Lucas: Williams can be great Thursday, January 17, 2008 BY DAVE D'ALESSANDRO Star-Ledger Staff John Lucas takes one look at Marcus Williams and sees a kid with the self-awareness of a gym sock. John Lucas 开始注意 Marcus Williams ，而他看到一个充满自我意识的小孩。 Okay, that's the harsh way of putting it. But that's what the visiting coach sees in his latest pupil: A young player who doesn't know what he has, or how to use it. OK，虽然听起来很刺耳，但那是这位来访的教练所见到的： 一个年轻球员不知道他拥有的是什麽，而且他不知道如何使用。 "You know, this kid can be great," said Lucas, the legendary coach and player who is working with the Nets' second-year point guard this week. 这位传奇教练在这周帮忙这二年级生PG， Lucas: 你必须知道，这孩子可以变得很厉害。 "He's got some great talent. You know, point guards are born, they're not made. He's got all the instincts to play the position. There are mostly combo guys playing (the position) now. Jason Kidd is a pure point. But (Williams) has a chance to be that way." Lucas: 他拥有一些非常好的天份。你知道的，控球後卫是天生的， 他们不是被制造出来的。 他有所有的本能来打这个位置。 现在控卫这个位置有许多 Combo 後卫在打。 Jason Kidd 是纯控卫， 而 Marcus 有机会成为那个方向。 Then Lucas said something that may resonate with Williams, who has heard it over their first two days of workings: He's not going to get there until he breaches what Lucas sees as an obvious mental hurdle. Lucas 说了一些可能会引起 Marcus 共鸣的话，从他们头两天的努力。 除非 Marcus 能打破 Lucas 所看到明显的心灵困境， 不然他是很难达到上面所说的境界。 "I don't think he believes how good he is," Lucas said. "Because the guy in front of him is so great. It's really hard for a kid like this. You have to get him to accept the fact that his time will come. Even if he was averaging 10 points, he won't play more than 15 minutes." Lucas: 我不认为他目前相信自己有多好，因为在他前面的那个人是 非常伟大的。 这对一个小孩而言是很难接受的。 你必须要让他接受他的时间将会来临的事实。就算他过去平均每场十分， 现在也将不会打到每场十五分钟。 Last season, many people in the Nets organization said the same thing: Williams needs playing time to generate confidence, and when he can't get on the floor, his confidence tends to wane, and that has a deleterious effect on his conditioning and attitude. 上一季，在篮网组织许多人说同样的事情： Marcus 需要更多上场时间来产生自信，当他不能在场上，信心只会一值衰退， 而这也会对他的身体条件以及态度造成有害的影响。 That leaves everyone else wondering whether Williams wants it enough -- whether he's going to work to be great, keep the extra weight off, and turn into the leader a point guard must be. 那让其他的人更好奇是否 Marcus 要的足够， 是否他将会去更努力的下功夫成为更棒的球员。让自己变得更瘦， 并且成为一个控球後卫所需要的领导能力。 Lucas is starting on the ground floor. Lucas 开始留在场上。 "You know what, I have to convince him that he's good first," Lucas said. "I don't think he believes how good he really is. Point guards have swagger. The swagger has to come to him. As he matures he'll get it. Remember, he should still be in college. And now he thinks he should be telling Vince Carter what to do?" Lucas: 你知道的，最先，我必须让他确信他自己是很棒的。 我不认为他现在认为自己很好。控球後卫必须要有能摆架子的气势。 这气势必须降临到他的身上。当他更成熟时，他将会自然得到。 别忘了，他现在应该还在大学里面继续打球，但现在就要他 到NBA，告诉 Vince Carter 该怎麽进攻(担任一个控卫指挥队友)？ Point well taken. It is often forgotten how most of a point guard's development is between the ears, and how it could take two or three or even four years -- which was how long it took for John Stockton and Steve Nash to earn starting jobs in the NBA. 大家别忘了，控球後卫的发展通常要好几年的，甚至三四年， Joh Stockton 和 Steve Nash 也是如此拿得到他们的先发工作。 What usually clicks? They generate enough confidence to do their job at different speeds. Williams, who hasn't played much since returning from his broken foot, plays at one speed. 什麽东西是吻合成功的条件的？他们产生足够的信心以不同的速度来做他们更作。 Marcus只用最低等级的速度打球，自从脚骨折後还没有打足够的时间。 "The thing is, we have to get his energy level up," Lucas said. "We have to get him to understand what playing hard is. Think about the difference between he and Darrell Armstrong: Darrell came from dirt. He went to Fayetteville, and he was in the USBL when I owned the (Miami Tropics). You can't expect Marcus to have that fire, because everywhere he's played, he's been the guy. Lucas: 所以目前该做的事情是，必须将他的能量提高， 我们必须让他了解怎样才是认真打的球赛。 想想看他和 Darrrell Armstrong 的差别。 Darrell 上来干脏活。他去过 Fayetteville 市， 打过 USBL 美国篮球联盟，当我是迈阿密 Tropics教练时。 你不能预期 Marcus 拥有那样的火力，因为他所打过的地方， 他总是那样子。 "So I'm working on that first," Lucas continued, pointing to his own head. "When all the skills are the same, what separates one player from the rest is that (fire)." Lucas 指着自己的头并且继续说： 所必须先加强他那个部分，当彼此的技能都一样时，要分别一位球员 就在那里。 Lucas has been a head coach in Cleveland, San Antonio and Philadelphia. He's seen the ones who have it, and the ones who do not. Lucas 曾经是 Cleveland, San Antonio, 和 Philadelphia的教练， 所以他看过许多拥有火力的球员或没有的球员。 "I had Kobe in our gym in Philly when he was 17," Lucas said. "Nobody has a stronger mind-set than Kobe. From Day 1, he was an assassin. Now Marcus has to get some of that. J-Kidd isn't going to play forever. So the faster he gets some of that, the bigger help he's going to be to this team." Lucas: 当时 Kobe 在我们的费城的体育馆，他只有17岁。 没有人有比他更强的心态。从地一天开始，他就是一名杀手。 现在 Marcus 必须拥有一部份那样的心态。 J-Kidd 不可能帮篮网打到天荒地老，只要他尽快得到一些那个心态， 那麽他就将会更快帮助这球队。 The process has been delayed by some bad luck, of course. The cracked metatarsal Williams suffered two days before training camp put him on a shelf for 10 weeks, and since his return Dec. 18, he has played all of 73 minutes. The second year is supposed to be crucial in a point guard's development. Lucas vows this won't be a wasted season. Marcus 的进展有些坏运气，在训练营开始前的他的骨折让他多休息了十周。 而自从 12月18号他的归队，他只打了73分钟。第二年对他而言， 是一个艰困的一年。但 Lucas 誓言本季不会是浪费的一季。 "The reason I say that is, he has the nuances of how to play," Lucas said. "He's a pass-first guy. I told him when I used to play with great players, like Rudy Tomjanovich and Calvin Murphy, I told them, 'If my pass is on target, you better be making shots. Because I'm giving up my offense for you.' Lucas: 会说这个理由是，他拥有如何打球的了解。他是一名传球优先的 球员。我告诉他 当我和一些伟大的球员如 Rudy Tomjanovich和 Calvin Murphy 为队友时，我告诉他们："假如我的传球到了你的手上， 你最好把球投进，因为我放弃了我的进攻机会给了你" "He has to get that kind of swagger. He's young. And he's playing behind one of the greatest point guards ever to play. So it's hard for him to see that right now." 他最好拥有类似这种的架势。他还年轻，而他正在一位伟大的控球後卫身後打球。 所以这对他而言，目前是很难看到的行为。(完) 我们祝福，Marcus 早点经过这位伟大教练的指引，提早变身。 --

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