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MikeCheck: Fizdale defends Parsons, maintains patience amid struggles
Posted: Mar 02, 2017 By Michael Wallace Grind City Media
MEMPHIS – Relaying some of his strongest comments this season in support of
Chandler Parsons, Grizzlies coach David Fizdale insisted Thursday the
struggling forward remains a vital part of the team’s push toward the
playoffs.
灰熊总教练David Fizdale坚信：灰熊小前锋保有一股将团队推向季后赛的生命力。
“All I know is I see a guy in here really trying to help us,” Fizdale said
after Thursday’s practice at FedExForum. “And you better believe it – when
he gets going, it’s going to be a huge lift to us. And I guarantee you a lot
of people will be happy with him once that body starts moving.”
“我只知道这里有个家伙积极地想帮助我们。”David Fizdale在联邦球场练习后说。
“而且你最好相信－当他提升起来，将会对我们一大助力。我向你保证，人们会很乐见他
的身体又开始动起来。”
No one is more eager for that breakthrough to come than Parsons, whose first
season in Memphis has been overshadowed by a methodical and frustrating
recovery from issues with both knees that have tarnished his impact in games.
In the midst of Parsons’ struggles on the court have been occasional
controversies in his dating life that have played out on popular social media
platforms.
在灰熊的第一个赛季，Parsons饱受膝伤之苦，没人能像他一样更渴望找到突破点；但是
社交媒体经常报导他的八卦，这些事却被忽略了。
In a sense, Parsons has had more highlight moments on celebrity gossip sites
than he’s delivered on the basketball court this season. Those issues,
combined with a four-year, $94 million contract he signed last July as the
biggest incoming free agent in franchise history, have made the versatile
6-10 forward a polarizing figure in large segments of the Grizzlies’ fan
base.
这让大家感到Parsons在八卦网站上的highlight moments比他在赛场上还多，种种议题加
上他去年夏天签的4年$9400万大合约，让这个6'10的小前锋在灰熊的球迷中评价两极。
Parsons, 28, is having the least productive season of his six-year career,
averaging just 6.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists while shooting 34.2
percent from the field and 25.9 percent from three-point range. He’s played
in 30 games and has averaged 19.5 minutes a night in his first full season
back from a second knee surgery he underwent last March while with the Dallas
Mavericks.
28岁的Parsons，自去年三月在小牛膝伤后回归的季赛，是他在生涯六季中上演最悲惨的一
季，平均6.1分、2.3篮板、1.2助攻，FG32.4%、三分25.9%、总共上场30次平均19.5分钟。
Parsons has voiced his disappointment with his performance throughout the
season as he’s battled to regain his rhythm while also coping with a program
designed to manage his minutes and incrementally build his workload. He’s
remained the Grizzlies’ regular starting small forward, although he has been
limited to about 25 minutes and rarely plays in the fourth quarter.
Parsons保有常规赛中的先发小前，但上场时间不超过25分钟，且很少在第四节上看到他。
他对自己的表现相当失望，但他试着在有限的比赛时间里找回节奏。
Fizdale has defended Parsons’ role in the rotation throughout the season,
and did so again on Thursday when asked how he felt about some fans booing
Parsons in the first half of Tuesday’s 130-112 win against Phoenix. Parsons,
who scored in double figures just once in February, missed three of four
shots and finished with four points, four fouls and two turnovers in 23
minutes against the Suns.
教练Fizdale在礼拜四对太阳的赛后访问中被问及有关一些粉丝对Parsons发出嘘声的感想
，他表示对Parsons在赛季中的脚色给予肯定。当日Parsons上场23分钟，投四中一，共获
得四分四犯两失误。
“I told you guys, my lens is different than everyone else’s,” Fizdale said
before the team departed for Friday’s game in Dallas against the Mavericks.
“I’d like to see some of these people come off some of the injuries he’s
had and try to come out and play in an NBA game, and do it well. It’s
difficult. So, I’m going to keep showing extreme confidence in him. I
understand that it’s a real slow process. I’m happy that I have him for the
minutes that I have him. We’re just going to keep working towards his rhythm.
”
在礼拜五将面对小牛队之前，Fizdale说：
“我告诉你们，我的看法跟其他人都不一样。”
“我很高兴这些人在饱受伤痛之苦之时，能够试着走出去打好每一场比赛。所以我会持续
给予他对大的自信心，我知道过程相当缓慢，我们会持续努力直到他找回状态。”
Earlier this week, Fizdale had hinted he was considering possible changes to
the rotation in search of effective combinations to complement Memphis’
marquee players. While Mike Conley, Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph have found
a collective rhythm – they combined for 74 points in Sunday’s win in Denver
and then 80 points Tuesday against Phoenix – they’ve gotten little
consistent help from role players.
Fizdale在这周前曾暗示他考虑改变战术，基于Mike Conley、Marc Gasol和Zach Randolph
对金块合力攻下74分，对太阳攻下80分，但其他球员的帮助却很少。
Parsons was ultimately signed to supplement the Grizzlies’ primary offensive
threats as a reliable fourth option. But with 21 games remaining in the
regular season, the hope is he’s not a work in regress despite carrying a
plus-minus ratio of minus-7 in Memphis’ three games since the All-Star
break. The Grizzlies (36-25) were one of four teams separated by 1 ½ games
entering Thursday night for the No. 4 seed in the Western Conference playoff
race, which guarantees home-court average in the first round.
Parsons被签下目标是成为灰熊可依赖的第四人，但在明星赛后的3场比赛中他的+/-值却
是-7。在西区排名中有四队正角逐第四名（主场优势）的位置，各队胜差只有1.5场。
Fizdale continues to preach patience with the Parsons’ process.
“Maybe it will help (critics/fans) to know that nobody on our team works
harder than him,” Fizdale said of Parsons. “He’s in here every day, all
night, either getting treatment, lifting, shooting. My coaches with families
are staying in here late at night with him, because he carries that weight
heavier than anybody.”
Fizdale继续讲到Parsons：
“也许这对大众的批评有些帮助，队上没有任何一个人比他还要认真。”
“他每天、每晚都在这里，不管是接受治疗、重训、投篮。我的教练团队每天都陪他到练
到很晚，他举得比任何人都还要重。”
Therein lies the other issue with Parsons, who has been harder on himself
than anyone. Teammates have constantly been in his ear to lift his confidence
and support him throughout the season. Grizzlies assistant coach J.B.
Bickerstaff, who coached Parsons in Houston two years ago, is also frequently
with Parsons to boost both his spirits and his conditioning.
Parsons对自己的要求比任何人都高，队友们也不断在耳边给他信心和支持。灰熊助理教练
J.B. Bickerstaff也经常陪在他身边提升他的身心状况。
“He feels like he’s letting his team down, he feels like he’s letting this
city down, and he doesn’t want that,” Fizdale said of Parsons. “I know
people get on him about the social media stuff. That’s today’s athlete. I
don’t know why people get all riled up.”
“他感觉他让灰熊失望了，他感觉他让曼非斯失望了，这是他最不想要的。”
“我知道人们因为他在社交媒体上的一些事抨击他，现在运动员就这样阿，我不懂人们在
吵什么。”
Fizdale also hopes skeptics cut Parsons a break on social media, where he
routinely engages followers with random Q&A sessions and is the source of
backlash for sharing insight into his private life.
Fizdale也希望Parsons少碰社交媒体，他之前在twitter上与球迷进行Q&A分享了许多他的
私人生活。
“They use it against him when they’re not playing well,” Fizdale said of
Parsons’ critics. “‘Well, you shouldn’t be on there when you’re not
playing well.’ When you’re playing well, you can get on there and tweet and
everything else? So, I don’t get caught up in everything else.”
“当你打得不好的时后，他们会用这些东西来对付你。”
“当你打得很差，你不该去这些地方。但当你打得很好，你该上推特推文或是推其它东西
吗？所以我这个人不会被抓到把柄。”