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How a lifelong struggle paved the way for Gary Payton II's success with the
Golden State Warriors
人生困境如何成为Gary Payton II成功的养分
JUST SEVEN MONTHS ago, one of the most important role players on a club
desperate to return to its dynastic reign and the son of the legendary
Seattle SuperSonics guard Gary Payton, was preparing to apply for a desk job
in the team's video department.
就在七个月前，一个球队里面最重要的角色球员之一迫切的想回到球队，这位西雅图超
音速传奇后卫Gary Payton之子，正准备要应征球队影像部门的办公室工作。
Seven months ago.
就在七个月前。
Gary Payton II, 29, has had a basketball career full of rejection. He has
been cut from teams four times in six years and spent five years toiling in
the NBA's G League.
29岁的GP2，篮球生涯都是充满被拒的情况，六年内被球队裁掉过四次，五年在G-league
浪迹。
And he'd just been cut again.
然后那时他又被裁掉了。
Payton knew there was an opening in the Golden State Warriors' video
coordination department, so he approached assistant coach Jama Mahlalela.
GP2知道当时勇士的影像部门有开缺，所以他去找了助理教练Jama Mahlalela。
It was an opportunity, he thought, to still contribute and participate.
那时他认为这是个机会，可以继续贡献跟参与篮球。
"I was dead serious," Payton says. "If I get cut, I'm going to audition for
that job. ... I was just trying to stay around. I'd still be around the game,
I could still help, travel whatnot. And then figure it out from there."
“我那时可是很认真的，”GP2说。“若我被裁掉的话，我就会去应征那份工作...我只是
想继续待在这环境，我想待在篮球有关的地方，我还能帮得上忙的，随时可以上路。然后
继续往前行。”
But Mahlalela had other plans.
但是助理教练Mahlalela有不同的计划。
"I just talked to him about the criteria for the video room: A willing
learner, someone who can get on the court still and play, whatever. And he's
like, 'I'll do that,'" Mahlalela says. "And I'm like, Gary, I'm not letting
you do that. There is no chance in the world you are going to do that. You
are playing for this team."
“我就跟他说了要在影像部门工作的条件：要愿意学习，仍就可以上场打球这些的。然
后他就说，‘我愿意！’”Mahlalela说。“但是我回他，‘Gary，我不会让你去做的。
你绝对没有机会去做影像部门的工作的，你是要为这球队打球的。’”
Payton was ready to do what he'd always done: adapt.
GP2已经准备好了他一直在做的事：适应。
When he was in the second grade, Payton was diagnosed with dyslexia, a
learning disorder that affects 10% to 15% of the U.S. population. Those with
it often struggle with word recognition, spelling, reading comprehension,
language and visual processing.
当GP2二年级的时候被诊断有有阅读障碍，这是种学习疾症，全美约有10%~15%人有这种
状况。这些人在阅读，拼字，了解辞意，语言跟影像认知会有问题。
After nearly two decades of learning to adapt in the face of adversity,
Payton was signed to Golden State's 15th and final roster spot four days
after his conversation with Mahlalela.
在经过二十多年适应并面对自己的疾病后，跟助教Mahlalela谈完四天，GP2跟勇士签约，
补上球员名单里的最后一个位置。
He has finally found a home in the NBA and become one of the best defensive
guards in the sport.
他终于在NBA里面找到家，成为篮球里面最佳防守后卫之一。
WHEN THE THREE Payton kids were young, their mother, Monique, made them read
30 minutes each night. Gary's brother, Julian, and sister, Raquel, had no
problem completing the task. But Gary struggled and couldn't figure out why.
Monique constantly heard him mumbling to himself as he tried to get through
the pages.
GP2的妈妈Monique在他们小时候每晚会要他们念书半小时，GP2的弟弟Julian跟妹妹
Raquel都没有问题，但是GP2一直都念的很痛苦，但是找不出原因。当GP2试着一页页的
念过去的时候，Monique一直都会听到GP2在碎念。
"Speak up, speak clearly," she implored her son. But no matter how many times
she reminded him, Gary continued to stumble.
“讲大声点，念清楚点，”她鼓励GP2。但是不管她提醒多少次，GP2一直都没办法。
When he was in second grade, his teacher approached Monique and suggested
that Gary be tested for dyslexia. At first, Monique was defensive. She didn't
want to think anything was wrong with her son, she says now.
当GP2二年级的时候，他的老师找了Monique并建议她应该带GP2去检查看看是不是有阅读
障碍。起初她很抗拒，她不想认为自己的小孩有问题。
"I remember crying because I had been so hard on him," Monique says. "I
didn't realize he had a learning disability."
“我记得我因为那时候对他太严厉而哭过，”Monique说。“我那时并不知道他有学习
障碍。”
Gary struggled to read. His brain often swapped letters, particularly Ds and
Bs. When he was asked to read out loud in class, he tried to count ahead to
which paragraph he would be assigned, so he could practice ahead of time and
identify words he didn't know. He had a hard time learning the chronology of
things, like the order of the seasons.
GP2阅读有问题，他的脑子常会把字调换，尤其是字母D跟B。当上课的时候被叫到要朗
读的时候，他会先算好哪个段落他会被分配到，然后他就可以先练习，找出那些字他不
认得的。他尤其在学习有关时序年表的部分有困难，像是季节的顺序之类的。
Two years after his diagnosis, the Payton family moved from Seattle to Los
Angeles. On the trip there, Monique saw her oldest son crying on the plane.
在诊断出阅读障碍后两年，GP2一家从西雅图搬到了洛杉矶。在飞机上，Monique看到他
的大儿子哭了。
"He said, 'I don't want to be dumb,'" Monique says. "I'm like babe, you're
not dumb. You learn differently."
“他说，‘我不想当笨蛋~~’”Monique说。“我回他，‘宝贝~~你不是笨蛋，你只是
学习的方式跟别人不一样而已。’”
Accepting this difference did not come easily to Gary, who says he struggled
academically.
对GP2来说接受这个"不一样"很困难，他说他在学业上很挣扎。
"After I found out about it, I was more embarrassed to ask questions and
speak out in class because my classmates didn't know, and I didn't want to
hint to them that I had a disability," Gary says. "I just wasn't trying to be
different than everyone else."
“当我知道我有这问题后，我反而觉得问问题更不好意思，在教室更不敢说话，因为我
的同学们不知道我有这疾病。我不想让他们知道我有障碍，我只是不想跟别人不一样，”
GP2说。
Gary says he struggled to understand concepts when teachers explained them
verbally. He says he often approached them after class to ask follow-up
questions. Eventually, he learned to ask for the concepts to be written out
so he could see them.
GP2说对于老师用讲的东西，他很难理解。他说他常常在下课后去问问题，后来，他了解
了他得要请他们把概念写出来，所以他才能懂。
After their move to L.A., the Paytons enrolled Gary in an academic tutoring
program tailored to young kids with learning disabilities. Shortly
thereafter, they learned their son was a visual learner, common for those
with dyslexia. The news wasn't surprising