在路上：魔术客场之旅不全是光鲜亮丽总也有颠沛流离 翻译转自：http://bbs.hoopchina.com/0912/1042528.html 原文：http://0rz.tw/WyneL 作者：Brian Schmitz 洛杉矶报导——星期一，当 Vince Carter 走出这座老旧飞机库的时 候，迎接他的是加州罕见的冷雨和路面上的大片水洼。 “哇，我们可以游泳喽，”头戴绒线帽的他扮了个鬼脸说道。 奥兰多魔术八日四战的西部之旅第4天，球队在一间巨大的健身俱乐 部“HAX”内训练。俱乐部全称机库转换运动中心（Hangar Athletic Xchange），因为从飞机库改造过来而得名。 球队大巴就停在门外几尺远，Carter 径直走过去，正打算回德雷港 的丽思卡尔顿酒店，继续他在洛杉矶的激情一日。 想像一下，一名 NBA 百万富豪有可能怎样旅居呢。 边赏览太平洋胜景，边享用午餐？流连於比佛利山的夜总会？与好莱 坞名宿谈笑风生？ Carter 今日实际安排：叫酒店送餐到客房，睡午觉，看会儿电视… …然後晚饭还是客房服务。 这…不怎麽衬 VC 吧？ “碰上打客场我就是个居家男，”他说，“我是'客房服务搞定'先生 。” 上周五一早，魔术一行35人大部队乘坐达美航空的空客专机离开奥兰 多，历时四个半小时抵达奥克兰。随着周六晚打响对金州勇士一役， 他们的又一轮豪华组团游正式拉开序幕。 今晚魔术将对阵洛杉矶快船，随後他们会再度启程，於周四转战犹他 州盐湖城直面爵士，并在周五的背靠背中迎来旅途的最後一站，凤凰 城的太阳。 诚然，魔术球员的差旅条件实可谓优裕——五星级酒店、两点一线专 车接送，日均发放113美元津贴。而且不用自己拎包。 “我们都被宠 坏了，”JJ Redick 轻笑道。 但与之相伴的却是横跨全国的时差、跳转城市之间由於赶路被强行剥 夺的睡眠，以及油然而生的思乡之情。还有现场的若干嘘客和举牌子 起哄的球迷。 “这种生活很难适应，”中锋 Dwight Howard 说，“我们一天到晚 在路上。别人体会不到这有多辛苦，头天晚上跑到一个城市打一场， 第二天晚上就得再去另一个城市。经过磨人的旅途劳顿，身体总是感 到疲惫。” Redick 原本就不热衷客场比赛，自从订婚之後尤甚。这次他的旅伴是 Sherman 将军——路上他正读一本讲南北战争的小说，名字叫《行 军／The March》。 “打客场，日子相当枯燥无味，”Redick 说，“同样的事情我们却 在一遍遍重复。起初到有的城市还很兴奋，但那是过去了。” 他最爱的客队城市是那些步行就能找到吃的、商店或者书店的地方， 像是旧金山、夏洛特，和纽约。 周日，魔术全队在天使之城放了一整天大假。 Mickael Pietrus 在逛 Rodeo 大街，买圣诞礼物。Howard 给 adidas 拍了一支广告，又参加了《Men's Health》杂志拍摄。 Marcin Gortat 说他计划约见几位同样来自波兰的风云人物，以便为 他拓展职业疆土寻求指点。这当中包括泳装模特兼花花公子通版人物 Joanna Krupa：竞技真人秀《超级明星》中，她当着自己的搭档、 NFL球星Terrell Owens 劈头就是一顿臭训，凭藉此举抓到更多的眼 球。 教练 Stan Van Gundy 尽管自我保证要多到房门外透透气，但最终还 是足不出户地在酒店看快艇队录影。作为中途调剂，他切换到 HBO 收看了 Robin Williams 的《Weapons of Self Destruction》特辑 。 周一晚间，Van Gundy 计划和助理教练们一起去墨西哥餐厅吃饭。 总经理 Otis Smith 说他在外从不给队员立什麽规矩。没有门禁，没 有查房，也没有任何“山上宝训”可言。 “你既然指望他们表现得像个大人，就不该把他们当做小孩对待，” 史密斯表示。 Smith 说对队员们的职业素养有把握。假如他不信任自己的手下，球 队战罢金州勇士之後他也不会允许小前 Matt Barnes、前锋 Ryan Anderson 和中锋 Adonal Foyle 在湾区多呆一天探亲访友，事後再 去洛城汇合。 他大概同样不会允许球队像现在这样，提前到洛杉矶，在当地稍事放 松。 “他们对自己的任务心里有数，”史密斯说道。 今晚赛后，魔术将出发飞往犹他，预计凌晨2点之後抵达目的地。是 胜是败，这一程的心情好坏全系於此。 类似这样的漫长旅途伊始，球员总免不了打牌消遣，另外还有一项活 动，用控卫 Anthony Johnson 的说法叫“喜剧俱乐部”，也就是队 友间之毫不留情面地互相取笑、逗乐作戏。 上世纪八十年代末 Smith 做球员时，绝大多数球队还乘经济舱出行 。 Smith 记得当时只有老球员才能赏到一个头等舱位。所有其他人，哪 怕教练，也只有经济舱的份。他说在飞机上看到年轻队友——比方说 七尺六寸的 Manute Bol——蜷缩在机舱後排是司空见惯的事情。 “老将为尊，”Smith 笑道，“我觉得我们那时和球迷距离更近。当 年我们跟普通人一样在机场办理手续，托运和领取行李包裹，像这些 事情，现在这批球员根本没有概念。从前背靠背很艰苦，他们如今已 经比我们过得轻松了。” ------------------------------------------------------------ Life on the road not all glamour and glitz for the Magic By Brian Schmitz Orlando Sentinel December 7, 2009 LOS ANGELES — A rare, cold California rain and large puddles greeted Vince Carter as he stepped out of the old airplane hangar on Monday. "Wow. We can go swimming," he said, wearing a stocking hat and a grimace. On Day 4 of the Orlando Magic's four-game, eight-day trip out West, the team practiced in a massive health club converted from a hangar, thus, "HAX" — Hangar Athletic Xchange. Heading to the team bus parked a few feet from the door, Carter was ready to return to the Marina Del Ray Ritz Carlton and continue his thrilling day in Los Angeles. Just imagine the possibilities of life on the road as an NBA millionaire. Lunching off the Pacific ocean? Night-clubbing in Beverly Hills? Hobnobbing in Hollywood? Carter's day: Room service, a nap, some TV . . . and then more room service at dinner. Not exactly Vin-sanity, huh? "I'm a homebody on the road," he said. "Mr. Room Service." The Magic's traveling party of 35 left Orlando on Friday morning on their customized Delta Airbus for a 4 1/2-hour flight to Oakland, where this junket began with a game Saturday night against the Golden State Warriors. Tonight, the Magic play the L.A. Clippers before leaving after the game for Salt Lake City, Utah, for Thursday's game against the Jazz. The trip concludes with a back-to-back on Friday in Phoenix against the Suns. Sure, there are perks of travel for the Magic — five-star hotels, curb-to-court bus service, $113 daily per diem. And you don't have to carry a bag. "We're spoiled," J.J. Redick chuckles. But there's also cross-country time-zones, city-hopping sleep deprivation and that natural feeling of homesickness. And the occasional boo-birds and hecklers. "It's tough to get used to," center Dwight Howard said. "You're always traveling. People don't realize how tough it is to go to a city one night and play a game, go to another city the next night. All that grinding and stuff wears on your body." Redick is no fan of the road, especially since he became engaged. He'll spend time with Gen. Sherman on the trip, reading more of a civil-war novel called, "The March." "Days on the road are pretty mundane," Redick said. "We do the same things over and over. Back in the day, it was exciting to go to certain cities." His favorite cities in which the team stays are places you can walk to eat, shop or buy a book: San Francisco, Charlotte, New York. The Magic had the entire day off in LaLa Land on Sunday. Mickael Pietrus shopped on Rodeo Drive to buy Christmas gifts. Howard filmed a commercial for adidas and took part in a photo-shoot for Men's Health magazine. Looking for some tips to expand his career, Marcin Gortat said he was expecting to meet with some movers and shakers from his native Poland, including swimsuit model/Playboy centerfold Joanna Krupa. She grabbed additional fame by dissing Terrell Owens in the Superstars game-show. Coach Stan Van Gundy, who promised himself he would leave his room more, stayed in and watched tape of the Clippers. He did take a break to watch Robin Williams' Weapons of Self Destruction special on HBO. Monday night, Van Gundy planned on joining assistant coaches for dinner at the Baja Cantina. General Manager Otis Smith says he doesn't have any rules of the road for players. No curfews, bed-checks, sermons-on-the mount. "You can't treat them like boys and expect them to be men," Smith said. Smith said he expects professionalism. If he didn't trust his players, he might not have allowed small forward Matt Barnes, forward Ryan Anderson and center Adonal Foyle to stay behind in the Bay Area for a day to visit family and/or friends after the team played the Golden State Warriors and then left for L.A. Or Smith might not have let the team come to L.A. "early to have a little bit of fun. "They understand what they've got to do," Smith said. The Magic fly out to Utah after tonight's game, arriving after 2 a.m. The mood of the flight depends on a victory or a loss. The start of a long trip like this calls for card games and "a comedy club," said point guard Anthony Johnson, with players razzing one another relentlessly. When Smith played in the late 1980s, most teams were still flying commercially. Smith remembers that veterans were awarded first-class seats. Everyone else was in coach, even coaches. He said it wasn't unusual seeing a young teammate, 7-foot-6 center Manute Bol, folded up in the back. "Priority was seniority," Smith said, laughing. "I think we were more in touch with the fans. We'd go through airports like normal people, check our own bags, something these guys have no concept at all. Back-to-backs were tough. They have it easier now." --

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