原文：http://tinyurl.com/d7dqh2 Outlaw has seen it all as a Blazer When he arrived in the Trail Blazers locker room six seasons ago, Travis Outlaw was 18 years old. And he took a locker in the same room as Bonzi Wells, Rasheed Wallace, and Ruben Patterson, who was required by law to register as a sex offender. 当他六年前来到拓荒者时，他只有18岁，球队里有一堆凶神恶煞 Outlaw was barely out of high school, and fresh off a senior prom, and he said Friday, reflecting on those first few weeks as an NBA player, that he looked around at the Blazers at times and thought, "I'm ready to go home." 他才刚刚离开高中，回忆起当时，他说：「我准备好随时打包逃回家」 He wasn't playing. He wasn't fitting in. He was barely talking. 他没得上场，也没话可说 Outlaw was shy. His teammates gave him a hard time about it. His interviews with reporters consisted of head shakes, and nods and lots of "Yes, sir" and "No, sir" answers. Outlaw 很害羞，连队友也无解，他被采访时只会说"Yes, sir"和"No, sir" He got hazed, too. Mostly friendly stuff. Carrying luggage on trips, paying the bill at the end of a meal and living with the threat of getting tossed into the cold whirlpool at any given moment. And a few times after shootarounds, Wallace punted a bunch of basketballs into the 200-level at the Rose Garden and made the rookies retrieve them. 最菜的要帮大哥们拿行李 It's worth pointing this out today, because for all his growth in the NBA, and for all the evolution of the Portland franchise in recent seasons, Outlaw is now the current Blazer with the longest team tenure. 时至今日，Outlaw 是如今待拓荒者最久的球员了 He also has never played a single minute in the playoffs. 他还没打过季後赛 I take that back. Outlaw played in the Mississippi state high school championship game six years ago, before joining the Blazers. Outlaw played for Starkville High, which lost in overtime of the state 5A title game to Vicksburg. He scored 19 points and had 13 rebounds, and was blanketed at different points of the game by as many as three opponents. ( Outlaw 高中的事蹟) "We should have won the game," he said, "but I couldn't make anything that night." During the Blazers' push for the playoffs I often find myself thinking about Outlaw, and about how far he's come. In part, because when he arrived, I was sure the Blazers had the toughest locker room in the league, maybe in sports, and it was a dicey place for a young, impressionable kid to grow. In part, because he is the only guy on the roster who can truly appreciate where rock bottom was for the organization. 当拓荒者正在冲击季後赛的当下，想到 Outlaw，他是拓荒者唯一从谷底一直走 过来的一位，有着令人印象深刻的发展 Said Outlaw: "I had Damon (Stoudamire) and Derek Anderson looking after me. Dale Davis, too." Damon Stoudamire、Derek Anderson 和 Dale Davis 都照顾过他 Coach Nate McMillan, who didn't arrive until two years later, learned about this after practice Friday and said, "Those guys looked at him and were aware of his vulnerability and saw an opportunity to help him out. I'm glad he had those kinds of players around." McMillan 是後来两年才来的，Outlaw 说：「我很高兴有这群队友一起打球」 The fact that Outlaw has now been around longest is probably as much about his development off the court as about his growth as a player. The organization underwent a shift in philosophy during his rookie season, began to value character in personnel decisions, and now Outlaw's closest friend on the team is two-time All-Star Brandon Roy. 拓荒者的发展策略注重球员人格，Outlaw 是好孩子 Outlaw 在队上最好的朋友是 Brandon Roy (好个靠山啊..) Roy is so solid, he could get elected governor if he wanted the job. Roy 是个领导者，甚至可以出来参加竞选了 "I learned a lot during those first years," Outlaw said. "I was trying to earn time, and I was a little lost. I've always been aware that I am getting paid for what I do. I play basketball. That's my job." 「这些年我学了很多，我尝试争取更多上场时间，打篮球是我的工作，我有拿钱」 He said these words this week, as his team closed in on a playoff berth. Consider all that's happened with this franchise over the last six years, and all the places fans have been on a ride that hit some low places. And remind yourself that while you could tune out, justifiably so, Outlaw could not. 待了六年了，终於有机会可以打季後赛 It's why making the postseason feels so special for him. 季後赛对他是件特别的事 "We're going to make the playoffs," Outlaw said. "That's not a question, it's a statement. I've never been. 「我们终於可以打季後赛了，我还没打过呢」 "We're going." The coaching staff in Portland will tell you that Outlaw does anything it asks of him. It wanted him to play better defense, and he's dedicated himself to it. It wanted him to stop holding the ball, and instead, either catch and shoot, or put the ball on the floor and attack. He's done both. Outlaw 在教练眼中是好孩子，要他多拼防守，不要持球过久，要 catch and shoot ，多切入攻击篮框，Outlaw 都有做到 Said McMillan: "He can jump over anybody. What I want is for him to get to the free throw line more." McMillan：「我要他去赚得更多的罚球」 Outlaw lives with his older brother, John. He has an English Bulldog named "Chubs." And when Travis is not playing basketball, the Outlaw brothers can often be found playing the video game "NBA Live." Outlaw 没打球时在玩电动，"NBA Live" You should know, Travis Outlaw never plays the game as his own self. Instead, he picks another team, or another player on his team, and he lets his brother play as Travis Outlaw, forward, Trail Blazers. 可是 Outlaw 都自己选别队的球员，让他兄弟选他来玩 "I don't want to be selfish," Travis said. "I don't feel right if I'm myself and I'm taking all the shots and have the ball in my hands all the time." 「我不想成为自私的人，如果我一直拿球自干我不会感觉良好」 McMillan smiled when he heard that. McMillan 听到这段时笑了 -- Outlaw，一个从 Jailblazers 时代一路走过来的好孩子，还没打过季後赛... 还有要说到做到啊，多一点传球助攻给队友，希望你持续进步罗!!! -- --

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