Felton smiling a lot now that he’s with Mavericks
Posted Saturday, Oct. 04, 2014
By Dwain Price
dprice@star-telegram.com
DALLAS — Several hundred miles away from the legal net that engulfed him last
season while he played for the New York Knicks, Raymond Felton is playing with
a gleam in his eyes.
远离上季在纽约尼克的纷扰和法律上的麻烦，Felton的眼神里重新找回了光芒
The Dallas Mavericks’ new point guard has a bounce in his step, and a story to
tell about redemption.
这位新加盟小牛的后卫在走出谷底般的低潮，并演绎著一个名为救赎的剧本
Asked after Saturday’s Blue-White scrimmage at American Airlines Center if he
finds himself smiling more these days than he did last season, Felton smiled
and said: “Way more. Way more. Without a doubt, way more.”
在经历了星期六于美航中心举办的队内“蓝白对抗赛”后，Felton被询问到是否发现来到小
牛后比过往多了许多笑容。Felton笑着回答：“毫无疑问的，(笑容)是更多的”
Happiness has become a new way of life for Felton since the Mavs acquired him
and Tyson Chandler in a June 25 trade with the Knicks.
自从和Chandler一起被交易到小牛之后，“快乐”就变成了Felton的新生活理念
Some two months after the trade, the NBA suspended Felton for the first four
games of this season without pay for pleading guilty to attempted criminal
possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a firearm.
在交易后的两个月，NBA当局对于Felton非法持有武器和枪械的行为处以四场的禁赛
That came after Felton cut a deal with prosecutors after he had been charged in
February with possession of a weapon. His estranged wife and her attorney
turned in to police a semi-automatic handgun that belonged to Felton.
Felton分居的妻子和她的律师将属于Felton的半自动手枪交给警方，因此在二月的时候
他被控诉非法持有武器及枪械。而后Felton和检察官达成了认罪协议
But just the way Felton was driving down the lane Saturday and finding open
teammates, he seems comfortable these days.
但虽然遭到禁赛，Felton这些日子依然看起来很自在。星期六他还开车去找有空闲的队友
一起度过周末
Felton’s not even sweating whether the Mavs put him in the starting lineup, a
place where he’s been for 611 of his 667 career games.
Felto对于会不会担任小牛首发控卫这件事情一点都不焦虑，虽然他过去667场出赛中有611
场是以先发出场【实际数据应该是612场先发】
“This is going into my 10th year, so it doesn’t really matter [about
starting],” Felton said. “I just want to play, I want to help this team.”
这是我生涯第十年的赛季，所以先不先发对我来说一点也不重要。
Felton说到：“我只是想要上场比赛，我希望去帮助我们的球队”
Felton will be splitting playing time at point guard with Jameer Nelson and
Devin Harris. How the minutes shake out is still a mystery, although coach Rick
Carlisle would prefer to keep Harris in the role he had last season of entering
the game off the bench.
Felton 将会和 Nelson和 Harris分担控卫时间。虽然时间怎么分配还是个迷。但卡帅
偏好将 Harris安排在和上季一样的角色-从板凳出发帮助球队。
“We all want to be on the court, sometimes together, sometimes not,” said
Felton, who helped the Blue edge the White 40-37. “We’re looking to come out
here and try to win some games.”
“我们都希望能上场，有时候我们能一起上场，有时候则不。”Felton在帮助蓝队以40-37
赢下队内蓝白对抗赛后这么说到。
“我们都期待能站出来并赢的比赛”
Carlisle likes what Felton can bring to the Mavericks.
卡帅喜欢 Felton 能带给小牛的特质
“He’s an attacker, he’s aggressive, he’s a combative guy, personality-wise,
on the court, which I think helps us on the floor and in the locker room,"
Carlisle said. “He’s lost weight and he’s going to continue to work on
losing a little bit more, but he’s a good player.’’
“Felton是个攻击手，他充满干劲，且是个好战的斗士。而这些他展现在球场上的特质，我
想不论是在球场上或更衣室内都对我们有所帮助”：卡帅说到
“他已经减重并持续的甩掉更多体重，他是个好球员”
Monta Ellis, while Dirk Nowitzki and Chandler Parsons started at forward, and
Chandler was the center.
Ellis、Dirk、Parsons和Chandler组成了先发阵容
“Felton, he’s going to be out [serving the NBA suspension] the first four
games,” Carlisle said. “So if there were some tea leaves, that’s what [the
starting five] may look like.”
“Felton前四场比赛将被禁赛，所以队内有什么菜色，就端出什么来应付吧！”卡帅对于
先发阵容这么回应【没意外应该是Nelson打先发pg了】
As far as what his role will be now that he has a fresh start, the 30-year old
Felton said: “You’ve got to ask coach that. Whatever my role is I’m going to
accept that and I’m looking forward to it.”
就新赛季的角色安排有什么期望，Felton这么回答：“这问题你必须去问教练啦，而不管
我会担当什么角色，我都会接受并期待将任务做好”
心得：小牛感化院持续营运中