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This is when the frustration of setback after setback pays off. When the deep
sighs of missing 164 games in a row morphs into a fist pump of
accomplishment. When the literal pain from the foot problems that seemingly
would never heal and the figurative pain from only being able to stand still
gives way to numbers so gratifying that even Joel Embiid has to admit missing
two seasons in a row helped him.
当失败的挫折感终于得到回报，当缺席了164场比赛的叹息转变成了值得振臂的成就，
当脚上的伤看起来永远不会痊愈，以及只能站着而不能动的痛还是变成令人喜悦的数据，
Embiid还是承认这缺席赛场的两年帮助了他。
Not that he wanted it to happen this way, a 2014 Draft pick rookie in 2016
who had to prove he could be healthy before proving he could be good. But the
truth is undeniable since it did: Embiid has been an instant 3-point threat
as a 7-foot center/power forward who was never considered a stretch anything
because of the unwanted time off.
他并不希望事情演变成这样。一个在2014被选中的菜鸟2016的时候，
在证明他能打出好表现之前，还得先证明他能够健康出赛。
但这个事实是不可否认的: 现在的Embiid的三分出手是相当有威胁性的，
而做为一个曾经不被认为有这种能力的七呎中锋/大前锋，这都多亏了那受伤的时光。
“Yeah, definitely,” he said. “I don’t think I would be as good as if I
would have played my first year. I don’t think I was going to shoot the ball
from 3 at all. But those (two) years really helped me a lot, especially for
my shot.”
Embiid表示，“我不认为如果当时我第一年正常出赛了，我会像现在这么好。
我当时完全不认为我可以投三分。但那两年的确帮了我不少，特别是在我的投篮上。”
Embiid couldn’t play five-on-five, not even with his own 76ers teammates who
would surely keep a safe distance rather than risk another injury to a
foundation of the franchise. So he did a lot of drills. There were a lot of
times he couldn’t even run, or so much as walk without a boot, so he
remained stationary. And shot.
在受伤的时间里，Embiid不能进行五打五的练习，
就算是和绝对会和他保持安全距离的76人队友们也不行，所以他进行了许多其他的练习。
在很大一部分的时间里他甚至不能跑，或必须脱鞋子走路，
所以他保持不动，然后投篮。
The next thing anyone knows, the same player who took five 3-pointers as a
Kansas one-and-done in 2013-14, making one, is not the same player. Still
gifted with enviable instincts for someone with relatively little experience
even before college, yes, still with the look of potential greatness if only
he could stay healthy, but the Embiid of 2016-17 is at 40.3 percent behind
the arc.
接下来的事情大家都知道了，
当年那个在Kansas三分球投五中一的球员，已经不再是同一个人了。
仍然拥有令人羡慕的天赋，仍然有成为伟大球员的潜力