http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=10845 The NBA's Deepest Player NBA最有深度的球員 There are some pretty common stereotypes that exist about NBA players. And to be honest, you will bump into guys in NBA locker rooms who uphold such stereotypes. However, you will also run into some wonderfully complex and intelligent people. Unfortunately, fans rarely get to see this side of certain NBA players because the mainstream media rarely talks about such things. NBA有很多八辣的故事,這些休息室內流傳的八卦你在場內撞到的人都可以說上好一些, 但是,NBA中還是有著充滿愛與正義.(大無敵看太多了...)不.是理想與智慧的例子, 可惜的是,主流媒體帶給球迷從來都不會是這些正面的影響 One guy who shatters all of the typical NBA stereotypes is David West of the New Orleans Hornets. Along with Carlos Boozer, he might be my favorite NBA player to speak with. And almost always, our conversations have very little to do with basketball. 阿西就是這樣一個粉碎了八卦的球員,除了娘砲,我想這是我最喜歡跟他聊天的一個人 ,因為我們總是可以聊上些什麼而不僅只是在籃球上打轉 I first met West two years ago writing a piece for the late, great SWISH Magazine. We hit it off pretty quickly and started talking about history and psychology. Ever since that time, whenever I see West we shoot the breeze about current events and other things much more meaningful than basketball. 我第一次遇到阿西是在兩年前為了寫一篇雜誌報導,談著談者,很快的聊起了歷史跟心理 的議題,打從那此開始,只要我遇到阿西,籃球就只是我們討論中的一個輕描淡寫的話題而已 還有太多有意義的話題可以聊了 When I caught up with West recently, my question was a simple one: "Any knowledge you want to drop on the readers? Any philosophical ideas that have been going through your head?" 最近, 我問了他一個簡單的問題:你想讓讀者了解什麼?現在你所想的人生想法的是什麼? Asking such an open-ended question to some players would draw a bewildered stare or a trite response. With West, though, what a question like this does is allow him to write your column for you, which will help allow the public to see a different side of the player. 問著麼個天馬行空的問題,一些球員可能會傻在那邊發呆或是說些陳腔濫調,但是阿西呢.. 他大概會寫一篇精闢社論給你看讓大眾去了解球員的生活到底在想些什麼 Here was how West responded to my question: "With the recent election, I think that shows some growth in this country and in the minds of people in this nation. I thought that was good. One thing I try to tell some young guys I speak to on a daily basis is be proud to be alive at this time and relish the moment that we're in. I'm a history buff, so it may be a little bit more meaningful to me, but just relish the time that you can see with your own eyes, the life that you have and the progress. There's a whole generation of folks that lived and died and never saw legitimate stops towards progress. As a nation we really took a step forward. 阿西說:這次歐巴馬的當選,代表的是我們國家的進步跟人民的成長,這是一樁好事, 我試著告訴青年們去"活的有尊嚴,並享受著生命當下的這一刻" 我熱愛歷史,歷史可引以為鏡,你可以親眼去探索你的生命跟歷程,對汲汲營營的人們而言 這是一個很好的方式去驅動人生,就像這個國家一樣在進步 (OK/這一段我不確定有沒有翻錯或誤解,請高手幫忙修正吧.........) "We did something in terms of the global perspective that really inspired not just Americans but people all over the globe. Regardless of where we feel like we sit in the hierarchy of nations, people look to America as a leader and they follow our lead. The wife of the President of France said that if the U.S. can select a person of color, then why can't we? You hear nations all over the world starting to make comments about it that if America has taken growth and steps in their ideology then everybody else should try and do the same." 我們試著去促進這個世界的美好,不論是否造成了國家間的階級制度, 但是美國被視為領導者卻是事實,很多國家服從著美國的領導,就像法國一位婦女說的 "美國能突破膚色,為何我們不行" 如果這世界因為美國的進步和改變能刺激並進而改革他們自己的國家,對大家來說 這是種雙贏 (難怪上次有人嗆歐巴馬他要去找他打架.......................) Put that in your stereotype pipe and smoke it. Yes, West is a great basketball player. However, he's also an amazingly complex person who spends his free time studying history, playing the tuba and judging the quality of essay's written by young people during Black History Month. 阿西是個偉大的球員,除此之外,他還有許多特性集於一身,閒暇之餘他花時間唸歷史 吹大號喇叭(樂器),並且擔任青年學子的文章講評工作 If you look hard enough, you can always find examples of people who fall into the stereotypical categories created by society. However, you can also find plenty of people who reside well outside of the box the public often tries to squeeze them into. 這個世界還是有很多人是不流於俗套而且與眾不同的 David West is one of a kind. 就是阿西囉 http://www.kenlu.net/forum/showthread.php?p=236021 補上阿西的球鞋 --

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