这篇是popstarkirby之前 (#1BUECFq4)为大家介绍有关Butler的文章 原文为华盛顿邮报专栏作家Michael Lee於2008年所写 http://tinyurl.com/ylm8g6f 试翻如下: RACINE, Wis. The 17-year-old was home sick from school, napping away the effects of the flu, when he awoke to sirens and the chatter of a crowd gathering at the A&W restaurant across the street. Rolling over in bed, he peered through the blinds to see flashing lights and armed police officers, dressed in black, approaching. 威斯康辛州Racine市。17岁的男孩因病在家没有到学校，受感冒影响正在打盹，因对街 A&W restaurant警报器以及人群聚集的声音而醒来。爬起床後，他透过百叶窗看到闪光 以及身穿黑衣的武装警察正靠近着 He had served nine months in jail because of a drug and weapons conviction, but that had occurred more than a year before. He had been clean since. What could this be about? Panicked, he did the only thing that came to mind: He pulled the covers over his head and pretended to be asleep. 他过去曾因药物以及武器遭定罪，在监牢待了9个月，但那是一年多以前的事了。从那之 後他就乾乾净净 (不碰那些)。那现在是怎样？惊慌失措是心中唯一的感觉：他拉起床单 ，盖过头，假装睡着 After the police broke down the front door and found him, they handcuffed him , struggling to get a cuff around the right hand he had broken playing basketball a few weeks earlier. They took him downstairs and planted him on a living room couch. Wearing a tank top, boxer shorts and a perturbed expression, he watched investigator Richard Geller and his officers scour the two-story yellow bungalow. Eventually, Geller found 15 grams of crack cocaine -- worth about $1,500 in Racine in 1998 -- hidden in the garage. 在警方破门而入找到他後，将他戴上手铐，手铐戴在几周前因打篮球而骨折的右手则令 他有些挣扎。他们带他下楼并将他留置於客厅的沙发。穿着背心，四角裤以及忐忑不安 的神情，他看着调查员Richard Geller与他的部下翻遍这栋两层楼旧平房。终於，Geller 发现了藏在车库的15公克海洛因-1998年在Racine当地价值1500美元 "Bingo!" Geller shouted. "Jackpot! We got it!" Geller喊着"我们找到了！" It was at that moment that Caron Butler's life could have careened to a far different place: away from a successful college basketball career at Connecticut; away from the Washington Wizards and the five-year, $50 million contract he signed while crying in 2005; and away from being named to today's NBA All-Star Game for the second consecutive year. 那时可能将Caron Butler的人生带向相当不同的地方：远离在康乃狄克大学成功的篮球生 涯；远离华盛顿巫师队以及2005年巫师与他签下的5年5千万美元合约；远离获选今天举行 的NBA全明星赛，他连续两年获选参加全明星赛 But Butler wasn't sent back to jail on what he called "one of the scariest days of my life." Instead, he was freed to continue his remarkable journey from youth prison in Wisconsin to Verizon Center because a police officer made a decision that changed a life. 但是Butler并未在他所谓"人生最恐怖日子之ㄧ"时被送回监牢。反而，因为一名警官做了 一个足以改变他人生的决定，他获得释放，得以继续他那不寻常的旅程，从威斯康辛少年 监狱到巫师主场Verizon Center "The graveyards and prisons are full of people that wanted a second chance," Butler said. "God put his hands on my life. He said 'I'm going to touch you so that you can touch others.' " "墓园以及监狱充满了想要第二次机会的人们" Butler说 "上帝将祂的手伸进我的人生。 祂说'我将会碰触你，让你可以碰触其他人'" * * * Trouble From the Start The rise of Butler, 27, from small-time drug dealer to NBA star began here, in this waterfront city of 80,000 just south of Milwaukee. "A lot of people judge your glory without knowing your story," Butler said one afternoon last fall, as he strolled around the neighborhood that created the man Wizards Coach Eddie Jordan calls "Tuff Juice." Butler (27岁)的崛起，从一个三流毒品交易者到NBA球星，是从这个密尔瓦基南方这个拥 有8万人的滨海城市开始。"许多人评断你的荣耀却不了解你的故事" Butler在去年秋天的 一个午後，当他在住家附近溜达时这样谈到。那里创造了这个让巫师教练Eddie Jordan称 为"Tuff Juice"的男人 He grew up on Racine's south side, a neighborhood of decaying homes and dilapidated buildings, and played pickup basketball at a nearby community center. Aside from visitors to Wells Brothers pizza, this area doesn't draw many outsiders. It's sprinkled with a few corner convenience stores. Butler's favorite spot, a Mexican dive called La Tapatia, has just one table. A little store is attached, where you can buy a bottle of Pepto-Bismol with your burrito. 他在Racine市南边长大，住家附近多是残破房屋与建筑，他在邻近的社区中心里斗牛。除 了观光客来到Wells Brothers pizza外，这个区域并未吸引太多外地人。那里有一些便利 商店。Butler最爱的地点，则是一个只有一张桌子名为La Tapatia的墨西哥小餐馆。 La Tapatia那还有一间小店，你可以在买墨西哥卷饼时顺便买瓶Pepto-Bismol (一种胃药) Racine is so small that Butler's neighborhood is less than six blocks from million-dollar, waterfront estates on Lake Michigan. But the peaceful waters couldn't match the lure of Hamilton Park, a patch of grass on 18th Street between Howe and Mead with a sparse playground that had little more than a slide, monkey bars and a seesaw. Back then, everyone would gravitate to the park, where Butler would always find large crowds, girls, and plenty of gang and criminal activity. Police eventually shut down the scene by buying one of the houses abutting the park, tearing it down and building a new one filled with surveillance cameras. Racine市很小，Butler住家距离Lake Michigan海滨的百万房产不到6个block。但是那宁静 海湾比不上Hamilton Park的诱惑，一片位於18街的绿地介於Howe镇以及Mead镇间，该公园 的游乐场地仅有一个溜滑梯、一些单杠与一个翘翘板。每个人倾向来到这个公园，Butler 在那总是发现大量人群、女孩们，与大量帮派和犯罪行为。警方最终藉由买下靠近公园的 一间房子，拆毁它，重新建造一栋充满监视器的房子来关闭此景象 When Butler's mother, Mattie Paden, would find him at the park, she would often resort to waving a bat at him to make him go home. But she worked two jobs, sometimes 80 hours a week, to support the single-parent home and was limited to chasing after him in the family's Mercury station wagon when she returned from work. It wasn't enough. Butler and six friends -- Greg West, James Barker Jr., Robert Nellom, Andre King, Andre Love and Antonio Strong -- constantly were in trouble for vandalizing property and fighting. Butler estimates that he was in juvenile court 15 times before age 15. 当Butler的母亲Mattie Paden在公园找到他时，她经常挥舞棒子让他回家。但是她做两份 工作，有时一个礼拜需工作80小时来支撑这个单亲家庭，也限制她在下班後开着家用休旅 车来追寻他。这样是不够的。Butler与他的六个朋友--Greg West, James Barker Jr., Robert Nellom, Andre King, Andre Love和Antonio Strong经常因破坏物品与打架惹出 麻烦。Butler估计他在15岁前上过少年法庭15次 The Gangster Disciples, who controlled the park, made a strong recruiting pitch, demonstrating how dealing drugs yielded quick money. Butler's uncles and a few cousins were already dealing, so he had no trouble getting started. 控制公园的帮派，藉着示范交易毒品如何能快速赚到钱，招募到不少人。当时Butler的 叔叔与一些表兄弟已经有在交易，所以他要开始 (毒品交易)并不会有任何困难 "We used to see the big dudes [drug dealers] come through, with their cars shining. We didn't have nothing," said West, who was known as Little Greg. "That's what drove us to it." "我们过去常看到这些大人物 (毒品交易者)过来，开着他们的车子闪闪发亮。我们并非 一无所有"被称作Little Greg的West说 "那就是驱使我们的原因" Butler made his first drug deal at age 11, pocketing $38. He would hide his gold watch and chains when he got home, and also had a newspaper route that served as a cover. Butler received newspapers at 3:30 each morning, delivered them and then hit the corner of 18th and Howe to sell crack before the sun rose. Butler在他11岁时完成首次毒品交易，口袋进帐38美元。当他回家时他会将金表与链子藏 起来，他也利用每日送报工作作为掩护。Butler在每天早上3:30拿报，在太阳升起前，送 完报纸并到18街以及Howe镇的转角卖海洛因 "You can take a kid to school all day; he's in school for eight hours, he [doesn't] see the immediate impact," Butler said. "You can stay out [on the corner] for four, five hours and make $1,500." "你可以带你的孩子到学校，让他整天待在那里；他在学校8小时，他没看到直接的影响 (藉由学习对於日後的影响)"Butler说 "你可以在外面停留4、5个小时赚1500美元" During his freshman year at Racine Case High School, Butler gave his locker combination to a friend and allowed him to store drugs there. That same day, he noticed four police officers walking the halls. They entered Butler's classroom and arrested him. Along with the drugs, they discovered an unloaded .32-caliber pistol in the locker. Butler also was carrying $1,200 in cash. 高一就读Racine Case High School时，Butler将他的置物柜组合锁给他的朋友并允许对 方在那储藏毒品。某日一如往常，他注意到有四名警察在宿舍走着。他们进入了Butler的 教室并且逮捕他。连同毒品，他们在置物柜中发现了一把未上膛的点32口径手枪。Butler 身上也携带了现金1200美元 Butler, West, Nellom, King and Strong were questioned by police. Had he been convicted of the gun charge alone, Butler would have served a lighter sentence , but he also claimed ownership of the drugs to protect one of his friends. West says now the drugs did not belong to Butler. "He took the case," West said. Butler, West, Nellom, King 与Strong遭到警方讯问。Butler因非法持有枪械被定罪， 这是较轻的刑责，不过他仍宣称拥有这些毒品来保护他的一名朋友。West说当时的毒品并 不属於Butler。"他全扛了"West说。 Butler's family tried to persuade him to divulge who had put the drugs in his locker so he could avoid jail. "I couldn't see myself doing that," said Butler , who still refuses to provide the name. "I wasn't going to tell on anybody that I was rolling with, so I had to man up. Butler的家人试着说服他将放毒品於他置物柜的人透露出来，好让他免於被关。"我不能 看着自己这样做"仍拒绝提供名字的Butler说 "我不会说出跟我逗阵的任何人，我要像个 男人" "I was hustling. I was doing what I was doing, so when I got caught up like that, I had to bite the bullet. When you're out there selling poison, it's going to come back. That's karma, man." "我很努力，我做我该做的，所以当我像这样被抓到，我试着咬紧牙关。当你在外面卖毒 品，有些事情终会回过头来。那是因果，老兄" He spent the first two months of an 18-month sentence at the Racine Correctional Institution, an adult facility, before being transferred to the Ethan Allen School for Boys in Wales, Wis., a razor-wire-enclosed campus for youngsters convicted of murder, burglary and selling drugs. 他18个月刑期的前两个月待在关成人的Racine惩戒所，之後被换到位於威斯康辛州Wales 提供给男孩的Ethan Allen School。Ethan Allen School校园四周以刀片刺网围起， 为因谋杀案、窃盗案以及贩卖毒品而被定罪的年轻人所设立 When Butler was relocated to Ethan Allen, his mother followed the prison bus in the family station wagon, weeping for the entire 57-mile ride north. "He was with me ever since birth," Paden said. "To have your child taken away from you, it was devastating. I almost went crazy." 当Butler要被移往Ethan Allen时，他的母亲开着家用旅行车跟着囚车，在往北那段57公哩 的路上一路哭着。"他从出生就跟着我" Paden说"让你的孩子被带走真令人惊恐，我几乎要 疯了" Butler cried as he saw his mother trailing. The family already was reeling from the conviction of his uncle, Carlos Butler, who had been sentenced to 10 months in prison for a gun charge a few months before. 当Butler看见母亲跟在後面，他哭了。这个家族刚受到他叔叔定罪影响，Carlos Butler 在几个月前因非法持有枪械而被判刑10个月 Within his first month at Ethan Allen, Butler got into an altercation with a rival gang member from back home. Punished with 15 days in solitary confinement , he was forced to spend 23 hours a day in a 10-by-12, yellow brick cell, with a steel bed and a two-inch-thick mattress. His food was slid in through a small opening and he was granted an hour outside to clean himself. 於Ethan Allen的第一个月，Butler与对手帮派成员争吵。被罚关紧闭15天，一天有23个小 时需待在10*12的黄砖牢房，里面有一个钢床以及一个2英寸厚床垫。他的食物透过一个小 开口滑进来，每天有一个小时离开牢房，外出盥洗 Butler decided that he'd never be in that position again. He read Bible verses his grandmother, Margaret Butler, had sent him. Butler said he was drawn mostly to 1 Corinthians 13:11, which reads, "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things." Butler决定再也不要处於这样的状态。他读着他祖母Margaret Butler给他的Bible verses 。Butler被哥多林前书第13章第11节所吸引，"当我是个孩子时，我说话像个孩子，认知像 个孩子，想法像个孩子：一旦我成年後，我丢弃那些属於孩子的事物" One small window, sandwiched between steel bars, lit his room. Butler could peer out and see a basketball court. 夹在钢制栏杆间的一个小窗户照亮他的房间。Butler可往外窥探，并且看到一座篮球场 "God puts stuff in front of you for a reason," he said. "That was my ticket out." "上帝将东西放在你面前都是有原因的"他说"那让我脱离过去" On the day he was released from Ethan Allen in August 1996, Butler, then 16, promised his mother that he'd never do anything to hurt her again. He also sought out his daughter, Camary, born less than a month after he was incarcerated. For Butler, who barely knows his father, it was another way to make amends. 1996年8月，从Ethan Allen被放出来那天，16岁的Butler向母亲承诺再也不会做任何事伤 害她。他也找着他的女儿Camary，Camary在他坐牢不到一个月後出生。对於几乎不认识自 己父亲的Butler来说，那是进行补偿的另一个方式 "One of the main things I wanted to do was be the best father I could be because I didn't have a father," he said. "I know that void hurt me." "我主要想做的事情是尽我所能当一个最好的父亲，因为我没有爸爸"他说"我知道那可以 避免伤害到我" Butler's mother moved the family away from trouble, to a new home in midtown on Bluff Avenue. Eight days after Butler arrived there, he was getting a haircut on his porch when Andre King visited and asked him if he wanted to hang out at Hamilton Park. Butler, shackled by an ankle-monitoring device assigned to him after his release, told King that he couldn't leave the porch. Two hours later, Butler said, King was shot and killed. Butler的母亲从纷纷扰扰之中将家庭迁到Bluff Avenue城里。Butler到达那的八天後，当 他在阳台理发时，Andre King来拜访并问他要不要去Hamilton Park走走。在Butler被释放 後，脚踝戴着监控装置，他告诉King他不能离开阳台。Butler说，King两小时後遭枪击身 亡 "If I wasn't on the bracelet, I would've been right there with him," Butler said. "That stuff, it takes a fire out of you, makes you say, 'This is not for me no more.' " Less than two years later, James Barker Jr. also was murdered at Hamilton Park, shot twice in the chest. Butler remembers rushing from his home to find a bloodied Barker removing his jewelry and handing it to his weeping sister before being moved to an ambulance. "如果当时我没戴脚链，我就会跟他在一起"Butler说"那些都是警讯，让你说着'我再也不 要那样子了'"两年後，James Barker Jr.也在Hamilton Park遭到谋杀，胸部被开了两枪 。Butler想起当时从他家冲去找流着血的Barker，在Barker被送上救护车前将他的首饰拿 下来，递给Barker哭泣的姐姐 A job at Burger King was one of Butler's first steps toward a different life. His friends routinely heckled him for mopping floors and removing french fries from the piping hot grease. "They'd see me with heat bumps, laughing at me," said Butler, who now owns several Burger King franchises. "I said, 'I ain't got to watch my back out here.' I set the example." 汉堡王的工作是Butler迈向不同人生的第一步。他的朋友常态性地询问他擦地板以及从热 油中捞出薯条等事。"他们时常带着情绪来看我、嘲笑我"现在拥有数间汉堡王的Butler说 "我说过，我不会回头看汉堡王之前的日子，我做出示范" * * * A Critical Decision Richard Geller, 47, has been a member of the Racine Police Department for 24 years and last year he was honored with the department's award of excellence. The son of a Marine, Geller has spent practically all of his life in Racine. He considered attending law school at Western State University in California but instead chose a career in local law enforcement so that he "could give back to my community." Geller worked in the department's drug investigations unit during the mid-1990s, the most dangerous era in Racine's history, when it often had the highest per capita homicide rate in the state. "It was a time in the city's history that we're not sad to see in our rearview mirror," Racine deputy chief of police Art Howell said. 47岁的Richard Geller已经在Racine市警察局服务24年，去年他获选局里面的杰出警官奖 。Geller是陆战队之子，他人生大部份时间几乎都住在Racine市。他曾考虑就读加州 Western State University法律学校，後来反而选择在当地执行法律，这样他才可以回馈 自己的社区。Geller在90年代中期在局里面毒品查缉单位工作，那时期是Racine史上最危 险的年代，杀人案率常常是全州最高。"在那时，我们从後照镜看到什麽都不会难过" Racine警局代理局长Art Howell说 About 5 feet 10, slightly built, balding and with a salt-and-pepper mustache, Geller is far from a physically imposing man. But on that afternoon in January 1998, he had the power to play God with Butler's life. 大约五尺10寸，秃头，留着salt-and-pepper胡子，Geller外观上并不雄伟。但在1998年 1月的下午，他有权利扮演Butler生命当中的上帝 Geller, by then the head of the department's investigations unit, had received a tip that there was drug activity in the garage of the home Butler shared with his mother and younger brother, Melvin Claybrook. He secured the search warrant and organized the raid. "To be honest, I had no idea who we'd find in the house," Geller said recently. 身为局里面搜查单位上司的Geller得到情报，在Butler、与他母亲以及他弟弟Melvin Claybrook一同居住的房子里面，将有毒品行为於车库发生。他保存好搜索令，并组织好 追捕的队型。"诚实地说，我不知道在屋子里会找到什麽" Geller前阵子这样说。 The identity of the person who put the crack cocaine in the garage is unclear, but Butler is adamant that it wasn't him. Geller knew of Butler's criminal past but was unaware that he was a promising athlete. He confronted Butler after finding the drugs, and Butler denied knowing anything about them. With his burgeoning basketball career possibly in jeopardy, he told Geller, "I don't need this now." 将古柯硷放在车库的那个人身份未明，但是Butler很强硬地说不是他。Geller知道Butler 的犯罪过往，但他并未察觉他是个前途一片大好的运动员。他在找到毒品後面对着Butler ，而Butler否认对这些药品有所知悉。他刚起步的篮球生涯可能会有危险，他告诉Geller "我现在不需要这个" Since Butler was the only person at home during the raid, Geller could have arrested him by citing "constructive possession," which makes the person in a home liable for what is inside. If convicted, Butler could have received at least 10 years in prison, maybe more given his prior record, Geller said. "It would've been bad for me, period," Butler said. 既然Butler是围捕行动期间唯一在家的人，Geller可以引用" constructive possession" 将他逮捕，人们要对他家里的一切负相关责任。Geller说如果定罪的话，Butler将在监牢 中待至少10年，依据他的前科可能会判更久。"那段期间对我来说一直都很糟"Butler说 Butler's mother arrived while the officers were deliberating what to do with him, shocked to find police in her home after a trip to get flu medicine and soup for her son. Geller recalls her pulling him aside and begging him: "I promise you, if you give Caron a chance on this, you will never look back. You will never have to worry about him." Butler的母亲在警官们正在商量要如何处理时到达，她在外出为她儿子买感冒药以及浓汤 後相当震惊地发现有警察在她家。Geller回想起她将他拉到一旁，并且向他求情: "我向 你保证，如果你给Caron一个机会，你将会越来越成功。你将再也不必担心他" A very pragmatic man, Geller said he prides himself on a meticulous approach to his job. He believes police work is much easier when you treat people correctly. "I'm not saying that Caron might not have been involved in something at that point, but in my gut, I was pretty confident the dope wasn't his. I had done my homework." Geller是个相当务实的人，Geller说他对於自己在工作上的仔细态度感到自豪。他相信如 果你正确地对待民众，警察的工作便显得更加简单。"我没有说Caron在那个时间点并未牵 扯其中，但在我情感上的反应，我十分有信心这些非法药品不是他的，我完成了初步工作" Geller's supervisor told him that he had enough for an arrest, but left the final decision up to Geller. Geller的上司告诉他能进行逮捕，但最终决定权仍交给Geller "If this had been a situation where I knew going in that Caron was the guy sell ing the dope -- that he was the responsible party -- I'm not going to lie to you, he would've been escorted out of that house," Geller said. "如果我仍停留在知道Caron曾卖过毒品的情形下，而他也是需要负责的一方，我不骗你， 他会从屋子被带走"Geller说 He decided to let Butler go. 他决定放Butler一条生路 "I thought it was the right thing to do -- to see him go on the right path," Geller said. "我认为当时做出了正确的事，看着他走对的路"Geller说 But Geller and his supervisor left Butler with a warning. "They told me, 'If you get in trouble again, anything to do with narcotics again, you're taking this case, too,' " Butler recalled. "I was like, 'You don't have to worry about that.' " 但是Geller与其长官给Butler留下警告。"他们告诉我，如果你再陷入麻烦，再做出任何 与毒品有关的事，你还是得为此案负责"Butler回忆起"我当时的样子就像'你不需要担心 那些'" * * * Discovering the Game Butler had always dabbled in basketball, but he developed a hunger for the sport during his months at Ethan Allen, where he played pickup games to win Little Debbie snack cakes and frosted doughnuts. And he soon became a standout at Washington Park High School. Butler总是浸在篮球里，而他在Ethan Allen的数个月却让他培养出对於篮球的渴望，在 那他藉着斗牛赢得Little Debbie点心蛋糕与甜甜圈。接着他成为Washington Park High School的突出人物 Jameel Ghuari, director of the George Bray Community Center, persuaded Butler to play for his Amateur Athletic Union team. Ghuari, a community activist, coached Butler for three summers and later served as his mentor. He spent countless hours trying to convince Butler that basketball could be his means to a better life. It was a hard sell, Ghuari said. "He was still very influence d by his environment and those individuals who he hung around with," he said. "His mentality was still in the street." George Bray社区中心主任Jameel Ghuari说服Butler打他的业余队伍。Ghuari，一名社区 行动者，指导Butler三个夏天後，成为他的mentor (导师，在此指篮球方面)。他花了无 数个小时试着让Butler相信篮球是他迎向更好生活的方法。那很难推销，Ghuari说。"他 仍深受环境以及周围的人影响"他说 "他的心还留在街头" His close friends noticed a change in Butler, though, after he attended the Spiece Run 'N Slam AAU Tournament at Purdue University in 1998. He led Bray Center to the tournament title and won MVP honors, besting teams featuring future NBA players Darius Miles, Corey Maggette, Quentin Richardson and Dwyane Wade. "He was a totally different dude," West said. "He said, 'I got something to prove.' He wasn't the same person." 当他参加1998年在普渡大学举办的Spiece Run 'N Slam AAU Tournament後，他的好友注意 到在Butler身上的改变。他带领Bray Center赢得该项比赛并获选MVP，这项比赛的历年冠 军队成员中包含了未来的NBA选手： Darius Miles, Corey Maggette, Quentin Richardson 以及Dwyane Wade。"他变成另一个人" West说 "他说'我可以证明一些事情' 他不是同一人了" Butler realized, finally, that he needed to leave Racine. 最终，Butler了解，他必须离开Racine市 He asked a local drug dealer, James "J-Fee" Harris, for nearly $5,000 to pay the tuition at Maine Central Institute, a prep school Ghuari recommended to Butler when his eligibility with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association expired before his senior season. "He said, 'Get off these streets, ' and gave it to me," Butler said of Harris. "No strings attached." 他向在地药品交易者James "J-Fee" Harris要了近5000美元来支付缅因中央中学 (Maine Central Institute)的学费，在Butler就读高三之前，他在Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association的资格已过期，缅因中央中学则是Ghuari所建议的预备学校。 Butler提及Harris，"Harris他说'从街头离开'，并且将它还给我，无附加条件" Harris is now imprisoned in Indiana. Harris目前被关在印第安那州 Butler spent two years at MCI in tiny Pittsfield, Maine, to repair the academic transcripts damaged by his incarceration and to polish his skills on the court. Butler花了两年在缅因州Pittsfield小镇的MCI修补因坐牢而受影响的成绩，并锻链球场 上的技巧 Connecticut Coach Jim Calhoun was familiar with Butler's past but never had any concerns while recruiting him. Coming from South Boston, Calhoun said, he could "sympathize with the streets a bit. With Caron, all you had to do was meet him. He was one of the best people I've ever coached." 康大教练Jim Calhoun熟悉Butler的过去，但在招募他时未曾担心。来自南波士顿的 Calhoun说他可以"些许了解街头生活，对於Caron，你只需要去与他会面。他是我教过最 好的人之一" After leading Connecticut to the round of eight in the NCAA tournament and scoring 32 points in a loss against eventual champion Maryland, Butler declared for the NBA draft following his sophomore season. The Miami Heat selected him 10th in 2002. He was traded twice in his first three seasons -- to the Los Angeles Lakers and the Wizards -- and says Washington has become a second home for him. Butler大二时带领康大打进NCAA Great 8，并在输给该年冠军马里兰大学一役得到32分， 之後宣布参加NBA选秀。迈阿密热火於2002年第10顺位选他。他的前3个赛季被交易两次， 到了洛杉矶湖人队以及巫师队，并说华盛顿是他第二个家 He lives in Centreville with his wife of more than two years, Andrea, and their 3-year-old daughter, Mia. His two other children, Camary, 12, and son, Caron Jr., 7, live in Racine. Butler provides financial support and visits them when he goes home in the offseason. He bought his mother a home on Lake Michigan in the northeast section of Racine, the city Butler refuses to abandon . 他跟妻子Andrea，与三岁女儿Mia住在Centreville。他的另外两个孩子，12岁的Camary以 及7岁的Caron Jr.住在Racine市。当休季他回家时，Butler提供金钱方面的协助并探视孩 子们。他在Racine市东北区的Lake Michigan买了栋房子给他母亲，Butler拒绝断掉与 Racine市的关系 In the absence of the injured Gilbert Arenas, Butler has taken a greater leadership role and is having his best season as a pro, despite an injury that will keep him from playing in today's game. Butler still keeps memories of his friends close to him, though. After scoring 29 points in a win against Toronto on Dec. 1, Butler walked out of the locker room, slipped a newspaper out of his suit and smiled. 在Gilbert Arenas因伤缺席时，Butler扛起领导者的角色并打出职业生涯最佳一季， 虽然今天的球赛他因伤无法上场。而Butler仍保有关於他麻吉们的记忆。在12月1日对 多伦多得29分赢球後，Butler走出locker room，放下他身上的报纸，微笑着 "Guilty," Butler said as he rolled up the paper and gripped it tightly. The day before, a jury had found Davion Davis of Racine guilty of shooting and killing another one of Butler's friends, Robert Nellom, in May 2006 at the Two Six Two Lounge, just a few blocks from Hamilton Park. "很内疚" Butler将报纸卷起并紧紧握住时这样说。这天之前，陪审团认为Racine市的 Davion Davis射杀Butler另一位朋友Robert Nellom有罪，事情发生在2006年5月， Hamilton Park几个block之外的Two Six Two Lounge Last August, a fourth member of Butler's original group of friends, Antonio Strong, also was shot and killed. 去年八月，Butler的朋友里的第四位成员Antonio Strong遭到枪杀 "You see all that and you see people before they die, it's a question you ask yourself, like 'Why did God spare me like this, when I was out doing the same thing?' I can't stand going home and having to bury one of my friends. This gotta stop," he said. 他说"所有事情你都看到了，你在人们死前看着他们，你会问你自己一个问题，例如'当我 做着同样的事情时，上帝将我留下'我再也忍受不住回家、安葬我的朋友，必须停止了" "I just try to live life, live it the right way, live every day like it's your last. Seeing all the crazy stuff in the world, you've got to truly, truly take advantage of the time you're given here." "我只想试着过生活，以正确的方式过活，每一天就像最後一天般活着。看看世上所有令人 疯狂的东西，你真的真的需要善用你的时间" In September, Butler gave away about 700 coats to children at Gilmore Middle School in Racine after doing the same thing at a different school a year earlier. He also has given away bicycles and held a basketball camp. Such efforts led Racine Mayor Gary Becker to proclaim June 8 "Caron Butler Day." Emotional during much of the ceremony, Butler finally broke down, openly weeping upon receiving a plaque from Becker. 九月，Butler赠送约700件外套给Racine市Gilmore Middle School的孩童，一年前他在其 他学校做过相同的事。他也赠送脚踏车并举办篮球营。这些努力让Racine市市长Gary Becker将6月8日订为Caron Butler Day。此典礼的过程让人感动，Butler的情感最後失去 控制，从Becker手中接到徽章时，Butler流下眼泪 After the coat giveaway, Butler walked through his old neighborhood. Drivers passing by honked or shouted, "CB!" Butler waved and shouted back. 赠送外套之後，Butler散步经过他的老邻居。开车的人们经过时按喇叭或大叫"CB!" Butler挥挥手并喊回去 "I was [doing] some wild stuff out here," Butler said, pausing on the corner of 18th and Howe. "I walk this corner so proudly because I came from this block. I skipped school to be out here. My history is right here. Some things have changed [for me] from a growth standpoint and a money standpoint, but I'm still humble. "我曾在这做过一些荒唐事"Butler停在Howe镇18th街转角这样说着。"我是如此自豪地在 这转角走着，因为我来自这个block。我翘课外出来这，我的历史就在这。从成长以及钱 的观点来看，有些事改变了我，但我依旧谦卑 "I'm going to do whatever I can in my ability to not mess this up. . . . You try your best to do positives, do the right thing, influence kids not to go down the path you went down. When are people going to learn? You don't always have to be the same as you once was. That's why they call it mature. People change. People grow up." "我将会尽我能力避免弄糟这些…你尝试尽自己全力去做些正面的事情，做些对的事情， 影响孩童让他们不要重蹈你的覆辙。人们何时才会开始学习?你不用总是与过去一样。这 就是人们所说的成熟。人们改变。人们长大" In the years following his decision to set Butler free, Geller's colleagues often expressed their disapproval, believing Butler would never reform. The shouts that he would regret his decision eventually quieted to whispers, Geller said. Geller决定释放Butler後的这些年来，他的同事时常表达他们的不赞同，深信Butler永远 不会改过自新。那些觉得他会後悔所做决定的声音，最後也越来越小声，Geller说 Geller runs into Butler's mother every so often in Racine and the two are on good terms. Geller and Caron have not spoken since that day. A few years ago Geller's wife, Heidi, bought him an autographed picture of Butler and it now sits on his desk. He often attends Milwaukee Bucks games and last month when they played the Wizards, he and Heidi were in the stands with their son, Sawyer, 10. Sawyer is only allowed to wear two NBA jerseys, the one worn by Bucks star Michael Redd and the one worn by the player his father could have arrested a decade earlier. Geller常在Racine遇到Buler的母亲，两人也处得不错。Geller与Butler自那天之後就未 曾交谈过。几年前，Geller的太太Heidi买了张Butler的签名照片给Geller，那张照片目 前躺在Geller的抽屉中。他常常去看密尔瓦基公鹿队的比赛，上个月当他们迎战巫师时， Geller跟Heidi带着他们10岁的儿子Sawyer站着看比赛。Sawyer是唯一被允许穿两件NBA球 衣的人，一件是公鹿球星Michael Redd穿过的，另一件是十年前他父亲可逮捕的球员所穿 过的 "The good that has come out of it has benefited this community a whole lot more than Caron's arrest would have," Geller said. "There is the thought, once a thug, always a thug. That isn't true. I've come to learn that." "当时那决定对於社区的助益，远大过Caron被逮捕" Geller说 "人们常有个观念，曾做过 坏事的人，总还会做坏事。那并不正确。我已从中学到。" 无论CB是否会继续穿着小牛球衣，都祝他早日康复! Let's Go Mavs ! -- A's大象的森林绿 http://umin27.pixnet.net/blog/ --

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