Kevin說…

今天看火箭隊和湖人隊的比賽，看到後面真的很想把螢幕關掉，現在只想到我曾經翻譯過的一段話，“火箭隊教練必須確保一切自己不會去過早終結這個節奏和球隊的賽季。”

氣歸氣，不過今天送上的翻譯文章，相信是很多豪迷的心聲，馬上和大家分享。

原文連結：http://sportige.com/houston-rockets-jeremy-lin-should-leave-if-james-harden-gets-treated-better-04-2013/

原文作者：Greg in Basketball

譯者：@史提夫23

翻譯連結 : http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2274842474

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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Should Leave if James Harden Gets Treated Better
休士頓火箭 – 如果哈登獨享優待，林應另覓良主

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the surface, everything looks great. After missing the playoffs for three straight seasons, the Houston Rockets are back in the postseason, with a young and very promising core, led by James Harden, the obvious star and most talented player on this team, followed by Jeremy Lin, who isn’t as a gifted scorer like his backcourt teammate, but when you look deeper, is just as important to the team’s success.
表面上看來，諸事皆美。在連三季錯過後，火箭於本季重返季後賽，陣中核心成員年輕而潛力十足：帶頭大哥哈登，無庸置疑的明星，天賦優於眾人；其次為林書豪，得分上的才華不如其後場搭檔，但如果深入觀察，其對於球隊成功之重要性，「豪」不遜色。

The Rockets are hanging between sixth and seventh place in the West, with their game against the Los Angeles Lakers being a must win, while hoping the Golden State Warriors drop their final game of the season. The Lakers, if they do beat the Rockets, have a chance to finish sixth, as amazing as that sounds. But their recent loss to the Phoenix Suns was another example why in the long run, this whole Harden-Lin thing, the number one reason for the Rockets’ success in 2013, might not last very long.
目前，火箭正遊移於西區排名第六與第七之間，對湖人一役勢必要全力取勝，同時寄望勇士在常規賽最後一場砸鍋。湖人如果射下火箭，雖然聽來不可思議，將有機會上看第六(注：湖人最好應只能收在第七，最差是與季後賽絕緣)。而在上一場慘遭太陽燙傷，又再一次佐證，火箭本季成功的頭號因素—哈林連線，恐怕最終難逃拆夥命運。

It’s hard to tell if Kevin McHale is just a bad coach who brings his decisions from his home without the ability to try and change things during a game when he sees his original plan doesn’t work, or is this some larger agenda pushed down from the front office by Daryl Morey and others. The McHale plan works like this – put the ball in Harden’s hand, call isolation plays for him. From here it’s either Harden pulling up for jumpers, driving to the basket, hopefully getting to the line, and when he doesn’t feel confident enough in his shot, try and find the open man.
讓人難以判斷的是，到底冰箱(Kevin McHale)是否只是一位墨守成規，在面臨既定戰術失靈時，毫無臨場應變能力的差勁教練？還是這一切都是由莫總(Daryl Morey)等高層向下交辦，令人「莫測高深」的意旨？冰箱的戰術講白了就是：球交到哈登手上，其他人閃開讓他單打(注：這樣當教練還真是「涼」啊！)。接著只見哈登不是拔起跳投，就是突破上籃，希望能要到犯規站上罰球線，而當他對自己的外線信心不足時，再嘗試導球給出現空檔者。

While players like Chandler Parsons (from long range) and Greg Smith or Omer Asik work very well in that system, which means they just need to wait for those passes when the double teams come Harden’s way. They can’t create points by themselves, although Parsons is improving in that aspect this season. Jeremy Lin? Despite all of the attempts to make him a spot up shooter, it won’t be happening any time soon.
隊友們如帕森斯(Chandler Parsons，從遠距離)，以及史密斯(Greg Smith)或阿西克(Omer Asik) ，可以輕易地融入此一體系，因為他們唯一要做的只是，等待哈登被包夾時向外傳的球，這些球員欠缺主動進攻取分的能力，雖然帕森斯本季在這一方面已有改善。而林書豪呢？即使千方百計盡出，要將他轉型為定點射手，恐非短時間內可竟全功。

Lin is a player who needs the ball in his hands to play to his full potential. Harden, unlike Lin, can do a pretty good job as a shooting guard as well. Lin is a better passer and knows how to draw defenses in by penetrating to the basket, leaving guys like Harden and the other mentioned players open for shots that are of a higher success rate than trying to turn Lin into a three-point specialist.
林是需要球權在手，才能威力全開的球員，反觀哈登，只打分衛也能有出色表現。林的傳球功力較佳，擅長藉由切入吸引防守球員內縮，為哈登及前面所提及的球員們，製造空檔出手的機會。如此，比起硬要將林塑造成三分球專家，可帶來更高的成功率。

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are two theories on how to handle stars in the NBA – preferential treatment better, set a little bit higher than their teammates, or the everyone is equal things. Not just on the court, but off of it as well. Before and after the games. In the dressing room. It depends on the head coach, and how “hands on” he is with his players, and not in the sexual harassment kind of way.
如何對待明星球員，在NBA有兩套理論 – 以其為尊，淩駕於眾人之上；或是人人平等，待遇相同，場內場外與賽前賽後皆然。一切取決於總教練，在球員更衣室內，如何「實際掌握」(“hands on”)其球員，不過這不是指要對他們「上下其手」性騷擾 (注) 。

(注：這裡作者「冰箱」上身，耍冷玩文字遊戲。“hands on” 的意思，一般指的是親手做 – 有實務的經驗，但字面上的意思是「手放在上面」，所以 “how hands on he is with his players,” 完全照字面的意思直譯就是：「他對球員們上下其手的程度」- 恐將造成性騷擾的誤解，其實都是作者個人自搭自唱。)

McHale seems to be giving Harden the keys to the kingdom, even when it means he’ll have nights like a 5-18 he had against Phoenix, and generally his awful 40.3% from the field during April. While earlier this season the Rockets lost their two games without their biggest star, in April and March, they won twice in a row without him, with Lin getting the chance to pull the strings and the Rockets playing the kind of basketball that probably makes them a better team. About a couple of weeks past that point, and it looks like everything is back to “normal” – the Rockets live and die by the shooting ability of Harden, with no backup plan, which should be the main plan in the first place, to save them from Harden’s off nights.
冰箱似乎授予哈登在場上，如君臨天下般的威權，即使出現像對上太陽時的18投5中，以及在4月，糟糕的4成3外線命中率，都無動於衷。在球季初期時，火箭輸掉了當家球星缺陣的那兩場球，而來到3月和4月，同樣沒有哈登，他們卻連贏兩場，林書豪得到掌控大局的機會，而全隊則打出更佳的團隊球風。從那一刻至今已過數星期，看來一切又回到「常態」— 火箭的命運操之在哈登的投射能力，而沒有任何備案，但是這個欠缺的B計畫，一開始就應被扶正，以做為哈登手感冰冷時的解救之道。

Lin is signed until 2015, but if the Rockets continue to head in the direction of making him into a player spending too much time without the ball and out of his position/role, maybe just pondering about leaving to a different team might be something the people around him need to float around.
林的合約簽到2015年，但如果火箭的方向，是朝著剝奪他的球權，以及錯置他的角色繼續走的話，也許林身邊的團隊，需要開始思考是否應另覓良主。