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There’s a quiet algebra underneath the NBA’s trade deadline. Front offices
scout on-court talent and evaluate skill sets and conduct background
intelligence, yet many players sent to a new team, halfway through each
season, get included simply because their contracts’ values can be
substituted for X. Their salaries balance the equation so their life becomes
uprooted and a career can get left behind.
NBA交易截止日期底下有一种悄然的代数运算。球队管理层会对球场上的天赋进行调察，
评估技能组并进行背景调查，然而，许多球员在每个赛季中途转会到新球队，只是因为他
们的合同价值可以替代X。他们的薪水平衡了这个等式，使他们的生活变得颠沛流离，职
业生涯也可能被抛在脑后。
That’s how and why Tony Snell was traded to New Orleans in February 2022, a
necessary variable to help the Pelicans acquire C.J. McCollum from the Trail
Blazers. Snell held a role in Portland, playing 14.4 minutes and flanking
opposing wings with his 7-foot wingspan. He appeared in just 15 games for the
Pelicans, shooting along his career average of 39.6% from distance, only to
fade entirely from the playoff rotation. Head coach Willie Green never called
his number, and no teams came calling that summer after Snell became an
unrestricted free agent.
这也是Tony Snell在2022年2月被交易至纽奥良鹈鹕的原因来让CJ McCollum的交易案成行
。Snell原本靠着他7尺的臂展去手对方侧翼而在波特兰有个位置，并能上场14.4分钟。他
在鹈鹕虽然他有着跟他生涯平均相去不远的39.6%三分球命中率，他却只能打15场比赛并被
剔除在了季后赛名单之外。Willie Green从未叫他上场过，而没有球队在夏天接洽成为非
受限自由球员的Snell。
And so one year after his world flipped, when Snell returned to a
professional court with a G League jersey now on his back, a strange
sensation came with each step of his sneakers. The buzzer blaring and the
pregame clock reaching zero always brought a euphoria he could only capture
on hardwood, whether Snell was leading the New Mexico Lobos or after the
Chicago Bulls made him a first-round pick in the 2013 NBA Draft. A decade
later, joining the Maine Celtics at the end of January 2023, Snell found a
string of nerves knotting his insides.
在他的世界被翻转一年以后，Snell回到了职业赛场上但只能作为G League球员上场，每踏
出一步都伴随着一种奇怪的感觉。当蜂鸣器响起和比赛结束钟响起的那一刻总是带来一种
只有在硬木地板上才能捕捉到的愉悦，无论是Snell带领新墨西哥Lobos赢得胜利或是他在
2013年第一轮被芝加哥公牛选中。在10年后，2023年1月加入缅因赛尔提克，Snell发现一
串神经在他体内打结。
“Of course, I want to come back and play, but I have a bigger purpose now,”
Snell told Yahoo Sports. “It’s not about me anymore. It’s about my boys.”
"当然，我想回到NBA打球，但我现在有更大的目标"Snell告诉Yahoo体育"这不仅仅是为了
我自己而已了。这是为了我的孩子们。"
Snell is now in his second straight season with Maine, Boston’s affiliate
club, still flashing the two-way strengths of his prime. He practices each
day and plays each game hoping all his hard work can generate an NBA call-up
— not just the 10-day contract so many of his peers would absolutely crave.
The 32-year-old 3-and-D specialist seeks to find his way onto an NBA team’s
active roster by Friday, signed for the rest of the season, in order to
compile a 10th year of service for the players association’s retiree
benefits program. That additional season would make Snell eligible for the
union’s premium medical plan — beyond his current single qualification —
which would also cover his whole family, including his two sons, Karter, 3,
and Kenzo, 2, who were both diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
Snell现在已经是连续第二个球季与缅因赛尔提克(波士顿赛尔提克的所属球队)合作了，他
仍展现他巅峰时期的攻守优势。他每天练习，每场比赛都希望自己的辛勤工作能够让他重
返NBA，不仅仅是像他的许多同行一样渴望签下一份为期10天的合同。这位32岁的3D球员希
望在星期五之前找到加盟NBA球队活跃名单的方法，签署到赛季结束，以便为球员协会的退
休福利计划累积第10个赛季的服务。这个额外的赛季将使Snell有资格获得协会的高级医疗
计划，而这个计画可以帮助他的整个家庭，包括他的两个儿子Karter（3岁）和Kenzo（2岁
），他们都被诊断患有自闭症谱系障碍。
“It’s something I truly need,” Snell said. “Not only for myself, but for
my wife and my kids.”
"这是我非常需要的东西"Snell表示"这不只是为了我自己，这也是为了我的老婆与孩子。"
During his 2020-21 campaign with Atlanta, the Snells’ nanny first mentioned
Karter was showing textbook signs of stalled development. By 18 months, the
family’s first born could only say one word, pointing at the household’s
NBA player and calling him “Dad” or “Dada.” Karter would need five toys
in his hands at all times, typically featuring a miniature basketball. “And
you take one, he’ll have a temper tantrum,” Snell said.
在Snell于2020-21球季效力于老鹰时，Snell的保母第一次提到Karter表现出停滞发展的典
型症状。在18个月时，这个家庭的第一个孩子还是只能说一个字。指著家里的NBA球员，叫
他"爸"或"爸爸"。Karter通常需要一次拿五个玩具，其中通常包括一个迷你篮球。"如果你
拿走一个，他就会发脾气，"Snell说。
Snell thought nothing of his child’s behavior. He recalls not talking
himself until he was 4 or 5 years old. He never felt he could relate to his
sister or his cousins or his uncles, and they all left him to shoot baskets
and play video games in solitude, repeating the same rhythms for hours on
end. He kept to himself even after all those repetitions honed a shooting
stroke worthy of the NBA. Snell even met his wife, Ashley, at a barbecue
hosted by his Chicago Bulls teammate, Jimmy Butler, because he was sitting by
himself. She has an explorer’s heart and mind — Snell lovingly calls her “
Dora” — and Ashley wandered across the backyard wondering why this
professional athlete wasn’t the life of the party. “She caught an interest,
” Snell said. “And that’s all she wrote.”
Snell当时没对他孩子的行为想太多。他想起自己直到4岁5岁才开始说话。他从来没有觉得
自己能与姊姊表兄弟姊妹或是叔叔这些亲戚相处，而他们也只是把他丢在一旁让他自己投
篮或是打电动，重复同样的节奏好几个小时直到结束。即使这些不断重复的事情让他打进
了NBA，他依然得在他对有Jimmy Butler的烧烤大会中才能愈到自己现在的老婆Ashley，因
为他独自一人做在那边。她有一颗探险者的心和头脑