原文实在太长，所以以节译的方式译出。 若有错译，请务必指正。 ※ 引述《wings2u2me (飞)》之铭言： : http://0rz.tw/tAHbn : By HOWARD BECK : Published: February 24, 2012 : ORLANDO, Fla. — The most captivating strand of the Jeremy Lin mystique is : that he came from nowhere, emerging overnight to become a star, after being : underestimated and overlooked, disregarded by college coaches, ignored in the : N.B.A. draft and waived twice in two weeks. : The narrative is well-established, factual in its broadest strokes and : altogether flawed, or at least woefully incomplete. : Jeremy Lin’s rise did not begin, as the world perceived it, with a 25-point : explosion at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 4. It began with lonely 9 a.m. : workouts in downtown Oakland in the fall of 2010; with shooting drills last : summer on a backyard court in Burlingame, Calif.; and with muscle-building : sessions at a Menlo Park fitness center. 林书豪故事中最引人入胜之处，莫过於他过去屡次遭大学教练低估、轻视， 历经NBA选秀落选，并在两周内接连被被释出两次後，由无名小卒而一夕窜起爆红。 这种观点虽大致不脱事实，但却有瑕疵。 林书豪崛起的时间，并不是外界所公认二月四日对篮网的那场比赛。 而是始於2010年秋季在奥克兰每日早晨九点孤单的练习； 始於去年夏天在Burlingame屋子後院的投篮练习； 始於Melo Park健身中心的重训课程。 : It began with a reworked jump shot, a thicker frame, stronger legs, a sharper : view of the court — enhancements that came gradually, subtly, through study : and practice and hundreds of hours spent with assistant coaches, trainers and : shooting instructors over 18 months. : Quite simply, the Jeremy Lin who revived the Knicks, stunned the N.B.A. and : charmed the world — the one who is averaging 22.4 points and 8.8 assists as : a starter — is not the Jeremy Lin who went undrafted out of Harvard in June : 2010. He is not even the same Jeremy Lin who was cut by the Golden State : Warriors on Dec. 9. 林的崛起，始於调整後的跳投、更厚实的身材、更强壮的双腿、与更敏锐的视野。 这些都是林在过去18个月，花费无数时间与助理教练、训练员和投篮指导员切磋 练习後，所逐步取得的进展。 简而言之，如今震动篮坛、名满天下的林书豪， 与前年哈佛毕业在选秀会上落选的那位林书豪，并不是同一个人。 现在的林书豪，也不是去年年底那个遭金州勇士队释出的林书豪。 : Beyond the mystique and the mania lies a more basic story — of perseverance, : hard work and self-belief. : “He’s in a miracle moment, where everything has come together,” said Keith : Smart, the Sacramento Kings coach, who was Lin’s coach with the Warriors : last season. : Smart can hardly recognize his former pupil these days. Nor can Eric : Musselman, who coached Lin in the N.B.A. Development League for 20 games. Nor : can Lamar Reddicks, a former Harvard assistant coach, who fondly remembers a : freshman-year Lin as “the weakest guy on the team.” : “I look at him on TV now,” Reddicks said, “and I’m like, I can’t imagine : that he’s this big!” 前勇士队教练 Smart、曾在发展联盟指导林书豪的 Musselman， 不约而同的表示，现在的林书豪和过去判若两人。 前哈佛大学助理教练 Reddicks回忆大一时的林书豪，「是队上最弱的那个」。 : What scouts saw in the spring of 2010 was a smart passer with a flawed jump : shot and a thin frame, who might not have the strength and athleticism to : defend, create his own shot or finish at the rim in the N.B.A. The evolution : began from there. 2010年秋季时球探所观察到的林书豪，拥有机敏的传球能力， 但是跳投能力不佳，同时身材薄弱，欠缺防守能力， 难以在职业赛事中完成进攻。 : Eager Learner : Lin earned a free-agent contract with the Warriors after a strong showing in : the 2010 summer league, where he surprisingly outplayed John Wall, the No. 1 : pick in the draft. : Smart, then an assistant under Don Nelson, noticed something in Lin’s first : pickup game against the Warriors’ young stars, Stephen Curry and Monta Ellis. : “He’s getting to the paint,” Smart recalled. “You say, ‘Man, that’s a : unique skill.’ Now he needs to pass the ball, as opposed to trying to get to : the rim all the time. : Soon, Smart noticed something else. Lin was the first player at the Warriors’ : training center every day, eating breakfast by 8:30 a.m. “Then, all of : sudden, you’d hear a ball bouncing on the floor,” Smart said. Practice : typically began at noon. Smart在勇士队的练习赛中观察到，林可以切入禁区， 「这不赖，但是他得多传球，不能老是自己杀到篮下。」 Smart也观察到，林每天早上8:30现身勇士队训练中心，是最早开始练习的球员。 而一般练习是中午开始。 : Another assistant, Stephen Silas, began working daily with Lin, and provided : him with a catalog of tapes showing elite point guards in the pick-and-roll: : how they got into the lane, how they kept the defender on their hip, how they : drew in the opposing big man to free up their pick-and-roll partner. Phoenix’ : s Steve Nash figured prominently. Silas and Lin worked on drills to give Lin : other options, like a floater in the lane. : Then Lin would get into a game and try to use what he had learned. But he : would over-penetrate and miss the open man. : “It wasn’t there yet,” Smart said. : As for his perimeter game, Smart said, “Jeremy couldn’t shoot at all.” : Lin had a habit then of pulling the ball behind his head and tucking his feet : up under him — “like he was springing up off a trampoline,” Smart said. 当时的另一个助理教练 Silas教导林书豪挡切战术。 林书豪比赛时试着运用所学，但总是冲过头而错过空档的队友。 Smart说：「那时他还没开窍。」 在中距离投篮方面，「林书豪完全不会投篮」。 林有个习惯，总是把球高举过头，然後像在跳弹簧床一样，把脚缩起。 : Still, Lin kept arriving early, leaving late, devouring film and working : studiously with Silas and later Lloyd Pierce. But what Lin really needed was : game repetition. The Warriors sent him to Reno, their D-League affiliate, on : three occasions. That is where the lessons started to take hold. : Stages of Growth : In Lin’s first D-League tour, the focus was primarily on developing his : pick-and-roll game. : “He had no problems scoring for himself,” Musselman said. “It was more : seeing the opposite side of the floor, and using the whole floor, instead of : just the side the pick-and-roll was on. And he kept getting better and better : at that.” : Having yet to harness his aggression, Lin got called for a lot of offensive : fouls. Still, Musselman saw something special immediately, a quality that : foretold possible greatness. : “I thought he was one of the best dribble-drive guys I ever coached, up : there with Gilbert Arenas,” Musselman said. “Things you can’t teach.” 即便如此，林仍旧每天早到晚退，研究录影带并埋首练习。 林需要比赛磨练，因此勇士队前後三次将他下放雷诺的发展联盟，林此时开始有所进展。 首次下放发展联盟，林的首要目标是学习挡切战术。 教练 Musselman说：「他得分没问题。但是他还得学会拓展视野，兼顾整场， 而不只是专注在眼前的挡切。之後林逐渐上手。」 因为林的攻击企图心过於旺盛，因此总是进攻犯规， 但 Musselman也注意到他运球突破的天份，在这方面是他教过最优秀的球员之一。 : By Lin’s second tour, they were working on how to take a blow on the drive : and still get off the shot. Musselman also introduced a middle pick-and-roll : — one used frequently by Chris Paul in New Orleans — set just beyond : halfcourt, in transition, to give the guard maximum room to drive. : “That was the point when we knew that he was a special player,” Musselman : said. “Because the more wide open the floor was, the better he became.” : They also worked on how to read and attack defensive double-teams. On traps, : Lin learned how to draw the opposing big man out and set him up before : exploding past him. 第二次下放发展联盟时，重点在精进切入的技巧。 Musselman还教他腰位档切战术，这种战术可以为後卫创造更大的空间。 Musselman说：「这时我们发现他极具潜力，空间越开阔，他表现越好。」 同时他们也练习如何解读与破解包夹与防守陷阱。 : By Lin’s third D-League tour, he had also smoothed out his jumper and become : more confident in his 3-point shot, which Musselman said was “probably the : most dramatic change.” : In 20 games, Lin averaged 18 points and 4.4 assists, while shooting .477 : percent from the field and .389 from 3-point range. Throughout the : experience, Lin urged Musselman to treat him like all of the other D-League : players, and to push him just as hard. : Musselman noticed something else, too. As an N.B.A. player on assignment, Lin : got first-class plane tickets. “He gave them to teammates,” Musselman said. : When Lin’s rookie season ended, the Warriors saw a player who might grow : into a backup role behind Curry. They could not have foreseen the changes to : come between July and December. 第三次下放发展联盟，林书豪的跳投与三分球也更加进步， Musselman认为这「大概是林书豪最大的进展。」 几次下放发展联盟，林书豪都希望 Musselman能对他一视同仁， 尽可能的鞭策他。 Musselman还注意到了另一点，因为林书豪是NBA球员， 因此林享有头等舱的机票，但他总是把头等舱让给队友。 林书豪新人球季结束时，勇士队认为他可以逐渐成长为 Curry之後的替补球员。 但他们没有预测到接下来七月到十二月的发展。 : Beating the Ghost : Doc Scheppler has coached in Bay Area high schools for 34 years. He first saw : Lin as a scrawny eighth-grader. But even then, “he had the ability to see : the floor, make the right decision, make the correct angle pass. And that is : just not done at 13, 14 years old.” : Last summer, Lin sought out Scheppler to help him with his 3-point shot. It : was improving, but Lin was still shooting too high and throwing the ball — a : “flying weapon,” Scheppler called it. : Working mostly in Scheppler’s backyard in Burlingame, Lin learned to begin : his shot on the way up and release it at his peak. They also worked on a : variety of in-game situations: the catch-and-shoot, off-the-dribble shots, : and hesitation moves to create space. : Lin’s perfectionist tendencies came out in a 3-point-shooting drill called “ : beat the ghost,” in which Lin earned 1 point for every shot he made at the : arc and the “ghost” earned 3 points for every shot Lin missed. : On one occasion, Lin made 17 3-pointers but lost 21-17, then kicked the ball : in anger, Scheppler recalled with a chuckle. He refused to stop until he beat : the ghost. It took 14 games. When Scheppler tallied up all of the scores for : the day, Lin had converted 71 percent of his shots from the arc. “That’s : the beauty of Jeremy Lin,” Scheppler said. “It’s not about moral : victories. It’s ‘I have to win.’ ” 去年夏天，林请一名高中教练 Scheppler协助练习三分球投篮。 有进步，但林仍然出手过高，投球像是投长矛。 他们在教练自家的後院中练习，林学习改进出手时间点， 以及练习其他比赛实战的技巧。 林吹毛求疵的个性在一种名为「打倒魔鬼」的练习中，展露无疑。 练习的规则是，每投进一个三分球，林可得到一分， 每不进一球，魔鬼则得到三分。 某次练习，林书豪为了击败魔鬼，坚持比到第十四场。 那天统计下来，林的三分球命中率达 71%。 Scheppler说：「这就是林书豪的迷人之处，他不只是求胜，而且是非胜不可。」 : Yet an outside shot would not be enough. Lin needed to be able to : consistently convert shots in the lane. And to do that, he needed to : withstand the contact. : On Scheppler’s advice, Lin sought out Phil Wagner, a physician and trainer : who owns Sparta Performance Science in Menlo Park. Wagner saw a player with : enviable athleticism, but who lacked the explosiveness of an elite N.B.A. : player. 光是有外线不够，还得有足够的对抗强度。 因此在Scheppler的建议下，林找了训练员 Wagner。 Wagner观察林书豪缺乏顶尖 NBA球员所需要的爆发力。 : “Most basketball players can create force very quickly,” Wagner said, : referring to a player jumping off the floor. “Jeremy couldn’t.” : He compared Lin to a stretched-out rubber band — flexible, but lacking that : snap-back quality. The goal was to make him “stiffer,” through a training : program of heavy weights and low repetition, in conjunction with a : high-protein diet. With the added muscle, Lin pushed his weight to 212 pounds : from 200, while increasing his vertical leap by 3.5 inches, Wagner said. The : result is evident every time Lin barrels into the lane this season. : “The biggest thing I see is when he gets intro traffic, he’s able to : maintain his direction and his balance, because he’s stronger,” Wagner : said, adding, “He’s a physical guard. That’s where I see his hard work and : the program he did with us paying off.” : Wagner added: “Before, he was a motorcycle: he was maneuverable, but very : off-balance. Now he’s like a Porsche: he’s fast, but he’s stable.” : Unfortunately for the Warriors, they hardly had a chance to assess Lin’s : off-season transformation. The N.B.A. lockout prevented them from working : with him until camps opened in early December. He was on the court for maybe : 90 minutes before the Warriors cut him in a move to clear payroll room to : chase a free-agent center. Wagner将林书豪比喻为橡皮筋，有弹性，却无法瞬间凝聚力量。 因此训练目标是透过重训课程和高蛋白饮食，让林身体更结棍。 肌肉增加後，林书豪由200磅增重为212磅，同时弹跳高度增加3.5英寸， Wagner认为，训练成果在本季林书豪每次切入时充分得到验证。 他补充说：「过去林书豪像台重机，敏捷性十足，但是重心不稳。 现在他是台保时捷，又快又稳。」 可惜的事，勇士队没机会看到林书豪在季後练习的成果。 NBA封馆事件导致十二月底球队才重新开张。 林书豪在场上只打了九十分钟，勇士队就将他释出以取得薪资空间。 : Putting It All Together : The Knicks picked up Lin on Dec. 27, after training camps had ended, and : after the Houston Rockets cut him, also for payroll reasons. The coaches were : impressed with his solid 6-foot-3 frame and his athleticism. He instantly : ranked among their top players in agility tests. : But the coaching staff had seen little of Lin since the spring of 2010, when : they put him through a predraft workout. Because of the compressed schedule, : practices were few. Lin was fourth on the point-guard depth chart. : Still, the same traits Lin showed in Golden State quickly emerged. He was the : first to arrive every day, and the last to leave. He sought and devoured game : tapes. When he requested his own clips, Lin asked to see his turnovers and : missed jumpers, not his assists. : In side sessions with the assistant Kenny Atkinson, Lin kept working on his : jump shot and his decision making in pick-and-roll situations. The coaches : instantly recognized his ability to blow past defenders, but without much : regard for what he would do once he beat them. So they worked on footwork, : judgment and subtle movements to freeze a defender. : The work continued, quietly and without much notice, for five weeks, until : Feb. 4, when 20 months of lessons coalesced into one eye-opening performance, : and then a string of them. 林到了尼克队後，仍然是第一早到，最後一个离开。 林埋首研究比赛片段，并观看自己在比赛中犯下的失误。 在助理教练 Atkinson的陪伴下，林书豪持续练习跳投， 以及如何在挡切中做出决定。 此外，他们也练习脚步、判断力和小动作，以骗倒防守者。 林书豪在无人闻问下，就这麽练了五个星期， 直到二月四日，过去20个月的成果化为令人目瞪口呆的表演， 并持续上演。 : “He has a tremendous capacity for processing information,” Smart said. “ : When you talk to him, he’s looking you in the eye and he’s analyzing the : information. He’s putting them in the folder in his mind. Now he’s opening : the folder and pulling the things that he needs.” : Now Lin is an entrenched starter for a quality team, with a jump shot that : warrants respect and a passing touch on par with the league’s best. But the : education continues. Teams are forcing Lin to go left, to his weaker hand. : They are flustering him with multiple defenders. On Thursday, the Miami Heat : held Lin to just 8 points and 3 assists, the worst performance of his : otherwise-magical run. : The box score shows failure. To Lin, it reads like a teachable moment. : “I’m sure in the next couple weeks, someone’s going to figure out how to : slow him down and stop him,” Reddicks said before the loss to the Heat. “It : ’s a chess match. He’s going to figure out how to beat that. That, to me, : is a kind of a testament of who he is.” --

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