原作：KEVIN DING, Register columnist, NBA 来源：http://0rz.tw/ee3D2 副标：His career is considered a monstrous waste of potential, but it can look different with a wider perspective on who he is. 他的职业生涯被认为严重浪费了他的潜力，但现在我们或许能从比较广的角度来看待 Kwame Brown。 We all believe we would be so much better than Kwame Brown. "If I was so big and so strong ..." "If I had his athleticism …" "If I got all those opportunities …" 我们都相信自己了解Kwame兄比他自己了解自己还多。 例如我们会说： "如果我有这麽大只然後我也这麽壮的话，我就....." "如果我有他的运动能力的话，我就......" "如果我有这麽多机会的话......" 等等.... Brown has had the size, strength, athleticism and opportunities … and yet here he is. His fellow NBA players see him the same way as everyone on the outside, having just voted him in a Sports Illustrated poll the player who does the least with the most talent – by no small margin. Brown got 17 percent of the vote; Clippers forward Tim Thomas was next with 10 percent. Brown兄拥有身材、强度、运动能力还有很多机会，现在在湖人也一样。和他同样是NBA的 球员看待他却和外人在看待他时却一样，就是他被大家票选为全NBA最浪费潜力的球员。 他在这项投票中获得全部最高的17％的选票，紧追在後的则是快艇前锋Tim Thomas，他的 得票率则是10％。 It's clear now, six and a half years in the NBA since Michael Jordan made him the first high-schooler taken with the No. 1 overall pick, that Brown's projected greatness will never come to be. That size, strength and athleticism was even combined with opportunities from the very same NBA coaching combination (first Doug Collins' fire, then Phil Jackson's grace) that erected Jordan's own legend, but the usual two-pronged adapter of coaching and experience can work only if a guy actually wants to be plugged in. 在六年半前，Jordan将他从高中选为NBA选秀的状元时被希望培养成伟大球员的计画， 现在看起来是永远不可能有那天的来临了。拥有这种身材、强度、运动能力以及来自於 和乔丹传奇非常相似的教练团组合(首先是火爆的Doug Collins、第二是悠哉的Phil Jackson)，但这种差异很大的教练团组合和经验应该只适用於真正想要衔接这种被教导 方式的球员。 Brown doesn't want it. As shameful as that is, let's hold on for a second and look at it another way. 但Brown兄并不想这样做。虽然这看起来挺可耻的，但我们现在先把怒气忍住一下，然後 从另一个角度来看待这件事情。 Don't we all have some friends who hate their jobs? Don't we all know someone who simply can't deal with confrontation? And if we look around this Sunday, couldn't we all find a guy who, given the choice between playing in the Super Bowl and hanging out at a rockin' Super Bowl party, would be a lot happier wearing a lampshade than a helmet? 我们问问自己，有没有一些朋友非常厌烦他们自己工作的？我们有没有认识一些人，他们 并没有办法去简单的面对挫折的？如果我们看看这周日的时後，我们会不会看到有人会有 机会在超级杯里面打球，或是他会在超级杯盛宴中挂掉，而这种人宁愿头上带着是灯罩而 不是超级杯的头盔。 These kinds of guys – even with all the size, strength, athleticism and opportunity – would not be 6-foot-11, 270-pound Michael Jordans either. They'd be sitting there with beer in hand, moaning about what time they have to get up Monday morning, rooting for the underdog Giants to beat the so-professional Patriots and asking if you've got any more guacamole dip. 而这种人，即便他有身材、强壮的体魄、卓越的运动能力以及很多机会，他们不会有6-11 的高度、270磅重，Jordan也没有这样的条件。但他们就是会坐在那抱着小熊，然後靠腰 他们周一早上何时要爬起来，然後看看处於弱势的纽约巨人是否有机会打败超强的新英格 兰爱国者，然後会问你说你有没有需要更多沙拉酱汁？ (XDDDDDD) That's basically what's going on inside Brown, who was stumped when asked the day he came to the Lakers what motivated him. (He eventually turned to the cop-out answer of "winning.") Brown has been pushed toward greatness and has pushed back, preferring to blend in with the regular folks. That's how DJ Mbenga can learn more from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 10 days than Brown has in 2? years. 这基本上就是Brown的心理状态，那种被问到待在湖人有什麽事情会激发他，然後会呆掉 的那种(不过他改推说另一个答案--胜利XD)。Brwon被期待可以成为伟大，後来却退缩， 他更宁愿让自己跟一些平常人混在一起。这就是为什麽DJ Mbenga在10天以内从 Abdul-Jabbar身上学到的东西比Brwon兄2年还要多。 On Friday night in Dallas, Brown air-balled a foul shot. To fill the uneasy moment that always follows such a glaring individual error, a stoic Brown softly spoke a single expletive. 上周对小牛的比赛，Brown先生在罚球线上丢了个肉包。为了要逃离这种万众瞩目的窘境， Brwon兄嘴巴就轻轻的念了几句。 Even his curses are unconvincing. 即使他的咒骂看起来不是很能让人接受。 It's his smile that looks real. 但他的笑容看起来还是很纯真.... Not long after his air ball, Brown had that easy grin on display. The Mavericks brought three awkward fans onto the court to stage a dance contest during a timeout. Nobody appreciates hokey, in-arena entertainment more than Kwame Brown. 他在丢完肉包後不久，他还是表现出轻松的笑容。接着小牛在暂停时间带了几个球迷到场 中央去玩搞笑的跳舞比赛。没有人比Brwon对这种白烂搞笑的场内娱乐还乐在其中。 In fact, after practice the previous day, Brown had found an Elvis mask – complete with big goggle sunglasses and bigger hair -- in the Mavericks' prop area. Bryant was literally in mid-sentence of answering a reporter's question on that touchy topic of his unhappy offseason when Brown strutted by – and Bryant had to laugh, saying: "That's just wrong!" 事实上，在前一天的练习时，Brwon先生在小牛的道具室找到了一个猫王面具--上面就是 有一个大凸眼的眼镜还有很大的头发。而Kobe此时正在回答记者关於他去年休季期间的不 愉快和爆怒的事情，此时这位Brwon兄就带着这个面具走来走去....然後Kobe就笑着对他 说："这样是不对地" Which brings us to another point: Brown's teammates love him. Now, how can this be when they could be getting so much more from him (or getting Caron Butler's 21.9 points, 7 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.4 steals instead)? 不过这也给我们带来一个讯息，Brwon的队友很爱他。不过现在该问的是，他们可以从 Brwon身上得到更多的帮助(或是看看Caron Bulter的21.9分、7篮板、4.3助攻还有2.4抄截 )。 That's the thing about accepting people for their true selves: It frees you up to let their flaws go a lot easier and focus on what they do bring. And Brown does consistently post team highs in camaraderie, to the point that his explanation for wanting to return from an injury earlier this season was so he could be with his teammates on the road. 这也是有关於他们可们接受一个人真正的内在，他可以让一些嫌隙简单的过去，然後专注 於他们可以作什麽事情。而Brwon兄就时常可以让球队间的友谊处在很好的状态，而这也 是他解释为何他想要赶快从季初的伤兵名单中赶快出来，这样他就可以跟着他的队友们去 客场之旅观光了。XD When Lakers fans were dropping that avalanche of boos on him two weeks ago, every Lakers player on the floor with him made sure to swing by Brown and encourage him – with many more teammates echoing Bryant's sharp condemnation to fans afterward: "If they want to do that, they can stay home." The way those guys kept trying to give Brown the ball so he could make amends said a lot to Jackson about the team's unity, actually. 当湖人球迷两周前把他嘘到快崩溃时，每个上场的湖人球员也都肯定Brwon兄的轮转，并 且都有激励他的言语，特别是很多队友也都对kobe对球迷尖锐的发言有所同感，当天Kobe 对球迷说："如果他们想干这种事情，那他们应该留在家干。"就像Phil所言，要让球队实际 的统合成功，场上的球员就要持续的把球塞给奶油先生，然後让他可以在场上作修正。 The game Tuesday night against New York will be Lakers fans' last chance to boo Brown before the team embarks on a nine-game trip with Brown, not Andrew Bynum, at center. Jackson called Bynum's eight-week-minimum absence a "huge opportunity that just presented itself on the plate" for Brown, whom Jackson advised in October to make "a dramatic change" if he hoped to command the mid-level salary-cap exception this summer as a free agent. 今天对尼克的比赛也是湖人球迷在湖人开启艰辛客场九连战之前，湖人迷有机会嘘一嘘这 位替代Bynum打中锋的Brown兄。Phil谈到Bynum至少八周的缺赛，对Brwon兄来说将是"他 对眼前的状况要表现他自己的巨大机会"，就像10月时Phil也跟他说过，如果他想在这个 暑假成为FA後拿到中产等级的薪水的话，那他就得要有"巨大的转变"。 But by "dramatic change" Jackson didn't necessarily mean big production or want-to; he meant just growing up at 25 and trying to be a little more professional. The coach who once asked Brown for 15-point and 10-rebound averages has gotten past those delusions – and so must Lakers fans in this world where what we see is colored so by our expectations. 不过Phil对於"巨大的转变"这词，并不是要他可以有多大个贡献或是真的要他去作，而是 只是希望他可以在场上待25分钟，然後让自己可以打得更专业一点。曾经要求过Brwon兄 一场要贡献15分10篮板的教练也都从这泡影中走了出来，所以我们世界广大的湖人迷们 应该从这角度出发，我们的人生才会是彩色的。 -- 这篇真的是够酸了 这是Orange County's New专栏作家的文章XD -- --

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