going to have more opportunities, uh, to be a head coach in the NBA.

我認為勞埃德-皮爾斯會有更多的機會，呃，成為NBA的主教練。

He's on.

他在。

Gregg Popovich is Olympic coaching staff.

格雷格-波波維奇是奧運教練組。

He'll be with Popovich this summer.

他今年夏天會和波波維奇在一起。

Lloyd Pierce was instrumental in securing State Farm Arena so that they could have that as a voting site.

勞埃德-皮爾斯在確保州立農場競技場的安全方面發揮了重要作用，使他們可以將其作為投票場所。

And you could say it was a trickle effect after that.

之後可以說是涓涓細流效應。

Across the sports fear.

在整個體育恐。

Adrian Jordanovski With the latest on Lloyd Pierce being let go from the Atlanta Hawks, I want to get more on this by bringing in our NBA insider, Brian Wind, horse and Wendy.

阿德里安-喬丹諾夫斯基關於勞埃德-皮爾斯被亞特蘭大老鷹隊放走的最新消息，我想請來我們的NBA內線布萊恩-風、馬和溫迪來了解更多的情況。

How surprising would you say the Hawks making?

你說老鷹隊做的有多驚喜？

This move right now is and there's gonna be people out there who are saying going to say it's surprising because the Hawks are banged up because Lloyd was just away from the team because his wife had a child.

現在這個舉動是和會有一些人說去說這是令人驚訝的，因為老鷹隊被打爆了，因為勞埃德剛剛離開球隊，因為他的妻子有了孩子。

But this has been something that people in the league have been watching for for weeks now, and it's not Lloyd pierces fault per se the Hawks changed their direction of their franchise when they hired Lloyd.

但這件事聯盟裡的人已經觀察了好幾周了，這並不是勞埃德-皮爾斯本身的錯，老鷹在僱傭勞埃德的時候就改變了他們的經營方向。

They were very much developmental mode.

他們很有發展模式。

They had a whole bunch of young draft picks.

他們有一大堆年輕的選秀權。

They were trying to have him lead development in this last offseason.

在上個休賽期，他們就想讓他主導發展。

They spend a whole ton of money on free agents, bringing in guys that they wanted to elevate them to the playoffs.

他們在自由球員身上花了一大筆錢，引進了一些他們想要提升他們進入季後賽的球員。

And while there isn't any one reason, and it isn't necessarily thing that Lloyd did, they've underachieved at this point and changes had to be made.

雖然沒有任何一個原因，也不一定是羅伊德做的事情，但他們在這一點上的表現已經不足，不得不做出改變。

And while there hasn't been an official naming of Nate McMillan to have to replace him when Nate was brought in as a as a lead assistant in the off season, it was expected that this move could happen.

而在休賽期請來內特-麥克米蘭作為主力助手時，雖然還沒有正式點名要他接替，但預計此舉可能會發生。

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