作者wings2u2me (飞)
看板Jeremy_Lin
标题[外絮] Sorry Melo, Knicks are Lin's team now
时间Tue Feb 28 18:57:50 2012
杀人主标题Orz
副标题:
Anthony is still their best player, but Lin could be Bockers' identity
for years to come
中文简介:以美式足球的四分卫来类比林书豪对於尼克的价值
着眼於未来数年的尼克方向
欣赏这篇文章对於林书豪的珍贵价值所在的洞见
--勇於面对自己的缺点并且乐於学习跟成长
--四分卫特质对於队友及球队的重要性
希望有人完整翻译罗
转载来源:espn
http://0rz.tw/gXA6q
By Ian O'Connor
ESPNNewYork.com
Archive
As they prepare for the second act of the most celebrated 17-18 season in NBA
history, the New York Knicks should understand this about their identity: It
belongs to Jeremy Lin now, and probably for years to come.
Chris Paul is on record saying these Knicks still start with Carmelo Anthony,
and still end with Carmelo Anthony, and maybe it was the Clipper's way of
covering for a beleaguered buddy, or of offering some restitution on that
unfulfilled toast at Melo's wedding. Either way, Paul was wrong, dead wrong.
Jeremy Lin is the team's quarterback, the face of the franchise, and that
won't change for who knows how long. Nobody saw this coming with 3:35 left in
the first quarter of the Knicks' game against the New Jersey Nets the night
before the Super Bowl, when a rookie starter, Iman Shumpert, picked up his
second foul and left the Madison Square Garden court in favor of a scrub from
Harvard.
That was the moment the Knicks became Lin's Knicks, just as surely as the
2001 New England Patriots became Tom Brady's Patriots after Mo Lewis put the
hit on Drew Bledsoe. I remember standing on the sideline -- mere yards
removed from the spot of the Lewis-Bledsoe impact -- when the appearance of a
scarecrow trotting onto the field compelled me to turn to a colleague and
offer the following in-depth scouting report:
"Tom Brady. This guy stinks."
And if I wasn't busy in Indianapolis covering Brady's fifth Super Bowl, the
Lin substitution against the Nets would've inspired a similar thought. Brady
was the 199th pick, a sixth-rounder in a seven-round draft. Ignored in a
two-round draft, Lin was a D-Leaguer on the verge of being fired by a third
NBA team. He did stink, at least until he proved he didn't.
Now Lin stands among the world's most popular athletes, even after the Miami
Heat made him look like, well, a D-Leaguer on the verge of being fired by a
third NBA team. Lin was bone tired and overdue for a bad game, and so he was
no match for a Heat defense that rushed the passer like the '85 Bears.
The 1-for-11 from the field left many wondering if Lin's charmed gig was up,
as if other opponents hadn't already decided the kid should be trapped high
and early and forced to go left. One coach on the losing side of Linsanity
conceded his team tried applying the same defensive strategy and simply
wasn't good enough to execute it. Miami had the talent and tenacity to make
it work, that's all.
But as the world's best basketball team, for now anyway, the Heat only
confirmed that the Knicks are Lin's by building their entire game plan around
stopping him, not Anthony or anyone else. What was it again that Justin Tuck
said of Brady before the Giants' second Super Bowl victory over the Patriots?
"The way to kill a snake is take off his head. The way to kill an offense as
potent as that one is, is making sure you take care of Brady."
By giving Lin the Brady treatment, Miami paid him the ultimate compliment,
and sent a not-so-subtle message to Melo, Amare Stoudemire and the rest that
the Knicks will live and die on their play at the point.
This doesn't mean Lin is the Knicks' best player (Anthony still holds that
title). This doesn't mean Lin should take the big Game 6 and Game 7 shots in
the spring (Anthony still deserves those). This doesn't mean Lin represents
the Knicks' most impressive physical talent (a declining Stoudemire and a
rising Shumpert can arm-wrestle over that one).
But it does mean Lin needs to be his team's dominant personality and voice.
His energy and can-do aura need to drive the Knicks from here to the end of
their championship drought, if it's ever meant to end.
The 81-year-old Hall of Famer, Pete Carril, said it himself: A 23-year-old
Lin is only going to get better; his speed, shooting touch and work ethic
suggest as much. Through film work and honest self-examination, Lin has shown
a willingness to identify and attack his weaknesses. Chances are, he'll soon
be a stronger player going to his left.
The selfless approach? No, that isn't about to be sacrificed at the altar of
fame and (pending) fortune. Lin won't morph into some conscience-free
chucker, not when he burns to play the position like Jason Kidd plays it.
And that's encouraging news for the superstars hired to score. At heart, Lin
is a pass-first quarterback who wants to make his playmakers happy. Better
yet, if his receivers are covered and if his pocket is compromised, Lin has
the athleticism to take off and get to the goal on his own.
Like Steve Nash before him, Lin is a perfect fit for Mike D'Antoni's system,
so perfect, in fact, that he might earn the coach a new contract. If the
Knicks win at least one playoff round, would they be willing to gamble that
someone other than Phil Jackson -- and some offense other than the triangle
-- could get what D'Antoni has gotten out of Lin?
Of course, if the Knicks go deep in the tournament it could be a moot point.
They have a star handling the ball, two stars at forward, a champion defender
in the paint in Tyson Chandler, and a bench loaded with perimeter shooters.
Chandler and D'Antoni's aide, Mike Woodson, have also given the Knicks
credibility on the defensive end of the floor.
"[Woodson] has done an amazing job there," said one NBA coach whose team
recently competed against the Knicks. "In the past you could run whatever you
wanted to run against them because they were just trying to outscore you, but
now they make you catch the ball out farther and just make you work harder.
If they keep it up they have a chance to play Miami in the conference final."
More than anyone, Lin gives the Knicks that chance. He has been many things
to many people -- the feel-good story of the year, an unwitting global
ambassador, a social media machine and a vehicle for important dialogue on
the language of race.
For New York, he has been a franchise quarterback out of left field, like
Brady to New England at No. 199. Jeremy Lin could be the Knicks' identity for
years and years, and there's no turning back from that now.
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Ian O'Connor is the author of "The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter."
"Sunday Morning With Ian O'Connor" can be heard every Sunday from 9 to 11
a.m. ET on ESPN New York 1050.
Follow Ian O'Connor on Twitter: @Ian_OConnor
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※ 编辑: wings2u2me 来自: 123.204.74.69 (02/28 19:03)
1F:推 namie20:这标题也太......美媒也真的是吼....orz 02/28 19:00
2F:→ wings2u2me:不过副标有稍微修正一下啦--甜瓜还是the best 02/28 19:04
3F:→ wings2u2me:所以这篇相当引战 下面的回应已经有88篇了 02/28 19:05
4F:推 namie20:希望球迷不要被标题骗且牵动 02/28 19:08
5F:推 OoJudyoO:引战标题 02/28 19:10
6F:→ wings2u2me:记者故意的吧 02/28 19:10
7F:→ oidioi11:超可怜 林本身不希望尼克被说成是"林的尼克" 02/28 19:13
8F:→ huibear0104:espn的阴谋 想破坏他们的友情咩~ 02/28 19:13
9F:推 RainCityBoy:美媒超下流的 想弄臭阿豪 02/28 19:14
10F:推 OoJudyoO:espn是不是很讨厌lin啊XD 02/28 19:14
11F:→ huibear0104:害espn道歉被吐口水 怎麽会不讨厌呢XD 02/28 19:15
12F:→ huibear0104:the best也没用呀 甜瓜看了也不ok 真厉害呀借刀杀人XD 02/28 19:16
13F:→ wings2u2me:标题引战 但内容中肯 因为这个作者并不是说Lin是目前最 02/28 19:17
14F:推 namie20:我刚去尼克版也看了一篇新浪新闻,也真的是人无言! 哈 02/28 19:17
15F:→ wings2u2me:好的球员(melo still the best),只是Lin是leader 02/28 19:18
16F:推 ab32110:我好想嘘标题.....另外那篇新浪的也是...真是自我感觉良好 02/28 19:18
17F:推 namie20:Espn是标题耸动啦!内文还好 02/28 19:19
18F:→ wings2u2me:标题的确糟糕 但我觉得内容不错 大家还是可以读读罗 02/28 19:19
19F:推 namie20:尼克那篇新浪翻的到外电吗?我怀疑是幻想新闻,想求证XDDD 02/28 19:22
20F:→ CC97:下面一堆留言已经在战了,其实国内国外都一样,习惯就好~ 02/28 19:22
21F:→ wings2u2me:这篇内文其实跟我上面一篇纽时外絮有相互呼应之处-就是 02/28 19:23
22F:→ wings2u2me:林书豪的学习与成长是他价值的一大亮点,这亮点呈现於 02/28 19:23
23F:→ wings2u2me:这十场比赛,更会是他未来继续增值之所在 02/28 19:23
24F:推 Chloein:说真的,现在讲这些都太早,说不定两个礼拜之後,标题变成 02/28 19:27
25F:→ Chloein:It's Melo's Time之类的,静观其变吧。 02/28 19:27
26F:→ wings2u2me:Melo time跟 Lin's Team 是可以并存的 衷心盼望如此 02/28 19:30
27F:推 leoz69927:记者引战 该记者水桶三十天 02/28 19:35
28F:推 yun0215:版主GJXDDDDDDD 记者唯恐天下不乱= = 02/28 19:37
29F:推 Chloein:版主GJ,要是可以浸记者水桶该有多好XD 02/28 19:41
30F:推 pole0128:版主 固的 02/28 19:44
31F:推 goury:林现在的水准如果是真货,这事其实只是迟早的问题罢了 Orz 02/28 19:48
32F:→ goury:Anthony是非常好的球员,但林的个性会是个领导者,例如... 02/28 19:49
33F:推 DialUp:============== It's Knicks Family. ================ 02/28 20:05
34F:推 rutenac:他们根本想分化现在尼克的凝聚力吧 02/28 22:22
35F:推 seto:这篇文章大意是说 以NFL爱国者队的明星QB Tom Brady做例子 02/28 23:24
36F:→ seto:说明林才是尼克的真正重心 02/28 23:25
37F:→ seto:一般的NFL球队都知道 想打倒强队爱国者 必须要解决Brady 02/28 23:26
38F:→ seto:所以Brady对於爱国者的重要程度当然不在话下 现在林也是一样 02/28 23:26
39F:→ seto:对於尼克队来说林书豪在进攻方面非常重要 所以必须料理林书 02/28 23:27
40F:→ seto:豪 才能打赢尼克 02/28 23:27
41F:→ seto:把林书豪拿来跟这种NFL未来名人堂四分卫来比是有点夸张.... 02/28 23:28
42F:推 agsdf:跟Tom Brady比真的太超过...= = 02/28 23:54
43F:→ wings2u2me:只要守住林书豪 就可以取得胜利,这的确是热火的胜利 02/29 01:04
44F:→ wings2u2me:方程式,所以用Brandy来类比也没什麽不可以, 其实这个 02/29 01:05
45F:→ wings2u2me:四分卫也是underdog把握机会才有今天的成就 02/29 01:05
46F:→ wings2u2me:对於尼克的未来,我想这个记者对林书豪的评估是中肯的 02/29 01:06
47F:→ wings2u2me:因为他可以更进步 成为真正的leader 02/29 01:07
48F:→ wings2u2me:其实他现在已经是leader了 他应该很清楚自己的角色 02/29 01:08
49F:→ wings2u2me:这也是他会更加鞭策自己的理由吧 为了全队的荣誉 02/29 01:09