The thing is, Banks has only really proven that for half of a season last year with the Timberwolves he has enough game to keep him relevant in the NBA. His averages of 12 points and 4.7 assists were nice numbers considering it was the first time he'd seen regular minutes in his professional career. What needs to happen now, though, is for Banks to be able to lead the offensive charge for the Suns squad, at least as much as he is able to. He is going to have to be able to make quick decisions with the ball, he'll have to read the court, and he'll have to score when necessary. 问题是Banks只有去年待在明尼苏达灰狼的下半个球季稍稍证明了自己能在NBA混得很 好，考虑到这是他职业生涯第一次拥有固定的上场时间，平均12分外带4.7次助攻已经是相 当出色的表现。话虽如此，Banks最新的课题是必须负起带领太阳跑轰军团在进攻端攻城掠 地的重责大任，至少是在能力所及范围内尽可能这麽做。他必须能在控球时快速地做出决 定，阅读场上的比赛，并且在必要时也能自己得分。 He by no means has to play at the level of Nash, because that would be an obscene expectation, but he does have to play his role on the floor. The Suns beat teams with their offense, and their offense is based on flow more than on plays. This team gets out and runs as a unit and plays within itself to win games. However, when they bog down against good teams, all they can do is keep trying to play their style and hope they find their rhythm again. The Suns want to get Nash down to around 30 minutes per game during the regular season, which means that for a third of the game Banks will be running the show. He's going to have to maintain that offensive flow for as much of his court time as possible to help the Suns the way they need him to. He shoots a high percentage and won't let the team down there, but he'll have to prove that he can lead the team in other areas when he's on the court to give this team a fighting chance late in the playoffs. 他没必要非得表现地和Nash一样杰出不可，因为那根本就是痴人说梦，但他必须扮演 好他在场上的脚色。太阳以他们傲人的攻击火力打倒对手，而他们的进攻主要是建立在篮 球的良好流动上而非战术。这支球队一上场就好像一个训练有素的单位，拼尽全力以赢得 球赛。不过当他们对上强队而被迫放慢比赛节奏时，他们所能做的只有继续尝试打出自己 的球风并希望能再次找回属於他们的节奏。太阳希望例行赛期间能将Nash的平均上场时间 控制在30分钟上下，那意味着每场比赛大概会有三分之一的时间是由Banks来负责组织进攻 。他上场时必须尽可能地保持着篮球有良好的流动，而那正是太阳希望他能为球队所做的 事。他有很不错的投篮命中率，这点球队不需担心，但当他在场上，他将必须证明自己在 其他方面也能把球队带领地很好，让球队有机会可以顺利杀进季後赛的决战时期。 This season doesn't revolve around Banks - no team's fate should revolve around a backup point guard - but Banks playing effectively with the minutes he's given will allow Nash, the player the season does revolve around, to be at his best when it matters. If he can step into this role and succeed, the Suns may be able to squeeze a few more years out of their captain before their window closes as a contender. 本季太阳的成败重任不会维系在Banks身上 - 应该没有任何一支球队会将命运交由一 个替补後卫掌控 - 但如果他在场上能够表现优异，那将能让本季球队真正的核心人物Nash 在球队真正需要他的时候挺身而出，拿出最好的表现。如果他能成功扮演的这个脚色，太 阳或许还可以在他们总指挥的庇荫下，保有好几年挑战总冠军的希望。 -- PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP 可能先发球员名单 PG - Steve Nash 控卫 - S.Nash No matter how tired Nash must have been at the end of last season, he never let it affect his game. He was blazing up and down that court for every second until Dallas eliminated the Suns in the Conference Finals. His back was seizing up on him, but he played through it, and now it becomes a waiting game to see when his body will stop listening to the competitor inside his chest. Until that day comes, Nash will continue to be the best point guard the NBA has to offer, ushering in the return of Showtime and the flash of playmaking. He's brought the point guard position, as it should be played, back into vogue, and hopefully it's a trend that far outlives Captain Canada's career. 上个球季末不管Nash有多疲惫，他从不会因此而让他的比赛受到影响，在达拉斯小牛 硬生生将太阳阻挡於总冠赛大门之前，他在场上根本就是用尽每一分每一秒燃烧生命在打 球。他的背部旧伤深深地困扰着他，但他仍不屈不挠在场上奋战，现在那已经演变成一个 拉锯战，看什麽时候他的身体将不再听命於心中那个努力不懈的勇者。在那天到来之前， Nash将继续盘据NBA最佳控卫的位置，引领80年代湖人着名的Showtime重现於21世纪的太阳 并维持太阳绚丽的比赛风格。他让控卫这个脚色再一次如它原本就应该地那般引领风骚， 希望在加拿大总指挥退休之後很久都还能维持这样的潮流。 SG - Raja Bell 得分後卫 - R.Bell The fact that this unheralded, journeyman guard could come into Phoenix's high-powered offense known solely as a defensive specialist and make people forget about sweet-shooting powerhouse Joe Johnson simply doesn't get talked about enough. He stepped right in and was effective from the word go, and while everyone was agog at the play of fellow newcomer Boris Diaw, it was Bell and his defense that proved invaluable during the playoffs last spring. He was Phoenix's priority signing last summer, much to the apathy of the rest of the league, but here he is one year later and I don't know if I can think of a veteran who's stock soared any more than Bell's did last year. It was an unheralded signing then and it's an unheralded signing now, but the Suns would've been lost without him last year and it's as simple as that. 事实上之前根本没有人料想得到这个原本只被认为是个防守大锁的浪人後卫可以这麽 完美地契入凤凰城华丽的进攻火网当中，甚至让人们几乎忘了三分能力出色的J.J已经远走 亚特兰大老鹰这件事。他在一开始很快地就进入状况，而且表现相当优异，而当众人争相 赞叹另一位新成员屌爷的杰出表现的同时，春天的季後赛证明了Bell和他滴水不漏的防守 功夫一样是太阳不可或缺的制胜利器。他是太阳去年夏天第一个签下的球员，而联盟中其 他的球队大部分都对於他兴趣缺缺，但一年後的现在我不知道是否还想得出其他在过去一 年身价飙涨得比Bell还多的老将。当时那是一笔未引起太多关注的签约案，现在也是，但 太阳如果上个球季没有Bell助拳，根本不可能打出那样的成绩，事情就是这麽简单。 SF - Shawn Marion 小前锋 - S.Marion He had a career year last year as he stepped up every part of his already-impressive game in an attempt to shoulder some of the burden the loss of Stoudemire brought this team, and while he's still not satisfied with the recognition he gets for it, he has to be pleased with the team's success that comes as a result of his efforts. There simply isn't a facet of the game that Marion doesn't impact in some way, and his career-best year extended all the way down to blocks (1.7 per game) and field goal percentage (.525) and this elevation will make the transition back for Stoudemire that much less taxing. If he feels that he was snubbed for MVP consideration last year, I'm sure the Suns hope he comes back and puts up an even better year in an attempt to catch the voters attention. 去年他打出了职业生涯代表作，为了肩负小史伤停对球队造成的损失，他把自己原本 就已经相当令人印象深刻的攻守数据又全面提升了一个档次，虽然个人成绩亮眼使他得到 众人的肯定，但他并不因此就感到心满意足，因为只有球队的成功才能使他高兴，觉得自 己的付出得到了相对的回报。Marion在场上的表现几乎可说是面面俱到，他打出了职业生 涯最佳的阻攻(平均每场比赛1.7次)及投篮命中率(52.5%)表现，而本季小史付出势必会分 掉一些帐面数字。如果他觉得自己去年是年度最有价值球员选拔过程中最大的遗珠，我想 太阳也会很乐意见到他为了获得更多的关注而打出甚至比去年还要更出色的表现。 PF - Boris Diaw 大前锋 - 屌爷 The lanky Frenchman was seen as a throw-in to the Joe Johnson deal and he walks away with the Most Improved Player award and is currently negotiating a colossal extension that should keep him in Phoenix for the foreseeable future. Diaw is a truly positionless player, a fact that is augmented by playing for a coach like D'Antoni. He will make an impact at whatever position he is asked to play, and did so last season as he logged minutes at all five positions at one time or another. This year he will have to adjust to playing alongside a powerhouse like Stoudemire, and he'll have to do what he can with the ball to try and free up Stoudemire around the basket as much as possible to get his in-game confidence back up. For some players coming off of a career year, being asked to scale back and accommodate would be met with serious disdain, but for a chameleon like Diaw, it's just another trick for him to show off to his public. 这个瘦长的法国人原本被认为只是太阳与老鹰J.J交易案中顺道打包而来的鸡肋球员， 但他不仅获得年度最佳进步奖的肯定而且最近正与太阳谈判，预计太阳将会与他签下一笔 巨额延长合约以确保他未来几年都能续留凤凰城。屌爷真的是一位每一个位置都能胜任愉 快的篮球奇才，但事实上他是受益於在冷笑话冠军麾下打球，不管他被要求去负责哪个位 置都能拿出令人惊艳的表现，所以上个球季场上五个位置他都主打过。今年他将必须适度 调整以便与像小史这样精力充沛的小夥子一起打球，而且他将得使出浑身解数，试图让小 史能够在篮框周围有尽可能多的空档出手，冀望他能早日找回对於球赛的自信。对某些刚 打出职业生涯代表作就被要求减少上场时间以让队友有更多的表现机会的球员来说，他们 通常没办法接受球队这样的安排，但对於像屌爷这样的奇杷，那不过是给他另一个在大众 面前展现帽子戏法的机会罢了。 C - Amare Stoudemire 中锋 - 小史 No one really wants to say it until they absolutely have to, but Stoudemire looked downright pedestrian in his three games last season, he looked entirely average on the court this summer in the Vegas Summer League and he got left off of Team USA because he still had a ways to go with his rehab. I'm not going to say that he's going to bust because by all accounts he was still recovering at all three of those points and betting against Stoudemire has been a lame idea thus far, but at the same time he's never faced an obstacle like coming back from microfracture surgery. No one can help it if this is one of the most played out stories heading into the regular season, because the future of one of the brightest stars in the league hangs in the unfolding, but if he does come back at near full strength, Phoenix will be out of excuses for not going all the way. 直到无可避免前，没有人真的希望这麽说，但小史上个球季短暂复出的那三场比赛表 现很明显地相当普通。今年夏天在拉斯维加斯夏季联赛中他在场上的表现完全就是一般水 准而已，而且因为距离复健完成还有好一段路要走而被摒弃於国家队之外。我不是要说小 史将从此成为二流球员，因为大家一致认为上述三个时间点他仍在持续复原，所以迄今要 猜测他未来会有怎样的表现根本是个相当愚蠢的念头，不过话又说回来，他确实从未遭遇 过像是从膝盖关节镜手术中复元这样的难题。没有人能事先预知这个被广泛讨论的故事在 例行赛期间将如何演变，因为联盟中最耀眼的球星之一的小史，他的未来还是个未知数。 不过如果小史真的能恢复到将近百分之百，那太阳本季除了总冠军以外的结果都只能归类 为失败了。 --

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