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前言：这是林的好朋友Chris Baldwin最新的文章
翻译外絮这件事情立场上要尽可能中立
但是不得不说Baldwin真的是超级铁杆林迷...
就算尽可能中立地翻 整篇看起来还是很偏(搔头)
anyway 期许板上的大家都是理性林迷
我们支持林 也欢迎所有对林的批评
声音本来就有所不同 但最终目的都是希望林变得更好
最后 没有暑假的人谨以此篇祝大家暑假快乐 XD
Kawhi Leonard proves what Jeremy Lin could be with a Gregg Popovich level
coach: A Carmelo Anthony lesson?
可爱证明了在波波等级的教练底下林能够成为什么样子：一个甜瓜的教训？
In his first season as a part-time starter, Kawhi Leonard averaged 7.9 points
and 5.1 rebounds per game. Three years later, Leonard's the reigning Sports
Illustrated cover star, the NBA Finals MVP and an ascendant franchise player.
在他做为兼职先发的第一个赛季，可爱场均7.9分5.1篮板。三年后，可爱成了流行(运动
杂志)“Sport Illustrated”的封面球星、NBA总冠军赛MVP，以及一个声势看涨的明星球
员。
In his first season as a part-time starter, Jeremy Lin averaged 14.6 points
and 6.2 assists per game. Three years later, Lin's no longer a starter, he's
routinely ripped by basketball bigots and he's easy trade bait.
在他做为兼职先发的第一个赛季，林场均14.6分6.2助攻。三年后，Lin不再是个先发球员
，他惯性地被篮球bigots(顽固、偏执的人，应指冰箱)给丢在一旁，并且是个随便的交易
诱饵。
Kawhi Leonard is what happens when a coach displays real belief in a player,
when an organization puts team over stars, when player development is a real
mission rather than just a convenient soundbite mantra. Jeremy Lin is what
happens when a coach shows his doubt nightly, when it's all about promoting a
few select superstars, when young players are nothing more than trade pieces.
当教练表现出对球员的真正信任、当一个组织将团队摆在球星之上，以及当”球员发展”
成了真正的使命而不只是个方便的口号时，这一切便造就了可爱。当教练每一晚表现出他
的质疑，当吹捧几个特定超级球星成了唯一重要的事，以及年轻球员不过只是交易筹码时
，这一切便造就了林。
This is something Rockets owner Leslie Alexander should be thinking about as
his franchise preps to go all out in its pursuit of free agent Carmelo
Anthony — and possibly even a longshot play for LeBron James. With Melo
informing the New York Knicks he will opt out and become a free agent, all
the NBA's abuzz about the big ticket prizes. And the Rockets and general
manager Daryl Morey are the most panting suitor.
这是当火箭老板亚历山大准备倾注一切追求自由球员甜瓜 ─ 甚至很有可能是一次高射炮
for小皇帝 ─ 之际，对于他的球队应该要好好考虑的(指上一段讲的事)。随着甜瓜告知
纽约尼克他将跳出合约并且成为一名自由球员，整个NBA对于这个昂贵奖品全都显得兴致
高昂。而火箭以及总经理莫雷是最气促的追求者。
If McHale had only worked to help Jeremy Lin rather than to hinder him, if
he'd only been more open minded, the Rockets would be in a much different
position today.
如果冰箱能够努力帮助林而不是阻碍他，如果他能够更加心胸宽阔一点，火箭今天将会在
一个大大不同的位置。
It's a great way to build excitement. But what about building up the
potential future stars on your own roster?
这是一个带来刺激兴奋的好方法(指追求甜瓜)。但何不就现有轮替阵容发展这些有潜力的
未来球星呢？
The San Antonio Spurs' championship drives home just how short the Rockets
have come in this vital mission. The Rockets are clearly not taking advantage
of all the talent on their current roster.
圣安东尼奥马刺的总冠军彻底说明了火箭在(追求总冠军)这个重要使命上还差得远。火箭
明显地没有善加利用现有轮替阵容的所有天赋。
Kawhi Leonard was nothing but an afterthought to most of the league three
years even as Jeremy Lin first took off under Mike D'Antoni in Gotham,
spawning Linsanity. But Spurs coach Gregg Poppovich saw something special
there and he kept giving Leonard more and more leeway and prodding — until
the point where he's yelling at him to be The Man before the NBA Finals'
crucial Game 3.
过去三年来，可爱对联盟多数人来说不过是个计画外的附加物，正如同林当初在纽约在
MDA手下打出林来疯一样。但马刺教练波波在那之中看出一些不同，并且持续地给可爱更
多(上场时间的)余裕与敦促 ─ 直到NBA总冠军赛关键的第三战之前这个时刻，他对可爱
大吼要他be The Man。
In contrast, Lin couldn't have been more on top of the world or more sure of
his game when he arrived in Houston as a big-ticket free agent. But Rockets
coach Kevin McHale always saw something less than what was there and he kept
holding Lin back, questioning him more and more — until the point where he's
no longer even deemed starter worthy.
相反地，做为一个昂贵自由球员来到休士顿，林始终无法为成功感到自豪或对他的比赛更
有把握。但火箭总教练冰箱对这一切总是看见太少，并且持续地阻碍著林，更加地质疑他
─ 直到他不再被认为值得打先发球员。
Belief is a powerful force. So is disbelief.
信任是股强而有力的力量。不信任也是。
The Spurs are greater than the sum of their parts, toppling the NBA's single
brightest supernova talent in the NBA Finals, one year after coming a miracle
three away from doing it the year before too. The Rockets are less than the
sum of their parts, managing to loss to a flawed Portland team in the first
round despite having two of the Top 10 players in the league.
这段要详细翻译好难 抱歉就用我的话翻了 XD 大意是去年马刺因为雷枪奇蹟似的三分球输
掉总冠军后之后，今年他们(全部的人加在一起变得更好)的团队篮球在NBA总冠军赛击败了
公认地球最强的小皇帝，相反地，(全部的人加在一起变得更差的)火箭在第一轮输给了有
缺点的拓荒者，仅管队上有两名联盟前十的球员。
The comparison is real. Players go to the Spurs and get better. Players go to
the Rockets and regress. Unless you're one of the anointed superstars, you're
a disposable, discounted piece in H-Town.
这个对比是真实的。球员们去了马刺变得更好。球员们去了火箭变得更差。除非你是被神
化的超级球星，否则在休士顿你就只是个用完即丢弃的、被漠视的棋子。
Strangely, that's apparently not even playing well with Carmelo Anthony.
Anthony, who's often been derided as a Me-First Man, is reportedly most
interested in Chicago and its team-above-all coach Tom Thibodeau. Anthony
never liked Lin grabbing the attention away from him in NewYork.
奇怪的是，这种情形随着甜瓜来到并不会变好。甜瓜，这个时常被嘲弄为”把自己当一哥
”的人，被报导对芝加哥以及”团队凌驾一切的教练锡柏杜”最感兴趣。在纽约，甜瓜从
未喜欢林从他身上抢了锋头。
But he apparently likes the idea of continuing to underachieve himself even
less.
但明显地他喜欢这个无法使他有所成就甚至更糟的想法。
Carmelo Anthony's Call 甜瓜的决定
The Rockets have a Kawhi Leonard level talent — albeit one with a completely
different position and skill set — in Jeremy Lin and they're absolutely
wasting him. Leonard never scored 20 points or more in three straight games
until the last three games of the NBA Finals. But Popovich still found a way
to build him up all along.
火箭拥有可爱等级的天赋 ─ 尽管他的位置与能力全然不同 ─ 也就是林，而他们完全浪
费他。可爱从未在连续三场比赛得超过20分以上直到NBA总冠军赛最后三场比赛。但波波
仍然找到方法不断地让他成长。
Jeremy Lin scored 20 or more points nine times in his first month as a
starter in New York alone. But McHale still found a way to tear him down,
night after night after night.
林光在纽约打先发第一个月就有九次得超过20分以上。但冰箱仍然找到方法批判他，夜复
一夜又一夜。
Throughout it all — the yo-yoed playing time, the benchings, the
inexplicable decision to start Patrick Beverley at the point instead — Lin's
still determinedly worked on his game. His own drive continues this summer —
even as the Rockets explore trading him and fawn over Melo.
从头到尾 ─ 起伏不定的上场时间、板凳，以及莫名其妙让小贝打先发控卫的决定 ─ 林
仍旧决然地打好比赛。他所拥有的原动力在这个夏天持续著 ─ 尽管火箭想尽办法要交易
他并且讨好甜瓜。
"One thing I want to focus on is definitely just continuing to improve on my
3-point shooting percentage," Lin tells Huff Post Live in a summer sit-down
video interview in New York. "It's gone up every year. But I want to be a
40-percent shooter from the 3-point line. That's what I was in college — for
a year.
“有件事我肯定想要专心去做，就是持续地改善我的三分球命中率。”林在纽约一个夏日
影片采访座谈里这样告诉Huff Post Live。“它(三分球命中率)每一年都在上升。但我想
要变成一个三分线外四成命中率的射手。那是我在大学时代做到的 ─ 其中一年。”
"I'm at 36 percent right now (in the NBA). As long as I continue to improve .
. . "
“我现在(在NBA)命中率三成六。只要我持续改善的话……”
Lin is making himself a better player, day by day, setting himself up for a
Kawhi Leonard-size leap. Maybe, his next team will see that. It's no stretch
to imagine Jeremy Lin as a future NBA Finals MVP. He's not an All-NBA level
player. But he's very capable of taking over an important playoff series.
Especially the way he's working.
林正努力让自己变成一个更好的球员，日复一日，准备好自己，等待一个如同可爱一般的
飞跃 。或许，他的下一支球队会看见这一切。这并不是要我们想像林将会是未来的NBA总
冠军赛MVP。他并不是个全明星等级的球员。但他是很有能力接管一个重要的季后赛系列
赛的。特别是他努力的方式。
"Things like defense and my left hand are things I want to improve," Lin
says. "I do think I've improved a lot in those areas and that hasn't been as
widely recognized perhaps. But I do think I've made strides in those areas.
“像是防守和我的左手都是我想要改善的部分。”林说道。“我确实认为我在这些领域有
所进步，或许那还没有被广泛地认同。但我确实认为我在这些领域迈进一大步。”
Lin's defensive leap (just ask Tony Parker of the champs how stifling Lin can
be on D) isn't recognized largely because McHale and the Rockets never
acknowledge it. Let alone promote it.
林在防守端的大跃进(只需问问冠军队的Parker林在防守端有多令人窒息)没有被广泛地认
同是因为冰箱与火箭从未承认它。更不用说要吹捧它了。
For a franchise that campaigns for every bit of recognition, the silence on
Lin is rather telling. Morey hopes Carmelo Anthony hears the Rockets'
relentless superstar love. Instead, a different sound may be going out to the
entire NBA.
对一个拼命得到每一丝认同的球星来说，林的沉默是相当显著的。莫雷希望甜瓜听见火箭
那从不懈怠的球星偏爱。相反地，一个不同的声音应该走出遍及整个NBA。
McHale's squandered one potential difference-making talent in Jeremy Lin.
Who's next?
冰箱已经浪费了一个有潜力有影响力有天赋的林。谁会是下一个呢？