http://0rz.tw/245jY The Daily Dose: Blazers' Oden sags under own expectations By David Aldridge, TNT analyst Posted Jan 15 2009 6:34PM PHILADELPHIA -- Greg Oden's coach has some quiet, unassuming advice to pass along to his rookie center. "You've basically got to say, 'F everyone, F everything,'" Nate McMillan says. Which means: Lighten up, big man. The world is not on your shoulders. Nate告诉Oden "Oden啊，你需要大喊'F每个人 F每件事'" 这其实只是要跟Oden说，减轻你肩头上的压力吧，并不是所有事都需要你顶着 It's a message that McMillan and the rest of the Portland Trail Blazers have been trying to impart on the 20-year-old Oden, who's trudging through his first season in the NBA, seemingly feeling like he's letting everyone down on a nightly basis. He accepts the words of well-wishers who've seen more than he has -- this night, it's Sonny Hill, the legendary player and pioneering broadcaster who now works for the 76ers -- with a sad smile. 包括Nate和拓荒者其他的成员都试图着要告诉20岁的Oden放轻松，而这不过Oden的第一个 完整NBA季赛。Oden接受了一些来自Sonny Hill的祝福。 "Your time is coming," Hill tells him. It takes time, I tell him. But Oden's hands must be sore, for he continues to beat himself up. Hill告诉Oden你的时代来了，虽然这会花点时间 但Oden在战胜他自己的时候，他的双手必定会有些疼 "I didn't really have an envisioned stage of where I was going to be at right now," Oden says. "But I figured I'd be doing a lot better than I am now, being more consistent ... just being able to come in every game and do what I need to do. It's more like for me, I'll have two good games, then I'll have two or three bad games. I'm just trying to be a guy that you can count on, that can bring it every night." Oden说 我并没有为自己设定现在一定要达到什麽阶段，但我想我比现在的我做 的要好，更加一致。能够在每个晚上做我需要做的事情。我或许会打两场好比赛 但接着又糟个两、三场。但我只是试图当一个每个晚上你都可以指望的家伙。 I saw Oden in Boston almost a year ago, when he was recovering from microfracture surgery on his right knee and missing all of what should have been his rookie season. He was disappointed that he wasn't playing, but he was the same kid you saw in all those stories and commercials featuring him before and after the 2007 draft --funny, curious, self-deprecating. He was going to spend part of his afternoon in a bookstore, he told me. 一年前在波士顿看见Oden，那时候他正在从他的右膝手术恢复。 不是在比赛的他，看上去相当沮丧，不过他依然一个孩子 那个在选秀前後--有趣、好奇、谦虚的孩子。 Oden说 他会在下午花些时候去逛逛书店。 That guy is now buried somewhere deep inside Oden. The burden he seems to feel at being the No. 1 pick, the cornerstone of what the Blazers hope will be numerous championships and the next great center in the NBA, is grinding him down -- or at least that's what a few minutes with him before Wednesday's game with the 76ers appeared to show. The fact that he's having the kind of rookie season that 90 to 95 percent of NBA players have does not seem to give him much solace. 在Oden心中相当五味杂陈，一个状元，似乎应该要为他的球队带来超多总冠，并且成为 一个伟大中锋的接班人。这样的负担正在消磨这个状元。而在NBA这个联盟里大部的 球员并不会给你任何的安慰。 He spends most of his off-court time, he says, at home. Which is great. Except if you're the brooding type. 在球场外大部分时间Oden都待在家 "Lot of pressure on the big fella," says the Blazers' All-Star guard, Brandon Roy. "I can't imagine. There's more pressure on him (now) than on me, and I've been in the league for three years." 当家明星Roy说 这大家伙身上有许多的压力。我无法想像这家伙所承受的压力比我 在联盟打滚三年的人还要大。 But it's not coming from within. Portland has a terrific group of young players , both in abilities and character. They are on the rise, the Miles Follies notwithstanding, and they know that their development as a team is a long-term project. They have a star in Roy, a rising power forward in LaMarcus Aldridge and another "rookie" guard, Rudy Fernandez, who'd be starting for half of the teams in the league. There isn't a better situation in which Oden can grow than Portland, with its good team, good coach and small media contingent. 但这不是来自於内部。波特兰是个了不起的年轻团队，无论是在品格或者能力，整个团队 都在上升。他们知道他们要发展的长远目标。有明星ROY，崛起中的Aldridge，菜鸟卫 Rudy。在好队伍、好教练中，Oden可以一直长大。 No one with a brain -- and this, of course, excludes many of us the media --expected Oden to step in and dominate at this level, especially considering he's played about five months of organized, competitive basketball the past two years, with the broken wrist during his one season at Ohio State, and the knee surgery, and the sprained foot he suffered on opening night in November that shelved him another six games. The injuries, of course, are what everyone talks about first, making facile comparisons between Oden and Sam Bowie, another first-round Portland pick a generation ago and the poster child for a career unfulfilled. 每个人都会期待Oden成长到的层级，但比较於过去的伤病史。Sam Bowie一直拿出来 与Oden做比较。（谜之声：跳过乔神选进来的中锋。） Entering play Thursday, Oden's 8.1 points per game ranked 15th among rookies. He was tied for third in rebounds, at 7.1 per game, with Memphis' Marc Gasol. He was second among rookies in blocked shots at 1.09 per game, behind New Jersey's Brook Lopez. And he was shooting 53.1 percent from the floor. Not earth-shattering numbers, but decent. Oden的平均8.1得分在新秀中排15，篮板则与Marc Gasol 7.1颗排第三，锅子则是排在 Brook Lopez後的1.09。53.1%的命中率。没有惊天动地的强，但至少端的上台面。 Oden doesn't think so. He believes he's not doing what he should be. "It's easy to notice," Oden says. "You know the coaches are obviously thinking it, 'cause I see it myself, even though I am a lot more critical of myself. I know I have to step it up and play better." Oden可不这麽认为，他认为他并没有达到他应该达到的样子。 这很显而易见，你知道教练明显在想啥，因为我看见这样的自己，我会鞭策自己 我认为我应该达到它，并且打个更好。 For Oden, it's simple: His numbers aren't anywhere near the numbers of other first-year franchise centers like Shaquille O'Neal (23.4 points and 13.9 rebounds for Orlando in 1992-93) or Hakeem Olajuwon (20.6 points and 11.9 rebounds for Houston in 1984-85). He brings up Dwight Howard, though Howard's rookie numbers, while slightly better than Oden's (12 points, 10 rebounds in 2004), didn't change the game as we know it. (Please, don't anybody tell him about Wilt's first year in Philly: 37.6 points, 27 rebounds. Every night. If Oden hears those stats, he may never put on a uniform again.) 对Oden来说，其实相当简单。他的数据没有接近一位被受尊从的中锋的菜鸟年， 侠客的 23.4分 13.9板子、欧拉的 20.6分 11.9板子。Dwight Howard亦会拿来跟Oden 评比，他的菜鸟年只比Oden好一点，并且没有对球队产生巨大的影响--12分 10板子。 (嘘！千万不要跟Oden说 "张伯伦在费城的菜鸟年每晚平均得37.6分 27颗板子。" 如果Oden听到这个消息，他可能远永不会想脱下他的球衣)。 And it does not matter to him that many top-pick centers of recent vintage, like Kwame Brown (gaaack!) and Yao Ming and Andrew Bogut and Andrea Bargnani all struggled during their first seasons. 这个问题并不在他，其他很多近年来的状元中锋，在菜鸟年也曾经遭遇过这样的挣扎。 "I mean, I understand that, but then there are some that have come in and started dominating right away," Oden said. "Those are the guys you look up to and who you see. You don't really hear about the people who don't really dominate that much, but you do hear, and you do hear the comparisons about the people you have. So that's who you're compared to your whole career." 我的意思是，我明白这一点，但有些人他开始出头了，并且拥有支配权了。这些人 你只要抬头你就会看到的。你或许不会真正听到人不拥有真正的支配权。但你会确实 听到一些与你比较的人，有很多人会在你整个职业生涯都拿来跟你作比较。 Well, there is another center with whom we can compare Oden, because his first-year averages were almost exactly what Oden's are now. This guy, like Oden, was quiet much of the time. And while he wasn't the first pick overall the year he was drafted, expectations on him were just as high as they are for Oden. 或许有个中锋可以拿来跟现在的Oden做比较，因为他的菜鸟年与Oden现在很像。 这个人跟Oden一样，大部分的时候很安静，虽然他不是状元，但人们对他的期待 就像对待现在的Oden。 The center averaged 9.1 points, 7.1 rebounds and shot. 503 from the floor as a rookie. Over four seasons, his numbers got a little better. By that fourth season, he was averaging 17 points and 10.9 boards. But he never "dominated," and his team gave up on him after that fourth season. His team was so anxious to get rid of him, it threw in a first-round pick in a trade. 这个中锋的菜鸟年 平均9.1分 7.1个篮板 与 .503的命中率。一直到第四年 他的成绩才开始好转。他第四个赛季的成绩为 17分 10.9篮板。但他从没有支配过球队， 在球队放弃他後，他的球队在第四个赛季结束後，为了全力摆脱他，将他放进了一个 二轮选秀的交易案里。 For which the Celtics were grateful. Because the center was Robert Parish. The first-round pick became Kevin McHale. And they already had Larry Bird. 对Celtics而言，这实在太美好了。这个中锋正是Parish 他们还有一轮货McHale与大鸟。 Portland fans, ask yourself: Would you take 12 years or so of Parish to go along with Roy and Aldridge and Fernandez? 拓迷们，问问你们自己，你们要花12年 还是 一个Parish伴随着Roy、Aldridge跟Rudy呢？ McMillan just wants Oden to give himself a break. "We talk about 'unwrapping' yourself," McMillan said. "Let loose. You're going to make mistakes. He has a real fear of letting people down. And we tell him, go out and play. This is the year for you to do that, to make mistakes ... don't worry about the hype and the media. Learn how to play the game. If you know how to set a screen and when to set a screen, you're going to get good low post position and you're going to score." Nate只是想要Oden让自己休息一下。 我们谈论到展开你自己，让自己松点，你会犯些错的。 他真的相当害怕让人们对他的期待落空。我们常告诉他，就去打吧。 这年你就是这样做，犯些错误。不用担心宣传和媒体。 学习着如何打好一个比赛，如果你学会设定一个屏障以及在何时使用他。 你就会有好的低位低置，那得分就轻松容易了。 Right now, Oden plays like a typical rookie. Monday in Chicago, he had 17 points and 13 rebounds in 27 minutes. Wednesday in Philadelphia, he had two points and three rebounds in 18 minutes, as he struggled with Samuel Dalembert, whose length and quickness kept Oden from being comfortable in the paint. 现在的Oden 打球就像个典型菜鸟。他在星期一对公牛，他在27分钟内得了17分、13个 篮板。在星期三对七六人，在18分钟内只得2分跟3篮板。因为Dalembert在他面前， 又长又快。 "It's the first time he saw a guy like Dalembert, who's a defender and long," McMillan said. Nate说 这是他第一次遇到像Dalembert一样的防守者和长。 Everything is the first time for Oden. 每件事对Oden来说都是新鲜事。 For now, Roy just wants him to smile. Roy表示 对Oden来说，现在最重要的就是"笑"。 "I try to say some funny stuff to him," Roy said. "Even on the court, when we're warming up, I run over there and mess with him. I just try to make him relax. It's basketball. And I can see it coming around. Every once in a while, he jokes with me first now. So that's letting me know he's trying to have fun with it. It's going to be good. When it clicks, it's going to be good." Roy说 我时常说笑话给他听。在球场上也一样，当我们在热身，我会跑过去他那边 跟他一起胡搞。我只是想让他放轻松点。他现在也会同我一起开玩笑。这让我知道 他也试图着想笑找寻些快乐。这是好事。 Some time soon -- sooner than he knows -- Oden will laugh at how he tied himself up in knots, how he worried about his game and whether he'd ever live up to all of the noise. He'll wonder why he didn't just tell everyone to ... well, what McMillan said. He'll be more comfortable in his skin and more confident on the court. He'll know what he's doing. 很快的，Oden会笑看那些包围他的困境，那些他每次比赛的时候在旁边的杂音。 他将会知道他为什麽不乾脆告诉大家...well，Nate是这麽说得，Oden会从他的肌肤 感到舒适的，而且在球场上更有自信。他会知道他在干麽的。 Next week, he turns 21. 下个礼拜 他就要21岁了。 "It's definitely going to come with experience," Oden says. "I know it's out there for me. I know I have to go out there and go get it and keep it that way." Oden说 这些经验肯定会来的。我知道他们在那边等我，我知道我必须去到那边， 并且保持下去。 --

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