※ [本文转录自 Lakers 看板] 作者: LoadUp () 看板: Lakers 标题: [外电] Denver's Carter relies on strength and second chance 时间: Fri Apr 25 12:45:53 2008 Smith column: Denver's Carter relies on strength and second chance 史密斯专栏：丹佛的Carter 来源：http://0rz.tw/3a3XZ MARCIA C. SMITH OC Register columnist LOS ANGELES — The guy had no chance making the NBA nine seasons ago and staying. 这是个九个球季前，进不了NBA的球员。 Anthony Carter was the son of a drug-addled mother, a high school dropout and a puny 6-foot-2 streetballer who made meal money hustling pickup teams on the Atlanta asphalt from morning to midnight. Anthony Carter有个毒虫老妈，从高中辍学後，这个身高6尺2（约188公分），弱小的街 头篮球员，每天只能透过在Atlanta的柏油路上找人报队来赚吃饭钱。 Before Wednesday's Game 2 of the first-round playoffs at Staples Center, the Denver Nuggets point guard leaned back in his locker room folding chair, rested on the heels of his fresh-out-of-the-box Nikes and furtively looked around as if he were about to let someone in on a secret. 在礼拜三的第一轮第二场球之前，这位丹佛金块的控卫在史戴波中心休息室中的摺叠椅 上，往後靠了下来。在他膝盖上的是他刚拿到手的Nike球鞋。他正偷偷摸摸的四处看，好 像在考虑要不要让人知道这个秘密。 "I'm lucky," said Carter, 32, talking softly from his stall neighboring those of his franchise's royalty, Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony. "I'm here. Still." 『我很庆幸。』Carter说，这位32岁的球员轻轻的讲。他的隔间就在那些大牌球员Allen Iverson以及Carmelo Anthony的隔壁。『我还在这里。』 He doesn't need to tell the story of his hard-scrabble past. His journey's chapters, its heroes and heroines, and its symbols are needled deep into the skin of his arms. 他不需要讲他那辛苦的过去，他旅程中的章节里，那些男女主角，那些象徵都已经深入 他的手臂中。 These are strong and fearless arms. In Game 2, they shuttled passes to Nuggets shooters. They went up to try to block the jumpshot of Laker Luke Walton — yes, 6-8 Walton — during his nine minutes of action. They held his head up when he sat on the bench, scoreless and shotless, his starting lineup spot and minutes taken by burly, three-point shooter and Lithuanian guard Linas Kleiza. 那是强壮且无所畏惧的手臂。在第二场，他们（手臂）把球传给金块的射手；他们试着阻 止湖人Luke Walton的跳投，是的，6尺8的Walton，在他（Carter）仅仅只有九分钟的上场 时间里。他们让他在板凳上抬起头来，他很少得分也没什麽机会出手，他的先发地位与上 场时间被粗鲁的拿走，给了立陶宛的三分射手後卫Linas Kleiza。 In Sunday's Game 1 loss to the Lakers, the arms wrapped around the rising waist of fast-breaking, shooting Kobe Bryant. Then they shoved Bryant in the back, sending the MVP candidate tumbling into a baseline of photographers. 在第一场输给湖人的比赛中，他的手臂把快攻中正要出手的Kobe Bryant的腰抱住，并推 了他的背一把，让这位MVP候选人摔到底线的一堆摄影师里头。 Messing with arguably the best player in the game? What nerve from the dropout who needed a GED, Saddleback College, two seasons at the University of Hawaii and a chance free-agent signing to get a toe-hold in the NBA. 粗暴的对待这位有可能是比赛里最好的球员？这个辍学需要在Saddleback College（LA Orange County的社区大学，参考：http://0rz.tw/e63ZX）上GED（高中同等学力）课 程，在University of Hawaii两个球季後才有机会以自由球员身份被签下在NBA讨生活的 人怎麽会有这样的胆子？ If you knew where Carter came from and what he's stomached, you'd know why nobody intimidates him, nothing scares him, no chance seems too slim, no comeback impossible. 如果你知道Carter是从哪来以及他的过去，你就知道为什麽没有人敢惹他了。没有什麽能 让他害怕，什麽机会都不嫌小，重回球场并不是不可能。 Think of the odds against Carter: Growing up in poverty. Sharing a tiny Atlanta home with 13 others. Having a mother on drugs. Watching the men in his life — no father, just uncles — go into prison and stay there. 想想这些跟Carter有关的事：在贫穷中长大，在亚特兰大的家与13个人同住，有个吸毒的 母亲，看着那些在他生命中不是父亲，只是叔叔的男人进监狱或是待在那。 Carter came from nothing. He was even too poor to have dreams. 曾经Carter什麽都没有，甚至没有梦想。 Tugged by the streets, he dropped out of Alonzo A. Crim High School and made money using his only skill, basketball, to stuff his pockets with singles when his pickup team won. He thought about selling drugs because, at the bottom, that's the only job that seems to pay and is looking to hire. 流连在街头，他从Alonza A. Crim High School（在Atlanta，参考： http://0rz.tw/033Z8）辍学，用他仅有的技能，打篮球来赚钱。他曾想过要靠卖毒维 生，因为到头来，这看来是唯一能赚钱又会雇用他的工作。 "But then I got one really great second chance," said Carter, about the opportune meetings that put him on the path toward college and the NBA. 『但是当时我有了一个非常好的重生的机会。』Carter说到那及时的会面让他回到学校并 走向NBA。 A former player tipped off longtime Saddleback College coach Bill Brummel about Carter, who was playing in a city basketball league. Brummel saw poor-quality video taken from the sideline of Carter's midnight games and was intrigued enough to contact Carter. 一个Saddleback College的前球员曾向学校的教练Bill Brummel透露过有关Carter的事 情，当时他在市内的联盟打球。Brummel看了从场边拍摄Carter在午夜比赛，画质很差的 录影带，但已经足够打动他去联络Carter。 Carter didn't believe the interest. He trashed the college application the school sent. But good sense intervened, Carter earned his GED and was on his way west to Mission Viejo. 当时Carter不相信有这麽好的事情，他把学校寄来的申请书当垃圾一样的丢掉了。但理智 让他回心转意，最终让Carter拿到了GED并前往Mission Viejo（Saddleback College所在 地）。 "Those were some of the best days of my life, because that's where I got my life back," said Carter, smiling and remembering. "I was playing ball, sleeping on my coach's floor and taking advantage of the opportunity." 『那是我人生中最好的日子之一，因为那重启了我的人生。』在笑容与回忆中，Carter 说。『当时我就是打球，睡在教练家的地板，并抓住这个机会。』 He played two seasons at Saddleback and led all California junior college players in scoring in the 1995-1996 season. "One game I was 19 of 25 and in a zone," he said. "I've never had a game like that since." 他在Saddleback打了两年，并在1995-96年的得分榜上领先所有加州大三球员。『有一场 球我投25中19，就像在一个领域里。』他说。『从那之後我再也没有类似的经验。』 Carter transferred to Hawaii and averaged 18.7 points, 7.3 assists and 5.2 rebounds per game his senior season, earning a 1998 All-America honorable mention. He injured his shoulder in front of scouts at the NBA predraft camp and was never drafted. Carter转学到夏威夷，在大四那一年平均18.7分7.3助攻5.2篮板，并获得1998年全美最佳 阵容的提名。但不幸的是他在NBA选前训练营，当着球探的面前弄伤了肩膀，从此再也没 被选上。 But the Miami Heat (1999-03), the San Antonio Spurs (2003-04), the Minnesota Timberwolves (2004-05) and Denver (2006-07) went after the free agent. The Nuggets signed him after waiving him. Twice. 但是迈阿密热火（1999-03），圣安东尼奥马刺（2003-03），明尼苏达灰狼（2004-05） 以及丹佛（2006-07）都找过这位自由球员，金块甚至两次在挥弃他之後又签下他。 "I'm always thinking about a comeback," said Carter, about life and basketball. 『我一直都想着要重整旗鼓。』Carter说到他的人生及篮球。 He averaged career-highs in nearly every statistical category in this, his ninth, season: 28 minutes, 7.8 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists. He also had a career-best 28 blocks and 109 steals for the Nuggets, who led the league in blocks (6.7) and steals (9.2). 本季他的数据几乎在所有项目都是生涯最高，在他的第九个球季：28分钟，7.8分5.5篮板 2.9助攻。他也拿下在金块生涯最好成绩，总共28锅109抄截，在火锅（6.7）及抄截 （9.2）领先全联盟。 （这应该是考虑到上场时间及场次所以不列入联盟排名。） Carter started Game 1 and had four points and five assists in 17 minutes. His scene-stealing moment came when he earned a technical foul with 9 minutes and 50 seconds left in the third quarter. 在第一场Carter先发并在17分钟内拿下4分5助攻。他对Bryant做的那件事发生在第三节还 剩9分50秒，并领到一次技术犯规。 Bryant had just stolen the ball and was racing solo down the court. Carter, the only Nugget to give chase, ran down Bryant, threw his arms around him, took a flailing elbow to the eye and, in a huff, shoved Bryant in retaliation. 当时Bryant刚抄了一个球并一个人跑在前面，Carter是金块唯一在追的人。为了阻止他得 分，他跑到Bryant旁边，用手臂抱住他，眼睛却被甩到一拐，为了报复就又再推了一把。 Carter hasn't backed down to anyone or anything. He won't. He has come so far. 他已经走到这了，Carter不会向任何人或任何事低头，他绝对不会。 Contact the writer: [email protected] 可能湖人球迷对他那次犯规都不太高兴，不过认识一下他怎麽从社会底层爬上来後，也 不要吝啬给他点掌声吧！ 大陆用语课之五 每日一词： 勾兑 adj. n. v. ㄍㄡ ㄉㄨㄟˋ 解释： 通常是指液体混和了别的东西或不纯的意思，常常用於指酒，例如：你喝的是"勾兑"过 的！掺水，不纯，诚意不够！ 这常发生在餐桌上，在敬酒的时候，为表达大家要一致，喝酒不想被占便宜的特性。 谢谢收看。 ====================================== 想看原始版推文的就到湖人版去看吧~ 在这我就先删掉了。 --

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