By Austin Burton http://dimemag.com/2008/05/29/the-vince-carter-apologist/ Public perception is a peculiar thing. In the annals of ballplayers who came into the NBA as highlight-makers who dunked on everyone in their path and lived in the lane, the inevitable point in their careers when they have to adjust and become jump-shooters is met with varying responses. 大众的认知是一种奇妙的事情。在每一个高飞灌篮球员进入 NBA 後， 他们每一次在禁区大个子前或是摆脱防守好手来个大灌篮留下的记录， 是很难让球迷抹灭的。 不可避免的一点是，当他们的生涯要进行转变成跳投手的时候，总是会遇见 不同的反应。 Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant were universally praised for it. Dwyane Wade is currently being encouraged to diversify his game and prolong what has been an injury-riddled career, after which he’ll no doubt be praised. And eventually critics will look more toward LeBron James and \ Josh Smith to change it up from the constant attack mode. Michael Jordan 和 Kobe Bryant 是被大众赞扬。 D-Wade 也正遭遇改变他球赛方式的时机，以延长那伤病困扰的生涯时期， 还无疑问的，他还是会被赞扬。当 LBJ 和 Josh Smith 改变目前的进攻模式时， 恐怕批评将会着眼在他们俩身上更多。 Vince Carter? He gets called “soft” and “fragile” (or worse) and is accused of “settling” for jumpers when all he’s done is make the same adjustment every wildly athletic wing player eventually makes. Personally, I don’t get it. At a time in his career when injuries started to become a problem and he was approaching 30, Vince naturally became less of a slasher and more of a shooter. And it’s not like he didn’t get good results: in the past three seasons he’s shot around 45% from the field (compared to about 46% his first few years in the League), plus he’s still good for at least 21 points per game, several trips to the free throw line, and those occasional 40-point explosions. 关於 VC ? 有些人说他软弱或是易受伤(甚至更差)， 而且因为同样像每一个运动能力很好的摇摆球员最终需要改变自己的球赛时， 因为以跳投进行他的球赛而遭受批评。 在他生涯的一个时候，当伤病成为一个问题时，还有当他年纪接近 30， Vince 自然而然的成为一个较少灌篮、较多投篮的球员。 但这并不代表他没有得到很好的结果，在过去三个球季，他以 45% 左右的 命中率在联盟生存，他在联盟初期也约 46% 。 而且他依旧每场可以拿下至少 21 分，七次上罚球线的机会，甚至偶尔的40分爆发。 Because he was such an amazing dunker in his younger days, it’s like people are mad at Vince because he doesn’t get 75 percent of his points above the rim. But who does that? Look at George Gervin; famous for the finger roll, but his game was really very dependent on his jumper. MJ became the game’s biggest endorser on a foundation of dunking and the whole “Air” persona, but his jumper was the foundation of his game. That’s just how elite two-guards operate. 只因为在他较年轻的日子里，他是一名非常让人惊讶的灌篮高手， 就像人们会开始感到生气，当 Vince 的分数有百分之七十五不在篮框附近取得。 再看看还有谁也是如此，George Gervin，他的切入上篮是很着名的， 可是他的球赛依旧很仰赖跳投。 MJ 成为球赛当中“高空飞行”最大的背书者，但是他球赛的本质也是跳投， 这就是优秀的得分後卫如何在他的生涯当中进行的。 For someone who’s often called lazy and a one-dimensional scorer, Vince Carter is far from it — he’s actually one of the best all-around players in the sport. This season he put up 21 points, six boards and five assists per game, making him one of only a handful of guys (LeBron, Kobe and T-Mac were the only others) to average 20-5-5 across the board. 对於某些人被称为懒惰或者是单方面的得分球员，Vince Carter 离那里远得很。 事实上，他可是众多优秀全面球员之一，上一个球季，平均 21 分， 带有 6 篮板，5助攻。 其余可以办到如此的球员，也只有这几个 Kobe, LeBron, 和 T-Mac，可以平均 20 - 5 - 5。 The biggest knocks on Vince are that he isn’t aggressive enough, he’s always injured, and that he doesn’t play hard. To address all three: 对 Vince 的批评中最多的是他不够积极，或是他总是受伤，或是不够认真。 我们来看看这三点。 (1) Vince still dunks on cats regularly and attacks the basket often. You’d have to regularly watch Nets games to see it — which I’ve been able to do living in the NY/NJ area — but you can also look at his 429 free throw attempts this past season, which ranked 22nd in the League. Vince took more free throws (a good indication of attacking the basket) than notoriously aggressive scorers like Baron Davis, Monta Ellis, Deron Williams, Chris Paul, Brandon Roy and Tony Parker, among others. And according to CBS Sportsline’s unofficial “Dunk-O-Meter” ticker, Vince threw down 71 dunks this season, 38th-best in the League and higher than Gerald Wallace, Lamar Odom, Caron Butler, Tim Duncan and Jason Richardson. (1) 事实上， Vince 依旧经常灌篮和进攻篮框，你必须经常看篮网的球赛来 看到这事实，这也是住在 NY/NJ 区域的我常看到的，在上一个球季他有 429 次 上罚球线的机会，这在联盟排行第 22 。 Vince 跟一些积极的进攻者比较起来还拿了更多的罚球机会，包含 Baron Davis, Monta Ellis, Deron Williams, CP3, Brandon Roy, Tony Parker 等。 CBS Sportsline 的非官方灌篮统计， VC 依旧灌了 71 次的篮，比 Gerald Wallace, Lamar Odom, Caron Butler, Tim Duncan, Jason Richardson 还多。 (2) Over the past four seasons, Vince has played in 314 of a possible 328 regular season games. In that same span, Kobe — who no one’s ever accused of being fragile — has played in 305 games. Kevin Garnett, another guy given all the warrior credit in the world, has played in 305. (2) 在过去四个球季，328个出场机会，他出场了314场。 以同样的标准， Kobe - 从未被批评易受伤的，出场了 305 场。 KG，这位被世界公认为战士的球员，也出场了 305 场。 (3) The perception that Vince consistently doesn’t play hard all stems from the infamous interview where he admitted he didn’t always give it his all in Toronto. If you really think Vince Carter is the only NBA player who has occasionally played at less than 100 percent, you’re kidding yourself. Watch a Clippers/Bobcats game in March and tell me everyone on the court is going all-out. And on a bigger stage — and I hate to keep bringing up Kobe, but he is the game’s most visible player and the standard by which active two-guards are judged — look at the two Game 7 losses Kobe suffered at the hands of the Suns in ‘06 and ‘07. In fact, in Game 1 of this year’s San Antonio series even Lakers fans were saying Kobe didn’t go all-out in the first half when he scored only two points. (3) 会有人说 VC 不够努力，可能因为他接受的一次访问中，说在Toronto 没有付出 全力。 但如果你觉得 VC 是NBA 唯一这样的球员，那你一定是在开玩笑。 看看在三月的比赛 快艇和山猫，并试着告诉我他们全部都是拼了老命在打。 在看看更高的阶层，先说，我不喜欢把Kobe 的话题带起来，但是他是一个 最容易注意到的球员，并且树立了目前得分後位的标准。 在06,07 对上太阳的那两个系列赛，甚至今年对马刺的系列赛，一些球迷 也说Kobe 上半场不够认真，因为只拿了两分。 I’m not a huge Vince Carter fan, but I don’t think he deserves all the hate fans seem to have for him. If you’re in that group, what’s your reason for disliking VC so much? 我不是一个 VC 的狂热球迷，但我不认为他必须承受这些憎恨者给他的东西。 如果你是那个团体的人，你讨厌 VC 的原因究竟是什麽？ --

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