https://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/nba/pascal-siakam-toronto-raptors-nba-career/
https://goo.gl/jEgPmx
译者注: 1.尽量用自己话而不是直接照翻，如有谬误欢迎指出
2.因为大家都不太熟，所以我会尽量找些大家想知道的讯息
避免与原文混淆，原文没提到的地方会用注释来述说
Why Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam's NBA career is unique?
为何Siakam的生涯是独一无二?
'HE COULD BE SPECIAL'
BY ARDEN ZWELLING IN TORONTO
Living his late father's dream and playing a crucial role on a playoff
contender, Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam is blowing away the usual
NBA learning curve — and he's only scratched the surface.
Pascal Siakam正努力做到已故父亲的梦想 - 他在季后赛斩头露角
他在NBA的球员生涯处的上升阶段，而他只是刚破茧而出．
注:父亲为Tchamo Siakam
Pascal曾说过他最大的遗憾就是因为等待美国签证而无法出席父亲的葬礼
而当时如果他没有拿到签证就出境，他就无法再快速的回到美国而错过赛事
Come on, man — it’s 5:30. We have to go. You have to go.”
That’s Christian Siakam, one of three brothers to Pascal, the Toronto
Raptors forward. He’s sitting in an empty gym, fiddling with his phone near
the end of one the longest days he can remember. Christian’s an athlete, too
— nearly as tall as his brother but much thicker, long removed from his
years spent playing NCAA Div. 1 ball. All four Siakam brothers played Div. 1,
but only Pascal went on to the NBA. Maybe this is why.
今天对Christian Siakam - Pascal的三个兄弟其中之一 - 来说
是漫长的一天
Pascal和他的兄弟都曾在NCAA Div1打球，也拥有近乎一样的身高
但只有他一个进入NBA
这也许就是为什么他会有一个最特别的NBA生涯
注1:另外三兄弟是Christian(IUPUI 非常边缘的脚色)
James(Vanderbilt 大四场均9分5板 落选后打过一年G联盟 场均4.4分 目前在加国打球)
Boris(西肯塔基 角色球员)
注2:其实Pascal有6-9 他其余的兄弟都只有6-7 翼展也是最出色的
但实际上小时候他的兄弟James更被看好
This morning, they were on the other side of the continent, in Playa del
Carmen, Mexico, where the two brothers and Raptors centre Jakob Poeltl had
escaped to the palm tree-lined beach of The Fives Hotel for an all-star break
getaway. It was a good trip. They ate, they lounged, they visited a small
school in Nuevo Noh Bec, a remote village where scores of wide-eyed children
swarmed Siakam and Poeltl for hugs and autographs, necks craned up like they
were looking at skyscrapers.
一早，他们在墨西哥 - 大陆的另一端，两兄弟还有Jakob Poeltl(去年之前在暴龙)
来到了法兰克福酒店一个棕梠成荫的海滩，享受他们全明星的假期
在这次愉快的旅行中，他们还参观了一所小学，并受到明星式的欢迎
Pascal还有Jakob跟小朋友拍照，替小朋友签名．
数十名孩子看着他们的眼神就像看到了摩天大厦
But the one thing Raptors head coach Dwane Casey asked of his players before
they departed was to get a sweat. Handle a basketball. Get in some cardio.
Just do something. And Siakam and Poeltl had. But Siakam wanted to do more.
但是当他们离开球场的时候，教练唯一嘱咐他们的事情就是付出他们的汗水，精进他们的
篮球．他们有训练，但是Siakam想做的更多一些．
So, after spending the day on the beach, and enduring a four-hour evening
flight that landed in the cold at 1:00 a.m. the next morning, the Siakam
brothers dropped their bags off at the condo they share in downtown Toronto
and headed straight to BioSteel Centre, the Raptors practice facility. They
got there at 1:30 a.m. They didn’t leave until 6:00.
所以当他们度过了愉快的假期之后，搭了4个小时的飞机回到了多伦多时是早上1点．
并在放下行李后直奔暴龙的训练中心．这时候才1点半．而他们早上6点才离开球场．
The Raptors had a practice scheduled for the early afternoon. It didn’t
matter. Siakam worked and worked and worked, as Christian watched the hours
pass on his phone. Just the two of them, some basketballs, and an empty gym.
“It was unbelievable,” Christian says. “That’s his dedication. That’s
how much he wants to win — how much he wants to be better. The whole time I’
m telling him he needs to go. And he just kept saying, ‘I have to do more, I
have to do more.’”
暴龙的团练时间是在下午，但是Siakam的眼里只有训练再训练．
他的兄弟Christian从手机上看着时光一点点流逝．
一个空的训练房，一颗篮球，只有他们两兄弟．
"不可置信" Christian说
"这就是他的篮球精神 - 他想赢的多少，就必须要付出多少努力 "
"我一直告诉他 你要花上所有的时间"
而他只是一直重复说著 - 还不够 我全都要(X
During his rookie season, your typical Pascal Siakam highlight was one of
three things. There were the rim-shaking dunks after backdoor cuts; the
out-of-nowhere blocks that sent basketballs screaming out of play; and the
sensational passages when, as everyone turned to run up the court after a
Raptors defensive rebound, a 20-metre outlet pass was unleashed, often from
the hands of Kyle Lowry, finding Siakam in full sprint at the other end,
already behind the defence and finishing at the rim. That last category was
where Siakam made his name. The ambush plays when he just beat everyone up
the floor; the pure want-it-more effort you can’t teach.
在新秀赛季中，你对Pascal Siakam的记忆可能停留在这个画面
开后门之后，Pascal一个爆扣得分，但是在球迷的激烈欢呼中，他又已经跑到后场防守了
又或者是拿下进攻篮板后，萝莉直接发现已经空手快攻到敌阵的Pascal
然后两人完成一次完美的搭配
而如何自发而纯粹的努力，是你无法教会球员的一件事 (看向某W*ll
“His motor is an NBA skill. It’s a gift. It goes, and goes, and goes,”
Casey says. “But there’s other parts of his game he’s been working on and
that are really coming along. I love the way he’s playing now. Handling the
basketball, making decisions, reading situations — he’s not just out there
using all that motor. He’s really thinking the game like a point-forward.”
他的爆发是NBA的一种技能，一种天赋 ，他冲刺 冲刺 再冲刺
但是他还有其他的亮点，试着阅读比赛，认真地处理每一颗球，我喜欢他打球的方式
而他也持续在努力，他真的想在比赛中做一个真正的大前锋该做的事
Now there’s a thought: What if you had a player with Siakam’s energy level
and explosiveness who could also make plays off the dribble; who could also
run the floor, reading defences in transition and finding the open man; who
could also dart around screens and handle through traps; who could also hit
threes. Well, if you’ve been paying attention to Siakam this season, you
already know that’s what’s been happening.
试着想想
如果他多了带球突破的能力
如果他多了中转的能力 - 在中转的时候找到空档的队友
甚至是多了三分球的能力
如果你一直有再关注他，你会知道我再说什么，你会知道他是怎么成长的
In his rookie year, Siakam had just 17 assists all season. As a sophomore,
Siakam had 17 games with four assists or more. In his first year, he
attempted only seven three-pointers. This season, he put up well over 100. On
both sides of the ball, Siakam maintained the vertebrae he’s built his game
on — the hounding defence, the rebounding, the sheer hustle. But he also
began layering other modern NBA attributes on top of all that and, in only
his second year as a pro, provided an enticing glimpse of what he could
someday become. “His ball-handling is off the charts. He can bring it down
against pressure, he can bring it down off the break, and make good decisions,
” Casey says. “He’s really made great strides. And the great thing is he’
s still got huge upside. He’s just scratching the surface.”
How did this happen? Two years ago, Siakam was a late first-round pick, a
project. Six years before that, he didn’t even play basketball. Today, he’s
a crucial rotation piece on the Eastern Conference’s best team. He’s
guarding multiple positions, hitting threes, running the floor. It’s not
normal. You aren’t supposed to evolve at such a rapid pace, particularly as
a power forward, and particularly when playing at the highest level. But
Pascal Siakam doesn’t see the need for a complicated explanation. “I’m
just continuing to trust my work — it’s happening naturally,” he says. “I
never saw myself as this big dude that was just posting up. I always liked
guard stuff. I always liked to be mobile. I always wanted to handle the ball.
And I work on that stuff a lot. All summer, all season. If I’m going to work
on something that much, I’m going to do it in the game. I mean, why not?”
这边讲他从一年级生 不会控球 防守会漏人 不敢投三分
进步到成为固定轮替名单．
后面讲一些比较仔细的就不翻了XD
我绝对不是因为赶着要跟老婆吃饭才不翻的喔