來源: ESPN
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By Adrian Wojnarowski
John Beilein apologizes to Cavs, says he meant to call players 'slugs,' not
'thugs'
騎士總教練John Beilein跟球員道歉，說他意思本來是說球員是"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."
在星期三的影片時間，騎士總教練John Beilein講出騎士球員打球不再"像是一群暴徒"
(thugs)嚇到騎士球員後，他之後個別去找球員澄清，堅持說他本來是要講"蛞蝓"(slugs)
這個字的。
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國球員組成的球員前用"thugs"這字會有明顯的種族意味在裡面，
而Beilein星期三晚上在與ESPN的電話訪談中說他有了解了。
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.
消息來源說，球隊在底特律時，Beilein在影片時間要結束前，球員聽到他講了那個字後整
個房間變成一片寂靜。
The Cavaliers players left the room initially stunned and were increasingly
disturbed as they dispersed out of the meeting, league sources said.
消息來源說，當會議結束球員們離開房間時先是驚訝，然後開始覺得不舒服。
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.
星期三的時候總管Koby Altman知道了這場會議後的騷動後就去找了Beilein，想澄清事情
的真相。很快的，Beilein說他開始去跟各個球員談，釐清他本來要講的話以及要表達的意
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."
「我不知道我有講"thugs"那個字，但是我的工作人員之後告訴我說我有說，所以我一定是
說了，」Beilein跟ESPN說。「我本來是要說"slugs"，就是指慢吞吞的意思。我們之前打
得不夠努力，而現在我們打得比較努力了，我本來是要讚美球員的，那是我本來想說的意
思。我已經跟8個球員解釋過了，他們跟我說他們有了解了。」
Altman was in the process of gathering details and context on the team film
session on Wednesday night, sources told ESPN.
消息來源說，總管Altman正在蒐集那天影片時間到底發生了什麼的所有細節以及內容。
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歲的Beilein與騎士簽下五年的合約，他的第一年在與球員溝通上還不是很快，還在做調
整中。除了接受來自球隊全明星前鋒Kevin Love的許多抱怨外，其他一些本來是要聘
Beilein來培養的年輕球員也對他有抱怨。
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.
消息來源說，Beilein的影片時間大部分是在數落他的球員們場上做錯誤的決定以及執行戰
術不佳。明天騎士會在客場面對活塞。
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.
騎士戰績10-27，持續在交易市場上想賣他們的老將，好進入重建期。騎士是從密西根大學
聘Beilein來當教練，他在大學籃球已經執教超過40年。