Re:정말이군요. 관련기사입니다.

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네츠 단장의 인터뷰입니다. 일단 심리적으로 볼 때 단장이 공식 인터뷰를 한다는 얘기는 아마도 샤립을 받아들이지 않을 생각인거 같습니다. 그래서 받아들이지 않는 거에 대한 차후 변명 여지를 남기는 수도 있고 또 안 받아 들이는 이유를 미리 명확하게 해두자는 의도입니다. 완역은 안하고 중요한 부분만 제가 커멘트를 해드릴테니 참조하시기 바랍니다. 참고로 제 커멘트는 제 의견이 상당히 많이 개입되었으니 이에 대한 판단은 회원 여러분의 신중하고 명석한 인식에 기반을 두시기 바랍니다.

 

 

Rod Thorn Press Conference on Shareef Abdur-Rahim (August 4, 2005)

Opening Statement:

As of right now we have not completed our trade with Portland. Shareef has signed a contract with us but it is contingent upon him passing a physical. As of right now that has not transpired. Don’t read anything into it as to whether he will or won’t pass it, but as of right now it has not happened.(이와 관련된 어떤 다른 소식도 사실과는 관련 없으며, 중요한건 오늘까지 샤립의 트레이드는 결코 진행되지 않았다는 의미입니다.) We are getting other opinions and are in the process of doing that now. When that is completed, I don’t know the timing, but we have until August 12 to complete the trade. Our trade exception expires on August 9th so we do have some time with it but we would like to get it done as quickly as we can. As of right now the trade has not been completed because he has not passed his physical.

Can you tell us what the next step is?

RT: We are getting a second opinion, maybe several opinions(다른 여러가지 선택을 고려한다는 의미입니다. 샤립의 신체검사가 큰 문제가 없다면 샤립의 처리에 대해 고민할텐데 다른 선택을 고려한다는 의미는 결정적으로 샤립이 오지 않을 것 같다는 얘기인 듯 합니다.) but we are getting another opinion.

In the past he has had some knee issues. What element of the physical did he not pass?

RT: He had a knee operation when he was in high school. He’s never missed a game with a knee problem in the NBA. He’s never missed a practice or a game. The only thing he has missed any games for in the NBA was for an elbow operation that he had last year. He missed some games and came back and played the last 31 games. I’m not at liberty to discuss specific elements of the physical.(무릎과 팔꿈치에 대해는 명확하게 알고 있다는 의미는 아마 다른 부위에 이상이 있다는 얘기가 아닌가 생각됩니다.) We are not allowed to do that so I can’t address specifically what the issue is.

How disappointed are you with the news?

RT: It was a shock. We had scheduled a press conference. We did not think there was going to be anything wrong whatsoever. I was shocked by it. As I stated earlier, we’ll gather all the information and then make what ever decision that we end up making. (당연히 섬뜻했겠지요)

Have you spoken to him?

RT: Yes. He went back to Atlanta but I spoke to him several times yesterday.

Was he as surprised as you were?

RT: Yes. (샤립도 놀랐다는 얘기는 자신도 전혀 증상을 몰랐다는 의미입니다. 이렇다면 외상이 아닌 신경계나 내장계쪽 질환일지도 모릅니다.)

Is there any reason why there is no announcement for Jeff McInnis as well?

RT: Jeff definitely will be here. It’s just a matter of how he’s signed. I wouldn’t say it’s a semantic thing but it’s a matter of how we end up signing him. If we don’t use our trade exception, maybe we will use it in another way. But McInnis is merely a matter of what form we do it, but he definitely will be here.

Do you have a positive outlook on this or do you believe this will not be able to be completed?

RT: I’m optimistic about it. I think when we get all the information that we will gather, this certainly has a good opportunity of going through. (역시 단장답게 결코 명확한 얘기는 안 해 주면서 손해보는 발언도 안 하는군요.)

How quickly do you want this to happen?

RT: You would like to do it as quickly as you can because the trade exception expires on the 9th. We have to make to make a decision about the trade by the 12th. So there is a time element involved. (시간도 얼마 없군요...12일 이전에 결정 지어야 되는데 그렇다면 딱 일주일 남은겁니다.)

Was this an injury that happened before or was this was something totally new on the radar?

RT: It was something that we were certainly unaware of. He was evidently unaware of it also.

(결정적인 질문이네요, 기자에게 찬사 보냅니다. 전혀 증후군이 없던 질환이랍니다. 설마 이게 거짓말이면 소송감이지요.)

Do you have a sense if Portland was aware of it?

RT: To my knowledge, the only thing Portland said was, when the doctors talk with doctors and trainers talk with trainers, the only problem he had there was his elbow. Many players in the league ice various areas of their bodies. He’s missed no games in his NBA career due to any other injury with the exception of his elbow. (To my konwledge란 표현은 자신은 모른척하고 아는 것만 답할 때 종종 쓰는 표현입니다. 아마 다른 사람은 알고 있었을지 모른다는 의미지요. 그렇다면 이건 약간 심각한 사태로 발전할 가능성이 어느 정도는 있을 것 같군요. 네츠가 악착같이 포틀랜드를 물고 늘어지면 진실이 밝혀지고 괜히 시끄럽게 안하고 조용히 처리하겠다면 아무 일도 안 일어나는 NBA내의 one of same old shits인 것 같습니다.)

Is there something that can be done as soon as today to get completed?

RT: It could, but it probably will play out over the next few days.

Are you going to look at other big men at this point just in case this doesn’t pan out?

RT: If in fact this doesn’t pan out for us we certainly will look at others. (샤립이 거의 오기 힘들 것이라고 판단하는데 결정적인 답변이네요, 좀 돌려서 말하긴 했지만...)

If he is in Atlanta are there plans to examine him there?

RT: I don’t want to divulge exactly what is being done. We are soliciting other opinions and when we have something then we will make a statement about (divulge는 폭로하겠다는 말인데...state나 announce라는 단어를 안 쓰고 이런 말을 한건 좀 냄새가 풀풀 나는 것 같습니다.)

Are there any big men left of a decent caliber?

RT: Well not of that caliber, certainly no. (샤립을 대체 할 선수가 특별히 없다는군요.)

When did you find out?

RT: Yesterday, late in the day yesterday. (어제 샤립의 질환을 발견했답니다, 이전에 발견하고 결정을 어제 했는지도 모르지만요.)

Are Cliff and Jeff done as far as passing physicals?

RT: Yes. Cliff is signed. Both of them passed physicals. As I said for as far as Jeff goes, it’s just a matter of how we sign him. We have to keep some options open but he definitely will be here.

(다른 선수는 별 지장없답니다, 클리포트 로빈슨과 제프 맥긴니스 두 사람은...)

If something happens that you can’t complete the trade by the 7th, and then you have two days to use your trade exception?

RT: It’s really up to us. If we were to say that we do not want to complete the trade because of something that came about during the physical then we would have two days to use our trade exception. (기자가 한 말을 교묘하게 똑같이 말하면서 애매한 답변을 피해가는군요.)

Can you give us some more insight of why you are optimistic that it will go through?

RT: I’m one of those people that think things are going to work out. He’s never missed any games for anything other than his elbow. He practices and he’s been working out all summer. He’s had no problems at all, so I am hopeful that it will work out. (샤립이 결국엔 합류할지 모른다는 여운을 남깁니다, 제 개인적으로 샤립이 어떻게든 뉴저지로 갔으면 좋겠군요.)

Sometimes things are put in a contract if you agree to it and they agree to it that you can work around it if someone fails a physical.

RT: He’s already signed a contract. He signed a normal NBA contract. So that is already done. You can make amendments from time to time about certain things but I don’t want to speculate what might happen here. (이미 계약은 했고 만약 샤립의 몸상태가 정말 안좋으면 뉴저지 손해가 막심할 것 같군요, 물론 계약서마다 예외조항이 있으니까 계약서 액면 그대로는 손해가 나지 않을겁니다.)

Is there anyway you can change the deal?

RT: No, the deal will either go through as it has already been done or it won’t. (계약을 백지화 시키기는 불가능하답니다.)

Was this a shock?

RT: It was because it was something that wasn’t anticipated. It was something that he has never missed a game for. He practices everyday and if you talk to anybody anywhere he has ever been, he practices everyday, and he plays everyday, plays everyday in the summer. So it was a shock.

You feel that this is something that he was unaware of, something that they weren’t hiding?

RT: Yes, I don’t want to cast any blame at all on Portland or on him. This was just something that showed up. (포틀랜드나 샤립을 의심하거나 힐난하지는 않는다는군요.) 

On the impact of Shareef:

RT: Lets see how this plays out first before I have any comments about optimism or not, obviously it doesn’t work out favorably, he was a big piece to our puzzle and a quality player. If we don’t complete the trade, we’ve lost a quality player. (obviously it doesn’t work out favorably라는 말이 다 말해주는군요.)

What do you say to Net Fans?

RT: I would say hang in there, let’s see what transpires when we get all the information. Obviously, we did have a press conference scheduled, and there has to be an explanation on why we aren’t having it. It was not anticipated that there would be any problem at all and now we have to see what happens. (팬들은 여유를 갖고 기다려 달라고 말합니다.)

Are you confident that if something doesn’t work out with Shareef that you’ll be able to use the trade exception, especially on such short notice?

RT: I don’t have a comment about that. We’ll certainly try to do everything we can if that’s the way it turns out. You can’t use those things because you want to. You have to have somebody to deal with and it took a long time to make a deal with Portland. In this case the time frame would be much shorter. (트레이드 익셉션 쓸거냐는 말에 아직 언급 안한다는 말을 합니다. 뭐 쓰고 안 쓰고는 단장 맘인데 그런거 꼭 기자에게 말하고 쓸 필요는 없지요.)

You say you are optimistic. Would you give us 70-80% that you think given next week that this thing is still going to happen?

RT: No, I just think its going to work out, because he’s been playing for nine years and he’s never missed games. This guys been a real warrior and to me it will end up working out.

(기자 녀석들도 짜증나게 한 질문 또하고 또하고 하는군요..답변 들을 가능성은 0%인데...)

Is there a time frame on this second opinion?

RT: I don’t know but we are trying to get things moving as rapidly as we can and hopefully we’ll know as quickly as we can. But there is no time frame. It has to be done by the 12th. (한마디로 발등에 불 떨어졌는데 자꾸 복장 터지게 하지 말라는 의미가 절절 흐릅니다.)

Have you started looking at other options or will you wait until you get all the information?

RT: We’ve started looking at other options, because players we may have an interest in are either signing everyday or they are about to sign. So we have to look at what our alternatives are. (또 아까 한 질문 또 나오는군요...이쯤에서 슬슬 열이 좀 받을 것 같습니다.) 

When somebody fails this test, is it because it’s something they physically can’t do or is it because of whatever comes back like x-rays?

RT: It’s not like can you jump up and touch a rim or that kind of test. It’s a physical, when you get players in trades; you always give them a physical. And from time to time, it doesn’t happen often, but every now and then it does where trades are undone because of something that showed up. Sometimes, normally it happens with maybe a pre-existing condition and you’re doctor looks at and says ‘I don’t think you should do this.’ In this case, it was something that nobody anticipated. That makes it a little bit different. (중요한 질문인데...X-ray에서 밝혀진 질환같이 명백한 것이냐 아니면 신체 내부 질환 같이 운동을 하는데 지속적 장애를 초래하는 질환이냐 물었는데 단장의 답변은 아마 외과적 질환이 아닌 내과적 질환을 염두에 두고 말한것 같습니다. 병명은 밝히질 않는군요.) 

After going through Alonzo’s health condition and Chris Childs. How gun shy are you about maybe committing this amount of money into Shareef, if maybe there is something potentially wrong?

RT: You have to look at this very closely and try to get as much information as you can and make as an informed decision as you can. That is all you can do. (이건 아주 짖궂은 질문인데...알론조 모닝도 그렇고 크리스 차일드도 그렇고 이렇게 계속 선수에게 헛된 '돈지랄'을 하는거는 근본적인 문제가 있는거 아니냐고 하니까... 약간 야마가 돌아서 자신은 최대한 정보를 얻고 신중한 결정을 내린거 뿐이라고 답변하는군요.)

Is it always a cut and dry decision?

RT: It’s not always cut and dry because different people react differently to different stresses physically. If a guy can play everyday and has been playing everyday and his performance hasn’t suffered from it then you have to take that into consideration. We’ll get all the information that we can get and then we’ll make as an informed decision as we can. (마지막으로...자신은 항상 문제없는 선수계약을 했냐는 질문에 꼭 그런건 아니지만 뭐 주절주절 여러가지 핑계를 대면서 접대용 멘트로 일관합니다.)

[T-mac rules~!]

RT: We are getting a second opinion, maybe several opinions, but we are getting another opinion <--- 이건 다른 선택사항을 고려한다는게 아니라 다른 의사들의 소견을 들어볼려고 한다는거 같은데요...보통 질병이 발견되면 그에 대해 여러 의사들의 소견을 받고나서야 확정 짓자나요....

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저도 그렇게 생각해봤지만 그럴 경우 이렇게 인터뷰를 하지는 않을거라는 생각이 들어서 진단쪽은 어느 정도 확정된거 같습니다.

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알럽 바스켓볼 게시판에 제가 이걸 해석한 걸 올리고 보니 여기에도 있군요. 너무나 로드 쏜의 발언들에 대해 부정적으로 보시는 것 같군요. 제가 여지껏 봤을 때, 로드 쏜은 샤리프에 대해 상당한 애착을 갖고 있습니다. 마지막 모닝이나 차일드 같은 경우 어느정도의 궁지에 몰려 뱉은 말일 수 있겠지만서도, 쏜은

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부정적으로 안 보려고 해도 긍정적으로 볼 상황이 지금 하나도 없습니다. 뭐 어쩝니까? 샤리프가 바램대로 뉴저지에 가면 좋지만 그러지 못할것 같아서 이렇게 급하게 인터뷰까지 하고 공식 통보를 했는데...^^

[Duncan&Kidd홧팅]

샤리프가 아무 탈없이 넷츠에 합류하길 원하는 정서로 인터뷰에 응한 것으로 저는 받아들이고 있습니다. 그래서 여기저기 백방으로 정보를 얻어다니는 것 같고요.

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루머가 미리 새나갔다면 모르겠지만 그런 의도라면 이렇게 인터뷰를 원래 하지도 않는게 정상입니다. 옛날에 로버트 호리와 숀 엘리엇 트레이드 무산될 떄도 이러지는 않았습니다.