※ 引述《poning (快來打我臉)》之銘言： http://tinyurl.com/7qllehn Canzano: Nicolas Batum is doing Trail Blazers a favor, whether or not fans like it Canzano: "不管球迷喜不喜歡，Batum 是在幫拓荒者" So let me get this straight: Restricted free agent Nicolas Batum is being brutally honest with us all. He would like to play alongside a talented point guard. He's been frustrated by his role with the Trail Blazers, and wants to do more than stand in the corner, shooting threes. He dreams about playing on a team run by a creative, experienced and offensive-minded head coach. 話先說前面，Batum 實在是夭壽骨的誠實。他想在好的控衛旁邊打球，他對自己在球隊 的工作感到厭煩，他想不想只站在角落做等球射手。他夢想能為一個有創意，有經驗， 還有攻擊為重的教練打球。 And we're all upset with him? For telling the truth? Feels like we've got this Batum thing all wrong. 然後我們因為他說實話而恨他？好像哪裡搞錯了吼。 Batum's agent, Bouna Ndiaye, went public with the news that Batum hasn't been thrilled about the way things have gone the past few years in Portland. I believe I can speak for the good people of Portland when I say: Ain't it the truth, bub. Missing the playoffs is a drag. Watching a dream disintegrate is a bummer. Watching the Blazers run around, defensive about their flaws, ignorant to the truth, busy repeating the same stubborn mistakes, is a tired routine. Batum 的經紀人 Ndiaye 對外放話，說 Batum 對這幾年拓拓的表現並不滿意。我相信我 可以這樣說："這不是實話嗎，大佬？" 進不了季後賽很難受，看到一個夢想破滅更是 難過。看拓拓一直捍衛自己的缺點，選擇忽略事實，重蹈覆轍，很累的惡性循環。 A talented point guard? An experienced, creative coach? Batum playing loose and free in transition? Where do we sign up? And why does that have to exist in Minnesota and not Portland? 頂級控衛？經驗跟創意兼具的教練？解放 Batum？哪裡找？ 怎麼灰狼有，拓拓沒有？ Batum just requested the characteristics we all plainly wish the Blazers would adopt. This organization has been as much fun as a paper cut on your eyeball in the past few years. It's become progressively more painful, too. And really, what we're talking about isn't Batum unfairly slamming Portland, but a pretty well-grounded free agent telling owner Paul Allen and GM Neil Olshey that if you want players with options to pick Portland you'd better get on with making the Blazers locker room more fun than a bus stop. 他只是說出我們都想要的。這球隊跟你眼睛被紙割到一樣，不好玩，還越來越痛。 我們看到的不是 Batum 無腦轟炸拓拓，而是 Batum 跟老闆/GM陳述事實而已。 如果你想要球員來拓拓的話，至少得把休息室弄得比公車站好玩一點。 Batum's agent has laid out the options for Portland. He'd like the Blazers to help usher Batum's career to Minnesota, via a sign and trade, where he can join coach Rick Adelman, point guard Ricky Rubio and All-Star Kevin Love. Either that, or he wants the Blazers to not match the Timberwolves' four-year, $45 million offer. Or if those two don't happen, Ndiaye said his client might only play one more season in Portland and leave as an unrestricted free agent. The Blazers, meanwhile, insist they'll match any offer sheet. Batum 跟球隊說了，希望能先簽後換到灰狼，到矮豆仁手下，神童盧比歐，愛神凱文身邊 ，或是叫拓拓不要跟進合約。不然今年會是 Batum 在拓拓待的最後一年。但拓拓堅持要 跟進任何合約。 Definitely some bluffing going on here. But, Batum feels like a guy telling the truth about the Blazers, doesn't he? 好像是在要脅球隊是吧，不過他只是在說實話，不是嗎？ Batum would like it if Blazers fans didn't take any of this rejection personally. Can't help him there. But I can ask that we all take a step back and wonder if maybe the right course of action here isn't to get angry, punish Batum and disparage the guy for being disloyal to the team that drafted him, but to empathize with him, listen to him, and hope Portland's front office gets Batum's message loud and clear. Batum 希望球迷能夠理性看待，這我幫不了他，不過我只希望大家往後退一步，看看我們 到底該不該生氣，稱 Batum 為叛徒，還是應該站在他的立場，希望拓拓可以看清事實。 Free agents with options do not want to come to Portland. We've known this for some time. Batum is only the latest reminder. The free-agent snub been mostly blamed on the weather, small market-size and lack of diversity in this region. Really, it's none of those things. Mrs. Turkoglu was only the messenger, people. Players want to make money, get minutes, have fun, and feel like they can win a championship. If you can guarantee those things to a free agent, you could set up an NBA franchise at the North Pole, rename the city "Misery" and you'd have small forwards crowing, "I'm going to take my talents to Misery." 如果可以的話，球員不想來波特蘭，這我們都知道，Batum 只是提醒我們。氣候差， 市場小，城市一成不變，這都不是重點。火槍嫂也只是傳話人好嗎，各位。球員想要錢， 想要上場，享受比賽，對冠軍有期望。你如果能做到這些，哪怕你是北極悲劇隊， 還是會有小前鋒來說 "我要帶著我的天分去北極"。 Portland hasn't been a fun place to be a fan in all but about two of the past nine years. I can't imagine that the players were having a blast with seven lottery trips, thinking, "You know, I could stay here forever if they'd have me." Allen is a multi-billionaire surrounded by advisers and managers who tell him what he wants to hear. Outside of Allen's sister, Jody Patton, I'm not sure if there's anyone around Allen capable of truly being uncomfortably honest. As much as Batum's criticism feels personal to fans, to Allen, who believed so deeply in Batum, it must especially burn. To Olshey, who is new here, it must be confusing. 對球迷來說，最近九年只有兩年比較好玩而已。我不相信球員會喜歡球隊每年搶樂透簽， 然後還想留在這地方。老闆 Paul Allen 是個億萬富翁，拜託，身邊的人只想取悅他。 (山貓老闆表示：)，除了 Allen 他姐之外，我不知道誰有那個膽對他說實話。Batum 說這話，球迷可能不諒解，不過給一直很相信他的 Allen，會是一記重擊，而對GM Oshey 這個新官來說，應該是搞不清楚狀況。 Batum is saying that he would rather join a franchise that plays its games in an igloo and is a perennial loser than stay in Portland another minute. He's saying he wants an experienced coach, who will open up the offense and utilize the creative talents of players. He's saying that playing alongside a talented point guard would be a rush. And what the Blazers owner needs to do right now is listen to Batum. Then, have his GM go make those things happen in Portland. The way I see it, Batum just did us all a favor. Batum 意思就是，他寧願住冰屋，為輸家打球，也不願意繼續待在拓拓任何一分鐘。 他說他要有經驗，進攻至上，能靠創意解放球員潛能的教練。 他說他想跟頂尖控衛打球。 教練最好聽進去，然後叫GM去找來這些東西。 在我看來，Batum 只是幫我們一個忙而已。 -- John Canzano --

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