※ 引述《fizeau ( )》之铭言： : http://tinyurl.com/eazue 文题虽是疑问句，但其实是否定的意思。 Who Needs NBA's Most Valuable Player Anyway? 谁需要NBA的最有价值球员呢？ （才不需要NBA的最有价值球员呢。） May 24 (Bloomberg) -- Losing two-time Most Valuable Player Steve Nash was the best thing that could've happened to the Dallas Mavericks. The Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban, had a decision to make in 2004. Nash, his point guard, his friend, his poster boy, was a free agent. The Phoenix Suns offered a five-year, $65 million contract, meaning they will be paying Nash something in the neighborhood of $13 million during the final year of the contract, when he'll be 35 years old. 五月二十四日--失去Steve Nash这个两次最有价值球员得主是对达拉斯小牛队 最好的事。 小牛队的老板，马克库班，在2004年必须下个决定：Nash，他的控球後卫，他的朋友， 他的金童，成了自由球员。凤凰城太阳队提供了一个五年六千五百万的合约， 意味着他们在合约最後一年将付给Nash一千三百万左右的酬劳，届时Nash将会是35岁。 What's a billionaire with an insatiable thirst to lift the National Basket- ball Association's championship trophy to do? Cuban said goodbye. ``I felt sick to my stomach,'' is how he summed it up. On the surface, it seems the Suns got the better deal. Nash was the league's MVP the past two seasons. And he's mostly responsible for the success of the Suns, who will meet -- you guessed it -- the Mavericks in the best-of-seven Western Conference final beginning tonight in Dallas. 一个对於NBA冠军奖座有无法满足的渴望的百万富翁会怎麽做呢？ 库班说了再见。「我打从心里觉得很糟」是他的结语。 表面上看来，对太阳队来说是个好交易。Nash是联盟过去两季的最有价值球员， 而且她是太阳队赢球的主因，太阳队将会在这七战四胜的西区决赛中，今晚第一场遇上 --你猜对了--主场的小牛队。 If only it were that easy. Look deeper. Look down the road. 如果有这麽简单就好了。 看深点，看到路的尽头。 With complicated spending rules and punitive payroll taxes ruling the day, building a year-after-year winner is no easy task. 在复杂的预算规则以及严格薪资税率主导的今日，建立一个连年胜利的胜队并不容易。 With that as the backdrop, let's talk about spondylolisthesis (spon-dee-low- lis-thee-sis), which I hadn't heard of until Nash said he had it last week. 以上面那句为背景基础，我们来谈谈脊椎滑脱症--直到上礼拜Nash说他有这种病症前 我从来没听过这东西。 According to the Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, spondylolisthesis is a stress fracture that weakens vertebrae, which can shift out of place. Too much slipping and the bones may press on nerves, requiring surgery. 根据骨科医师学院，脊椎滑落症是当压力性的骨折，引起腰椎最後一节的松动而向前移位 。过多的移位会造成骨头压迫神经而需要开刀手术。 Say the Words Just say the words back surgery and watch pro athletes cringe. That's why Nash spends his (rare) time on the bench flat on his back. 就直说吧。 只要直说背部手术然後看那些顶级球员退缩。这就是为什麽Nash在板凳上的（少少）时间 都是平躺着的。 （P.S.这里的顶级球员是指好手的意思） ``After a lot of games, sometimes the muscles shut down and the body goes into protection mode,'' Nash told reporters earlier this week. That just might account for his flaccid shooting against the Los Angeles Clippers. 「经过了许多比赛，有时候肌肉就停滞了，身体进入保护模式。」Nash先前在本周 告诉记者。 这也许可以说明她在对抗洛杉矶快艇队时虚弱的投篮。 Cuban knew Nash was hurting. He saw it during the pre-game stretch. He saw the post-game winces. We don't even have to take his word for it, either. Cuban is a technophile. He writes a blog. After deciding not to match Phoenix's offer for Nash, Cuban penned a 4,412-word explanation to his customers. His July 3, 2004, entry began like this: 库班知道Nash的痛。在赛前暖身的时候他就看见了，他也看见那些赛後的退却。 我们甚至不必听他自己怎麽说，就可以得知。 库班是个科技狂，他撰写部落格。决定不与太阳队供给Nash的酬劳竞争後，他写了一篇 长达4412字的解释给他的顾客们。他在2004年7月3日的部落文章是这样开始的： ``How could you let Steve Nash go? It's a question I'm going to hear for a long time. It's a question Mavs fans deserve an answer to.'' 「『你怎麽能够让Steve Nash走？』 这是个我将会听很久的问题。这是个所有小牛迷 们应该得到答案的问题。」 Offering Answers 供给答案 So he provided them. First this: ``It's easy to find stats that make Steve Nash look good,'' Cuban wrote. `` What is difficult is to make honest assessments about where the team is and where it is going and how Steve or any player fits into a championship.'' 於是他给了他们答案，一开始是如此： 「要找到让Stave Nash看起来很棒的数据很简单」库班这麽写。「难的是要如何 对这个队的现况以及这个队未来的走向做出诚实的评量，还有Steve或是其他球员 在冠军赛中所占的位置。」 Without boring you with all the details, the Mavericks concluded that Nash was valuable on the court and in the locker room. Nash's benefits, however, didn't exist in a vacuum. They had to be weighed against things like future revenue from TV contracts, tax implications and labor talks. 简而言之，小牛队的结论是Nash在场上以及在休息室里都很有价值，然而Nash的好处 并不存在於真空之中。这些好处必须与其他的事情互相比较衡量，像是未来从电视契约 、税务以及薪资对谈所得到的收入。 （p.s.我不确定什麽是labor talks） In the end, the Mavericks offered Nash $9 million annually over four years. A fifth year was half guaranteed with the other half contingent upon Nash appearing in a certain amount of games and minutes. 最後，小牛队提出给Nash四年每年九百万的年薪。第五年则是保障半薪，另一半则以其 上场场数与分钟数弹性决定。 Human Flame 人类火焰 Nash, you must understand, is fearless on the court. He's a human flame. ``That kamikaze spirit and approach to the game is Steve's greatness weakness ,'' Cuban wrote. So far, Nash's back woes haven't translated into missed games. Plus, he's averaging 41 minutes a game during the postseason, second on the team to Shawn Marion. No wonder his 32- year-old back hurts. 你必须了解，Nash在场上是无所畏惧的。他是个人类火焰。 「那种对球赛采取神风特攻队的精神及态度是Steve最伟大的弱点。」库班这样写。 至今，Nash的背部缺陷尚未造成缺赛。 更甚者，他季後平均每场41分钟的上场时间更是仅次於同队的Shawn Marion。 难怪他三十二岁的背开始痛。 As for the Mavericks, they've replaced Nash with 23-year-old Devin Harris and 25-year-old Marquis Daniels, giving them a solid foundation for not only this season, but well into the future. While neither is going to lead the NBA in assists like Nash, both Harris and Daniels are quicker, stronger defenders than their scraggly haired predecessor. 至於小牛队，他们用23岁的Devin Harris以及25岁的Marquis Daniels替换了Nash，给 他们相当巩固的基础，不仅仅是在本季，而且是一直到将来。当他们两个都无法像Nash 一样在NBA助攻方面引领先锋，但是他们两个比起他们的飘发前辈来说， 是更快、更强壮的防守者。 Playing defense is optional in Phoenix, where the stated goal is to outscore the opponent. ``We may not stop you all the time,'' says Suns coach Mike D'Antoni, ``but if you have a lull at all we just keep scoring.'' 对凤凰城队来说，玩不玩防守是选择性的，他们的目标一向都在於超前敌队的分数。 「我们也许无法时常挡住你」太阳的教练mike D'Antoni说，「但如果你们一旦停下来 我们就会一直进球得分。」 You know what they say about defense and championships. Believe it. Consider what Spurs veteran Robert Horry, who owns six championship rings, sa id after he faced the Mavericks' young guns. 你知道他们是怎麽说关於防守跟冠军之间的关系的。　相信他。 想想马刺的老将Robert Horry，他拥有六只冠军戒指，他在面对小牛队的年轻小将 们之後这麽说： ``I feel like a dinosaur. I'm extinct now. Back in the day, it was me jetting around people,'' he said. ``Now the roles are reversed, people are jetting a round me. It's part of getting old.'' Horry is 35. Just a reminder, that's how old Nash will be during the final ye ar of his contract. 「我觉得自己像是只恐龙。我要绝种了。过去的日子里，是我在人群里冲来冲去。」 他说；「现在角色互换了。人们在我周围冲来冲去。这就是变老的一部分。」 Horry现在35岁。只是提醒你，这就是Nash在他合约的最後一年会有的岁数。 (Scott Soshnick is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.) --- 因为觉得这篇感觉很有趣就随手翻了，有错误还请指正。 ※ 编辑: ppr 来自: 59.104.23.103 (05/27 08:25) (￣□￣|||)a 感谢纠正，错了蛮离谱的地方，不知道在想什麽 XD ※ 编辑: ppr 来自: 59.104.23.103 (05/27 14:44)