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2013.11.16 Bleacher Report《靜觀其變》

Linsanity Returns: Jeremy Lin Rebranding Game as He Returns to the Garden

「林瘋狂」再臨：球技進化的林書豪重返「林家花園」

原文出處：Bleacher Report
原文作者：Howard Beck
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PHILADELPHIA — The Broadway spotlight demands a target, and it will find an abundance of them Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.

費城 ─ 百老匯的聚光燈不能沒有焦點，而周四於麥迪遜廣場花園，即將出現群星爭輝的場景。

The Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony will command his share of luminescence. Dwight Howard, the newly minted Houston Rocket, will siphon a few watts. James Harden and his bountiful beard will get their due.

身為尼克一哥，甜瓜(Carmelo Anthony)對於自己該享有的光環勢必當仁不讓；新近加盟火箭的「魔獸」(Dwight Howard)，將會吸引一些鎂光燈的注目；而哈登(James Harden)本人及其滿臉大鬍，也將成為不容錯過的好戲。

It will be a night for superstar players doing superstar things, leaving little room for sentimental indulgences and what-might-have-been ruminations, or so Jeremy Lin hopes.

這將是超級巨星大顯身手之夜，懷舊幽情與反思過往則顯得微不足道，至少這是林書豪的盼望。

“I’m hoping,” he said, “I’ll be a subplot.”

「我希望，」他說，「我的重返不過是段插曲。」

Lin smiled thinly, a subtle acknowledgement that he may never enjoy that luxury in New York.

說完林淡淡一笑，似乎也默認想在紐約保持低調，對他而言恐將永遠是個奢望。

Twenty months have passed since Lin—the undrafted, twice-waived Harvard point guard—became Linsanity, the global phenomenon. Sixteen months have passed since the Knicks, in a decision they have never seen fit to explain, let Lin walk away.

自從林 ─ 選秀落榜與兩度被裁的哈佛控衛 ─ 化身為「林瘋狂」此一全球現象後，迄今已過20個月；從尼克 ─ 做出一個他們尚未能自圓其說的決定 ─ 讓林揮袖而去後，也已過了16個月。

Everyone has moved on now, to various states of satisfaction.

雙方皆已大步向前行，某種程度上也算各有斬獲。

The Knicks had their best season in a decade, winning 54 games with Raymond Felton and Jason Kidd running the offense. Lin, liberated from Garden politics and locker room jealousies, enjoyed a solid, if occasionally bumpy, campaign with the Rockets.

尼克打出十年來的最佳戰績，在費爾頓(Raymond Felton)及基德(Jason Kidd)主導進攻下取得54勝；而林，遠離「花園宮心計」與更衣室內的妒忌，則在火箭享有一個稱職、偶爾起伏不定的一季。

Circumstances have changed, for everyone.

雙方此刻處境卻已同時出現變化。

The Knicks are reeling, having lost four of their first seven games amid a swell of boos and “Fire Woodson” chants. The Rockets now belong to Howard and Harden. Lin has surrendered his starting job to Patrick Beverley.

尼克正陷入低迷，在球迷狂噓不止與「開除伍森(Mike Woodson)」的喊聲不斷中，開季前7場的戰績僅3勝4負(註：現為3勝5負)；而火箭則進入「魔登共治」時代，林的先發位置也被貝弗利(Patric)所取代。

Linsanity seems like an eternity ago, and Lin seems altogether fine with that.

「林瘋狂」似乎早已走入歷史，對此林則看似完全不為所動。

“Two years ago, I was just trying to make it, hoping I would be on a team,” he said. “Fifteenth man, it didn’t even matter to me—just as long as I’m on the team. I always try to take a step back and remember the journey from a bigger picture.”

「兩年前，我只想打進聯盟，希望能加入某隊，」他說，「即使坐在板凳最末端，我根本毫不在意 ─ 只要能成為球隊一員，我始終將『退一步想，海闊天空』的道理謹記在心。」

The Lin skeptics, which included Anthony and his camp, surely see vindication in Lin’s apparent decline from phenomenon to footnote. Many scouts viewed Lin as a modest backup, nothing more.

對林抱持疑慮者，包含安東尼及其團隊，當然會將林明顯地從雲端跌入谷底，視為自己的辯護利器，而在許多球探眼中，林不過是個平凡無奇的替補球員而已。

Yet just as it was premature to anoint Lin a star, so too is it premature to pen the epilogue to Linsanity, or to frame his move to the bench as the final word on his career.

然而，如同當時將林封為明星是操之過急，現在要為「林瘋狂」寫下終曲，或認為他再也無法從冷板凳翻身，也屬言之過早。

Lin just turned 25 in August and just began his second season as a full-time rotation player. His evolution is ongoing, as evidenced by his newly refined jump shot.

林在8月剛滿25歲，才剛展開他做為全職輪換球員的第二季，他的進化仍在持續當中，從其全新升級的投籃動作即可得到驗證。

Lin is the Rockets’ third leading scorer, averaging 18.1 points per game while shooting a blistering .542 from the field and .514 from three-point range. All would be career highs.

林目前在火箭的得分榜上排名第三，除了場均18.1分之外，手感發燙到整體投籃和三分命中率分別高達5成42與5成14，如能維持都將成為生涯新高。

“It might sound crazy, but I still think it’s early for me,” Lin said. “I still think it’s early in my development phase or whatever you want to call it.”

「也許聽來難以想像，不過我仍覺得自己才剛起步，」林說，「我還在個人發展階段，或不論你想如何稱呼的初期。」

That is undeniably true, but it is among the many salient points that got lost amid Lin’s dizzying rise in New York, and in the aftermath of the Knicks’ controversial decision to let him leave. His fame outpaced his development, skewing perspectives and pushing fans and pundits into comically extreme positions: those convinced of Lin’s stardom and those convinced he was vastly overrated.

這是個無可否認的事實，但也是林於紐約令人目眩神迷的崛起過程中，以及尼克做出讓他離去的爭議性決定後，許多遺失掉的顯著重點之一，他的人氣名望超越發展現況，因而造成觀點上的扭曲，並將球迷與專家分別推向滑稽可笑的兩個極端：對於林的明星地位信奉不渝者，以及對於他是被過度高估深信不疑者。

As Lin observed a year ago, “It’s kind of like zero or a hundred. But I know realistically it’s going to be somewhere in between.”

如同林在一年前所觀察到的：「人們對我的評價好像非零即百，不過我知道在實際上，將會是落在這兩端中的某一點。」

All these months later, Lin is still searching for that comfortable middle.

經過這麼多個月後，林仍在尋找那個讓他能怡然自得的中間點。

Pressed into the starting lineup on Wednesday against the Philadelphia 76ers while Harden rested a sore foot, Lin responded with a throwback performance, producing 34 points and 12 assists. He also set an arena record, and a career-high, with an eye-popping nine three-pointers, proving once more that he still has a few surprises left.

在周三對上費城76人隊時，哈登因腳傷而休兵一場，林被排入先發名單中，並上演一幕重現往日的經典好戲：獨得34分及送出12次助攻，同時也投進令人目瞪口呆的9記三分球，創下76人主場館與個人生涯新高，再次證明他仍具備製造驚喜的能力。

That performance came just two nights after Lin dropped 31 points on the Toronto Raptors.

而就在這場演出的兩天前，林才剛於對上多倫多暴龍時狂砍31分。

Linsanity still lives, in flashes.

「林瘋狂」依然可見，其鋒芒若隱若現。

It has not always been a welcome shadow. During a conference in Taiwan in August, Lin admitted that last season he became “obsessed with becoming a great basketball player” and with “trying to be Linsanity.”

但盛名之下必受其累，在8月份於台灣所舉辦的一場佈道會中，林坦承在上個球季，他一直念茲在茲的就是要「成為一位偉大的籃球員，及再次化身為『林瘋狂』。」

“The coaches were losing faith in me; basketball fans were making fun of me,” Lin said at the conference, via ESPN. “I was supposed to be joyful and free, but what I experienced was the opposite. I had no joy, and I felt no freedom.”

「教練們對我失去信心，籃球迷對我嘲笑諷刺，」透過 ESPN 報導，林於佈道會中說，「我原本應感到喜悅與自由，但卻剛好相反，我沒有任何喜悅，也毫無自由感。」

The move to the bench last week was a practical matter. Harden and Lin both function best with the ball in their hands. Their backcourt partnership was unwieldy. Beverley is a better defender than both of them, and a better fit alongside Harden.

上星期轉往板凳的調度是基於實務考量，哈登與林都是掌握球權即威力全開的球員，兩人的後場組合難以完全奏效，貝弗利的防守功力勝過他們兩人，並更適合做為哈登的搭檔。

The backup role suits Lin, giving him more license to handle the ball and attack defenses. As of Wednesday, Lin ranked fourth in the league in points scored on drives, behind Monta Ellis, Evan Turner and Harden, according to the NBA’s player-tracking system.

替補角色也符合林，給予他更多機會來控球與攻擊敵隊防守，根據 NBA 的「球員追蹤系統」，至本周三為止，林在突破得分上於聯盟排名第四，僅次於艾利斯(Monta Ellis)、特納(Evan Turner)及哈登。

“I think he’s playing better right now than he has at any point last year for us,” coach Kevin McHale said. “I’ve really been happy with Jeremy.”

「我想他目前的表現，勝過在去年的任何一個時間點，」教練冰箱(Kevin McHale)說，「書豪真的令我感到滿意。」

For now, Lin is simply the NBA’s most famous backup guard, playing for a team with two towering stars and championship aspirations. What we know now, incontrovertibly, is that Lin is a very good NBA player, with a high work ethic, a healthy sense of perspective and the ability to still occasionally surprise.

就目前而言，林僅僅只是 NBA 最有名的替補後衛，置身於一支擁有兩名頂級球星並滿懷奪冠雄心的球隊中。我們也確知，毫無疑問地，林是一位優秀的 NBA 球員，具有高度的敬業精神，健全的人生觀，及不時仍可製造驚喜的能力。

“That whole crazy Linsanity thing was like a once-in-a-lifetime (event),” McHale said.

「那整個不切實際的『林瘋狂』現象，就像個一生難得一次的(事件)，」冰箱說。

Perhaps. Perhaps not. The thrill of Linsanity was that no one saw it coming. We should perhaps stop trying to predict what’s coming next and simply enjoy the ride.

或許是，或許不是，但「林瘋狂」最引人入勝之處，即在於完全出乎眾人意料之外，因此與其急於斷言未來種種，不如盡情享受這趟神奇之旅吧！

 

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