Ever since he entered the league in 2004, Josh Smith has been treating the basketball world with highlight reel dunks on a nightly basis. While he still gets above the rim routinely, J-Smooth has also developed an all-around game. He has become one of the league’s all-around threats averaging 16 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 4.4 apg, 2.6 bpg, 1.6 spg, while shooting 58.9 percent from the field. We caught up with Smith before the Hawks dismantled the Knicks 114-101 last night. Dime: So far this season you have improved a lot of your stats from assists to field goal percentage. Coming into this season, was it your goal to be more well rounded? Josh Smith: Of course I try to always get better all-around. I just try to do whatever I can to make an impact on the court. I just try to make the right decisions and be in good spots. If you seen us play, I’ve always been a good passer. This year, I have a lot of options to pass to. There’s a lot of guys who can make shots, so I try to just create plays when available. Dime: Like I was saying your field goal percentage is way up, and I’ve also noticed you haven’t taken a single three yet this season. Have you made it a point to get away from shooting jumpers? JS: Yeah I wanted to focus on driving to the lane and making mid-range shots. We got a lot of guys on this team who can hit it from behind the arc so it allows me to focus on other things. Dime: You are proving to be one of the more valuable role players in the league. Do you think you’re capable of being the go-to guy on a team some day? JS: I’m capable of being it. Right now, I am fine just playing off others. I don’t feel I have to focus on being a go-to player on a team anymore because we have so many weapons and you can be an important contributor in other ways. Dime: How far can this team go? JS: We can go as far as we want to go. We’re a talented group of guys. We’ re confident. All we have to do is stay together and play unselfish. Dime:Does it bother you that some people just view you as just a dunker? JS:I mean no. I mean a lot of players before me, who have been in or won a dunk contest is always labeled as just a dunker. They labeled Vince Carter as a dunker early on when he won it. And he proved himself as an all around player and that’s all you got to do to erase that label. Dime: You were also labeled early in your career as having a poor attitude. Did that bother you and did you think some of the criticism was justified? JS: I really didn’t pay attention to it because people said it, were people that didn’t know me. It was people who didn’t know the situation. It was mainly people being influenced by something they read. If you read something that somebody writes about another person, it influences you and makes you kind of gullible. So you can’t judge a book by its cover unless you read it. Dime: Being an NBA player with money, I’m sure there are people coming out of nowhere wanting things from you. Are you still suspicious of letting new friends in your life? JS: No I’m not. I kind of kept my circle close, didn’t let anyone else in my circle. As long as you don’t add new friends, you don’t have to worry about somebody liking you because of your money instead of for your love. Dime: Was there any point in your career where you ever wished you went to college? JS:No there wasn’t. Because you go to college to get to the NBA and that’s everyone’s wild fantasy and your dream. So I always wanted to live my dream. When I was in high school, an opportunity presented itself and I was down for it. A lot of my teammates say ‘you missed it, you missed out on college life. ’ But down the street from me as a rookie was UGA. I had a couple of friends down there, so when they all wanted to hang out, I did anyway. Dime: What do you want to do when your career is over? JS: I’m not sure. Commentating is something that interests me. It’s challenging. That or something that has to do with basketball. I love the game so much, and I’m so in tuned to everything that’s going on. I’m also a sports fanatic, I watch a little bit of everything. Dime: You have been with the Hawks for the past five seasons. Is this a team that’s big on hazing rookies? Were you hazed? JS: No they tried to haze us a little bit. When I came in, it was four of us rookies, so we were like brothers and we really didn’t let anybody run us over. I don’t really do hazing. I ask them to do a little something for me here and there for me, but nothing too crazy. http://dimemag.com/2009/11/josh-smith-tells/ 自从2004年进入联盟以来，J.Smith每晚都用精彩的扣篮来让整个篮球界大饱眼福。 场均16分7.3板4.4助攻2.6盖帽1.6抢断，58.9%的命中率，他已经成为联盟里屈指可数的 全能球员了。在昨晚老鹰114-101击溃国王後，我们找到了他。 Dime: 这一季，从助攻到命中率，你的数据亮眼多啦。那麽今年，你的目标就是变得更全 能？ Josh Smith: 当然我一直是朝那方面努力的啊。我只是尽自己所能，来改变场上局面而已 ；我只是做出正确决断，出现在正确地点而已。如果你看过我们的比赛的话，你会发现我 的传球一直不错。今年呢，我的传球对象多了不少。队里面很多人有一手好篮子，所以在 适当的时候，我会创造出机会的。 Dime:像我刚才提到过的，你的投篮命中率在进步，而且我也注意到这一季你一个三分都 没射。你是不是将其作为自己远离跳投手这个形象的标志呢？ JS: 是啊是啊，我只是想全神贯注执行战术，还有中距离。我们队里能投好三分的人 不少，所以我就可以更注意别的方面了。 Dime: 你一直得算是联盟里最有价值的球员之一。你认为将来你有能力成为球队的当家球 星麽？ JS: 当然能的。现在，给别人当小弟也不错，我不需要专注於成为球队的老大，因为我们 队有这麽多好球员。你可以在别的方面为球队做贡献啊。 Dime: 这支球队能走多远？ JS: 想走多远就能走多远。我们是一群天才啊。我们自信满满。我们只需要团结协作不自 私就好。 Dime:有些人认为你只是个扣将，是不是让你很烦恼啊？ JS: 不是的。我的意思是，在我之前，很多参加或者赢得扣篮冠军的球员都被贴上扣将标 签了。当年VC夺冠时，他们不也把他当做扣将麽。之後他证明了自己是全能球员，然後你 们就会把他身上的标签撕下来啦。 Dime: 在职业生涯早期，你也被称为态度有问题。这个说法困扰过你吗？是不是真的啊？ JS: 这我倒真没注意过。说这些话的人必然是不了解我的人。他们只不过是被读到的那些 东西误导了。如果你读了那些其他人写的东西，然後被它影响了，你也就算是被蒙蔽了。 所以耳听为虚，眼见为实嘛。 Dime: 作为NBA球员，你自然很有钱了。我相信肯定到处都有人想要问你要这要那。你对 你的新朋友有疑心没？ JS: 没有，我不是这样子的。我有一个自己的封闭的小圈子，不对外人开放。假如你不交 新朋友的话，你自然不必担心有些人瞧上你不是因为友情，而只是因为你的钱了。 Dime: 你这一生里，就从来没想过上大学麽? JS:是啊，真是没想过。上大学然後去NBA是你们每个人的终极幻想。而我也有自己的梦想 。当年在高中时，机遇就摆在我面前，我在考虑它。很多队友都说‘你错过了它，就错过 了大学生活啊’。但是当时要我的是UGA（乔治亚大学）。在那我也有一批朋友。所以看 看他们都只想到处逛着玩（意为大学生活无聊），我就决定参加选秀啦。 Dime: 退役了你想做什麽？ JS: 还不清楚呢。我对当个评论员很感兴趣。这事很有挑战性啊。而且还和篮球有点关系 。我痴迷篮球，所以爱屋及乌了。我也算是个狂热体育迷，什麽东西我都看。 Dime: 在鹰队，你已经待了5年啦。在这支球队里，欺负菜鸟的歪风邪气很严重麽？你当 年没被欺负吧？ JS: .他们可一点也没打我们的主意。我进队的时候，总共有我们4个新秀，我们就像兄弟 一样，坚决抵抗外界侵犯势力。我也不欺负菜鸟们。我倒是让他们给我这啊那啊地帮点小 忙，可没搞什麽太恶的事啊。 --

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