https://reurl.cc/EVgz5v Warriors' GP2 not defined by name, but through story inked on his body By Dalton Johnson ‧ Published April 22, 2025 ‧ Updated on April 22, 2025 at 7:39 am HOUSTON – The modern NBA is a search for 3-and-D players, combining someone's ability to possess the size of a wing who can lock up defensively and be a kn ock-down shooter from long distance. Really, the league is littered with speci alists. 休士顿——现代 NBA 致力於寻找所谓的「3D 球员」，他们具备锋线的身形、出色的防守 能力，以及稳定的外线投射能力。事实上，整个联盟充斥着各式各样的专项型球员。 Rim protectors. Lob threats. Energizers. Sharpshooters, bench buckets, and def ensive pests. It’s all about knowing your role. 护框者、空接威胁、活力来源、神射手、板凳得分点、防守专家——这一切的重点就是「 了解自己的角色」。 Jamal Crawford carved out a career that spanned two decades of coming off the bench and scoring at will, earning him three Sixth Man of the Year awards. Gar y Payton II is the opposite for the Warriors. Jamal Crawford 以替补身分得分、自由挥洒了将近二十年，三度获得年度最佳第六人。 对勇士来说，Gary Payton II 则是完全不同类型的球员。 If a team has someone on a heater, coach Steve Kerr knows Payton can take off his warmup gear, toss a player in the freezer and shift the game in the Warrio rs’ favor. 如果对手有球员手感火烫，Steve Kerr 教练知道他可以让 Payton 脱下热身衣，把对方 球员「冰封」，将比赛节奏拉勇士这一边。 In the same mold as his father, Payton was a two-time Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, but he also averaged 14.3 points in his two years at Oregon State with the ball in his hands and was given scoring duties throughout his time i n the G League. 与他父亲同样风格，Payton 曾两度获得 Pac-12 年度最佳防守球员，但他在奥勒冈州立 大学两季平均也有 14.3 分，并且在 G 联盟期间也肩负得分重任。 Teams couldn’t find the right fit for Payton, until he finally broke through in his age-29 season with the Warriors in their 2021-22 NBA championship campa ign as a puzzling player who doesn’t fit the mold of his size. 各球队始终找不到 Payton 的定位，直到他 29 岁那年在勇士打出突破，协助球队拿下 2 021-22 赛季总冠军，成为一位难以定义、无法用身材框架来分类的球员。 “Teams are going to live with me taking shots and for me to try to beat them, ” Payton tells NBC Sports Bay Area. “If I can help out with 10, 15 points ea ch game and get Steph [Curry] and Jimmy [Butler] their points, that’s just an other thing you have to worry about.” 「对手会愿意让我出手，让我尝试打败他们，」Payton 告诉 NBC Sports Bay Area：「 如果我每场能贡献 10 到 15 分，帮 Steph（Curry）和 Jimmy（Butler）打开空间，那 又是对手要烦恼的一件事。」 Payton’s shot evaporated into the ether to begin the 2024-25 NBA season, maki ng only five of his 32 3-point attempts (15.6 percent) from opening night thro ugh the Warriors’ loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas. He then missed the Warriors’ next 10 games to injury, but his left hand found the magic tou ch, shooting 41.3 percent on threes (26 of 63) the rest of the regular season in 34 games. Payton 在 2024-25 赛季初期外线手感全失，从开幕战到圣诞节输给湖人为止，三分球 3 2 投仅 5 中，命中率仅 15.6%。随後他因伤缺席了勇士接下来的 10 场比赛，但伤癒复 出後左手神奇回暖，余下的 34 场例行赛中三分球 63 投中 26，命中率高达 41.3%。 He’s listed at 6-foot-2, but has a 6-foot-8 wingspan and cosplays as Doc Ock with arms growing every which way to cause other teams nightmares. He’s a poi nt guard defensively and a power forward offensively, sneaking behind on the b aseline and dunking on the heads of 7-footers. 虽然身高只有 6 尺 2 寸，但他的臂展却有 6 尺 8 寸，就像「八爪博士」一样，手臂可 以从各种角度伸出来，让对手惶恐。他防守时是控卫，进攻时却像大前锋，从底线偷偷切 入，直接隔扣七尺长人。 Kerr in his 15-year playing career and 11 years as the Warriors’ coach has se en every type of player. He only has witnessed the complexity of one GP2. Ther e is no comparison. Kerr 不论在 15 年球员生涯还是 11 年教练生涯中，见过各种类型的球员。但像 GP2 这 麽特别的，他只见过这麽一个，无与伦比。 “Nobody. I’ve never seen a player like Gary,” Kerr says. 「没有人，我从来没看过像 Gary 这样的球员，」Kerr 说。 Payton's story could have been written in nepotism as yet another son of a for mer NBA star and Hall of Famer. Payton could have let his namesake define him. Instead, his story is written in ink all over his body, a plethora of charact ers representing different steps of triumphs and tribulations for the 32-year- old. Payton 的故事本可能只是一段裙带关系的延续——又一位 NBA 球星与名人堂球员的儿子 。他也本可以让名字来定义自己。但他选择把故事写在身上——满身刺青，每个角色代表 着这位 32 岁球员在人生中的一段胜利或磨难。 Lilies on the front side of his left shoulder in honor of his mother, Monique, were Payton’s first tattoo at 18 years old. Now, he’s covered in tats every where, but it’s the wide range of people that stand out most. 他 18 岁时刺下第一个图案，是左肩前侧为了纪念母亲 Monique 而刺的百合花。如今全 身都是刺青，但最引人注目的，是他刺下的各式各样人物。 There’s Gandhi and Bob Marley, but also characters like Heath Ledger’s Joker , Neytiri from Avatar and comic book character Hellboy. 其中有甘地和 Bob Marley，也有希斯莱杰版本的小丑、《阿凡达》的 Neytiri，还有漫 画角色地狱男爵。 The Gandhi tattoo stems from a period in Payton’s life where he had to find a calmness with his journey and embrace mindfulness in adversity, not trying to fight and rush life’s process but to be at peace with it. 他刺下甘地，是在某段人生时期，必须学会冷静地面对旅程，学会在逆境中保持正念，不 再对抗或急於求成，而是与生活的节奏和平共处。 Putting Marley on his body was a similar reminder that as his own lyrics go, e verything is going to be all right. 刺上 Bob Marley，是提醒自己如歌词所说：「一切终将安好。」 When Payton left the Warriors to sign a bigger contract with the Portland Trai l Blazers in the summer of 2022, he entered unfamiliar terrain, which sparked his motivation to get the Avatar tattoo. 2022 年夏天，Payton 为了一份更大的合约离开勇士，加盟拓荒者，进入陌生的环境，这 促使他刺下《阿凡达》的图案。 Hellboy is a “be-you tattoo,” Payton says, staying in the shadows but being himself to shine a light on who he has become. 地狱男爵则是 Payton 所说的「做自己的刺青」，代表在阴影中坚持自我，照亮真正的自 己。 Of all his tattoos, though, which one explains who Payton the basketball playe r is? 那麽，在所有刺青当中，哪一个最能代表「篮球员 Payton」？ The choice wasn’t intentional. The meaning wasn’t about basketball, but afte r a quick pause, Payton has his answer. 答案并非刻意安排，也和篮球本身无关。但稍作停顿後，Payton 给出了他的回答。 “I got Davy Jones on my shoulder, Captain Davy Jones,” he says. “Davy, he’ s got two sides to him – night and day. When he comes out with his crew, he’ s a captain. He’s a leader, for sure. He sets the tone for the crew and every thing they’re trying to get done. Captain Davy Jones would probably be that o n-court one.” 「我肩膀上有 Davy Jones，Davy Jones 船长，」他说：「他有双重性格——日与夜的对 比。带着船员现身时，他是领袖，带头完成目标。场上的我，大概就是那样的 Davy Jone s。」 But Payton’s most meaningful tattoo is one of his smaller ones: A Golden Snit ch on the back of his neck. 但 Payton 最有意义的刺青，却是个小图案：脖子後方的一颗金探子。 Think about it. Payton was born to be a Seeker in the world of "Harry Potter," zooming past his competition with eyes on the prize, never losing sight of wh at it takes to win. Just like him coming out of nowhere for a game-breaking st eal on the hardwood, Payton can close his eyes and see himself flying through the air, snatching the Golden Snitch and hearing his chosen house cheer in vic tory. 想想看，Payton 就像《哈利波特》里的搜寻手，天生为了追逐胜利而生，飞越对手，目 标明确，从不偏离胜利的轨道。就像他场上从天而降完成致命抄截一样，Payton 可以闭 上眼睛，想像自己飞在空中，抓住金探子，听到所属学院的胜利欢呼。 He even added a Sirius Black tattoo last summer, and went to the Wizarding Wor ld of Harry Potter. Payton couldn’t decide on a broom then, but will have one hanging in his house soon enough. 他去年夏天还加了一个小天狼星（Sirius Black）的刺青，并造访了哈利波特的魔法世界 主题园区。虽然当时选不出一把扫帚，但不久之後家里会挂上一把。 “Having that determination and that motive to lock in,” Payton says of his G olden Snitch tattoo. “You got to squint – you may see it, you may not. It’s just like, you may see the end of the road and you may not. You just got to p ush and keep going.” 谈到他的金探子刺青，Payton 说：「那是一种决心和动力，让你专注。你得眯起眼才看 得见——也许能看到，也许不能。就像人生的终点，有时清晰、有时模糊。但你得一直往 前走。」 All this sounds like someone who should be draped in the scarlet red and gold of Gryffindor. Again, never put Payton in a box. He’s a Slytherin, he says, a nd even has a Lord Voldemort tattoo on the backside of his left shoulder. 这一切听起来像是葛莱芬多红金袍子的典型人物，但别急着贴标签。Payton 说自己是史 莱哲林，甚至在左肩背後刺了佛地魔的图案。 “They’re not all a--holes,” he reminds me. “There’s some cool ones. There ’s Snape. You thought you knew Snape, but Snape was solid.” 「他们不全是混蛋，」他提醒记者：「有些真的很酷，比如石内卜。你以为你了解石内卜 ，其实他是个可靠的人。」 It’s the fourth quarter of the Warriors’ NBA play-in tournament game last we ek and they’re down by one point with seven minutes left. Jimmy Butler gets f ouled by Scotty Pippen Jr. to take his 17th and 18th free throws of the game, making both and putting the Warriors ahead by one point. Before getting the ba ll at the charity stripe, Payton shows why Warriors fans have adored him over the years. 上周勇士打附加赛，第四节还剩七分钟落後一分。Jimmy Butler 被 Scotty Pippen Jr. 犯规，获得本场第 17、18 次罚球并全数命中，让勇士反超一分。就在 Butler上罚球线 前，Payton 展现了为何多年来深受勇士球迷喜爱。 Off the court he’s an advocate for dyslexia as someone who has dealt with it as well. Payton also invested in and partnered with SUPLMNT, a Black-owned wat er bottle brand that focuses on hydration being part of the culture. He can’t hop on a board anymore, but Payton has a big part in the Skateboard Associati on (SBA) launching this summer. True to himself, his story is written in only ways he knows how. 场下的他是阅读障碍倡议者，也曾亲身经历此困难。他也投资并和SUPLMNT合作，一个由 黑人拥有的水瓶品牌，强调补水与文化的结合。虽然他现在不太滑板了，但他参与了今年 夏天将成立的滑板协会（SBA）。忠於自我，他的故事始终以自己的方式书写。 On the court, he’s menace for the team across from him and a lovable figure t o those who root for him. As Butler heads to the free-throw line, Payton tosse s the ball back and forth with an older woman whose short, nearly translucent white hair shimmers off the Chase Center lights. Her smile is seen from press row high above her, giving the crowd a lighthearted moment while the scene cal ls for heart-pumping stress and anxiety. 场上的他，是对手的恶梦，是球迷的宠儿。当 Butler 走向罚球线时，Payton 与场边一 位银发闪亮的老奶奶来回传球，给紧张的 Chase Center 注入一丝轻松。她的笑容从高处 媒体区都看得到，让全场在这场令人紧张的比赛中，获得一丝欢愉。 As someone who grew up around the game and NBA arenas, Payton learned at a you ng age how far those gestures can go for fans who use their money to watch peo ple play a game. The players, the fans and everybody in the building need a le sson in joy, and Payton is happy to provide it. 从小在球场与 NBA 环境中长大，Payton 很早就懂得那些小举动对於花钱进场看球的球迷 来说有多麽重要。球员、球迷、整座球馆，有时都需要一些快乐，而 Payton 很乐提供。 “I told myself if I ever got in a position to be able to do that, just to giv e back that moment, I know how far that goes, especially for a fan – how long and how far those moments go,” Payton says. 「我告诉自己，如果哪天我能做到这件事，我一定要把那个时刻回馈给球迷，」Payton 说：「因为我知道，对球迷而言，那些瞬间会留在心里很久很久。」 Nothing will make him happier than a second championship parade. That means mo re ink, too. Payton got a tattoo of himself flexing from the 2022 NBA Finals o n the back of his left leg, and already has an idea of a trophy if the Warrior s can complete the mission this year.　Another ring also would give him the br agging rights he always dreamed of. 没有什麽比第二次冠军游行更让他开心的事了——那也代表又会多一个刺青。Payton 左 腿後方刺着自己在 2022 总冠军赛中摆出肌肉的样子，他已经在构思如果今年夺冠，会加 上什麽样的奖盃图案。再添一枚冠军戒指，他就能实现梦想中「有资格嘴炮」的目标。 He and his father both are one-time NBA champions, for now. The original Gary Payton can have a closet full of accolades, but that isn’t going to deter his son from smack-talking one of the game’s greatest wordsmiths. 目前他和父亲都只有一枚冠军戒指。老 Gary Payton 的奖盃柜可能塞满了荣耀，但这不 会阻止他儿子向这位垃圾话传奇呛声。 “Overall basketball player, I’m better for sure,” Payton says. “You can ha ve your Hall of Fame. Yeah, you’re good. You got the numbers. You’re cool. O verall, I’m the better basketball player.” 「整体来说，我绝对是更好的球员，」Payton 说：「你可以拥有名人堂，数据也不错， 你很酷。但整体来讲，我比较强。」 His story could have ended how it began, being defined by a name. That’s not Gary Payton II. Every day his tale is told his own way, through tattoos and gr inning at the game of life and basketball, one day at a time. 他的故事本可以像起点一样，仅仅由一个名字定义。但 Gary Payton II 不是那样的人。 他每天都用自己的方式写故事，用刺青、笑容、以及对篮球与人生的热爱，一天一天地活 出自己。 - 来点温馨的 --

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