Manu Ginobili #20 Spurs Number 20 wasn’t the number of his boyhood idol. It isn’t the day of the month his first-born was born. And it isn’t the number his father wore and passed down to his son. 20号不是他幼年偶像的背号。不是他的第一个孩子出生的日期，也不是他父亲穿过的号 码。 “I guess you could just say I like the way it looks,” said Manu Ginobili, starting shooting guard for the San Antonio Spurs. “The interesting story is how I came to wear the No. 20 in the first place.” 「可以说只是因为我喜欢它看起来的样子，」Manu Ginobili 说。「有趣的是为什麽我开 始穿20号。」 Ginobili was signed by the San Antonio Spurs on July 18, 2002, after several seasons spent in the Italian league. At the press conference to announce his signing, he actually held up a jersey with the No. 6 on it. 2002年7月18日，在义大利联盟打了几年球的 Ginobili 加盟了马刺队。记者会时，他高 举6号球衣。 “The only two numbers I have ever worn in my career were No. 6 and No.10. [The Spurs] originally gave me No. 6, but that was only one season after [Dallas Head Coach and former Spurs point guard] Avery Johnson had left the Spurs, and there was an outcry from the fans who supported Avery in San Antonio," says Ginobli. 「来到这里之前，我只穿过6号和10号。马刺队一开始给了我6号，可是离队不久的 Avery- Johnson 的球迷向我吼叫，要我不要穿他的背号。」 Not wanting to start off his NBA career on a bad note in a new city, Ginobili willingly gave up the No. 6 and asked instead for the No. 10. The Spurs, however, had other ideas. 不想在展开 NBA 生涯的新城市让人留下不好的印象，Ginobili 乐於放弃6号。被问到是 否会以10号代替时，马刺却有了新动作。 “[The Spurs] told me that they had just given No.10 to Speedy Claxton (signed June 26, 2002) a couple weeks before, so at that point I really didn’t have a preference. So like I said before, I guess I thought that the No. 20 just looked good, so that’s what I took!” 「他们告诉我10号已经给了两个礼拜前签下的 Speedy Claxton 了。而那时我也没有特别 偏好的数字。所以就像我之前说的，20号只是看起来顺眼一点，於是就选了它。」 Marcus Banks #3 Timberwolves For guard Marcus Banks, January’s trade to the Timberwolves reunited him with an old friend, his jersey number 3. “I’d worn 3 all through my career, basically all my life,” Banks told us. 一月被交易至灰狼的後卫 Marcus Banks 再度和一个老朋友重逢，而这个老友就是他的背 号3号。「我的整个职业生涯都会穿3号，基本上我一辈子都会是3号。」Banks 跟我们说。 In Boston, number 3 is retired for Dennis Johnson, so Banks wore number 11. “ Because that was the smallest number they had", says Banks. 在波士顿时，因为3号是退休的 Dennis Johnson 的背号，所以 Banks 穿11号。「因为这 是他们剩下的号码里最小的数字」Banks 说。 Number 3 is special to Banks because of its significance to his family. “It’s a spiritual thing that me and my mother had.” Banks said that the spiritual meaning of number 3 was, “the son, the father, and the holy ghost,” which is also a prayer ritual he goes through before each game. 对 Banks 来说，3号是很特别的，因为它的意义来自於他的家庭。「这是我和我妈的心灵 寄托。」，Banks 解释说就是「the son, the father, and the holy ghost」，这也是 他赛前一定会做的祈祷仪式。 --

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