Linsanity Redux: How Much Does New York Miss Jeremy Lin? 来源：http://ppt.cc/xXOe Linsanity 再现： 纽约有多想念Jeremy Lin？ （看到版友在资讯区放的文章，顺手翻了一下） However long Jeremy Lin’s career lasts, he’ll have a special relationship with Madison Square Garden, the site of those magical weeks in February 2012, when the undrafted, twice-dropped point guard leapt off the Knicks bench to transform a broken team and inspire not just the city, but the world. 不管Jeremy Lin篮球生涯会持续多久，他都和MSG有无法抹灭的关系。 在2012年2月神奇的那几周， 当一位选秀落选，又被二度释出的PG 从尼克队的板凳跳了出来，改变了当时支离破碎的尼克队。 他影响不只是纽约这个城市，而是全世界。 He’ll hear echoes of the that rocked the rafters. He’ll see fans, especially Asian American fans, in vintage Lin Knicks jerseys, waving banners that refer to those glory days, and he’ll read media reports loaded with puns based on his last name, many of which will muse on what-might-have-been, had the Knicks chosen to keep his effervescent playmaking and still-untapped scoring potential on their roster. 他会听到震耳欲聋的声响。 会看到许多球迷，尤其是亚裔美籍的球迷们 在林来疯那些日子里，穿着Lin的尼克球衣，挥舞着标语。 他会看到媒体们争先恐後的用他的姓 ” Lin ” 来发明许多单字。 这些现象接下来也引发了许多未来的猜想， 尼克队会不会留下这位有效率, 且仍有许多潜力的PG呢？ They didn’t, of course — choosing to let him slide to the Houston Rockets, who offered him a three-year, $25 million deal to be starting point guard on a young, untested squad. (The Rockets had been one of the teams that dropped Lin, back in December 2011, due to their traffic jam at point — he played a total of seven minutes in two pre-season games before being informed, on Christmas Day no less, that he was out of a job.) 当然尼克队没有这样做。 他们选择让他和火箭队签下了三年2500万美金的合约。 （在2011年12月，火箭队曾因为人员太满而将林释出， 他总共只有在两场热身赛当中上场7分钟，并且在耶诞节当天被释出） Though Lin was reportedly surprised and upset that the Knicks chose to let him go, he instantly embraced his new team and the new start that the change of venue offered, especially with the Rockets’ clear commitment to winning, demonstrated by their lucrative signing of 6th man par excellence James Harden to play alongside Lin. Given the chance to start, Harden instantly demonstrated his game-changing talents, further establishing himself as one of the league’s top scorers and becoming the Rockets’ playmaking center of gravity. 即使林对於尼克选择让他离开感到讶异以及失望， 他很快的就投入於他的新球队，并且开始调适对於球场上的改变 像是在签下了James Harden这位曾是球队优秀的第六人後， 火箭队特别想要获胜的决心。 而Harden成为先发之後，也立刻展现出他接管比赛的能力 并且进而成为联盟得分高手之一，以及火箭队强力的进攻发起点 But with Lin having a very similar game — and one that was far less tested — the new backcourt had problems jelling. Lin’s court smarts, deft ability to read and penetrate defenses and disruptive cut-and-create game conflicted with Harden’s need for as many touches as possible. 但哈登和林扮演的角色太类似，这样的後场组合却出了问题。 林在场上优异的能力， 像是解读并穿透对方防守，透过切入来制造机会 却是与哈登重叠的。 And with coach Kevin McHale directing the team to run plays through and to Harden, Lin’s play swung wildly from brilliant to terrible, and averaged out as, well…average. You don’t pay over $8 million a year for average in the NBA (at least, not quite), and you certainly don’t build a team around it. By the end of the year, Lin found himself on the bench in the fourth quarter of games, in favor of undistinguished journeyman Toney Douglas. 而在教练决定将进攻发起点交给哈登後 林在场上的表现明显的由出色变成了低落， 平均水准而已。 你不会愿意付超过八百万美金给一位NBA平均水准的球员， 当然你也不会以这样的球员为中心建队。 而季末，教练常常在第四节把林被放在板凳上， 宁愿让平凡的Toney Douglas上场。 And when the season opened this year, despite Lin being perfectly healthy and hungrier than ever to prove himself, it was announced that Patrick Beverley, a scrap-heap candidate who’d spent his career playing Euroleague basketball, would be the team’s starting point guard. 而这个球季开始， 即使林在健康状况极佳， 并且在球场上比以往更积极来证明自己 但球队仍然宣告小贝，这位大部份球员生涯都在欧洲联盟的球员 成为了球队的先发控卫 People familiar with the matter say that despite Lin’s public declarations of support for the move — being part of the second team meant he had more opportunities to score and make plays without metaphorically colliding with Harden and new superstar center Dwight Howard — he was hurt by the decision, particularly since he’d spent the summer working on the two aspects of his game that had been repeatedly challenged by fans and the media: His defense and his outside shooting. 大家都应该有印象，即使Lin公开宣称会支持球队这样的变动， 意指着他成为第二替补组的成员， 不是在Harden以及魔兽为中心的先发组， 会有更多得分以及组织进攻的机会。 但其实林对於这样的决定是很受伤的。 尤其是因为他花了整个夏天的时间， 加强了最被媒体以及球迷所诟病的两点：防守以及外围投射能力。 (看到这里好心酸呀 ~"~) “Jeremy has one of the most rigorous offseason workouts ever,” says someone who should know — Evan Jackson Leong, director of the documentary “Linsanity” (still in theaters now, in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Virginia). Linsanity的导演 Evan Jackson Leong曾说过， “ 林是我见过在休赛期间仍最严格要求自己的球员。 ” （Linsanity 目前仍在 Los Angeles, San Francisco and Virginia的电影院上映） And in the season so far, Lin, coming off the bench, has shown the results of his sweat and dedication: He’s shooting well, averaging 18.4 points per game on 52.7% shooting (and a sick 46.5% from behind the three-point line). To put that in perspective, Lin is scoring the same number of points per game right now as acknowledged superstar Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat, with better efficiency. 而本季开始，即使林由板凳出发 他在场上也展现出努力的成果和贡献 他的投篮命中率很棒，场均18.4分，命中率为52.7% （三分球更是不正常的高达46.5%） 以此为假设，甚至可以和热火队的超级球星Dwyane Wade相同 并且林的效率更高。 Over the past few games before his return to the Garden, Lin had lifted his game, with 31 point and 34 point games respectively, hitting a record nine three-point shots in Thursday’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers, a record for the Houston franchise. 在他回到MSG之前的几场比赛， 林对球队贡献极高，曾在比赛当中分别得到了31分以及34分 还在对上七六人的比赛当中，投进了9个三分球 追平了火箭的队史纪录。 So it’s not surprising that Lin’s latest visit to New York was being framed as Linsanity 2.0 (“Don’t Call It a Comeback”) — despite his openly saying that he “didn’t think it would be a big deal” and he “hoped to be a subplot” during the game. 所以林这次回到纽约就被称为”Linsanity 2.0” (千万别称这状况为”Linsanity 卷土重来 ”) 即使林曾经公开的说， 那只是一件小事，并且在比赛当中只是个小插曲 He wasn’t to the many fans who came out specifically to root for him, like Ren Hsieh, founder of the Dynasty Project, a New York-based nonprofit that works with youth in Asian immigrant communities through organized athletics. “I’m a born and bred Houston Rockets fan — born and raised in Houston,” says Hsieh. “Jeremy being there is icing on the cake. But I’ve seen Jeremy play plenty of times, college and NBA. I wouldn’t miss this one! I begged a buddy for his season tickets, lower level section 110.” 他已经不再是许多球迷会特别来应援的对象了。 就像是Ren Hsieh（纽约的无营利组织Dynasty Project的股东之一） “ 我生来就是火箭队的球迷，我在休士顿出生长大。” “ Jeremy来这打球不过是锦上添花而已， 我看他打球一阵子了，在他大学期间以及ＮＢＡ期间， 这次当然不能错过，所以我从我朋友那拿了季票 ” Other fans came from out of town to see the game, like Ko Im, a reporter for the CBS local affiliate in Washington, D.C., who came up from the Beltway for the game. “I missed all the initial craze, so I thought it would be awesome to go,” she says, noting that her friend wore his Houston Lin jersey while she sported a Linsanity Knicks tee. “There were definitely a lot of his fans and Asians in the packed house, since it’s the only time they play at MSG [this year],” she says. “I’m glad I checked it off my bucket list.” 其他来看比赛的球迷， 像是Ko Im，CBS在华盛顿D.C. 的合作厂商的记者。 从Beltway 特别过来看比赛。 “我怀念最初的那些感动，所以来看比赛一定很棒” 她的朋友穿着林的火箭球衣，而她则是穿着林在尼克的T-Shirt “ 毫无疑问现场有超多他的粉丝以及亚洲人， 因为这是他今年唯一一次在MSG打球，我很开心我下定决心买票过来 ” Lin responded to the crowd and the challenge of his former team with another sterling game — 21 points, three assists and five rebounds, not taking over the game but meshing well with his team, and totally outplaying both starting PG Patrick Beverley(five points, just two assists) and his replacement as Knicks point guard, Raymond Felton (eight points, seven assists, but five turnovers and five fouls). He even unleashed a neat right-handed dunk, which drew even Knicks loyalists out of their seats to their reluctant feet, experiencing a flash of Linsanity nostalgia. 林用21分3 助攻以及5篮板来回应全场观众及前队友 虽然不是接管了比赛，但和队友们合作无间。 表现优於先发PG小贝（5分2助攻） 以及之後取代他成为尼克队的PG的Felton (8分，7助攻但是有5犯以及5失误) 他甚至表演了一下右手灌篮， 这使得原本对手的尼克的球迷们，都怀念起了当初的Linsanity 炫风。 Which brings us to the obligatory hypothetical: What if the Knicks had kept him, despite his steep price tag, late-season injury and uneven post-February play? What if they’d given him the kind of longer term investment that he’d hoped for and his fans had been expecting, given the massive goodwill and merchandise value that the Knicks had accrued with Lin in New York? As New York Times’s veteran sports scribe Harvey Araton notes, “Lin, as an Asian American sensation, was probably worth $2 in commercial appeal for every $1 he was paid.” 这样的状况让我们不得不如此的假设 如果尼克当初还是决定留下了林 不管他的高价，在球季後期受伤，以及二月後的比赛状况如何 或是如同林本人或是他的球迷期望的 尼克愿意把林当作是较长期的投资， 对他释出大量的善意以及考量他为尼克带来场外价值 现在的状况又会是如何？ 纽约时报的资深体育记者Harvey Araton说过， “Lin, 为亚裔美籍，在他身上投资$1，可以回收$2” But the Knicks made the short-sighted decision to let Lin go. And now, Linsanity — at least the New York edition — is memories, echoes and nostalgia. 但尼克短视近利而决定放弃林。 而现在，”纽约”版的Linsanity已成了回忆，回音以及缅怀之情。 Maybe for the better. Some pundits have noted that in a smaller market, with bigger stars alongside him (Lin publicly calls Harden and Howard the “faces of the [Rockets] franchise”), Lin has had the freedom to work out the kinks of his game, without the pressure of the media’s piercing glare. 也许好处是，许多专家指出在较小的市场，和其他球星一起打球， （林曾经说过哈登和魔兽是火箭队的门面） 林有更多打球的自由，并且不会承受过多媒体关注的焦点 “At this point, i have no doubt that hes gonna do this again, and play this good [indefinitely],” says Leong. “The doubters can doubt, and haters can hate, but Jeremy can play.” “ 从这点来看，我从不怀疑他应付不来，他可以打的很好” Linsanity的导演 Evan Jackson Leong这样说。 “ 即使人们继续怀疑，继续讨厌，但是Jeremy毫无疑问的有能力打球 ” Which is why even some of his biggest Asian American fans, like Hsieh, agree that the time has come for us to move on from “Linsanity.” “It’s time for a Linsanity moratorium,” he says. “It’s contextualized, it’s past. Let it lie as a great piece of sports history. To call out Linsanity every time Lin has a good game only serves to diminish his actual talent. Like he has to be going insane to pull it off. No, he’s just actually a good player. He doesn’t have to be ‘Linsane’ to do it.” 这就是为什麽即使是他最大宗的亚裔美籍球迷， 像是前面提到的Hsieh都认为，该走出Linsanity的回忆。 “ 是该停止Linsanity了，那是过去的事情了， 就让他成为运动史上美丽的一章， 每次林打的好的时候， 就把Linsanity搬出来只是在贬低他的能力而已 就好像是他要到疯狂才能有如此表现 不～他确实是个优秀的球员， 他不需要发狂才能做到那样 ” Point made, point taken. But you’ll excuse some of us if we still obsessively watch his highlights and cheer to ourselves every time he delivers an on-screen reminder of those crazy, heady days. Call it “Linstant Replay.” 即使明白这个道理， 但请容许我们当中有许多球迷 仍然沈醉的看着他的highlights， 每当他精采表现而让我们想起那段引起疯狂，和风潮的日子 总是让如此的让我们振奋不已 那叫做 ”Linstant Replay.” 注： Lin + instant （即刻） Replay（重播 ) ~ＥＮＤ~ （我只能说最後一段真的讲出我的心声了！） 我还是三不五时就拿出林来疯的高光 每一次看都还是很感动 这篇文章写的很中肯，也不浮夸 但整篇读完有种还是有淡淡哀伤 尤其说到他的努力那边 ~"~ --

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