McGrady 找寻那明显的缺失 : McGrady looking for the glaring omission 得分王注意於球队的成功，以在个人荣耀上增添财富。 : Scoring champ eyes team success to add to wealth of individual honors : By JONATHAN FEIGEN : Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle : http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/sports/2874727 没有展示了什麽。淡淡的微笑，懒洋洋的双眼。这似乎暗示着他在策划着什麽，或是已得 出了结论。 : Nothing shows. There is a slight smile. Sleepy eyes. The look seems to : indicate he is plotting something, or reaching some sort of a conclusion. 这微笑是不是只是个假笑？它有否提供了什麽提示？这是否启示了，或至少提示了我们，ꔊ他手中究章有什麽牌？ : Is the smile a smirk? Does that offer a clue? Is it a "tell" that reveals, or : at least hints, at the cards he holds? Tracy McGrady分享了他的想法，有的时候，他口中的话就像他往篮框切入的第一步般猛 戳。但那朴克脸似乎还掩藏着更多。 : Tracy McGrady shares a few thoughts, sometimes with verbal jabs as sudden and : startling as his first step to the basket. But the poker face seems to be : hiding more. 在对Orlando的季前赛，因Jeff Van Gundy要看看他的队友，而没有让他出赛的那一场， 他坐在後备席的时候也挂着那个表情。我们很轻易就能想像，他在想所有能让他在那些质疑 和中伤他的人面前，证明自己的事。在他道出失败的痛的同时，他的眼就更加地合上了(?) 这泄露出他的决心。 : He wore that look on the bench in Orlando when he was held out of a preseason : game so Jeff Van Gundy could get a look at his teammates. And it was easy to : imagine him thinking of all he wanted to prove to those who would doubt and : malign him. He talks of the pain of losing as his eyes seem to close even : more until he almost glowers. And he seems to divulge a resolve. McGrady描绘出他的球员生涯和他得到了什麽。他说那些成功不再让人满足，也说他的潜力 还未完全发挥。虽然他那露齿的笑从未离开他，但看起来，他完全没有感到欣庆。 : McGrady describes his career so far and what is left of it. He speaks of : accomplishments that no longer satisfy, of potential unfulfilled. And though : that grin never quite leaves him, he doesn't seem at all amused. 相反地，他在来到Houston後坚持，虽然没有人有异议，他要去证明一些事。他看起来差不 多要放弃在那笑容和懒洋洋的眼後的东西。 : Instead, he arrives in Houston insisting, though no one argues, that he has : something to prove. And he almost seems to give away what is behind that slight : smile and sleepy eyes. 「就是这样，」McGrady说。「当你过了我刚过着的球季，当你是我那种球员，所有人质疑 你，所有人对你指指点点。去年，我的肩膀上有很多很多。有很多关於我的说话都是负面 的。问题就是你要如何在逆境中反弹。 : "That's what it's all about," McGrady said. "When you have the type of season : I had, the type of player that I am, everybody questions your drive, everybody : points fingers at you and has these things to say about you. There was a lot on : my shoulders last year. There was a lot said about me in a negative way. It's : how you bounce back from that. 「批评使我更强。当你站出去并证明批评者是错的，他们要照照镜子，想想他们想说的究 竟是不是他们说过的话。 : "Criticism to me always makes me stronger. When you go out and prove your : critics wrong, they have to look themselves in the mirror and wonder if they : meant what they said. 「这没有困扰我。我对此并不担心。我想证明我能戴上冠军指环。」 : "That doesn't bother me. I don't worry about that. I want to prove that I can : wear the (championship) jewelry." Looking inside McGrady像是一个能够赢取总冠军的人。他提供了证据去支持这假设。但他并未证明了它。 : McGrady looks like a player who can win championships. He has offered evidence : to support the assumption. But he has not proven it. 迈向另一步的时候似乎是正确的。上两季，在得分榜上力压群雄，McGrady完成了辉煌的个 人成就。助攻失误比是不错的，but they make shoes and commercials for the scoring champion.(完全不懂译) : The timing for that next step seems right. In leading the NBA in scoring the : past two seasons, McGrady has achieved the most glorified individual : accomplishment. Assist-to-turnover ratio is nice, but they make shoes and : commercials for the scoring champion. 但McGrady有时是第一个提及他从未赢个一个季後赛系列的人。他从未在一支较强的队伍输 过(因为未待过？) 但现在他有一种觉得自己是一队够好的队伍的一份子，而他的表现是可 以用球队的表现来量度的感觉。 : But McGrady often is the first to mention that he has never won a playoff : series. He has never lost one with the better team, but now there is a sense : that he is a part of a team good enough that he can be fairly measured by how : well his team performs. 「他有很多事要证明。」Rockets 教练 Jeff Van Gundy说。「我也有很多要去证明。我们 有很多很多事事要去证明。」 : "He has a lot to prove," Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy said. "I have a lot to : prove. We all have a lot to prove. 「我认为自己能够成为冠军队的教练，但到现在为止，我所证明的，就只有我能带领球队 走到那儿。我未证明自己能越过难关并拿下冠军。他证明了自己能把球队带入季後赛，但 未能再进一步。你可以和Garnett比较一下。」 : "I think I can be a championship coach, but until I do it, all I proved is : can get a team there. I haven't proven I can get over the hump and do it. He's : proven he can get a team to the playoffs, but hasn't been able to advance yet. : You can make a great parallel to (Kevin) Garnett." 但Garnett在赢得第一个季後赛系列，并带领Wolves进入西岸决赛之前，并没有跌得如此痛 。他接受了他应得的批评，但McGrady所受的谴责是更个人和轻蔑的。 : But Garnett did not fall as hard before winning a playoff series for the first : time and taking the Timberwolves to the Western Conference finals last season. : He received his share of criticism. But the censure of McGrady was much more : personal and contemptuous. 「在这联盟，当你败了，他们就尝试去破坏你的篮球名声。」Van Gundy说。「所有人希望 去标签所有人。他们会继续对他说三道四直至他胜利了。」 : "When you lose in this league, they will try to assassinate your basketball : character," Van Gundy said. "Everybody wants to label everybody. They're going : to say what they say about him until he wins. 「这就是Jordon在他赢之前所穿越的情况。『如果你是联盟中的高得分者，你不能赢』然 後他赢了。三年前说能些话的人被指责，他们便说：『他变了』。他没有变。围绕着他的 球队变了。」 : "It's the same stuff (Michael) Jordan went through until he won. 'You can't win : when you're the high scorer in the league.' Then he won. ... The same people : that coronated him three years before had the criticism. Then they said, 'He : changed.' He hadn't changed. The team around him changed. 「现在有太多要说了。如果你想聆听并回应所有事，这能侵蚀你。他需要维持头脑清醒。 我们希望他，我也知道他希望自己，成为卓越的、伟大的。 : "There's so much talk now. It can sap you if you want to listen and respond to : everything. He has to be clear-headed. We expect him, and I know he expects : himself, to be great." Taking it all in McGrady, 25，和其他大部份球员很不同。他知道别人怎样说他，但没有掩饰他的漠不关心 。他说他有读报纸、收听访谈节目和收看电视报导。 : McGrady, 25, is different from many players. He knows what has been said about : him and does not feign indifference. He said he does read the newspapers, : listen to the talk shows and watch television reports. 「我们所有人都知道。」他说。「因为如果我们不知道，媒体也会告诉我们。」 : "We all know," he said, "because if we didn't, (the media) would tell us." McGrady在Orlando时并不知道，要被人告诉其他人说了什麽话是关於他的。虽然他的表情 并没有表达出任何愤露，他表明他并不欣赏这些谴责。 : McGrady did not, however, have to be told what was said about him in Orlando. : Though his expression again displayed no anger, he has made it clear he did not : appreciate the condemnation. 「让我告诉你一些事吧！当事情发展至此，他们就搬出所有藉口并完全归咎於明星球员」 McGrady说。「所有的责难都是指向我的。我在余下的生涯都要带着它。即使在这球队，如 果我们输了，我也会被指着说，因为我们是这队的明星球员。」 : "Let me tell you something, when something goes on like that, they're going to : come up with all kinds of excuses and blame it on the star player," McGrady : said. "All the blame is pointed on me, which is cool. I'll take that the rest : of my career. Even with this team, if we lose, it's going to be pointed at me : because we are star players of the team. 「我看了一些Weisbrod说的话，说T-mac可以在得了30或40分後，在离开体育馆时，说他做 了他该做的。他并不清楚我在回家後会怎样。我或不会把它在球员之间或在这儿表达，但 当我回到家，回到我的小圈子里，我是为了输球而愤怒的。」 : "I was reading a couple of quotes where (Magic general manager John) Weisbrod : said T-Mac can leave the gym having 30 or 40 and he walked out saying he did : his part. He doesn't understand what I was going through when I went home. I : might not show it around the players or around here, but when I go home to my : people, to my inner circle, I'm (angry) because we 're losing. 「他尝试去破坏我的声誉。某些跟我共事的人，说『那家伙不知自己在想什麽。他不认识 你。』但他们都能明白球赛。当你交易我这种等级的球员，以及所有发生的事，你要为了 你的声誉去掩饰。」 : "He tried to destroy (my reputation). Some of the things people that work with : me ... say, 'That guy is out of his mind. He doesn't know you.' But they all : understand the game as well. When you trade somebody of my caliber, with all : the stuff that went on, he has to cover his (reputation)." Weisbrod说他交易掉，至少无法欣赏McGrady是因为McGrady看来不会为输球而沮丧。所以 在他眼中McGrady是第一个要去交易掉的人。 : Weisbrod has said he dealt or at least could not relate to McGrady in part : because McGrady did not seem upset by losses. That would make McGrady the first : player ever traded because of his eyelids. 但McGrady是这队输了61场赛事的队伍中最好的球员。他可以抵抗批评但不可以抵抗纪录。 : But McGrady was the best player on a team that lost 61 games. He can dispute : the criticism but not the record. 他和Van Gundy认为这可能对他有用。 : He and Van Gundy also can argue it might have been useful for him. 「对他来说这是没了锐气的一年。」Van Gundy说。「你不会在19连败後不去想竟发生了什 事。我想我们在他的生涯中，一个正确的时间得到了他。他在正确的时间来到了这里。这 可以是一个很好，很好的配搭。 : "It was a very humbling year for him," Van Gundy said. "You don't lose 19 games : in a row and not look within for what's going on. I think we're getting him at : the right time of his career. He's coming here at the right time. It can be a : very, very good mix." Hard work ahead McGrady不是唯一一个正在看在的。联盟知道McGrady的名声变得怎样。那些标签或许不是 并未刻下，但至少，已经跟着他。 : McGrady was not the only one looking. The league knew what had become of : McGrady's reputation. Labels might not have been tattooed, but they were stuck : to him like Post-its. Rockets已经考虑交易机会够久了。他们已决定他们对所有事，包括McGrady那不时疼痛的 背到他的工作习性。他们看了录影带，参考资料并听取他了助理教练，McGrady在Orlando 的前任队友，Patrick Ewing的心里话。 : The Rockets juggled the trade possibility long enough to decide what they : thought about everything from McGrady's often sore back to his work habits. : They watched tapes, leaned on sources and called in assistant coach Patrick : Ewing, a former McGrady teammate in Orlando, for a heart-to-heart. 「我告诉Jeff，我认为他是一个非常棒的球员，对我来说也是个非常棒的队友。」Ewing说 。「我认为Jeff能把他带到下一个层次。我就是说了这麽多。」 : "I told Jeff I thought he was a great player and a great teammate for me," : Ewing said. "I thought Jeff could get him to the next level, and that's what : I told him." Van Gundy并没有忽略McGrady在上个球季的毛病。防守上，他从在Toronto时的杰出，变成 了在Orlando时的交通路标(按：在香港是叫雪榚筒吧？！不知在台湾是叫什麽？)但Van Gundy深信他的不足之处并不是难以管教的。 : Van Gundy did not consider McGrady without fault last season. Defensively, : McGrady had gone from outstanding in Toronto to a traffic cone in Orlando. But : Van Gundy was also convinced that his shortcomings were not intractable. 「不知不觉地，当你度过了一或两个差劲的球季，你会堕进一些坏习惯中。」Van Gundy说。 「因为，并不是每一场球赛都是重要的。过了去年的首二十场比赛，他们就完了。跌倒是 件很容易的事。」 : "Subconsciously, when you go through a bad year or two ... you fall into some : bad habits," Van Gundy said. "Because not every possession or every game is : important. After the first 20 games last year, they were out. It's easy to slip. 「Derek Harper是我共事过的球员中其中一个最好的竞争者。当他从Dallas到New York， 他们在Dallas过了一日段艰辛的日子。当他来到New York，但丧失了正常的水准。解决问 题就是承认它的存在。他承认了它并把他的工作习惯带回正常。如果一个了不起如Derek Harper的竞争者也会跌倒，所有人也会。所以，有的时候，交易需要一些时间才成有成效。 : "One of the best competitors I ever dealt with was Derek Harper. When he got : traded from Dallas to New York (in 1994), they had gone through some tough : times in Dallas. When he got to New York, he had slipped. Solving a problem is : acknowledging it existed. He acknowledged it and got his habits back to where : they should have been. If a great competitor like Derek Harper can let it slip, : anybody can. That's why a lot of times trades take a while to really work. 「Tracy清楚知道他是谁，他的强处和他能怎样影响胜利。」 : "Tracy has a good handle on who he is, what his strengths are, how he can : affect winning." 在最後，只有胜利才能回应批评或满足McGrady。他所成就的还未证明他能赢。 : In the end, only that ?winning ?will answer critics or satisfy McGrady. For all he : has accomplished, he has not proven that. 「我想，我们所有人都有很多事要去证明，个人的，或是团队的。」Van Gundy说。「能够 成为一队季後赛常客的一份子，我是幸运的。我甚至曾几次进入总决赛和分岸总决赛。但 我未曾证明我能带领球队到达顶峰。这驱使我前进。我想这也会驱使个别球员前进。」 : "I think all of us have a lot to prove, individually and together, starting : with me," Van Gundy said. "I've been fortunate to be a part of teams that : have always been in the playoffs. I've even been able to get to the finals, : conference finals a couple times. But I haven't proven that I can get a team : over the top. And that drive: s me. And I think (it drives) individual players." 但时间和历史会首先指向McGrady。他说他欢迎所有质问，但不会在Rockets老板Leslie Alxander说他是NBA最好的球员时有所争论。 : But timing and history point that finger first at McGrady. He said he welcomes : that demand but also did not argue when Rockets owner Leslie Alexander called : him the NBA's best player. 「我接受，但我不会如此看待自己，因为我没有任何冠军指环。」McGrady说。「我不在 Kobe Bryant的等级上，因为他有三只。」 : "I would accept that, but at the same time I won't put myself as the best : player in the NBA because I don't have any jewelry to show for it," McGrady : said. "I'm not at Kobe Bryant's level because he has three rings. 「我感到我是这联盟中其中一个杰出的球员。如果你在球季结束时这样问我，而我的陈列 柜上已有冠军指环，我会告你：『Yeah,我是这联盟中最好的球员！』」 : "I feel I'm one of the elite players in this league. If you ask me at the end : of this year and I have some jewelry to showcase, I'll tell you yeah, I'm the : greatest player in this league." 到了这里，当McGrady微笑而没有胡说什麽，看来，他知道他要证明什麽。 : Until then, when McGrady sort of smiles and barely squints, he seems to know he : has something to prove. : [email protected] : 个人认为写得很棒的一篇文章…不过太长了，所以没时间译… : Hope that T-mac will become a really great player with rings, one day. --

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