Jason Quick最新的文章，虎扑也有翻译，PO上来让大家看看 这可能会让我们更了解AGG，我试着虎噗的改成白话一点，如果翻译错误在请跟我说 原文网址:http://goo.gl/DhN2z5 虎扑网址:http://bbs.hupu.com/13132721.html LaMarcus Aldridge is gone, and now the Trail Blazers can exhale their relief It was the 2015 playoffs, Memphis, and the Trail Blazers' bus was idling in front of the team hotel. A steady stream of players, coaches and support staff had boarded for the past 20 minutes, yet for the last five minutes, nary a soul had approached the steps. 这是2015年季後赛在Memphis的时候，拓荒者的巴士在球队住的酒店门口停着。大部分球员 、教练和工作人员在过去的二十分钟里都有秩序的上了车。但最後五分钟，没有人靠近 巴士。 Still, the bus remained idling. Brake lights glowing. Engine chortling. Exhaust billowing toward Beale Street. 但巴士还是一动不动，好像在等着谁。刹车灯亮着，引擎嗡嗡作响，排气朝Beale Street 不断喷涌着 And it remained idling ... and idling ... and idling ... for a good five minutes. 然後这辆车就停在那，在这漫长的五分钟里，一直停在那，一动不动。 Finally, the brake lights relented. The driver spotted what he was waiting on: From the hotel, LaMarcus Aldridge emerged, giant headphones over his ears. When he boarded, the bus immediately went into gear and headed toward the arena. 终於，刹车灯逐渐灭掉。司机发现了他们一直在等的那个人，从酒店中踱步而出。AGG 终於现身，带着巨大的耳机，他一上车，巴士就立即开动，直奔球场。 What struck me when I watched that scene, and what I've thought about often since then, is this: I wonder what Damian Lillard was thinking as he waited on that bus? 在我看到这一幕的时候，我产生了一个一直到今天一直感兴趣的问题：Lillard在巴士上等 待的时候，都在想些什麽? And later, as Lillard flew home with his teammates from Memphis, I wonder what he thought when he looked and discovered that Aldridge had taken his own flight home the night prior? 而当不久之後，当Lillard在和他的队友们一起从Memphis飞回Portland的飞机上，发现AGG 前一天晚上已经自己先走了的时候，又在想些什麽? Those thoughts bring us back to today: July 4, 2015, a day that will stand for many things in Blazers history. It's the day Aldridge left for the San Antonio Spurs. The day the franchise became Lillard's. The first day of yet another rebuild . 我的这些想法把我们带回了今天，2015年7月4日，这个将会在开拓者历史上被记住的日子 这是AGG决定加盟马刺的日子,这是球队的主人变成Lillard的日子,也是又一次重建的第 一天 But it will also mark one of the biggest organizational exhales ever. 但这也是，即使纵观整段球队历史，制服组最大的一次解放之一. See, inside the Trail Blazers, there is a collective sigh of relief knowing Aldridge is not returning. 在拓荒者内部，在得知了AGG不会回来後，很多人都松了口气 Don't get me wrong: Everybody wanted him back in Portland; his talent made the Blazers a better team. 不要搞错，所有人都想让他回到波特兰；他的天赋和能力足够让开拓者变成一只更好的队 伍。 But from the front office to the marketing department to the game-day support staff, there was a general exhaustion with Aldridge. Massaging an ego so often, for so many years, can take its toll. 但是从高层到行销发展部门到比赛日支援部门(注)，都弥漫着一股对AGG的疲倦。如果你年 复一年的总是需要靠奉承来满足另一个人的自尊心，你也会累的 (注:game-day support staff要翻成哪个部门会比较好?) If there was a nick, a bump, or a bruise, Aldridge always wanted an MRI, prompting one former staffer to quip it was a good thing owner Paul Allen was rich enough to cover the frequent expense 这些年来，只要有点伤口、肿块或者擦伤，AGG就会要求做核磁共振。这也使一名前拓荒者 者工作人员嘲弄道：还好Paul Allen有足够的钱来支付这些频繁的花销 Until this season, when he postponed a surgery on his non-shooting hand to help the Blazers make a playoff push, Aldridge was constantly looking for a reaenough to cover the frequent expense 的确这个赛季他推迟了非投篮手手指的手术，把拓荒者带进了季後赛。但在这之前的那些 赛季里，他经常性的会找不参加比赛的理由，尤其在他确保了当赛季的全明星资格後 He could be a sweet guy. He bought a luxury suite at the Moda Center for the kids at the St. Mary's Home for Boys. And he periodically surprised employees with gifts. 但他有时真的是个很好的人。他在Moda Center专门为圣玛丽孤儿院的孤儿们买下了一个豪 华包厢。他也经常会通过礼物给工作人员惊喜。 But he was so bitter about perceived slights that happened nine years ago – 9 years! – and so insistent that he was always getting the short end of the stick that the entire organization walked on egg shells around him. 但他及其记恨九年前在球队受到的轻视和怠慢。那可是九年前啊！并且由於他一直坚信自 己受到了不公正的对待，整只球队都不得不小心翼翼的与之相处，生怕再次惹恼他。 The Blazers were so concerned with Aldridge's sensitivity of feeling overlooked that it sent a memo to the marketing department. All commercial and publicity projects were to first run through Aldridge. When the NBA Cares commercial came through Portland this year, Aldridge turned down the opportunity. So second choice went to Damian Lillard, who did the shoot. 拓荒者队内非常担心AGG又觉得自己受到忽视，他们甚至在行销发展部门设置了一套备 忘录。所有的广告和宣传企划都必须先经过AGG之手。今年NBA Care的企划来到了波特兰 ，AGG拒绝了这个机会。这才轮到了今年最後拍了照片的Lillard。 Once it aired nationally throughout NBA broadcasts, Aldridge became chaffed and took it as another example of Lillard being the franchise's darling. 但当这些照片通过NBA在全国广为流传时，AGG却感觉自己被嘲弄了，并且把这当成了球队 想要让Lillard上位的又一铁证。 The Aldridge-Lillard tension was real ... and created entirely by Aldridge's insecurity. Lillard is bright and polite, and sensed Aldridge's delicate ego. As a result, he always went out of his way to compliment Aldridge, and to trumpet that the Blazers were Aldridge's team, Aldridge's franchise. AGG和Lillard之间的矛盾是真实存在的——并且说实话，完全来自於AGG的缺乏安全感。 Lillard是一个很聪明并且礼貌的人，他察觉到了AGG那颗易碎的自尊心。所以Lillard经常 非常努力地恭维AGG，并且不断地向外部表明这是AGG的球队。 Lillard's public acquiescence was not enough for Aldridge's camp. They felt the kid needed to bow to Aldridge in person. They wanted Lillard to say it to his face. Lillard对外说的这些话并没有让AGG的团队满意。他们觉得这个孩子需要恭敬地亲 自来面见AGG，并且将这些话亲口告诉他。 So as he sat on that bus in the middle of a playoff series where both he and Aldridge were under performing, I wondered what Lillard was thinking. 所以所以我才会对当Lillard在这个AGG和他自己都表现不佳的系列赛中间，坐在巴士上等 待时的想法感兴趣。 This week, I think Lillard gave us a pretty good idea what was going through his head at that moment. 这个星期，我想Lillard的给了我们一个答案。 It wasn't jealousy. It wasn't spite. And it wasn't ego. 不是嫉妒，不是怨恨，也不是自尊心和自我意识。 I guarantee you Lillard was thinking about the team. Just as he was this week when he phoned Aldridge in Los Angeles to clear the air. Before Aldridge made a decision, Lillard wanted him to know what he thought of him as a teammate, and what he thought they could accomplish together. 我向你保证Lillard那个时候想着的是球队。就像他这周给AGG打电话想要解决矛盾时想的 那样。Lillard想在AGG做决定之前，让AGG知道自己对他作为一个队友的看法，以及他们两 个一起能够达成什麽成就的想法。 While Aldridge spent much of the past nine seasons worrying whether he was being treated fairly, Lillard has worried about nothing but winning since he's been in Portland. 就在AGG花了过去九年的时间总是去考虑自己有没有被公正的对待时，Lillard从来到波特 兰第一天就只关心胜利。 That's why I've always said the Blazers are in great hands even if Aldridge leaves. Sure, the Blazers will take a step back next season. Perhaps even a big step back. But in terms of leadership and a singular focus on winning, this team is in better shape with Lillard 这也是为什麽我一直说即使AGG离开，拓荒者也仍有希望。很明显，下个赛季拓荒者成绩 会变差，甚至变得非常差。但是站在领导能力和只追求胜利的决心角度上，Lillard是这支 球队更好的选择。 The easy, and cheap, dagger to throw lately has been Lillard doesn't play defense and is consumed with selling shoes. And it's true: Lillard needs to work on his defense, and he is the first to admit that. And it's true, he spent the past two weeks in Asia and France promoting Adidas shoes. But the critics fail to note the evidence between the appearances: his sweat-soaked shorts in daily, sometimes twice daily, workouts Lillard身上现在最直接也最容易产生的非议莫过於其一他不防守，其二他天天卖鞋。第一 条是事实：他必须要提高防守，但是别忘了，他是第一个提出这点的人。第二条也是真的 ，他在过去的两周里一直在亚洲和法国买鞋。但是批评他的人没有意识到，他在这个过程 中每天都会训练，甚至有时一天两次。 The kid busts his tail. And more than anything else, he cares. But it's what he cares about that matters: he cares about the Blazers and about winning. 这个孩子非常努力。并且更重要的是，他在乎这一切。但最最重要的是，他在乎拓荒者， 并渴望胜利。 He doesn't care about making sure everybody knows he's the star, which is how Aldridge frequently making the entire team wait was interpreted. And I dare to venture Lillard would never fly home separate from the team in a playoff series, distancing himself from his brothers and eliminating the opportunity to gameplan or discuss adjustments needed in a series he trailed 0-2. 他一点儿都不在意让其他人认同他是球队的明星。而AGG却靠经常让球队等他来表明这一点 。我敢现在就说，Lillard永远也不会在季後赛中和队友保持距离，放弃在球队0-2落後之後 讨论球队如何调整的机会，而选择自己先飞回家。 o yeah, it was a bad day in Portland. One of the longest tenured players in franchise history chose to leave, taking with him one playoff series victory, which happened to be sealed by Lillard. I wish it didn't come to this, because I had come to respect Aldridge immensely for his growth as a player, and I appreciated the level of relevance his play afforded the Blazers. 这的确对於波特兰来说是糟糕的一天。队史效力时间最长之一的，曾给我们带来一次系列 赛胜利，在由Lillard终结的那个系列赛的球员选择离开。我并不希望事情发展成这样， 因为我非常非常敬佩AGG这些年作为一名篮球运动员的进步，并且我非常感谢他在场上为拓 荒者做出的奉献。 So mourn today, Rip City. But tomorrow, move on. It's a new era, with a new face of the franchise. 请Rip City把哀伤都留在今天吧。但从明天开始，一切都会继续。这是一个新的时代，我 们有了一些新的面孔。 It's why moments after Aldridge tweeted his decision I texted Lillard. 这也是为什麽在AGG通过twitter发表决定後，我给Lillard发了短信。 "Your team now. Excited to see what you do with it. I have no doubts you are ready,'' I wrote. 我这麽写--“现在这是你的球队了。非常想看你会怎麽做。我从来不怀疑你已经准备好了。” His response was two words: 他的回覆很简短。 "I am.'' “是的，我准备好了。” ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 心得: 从昨天凌晨AGG决定去马刺之後，Oregonlive跟Blazer's Edge PO了一些文章，有的炮轰 制服组没有在去年就对AGG的去留做处理，而让他白白离开，认为AGG没错，BE更有一篇 文章直接说去年AGG拒绝提前续约，公开说明是因为他想签五年顶薪，而且想成为队史第一 人的说法，是Olshey早在去年他拒绝3年的提前续约合约後，就知道AGG今年不会留，所以 Olshey教AGG公开这麽说来消除大家的疑虑 但我觉得那几篇太过腹黑了，真实性有待商榷，而JQ这篇文章是相较之下，较真实的文章 ，而虽然过去JQ在球员离开时也黑了球员不少次，但我想他随队多年，对於球队内幕多少 会比我们还透彻 我是觉得JQ提到AGG的个性太过敏感而且严重缺乏安全感这点看起来是真的，在这次FA市 场，他在跟各队面谈的资讯当中看得出来，他应该是早就想要去马刺了，但对於TD跟POP 能待多久以及球队地位有着相当多的疑虑，直到POP第二次会面，当面跟他说会待满任期 不会提早退休(他去年续了5年合约)，以及TD退休之後，这只球队会完全以他为中心，AGG 才卸下心防决定去马刺了... 而我想他在阿拓也绝对是老大无误，但也许是Lillard在後面锋芒毕露而让他感到不安了吧 或许是...也或许不是，这点就不得而知，而当Lillard想去找AGG深谈时见不到面只能电话 交谈，而Patrick Mills却能跟AGG见到面的相谈，或许就他们2人真的有相处上的问题吧 而AGG今天有对Oregonlive的随队记者John Canzano寄了封对球队以及球迷的感谢信 内容如下: Dear Rip City, Thank you! Those two words on a page don't begin to express the gratitude I have for the opportunity the entire Trail Blazers organization, my teammates, the media, and you fans gave me. The past nine years have been a blessing, and I will take all of the valuable memories with me as I head back home. As I'm sure you can respect, my decision was a very personal one but not one I took lightly. Although I will be wearing a different uniform the next time I come back to Portland, please know that I will always hold my time in a Blazers uniform near and dear to my heart. Your friend, LA --

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