Veritas Vincit http://www.celticsblog.com/2009/8/21/996965/veritas-vincit?ref=yahoo http://rubyurl.com/sgNz by Jeff Clark on Aug 21, 2009 10:49 AM EDT ※ 依然是三脚猫的翻译拙作....囧 若有错误请指证^^ --------------------------------------- Veritas vincit - Truth conquers (Latin) Veritas vincit 这是 The Truth 的拉丁文。 Paul Pierce is The Truth. That's not changing. This isn't an attempt to change his nickname. But he's maturing, and I kind of like the sophisticated way Veritas (Latin for "truth") sounds. Besides, I've been meaning to work that into a post title for a long time. PP是永不改变的真理，只是随着岁月的流转，正逐渐蜕变。 Maturation means growth and wisdom. It also means losing some of the advantages of youth. It will be interesting and fun watching Pierce this year just like it has been interesting and fun watching him his whole career. PP变得成熟了，成熟代表他长大了、也更有智慧了，同时也意味着他年轻不复。 今年的PP，一如他整个职业生涯，我依然觉得看PP打球是很有意思的事情。 I won't bore you with a long rehash of his NBA journey. Others have done it with much more eloquence than I'm capable of. But I can't help but reflect briefly on the career of a man that I've watched grow up game after game after game. I'm about the same age as Paul, so at each turn I could empathize somewhat with the seasons of life he was going through. 我不想把PP的过往拿出来老调重谈，但是我就是忍不住回顾起这个男人在一场又一场的 比赛里成长。我跟PP的年纪差不多，PP每一次的刻骨铭心，我都感同身受。 From trying to find his way in the world after college, to overcoming adversity, to not always reacting to circumstances in a constructive way, to rededicating himself and finding redemption by embracing the help of others. It almost plays out like a cheesy movie where the good guy gets the girl at the end. But the credits haven't rolled yet. There's more to the story. 「离开大学後寻找自己的路，突破逆境，不向周遭屈服，然後燃烧自我，勇於 接受他人的帮助而得到救赎......」这就像是三流电影一样，有着俗不可耐的 结局，但事实上故事并没有结束。 Mortality is creeping up on Paul. He just didn't look the same game-in, game-out last year. When he needed to, he was more than capable of reaching down, tossing the team on his shoulders, and leaping tall buildings. But you could tell that he was a step slow on a number of nights. With KG out, he and Ray had to do more heavy lifting than they were capable of sustaining. PP不再像以前一样游刃有余，去年球场上的他逐渐式微。当他想要接管比赛的时候， 他依然可以马上进入状态，但是你发现有那麽几场比赛里......他的脚步真的慢了。 没有KG的日子，他和RAY都要承担更多。 More than a few people whispered that Paul must have been hiding a nagging injury and it turned out that they were right. After the playoffs the team revealed that he had been playing through bone spurs. That is just the kind of thing you have to expect when a player hits the other side of 30. Not all injuries are the "he'll miss X number of weeks" variety. Playing through pain becomes a part of the routine, but it takes a toll. 不少人认为PP隐瞒了一些不为人知的伤势，而去年季後赛确实如此，他是带着骨刺的伤在 打球的。PP没有缺席比赛，带伤上场是他例行赛的一部分，而他为此付出代价。 The nice flipside to maturity, however, is the increased ability to think the game through. In the past Paul has taken younger players under his wing, embraced a leadership role that wasn't always natural to him, and committed all-in to a defensive focus and philosophy like he never did before. Now he has to find ways to be a force without finding himself on the trainers table. 「成熟」的好处在於随着比赛进行、与日俱增的解读比赛的能力，PP以往总是一味把年轻 球员护在他的羽翼下，扮演着领袖角色，强求自己，在防守上倾注所有，他的表现就彷佛他 再没有下一场比赛。 但──现在，他找到更好的方式了。 Then again, that might not be as hard as it sounds. Jordan had to reinvent himself when he couldn't dunk over 7 footers anymore. He had to rely on spacing, angles, perfect timing, a killer mid-range game, and lots of time at the charity stripe. I'm not saying that Pierce is MJ, but doesn't that sound like the style of play that Paul already plays? 话说回来，或许这也没有这麽困难，就像MJ复出的时候也很难再在7尺长人面前爆扣， 他是靠空间、角度、完美的配合，用中距离(跳投)主宰比赛，我不会说PP是MJ，但 这些正是PP现在在做的。 I mean, Pierce never blew by people with quickness alone. He slowly drifts till his defender is positioned how Paul wants him, then he attacks the angle that the defender can't defend. He's so good at this that sometimes he can run defenders into each other or create an impromptu screen where it was never drawn up. 我的意思是：PP没有办法独自一人靠速度甩开对手，他总是慢吞吞地变向，把防守者带到 他想要的位置，然後用对方很难防守的角度把球投出去，他是这方面的能手，他擅长引诱防 守者，主、被动瞬间易位，或是临时来点什麽。 I can't help but grin when I watch him saunter into the lane, seemingly without a plan, only to watch him pick apart the defense in near slow motion. Sometimes he uses that spin move which is really more of an abbreviated post up because it is designed to seal the defender and leave him out of position. Sometimes he simply can't find an opening and settles for creating contact (leaving more than a few defenders gaping at the refs). 每次当我看到PP像散步一样在运球，我只觉得很可爱，就看到他用很慢的速度过了对手。 此外，利用转身制造空间也是他惯用的技俩。 And of course you have to love the trick where he swings his arms up into the opponent's outstretched arm, forcing the ref to call the foul even if everyone in the building knows exactly what Paul was doing. Hey, if Reggie Miller can get away with that leg kick his whole career, Paul is allowed his arm-swing trick. That's what veterans do. 有时候，你真的对PP的「特殊技能」感到钦佩，比如说：自动吸引你犯规，每个人都知道他 要做你犯规，但是你就是忍不住不对他犯规。大概就像大嘴当年爱用的「拐你一脚」，PP 也有这一招。 Few players in the league can create offense out of nothing the way Paul can. That is a critical role on this team because sometimes the offensive flow stops flowing and the points need to come from somewhere. Ray needs a good pick and a good pass to operate at optimal efficiency. KG likes to take what the defense gives him. Rondo is a distributor. But when the defense is taking away what those guys do best, Paul is the one who gets creative. He adapts and attacks and adapts and attacks until he finds a weakness. 没错！联盟里很少有人像PP这样制造进攻机会，这种有效的进攻方式有助於球队突破得分 乾旱期。RAY需要跑位、需要好的传球，而KG显然更专注於防守，RONDO还有分球要做， 当对方的防守对上述球员起到作用，PP的的创造力便即刻显现，他会突围防守，然後 攻击，突围、攻击......直到他得逞为止。 Paul might not be the player he used to be, but in many ways he's better. I can't wait to see what he adds to his bag of tricks this year. Maturity can be a good thing. PP也许不再是以前的PP了，但就某方面而言，他更出色了！我等不及想看看今年的他 又成长了多少！ 球员的成熟是件很棒的事情！ # ----------------------------------------- PP加油 ~ --

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