[外電] 表弟─大問號《下》

看板Kings (沙加緬度國王)作者kingpredrag (I love Man Utd!!!!!!!!!)時間15年前 (2010/07/03 23:17)推噓7(7推 0噓 1→)

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Family and friends describe Cousins as a homebody who doesn't drink—or even like to party. He took up basketball in seventh grade after an extended growth spurt forced him to give up his dream of playing in the NFL. "He got so leggy, I was afraid a hit would mess up his knee," says his mother, Monique Cousins. "He had to find something else to do." 家人和朋友都說表弟是個家庭至上的人，他不愛喝酒也不愛參加派對，七年級突然大幅抽高逼的他放棄成為NFL球員的夢想，之後他開始專攻籃球。表弟的媽媽Monique說：「他的腿變得好長，我開始害怕只要輕輕一擊就能毀了他的膝蓋，他必須去找些正經事來做。」 DeMarcus had the size (he was 6'6" at 14) to excel at basketball, but he didn't truly learn the game until his family moved to Mobile, where he played for two years at LeFlore High for coach Otis Hughley. DeMarcus could be seen arguing on the sideline with the coach—a trend that continued at Kentucky— but Hughley insists that their discussions were about tactics. The coach says their creative differences persuaded him to adapt his offense to feature Cousins in the post. "He helped me become a better listener," says Hughley, who returned the favor by giving his prodigy a comprehensive education in such fine points as boxing out and passing out of the double team. "He started to understand he needed to read the whole book from cover to cover, instead of jumping to sections that he just needed for the moment," says Hughley. "Early in his life he had no coping tools to manage his frustrations." 表弟的身材能讓他在籃球界大鳴大放﹝十四歲就有六呎六吋高﹞，但他直到舉家遷徙到Mobile後才受到正統的籃球教育，在那他加入 LeFlore高中校隊，在教練Otis Hughley底下打了兩年的球，表弟常被看到在場邊與教練爭論，這項行為也延續到了肯塔基，但Hughley 堅稱他們是在討論戰術，他們倆人思考面的不同說服他改良自己的進攻戰術來配合表弟在低位的威力。Hughley：「他讓我成為更好的聆聽者。」而Hughley也替表弟灌輸了更多更廣的知識，像是如何突破包夾以及用傳球破解包夾。「他開始了解他必須仔細的讀完一本書，而不是只讀想看的章節。早期在面對挫敗時，他根本沒有任何辦法。」 Cousins says he took medication for attention deficit disorder during elementary school but stopped after the sixth grade because it made him feel sluggish. While he was highly popular with the media, fans and teammates at Kentucky, Cousins admits he is slow to trust. "I don't let people know the real me," he says. "But people who really know me, they'll tell you, 'That kid is so smart.' I may not act like it, but when you think I'm not watching, that's when I'm actually on." 表弟說他小學的時候因為ADD﹝注意力缺乏症﹞有接受過藥物治療，但因為藥物讓他變的遲緩，所以他把藥停了。在肯塔基時他受到媒體、球迷和隊友的歡迎，讓他漸漸相信「我不需要強求大家了解真實的我，但真正了解我的人會告訴你『這小子很聰明。』有時候我不會表現出來，但當你以為我不注意時，其實我正在盯著你。」 Is he too much of a hothead? The Kings answer by saying that they would not have picked Cousins so high if they had not valued his passion. "I don't think you can give somebody a motor who doesn't have one," says Petrie. "But if a guy's got a motor, you've got a chance to get it running on all cylinders." 表弟是個易怒的人嗎？球隊表示如果他們沒注意到表弟的熱忱，他們不會給表弟如此高的評價。Petrie：「熱忱是自發性的，不是別人給的。只要一個人有熱忱，你就能激發他的潛能。」 The ultimate success of DeMarcus Cousins will depend on three initiatives. The Kings must acquire a couple of reliable veterans to tutor him in the importance of hard work at the NBA level, so that he can develop his skills (and reduce his 16.4% body fat). Second, he must continue to lean on Team Cousins, a support group that includes his mother, his agent John Greig and his 24-year-old sister, Ryan, who will live in Sacramento with Cousins throughout the coming season. 當然表弟想要有個成功的職業生涯首先必須完成三件事。國王必須找幾位值得信賴的老將當表弟的嚮導，告訴他努力在NBA是件非常重要的事，藉此他才能磨練自己的技巧﹝以及降低自己16.4%的體脂率﹞。第二，他必須信賴Team Cousins，一個支持表弟的團體，由表弟的媽媽Monique、經紀人John Greig以及24歲的姐姐Ryan，其中Ryan下季將搬來沙加緬度與表弟同住。 But Cousins will be headed nowhere until he resolves initiative number 3: acquire a driver's license. "We really need to get on that," he says, laughing. "I was talking to a team [before the draft], and they said, 'You don't have a driver's license?' They were both joking and serious—like, You need to work on that because you got to get to practice!" For the draft's biggest prospect, it's the little things he does from now on that will make all the difference 如果表弟不完成第三件事，那他將寸步難行─考取汽車駕照。表弟邊笑邊說：「我們的很需要拿到它。選前我跟某隻球隊說我沒有駕照，他們回應：『你真的沒有駕照？』他們像開玩笑卻又很認真，像是在說你得趕快拿到駕照，因為你要參加球隊練習！」對於本屆的新秀大物，這是他必須儘快完成的小事，以成就將來的大事。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 118.167.172.84

[外電] 表弟─大問號 《下》

[外電] 表弟─大問號《下》