Jeremy Lin trade failure still haunts Rockets: Dumb disrespect fuels Daryl
Morey's trade deadline bungling
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By Chris Baldwin 2.20.15
Lin交易失败仍然中邪般的困扰着火箭队：点出愚蠢无礼的Morey在交易截止日的失败
Goran Dragic jets off to Miami to live the South Beach life, grinning all
the way. Daryl Morey keeps trading by reflex, knowing his sycophants and
fanboys in the Houston media will praise any move.
开怀的Dragic飞往迈阿密海滩享受人生。Morey却如反射神经般的不断地交易，他知
道那些阿谀奉承者的休媒无论如何都会称赞他任何作为。
And the Houston Rockets remain stuck in the muck of their own making, as
far from an NBA championship as ever.
火箭队仍然陷入自己拉的狗屎之中，依旧只能是遥望着NBA的总冠军。
It did not have to be like this. The Rockets did not need to see Oklahoma
City pass by them in title potential with some shrewd moves, just days
after Russell Westbrook stole the All-Star Game MVPfrom James Harden and
those analytics believers that Charles Barkley so despises. They did not
need to stagger from this NBA trade deadline as offensively challenged —
and completely and utterly James Harden dependent — as ever.
原本不该是这样的。火箭队并不应该在Westbrook从Harden及那些Barkley所藐视的
“数据大师“手上摸走了明星赛MVP的几天后，看到雷霆队的一些精明的交易，而成为
更接近冠军候补的球队。他们并不需要从这些NBA交易大限之前堆叠战力，而反在进
攻上搞得完全的更加依赖Harden。
In many ways, these Rockets are still being haunted by the dumb dump trade
Morey made over the summer. Jettisoning Jeremy Lin is the move that's
helped hold Morey's so-called masterpiece back.
在许多方面，这些夏季的蠢事仍旧困扰着火箭，甩掉Lin是帮助Morey保有操作的空
间。
The fact that Lin's been completely misused this season by the one coach
in the NBA who is more clueless than Kevin McHale cannot change one
simple truth. This Rockets team would be much better off if it had the
type of scoring, playmaking, ability to get to the rim and improved
3-point shooting that Lin provides to go along with Harden's undeniable
brilliance.
事实上，Lin这赛季被一个比McHale更无能的教练完全的误用并不能改变一个简单的
事实。火箭队会更好，如果它有一个能得分，组织进攻，有能力切入篮下的类型，
以及较强的3分球命中率的Lin能让Harden更如虎添翼。
Landing the defensive-gifted K.J. McDaniels, who figures to struggle to
find consistent minutes under McHale, and 37-year-old Knicks reject
Pablo Prigioni at the deadline changes nothing of significance for the
Rockets. It certainly doesn't erase Morey's summer blunders.
在大限前拿到有天份的防守专家，而却仍旧在McHale下面挣扎的寻找稳定的上场时
间的McDaniels，和被尼克丢掉的37岁的Prigioni，对火箭来说并没有改变任何意义
。而这些当然不会抹去Morey去年夏季的误失。
Letting Chandler Parsons go after everything else fell apart remains
dumb, but somewhat defensible. But giving away Lin is the "Kick Me" sign
that only the foaming craziness of the Lin Haters shields Morey from.
在这一切乱搞之下，让Parsons离去，某些程度来说还说的过去。但这个把Lin送走
的作为如同在自己背后贴上“来踢我阿”的举措，也唯有这些林黑才会疯狂的掩护着
Morey。
At the time, the Lin dump got spun as a move that the Rockets needed to
do to clear maximum cap space for Chris Bosh. In reality, Morey backed
the Rockets into a corner when he childishly completely disrespected Lin
by putting his No. 7 jersey on Carmelo Anthony in that ridiculously inept
recruiting campaign. Once the Rockets general manager did that, there was
no way he could bring Jeremy Lin back.
当时，火箭队为了Bosh，需要清出最大的薪金空间而把Lin扔掉的举动。实际上，
Morey就把火箭队陷入了困境，当他幼稚地完全不尊重Lin，将他的7号球衣套在
Anthony上面这个可笑的招募行动。一旦他这么做，他完全没有办法可以再把Lin找
回来。
And every team in the league knew it. Morey forced himself into making a
bad trade — and Houston's still paying for it. Even if Leslie Alexander is
not.
而每一支联盟的球队都知道。Morey逼着自己弄了一个糟糕的交易 - 而休士顿仍然要
为它付出代价。即使Alexander并没有付出(Lin的费用)。
The Rockets did not just lose Lin either. The organization's clearly lost
credibility with big-time players.
火箭不只是失去Lin。这个组织明显的失去了对大牌球员公信力。
Dragic shows no interest in a Rockets return after Chris Bosh shows no
real interest in the Rockets (outside of using them as pre-blood clot
leverage with Miami) after Kyle Lowry shows absolutely no interest in a
Rockets reunion. Good players are running from an organization that
shown's little respect for anyone not named Harden or Howard on its own
roster. Who's surprised by that?
在Bosh显示对加盟火箭没有真正感到兴趣以及Lowry完全没有意愿与火箭重逢，
Dragic对重返火箭更是完全不感兴趣。优秀的球员根本都想躲开这个只会尊重礼遇
Harden或是Howard的球队。谁会觉得惊讶呢？
This isn't a Houston city problem. Morey's right when he calls Houston one
of the top destination cities in the NBA. No, this is a Morey people
problem.
这不是休城的问题。当他称休城是NBA的首选之地，Morey是对的。不，这是Morey人
的问题。
Let's just say that new University of Houston coach Tom Herman will not be
calling on Daryl Morey for tips on how to close in living rooms anytime
soon.
可以这么说吧，新任休大教练Herman将不会打电话给Morey问如何跟员工搏感情的小
秘诀。
This Rockets regime did not just alienate Jeremy Lin. It clearly alienated
Dragic and Lowry before him as well. Even players who have no use for Lin
cannot help but notice when a franchise disrespects its own guys.
这个火箭政权不只是裱了Lin。它在Lin之前也清楚地裱了Dragic跟Lowry。即使是其
他的球员也都不禁注意到，这个如何不尊重自己人的球团。
Sad Jeremy Lin Fallout
悲伤Lin的坠落
The sad thing is that everyone loses in this situation. Harden is left
shouldering an untenable burden, forced to push a bigger and bigger rock
up the hill. The Beard deserves everything he's gotten this season — the
league MVP talk, the Sports Illustrated cover, the praise from people
who used to crucify him. But he's in a no-win playoff situation.
可悲的是，这是一个全输的局面。这留给Harden背负不了的重担，逼着他推著越来越
大的石头上山。在这赛季胡子得到他该得的 - 季赛MVP的讨论，运动画刊封面人物，
以及一度想把他钉上十字架的人一致好评。不过，他仍旧处在季后赛一胜难得的局面
。
Even Michael Jordan needed a little help before he could enjoy any type of
postseason run.
就连Jordan都需要一些帮助，才可以享受任何种季后赛的进展。
Then there's Jeremy Lin . . . stuck on a horrific team that has no
interest in winning this season, playing for a coach who seems determined
to show management there's no talent on his roster and it's absolutely not
even one percent his fault. Once Steve Nash bowed out and the Lakers gave
up any thought of competing, Lin never had a chance.
然而这里有Lin。 。 。陷在一个在本赛季只想坦的恐怖球队，为了一个只想对管理
阶层展示这是一个没有天赋的球队教练来打球，这绝对连百分之一都不是他的错。在
Nash退出与湖人放弃想要竞争的任何想法之后，Lin就再也没有任何的机会了。
When you treat players like nothing but disposable numbers, they leap to
find their numbers elsewhere.
当你这样的对待球员当做是可抛式的数字(数据)，球员则会跳到找到自己的数字(价
码)的地方。
When it comes to Morey, the picture's not all that much brighter. The
Rockets GM is left making minor tweaks when he's not sending tweets that
the average college sophomore would roll his eyes at while stuck on an
airplane. Morey is on a fast track toward becoming the Billy Beane of
basketball, building regular season success stories that turn into
consistent playoff bombs.
当涉及到Morey，这情景就不在是那么明亮了。火箭队总经理只留下微调的空间，当
他不推特时，他就像是一般大二生被困在飞机上只能摇头晃脑。Morey正迅速的朝着
成为篮球界的Billy Beane，建构了季赛赢家季后亡者的案例。
For all the mad praise heaped on them this season, the Rockets head out
of the All-Star break in fourth place in the West, the same exact spot
they finished in last season. How certain are you that Harden and his
help would win a four-five series against the likes of the LA Clippers?
本赛季对于所有疯狂的堆加在他们身上的赞美，在明星赛休赛期中火箭队在西区，
就跟他们在上个赛季结束时一样仍排在第四名。你会多肯定，Harden和他的囉喽们
在四五种子的系列战会赢得对像快艇这种球队？
That's arguably a worse matchup than Portland last spring — and Houston
needed Jeremy Lin to absolutely rescue them in one of their two playoff
wins against the Blazers (see his 21 points off the bench in Game 5) and
set up the winning three in the other with a near Larry Bird level play.
Now, coming out of the deadline, the Rockets are still almost completely
dependent on an exposed Patrick Beverley at point guard.
这可以说是一个比在去年春天对上拓荒者更坏的对决组合 - 而休士顿绝对需要Lin
来拯救他们，像是那两场对拓荒者季后赛胜利（看他替补出场的第5战的21分），并
启动其他人如同大鸟博德水准般的胜利三分球的表现。现在，在大限之后，火箭队
仍然几乎完全依赖在控卫这个位置上被看破手脚的Beverley。
James Harden deserves some credit for recognizing the Rockets had
something in Lin even as Morey and McHale refused to do so. Harden's gone
out of his way to praise Lin this season. These two always largely got
along, as shown by their recent teaming up on a Chinese New Year ad for
the NBA.
在认可Lin在火箭队的作用上，Harden还是该被称赞的，即使是Morey与McHale还是
拒绝这样做。本赛季Harden用他的方式来赞美林。大体上这两个还算处的来，而且
他俩还在今年NBA农历新年广告联手演出。
This bad summer dump continues to hover over these Rockets like a cloud,
no matter how much the professional and amateur Lin Haters alike cry
otherwise. That last chance at a feel-good ending sure looks long gone.
这个夏天糟糕的清仓的动作继续地如乌云般的笼罩着火箭，无论专业和业余的林黑
如何靠北。能在结局时开怀的最后的机会早已不复存在。
It's lounging in South Beach, feet up and back turned.
它正在南海滩优闲著，翘着脚躺着。
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上星期的旧闻，这两天才有空翻完，照旧还是Chris Baldwin这个好朋友，这篇虽然
主要讲的是火箭与林，但也稍微痛樵了湖人...照例，请勿转载
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