Will Aaron Brooks Impact Jeremy Lin's Role with Houston Rockets? - By Marshall Zweig (Featured Columnist) on March 7 原文: http://0rz.tw/whrrJ -----------原文很长，有错请指正，谢谢----------- Watching Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey recently beating Jeremy Lin in ping-pong, I wonder how many picked up on the delicious symbolism. Lin has to have felt like a ping-pong ball since joining the Rockets. And now, prodigal point guard Aaron Brooks returning to Houston allows me to invoke the table-tennis metaphor once more: Is this another bad bounce for Lin? 小AB的回归是否会对LIN造成另一个不良的影响? I am of two minds regarding JLin. I can easily see and have compassion for the way Morey and coach Kevin McHale have flipped the script on him. First, Lin lost face. He was replaced as the franchise player when shooting guard James Harden joined the fold. Consequently, Lin lost the ball: McHale immediately granted Harden the bulk of the ball-handling duties. Once that happened, Lin lost his advantage. He thrives on attacking the rim off the dribble. If he's not dribbling, my thinking goes, it's much more difficult for him to attack. Finally, Lin seemed to lose the coaches' faith. Interim coach Kelvin Sampson,and more recently McHale, have sometimes benched Lin at the strangest of times, most glaringly in a number of fourth quarters,often as Lin seemed to have gotten things going in an otherwise tough shooting night. All this in a career still so brief, the young man has just passed a season's worth of starts. #作者以一个感性的角度来看: 至从Harden的加入，瞬间取代LIN成为火箭队第一人的角色。 也因此，McHale立即授与大量的控球权给Harden。 随即LIN马上失去了他在进攻端上的优势: 优异的运(持)球攻击篮框能力。 如果他不运球，这会造成他在攻击上更加的地困难。 也因此最後造成教练团的不信任感，从开季时的代总教练KS到後来回归的McHale都是如此。 当LIN手感不好的比赛，时常在关键的第四节将LIN冰在板凳上。 而他也仅仅是一个在上一季刚证明自己有先发能力的菜鸟而已。 Now let's talk about my other mind. My other mind does not like excuses. When someone flips the script on you, my other mind says turn the new script into an Academy Award-winner. In other words: If the situation dictates a slasher to become a spot-up shooter, then that is what one must do. If the situation requires one to learn how to attack with less space, then that's what must happen. Lin has had spotty results adapting to the new script. #作者以最实际的角度来看: NO EXCUSES 如果现实面，球队(教练)需要LIN作出改变:变成定点射手或者学会无球打法。 那他就必须去适应，并且作出回应。 而LIN也的确作为了球队作出了部分地改变与改善。 He has reduced his turnovers. His pick-and-roll duet with Harden can often be a thing of beauty. He is ninth in the league in steals per 48 minutes. He always plays hard, doesn't complain and looks to give to his teammates and lift his team rather then self-aggrandize. 逐渐改善的优点: 1. LIN减少了失误次数。 2. LIN和Harden的PICK&ROLL时常达到很棒的效果。 3. LIN的抄截数/48分钟值在联盟暂列第九。 4. LIN总是努力向上，不抱怨，帮助队友以及球队。而不是自我吹捧。 But on the negative side of the balance sheet, Lin's jump shot is still inconsistent, and I expect it to remain so until and unless he continues to work on it in the offseason. Further, despite his penchant for steals, Jeremy's defense still leaves a lot to be desired. (That, by the way, is what the coaches attributed Lin's late-game benchings to: Toney Douglas and now Patrick Beverley are superior to Lin defensively.) Perhaps most damning is this statistic: Lin's player efficiency rating among point guards averaging more than 30 minutes a game is third-worst in the NBA. 仍要改善的缺点: 1. 不稳定的跳投能力。不能时好时坏，并在季後赛後持续训练。 2. 除了抄截癖好外，LIN的防守需要变得更积极。 (作者以McHale时常让LIN第四节坐板凳的两位替补作比喻:TDG & MVP) 3. COLD HARD FACTS : LIN的PER值在整个联盟中，平均出赛>30MINS的後卫中名列第三。 (内文倒数第三，但我查是第五，LIN:14.76;联盟平均:17.68。) (连结 : http://0rz.tw/pCzQI ) With the exit of Douglas and the Rockets shorthanded, Lin put together one of his signature games for the ages: 29 points, 12-for-22 from the floor and 3-for-5 from three-point range, and most inspiringly, so money in the clutch I would have been tempted to shake him down for engraving plates. Since then,temporary Linsanity has given way to maddening inconsistency once again, and even a worrisome injury. 4. 即使在TDG被交易走的那晚，面对OKC的LIN，犹如LINSANITY的表现。 作者仍希望这不是昙花一现的表现，甚至造成如同上季末的受伤。 Enter Aaron Brooks. 简单比较LIN和小AB The former Rocket's defense is no better than Lin's, and might even be worse. And compared to Brooks, Lin dishes like Joan Rivers. But Brooks' jump shot is more consistent. His three-point shot is more consistent. It was only a couple of years ago that he scored almost 20 points a game for the Rockets. If the coaching staff was telling the truth about why Lin was benched in the fourth quarters of games, Brooks' arrival shouldn't impact Lin much, if at all. But if they weren't—in other words, if the coaches sat Lin because they didn't have faith in his jumper at crunch time—Brooks might get time at the end of games. Or, for that matter, earlier in games. 1.小AB的防守甚至比LIN遭。 2.但小AB的跳投能力比LIN稳定多，尤其是三分能力。 (曾经在火箭队保持单季场均20分的能力) 简单结论: A.如果教练过去的言行属实，以防守能力来看。 小AB未来会让LIN在第四节冰在板凳上的机率很低。 B.如果教练过去的言行唬烂，以投射能力来看。 小AB很有可能因在决胜期有更稳定输出能力让LIN坐板凳。 又或者得到更早更多的替补上场机会。 What would all that mean for Lin? 承以上的推论对LIN又有什麽其他意义呢? If someone tries to tell you the Rockets have a better chance to win starting Brooks instead of Lin, ask that someone what color the sky is in his world, because I'll guarantee you it's not blue. But I do not begrudge a coach wanting to be able to trust in his point guard's ability to make a shot when one is needed. The simple answer to the question "why does Lin lose time to Patrick Beverley" can be answered with the following numerical combination: 3-4, 3-5, 1-2, 3-4, 0-1. That's Beverley's three-point stat line for the last five games prior to the loss to the Mavericks. Lin's, by comparison, is 0-2, 1-3, 0-2, 2-2, 1-4. So let's say you're the coach, and you need a long-distance shot to fall— let's say your career depends on it. Which of the two do you want taking that shot? You see my point. 1. 作者暗喻有关於颜色的问题。说某人的天空不是蓝色的。 (也不可能是黄，难道是...嘿嘿嘿。) 2. 作者将MVP与LIN近五场的3PM-A列出比较: MVP: 3-4, 3-5, 1-2, 3-4, 0-1. LIN: 0-2, 1-3, 0-2, 2-2, 1-4. 3. 反问读者，如果你是一个喜欢下三分雨的教练，甚至你往後的教练生涯就看这季了。 你会希望谁在第四节替你挺身而出。(绝杀?) 4. 真相大白:不是甚麽防守问题，就是LIN三分太差而已。(信任问题) Brooks has not played much this year, but his jumper is generally considered to be a solid one. If Lin loses some time to Brooks, his next move is simple. Suck it up, get to work and win back your coaches' trust. Lin can do it. He's surpassed expectations before, shocked the world before. He's even done it this season: Every month, for example, his three-point shooting percentage has steadily improved. Thank goodness the comment area on my articles is not reflective of the many people who read without leaving a remark. For some reason, certain of my readers who are Lin fanatics seem to believe they need to interpret every sentence written about Jeremy as a criticism, and defend him via any means necessary, even when no defense is warranted. To those people, I say stop treating Jeremy Lin like he's a six-year-old learning how to ride a bike. It's great to applaud a little child no matter what he does, or how he does it. If you do it to an adult, you're saying the guy has no capability to grow and improve beyond what he's doing. That's an insult to Lin. If the coaches treated him like that, applauding no matter how he performed, Lin would never get better. And he would robbed of the ability to be a truly great player, if he has it in him. It's way too early to say whether he does or doesn't. But games like that OKC masterpiece sure give one hope. 作者期勉LIN，假使因跳投能力被小AB打败，也要继续努力。从而赢回教练信任。 他也相信LIN作的到，就像他逐渐进步地三分命中率一样。 作者希望LIN的FANS，不要盲目拥护LIN，而剥夺LIN成长的权利。 从另个角度看，教练的不信任与严厉，或许正是LIN目前最需要的成长动力吧。 而现在也太早去评断他是否能成为一位伟大的球员。 但至少对OKC的LINSANITY再现，给了我们希望。 Aaron Brooks has experience, more than Lin. Heck, Brooks took Houston to the second round of the playoffs, a feat no one in Rockets red and white can relate to other than Harden. He even dropped 34 on the Los Angeles Lakers in a phenomenal playoff performance. And McHale is not wrong if he wants that experience now that the Rockets are playoff contenders. So far, McHale has said Brooks will be more of a situational player, and I believe him. I believe him because the Rockets are at their best when Lin is at the helm. Beverley has been a more than credible backup, but he might well lose playing time to the similarly quick but more talented Brooks. Lin, however, likely won't. If Lin struggles, though, I believe Brooks will get playing time. And that will not be an incorrect decision. That will be an opportunity for Lin. The best boss I ever had, a relentlessly brilliant writer named Jeff Stocker, gave me some advice early in my career. I had come back from a meeting with my head down, my ideas having just been rejected. "If your stuff gets killed, just smile and say 'no problem,'" Jeff said. "Because inside you know you've got a million more ideas where that came from." In case you couldn't tell, Jeff loves sports. It was also probably the best piece of advice I've ever been given as a writer. It gave me inner resolve on more occasions than you'd believe, occasions where I desperately needed strength from within. The same applies to Lin. If they take the ball away from him, if they take away his minutes, if they bench him, it would greatly behoove him to smile and say "no problem." And inside, tell himself he's got a million more steals to swipe, assists to thread and daggers to stick next time he gets on the court. 1.以过往小AB在火箭的丰功伟业:带领火箭进入第二轮季後赛，季後对上湖人豪取34分。 这些都是连队上的第一人Harden目前都不可及的，何况是LIN。 2.以教练的出发点来看，在抢季後赛门票的关键时期，需要这麽一名老鸟是很合理的。 而作者仍肯定LIN的领导地位，而MVP是一个可依赖的替补PG。 但是小AB的出现，肯定首当其冲的是MVP而不是LIN。 3.即使未来，假设LIN状况不佳而小AB适时填补时。对教练团而言，也是不失合理的决策。 但这也是LIN学习成长的机会，作者并用自己的亲身小故事来勉励LIN。 不管遇到任何挫折，继续努力作好准备，并且告诉自己也告诉教练:「我可以!」 ---------------------THE END-------------------- 心得: 此作者应该也蛮喜欢LIN的，也很怕得罪LIN迷。 但仍中肯的提出他对LIN的看法，不论优缺点。 总而言之，爱之深责之切。 LIN是一个好的球员，但还不够好，又菜比八。 就像在当兵一样，合理是磨练，不合理是训练。 孟子曰：「天将降大任於斯人也，必先苦其心志，劳其筋骨， 饿其体肤，空乏其身，行拂乱其所为，所以动心忍性，增益其所不能。」 最近被McHale神奇的调度，弄到气急攻心。但冷静过来，也没那麽气。 作为一个名人堂球员，当过GM，当到教练，总有自己一套理论与坚持。 就像各位当过兵，上过班一样。遇到各种长官，各种老板，都有自己的个性。 而事实上就是成败论英雄，日遥之马力。 不管McHale是否如文中作者的老板一样，因爱才惜才而刻意想琢磨他。 或者就是纯粹的种族歧视，看不顺眼，有偏见。 我相信有实力又有信仰的人，是不会被埋没的。 最恐怖的不是冰箱有多冷，而是有毅力的人只会越来越强... --

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