Morey Finally Gets the Pretty Girl, Lets Hope She Doesn’t Turn into a Dwightmare
莫瑞終於得到了那漂亮女孩，讓我們來期望她不會變成魔獸夢魘

 

Dwight Howard officially became a Rocket on Saturday. It came as no surprise to me.What is surprising is that I’m actually quite happy about the Howard signing now that I’ve gotten to see more of Howard and have a better understanding ofthe issues that he faced in the past. I think Howard is finally with a teamwhere he belongs. L.A. was the wrong place for Howard. D’Antoni was the wrong coach (for anybody 未命名.png ) and Bryant was the wrong teammate(for anybody). Howard is perhaps the best pick-n-roll big, but didn’t want todo pick-n-rolls with Bryant, because Bryant would end up scoring most of thetime, rather than feeding Howard out of pick-n-rolls. In Houston, I think Howard will be more willing to play pick-n-rolls, because he’ll get morechances to score–especially if he does pick-n-rolls with Lin.
戴維霍華德於星期六正式成為火箭的一員。我對此不感到驚訝。讓我驚訝的是我其實蠻開心簽到了霍華德，現在我可以更認識他、以及對他在過去遇到的問題有更好的理解。對霍華德來說，洛杉磯是個錯的去向。丹東尼是個錯的教練（對每個人來說），然後科比是個錯的隊友（對每個人來說）。霍華德或許是最佳的擋拆大個兒，但不想和科比配合擋拆，因為科比大部份時間仍會以自己得分作完結，而不是擋拆時餵球給霍華德。在休士頓，我覺得霍華德會更願意打擋拆，因為他會得到更多機會得分——尤其如果他和林打擋拆。

SinceI’m sure you’ve all listened to and read the news about the Howard signing, Iwon’t rehash everything that’s been written. From some of the interviews thatI’ve seen of Howard, he doesn’t seem like a bad guy. So I’m having a change ofheart about Howard. My biggest concern about Howard in the past is that he’ddisrupt the chemistry of the team, because I thought he was a selfish playerand person. But I think I felt that way, because I never really looked into hissituation and so I bought into the media hype about him. Now that I’ve gottento know him a little more, I don’t think he’ll disrupt the teamchemistry–especially since most of the guys want him on the team.

我確信你門已經聽了也看了那些關於霍華德簽約的新聞，我不會把已經寫過的一切重講。從一些我看過的霍華德訪問中，他看起來不像個壞傢伙。所以我對他有了改觀。我過去對他最大的憂慮，是他會瓦解隊上的化學效應，因為我想說他是個自私的球員以及個人。但我會這麼感覺，是因為我從沒真的看清楚他身處的狀況，所以我信了媒體對他的炒作。現在我對他有一點更瞭解了，我不認為他會中斷隊伍的化學效應——尤其大部份的人都希望他加入隊伍。

AsI’ve said in the past, even though playing in the NBA is a tremendous privilege, it is still a job for these guys, at the end of the day. And, likeany job, when you’re not happy, you’re not performing at your best. Howard has not been very happy with his job for several seasons and that’s why he’s had afew rough seasons. But I think he finally does feel like he’s exactly where he belongs in Houston and will start having fun again on the court. I expect Howard to have one of his best seasons in this upcoming season, if he’s 100% healthy. I think he’ll thrive in a team that will do everything they can tomake him successful. The most recent example is the fact that they’re workingto hire Hakeem Olajuwon to coach Houston’s big men. So I don’t expect tosee the Dwightmare in Houston.

如我過去所說的，即便在NBA打球是極大的殊榮，對這些人來說，以結果而言，這依然是一份工作。然後，就像任何一份工作，當你不開心，你就沒辦法拿出你最好的表現。霍華德連續幾個賽季以來，都沒有對他的工作感到太開心，這是為什麼他打了幾個糟糕的賽季。但我認為他終於感受到，他正身處在他確切歸屬的地方，在休士頓；然後他會開始又能夠在球場上玩得快樂。我預期霍華德在接下來的這個賽季會是他最出色的賽季之一，如果他百分之百健康。我認為他會興起，在這個會做任何事好讓他成功的隊伍。最近期的一個例子是，他們正在試著雇用Hakeem Olajuwon來指導休士頓的大個球員。所以我不預期戴維夢魘會出現在休士頓。

I think Rockets will do exceptionally well with Howard. Of course, the big question for us LOFs is what happens to Lin? Well, there were a lot of Lin trade talks leading up to the Howard signing. I’m sure most of you have watchedPaul’s videos from Conservative New Media. If not, go and check them out,because I completely agree with Paul’s analysis/speculations of what the Lintrade talks were all about. Rockets shopped Lin (and Asik) around mostly forHoward’s benefit. And now that they have Howard, Lin is very likely to remain with the Rockets. I think another big reason Lin will stay is that Lin’s stockhas gone down due to everything that happened in the playoffs, so Morey can’tget the value he wants for Lin. I’m not as confident that Asik will stay,although I think Asik should stay. Even with Howard, Rockets still need a solid backup center and now Rockets have the luxury of having a premiere center as abackup. The only way I trade Asik is if we can get a good backup center and another pretty high caliber player. But I think it would be a mistake to trade Asik foran all-star level Power Forward and not have a solid backup center. I’m one ofthe rare people who don’t think we need a star Power Forward, because I have alot of confidence that Terrence Jones will fill that role. He may not be anall-star, but he’ll be good enough for what we need at that spot in this up coming season.

我覺得火箭有了霍華德會表現出奇地好。當然，對林粉來說，最重要的是什麼事會發生在林身上？我確定大部份的你們都有看Paul的Conservative New Media影片。如果還沒，那就去看一下，因為我完全同意Paul對所有那些林的交易輿論的分析/推測。火箭到處兜售（展示）林（和阿西克）主要是為了霍華德的利益。而現在他們有了他，林很有可能會一直待在火箭。我認為另一個林會留下來的主因是，季後賽發生的一切讓他的股票價值已經下跌（這裡指球員的價值），所以莫瑞以林書豪換不到他要的好處。對阿西克會不會留下我就不是那麼自信，儘管我認為阿西克應該留下。即便有了霍華德，火箭仍需要一個堅實的替補中鋒，而現在火箭有一個高檔的中鋒作為奢侈的替補。我唯一會交易阿西克的狀況，會是我們可以得到一個好的替補中鋒、加上一個高水準的球員。但我認為交易阿西克去換一個全明星級的大前鋒，卻沒有堅實的中鋒替補，會是個錯誤。我是少數之一不認為我們需要明星大前的人，因為我對泰倫瓊斯會填補這個角色有很大的信心。他或許不會是個全明星，但在即將到來的賽季裡，我們對於這個位子的需求有他就足夠了。

Anyway,I’m getting a little off topic. Back to Lin. From a purely basketball standpoint, Howard is perfect for Lin. I mean, you’ve got two of the bestpick-n-roll players in the game, so their skill sets are very complementary.Lin lost out on tons of assists, because Asik wasn’t a good with catches andfinishes. Also, Rockets didn’t do enough pick-n-rolls–especially early in the season–because they didn’t have any big men who were comfortable with settingpicks. We all know that Lin thrives in the pick-n-roll, so that was a bigreason for Lin’s slow start in Houston. So from a purely basketball standpoint,having Howard is great for Lin.

不管怎樣，我有點離題了。回到林身上。從一個純粹的藍球視角，霍華德對林而言是完美的。我是說，你有了兩個最佳擋拆球員在賽事中，所以他們的技能設定是非常配合互補的，林過去少了幾頓的助攻，是因為阿西克不善於接球與完結。也是因為，火箭沒有做足夠的擋拆—尤其在賽季之初—因為他們沒有任何大個兒能流暢的做到擋。我們都知道林是以擋拆崛起的，這是為什麼林在休士頓起步的慢（要放棄他最擅長的擋拆）。所以從純粹的籃球視角，有了霍華德對林是很棒的。

 

Ofcourse, there are other factors involved for Lin. The biggest factor is thatnow that the Rockets have another big star, will McHale sacrifice Lin’s gameeven more? If McHale focuses purely on X’s and O’s then Lin’s game shouldn’t besacrificed and should actually be emphasized even more. But I don’t have much confidence that that’s going to happen. We’ll see, though. At the end of theday, a lot of it will depend on Lin and how well Lin’s shot improves. He’s beenworking hard on his shot all summer and it was already improving very steadily last season. So I do expect Lin to shoot much better this season.

當然，對林還有其他影響因素包含在裡面。最大的因素是火箭又有了另一個巨星，麥克海爾會在比賽中犧牲更多林的控球嗎？如果麥克海爾把重點純粹擺在X的和O的上面（天哪我不知道什麼是X和O，猜測可能是霍和哈，或者如果O是指offseason，也就是季後賽），那林就不應該被犧牲，而是事實上更該被強調的更多。但我沒有太多的信心這會發生。我們會知道的。到了最後，很大部份會決定在林以及他投射進步的幅度。他整個夏季都在訓練他的投射，而且在上個賽季就已經穩定地在進步了。所以我確實預期林這個賽季會投得的好上很多。

 

So,overall, I’m a lot happier than I expected I would be about the Howard signing.I see big things for Houston and for Howard. And I potentially see big thingsfor Lin, too, unless McHale screws it up. The Lin situation will have to be monitored during training camp and such. Hopefully, Lin stays with the team,but, like Paul from Conservative New Media, I wouldn’t freak out if Lin gottraded. We’ll follow him wherever he goes.

所以，總而言之，關於簽下霍華德，我比我預期的還要開心很多。我看到大事即將來到休士頓以及在霍華德身上（一種先知的口吻？）。而我也隱約地看到向著林而來的大事，除非麥克海爾毀了它。林在訓練營和之類的狀況還需要注意。希望，林留在這個隊伍，但是，就像Paul在CNM所說，我不會因為林被交易就嚇壞了。我們會追隨他，無論他在何方。

 

此文轉載自啾咪論壇，來自於論壇版主【海】的翻譯。