好文耶!! ※ [本文转录自 NBA 看板 #1LNVhFTz ] 作者: arrfu (观光客) 看板: NBA 标题: [专栏] 骑士获得J.R. Smith的回报 时间: Thu May 21 23:33:29 2015 「我母亲可能是我最大的支持者。但是当我看着她伤心，看着她度过那些糟糕的环境，感 受到她所感受的东西时，我的心都碎了」---J.R.Smith Cavs rewarded for leap of faith with J.R. Smith Brian Windhorst, ESPN.com http://4fun.tw/b650 It came down to two conversations. 故事的起源是两次谈话。 One was with J.R. Smith. One was with LeBron James. Both were held byCleveland Cavaliers general manager David Griffin in January when he was mulling what many considered a high-risk move. 一次是和J.R. Smith另一次是和LeBron James。这两次谈话均在一月份由克利夫兰骑士队 GM David Griffin举行，当时他正在仔细考虑一件许多人都认为具有高风险性的行动。 A high-stakes reward came Wednesday night when Smith had one of the finest games of his career, hitting eight 3-pointers and scoring 28 points off the bench as the Cavs beat the Atlanta Hawks 97-89 to take Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. 高风险会带来高回报，周三晚上的这场比赛，JR打出了他生涯最棒的比赛之一，他投进了 8记三分，以替补身分拿下28分，帮助骑士队在东区决赛第一场中以97-89击落了亚特兰大 老鹰队。 It could be said that this game alone could make the Smith transaction worthwhile, though the Cavs claimed it as a victory awhile ago. The J.R. Smith Experience certainly has its moments. It took Griffin awhile to agree to buy a ticket for it. 或许可以说光是这一场比赛，骑士把JR交易过来就值得了，不过骑士队其实不久之前才 宣布这笔交易是成功的。J.R. Smith当然也有过高光时刻，但是Griffin花了一些时间才 同意引进他。 For some time, the Cavs had been talking to the New York Knicks about trading for Iman Shumpert. Needing defensive help on the wing, this was a player the Cavs had been targeting since last summer. After holding off on reality for some time, the Knicks finally reached a point that they had to shift gears on the season. They knew season-ending surgery was coming for Carmelo Anthony, it'd been a miserable first two months of play and Shumpert, a free agent-to-be who was looking for a sizable contract, was out with a dislocated shoulder anyway. 有一段时间，骑士与尼克讨论的交易包裹仅是 Iman Shumpert。骑士队当时需要一名可以 防守的侧翼球员，而是骑士从去年夏天将Shumpert列为锁定目标。经过一段时间後，最後 现实让尼克决定在这个本季改变自己的运作方式。他们知道Carmelo Anthony将做一个整 季报销的手术，而他们前两个月的比赛打得非常糟糕，即将成为自由球员的Shumpert在寻 求一份合适的合约，可是他当时也因肩膀脱臼受伤了。 But the price for getting Shumpert was also taking Smith to get his contract off the books for next season and, frankly, also in part to get him away from the team. Pouting about his situation and the state of the failing Knicks, Smith wasn't just not producing, he was also a pain. In reality, the Knicks had been looking for a way to get rid of him for months. 但是尼克开出的条件是想带走Shumpert的就要同时带走JR，他们想让JR的合约不占他们下 个球赛的薪资空间中，也想让这个毒瘤离开球队。当时，JR也因不满意自己所处的环境以 及持续衰落的尼克，他不仅没有在球场上贡献，更变成了球队毒瘤。事实上，尼克寻找摆 脱史密斯的方法已经好几个月了。 This gave the Cavs major pause, as it did many teams that passed on a litany of Smith trade pitches by the Knicks. The thought of getting two starter-quality wings nearly for free -- a few end-of-the-bench players and a second-round pick four years in the future -- was tantalizing. But with any supposed great deal there were queasy conditions. They didn't need to hire an investigative firm to compile a dossier on Smith -- his history of bad decisions, reckless behavior and wildly inconsistent play was well known to all. 这个情形让骑士停止了谈判，而许多球队则向尼克提出了一连串交易的要求。毕竟尼克近 乎免费的把两名具有先发球员能力的侧翼球员送出——只需要付出一些守开特力的替补和 未来四年内的二轮选秀权——这很吸引人。但是和任何大交易一样，都存在着不稳定的因 素。他们不需要花钱请徵信公司去检查JR的纪录——因为JR所作出的糟糕的决定，鲁莽的 行径，以及不稳定的狂野打法早已臭名远播了。 So Griffin went to James. 所以Griffin必须去问问James。 "Get him here and I'll take care of it," James said Wednesday night, recalling the pivotal discussion. 「把他带到这里，我会照顾他。」LBJ在周三晚上回忆当时关键的讨论是这样说的。 To James, the character issues weren't just secondary, they didn't matter. He saw a chance to grab the type of shooter he loves to play with, one with a quick release and endless confidence. James has been striving to get guys like this as teammates for a decade or so now. The Cavs needed talent at that position and Smith was a talent and a contemporary whom James felt he could relate. 对James来说，个性的重要性可能都排不到第二名，它们完全就是无关紧要的。他看到了 一个机会，可以引进一名自己喜欢风格的射手，一个可以快速出手并拥有无限自信的家伙 。LBJ10年来一直在努力寻找这样的队友。骑士队在这个位置上需要天赋，而史密斯是个 有天赋的家伙，而且LBJ觉得史密斯是一个可以交流的同辈。 "I knew the man he was and I didn't really care about what everybody else thought of him," James said. "Our front office, they have the last say. ... I was definitely all for it." 「我知道他是什麽样的人，而且我并不真正在乎其他人对他的看法，」LBJ说，「我们的 管理层拥有最後的决定权。毫无疑问，我对此是完全同意的。」 Griffin asked the Knicks to speak with Smith. This is somewhat unusual in the NBA. Often players find out they've been traded on social media. The Knicks, feeling like they may have a team on the hook, granted permission for the type of phone call that otherwise would've been considered tampering. Griffin要求尼克让他跟JR谈话。这在NBA中并不常见。通常球员们是在媒体上看到自己被 交易的消息。尼克发现可能有球队上钩了，便同意了史密斯与骑士队在电话中对谈，因为 其他的交流方式会被认为是对交易的干涉。 The conversation, sources said, was dead serious. Smith was not going to have rope. It was a new chance, but it was only one chance. Regardless of what James had said, this was going to be on Griffin and the Cavs' front office. If it went south, then they'd be blamed. So much of decision-making in the NBA involves assessing possible career damage of dangerous moves that probably none of Griffin's peers would've second-guessed him if he passed. 不具名的党政高层说，这次谈话非常严肃。JR已经没有退路了。这是一次新机会，也是唯 一的机会。不管LBJ曾说过什麽，现在轮到Griffin和骑士管理层出牌了。如果交易结果失 败，那麽他们显然会受到谴责。NBA中许多决定中都包含着可能损害职业生涯的危险交易 的评估，而如果Griffin放弃这笔交易，他的同事们绝不会在事後批评他。 There were few other options, though. The Cavs were working diligently on getting a deal done for big man Timofey Mozgov and that wasn't going to leave them many assets to make a different deal than what the Knicks were willing to do. Coach David Blatt badly wanted Mozgov and, like James, was also on board with getting Smith. 那时骑士没有多少其他选择。他们正在尽力想办法透过交易得到长人Timofey Mozgov，所 以除了尼克这笔，他们手里也没有其他东西来实现另一项交易了。骑士总教练David Blatt非常想要MOZ，而且和LBJ一样，他也想得到Smith。 Ultimately, the Cavs figured if Smith messed up, whether it was another failed drug test or more heavy partying or fighting, they could just release him. With a year and $6.3 million left on his deal (a player option) their insurance policy was to use the stretch provision on him and spread money owed over the next few years. And they'd have Shumpert and enough left to get Mozgov, too. 终於骑士下了决定，如果Smith搞砸了，无论是没通过再一次药品测试，或又一次在聚会 打架，他们就会裁掉他。Smith合约还剩一年630万美元（附带球员选项），骑士队的保险 措施是通过延期付款处理他的合约，在未来几年内付清。而这样骑士至少还得到了 Shumpert和MOZ。 Smith made promises to Griffin, though he has made such proclamations before, and when the call was over Griffin weighed the situation. He trusted his best player and he trusted his coach, and eventually after discussing it with ownership, he called the Knicks and made the deal. Smith向Griffin承诺，虽然他以前也说过类似的话…当通话结束後，Griffin权衡了利弊 。他相信他的最好的球员跟教练，最後在和老板讨论一次，他打电话给尼克达成交易。 "It's a great situation for me," Smith said. "It's more for my mom. I mean, she's probably my biggest fan. When all those negative things are being said and stuff like that, me personally I don't care. But to see her hurting, to see her go through those situations, to feel the way she feels, it's a terrible feeling for me." 「对我来说，这是个伟大的环境」Smith说，「对我母亲而言更是如此。我的意思是，她 可能是我最大的支持者。但是当我看着她伤心，看着她度过那些糟糕的环境，感受到她所 感受的东西时，我的心都碎了。」 It's not clear how this story will end. Smith's history is too checkered and his mood too volatile for anything absolute. But he has earned some capital with doubters for now, even in the Cavs organization. When he was given yet another suspension in these playoffs, the organization vigorously defended him and lobbied the league to go light on the penalty. It didn't work, but it did show they were fully behind him, Smith' toeing the line and production over the previous months having won over the organization. 现在还不清楚这个故事的结局如何。Smith的人生有太多曲折，他的情绪太不稳定，无法 给他做出结论。但是他现在从质疑者手里赢回了一些筹码，而且他现在待在骑士这个大家 庭中。当他在这几轮季後赛中再次受到禁赛时，骑士队依然出面维护他，要求联盟降低对 他的罚款。虽然最後没什麽效果，但是这确实显示出骑士队在背後支持JR，Smith在之前 几个月中的安分守己和球场上的贡献让他赢得了球队的支持。 It hasn't been just James on Smith's side for a long time now. That's why when he was going through his hot streak in the second half Wednesday, thrashing the Hawks with one swish after another to silence the crowd and build a huge lead, the entire Cavs bench was whooping and hopping around in glee. 这段时间以来，当Smith靠山的不仅仅是James。而这也是JR在周三晚上的这场 比赛下半场打出精彩表现的原因，他用一个接着一个的三分雨让老鹰主场观众们闭嘴，为 骑士取得了大幅度领先，整个骑士队的板凳席都在兴奋中欢呼。 Smith may not make eight more 3-pointers in the rest of the series. Or he might make six more in Game 2. No one knows. He could commit another flagrant foul and get another suspension, it wouldn't really be that surprising either. Smith可能在接下来的系列赛中都进不了8个三分球，也可能他在下一场比赛中又能再投进 6个三分球，谁知道呢？他也许会再弄一次恶性犯规、再一次被禁赛，就算出现这种情况 也都不会让任何人惊讶。 But the support James showed and Griffin's willingness to wade into the uncertainly have a winning look at the moment. And seeing as this is the Eastern Conference finals, this moment is pretty important. 但是有了James的支持，以及Griffin冒险的赌了一把在此时取得了效果。而且这是东区决 赛，这时的比赛相当得重要。 "He's been great for us, and he's been a great teammate, and he's been a great guy to coach," Blatt said. "And no question, he's one of the reasons, one of the main reasons, we're here." 「他对我们来说很伟大，他是一个伟大的队友，也是一个可以受教的伟大的家伙，」 Blatt说。「毫无疑问，他是我们取得如今成就的原因之一，一个主要的原因。」 --

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