[外電] Melo Time (中)

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But New York held an appeal to Anthony and his advisers. "New York City is the capital," says Anthony's manager, Robert "Bay" Frazier, who has known him since his teens. "You can get everything done." Anthony is not in the elite class of superstar endorsers like James or Kobe Bryant—he's more like 1-AA than 1-A— but since leaving Denver his visibility and business has grown. Anthony's current relationships include Nike's Jordan Brand, PowerCoco sports drink and the supplement Isotonix Champion Blend Plus. Frazier says that Anthony just agreed to terms on a deal with Degree deodorant, and he recently became a stakeholder in Haute Time, a luxury publishing company covering timepieces. "I've been a watch guy as long as I can remember," Anthony says. A few nights before, I'd noticed a dazzling timepiece in the cubby above Anthony's Garden locker, its face as big as a baby's fist. 紐約吸引了Melo和他的經紀人，Melo說：紐約市是首都，Melo的經紀人說：他從10幾歲就被認識，你可以做每一件事。Melo不像是精英階層的超級巨星LBJ和KOBE，但自從離開丹佛，他的知名度大增。Melo目前的代言，包括Nies Jordan Brand，PowerCoco運動飲料和the supplement Isotonix Champion Blend Plus。Frazie說，Melo剛剛同意和Degree deodoran 做生意，他最近成為Haute Time的股東(一個豪華鐘錶公司)。Melo說：從我懂事開始我一直很喜歡手錶，幾天前的晚上，我注意到Melo在MSG更衣室上面的雜物有一隻像嬰兒拳頭一樣大的耀眼手錶。 Anthony says he is no longer interested in strict endorsement deals; he prefers partnerships that offer a percentage of ownership. "I've got to have a connection with that company," he says. "An endorsement deal—I just feel like it's a one-off thing. 'Oh pay him to go out there and do a commercial.' After that contract is up, you have no ties with that product. So I go into a deal and say, 'OK, forget the money. Let's be partners.' " Melo說：他對單純的代言活動不再感興趣，他更喜歡合作夥伴關係，提供一定比例的所有權。我喜歡和該公司有一個連結，代言合同只是一次性的事情，只是商業行為。代言結束，你和產品沒有任何的關係，所以我現在喜歡伙伴關係，並說，OK，忘了錢，讓我們成為合作夥伴。 Anthony says his wife is an ideal advisor. The Brooklyn-born Vasquez is the star of her own reality series La La's Full Court Life (Melo makes an occasional appearance), and not long ago started her own line of beauty products. Anthony says that he and Vasquez keep their individual businesses separate ("we have our own entities"), but adds that Vasquez encourages him to look beyond the traditional borders of sports. "She doesn't look at me as an athlete at all," Anthony says. "She's always been the person I can bring something to—that's a no-brainer." Melo說，他的妻子是一個理想的顧問。La La有自己的真人秀節目（Melo偶爾出現），不久前開始她自己的美容產品。Melo說，他和La La在工作上是各自獨立（“我們是獨自的個體”），但補充說，La La鼓勵他要突破運動的傳統邊界。他不只把我視為運動員，她總是那個可以給我意見的人。 Meanwhile, Carmelo has refined Carmelo. Anthony is among the wave of NBA stars who have prioritized fashion down to idiosyncratic details, migrating away from blankety suits and garish ties to slimmer-fitting Ivy League looks: sweaters, tweeds, thick-rimmed eyeglasses. The Michael Jordan generation may have favored silk and wide lapels, but today's players have gravitated toward smaller boutique designers and oddball accessories: James has sat in the front row at Michael Bastian menswear shows; Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant popularized backpacks over dress shirts; Durant's teammate Russell Westbrook is fond of eyewear that makes him look like a lost member of Weezer. Anthony, who uses a personal stylist, Khalilah Williams-Webb, is part of this trend. "Athletes have become more in tune to the fashion world," he says. Marcus Wainwright of Rag & Bone, who worked with Anthony on a custom tuxedo for the 2012 Met Costume Institute Gala, says the player has a "real sense of personal style and the confidence that goes with that." 在此同時，Melo變的更為優雅，Melo是NBA明星中時尚的領導者之一，苗條合身blankety 西裝和斜紋軟呢的針織衫，帶著黑框眼鏡。但現在的球員更趨向於更小的精品店設計和古怪的配件：James坐在前排看著Michael Bastian的男裝展示，西河喜歡戴特殊的眼鏡，讓他看起來像一個Weezer樂隊的成員。Melo有一個個人的造形設計師(Khalilah Williams-Webb)，讓運動員更加適合於時尚，Marcus Wainwright(他曾在2012幫Melo做過訂制燕尾服)說Melo有真正的個人風格和自信心。 Anthony's style upgrade was deliberate. Asani Swann, the director of operations for Anthony's management company, Melo Enterprises Inc., says that when Anthony was still with Denver, he began making a conscious effort to freshen his look. He cut his hair, began wearing suits, bow ties, better shoes and coats. Part of this was prompted by the dress code the NBA instituted in the middle of the last decade, but part of it was also growing up—and trying to alter public perception. "We recognized that Melo had the opportunity as he was changing his look to change how people referred to him," Swann says. Anthony entered the league at 19, after just one season at Syracuse University, and there were the predictable reckless episodes, but there's now a new equilibrium. "He has definitely grown and matured," says Frazier. Melo風格升級經過深思熟慮，Asani Swann(Melo公司的營運總監)說：當Melo仍在金塊時，他突然覺醒認真打扮，他剪掉辮子髮，開始穿著西裝，打領帶，穿更好的鞋和外套。這是NBA在過去十年在著裝上的規定，試圖改變大眾對球員的看法。Swann說：Melo因改變他的穿著而改變人們提到他的形像。Melo進到聯盟時只有19歲，他只待在雪城大學一個賽季，那時他被認為是鹵莽、不顧後果的，但他現在有新的打扮風格，他肯定已經成長和成熟 Anthony has also gotten better at handling New York. Many athletes who play in the city prefer to live across the river in New Jersey or secluded in leafy suburbs. But Anthony and Vasquez, who were married in 2010 at Cipriani restaurant on 42nd Street, chose to live in Manhattan, not far from the Garden, and they have thrown themselves into city life: There were Carmelo and La La at a Lincoln Center fundraiser for President Obama; at the U.S. Open to see Serena Williams; in the VIP section at a Jay-Z show in Brooklyn. "A lot of athletes are just known for being athletes," Anthony says. "You can come to a place like New York and diversify yourself." 許多運動員喜歡住在河對岸新澤西州樹木繁茂僻靜的郊區。但是Melo和LaLa選擇住住在曼哈頓(在第42街)，離MSG不遠，他們喜歡都市生活，Melo和LaLa出席在林肯中心美國總統歐巴馬的募款晚會，Jay-Z show。Melo說：很多的運動員被認識只是運動員，但如果你能來一個地方(像紐約)，就能讓自己生活變的多樣化。 "This is where Melo started his life," says Swann. "I think it's just in his blood. It's for some and not for others. It is for him." Swann說：這是Melo開始生活的地方(在紐約出生)，我認為這只是在他的血液的本能，而不是為別人，這是為他自己。 Of course New York can also be an exhausting grind: the 24/7 media; the elevation of minor disputes into consuming dramas; the daily back-page judgments of the tabloid newspapers. Anthony endures that frenzy regularly. In January rumors surface that he and Vasquez had been living separately, but soon Vasquez is at Anthony's side when the Knicks play the Detroit Pistons in a regular-season game in London. Another fuss is stirred when Anthony reveals he has been on a two-week fast for "clarity in my life and spiritual reasons," a period that coincided with some lackluster performances. But Anthony deflects the concern with humor—he cracks that the fast may have contributed to his tangle with Garnett—and the news cycle pushes on. There's a sense that Anthony has gotten better at handling the city's volatile rhythms. When he says that last summer was the first time he actually got a chance "to sit back and reflect on the whole experience" of being traded and what it means to play in New York, it sounds like a delayed reaction, but it also appears to be true. The city is a place that will bury you one night, then whip around and defend you the next, and athletes who thrive here grasp this. Anthony is not just playing better for his team—he also understands his town. 當然，紐約也可以是一個累人的折磨：24/7媒體、電視劇、每天小報的報導。在1月時就有流言說，Melo和LaLa已經分居，但很快LaLa就陪著Melo到倫敦參加尼克對活塞的海外賽。另外，當安東尼透露，他一直為了生活和精神生活的原因，他一直在做為期兩週的 daniel fast ”正好遇到他和KG的衝突，但Melo已經更會應對城市的節奏。在他從金塊被交易到在紐約後，他說，去年夏天他第一次有機會“坐下來，想想整個經過”，這聽起來像一個很慢的反應，但它也是真實的。城市是一個地方，可以將你一夕埋葬，也可以掀起你美好的未來，在這裡生活的運動員體會到這一點，Melo現在不只是要替尼克打的更好，更是為了他的城市。 ................................................................ 一直覺得小瓜出生和娶到LaLa是讓Melo變成熟的轉捩點，娶到聰明、美麗又有生意頭腦的 LaLa就已經是人生勝利組，現在Melo那麼喜歡做生意，職業生涯退休後說不定反而更上一層樓變成大總裁 XD Melo 加油呦 ~^o^~ PS：這篇外電有點難度，所以只是大略翻一下，有錯誤的地方請大家幫忙修正 ^^ 為什麼我一直希望Melo趕快拿到屬於他的冠軍戒，請期待Melo Time(下)篇會有解釋，不過要等有空才會翻 ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 163.29.241.235 ※ 編輯: carmelo07 來自: 163.29.241.235 (03/22 11:21)