新闻出处(必填):https://goo.gl/orJVP3 无意间看到这篇两个月前的专栏文章，文章有点长，但觉得蛮有意思的所以想分享给大家 希望大家喜欢~ Where would Isaiah Thomas and the Celtics be without each other? 如果超赛跟矮汤擦肩而过会怎麽样? Chris Forsberg ESPN Staff Writer Nov 2, 2016 There are nights when Isaiah Thomas returns to the Boston Celtics' practice facility to get up shots, and when he's finished, he takes a moment to look at the 17 title banners that ring the court and marvel at how he got here. 有好几个夜晚矮汤会来到球馆练习投球，当练习结束後，他会花个几秒看着围绕着球馆的 十七面冠军旗帜，并惊叹着他是如何走到这一步的。 "Sometimes I'm in here alone, and I'm like, man, I play for the Boston Celtics. I'm the franchise player for the Boston Celtics. Like, it doesn't make sense," said the 5-foot-9 Thomas, the 60th and final pick in the 2011 draft." "有时候我会自己一个人在这里，然後想着"天啊，我为赛尔提克打球，又是球队的看板球 星，这完全没有道理啊""，这位五尺九寸的小不点，2011年的最後一位选秀说。 "But at the end of the day, I dreamed about stuff like that. So even though nobody believed that, I believed that one day it was going to happen. For it to happen and for me to be living my dream, it's like every day I'm happy." "但其实在过去，我每天都会想像着自己能为这种球队打球，并且当上球队的球星，就算 大家都当我痴人说梦，但我仍如此相信。对於能让梦想成真并且活在梦想里，我真的每天 都很快乐。" For the start of the season, Nike debuted campaigns for some of its top NBA players. There are posters around Boston that show Thomas driving at the rim with Chicago's Jimmy Butler trying to defend from behind with the headline, "Pick me last again." 球季开始的时候，Nike为当家球星们开始了一连串的宣传活动。你可以在波士顿看到海报 上印着矮汤在JB的防守下上篮得分，并有着斗大的标题写着"有种再最後一个选我啊!" It isn't lost on Thomas that a mere 20 months ago, he wasn't particularly happy. He was a third-string point guard tangled in the Phoenix Suns' backcourt spiderweb. Still, it came as a surprise when the team dealt him -- four months into a four-year contract -- to the Celtics in the frenetic final moments before the 2015 trade deadline. 但别忘了在大约20个月前，矮汤其实过得不太快乐。他那时还是太阳队的第三控卫，虽然 球队那时也算对他出乎意料的好，把合约从四个月延长为四年，并在最後千钧一发之际将 矮汤在15年的交易大限前送到赛尔提克。 Since that day, Thomas has spearheaded Boston's run to consecutive playoff appearances, earned his first All-Star nod, represented the Celtics on stage at the NBA draft lottery, served as the team's primary recruiter in the pursuit of top free agents including Kevin Durant and emerged as the face of one of the league's most storied franchises. With help from Thomas, the Celtics landed another All-Star this summer, Al Horford, and are the popular choice to push the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference. 自那天後，矮汤带领着赛尔提克连续两年杀进季後赛，并赢得了全明星赛的生涯首发， 代表波士顿抽选秀签，并作为这支充满历史的球队的首席招募员。在矮汤的帮助下，青赛 在上个夏天争取到了Al Horford加盟，并做为能在东区威胁骑士的热门人选。 Thomas beams with excitement when he talks about the potential for this year's squad. But after looking forward, he's presented with a curveball that takes him back: What if the Celtics had never traded for him? 矮汤兴奋着说着这支球队今年的可能性，但他接着回答了一个有趣的问题"如果当初青赛 没有交易他来的话，一切会变得如何?" "Where would I be? I don't know. Probably somewhere else," Thomas said. "I mean, the Phoenix thing just wasn't working out. It seemed like they didn't want me as bad as they did when the summertime happened. You never know. I don't know where I would be. I'd be somewhere." "我会在哪?我其实也不知道，大概在别的地方吧。我的意思是，太阳的三卫战术看来是失 败的，他们感觉也没像原本交易我来的时候那麽看重我。我真的不知道我会在哪里。" Would Thomas be the face of another franchise? 那你觉得会变成别队的看板球星吗? "You never know. I mean, I always felt one day I was going to be, no matter where it was," he said. "I don't know. That's a tough question. I don't know where I would be. Knowing me, things would have worked out somewhere, but who says it would have worked out like it has since I got traded?" "谁知道呢?我的意思是，我总觉得我有一天能达成这个目标，不管把我丢到哪队。但我真 的无法给你明确的答案，这是个姬芭的问题。事情总是会有个结果的，但谁能说定是如果 在不同的情况事情会不会发展的跟现在一样顺利?" As the conversation continues, Thomas is still processing the hypothetical. He eventually circles back to the question. 过了一阵子後，矮汤还是念念不忘刚刚的假设，最终又回到了这个话题。 "I guess if that trade with me didn't happen, and this team never jelled -- everything just came together, slowly but surely, especially having a great coach in Brad Stevens -- if that all didn't happen, then Al Horford's not coming here. Kevin Durant's not considering us," Thomas said. "我猜如果青赛没有找我来，球队也不会重建完成。这些都是环环相扣的，尤其当你有这 麽优秀的帅哥教练...如果这一切都没有发生，Al Hordford也不会来，KD可能也不会考虑 我们。" "And the world's not talking about the Boston Celtics as being a top-three seed in the Eastern Conference. That's just fact." "然後也不会有人觉得青赛有办法成为东区第三种子，这是事实。" 'It's like a 10 percent chance' '大概只有1成机会' On Feb. 19, 2015, Thomas sat near the back of the Suns' bus that was set to take the team to the airport for a flight to Minnesota, where Phoenix was set to open the second half of the season. As the final minutes before the trade deadline ticked off, Thomas hoped the team would make a move to alleviate the backcourt logjam that was making everyone involved miserable. 2015年2月19号，矮堂坐在太阳队的随队巴士上，巴士正准备出发至机场以飞往灰狼主场 ，球队准备迎战下半球季，在交易大限结束前，矮汤祈求着太阳队能为悲惨的三卫恶梦做 点动作。 Although Thomas was fairly certain the Suns were going to move publicly disgruntled Goran Dragic, Thomas still phoned his agent to check in as the clock ticked toward 3 p.m. ET. Despite his being just four months into a four-year, $27 million deal, Thomas knew there was a chance he could be moved too. 虽然矮汤几乎确定太阳会送走不满已久的抓鸡，他还是与他的经纪人保持联络。就算他才 刚签了一份四年两千七百万的合约，矮汤还是知道他有机会被交易走。 "My agent was like, 'There might be something, but it's like a 10 percent chance,'" Thomas said. "And he didn't even bring up Boston." "我的经纪人说'那大概只有一成机会吧'，而且他提都没提到赛尔提克。" Back at the Celtics' practice facility, Ainge had resigned himself to the fact that there simply might not be a deal to be made -- enough so that Ainge phoned Stevens about 10 minutes before the trade deadline and told him the roster was likely going to stay intact. Across the country in Sacramento, Stevens told an assistant to get the players ready for the start of an afternoon practice at Sleep Train Arena. 回到波士顿，公子哥安吉那时正觉得市场上应该也没别的交易可做了，也在交易大限结束 前十分钟打了通电话给帅哥告诉他球队的名单大概不会有变动。当时远在西岸沙加缅度的 帅哥教练也告诉助理教练要球员们准备在国王主场进行热身训练。 Eight minutes later, Ainge called back. The Suns had re-engaged about a deal for Thomas that Ainge hadn't really considered a possibility because Phoenix had balked a few days earlier when Boston called to see if Thomas were available. 八分钟後，公子哥回电。太阳队重新开启了安吉哥之前觉得已经无望的矮汤交易，因为 太阳在前几天才在安吉询问报价的时候打他枪。 On the Suns' bus, word arrived that Dragic had been dealt to the Miami Heat. Thomas recalls a sense of relief washing over the bus, as players were excited that the backcourt logjam might ease. 在太阳队的巴士上，抓鸡被交易的消息终於出现，矮汤回想到当时巴士上的人全部松了口 气，大家都很兴奋球队终於脱离了三卫地狱。 The deadline passed, but news about deals was still trickling out. Wright, who had been traded from Boston to Phoenix one month earlier, stood up and announced, "IT, you just got traded!" Thomas thought it was a joke. A Phoenix assistant coach climbed onto the bus a couple minutes later and confirmed the news. 交易期限已过，但是交易的消息还在陆续传出。一个月前才被波士顿交易到太阳的Brandon Wright起身告诉矮汤"你刚被交易了!" 矮汤还以为那是个玩笑话，其中一位助理教练後来 也来到巴士上确认了消息。 All the Suns got in return for Thomas was veteran guard Marcus Thornton and a 2016 first-round pick (it was Cleveland's pick and checked in at No. 28 that year). Suns general manager Ryan McDonough, who cut his teeth in Boston's front office, later admitted, "If I could get a mulligan, that'd be it." 太阳从这次交易获得了老将Marcus Thorton还有骑士的一轮签(结果是第28顺位签)。太阳 GM McDonough事後回想，如果我会为了这个交易向自己开人生重来枪QQ Gerald Green, who often shared the floor with Thomas in Phoenix during that 2014-15 season, said the two talked often about how they might thrive in the right situation. Green signed with Boston this summer, in large part because of Thomas' presence and the Celtics' status as contenders in the East. It doesn't surprise Green to see Thomas flourishing. GG过去在太阳队的时候就已经和矮汤共事过了，他说他们过去常常聊到如果他们在对的 时空、球队下可能会有多大的不同。这个夏天青赛也签下了他，有很大的原因是矮汤与青 赛的竞争力的缘故，对GG而言，看到矮汤在这里发光发热根本不需要感到意外。 "We didn't want to see Isaiah go [in Phoenix]," Green said. "We were kind of blown away when he got traded because he was really one of the guys that kept the team pumping, on and off the court. So when he got traded, we kind of felt down as a team in Phoenix. We knew he was going to be successful here in Boston. We didn't know just how successful he could be. GG说"当初在太阳队的时候，我们都很不希望他离开，当他被交易的时候我们都很震惊，因 为他是为不管在球场上下都不断激励球队的人，所以当知道他被交易的时候，真的很为太 阳感到难过。我们知道有天他会在波士顿取得成功，只是不知道会这麽成功。" "Just to see him to that point and this point now, I just smile, man. He was a guy that one team didn't want him, two teams didn't want him, and now a team like the Boston Celtics, who have championship aspirations, are just in love with him. It just makes me smile, man. It's kind of like looking at your little brother grow up." "当看到他过去与现在的转变，我只能报以微笑啊朋友。他接连被两支球队抛弃，结果现 在被赛尔提克这只有着争冠精神爱戴，这真的让我感到开心啊朋友。感觉就像是看着自己 的小弟弟长大一样。" 'Isaiah was what we needed' '矮汤是我们所需要的' Stevens isn't one for hypotheticals, but presented with the question of where Boston would be without Thomas, he admits that Thomas' arrival was exactly what this team needed to move forward at that point. 帅哥教练并不是那种会回答这种假设问题的人，但当问到青赛如果没有矮汤会变得如何， 他承认到矮汤的到来的确是球队当下需要的。 "I've never really thought about [what might have happened without Thomas], but it made us different because we had a guy that -- and I've said this many times -- Isaiah was what we needed," Stevens said. "There's no question about that. And the players around him make him better too. I think he is such a good fit for the guys that are here, and they are such a good fit for him. And that's why it works, right? He's been great. It's fun having him around." "我从来没认真想过这问题，但那家伙的确带给我们很多改变，这是毫无疑问的。而且他 周围的球员也让他变得更好，我想他很适合这些队友，而这些队友也跟他配合的不错。这 就是成功的原因，是吧?他一直都干得很好，有他在球队是件很有趣的事。" It's easy to forget now, but the Celtics' roster was in a constant state of flux during that 2014-15 campaign, in which Boston carried a staggering 40 different players. The roster overhaul really started in December, when the team traded Rajon Rondo, the last holdover from the 2008 title squad, to Dallas in exchange for a package that included Brandan Wright, Jameer Nelson, Jae Crowder and draft picks. 现在很容易忘记，青赛的名单在14-15年可说是天天洗牌，光是那年球队就来来去去了四 十位球员!这一切都是从12月开始的，当时球队交易了软豆，换来了Brandon Wright，尼 二婶，Crowder与选秀权。 Crowder, used to playoff appearances in Dallas, remembers being leery of what Boston was trying to do, so much so that he confronted Stevens after a practice in January and demanded to know if the young coach was OK with tanking. Stevens was adamant that his lone focus was getting better, and the Celtics, a .500 team through mid-January, started making the sort of progress that calmed Crowder in the month leading up to February's trade deadline. Crowder当初已经习惯了在小牛打季後赛的滋味，他还记得当初来到波士顿还在担心球队 到底有何规划。甚至在一月的某天训练完後直接跑去堵帅哥，问这只小鲜肉他真的对於球 队每天观念感到没问题吗?帅哥明确的表示球队正在正确的道路上，随後青赛胜率便到达 五成，球队的进步也让辫子头感到宽心。 That progress also gave Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge confidence to explore moves that had the potential to make the team better at a time when some wondered if Boston's rebuild would be better served by stripping talent and losing games. 球队的进步也让公子哥安吉有了自信去寻找有价值的交易人选，让球队变得更好。纵使有 人认为青赛乾脆天天观念，场场摆烂，试试手气会更好。 "I think the biggest thing for us was, under most circumstances, [the Suns deal] would be a trade that we would do because of how we felt about Isaiah, all day long," Ainge said. "The only downside was we were going to get better in the second half of the year, when there wasn't much hope for us to really contend." "我认为最重要的事情在於，在绝大部分的情况下，我们都会把矮汤交易过来，因为我们 已经天天意淫着他很久了。"安吉说。"唯一的缺点是就算我们在下半季会越来越进步，但 终究不会有冲击冠军的实力。" "That was the biggest question that, ultimately, it came down to. We just liked Isaiah better than a few spots higher in the draft, and we ended up making the playoffs that year, and I think that was good for lots of reasons -- just the morale of the team and our coaches. "这是当初最需要伤脑筋的问题，我们真的喜欢矮汤大於拿到比较好一点的顺位签。那年 最终我们也打进了季後赛，我觉得也很不错了，对於教练团与球队都是很好的精神鼓励。 "More than anything, we ended up getting a player that's hard to find in any draft, let alone going from -- what did we pick, 16 that year? If we had not done the deal, we probably would have ended up at maybe 12 or 13, I don't know. And we got Terry Rozier with that pick, who's going to help us this year." "最重要的是，我们得到了在选秀会里也难以找到的球员。更不用讲那年，我们後来抽到 第16顺位签是吧?我们就算没有这们交易，我们的签也只大概会升到第12或13顺位，我也 不确定。我们最终拿到了弱企鹅，他今年将会帮助球队的。" 'It's crazy to see Tom Brady's name on my phone' '看到Tom Brady的名字在我手机里感觉太狂了' Despite everything he has accomplished the past 20 months, Thomas is far from satisfied. He is enthralled by the success of others at the pinnacle of their sport. That's why he's close with boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. That's why, in a summer filled with adventures, he ranks getting to meet Hall of Famer -- and childhood idol -- Allen Iverson as maybe his biggest thrill. Also, after they exchanged numbers at the Durant pitch in the Hamptons, Thomas now casually exchanges text messages with New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. 不管矮汤在过去二十个月做了什麽，他仍是毫不自满。他很向往那些在别的运动领域获得 成功的运动员，这就是为什麽他与UFC冠军Floyd Mayweather Jr.很亲近，这也是为什麽 他在暑假见了自己的儿时偶像，且是名人堂球员的AI。矮汤也与新英格兰的明星四分卫 Tom Brady联手尝试招募KD後交换了双方的电话，现在矮汤常常与Brady传短讯聊是非。 "It's crazy to see Tom Brady's name on my phone. It doesn't seem real. Just like playing for the Celtics and being that guy doesn't seem real," Thomas said. "Like meeting David Ortiz and him knowing who I am, all that stuff doesn't seem real. I'm blessed, man. And I don't take it for granted because a year and a half ago, it was like, I was the third-string point guard. Years before that, I was the 60th pick. A lot has changed, and it's been nice." "能看见Tom Bradly的名字在我的手机上真的太狂了，感觉很不真实，就像现在的我能在 超赛打球一样不真实。"矮汤说。"像是能见到Dacid Ortiz而对方也知道你是谁，这真的 太梦幻了。我真的很幸运，而这绝对不是理所当然的。一年前我只是个球队的第三控卫， 更早之前我才选秀吊车尾进来联盟。事情改变了很多，而且都是好的改变。" What hasn't changed is Thomas' desire to improve. Thomas averaged 22.2 points and 6.2 assists per game last season, and that barely tells the story of how important he was to Boston's offense. He's eager to prove to naysayers that he can maintain an All-Star level of play and continue to evolve his game. But what matters most to him is proving he's a winner, and his No. 1 goal is to take this team deeper in the playoffs. 而唯一没改变的是矮汤对於进步的渴望。矮汤上个赛季平均有22.2芬与6.2次助攻，这不 足以说明他在球队进攻端的重要性。他渴望着打那些说他不能留在明星赛的人的脸，也渴 望能持续进步。但他真正在乎的是证明自己是个赢家，并带领球队走得更远。 "I just know the great players never get satisfied," he said. "I'm trying to put my name in the same categories as those players, whether it be Floyd Mayweather, Tom Brady. I'm trying to learn from them and use my platform to be able to reach out and have relationships with those great players because I want to see how they think. "我只知道伟大的球员永不自满。我正试着把自己的名字与那些传奇运动员放在一起，不管 是Mayweather还是Tom Brady。我努力的去向他们学习并在我的专业领域努力达到他们的高 度，我也与这些传奇交流因为我想见识见识他们的思维。" "I don't know it all. I don't know how to win at a high level when it comes to winning playoff series. But I want to learn. I think that's the best thing about the great players: They want to learn, they are willing to learn, and they are willing to get better." "我真的是一无所知，我不知道要怎麽在季後赛赢下更高层级的比赛。但是我愿意学，我认 为这是伟大的球员之所以伟大的原因:因为他们愿意学习，他们想要学习，他们愿意让自 己变得更好。" The Celtics starters endured some bumps early in training camp while integrating Horford -- mostly because everyone was being too unselfish -- but preseason play suggests the first unit should be one of Boston's strengths. Horford is such an ideal fit for this team, particularly the way he moves the ball offensively, and his back-line defense will help a team that tied for the fourth-best defensive rating in the league last season. 青赛的先发在活佛刚加入时训练状况并不理想，因为大家打的都太无私了。但季前赛显示 这项特质反而帮助了球队，活佛十分适合这支球队，他在球队进攻时对於球的流动，还有 他在底线的防守会让这支去年联盟防守第四优异的球队变得更好。 Even better, Horford's quiet demeanor allows Thomas to remain in the spotlight. Before preseason games at TD Garden, Thomas was announced last, with Horford coming out a spot before him during starting the lineup. 更棒的是，活佛不抢功的风度也不会瓜分矮汤的空间。季前赛在TD花园球场开打前，矮汤 仍是球员出场中最後一位被介绍的压轴球星。 "Al's an easy guy to coexist with," Stevens said. "There's no question about that." "活佛真的很好相处，这是无庸置疑的。"帅哥说。 Thomas recognized that more talent was needed to get this team where it wanted to go. He would have been fine sacrificing some of his own spotlight if the team could have hooked Durant, and Thomas wants Ainge to keep swinging for the fences. Thomas knows that more talent helps make the game easier for him. He's thrilled to have Horford as his new running mate; it even allows Thomas to shoot for loftier goals, individually. 矮汤了解到要赢得ㄗㄍㄐ这支球队仍需要更多天分进驻。如果球队当初能成功网罗KD的话 他会愿意让出舞台，他也希望安吉能继续对KD施展媚功。他晓得当这支球队有越多天份他 的角色就会越轻松。对於活佛的加盟他感到很振奋，有活佛在场上矮汤的射程范围也变得 更广更远。 "I want more. I tell people: I want to be All-Star, I want to be All-NBA, one day I want to be an MVP," he said. "That's not just me talking. That's goals that I have. Being on the Boston Celtics and being able to win and make the playoffs, those are achievable." "我想要更多，我总是告诉别人，我想要成全明星，我想要成为传奇，有天我想要成为MVP 。"矮汤说。"这不是只是说说而已，这是我的目标。能为赛尔提克打球，能赢下球赛与进 入季後赛，这些都不再是遥不可及的了。 Thomas, motivated highly by those who think his All-Star appearance last season was a fluke, has looked very much like a player hoping to get a return trip this February. Through Boston's first three games, Thomas is averaging a team-best 24.7 points per game while shooting 53.1 percent from the floor. Boston's offensive rating is 107.9 points per 100 possessions when Thomas is on the floor. 矮汤从那些去年觉得他能进明星赛是个笑话的人身上获得了许多动力，他期望着自己能在 二月重返明星赛舞台。在开季的三场比赛里，他获得全队最高的平均24.7分并有着53.1% 的高命中率。当矮汤在场上，球队在每100个进攻回合平均入帐107.9分。 Thomas can become the third Celtics player in the past 50 years to average 24 or more points in Boston's first four games on Wednesday against the Bulls, and would join elite company in Paul Pierce and Larry Bird. 矮汤有机会成为球队近五十年来第三位能在前四场比赛平均得分高於24分的球员，与球队 传奇PP与大鸟平起平坐。 It's fair to wonder where Boston would be if that 2015 deadline had passed without activity. How would morale have been after another trip to the lottery? How would the Celtics have added talent without establishing a winning environment? 想像着青赛若在15年的交易期间里没有作为会如何是值得玩味的。球队如果继续观念会怎 麽样呢?空有天分但没有赢球氛围的青赛又会如何发展? Where would the Celtics be without Thomas? It seems fair to say the future wouldn't look quite so bright. 如果青赛没有矮汤又会如何?若说将会有个不太光明的未来绝对不是夸大其辞。 --

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