这是有关MVP的个人专栏意见，我只节录第一名部分(也就是KG)虽然我觉得有点非常主 观(作者也自己承认了)，但是还是篇很感动的好文章 http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/080416 NBA MVP breakdown, Part II Bill Simmons 1. Kevin Garnett Let's get the bad stuff out of the way so you don't think this is a homer vote: I don't think Garnett is the most talented player in the league; I don't trust him at the end of games because he gets too wound up; it drives me crazy that he relies on his fall-away so much (especially in fourth quarters); and I'd rather have Tim Duncan for a playoff series if my life depended on it. Of course, none of that stuff matters in an MVP discussion. He's the one guy everyone will remember from this regular season (sorry, Kobe) and he was worth a 30-win swing to the Celtics this season. In other words, he's the first choice for two of my three MVP questions. 让我先说些比较不好听的，让你们不要觉得这是主场优势：我不认为KG是联盟里最有天 份的球员；在比赛快结束的时候我不相信他，因为他太兴奋激动；他这麽倚赖他的後仰 跳投(特别是第四节)让我快抓狂；还有在季後赛里如果我要赌性命的话，我宁愿有的是 Tim Duncan；当然，这些跟MVP的讨论都没有关系。他是一个本季里大家都会记得的人( 对不起啦，Kobe)，还有他让Celtics这季进步了30胜。换句话说，他是我有关MVP的三个 问题中，其中两个的第一选择。 But that's not why I'm picking him. On May 22, 2007, professional basketball was effectively murdered in Boston. Garnett transformed every single facet of the franchise upon his arrival, from playing for the Celtics to coaching them to following them to owning them to working for them. What he did can't be measured by statistics; it can't even be measured in a few paragraphs like the section you're reading right now. It would belittle what he did. He transformed the culture of the team. He taught everyone to care about defense, to care about practice, to care about being a professional, to care about leaving everything they had on the court, to stop caring about stats and start caring about wins. He single-handedly transformed the careers of three young players (Rajon Rondo, Leon Powe and Kendrick Perkins), one veteran (Pierce) and one coach (Doc Rivers), all five of whom could have gone the other way. He played every exhibition game like it was the seventh game of the Finals. During blowouts, he stood on the sidelines and cheered on his teammates like it was a tight game; because of that, the bench guys did the same thing for the starters and basically turned into a bunch of giddy scrubs on a 14-seed in a March Madness upset during every game. 但是这不是我选择他的原因。在2007年5月22日，职业篮球在波士顿被谋杀了。自从到来 ，KG改变了这支球队的每一面，从为了Celtics打球到替他们当教练，到跟随他们，到拥 有他们，到替他们工作。他所作的不能以数据衡量；甚至不能用像这个你正在读的专栏 一样的几个图表衡量。这只会使他的所作所为看起来渺小。他改变了球队的文化。他使 每个人在乎防守，在乎练习，在乎身为一个职业球员，在乎把他们的所有都给球场，不 再在乎数据，并且开始在乎胜利。他只手扭转了三个年轻球员的生涯(Rajon Rondo、Leon Powe和Kendrick Perkins)、一个老将(Pierce)和一个教练(Doc Rivers)，这五个人本来 都会走上另一条路。他把每一场练习赛当作总决赛的第七场。在大胜对手时，他站在边 线替队友加油，好像这是场紧张的比赛；因为如此，这群板凳替先发主力作一样的事， 并且好像一群在NCAA三月疯里14种子干掉前面种子那样，发晕的小矮人。 The best word for him would either be "contagious" or "selfless." By Thanksgiving, the entire team was emulating him. Every time a young player got carried away with himself during a game -- like the time Perkins started going for his own stats or the time Rondo snapped at his coach -- KG was there to set him straight and scare the living hell out him. Every time one of his teammates was intimidated, KG had his back. Every time one of his teammates got knocked down, KG rushed over to pick him up; eventually, four teammates were rushing over to help that fifth guy up, and that's just the way it goes with the team now. Every time an opponent kept going for a shot after a whistle, KG defiantly blocked the shot just out of principle. Eventually, everyone started doing it. No shots after the whistle against the Celtics. That was the rule. It was a series of little things, baby steps if you will, but they added up to something much bigger. 对他来说最好的字眼是”会传染的”或是”无私的”。到了感恩节的时候，整队都在效 法他。每次有年轻球员在比赛里迷失了自我-像是Perkins开始顾自己的数据，或是Rondo 跟教练大声了点的时候-KG就在那里把他带回正途，把坏东西吓走。每次他的队友被恐吓 时，KG替他吼回来。每次他的队友被摔到地上时，KG跑过去把他扶起来；後来，四个队 友都会跑过来把第五个人扶起来，而这就是球队现在的样子。每次对手在枪响後还想投 篮，KG会出於原则，挑衅地把他扒掉。後来，每个人都开始这样作。对上Celtics，枪响 後就别想投篮。这就是规定。这是一连串的小事情，如果你想就像婴儿学?似的，但是它 们加起来变成了某样更大的东西。 You can't measure Garnett's impact with individual statistics, but these numbers seem pretty relevant: 24 (number of '07 Celtics wins); 16 (number of '08 Celtics losses); four (number of useful free agents who signed with Boston after the KG trade); 0 (number of useful free agents who signed with Boston in the 15 years before that); 10.2 (Boston's point differential this season, an historic number); three (number of Texas teams they beat on the road in a four -day span, as well as the Celtics' total number of double-digit defeats this season); 4,753 (estimated number of teammate hugs during games this season, shattering the record of the '84 Lakers); 42 (field-goal percentage for Boston opponents this season); 41 (number of home sellouts this season); and 3-to-2 (the Celtics' odds to win the 2008 title). 你不能以个人数据衡量KG的影响力，但是这些数字看起来颇为相关：24(07年Celtics的 胜场)；16(08年Celtics的败场)；4(在KG交易来波士顿後，签下的有用自由球员数量)； 0(十五年来，在KG交易前，签下的有用自由球员数量)；10.2(波士顿本季的平均胜分， 这是个历史上留名的数字)；3(四天之内他们赢过的德州球队，也是Celtics本季输到两 位数字的次数)；4,753(估计本季队友间相互拥抱的次数，打破了84年湖人队的纪录)； 42(波士顿本季对手平均命中率)；41(本季主场满场的次数)；还有3分之2(Celtics赢得 2008年冠军的机率)。 Look at the Celtics last season and look at them this season. Does any of the good stuff happen without Garnett? Any of it? Maybe his MVP campaign lost some steam when he missed 10 games earlier in the season; I have to admit, even I shifted my attention toward Kobe, Paul and LeBron these past two months. During a conversation with my father last weekend, I mentioned the MVP "argument" and he quickly responded with a fired-up rant that was very unlike my Pops. I'll do my best to paraphrase it: 看看去年的Celtics，再看看今年的。有任何一件好事的发生跟KG没有关系吗？任何一件 事？也许他的MVP竞争力，在本季稍早缺席了10场比赛後有些下滑；我必须承认，过去两 个月我把注意力转向Kobe，Paul还有LeBron。在上周我跟我爸的一段对话中，我提到了 MVP的”争辩”，他很快地用暴怒似的咆哮回应我，这非常不像我爸。我尽我全力改写如 下： "Argument? There's no argument, it's Garnett. I went to almost every home game. He's standing on the bench screaming for his teammates when we're up 30 points. He's a maniac! A few weeks ago, I couldn't go to a Wednesday night game so I put my tickets online and they sold in four minutes. Four minutes! Last year, I would have been walking around my office asking if anyone wanted to go, and I would have probably ended up eating the tickets. This year? Four minutes. Who did more for a team in one year? We lost 18 straight games last season. We were nothing. Didn't you watch the games? How could anyone be more valuable than KG was this season?" “争辩？没什麽争辩，就是KG了。我几乎每场主场比赛都会去。他会站在板凳边跟队友 大叫，即使我们已经大胜了30分。他是个疯子！几个礼拜前，我不能去一场星期三的比 赛，所以我把票放上网卖掉，只花了四分钟。在去年，我可能要沿着办公室询问是不是 有人想去，但是最後可能只能把票吃掉。今年？四分钟。谁在一年内为球队作的更多？ 去年我们连败了18场。我们什麽都不是。你没看比赛吗？还有谁有可能在本季比KG更有 价值？” It's a great question, and since I couldn't answer it without sounding like a fool, Kevin Garnett gets my MVP vote for 2007-08. Just remember, the "V" stands for "valuable." 这是个好问题，既然我不知道如何回答他，才会让我听起来不像个傻瓜，KG得到我2007 -08年MVP的选票。要记得，这个”V”代表的是”valuable”(价值)。 --

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