※ [本文转录自 NBA 看板] 作者: hllwolfkhan (卸阿金老板) 看板: NBA 标题: [外絮] SLAM Top 50: Kevin Garnett, no. 12 时间: Fri Oct 23 00:53:45 2009 原文:http://www.slamonline.com/online/nba/slamonline-top-50/2009/10/top-50-kevi n-garnett-no-12/ http://0rz.tw/VQEJ9 翻译:http://bbs.hoopchina.com/926291.html ============================================================================== October 12, 2009 8:00 am | 134 Comments Top 50: Kevin Garnett, no. 12 The definitive ranking of the NBA’s best players. by DeMarco Williams This may come a tad stalker-ish, but I can remember the day, almost to the minute, Kevin Garnett became my favorite player in the League. It was November 20, 2002. Philips Arena. Visitors locker room after a 103-93 Minnesota Timberwolves win over the Atlanta Hawks. The scene was presumably like any other T-wolves postgame that year. Reporters pretended to have questions for the likes of Kendall Gill and Anthony Peeler, but in actuality, they were only killing time ‘til KG, who had a routine night of 15 and 12, finished in the showers. Other writers asked their questions of Garnett while he lotioned up. I, on the other hand, waited patiently for my time. It would come after KG finished dressing. I recall asking about the game and the progress of the season –the ’02-03 campaign would be his seventh straight leading Minnesota to the Playoffs- but right as we were finishing, I slipped up in my interview. And one thing you don’t do next to KG is slip up… Related StoriesFixing the NBA’s Most Important Knee Five Biggest Questions for ‘09-10 Game Notes: Mavs at Celtics Paul Pierce and Process The Post Up: Parker Ballin Me: Kev, one more question for you. What do you do for fun in Minneapolis? When I was up there with my girlfriend… Well, she’s my ex now.. Anyways, we — KG: …Hey, that sounds like a personal problem right there. Damn, even when heading to the team charter bus, Kevin Maurice Garnett is on his toes. I dig that. The rest of the National Basketball Association detests it. Be it a quick one-liner in the locker room or the fourth quarter with 10 ticks left on the clock, the dude is always ready for whatever comes his way. Throw a high school fight and accusations of gang activity at him as a teenager. It’s nothing. The South Carolina native merely packs his ish and moves to Chicago and becomes even more of a prep hoops legend. Throw a young franchise like the Timberwolves that knows nothing of winning or playoff appearances before his feet. He laughs and not only guides them to the postseason on an annual basis, but also leads Minnesota to the ’03-04 Western Conference Finals. Throw a proud Boston tradition, one with 16 championship banners but not a single new one since ’86, his way and you already know what happens. The most versatile big man the game’s ever seen simply ramps up his intensity a few notches past “Insane,” averages nearly 19 a night and helps the Celtics hoist their 17th title banner. Throw Garnett into the ’09-10 preseason with Orlando and Cleveland looking like certified contenders in the East and, amazingly, it’s still nothing. All 6-11 (6-11 ½, 7-0 or whatever the measurements truly are) of the Boston power forward was built for this. He knows that he’s gotta face Shaq and Dwight eight times. He knows that his rehabbed knee is going to be tested early and often. He knows that it’s been five seasons since he played 82 games of injury-free ball. But he also knows that the great ones don’t make excuses. They make history. And while the 33-year-old Kevin Garnett has seemingly done plenty already for his own wing in Springfield (12-time all-star, ’04 MVP, ’08 Defensive Player of the Year, only player ever to average 20/10/5 for six straight campaigns), he fully intends to write another chapter in the form of banner No. 18 hanging from TD Garden at the end of this season. And from the looks of a healthy KG so far this preseason, he’s already back to his vociferous ways on the court. Of course, Garnett cynics will continue to say the animated antics and primal posturing need to be toned down some. But like underground rapper, and fellow Carolina native, Cesar Comanche once said wisely in verse, “Those who hate it hate it for the same reason those who love it love it.” Consider me a proud, card-carrying member of the latter group since November 20, 2002. Notes ‧ Rankings are based solely on projected ‘09-10 performance. ‧ Contributors to this list include: Jake Appleman, Brett Ballantini, Russ Bengtson, Toney Blare, Shannon Booher, Myles Brown, Franklyn Calle, Gregory Dole, Emry DowningHall, Jonathan Evans, Adam Fleischer, Jeff Fox, Sherman Johnson, Aaron Kaplowitz, John Krolik, Holly MacKenzie, Ryne Nelson, Chris O’ Leary, Ben Osborne, Alan Paul, Susan Price, Sam Rubenstein, Khalid Salaam, Kye Stephenson, Adam Sweeney, Vincent Thomas, Tzvi Twersky, Justin Walsh, Joey Whelan, Eric Woodyard, and Nima Zarrabi. ‧ Want more of the SLAMonline Top 50? Check out the archive. ============================================================================== 我知道这听起来有点像狂热的粉丝，但我依然清楚的记得那一天，甚至可以精确到那一分 钟......Kevin Garnett 成为我在联盟中最爱的那一刻。那是2002年的11月20号，菲利普 斯球场。明尼苏达灰狼以103比93战胜亚特兰大老鹰队的客队更衣室内。 当时的场景和那年任何一场森林狼赛後画面如出一辙。记者们佯装关心Kendall Gill或者 Anthony Peeler的兴趣爱好，实则在耐心等待今晚又如往常一样轻松拿下15+12的KG沐浴 更衣结束。 其他记者们通常在KG往身上抹润肤露的时候便急不可耐的上去提问，而我呢，则是耐心等 待属於自己的采访时间。嗯，就是在KG已经完全衣着整齐的时候，呵呵。我依然记得自己 当时问了些关於当赛季的比赛进程的问题——02-03赛季，他连续第七年率队杀入季後赛 ——，不过就在采访行将结束时，我犯了个小错误，而当KG在你身边时，你最不应该做的 就是犯错误。。 我：Kevin，最後一个问题，你平时在明尼苏达如何取乐？我记得我和我女朋友——呃， 现在已经是前女友——去那的时候，我们。。。 KG：嘿，这听起来像是私人问题了。 (这里的犯错应该是因为KG事前说了不聊私人问题。) 该死的，Kevin Maurice Garnett这家伙都快上球队大巴了，还是如此认真，如此谨慎。 我讨厌他这样！NBA中的其他家伙也讨厌这样！不管是面对更衣室中的一个小荤段子，还 是比赛第四节仅剩10秒就将结束时，这家伙总是用他自己的方式做好准备。 高中时被指控参与斗殴，没什麽，这位土生土长的南卡罗莱纳小男孩收拾行装，前往芝加 哥，并在那成为未来的篮球巨星。 被年轻的，对胜利以及季後赛一无所知的森林狼选中，没什麽，他微微一笑，年年带领球 队杀人季後赛，甚至在2003-04率队出现在西部决赛的赛场上。 肩上扛起有着荣耀波士顿传统，曾夺得16次总冠军，但从86年起便一无所获的凯尔特人， 没什麽，随後发生的一切大家都见证了。这位篮球史上最全能的大个子继续展示他在篮球 场上的激情，场均几乎拿下19分，帮助球队升起了第17面总冠军旗帜。 09-10赛季，KG将在东部面临骑士和魔术的挑战，令人惊奇的是，这依然没什麽。这正是 这位身高6尺11寸(或者6尺11寸半或者7尺。。。)大前锋存在的意义。他知道他将在这个 赛季至少同Shaq和Dwight交手八次，他知道他那受过伤的膝盖将面临重重考验，他也知道 距离他当年82场全勤，没有任何伤病的赛季已经有5年之久了。 但他同样知道真正的强者从不畏惧，从不退缩，不会寻找借口。他们只会创造历史。虽然 33岁的Kevin的个人荣誉已经足以使他入选名人堂，名垂篮球史(12次全明星，04年MVP， 08年Dpoy，唯一一位连续6个赛季拿下20+10+5数据的球员)，但他依然准备用帮助TD花园 悬挂起第18面总冠军旗帜来为自己已经浓妆艳抹的履历表再添光彩一笔。 从季前赛上那个健康KG的表现看来，他又重新回归了那聒噪，大喊大叫的风格。当然，他 的批评者们会继续批评他这种近乎原始，野蛮的作风，他们认为他应该安静一点。但就像 那位同样来自卡罗莱纳的说唱歌手Cesar Comanche曾经写过的很有哲理的小诗一样，“恨 他的人和爱他的人理由一个样(Those who hate it hate it for the same reason those who love it love it)”。 而我自己呢？我非常荣幸自己从2002年11月20日起便正式步入後者行列。 -- 友:ㄟ，老泄，排排你的第一队吧! 泄:PG:T.Parker SG:M.Ginobili SF:C.Anthony PF:K.Garnett C:T.Duncan --

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