K-Mart enjoying makeover By Dave Krieger Denver Post Columnist http://www.denverpost.com/nuggets/ci_12276827 Kenyon Martin admits that Dirk Nowitzki, the next NBA star on his playoff menu, has an advantage. K-Mart 承认他下一轮的对手Dirk 确实有个优点－ "He's taller than me, of course," Martin said of the Mavericks' 7-foot forward. "But I think I make up for height in other ways." 「他比我高（关於小牛的7尺前锋），但我会以其他方式弥补身高差距。」 At "other ways," he raised his eyebrows and grinned. The wretches knew what he was talking about, but just in case, he spelled it out: "Hold him, grab him, push him, whatever you can do." 说到”其他方式”时，他挑起眉且露齿笑着。聪明的人就知道他在说什麽，但为 了避免有人听不懂，他补充：「抓他、拉他、推他，反正就是任何可以做的。」 Martin held court following Nuggets practice Friday for longer than any other player. He seemed to enjoy it, which is quite a contrast from some of the tense interview sessions he conducted during his first four seasons in Denver. Martin在周五的练习中比其他人花更多的时间。他却很享受，和他来到Denver 前四季的访问时不一样。 "They say time heals a lot of things," he said. "In this case, it did." 「他们说时间会治癒很多事情，在这里，确实如此。」 At 31, he is one part medical marvel, a veteran of microfracture surgery on both knees, and one part rejuvenated spirit. In the wake of the Nuggets' recent success, it is popular to talk about the maturation of J.R. Smith and Carmelo Anthony, but it is Martin who has been transformed. 31岁，一个医疗的奇蹟，一个双脚膝盖都经历microfracture手术的勇士，和 一个重新恢复活力的灵魂。在金块最近的成功里，大家都在讨论J.R.和Melo 的成熟，但是Martin才是真正经历转变的人。 Three years ago, he was just one of the Nuggets' busload of malcontents. In fact, he became a symbol of the team's rampant dysfunction when coach George Karl suspended him in the midst of another first- round playoff loss, this one to the L.A. Clippers. 三年前，他还是金块队中最不满的人之一。事实上，他甚至是队上不受控制的代 表，Karl过去曾在第一轮对战快艇时对他处以禁赛。 "Every day I would wake up with a bad attitude," Martin said. "You can't walk without hurting. I can't do my job. That makes for bad days. I had a lot of them the first four years I was here." 「我每天起床就是带着不好的态度，走路都会痛，我甚至不能做事，那让我 的日子不好过。我在这里的前四年都是这样度过。」 For a long time, if you wanted to insult former general manager Kiki Vandeweghe, you just mentioned the max contract he gave Martin back in 2004. 过去很长一段时间，如果你要羞辱前总管Kiki Vandeweghe，你只要提到2004年 他给Martin的大合约。 "I wasn't going to get caught up in trying to prove everybody wrong who said I was overpaid," Martin said. "I earned it. Nobody give it to me. I earned it. So I don't get caught up in trying to prove myself to other people. 「我没有要一直去证明那些人（认为他薪水过高的人）是错的，我是应得的。 没有人"给我钱"，而是我凭本事赚来的。所以我不需要去证明给那些人看。」 "Some of these guys around here know what I went through day in, day out, to try and get myself right. It just didn't go in my favor, but I was out here trying to gut it out. A lot of guys would have just shut it down after the first (microfracture), but that ain't me. 「这里有些人知道我经历的那些日子，每天来来去去，希望自己能好起来，事情 总是不如愿，但我还在这里对抗着。很多人在经历一次microfracture手术後 就出局了，但那不是我！」 "I knew what I did to get through it, and it was about me being comfortable and happy with myself and then proving to these guys around here that I'm trying to be the player that I was. And I think they saw that." 「我知道我会回来，并且我会对自己很开心、满意，然後证明给那些人看，我 有像以前一样的身手。我想他们看到了。」 With his knees pain-free at last, Martin stood up in training camp last fall to support Karl's new emphasis on defense. He has embodied it in his play all season. At 31, he has finally become the player Vandeweghe thought he was getting. 在膝盖都痊癒後，Martin在秋天的训练营站起来，支持Karl的强调防守新政策， 他整个球季都贯彻着。在31岁，他终於成为那个Vandeweghe认可的Martin。 "I think a lot of it was me getting out of my own way," Martin said. "Me knowing the things that I'm capable of doing and just getting past the bad attitudes and injuries and everything like that. I was coming in here, and I was a wreck. I wasn't no fun to be around, and I'm pretty sure for (Karl), it was hard to coach me." 「我想是我自己脱离了过去，我知道我可以做到，脱离过去的坏态度和伤病，还 有其他的事。我来到这里，受到挫折。我不是不喜欢这里，我想，对Karl来说， 要教导我真的很难。」 That so much of his athleticism and strength has survived those microfracture procedures amazes even Martin. "The way medicine is these days, I guess anything is possible," he said. "I'm living, walking testimony to it." Martin本人都对自己在microfracture手术後的体能和强度感到惊讶。「现在医 学这麽发达，我想什麽事情都有可能。我就是个活生生的例子！」 His numbers have never told his story, which is why it's so hard for casual fans to appreciate his game. Defense is difficult to measure in the NBA. You have to actually watch the games. You have to see it. 他的数据不会说出这些故事，这就是为什麽一般的球迷不会感谢他的贡献。防守 在NBA是很难衡量的。你必须直接去看球赛，你必须亲自看到！ None of the available defensive statistics measures the ability to guard somebody, which is where Martin excels. Karl put him on Kobe Bryant last spring. Last series, it was David West. Starting Sunday, the 2006-07 NBA most valuable player. 没有一个防守数据能够衡量你能防住一个人的能力，也就是Martin所擅长的。去 年，Karl让他防守Kobe，前一轮则是David West。而星期天，就是06-07的MVP。 "The game's going to dictate how many touches he gets, but he's going to get an opportunity to score between 20 and 40 points, depending on how well he's playing," Karl said of Nowitzki. Karl谈到Dirk：「这场比赛取决於他接触到多少的碰撞，但他可能可以得20到40 分，看他的状况而定。」 （这……有说跟没说一样吧） "If we keep him under 20, we're going to do a special job. If we keep him between 20 and 25, we're going to live. And anything above that is going to have to be an adjustment, probably, in the game to say, 'Hey, we've got to do something.' " 「如果我们把他压低到20分以下，我们做的非常好。如果我们让他得20到25分， 我们还可以存活下来。25分以上的话，我们就要做些调整了，可能在比赛时会说 : 嘿！我们必须要做些什麽！」 （还是有说跟没说一样） The initial plan is not to give Martin much help. That's OK with him. What better way to show the world he's back? 一开始的计画就是让Martin一对一防守，不会给他太多帮忙防守。 但对他来说应该没问题。还有更好的方法证明他已经回来了吗？ 明天就要第二轮了！ 看来K-Mart已经准备好了 （Karl应该也准备好了?!） 大家一起帮金块加油吧！ --

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