After consecutive losses in the Eastern Conference finals, Frank Vogel will
return to coach the Indiana Pacers next season, league sources told Yahoo
Sports.
「連續兩年在東區決賽失利後，Frank Vogel下一季仍是溜馬的總教練。」聯盟的消息人士
透露給Yahoo Sports。
Indiana management has never considered replacing him, sources told Yahoo
Sports.
「溜馬的高層從未想過要找其他人代替他的位置。」消息人士說。
Vogel's job status had become fodder for debate because of an unsteady
late-season slide that extended into the playoffs, but Pacers president Larry
Bird and general manager Kevin Pritchard have remained strong believers in
him, sources said.
「僅管因為季末球隊不穩定的表現一度讓Vogel遭受質疑，但溜馬總裁Larry Bird和總經理
Kevin Pritchard仍然非常相信他。」消息人士繼續補充。
Most of the stories surrounding Vogel's possible removal as coach, league
sources told Yahoo Sports, had been coming from unemployed coaches trying to
angle themselves into contention to replace him.
「Vogel可能會被解聘的消息，大部分都是那些失業的教頭放出來的，他們想要取代他入主
溜馬總教練的位置。」消息人士這樣說道。
Vogel is 167-100 in parts of four seasons on the job, including consecutive
Central Division championships and a 56-victory season that earned the Pacers
the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs this year.
Vogel在執教溜馬期間取得167勝100負的戰績，其中包含帶領球隊奪下東區中央組的冠軍
及本賽季以56勝的戰績登上東區第一的寶座。
Bird and Vogel will sit together to answer questions at a season-ending news
conference on Monday in Indianapolis.
周一，Bird和Vogel將會在印第安納波利斯舉行的賽季結束記者會上坐在一起回答問題。
The Pacers were eliminated from the East finals in a Game 6 loss to Miami on
Friday night.
周五夜晚，溜馬在東區決賽的第六場賽事敗給熱火而慘遭淘汰。
The Pacers have significant questions to address this summer, including the
future of restricted free agent guard Lance Stephenson and center Roy
Hibbert. Stephenson is a favorite of Bird and is still expected to be
retained this summer – unless he signs an offer sheet elsewhere that Indiana
decides is just too rich to match.
今年夏天，溜馬有很多重要的問題必須解決，包括Lance Stephenson和Roy Hibbert的未來
，Stephenson是Bird喜歡的球員，預計溜馬會留住他，除非其他球隊開出的報價讓溜馬
難以匹配。
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短評或心得：教練不換囉 所以應該會有交易囉 Hibbert會走嗎？