原文出处： http://myurl.com.tw/qk1h -- Decades from now, Pistons rookie Will Blalock will remember 2006 as the year he began the tedious transformation into adulthood. 从现在开始的数十年，活塞的菜鸟W.Blalock将会记得'06年是他正式踏入人们苦闷的 成人时期的关键年度。 Last winter, Blalock was a junior at Iowa State. He played basketball for the Cyclones, starring with good friend Curtis Stinson. They lived together and played video games in their spare time. Blalock's mother, Sheila, moved to Ames from Boston, where Blalock grew up, and called herself the team "Mama." 去年冬天Blalock还是爱荷华州大的三年级生，和好朋友C.Stinson一同效力於篮球校 队 - 飓风队。他们住在一块并且在空闲时间一起打电玩。Blalock的母亲Sheila从Blalock 长大成人的波士顿搬到安姆斯，并笑称自己是球队的"妈妈"，为球员打理一切事情。 Life was steady, his role certain and his surroundings comforting. 生活过得很平顺，他所扮演的角色很明确，周遭环境也令人觉得舒适。 Now, as winter circles back, Blalock has learned life changes in a hurry. 不过在冬天再次降临的此刻，Blalock已经认识到生活通常在一瞬间就有了很大的转变 。 After taking the gamble to enter the NBA draft, Blalock was the last pick in June, No. 60 overall. It's a slot usually reserved for players who never make a roster. 在做了孤注一掷弃学投身NBA选秀会的决定後，Blalock在六月的选秀会上成了最後一 个被选中的球员。而在这个顺位才入选的球员通常注定一辈子都无法顺利打进正式球员名 单当中。 But because of injuries, Blalock is now second on the Pistons' depth chart at point guard. And although coach Flip Saunders has said Blalock won't play more than 10 or 15 minutes per game while starter Chauncey Billups and backup Lindsey Hunter nurse injuries, those are 10 or 15 minutes more than Blalock expected to play this season on a veteran team such as the Pistons. 但因为活塞饱受伤兵问题困扰，Blalock目前成为了球队的二号控卫。虽然老桑教练表 示Blalock在先发控卫枪蜥和主要替补猎人养伤期间也不会得到超过10或15分钟的上场时间 ，但这已经比Blalock原本所预期本季在这支由经验丰富的老将为主体所组成的活塞队中能 分得的上场时间多出10到15分钟了。 "I wasn't expecting any playing time, to be honest," Blalock said. "I just wanted to get better. I wasn't expecting to get my feet wet, really." "说实话，我原本并不预期能有任何上场机会，"Blalock说。"我只希望能更进步，并 不期待能亲身参与球赛。" Consider his Nikes soaked. 而他的Nike球鞋总是湿透的。 Until early December, Blalock -- a point guard Billups describes as "pass first , pass second, maybe shoot third" -- was happy to be the first Piston into the practice facility each day, happy to do some extra shooting afterward with assistant coach Terry Porter and happy to learn the ins and outs of NBA life while wearing his sports coat on the sideline. 直到12月初，这个被枪蜥形容为"传球第一，传球第二，或许投射第三"的控卫一直乐 於成为每一天第一个使用训练器材的活塞人，乐意在训练时间结束後与助理教练T.Porter 再做一些额外的投篮练习，也乐意穿着运动外套坐在边线学习NBA生活的大大小小细节。 That attitude alone impressed the coaching staff. 那样乐观进取的态度让整个教练团队印象深刻。 "I think he's a young man who wants to be good," said Porter, a longtime NBA point guard. "He puts in the work. He always has questions about the position, what it takes to be successful. You always like to see that in someone who's just trying to get his feet into the league." "我认为他是个上进的年轻人，"曾经长期在NBA担任控卫的Porter说。"他认真地投入 工作之中。他总是能发掘许多问题，而那足以让他变得更为出色。你总会乐於在这样一个 刚踏入联盟的年轻人身上看到这样积极的学习精神的。" As the injuries piled up at point guard -- first Hunter's Achilles tendon, then Billups' right calf -- Blalock found himself activated, wearing a jersey and running alongside some of the NBA's best players. 在阵中控卫一个接着一个因伤高挂免战牌後 -- 一开始是猎人的阿基里斯腱受伤，接 着又是枪蜥的右小腿中奖 -- Blalock发现他成了可上场球员名单中的一员，能够穿着球衣 和某些NBA的最佳球员一起在场上奔驰。 That hasn't been easy. His welcome-to-the-NBA moment actually came during the preseason, courtesy of 5-foot-5 Denver point guard Earl Boykins. The pint-sized Eastern Michigan alum picked Blalock's pocket on consecutive possessions. 那并不轻松。他第一次有"原来NBA是这样"的感觉是在季前赛期间，当时负责主 持这个迎新活动的人是丹佛金块的控卫孩子王，这位身高仅有5尺5寸的前东密西根球员在 Blalock握有球权时连续好几次劫走了他手上的那颗篮球。 Blalock can smile about it now. He made sure to get over the embarrassment of that night by popping in game film and studying. 对於这件事情，Blalock现在已经能微笑以对了。他确信自己在重新拿出比赛录影带观 看、学习之後，未来一定不会再让当晚的窘境重现。 "That was a wake-up call right there," Blalock said. "那对我来说就像是一记当头棒喝，"Blalock说。 The calls haven't stopped coming. He has now played in eight games, averaging 11.5 minutes. He is still learning to harness his change-of-pace style and apply it to the Pistons' half-court-oriented offense. He's grasping Saunders' mammoth playbook, little by little. He's figuring out what he can do against defenders, and what he can't. 但他接受的震撼教育可还没结束，他现在已经打过8场球赛，平均上场时间有11.5分钟 。他仍在学习跟上不同的比赛节奏、适应活塞的半场进攻，并慢慢地吸收老桑有如电话簿 一般厚重的战术本。他正在揣摩面对防守者自己能做些什麽，而又有什麽无法做到的。 "It's mind-boggling sometimes," he said. "It's tough. You're playing against better competition, just guys who have scouted you. It's different than college , where they've scouted you, but you can still take advantage. You're asked to do more. Now you've got a whole bunch of perennial All-Stars on the team, so it's different. I've got a different role than just always driving, always go-go-go." "这有时候相当地令人讶异，"他说。"这很困难，你必须面对比自己还厉害的对手，而 他们通常是已经对你了若指掌的家伙。这和在大学打球不一样，虽然对手们一样已经针对 你做过功课，但你可以占有优势。你会被要求做更多的事情。现在你所属的球队阵中有一 脱拉库大学期间都是各校队响当当的明星球员的家伙，所以情况不一样了。我现在有了不 一样的任务，已经不像过去担任球队主控，那个吆喝队友们冲-冲-冲的角色。 His growing pains also have come off the court. Blalock, 23 and the Pistons' only rookie, is used to being the baby. His only sister is 30. His father is more like a grandfather; he turns 76 this week. 他成长的阵痛同时也来自场外。23岁的Blalock是活塞今年唯一一位菜鸟，而他过去通 常扮演婴儿的角色。他唯一一位姊姊30岁了，他的父亲更像是他的祖父；这星期就满76岁 了。 But now Blalock has a baby of his own. His 7-month-old son, Nisiah, whose face and name are tattooed on his right calf, lives in Boston with his mother. Nisiah was born the day after Blalock left for Chicago to begin workouts with Michael Jordan's former trainer, Tim Grover. 但现在Blalock拥有自己的孩子了，他七个月大的儿子Nisiah和他的母亲一起住在波士 顿，Blalock并把他的脸和名字刺在自己的右小腿上。Nisiah在Blalock前往芝加哥和前乔 神的训练员T.Grover一同进行体能训练的一天後出生。 That was the first part of what will be a long learning experience in balancing a life as a professional athlete and as a father. 那是学习如何同时成为一位优秀的职业运动员和一个好爸爸的漫长过程中的第一步。 "The first couple of months were hard," Blalock said. "She was supposed to have him May 5. ... I was supposed to fly out on the ninth. I was waiting around, and she didn't have him on the ninth. I was like, 'I've got to go, it's just something I've got to do.' As soon as I left, she had him on the 10th." "头几个月相当艰难，"Blalock说。"孩子的预产期原本是5月5日...我则是预期在5月9 日离开。我一直在等待，但直到9日孩子还没出世。我就这麽想，'我必须离开了，还有一 些事情是我必须立即去做的。'但我一离开，孩子就在10日来到这个世上了。" Now, Blalock said he sees his son once every two weeks. They spent Christmas together, and Blalock bought him a heap of toys. The baby, of course, was more interested in pawing at wrapping paper. 现在，Blalock表示他每两个礼拜会去探望孩子一次。他们一同度过耶诞节，而 Blalock给他买了一堆玩具。当然啦，那孩子对於将包装纸乱拆一通比玩具本身是有兴趣地 多。 But Blalock still has some kid in him. His friends visit often from Boston, and together they do "regular kid stuff," Blalock said. "Go to the mall, play video games, watch DVDs." 但Blalock仍是童心未泯。他的朋友们通常从波士顿来拜访他，而他们会一起玩一些" 小孩子玩意，"Blalock说。"去逛大卖场，打电玩，看DVD影碟。" His mother has moved back to Boston, although it doesn't sound like that was Blalock's decision. "She didn't want to come here," he said. "It's not my fault ." 他的母亲搬回波士顿了，尽管那听来并非Blalock的决定。"她不想来这，"他说。"那 不是我的错。" But maybe that's not the worst thing. 但那或许不是最糟的事。 "I always had my way growing up," he said. "Not anymore." "我总是不断改进自己的生活方式，"他说。"从未停止过。" --

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