http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=2871543&type=story 原文提到了这系列比赛的一些外籍球员的故事 包括了Parker,Barbosa,以及Elson 我只翻了可爱的小巴部分,其他略过…XD The carpet in the Suns' locker room is purple, comfortable and plush, and Leandro Barbosa knows it because he spent his first night in Phoenix sleeping on the floor near his locker. 舖在太阳队更衣室里的紫色地毯既舒适又豪华,关於这点Leandro Barbosa最了,因为他来太阳队的第一天就是睡在更衣室的地毯上. He'd come from Brazil, where he had no bed, no money and no piles of shoes. So he asked if he could stay there, in part to pinch himself, but also because it was one of the most beautiful places he'd ever seen. 他从巴西来,在巴西他没有床,没有钱,更没有像在太阳队更衣室里有的一堆鞋子.他问能不能睡在更衣室里,有部分因素是为了激励他自己,但另一部分却是因为---这是他有史以来见过最美的地方. "He probably looked at it as a luxury hotel," Suns assistant Dan D'Antoni says. "He was so excited, he just didn't want to leave. This is what his dreams were. I guess probably in his mind, if he walked out of the room, it might not happen." “他大概把这边看成最豪华的旅馆了吧”太阳队的助理教练Dan D'Antoni说.“他实在兴奋极了,就是不肯离开.这里就是他的梦想.我猜大概他心里是这麽想着,只要他一走出这间房间,现在的这一切可能就不会发生了” They were paired in 2005, D'Antoni a high school coach/teacher from Myrtle Beach, and Barbosa a kid from Sao Paulo as innocent as the day is hot in Arizona. D'Antoni wouldn't say it then, that Barbosa was on the verge of being shipped out. 他们两个是在2005年被送作堆的. Dan D'Antoni,一个从Myrtle Beach来的高中教练/老师;Barbosa,一个从热得像Arizona 一样的Sao Paulo的乡下来的小朋友. D'Antoni不会说出来, Barbosa当时差点就被打包送回巴西. The kid just wasn't catching on. The language barrier was too hard; his confidence was too low. So that was D'Antoni's first assignment when he arrived in Phoenix, to make Barbosa right. 没办法,这个小朋友就是没法跟上.语言障碍实在太艰难.他的信心更是严重不足.所以这就是D'Antoni来太阳队的第一件任务:帮助Barbosa发挥他的潜能. "It came to kind of a head," says D'Antoni, whose younger brother Mike is the head coach. "Crisis or necessity creates adventure. I had to step forward a lot faster than I probably would've normally. I'm not pushy that way. “这实在令我头痛” D'Antonig说. Dan是太阳队总教练Mike的哥哥.”危机跟必要性 制造了冒险,我必须用超越我自己步调的方式往前进,而我一向并不是那麽鲁莽的人.” "I just felt like it would be a mistake [to let him go] because he was so talented." “我只是觉得,如果让他走了,将是个天大的错误,因为他是那麽的有天分” Taking a page from his days as a teacher, D'Antoni decided to start writing Barbosa notes. He'd hand him sheets of paper with simple words such as "trap down" or "pick and roll." By reading them, they became more clear and real to Barbosa. They also helped him learn English faster. 从以前的教学经验, D'Antoni决定开始写给Barbosa笔记.他给他上面写着像"trap down"或"pick and roll"这些单字的小纸条.透过阅读,这些战术对Barbosa来说变的更清楚且真实了.而这也帮助他学英文学得更快. Barbosa is described by the coaches as a gung-ho player, and when he'd get in a game, he tried to do too much. D'Antoni told him to "stay on the floor, don't do a whole lot, and don't mess up." Barbosa被教练群们形容为”一个热血球员”,当他在场上时,他总是试着要做太多工作. D'Antoni告诉他”双脚踏好地板,不要想着做每一件事,不要搞砸” The tutoring worked. Barbosa averaged 18.1 points this season and earned the league's Sixth Man award. He calls D'Antoni "a father, a brother, everything." 这教导的确有效. Barbosa本季平均得到18.1分还赢了联盟的最佳第六人奖.他说D'Antoni是”一个父亲,一个兄弟,以及一切” Just before Monday night's game, D'Antoni handed Barbosa another note. It told him to get in Michael Finley's face when the Spurs guard shot 3-pointers. In the second half, with the series on the line, that's just what Barbosa did. 就在星期一晚上的比赛前, D'Antoni给了Barbosa另一张纸条上面写着,当Finley要投三分球的时候,你就扑到他面前就对了.在系列赛下半场, 这正是Barbosa所作的. Barbosa is in the showers late Monday night -- he's still one of the last ones out of the locker room -- and D'Antoni lets out a few southern chortles when he thinks of how far they've come. 比赛完Barbosa正在洗澡—他仍是太阳队最晚离开更衣室的球员之一.-- D'Antoni想到他们一路走来辛苦的成果,开心的大笑了起来. "Sometimes you're on the pendulum and it's going up," D'Antoni says, "and sometimes, you're going down. We were just swinging together." “有些时候你就像在钟摆上,而且正在往上摆” D'Antoni说.”但有时候你是往下摆.不论往上或往下,我们就是摆在一起” --

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