http://ppt.cc/9kg_ From Phenom to Everyday N.B.A. Player 从顶尖到普通的NBA球员 By JERÉ LONGMAN Published: April 21, 2013 HOUSTON — At the peak of Linsanity last season, a certain 6-foot-10-inch fan walked into a sports bar to marvel at Jeremy Lin’s abrupt and dizzying performance with the Knicks. 在上一个球季林来疯最夯的时候，有个6尺10寸的球迷走进运动酒吧，对於林书豪突然且 令人眼花的好表现感到惊讶 The Houston Rockets were on a West Coast swing at the time. Their coach, the former Celtics star Kevin McHale, had more than a passing curiosity in Lin, and perhaps even a twinge of regret. 休士顿火箭队在同时期正在西岸，教练前赛尔提克队的球星McHale不只对林书豪有短暂的 好奇，或许还有些有如刺痛般的後悔 “I was fascinated like everybody else,” McHale said. McHale说"我就像其他人一样对他着迷" Two months earlier, for 12 days in December 2011, a still-obscure Lin had been a member of the Rockets. But he had a minimum contract and thus a maximum chance of not surviving a lockout-shortened training camp. 在那之前的二个月，2011年12月的12天里，状况不明的林书豪还是火箭队的一员，但他有 的只是一张最短的合约及极大的可能无法在那缩水球季中的训练营取得一席之地 “Everything he did was full-bore,” McHale said. “I thought he’d be a great energy guy on our team.” McHale说 "他所做的每件事都是非常快速且充满能量，我认为他会是一个具有能量的球 员" Before this season, Lin returned to the Rockets as a free agent with a better-known name and a three-year, $25.1 million contract that the Knicks declined to match. He also faced impossible expectations among Houston fans and a challenge that seems to confront artists more often than athletes. 在本球季之前，林书豪以自由球员身份回到火箭，已经是一个比以前更有名、签了三年 2510万美元合约的球员，这合约尼克拒绝提供，他也面对了来自於火箭队球迷给他的不太 可能达成的期待和挑战，已超出一般运动员，像是演艺人员一样了 He was the equivalent of an unknown singer who had written a megahit or a nameless writer who had penned a great novel. After a flash of the extraordinary, could Lin sustain a career of the routine? Or would he fade as a one-hit wonder? 他好像是一个默默无闻的歌手，突然写了一首畅销歌曲，或是一个名不见经传的作家，写 了一本很棒的小说一样，在这短暂的惊奇表现後，林书豪是否能持续正常的表现? 或是他 会逐渐失去光环好像是昙花一现一样? “Linsanity was an unbelievable three-week period in his life,” McHale said. “He’ll look back when he’s 80 and go, ‘Man that was magical.’ But magic don’t last forever.” McHale说"林来疯持续达三周令人不可置信，他在80岁时会回顾且说'ㄟ..那是魔法' 但魔 法不会永远持续下去" Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Lin’s current season of discovery, full of predictable highs and lows, has been the achievement of the unremarkable. He has shown himself to be an everyday player in the N.B.A., a starting point guard who pushes the pace on a team that ranked second in the league in scoring and a leader who helped Houston reach the playoffs for the first time in four seasons. 或许林书豪本季，也是充满可预测的高低潮的一季，最值得注意的地方是他达成不值得注 意的目标，他已经表现出他是个每天都会上场的NBA球员，他是个先发控卫，可以控制节 奏，火箭队本季在得分排名为第二，他以球队领袖的角色帮助球队在四年内头一次打进季 後赛 The Rockets opened their first-round series on Sunday at Oklahoma City, with Lin scoring 4 points in a 120-91 loss. 火箭队季後赛第一轮对雷霆的第一场比赛以120比91输掉，林书豪只得了4分 “It seems like everybody’s perception of me is very bipolar,” Lin said. “ To one group, it’s overpaid, overrated; to another group, it’s underpaid, underrated, underdog. It’s funny to me because there’s no real balance. Why can’t I just be a young player who’s shown some potential and has a lot of learning to do?” 林书豪说 "似乎每个人对我的认知都很两极，对某个群众来说，(我)拿太多钱了，被高估 ，对另个群众来说，(我)拿太少，被低估，身处劣势，在我来看是很有趣的，因为没有真 正的平衡，我为什麽不能只是一个年轻球员，纯粹只是展现潜力，并且需要学习很多东西 ?" Changing Perceptions 改变观感 Lin’s Harvard education, his professed faith, his humility, his resolve and his athleticism have resonated with Asian-Americans in the Houston area, which Rice University researchers say has become the most diverse region in the country. As an American-born son of immigrants from Taiwan, an island that is 100 miles from mainland China and is democratic and self-ruling though not independent, Lin is regarded somewhat differently from Yao Ming, the retired Rockets center from Shanghai. Yet each has helped to change perceptions of how Asians are viewed and even how they view themselves, a number of the players’ supporters said. 林书豪哈佛的学历、信仰、谦虚、决心、运动比赛都与休士顿地区的亚裔美国人产生共鸣 ，Rice大学的研究员说，这已经变成美国最多样性的区域了 As an American-born son of immigrants from Taiwan, an island that is 100 miles from mainland China and is democratic and self-ruling though not independent, Lin is regarded somewhat differently from Yao Ming, the retired Rockets center from Shanghai. Yet each has helped to change perceptions of how Asians are viewed and even how they view themselves, a number of the players’ supporters said. 林书豪美国出生，父母是台湾来的移民，台湾离中国有160公里，且是民主国家，虽然未 独立但自治，林书豪被认为与姚明不一样，但他们都帮助改变外界对亚洲人及亚洲人对自 己的观感，这是支持他们的球迷说的 On one hand, Lin “represents the model of the Chinese family,” said Wea H. Lee, a Taiwanese-American who is the chairman of the Houston-based Southern News Group, which owns a digital television station and publishes The Southern Chinese Daily News. “Many parents want their kids to go to American schools to be lawyers, not athletes.”　 一方面来说，"林书豪代表典型的中国家庭，许多台湾的父母要他们的小孩去美国学校念 书是要当律师而不是运动员" 这是一个台裔美国人李先生说的，他是休士顿地区南方新闻 集团的总裁 On the other hand, Lee said, Lin’s athletic achievement makes him a “unique symbol.” 另一方面，李先生说，林书豪的运动成就让他成为一个独特的象徵 “It’s a new image for Asians,” Lee said. “We need more Jeremy Lins, not just doctors.” 李先生说 "这对亚洲人来说是一个新的形象，我们需要更多的林书豪，而非医生" As an N.B.A. point guard, Lin, 24, is not yet fully formed. He has started 107 regular-season games, a total that amounts to less than a season and a half. He is still prone to commit critical turnovers. He moves reluctantly to his left, his shooting touch can abandon him, and he does not always fight insistently through screens on defense. Nor does Houston as a team always move the ball urgently, sometimes leaving its drag-strip offense stuck in neutral. 身为一个NBA控卫，才24岁，没有完全成熟，他已经先发107场的比赛，不到1.5个球季， 他还是容易犯下严重的失误，他不习惯往他的左边移动，他的投篮手感有时会不好，在防 守方面有时无法持续地压迫，火箭队是一个有时不太传球的球队，有时会让进攻熄火 Lin has essentially maintained his averages of last season. His scoring is down slightly, to 13.4 points a game from 14.6. His assist average is virtually identical (6.1, from 6.2), his 3-point percentage is higher, and his turnover rate is lower. 林书豪基本上有维持住他上一季的场均，稍微下降了一些，从14.6降到13.4，他的助功几 乎一样，6.2次变6.1次，三分球命中率有变好，失误也有变低 In December, against San Antonio, Lin matched his career high with 38 points. A week later, he returned to Madison Square Garden with 22 points and 9 assists in a victory over the Knicks that aroused flashbacks of Linsanity. 在12月时，对马刺队的比赛，林书豪得38分，平生涯最高得分，一周後，回到纽约麦迪逊 花园广场，得了22分9助攻，最後赢了尼克队，让大家重新回想起林来疯 Mostly, though, Lin has concerned himself with the workaday chore of every young player: trying to improve by increments. He assimilated into the league ’s youngest team, flattened the arc on his jumper, tempered his drives with 3-pointers, pulled out of an early shooting tailspin, remained healthy and established a pick-and-roll and drive-and-kick rhythm with James Harden, a dominant scorer and ball handler. 林书豪和一般的年轻球员一样：试着改善。他加入最年轻的球队，压低他跳投的弧线，改善 他的三分球，出手初期的不稳定也消失了，维持健康，和大胡子建立挡拆及切入分球的节 奏　 “We’re pleased,” said Chris Finch, a Rockets assistant who works with the team’s point guards. “Jeremy is superaggressive. For us, he’s a big X factor. 火箭队的助理，也是和林书豪一起训练的Chris Finch说 "我们很高兴，林书豪非常地积 极，对於我们来说，他具有关键影响力" “He has the ability to make big plays in runs. And where he’s matured is, he doesn’t have the runs of mistakes. He’d have a bunch of really good plays, and then he’d have a run of compound mistakes. He’s minimized the mistakes and done a better job understanding the ball is not in his hands as much as it was for that 25-game period in New York.” "他有能力可以完成很多的精彩好球，且他成熟的地方是，他不会犯很多的错误，他以前 有很多精彩好球，然後他会犯一些错误，他现在已经大幅降低这些失误，很能理解持球时 间不像他在尼克时期那麽多 Opportunity to Improve 改善的机会 In the preseason, as Lin struggled, each game seemed to become a referendum on his career. Once the Rockets traded for Harden, who went on to finish fifth in the league in scoring average at 25.9 points a game, Lin no longer had to be the face of the franchise. Relieved of the pressure to be perfect, he finally had the luxury of tending to his flaws. 在球季前，林书豪打得有点挣扎，每场比赛似乎都是一场表决，当火箭队交易来本季场均 25.9分的大胡子，林书豪就不再需要是球队的看板球星，所以追求完美的压力也解除，终 於可以处理他的缺点了 “I look at this as my journey, and it’s just the beginning,” Lin said. “ God willing, hopefully this will be the worst player that I am for the next 8 to 10 years until my body can’t hold up anymore. I just want to continue to improve every year. I’ve shown that I can play in the N.B.A. How good I can become, that’s to be determined.” 林书豪说，我看着我这一路走来的旅程，它只是刚开始而已，上帝的旨意，希望我现在的 表现会是我生涯八到十年中最差的时期，会打到我的身体不能再负荷，我想每年都有所改 善，我已经展现出我可以在NBA打球，至於我可以变得多好，还有待确认 As expected, there were rough patches. At times, Rockets coaches said, Lin grew discouraged, overthinking, being afraid to make mistakes. McHale said he encouraged Lin to remain aggressive without becoming reckless, telling him, “ It’s not going to be 82 games of living on the ceiling, but you can’t remain in the basement for long.” 如所预期，他做了一些粗糙的补救，火箭的教练说林书豪较容易沮丧、想太多、怕犯错， McHale说他鼓励林书豪要保持侵略性，但不要变得鲁莽，"你不可能82场都在巅峰，但也 不可能都在低潮很久" One of the biggest challenges this season, McHale said, was tempering the public expectations. McHale说，这一季最大的挑战是，中和大众的期待 “They thought it was going to be Linsanity and he’d average 28 and 11,” McHale said, referring to points and assists. “I was like, ‘No, no, no.’ He had never had this responsibility for 82 games. I was really worried the expectation level would get to him. “He still has a lot to figure out, but I was really proud of Jeremy, how he handled the ups and downs.” McHale说，他们认为还会有林来疯，他会有场均28分，11次助攻，不不不，他不需要为82 场比赛担这样的责任，我真的担心这样的期待会伤到他，他还有很多事情要想清楚，但对他处理高低潮的方式，我真的以他为荣 In retrospect, Lin said the phenomenon of Linsanity — he had the most points (136) by a player in his first five starts since the 1976-77 N.B.A. merger, and it was the first time a player collected at least 20 points and 7 assists in his first five starts — left him exhilarated and scared. He was a quiet man who lost his anonymity, who could no longer blend in on the subway, whose every move was suddenly “critiqued or criticized or appreciated and praised. ” 回顾林来疯，林书豪说自从1976年以来，他是生涯首五场先发得分最多的(136分)，也是 第一个在生涯先发五场比赛里得到20分和7助功，让他很兴奋及害怕，他是一个安静的人 ，但已经无法隐姓埋名，无法混进地铁，任何的举动都会被批评、感谢或赞赏 “I’m more than thankful for everything New York gave me,” Lin said. “It helped me grow spiritually, taught me how to be more business savvy, who to trust, who not to trust, how to say no. All the things you usually get a little more time to learn, they came quickly.” 林书豪说，我很感谢纽约给我的一切，它帮助我心灵成长，教我如何在商场上更精明，谁 该相信、谁不该相信，如何说不，这些事情通常需要更多的时间来学习，但它们来的很快 Yao, the first player selected in the 2002 draft, played a vital role in expanding the N.B.A.’s influence in Asia. The international news media frenzy that accompanied his arrival in Houston has subsided. In those fevered days, the Rockets’ media relations staff once found a Chinese reporter trying to watch a practice by crouching furtively behind a large, inflatable exercise ball. 姚明是第一个在NBA选秀的亚洲人，在亚洲推广NBA扮演重要角色，伴随他到休士顿的国际 媒体狂热已经退烧，在那发烫的时间里，火箭的媒体关系幕僚发现一个中国记者尝试要观 看球队练习且是趴在一个很大且膨胀的练习球後面 “Now the media knows they can’t be hiding behind workout balls,” Tracey Hughes, a team spokeswoman, said with a chuckle. 球队的发言人Tracey Hughes笑着说现在媒体知道他们不能躲在练习球後面 Still, 8 to 10 Chinese journalists attend each Rockets home game. Chinese Central Television, or CCTV, is unfailingly present. And more local media outlets aimed at an Asian audience cover the team now than in the Yao era, Hughes said. Hughes说，有8到10个中国记者参加每场火箭的主场比赛，中央电视台从不缺席，且有更 多的地方媒体针对亚裔观众报导火箭队，比姚明时期更多 A Different Story 一个不同的故事 After Yao retired in 2011 because of chronic injuries, “Jeremy got Chinese fans to love the Rockets again,” said Zhang Qiang, a Rockets beat reporter for NetEase, a Chinese Internet company. Lin and Yao have exchanged text messages, but their stories are fundamentally different. Yao was a No. 1 draft pick and became an eight-time All-Star. Lin was undrafted and arrived here with a career built on the hope of first impression, not the assurance of steady achievement. 姚明在2011年因旧伤退休，NetEase记者Zhang Qiang说林书豪让中国人再一次喜爱火箭队。 林书豪和姚明互传简讯，但他们的故事基本上是不一样的，姚明是选秀第一名，八次入选 明星赛，林书豪选秀没被挑走，且需靠第一印象的来得到合约，而不是靠稳定表现的保证 Yao grew up in Shanghai, Lin in Palo Alto, Calif. Yao stands larger than life at 7-6. At home games, fans are still invited to try on his size 18 ½ shoes and measure themselves on a display against his wingspan, as wide as nine basketballs. Lin is a more conventional and accessible 6-3. 姚明在上海长大，林书豪在加州Palo Alto，姚明很高，7尺6寸，在主场比赛，球迷会受 邀试穿他18.5寸的鞋子，且会量他们的身高来和他的双臂展开的长度相比，大概是九个篮 球宽，林书豪则是比较典型且常见的6尺3寸 “People used to think you have to be a giant” to play in the N.B.A., Hannah Liao, 18, an international student from Beijing who attends high school in Houston, said at a game last weekend. “Jeremy shows that if you play hard and try your best, you can reach it.” 北京来的18岁国际交换学生Hannah Liao说，人们以前会认为只有长人才能在NBA打球，林 书豪展现出如果你努力打球，你也可以做到 Given that Lin’s parents came to the United States from Taiwan and that he grew up in California, persevering despite receiving no college scholarship offers and no draft interest from the N.B.A., his story more than Yao’s echoes the classic immigrant experience, said Patrick Nguyen, 20, a Vietnamese-American student at Rice. “His life story is to follow a dream, work hard, never give up,” Nguyen said at a recent game. 20岁缅甸裔美国人Patrick Nguyen说，林书豪的父母来自台湾，且在加州长大，尽管没有 奖学金也没有被选秀选中，仍然努力不懈，他的故事比姚明更能反映典型的移民经验，他 的故事就是追求梦想，认真努力，从未放弃 Last summer, when Lin visited Taiwan, he was welcomed by a screaming crowd at the airport in Taipei, the capital. Perhaps 200 people showed up once to watch him play pickup basketball. Paparazzi followed him. 去年夏天，当林书豪到台湾时，他被一群尖叫的球迷接机，大约有200人看他打街头篮球 ，狗仔队也是跟着他跑 “People holding cameras outside their car at 80 miles an hour,” Lin said. “ It was crazy.” 林书豪说，人们拿着相机以120公里的时速追着他，太疯狂了 Explaining how Lin was helping to change views about Asians, Liao said: “A lot of people think, ‘You are good in math and science; you must be studying machines.’ Jeremy breaks this stereotype. No more nerds.” 在解释林书豪如何帮助改变对亚洲人的观点时，Liao说，很多人认为你(亚洲人)对数学和 科学很在行，你一定是读机械的。林书豪打破刻板印象，不再只是书呆子 An Expression of Taiwan 台湾印象 Taiwan is considered a breakaway province by China, which continues to claim sovereignty over the island. In the Olympics, for instance, Taiwan competes as Chinese Taipei. 台湾被认为是从中国脱离出来，而中国也继续宣称台湾是中国的一部份，举例来说，在奥 运时，台湾都是以中华台北参赛 Through professional athletes like Lin, the L.P.G.A.’s Yani Tseng and pitcher Chien-Ming Wang, Taiwan can most visibly express its self-determination, said Yungshi Lin, 34, an engineer in Taipei who flew to Houston for the Rockets’ final regular-season home game. We have a strange relationship with China,” said Lin, who is not related to Jeremy Lin but wore a T-shirt that said, “I Am Lin 2.” “This is the way we can represent our country to the world, the only way to show our national flag,” he added. 34岁的Yungshi Lin是台北的工程师，去看了最後一场火箭的比赛，他说透过职业运动员 ，像林书豪、曾雅妮、王建民，台湾以最有能见度的方式展现自主性，我们和中国的关系 很奇怪。他和林书豪没有亲戚关系，但他穿了一件T shirt写着"我是Lin 2"，"这就是我 们代表我们国家的方式，给全世界看，唯一可以秀出国旗的方式" Of course, not every Asian-American in Houston is rooting for Jeremy Lin and the Rockets against Oklahoma City. Kevin Durant, the Thunder’s star forward, attended the University of Texas for a season and also has a big following here. “I’m not leaving the Thunder because I’m in Houston,” Kelvin Tran, 27, a pharmacy technician and a Texas alumnus, said, laughing. He added that he appreciated Lin for his “arduousness and industriousness.” “He went to Harvard,” Tran said. “That’s another reason” for others “to see Asians failing in basketball.” 当然，不是每个在休士顿的亚裔美国人都替林书豪加油，Kevin Durant 读过德州大学 ，所以有很多球迷，27岁的Kelvin Tran是药师，也是德州大学校友就说，他不会因为 他住休士顿就背弃雷霆队，他欣赏林书豪的努力和勤劳。林书豪去读哈佛，那是另一个原 因让其他人认为亚洲人会在篮球上失败 Tran added: “The Crimson — what’s that? He’s shown that even if your mascot is sponsored by Crayola, you can do great things.” Tran补充说，Crimson?那是什麽? 他已经展现即便是吉祥物用普通的蜡笔画，也是可以做 出好的作品 --

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