※ [本文转录自 NBA 看板] 作者: deacon (deacon) 看板: NBA 标题: [外电] For Anthony, playoff salvation a round away 时间: Thu Apr 23 19:07:50 2009 Carmelo Anthony hears what you say about LeBron James. How, in a week or two, the NBA will crown King James its newest MVP. How James now has his Cleveland Cavaliers fast-tracked toward a second Finals. Anthony knows how you see Dwyane Wade. A champion. One of the game’s brightest stars. Shooting, scoring, clowning with Charles Barkley on TV, buying his mother a church. Anthony also knows what you’re thinking: Just what exactly has Carmelo Anthony ever done? “I’m like the forgotten kid right now,” Anthony says. Carmelo Anthony 听到了你是怎麽说Lebron James的. 讲着NBA将会在ㄧ到两星期内加冕 帝王蟹夺得MVP. 讲着帝王蟹将会以多快的速度爬向他的第二次总冠军赛。 Anthony 知道你是怎麽看Dwyane Wade的. ㄧ个冠军球员。 ㄧ个联盟中最闪亮的星星。 投篮，得分，跟Charles Barkleyㄧ起在电视上当丑角，为他的母亲买了一座教堂。 Anthony 也知道你是怎麽想的：到底Carmelo Anthony做过了什麽？ "现在我就像是个被遗忘的孩子，" Anthony说道。 Anthony arrived almost six years ago with LeBron and D-Wade, shoulder to shoulder, ready to carry the NBA into its next generation. Once, he was considered the worthy rival to LeBron. For a brief (very brief) time, there was even some debate as to who would make the better pro. But that was before a little pot turned up in Melo’s carry-on bag (his friend left it), before Anthony participated in a street-level video urging Baltimoreans to “stop snitching” (not the wisest cinematic endeavor), before he punched former Knicks guard Mardy Collins (“…not the example I want to set”), before he was arrested on a DUI charge (“truly sorry”). Oh, and that was before he failed to lift his Denver Nuggets out of the first round for five consecutive years. The sports world has a way of forgiving its winners. A misplaced joint, one too many cocktails, even the occasional bar fight can be written off as youthful indiscretion, provided you perform on the court or on the field when it matters most. If you don’t win, you’re a Cincinnati Bengal. Anthony在六年前跟Lebron及Wade肩并肩的来到NBA赛场，准备将NBA带入下一个世代。 曾经，他被认为足够与Lebron匹敌。 在一个很短的时期里（非常短），曾有人辩论着到底 哪个人会成为更出众的职业选手。 但那是在Melo的背包被搜出ㄧ些大麻前发生的事，是在Anthony拍了一部告诉Baltimoreans 别再打小报告的街头水准的影片之前发生的事（并不是个聪明的拍电影动机)，是在他揍了 前Knicks後卫Mardy Collins之前发生的事情（"…他并不是我出拳的目标"），是在他因 为酒醉驾车被逮捕前的事（"非常抱歉"）。噢，也是在他连续五年没办法丹佛金块突破 第一轮前发生的事。 运动世界里总是有条原谅赢家的路。ㄧ个放错地方的大麻烟，太多的鸡尾酒，甚至是偶尔 的酒吧打架可以被写作是年轻的不懂事，让你在场上变得更加成熟。但如果你没办法获得 胜利，你就只是个Cincinnati Bengal。 (ㄧ个美式足球队，不过我不知道这个 典故是什麽，有人知道的话就提供ㄧ下吧XD) So for all the mistakes Anthony has made during his six seasons in the NBA, nothing has worn on him more than his playoff failure. “It’s still right here in my pocket,” he said last week. “It’s hanging on me.” Anthony laughed. There isn’t a single player for whom these playoffs matter more. Win or lose, Kobe already has his three rings. LeBron will be able to hug his MVP trophy. Even Yao Ming, tormented by his own run of one-and-dones, can point to an unfortunate draw or Tracy McGrady’s absence if his Houston Rockets fail to advance. For Anthony, there are no more excuses. The Nuggets have given him a wise, battle-tested point guard in Chauncey Billups. They’ve provided him his deepest bench, equipped with a spike-haired, shot-swatting backup center (Chris Andersen) and one of the league’s most feared (and unapologetic) shooters in J.R. Smith. They’ve even given him home-court advantage, opening the postseason on their own floor for the first time in 21 years. 到目前为止他在六年NBA生涯里犯过了这些错误，但他身上并没有任何东西，除了季後赛 的失败。 "那仍然在我的口袋里，"他上星期说道，"它仍然跟着我。" Anthony大笑。 对一个球员来说，没有什麽东西比季後赛更重要了。 胜败不论，Kobe已 经拥有三枚戒指。 Lebron将会拥抱他的MVP奖盃。 即使是Yao Ming，如果火箭再失利， 他可以把他的ㄧ轮命归咎於Tracy McGrady的缺席。 对Anthony来讲，却没有更多的藉口。 金块已经给了他ㄧ个有智慧且经过洗链的控球後卫 ，Chauncey Billups。 他们也给了他最有深度的板凳，ㄧ个顶着刺蝟头，善於送锅的中 锋（Chris Andersen）及一个联盟里最让人害怕（及沉默）的射手J.R. Smith。 他们甚 至给了他主场优势，二十一年来首次站在他们自己的地板上开始季後赛。 No one expects the Nuggets to replace the Los Angeles Lakers in the Finals, but they do need to win a round. “With the team I have now, it’s like I’m born again,” Anthony said. “ Things are fun now. Basketball is fun.” Fun has never seemed to be much of an issue for Anthony. After the Nuggets traded for Allen Iverson two seasons ago, they played fast and, according to their NBA peers, partied faster. A few opposing executives even dreaded the Nuggets’ annual visit, fearful their own players would be swept up with the late-night frivolity. The Nuggets’ hangover usually lasted until late April when they scattered for vacation. Nuggets coach George Karl downplays their inability to get out of the first round – “We’ve not had good matchups,” he says – but they sometimes didn’t have good matchups because they underachieved during the regular season. A year ago, they clawed just to get into the playoffs and then were promptly swept by the Lakers. 没人期待金块会在西区冠军赛取代湖人，但他们的确需要走出第一轮。 "当我现在拥有了这样的球队，这就像我又重生了一样，" Anthony 说道。 "事情开始变 得有趣了。篮球变得有趣了。" 欢乐似乎总是对Anthony来讲不是那麽缺乏。在金块两年前为他交易来Allen Iverson， 他们球风以快取胜，而且比较其他NBA球队来说，他们打得还要更快。 ㄧ些敌队的行政 人员甚至惧怕金块一年一度的来访，害怕他们的球员将会被金块扫地出门。 金块像宿醉般的快攻球风通常只延续到四月底，然後他们就各自放大假了。金块教练 George Karl总是轻描淡写的说着他们如何无力走出第一轮 – "我们还未有过像样的比赛 ，"他说道 – 但他们没有的原因是他们在例行赛就没有好好发挥过。 ㄧ年前，他们奋力 进入了季後赛然後就简单轻易地被湖人扫地出门。 Anthony bickered with Karl at the end of that series, and it wasn’t long before he was hearing his name in possible trade scenarios. He now says he didn’t take the speculation too seriously, but his agent evidently did, seeking assurances from the Nuggets that Anthony wasn’t going to be moved. As it turned out, the only traveling Anthony did was to China. He played well for the U.S. national team at the Beijing Olympics and left with a gold medal, a nice upgrade over the 2004 bronze he famously claimed to have thrown into a lake after his bench-ridden stay in Athens. When Anthony reported to the Nuggets’ training camp, Karl saw a different player. “Carmelo’s experience was the direction of playing the game the right way and how to win big-time games,” Karl said. “Anytime you gain that experience in a playoff situation or gold-medal situation is helpful to young players. How to handle stress and pressure with dignity and humility is always a part of the process.” Anthoy跟Karl在那个系列战的最後发生了点争吵，那距离他听到他的名字被放在交易名单 前并不会太远。 他现在说他当时没有太认真的看待那样的谣言，但他的经纪人显然认真 了，要求金块队保证Anthony将不会被交易。 就如大家看到的，Anthony唯一的旅行就只有去中国看熊猫。他在北京奥运时表现得很出 色也得到了ㄧ面金牌。对他来说这是个很好的成绩，至少在他2004在雅典当完板凳一哥 後曾说过他要跳河自尽来的好太多。 而当Anthony在之後回到金块的训练营後，Karl说 他彷佛看到一个不同的人。 "Carmelo的经验将会带领他走向正确的路并且让他知道该如何去赢得胜利，" Karl说道。 "任何时候你在季後赛或最终夺得金牌的情况下获得的经验对你将会是很有帮助的，至少 对年轻球员来说。 如何处理压力及应对时保持着气势及谦逊永远是成为赢家的过程中的 ㄧ部分。 Still, the Nuggets knew they would never get the most from Anthony unless they also gave him a guide. The A.I. experiment put fans in the seats and points on the scoreboard, but it wasn’t going to make them a contender in the playoffs. So Karl decided to junk the team’s go-go-go philosophy in training camp and place more of a premium on defense. “Basically, for two years, the dumb coach tried to coach the game from the offensive end of the court, the Phoenix mentality,” Karl said. “…I was going insane.” Karl’s neuroses, as they’re prone to do, also had long started to wear on the players. The Nuggets needed someone to listen to besides their coach. When the opportunity to swap Iverson for Billups came up during the season’s first week, the Nuggets jumped. No trade this season has been more beneficial to a team than Billups’ arrival in Denver. 一如以往，金块知道他们不会获得什麽，除非他们指引Anthony他该走的方向。 引进战神 的这个实验为金块增加了很多球迷跟很多在记分板上的分数，但这个实验并没有帮助他们 在季後赛里成为冠军的有力竞争者。所以在去年的金块训练营时，Karl决定抛弃这个队伍 以往的跑很大，跑不用钱的快攻哲学，反之试图加入更多高质量的防守。 "基本上，在这两年里，我愚蠢的试着带领这个团队以强攻取胜，模仿凤凰城那般的精神 ，" Karl说道。"…我以前真的疯了。" Karl的神经病想法也深深影响了这群球员。金块需要某个人站出来告诉他们怎麽做，除了 他们的教练。在这个球季开始的第一个星期出现了ㄧ个交易机会，以Iverson交换Billups ，金块球员们也对这个交易感到震惊不已。 这个球季里没有什麽交易比Billups抵达丹佛 更有助益了。 “The Chauncey change was like when you’re playing blackjack and you have 12 and draw 9,” Karl said. “We couldn’t have picked up a better player.” With Billups, the Nuggets’ offense slowed to a more deliberate pace. As the team’s shot selection improved, so did its defense. More than anything, Billups has held the Nuggets more accountable. “One of the biggest things this team was lacking,” Billups said, was self-discipline.” Anthony appears to have bought in. He scored just 13 points in the playoff opener, but celebrated as Billups went for 36 to lead the Nuggets’ rout of the New Orleans Hornets. "Chauncey的到来就像你正在玩二十一点，而你同时拥有12跟9这两张牌。" Karl说道。"我 们没办法再获得一个更好的球员了。" 有了Billups，金块的进攻更加深思熟虑。就像这个队伍的出手选择改进了一样，他们 的防守也有了长足进步。 众所皆知的，Billups让金块变得更有组织。 "过去这个队伍曾经缺乏ㄧ个很重要的东西，" Billups说道，自我纪律。 Anthony开始表现得更融入其中。他只在季後赛首场拿下13分，而Billups则攻下了36分并 且带领金块击溃了纽奥良黄蜂。 "I’m not really worrying about me,” Anthony said after the game. “I know what I can do out there.” Anthony also knows what you’re thinking. He hasn’t done anything yet. D-Wade has his championship ring. LeBron could soon land one of his own. But everyone’s got to start somewhere, right? Out of excuses, still haunted by playoffs past, Anthony’s now armed with a good team and an even better opportunity. This spring, maybe the forgotten kid gives us a reason to remember. "我并不担心我自己，" Anthony赛後说道。 "我知道我可以做到什麽程度。" Anthony 也知道你在想什麽。 他还没有达成任何事情。 D-Wade有了他自己的冠军戒。 帝王蟹也可能很快就会捞到ㄧ枚属於他的戒指。 但每个人都必须从某个地方开始他的第一步，对吧？ 没有藉口，继续游荡在季後赛里， Anthony已经有了一个好多队伍及一个更甚以往的好机会。 这个春天，或许这个被遗忘 的孩子将会给我们一个理由去记住他。 ------------ 原文网址 http://0rz.tw/Y6zPB --

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