BEHIND THE NUMBERS IT'S A NUMBERS GAME By Martin C. Sumners http://www.nba.com/features/behind_the_numbers.html The great NBA players have come to be identified by their jersey number. For instance, we all see No. 33 when we reminisce about Larry Bird or the No. 32 when we think about Magic Johnson. NBA 的伟大球员都有一个极具代表性的球衣背号。举例来说，想到 Larry Bird，33号的 背影就浮现在你脑海里，而想起他的死对头 Magic Johnson，32号就会勾起你的回忆。 We also all may recall how Michael Jordan made No. 23 a mystical number. Then, after his first retirement, he returned at the end of the 1994-95 season wearing No. 45, but met failure in the playoffs. He reverted to No. 23 the next season and three more championships followed. He will always be No. 23. 我们也都能够回想起 Michael Jordan 如何把23号变成一个神奇的数字。第一次退休後， 他在94-95球季回归NBA，穿上45号，但是却在季後赛挫败。下个球季，他又穿回23号，随 之而来的是三连霸。这家伙永远都会是23号。 The players featured in Behind The Numbers one day may be so closely associated with the number they wear but we take a look at why they wear that number. Many reveal that the number they wear goes back to their first team. Others honor a relative or basketball idol with the number they wear. And some have their own esoteric reasons. 以数字由来为信念的球员与其背号的关系是密不可分的。让我们来看看为什麽他们选了这 些号码吧!很多人的原因应该追溯到他们的第一支球队。其余的人是因为优秀的亲人或偶 像的背号，还有一些人源自奇怪的理由。 Earl Watson #25 SuperSonics Sonics guard Earl Watson is wearing #25 in the Green and Gold for the second time. Earl Watson 再度背负起金绿色的25号成为超音速队的後卫。 A member of the Sonics as a rookie in 2001-02, Watson returned to Seattle in a four-team trade last month. Watson has worn the number 25 since long before joining the Sonics, and his preference dates back to a childhood hero. 01-02球季时，Watson 是超音速队的新秀，而上个月的四队交易使得他再度回到了西雅图 。加入超音速之前，25这个号码已经跟着 Watson 很长一段时间了，而这得说到他幼年时 的英雄。 "I grew up in Kansas, in Kansas City," says Watson. Danny Manning won the tournament his senior year [with Kansas in 1987-88]. I worked at his summer league every summer at the scorer's table, running the shot clock, and he was always really nice to me. I was a big fan anyway, but because of his personality, I became an even bigger fan." 「我在堪萨斯州的堪萨斯市长大，」Watson 说。「1988年，Danny Manning 率领堪萨斯大 学夺得 NCAA 冠军。每个暑假我都在他举办的夏季联盟担任记分计时的工作，而他总是对 我很好。我本来就是他的死忠球迷，但是他的人格让我对他更死心塌地。」 More than a decade later, Watson joined Manning in the NBA and had a chance to meet him again. 十多年後，Watson 进入 NBA，有机会和 Manning 再度相遇。 "My first year, I think he played in Phoenix," Watson says. "I talked to him then, and he remembered me." 「我的NBA生涯第一年，他效力於凤凰城太阳队，」Watson 说。「那时我和他聊天，他说 他记得我。」 Watson wore 25 after signing with the Memphis Grizzlies, but switched it up to #8 after joining the Denver Nuggets last summer. 与孟斐斯灰熊签约後，Watson 还是穿25号，不过去年夏天加入丹佛金块後，他就改穿8号 了。 "Something different," he explains. "I just wanted to do something different. I think change is always good, but when I came to Seattle, I wanted to go back to 25." 「一些不一样的事，」他解释。「我只是想做一些不一样的事。我认为改变永远是有益的 ，但是当我回到了西雅图，我想穿回25号。」 Dikembe Mutombo #55 Rockets “I tried to wear 15 in college. For some reason Coach (John) Thompson didn’t want any of the big men to wear a low number. Everybody had to start at 30 and up. When I said 15 they said, okay, we’ll give you 55. I had no one to look up to for a role model, so I didn’t have someone to look for for a number. They gave me 55, and I’ve worn it ever since. Now I see a lot of kids coming out of college wearing 55, and they say they wear it because of Mutombo, and that brings more joy to me than anything else.” 「我大学时本来想穿15号。Thompson 教练为了一些理由不想要大个子穿比较小的号码。 每个人都必须选一个30以上的数字。当我说我想要15，他们说：『好，你穿55。』，我做 了一个榜样，我没有去找他们要我想要的号码。他们要我穿55号，从那时开始我都穿55号 。现在我看见很多大学球员穿55号，他们说是因为我的原因，这让我非常开心，比任何事 都还要开心。」 -- 待续… --

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