Jeremy Lin and Danny Green trade D-League horror stories
林和暴队友Danny Green回忆发展联盟往事
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NBA players will probably be the first to tell you that playing basketball
professionally in the best league in the world is a pretty good gig. Once you
’ve made it, large paycheques, comfortable flights and fine dining is your
reality.
当被问到在世界顶尖的篮球殿堂打球感觉如何时，NBA球员应该会力马跳出来这真的是一件
很棒的事，一旦你成功站上这舞台，高薪资、舒适的飞行、以及美好的食物，都会一一实
现。
The key phrase in that sentence is “once you’ve made it.” While
development leagues have come a long way since they were working towards
their NBA dreams, Jeremy Lin and Danny Green of the Toronto Raptors had it
pretty tough while playing D-League ball together about a decade ago.
然而重点是“一旦你成功”，发展联盟已经运作有好一阵子了，在当中有许多奋斗朝向NBA
梦想前进的球员。现在在暴龙队的林和Danny Green，十年前也曾在发展联盟中辛酸过。
“Everything,” said Jeremy Lin when asked what the worst part of playing one
tier below the NBA was. “It was tough because… at that time it wasn’t nice
like it is now.”
当被问到在发展联盟打球时什么事情最艰辛时，林书豪回答：“一切！”“那时候的艰辛
是因为以往在发展联盟的对待不像现在。”
The long bus rides, buying your own gear and part-time jobs weren’t the
toughest part, though. While trying to make it to the show, there were plenty
of times when the two had their egos thrown into an incinerator.
长途巴士、自己的运动用品自己买、兼差，这些都不是在发展联盟中最辛苦的。
Lin recalled one particular day where his team arrived to the gym to find out
that their practice had been pushed back by 30 minutes. When they asked why,
they were told that they’d have to wait because a seventh-grade volleyball
team wanted to use the court for a little longer.
林回忆起曾经有一次随队到球馆准备练习，场馆告诉我们必须延后半小时才能开始练，问
了一下才知道是因为有一群7年级的排球队员想要多练习一段时间，所以我们必须要等他们
练完才可以。
“I’m like, man, my pride, I had no pride left,” he said about the
situation while Green had himself a good laugh. “My ego is completely gone.”
“我感觉我的尊严一去不回了，”当他这样说的时候一旁的Green也笑了
“我的自尊彻底消失了”
That’s just the type of pill Lin and Green had to be willing to swallow
while playing for the now-defunct Reno Bighorns. Thankfully for the pair, who
have both gone on to put together fruitful NBA careers, it was all worth it.
这种事情，是当时一起在里诺大角羊队的林和Danny Green必须吞下去的。但现在两人都
在NBA发展了，这些过往也算是值得了。
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原来林和圣堂绿在发展联盟就同队过，这样应该很有革命情感吧XD