[外電] Stock Rising: Landry Fields

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對不起我又來了@_@ 這是舊訪問(今年一月)，但是最新一期Dime(Mar. #68)的內文 http://dimemagazine.epubxp.com/title/9410 (線上版，內有英姿煥發LF的西裝照) http://dimemag.com/2012/03/stock-rising-landry-fields/ (文章取錄網址) Stock Rising: Landry Fields 前情看漲：蘭德里‧費爾茲 He wasn’t made for this, not originally. The glitz, the fame, Spike Lee sitting courtside rocking his jersey on a nightly basis. None of this was supposed to be in Landry Fields’ wheelhouse. That is, until he made the nation take notice of just how ready he really is. 這一切有一點無心插柳的感覺，浮華、名聲，大導演Spike Lee每晚穿著他的球衣。這些是他從來不曾想過的，直到全國都注意到，他早為ＮＢＡ上場做好充足準備。 You can find the feature printed below in our newest issue, Dime #68. 紙本請洽第68期，Dime雜誌（我絕對不會說我其實有買ＸＤＤＤＤ） *** *** *** While his prep peers across the country gobbled up the media attention, YouTube mixtapes and NBA-hype predictions, Landry Fields quietly worked. Growing up, his destiny was laid out in much simpler terms; basketball was a game, not the be-all, end-all. In fact, his first recruitment letter in high school didn’t arrive until junior year – and from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif. – not exactly the basketball Mecca that he now runs with the New York Knicks. He ended up with an offer and commitment to Stanford, for the obvious academic gains, even when more storied programs like Arizona and Gonzaga came calling late. 當他同期選秀的同儕們在接受媒體關愛、Youtube各種剪輯以及NBA各種大跟風預測時， LF安靜地打球。成長的過程中，他其實蠻單純的，籃球是個興趣，不是全部，也不是唯一，事實上，在高中時他收到的第一封招募邀請來自加州史塔克頓的太平洋大學，對照起他現在在尼克打球這件事來看，那是一所完全稱不上是籃球聖地的學校。不過他最終進了史丹佛，明顯是為了學業，儘管之後籃球名門大學亞利桑那、貢薩格陸續有來扣門。 “I was just an unknown,” says Fields, calling from his Miami hotel room the night before he would drop 14, seven and five on South Beach’s finest. A game his team would also drop, the eighth loss in a vicious nine-game stretch for the Knicks. “I played with a local team in Long Beach and that was about it. Then I went to high school and just tried to make my way from there. I was playing freshman ball my freshman year and then with the varsity sophomore-through-senior year. I had to climb the ranks by myself.” 「我誰也不是。」在LF對戰熱火獻出14分7個籃板5個助攻的前一個晚上，從球隊投宿邁阿密的旅館打來的電話中他如此表示。尼克輸了比賽（1/27)，在過去九場比賽當中第八敗，「我小時候在長灘的一個當地的隊伍打球，僅此而已，然後到了高中，我才正式開始展開我的球員生活，大學第一年的時候我就打得像個菜鳥，也一路從二年級打到大四。我自己得提升自己的表現。 The son of two former collegiate athletes – who got their burn at Miami-Ohio (Dad) and Highline Community College (Mom), respectively – Fields recalls he was always good, but never dominant. 身為兩位大學籃球員的孩子，爸爸來自邁阿密大學（位於Oxford, Ohio）母親來自 Highline Community College，LF一直認為自己打得不錯，但從來都不是主力戰將。 But here he is; a second-round pick from 2010 who has started all but two games in two years for the nation’s premier basketball club. Only John Wall – the highlight machine, face of Reebok and No. 1 pick in that same draft – has logged more career minutes than Fields in their respective draft class. Not bad for a player who wasn’t even invited to the NBA’s pre-draft combine before New York took him 39th overall. 但他其實是，2010年第二輪選秀進了NBA，在全國最好的職業籃球聯盟裡，兩年下來只有兩場比賽沒有先發（後來和最近還又有三場沒先發），同年選秀進來的人當中只有John Wall這種專門提供比賽精彩畫面，又代言Reebok又是狀元的人擁有比他多的上場時間，對一個在尼克以第39順位選中之前甚至沒有被邀請參加選秀前活動的人來說很不錯。 Oh, and the boos. Holy hell did the Garden boo. In a picture now worth more than a few laughs, a young Knicks fan, decked out in a blue wig and orange face paint, threw his hands to the sky in utter what-the-hell-is-going-on desperation as deputy commissioner Adam Silver read Fields’ name from the podium. 喔，還有噓聲，花園廣場的最愛，現在看來只值一哂的照片中，一位把自己的臉漆成藍橘色年輕的尼克球迷，當聯盟副處長Adam Silver在講台上念出LF的名字時，雙手無語問蒼天般地伸向天空。 “Why, God? Why did you send us the steal of the draft?” 「為什麼？天啊，你們為什麼要浪費選秀權啊！！！」（這人可以自盡了XDDD） What New York ended up getting with that 39th pick turned into a starter averaging 9.7 points and 6.4 rebounds per game for their first playoff team in seven seasons. 最終，這個39順位變成了先發，在他們闊別七年終於闖進季後賽的隊伍中，交出場均 9.7分和6.4個籃板的成績。 “I was brought into a real good situation,” says Fields about his rookie year. “So I was blessed to come to New York and actually have that opportunity to play. If I had gone anywhere else, it might not be that same story for me.” 「我當時學得很多，狀況不錯。」LF提到自己的新人年如此說到：「所以我很感激能夠來到尼克，如果我去了別的地方，可能對我的來說會是全然不同的局面。」 His college coach concurs. 他的大學教練也如此認同。 “I don’t think people watched or studied him enough to determine the type of value he could have at the next level,” says Stanford head coach Johnny Dawkins, who helped develop Fields over two years in Palo Alto. “That’s why I was really, really excited about the Knicks because I thought they really did their homework. They spent a lot of time – they came to see him multiple times, spoke with us and asked us questions to really get some insights on what we felt he could do – and ultimately took a chance on him in the second round.” 「我並不覺得大多數的人有認真地觀察他、研究他，嘗試推測他在下一個階段能夠達到的表現。」史丹佛的總教練Johnny　Dawkins，在史丹佛花了兩年以上的時間幫助LF開發自己能耐的良師如此談論他：「這也是為什麼我真的真的很高興尼克選了他，因為我知道他們有好好做研究，他們花了很多時間，他們來看過他很多次，和我們談過很多次，也問過我們很多關於LF表現各種深層問題，並且最終在第二輪把機會給了他。」（所以 LF很感謝冷笑話，的確是有他的原因。） What also goes unnoticed is the fact that Fields subscribes to the manta every coach preaches: team ball, not me ball. He’s a subtle assassin on the floor, and while he doesn’t appear particularly monstrous in any single category, his 6-7 frame reaches nearly every line on the stat sheet. What makes him so dangerous is that opposing teams have to pick their proverbial poison. 另外較不為人知的是，LF買帳那句許多教練傳教式掛在嘴邊的箴言：籃球是一種團隊運動。他在場上是個低調的得分手，他也許沒有任何一項項目中展現非人數據，但他六呎七的身高讓他在數據上幾乎什麼都能有所表現，對敵隊來說，他們必須要選出一個必要之惡。（也就是說如果LF一定可以在某一個方面會造成對方的威脅，可能是籃板、可能是助攻、也可能是得分） “I look at basketball as there are so many different aspects of the game, and you don’t have to be (dominant) in just one thing,” says Fields. “You can go out there and help out the team in a lot of different areas. If it’s not points, then maybe it’s defense or rebounding, assists, making good cuts, screening well – all kinds of different things, and even things that don’t show up in the stat book.” 「我看待籃球比賽的角度有很多，而我認為你不需要在場上偏重任何一種表現。」LF 說:「在場上幫助球隊的方法有很多，如果不是得分，可能是防守貨是籃板、助攻，甚至是擋人、拆人，各種各式各樣的事，那些事甚至數據看不出來。」 “Like most young players, he has to fit into the system rather than be the focal point of the system, but he’s done a great job of taking what the defense gives him,” adds Jeremy Lin, Fields’ Knicks teammate and longtime friend from the Bay Area. “Landry does everything on the court from scoring, rebounding, assisting and playing defense, so that helped him make an extremely quick transition into the NBA.” 「像大多數年輕的球員一樣，他要做的應該是融入體系，而非成為焦點，但他在防守端做得也很好，」JLin補充，（有人不知道他是LF在尼克隊的裡的隊友嗎？不過這個訪問在Linsanity以前做的，所以原諒他吧XDDD）JLin是他的隊友，同時也是他一樣來自灣區的舊識，「LF在場上什麼事都做，得分、籃板、助攻、防守，這也是為什麼他能夠極為迅速度過進入NBA的過渡時期。」（這還蠻像JLin的原文，有很長的副詞XDDD） Now that his rookie year is over, the real fun begins for Fields and his Knicks. With expectations in the tri-state area as big as the city itself coming into this season, the pressure has been mounting. And as this issue went to press, the Knicks of new have looked a lot like the Knicks of old, starting the year with a lowly 8-14 record. Even with Fields starting to come on strong as of late – averaging 13.9 points over his last nine games – the team still looks unsure of itself. It’s a problem that hasn’t seemed to correct itself since the appropriately dubbed “Melodrama” completely dismembered and reorganized the franchise last February. 但新人年已經過了，對尼克和LF而言，今年會更有趣，這個大城市迎接三巨頭的到來，壓力也開始倍增，對媒體來說，新的尼克和舊的尼克沒有什麼不同，開季送出了很差 8勝14敗的成績，即使過去九場（01/12~01/27）LF最近送出了很好的數據，場均13.8分尼克看起來還是不太妙，看起來像是去年二月的時候甜瓜人生留下來的遺毒未解。（現在戰績這麼好算是打臉這位作者啦，所以不要太生氣喔，瓜迷們XD） With the arrival of Carmelo Anthony and departure of Danilo Gallinari, Wilson Chandler, Ray Felton and Timofey Mozgov, came the popular opinion that wins – and consequently championships – would follow. A year later, the Nuggets are unquestionably one of the best all-around ball clubs in the league, and the Knicks have found themselves in shambles across the board – even after the addition of free agent Tyson Chandler. A major reason why is consistency. 在甜瓜來了，前隊友們離開，勝利和總冠軍似乎對尼克該是勢在必得，但一年過去了，金塊依然是全聯盟中第一流的球隊，但尼克似乎還是潰不成軍，即使有拳王加盟，問題似乎還是沒有改變。 “It’s been different,” says Fields on why New York has struggled to come together thus far. “From the team that I originally came in with, to the new guys transitioning from last year to this year – and with the lockout and everything – it kind of hurts not to spend a training camp and preseason games to kind of work out the kinks offensively and defensively. I think that could be part of our struggles right now.” 「其實完全不同。」LF解釋尼克隊開季如此掙扎的原因，「無論是我剛來的時候加入的尼克，還是現在的尼克，再加上封館等等，沒有訓練營和熱身賽導致尼克無法處理它糾結的進攻和防守，也可能是我們表現不如預期的原因。」 Take it as you will, but Fields is right. A major reason for New York’s woes is the fact that through everything, they’re still just not that used to playing with each other. Not every team can come together like the Celtics did in 2007-08 with their trio of All-Stars and become immediate contenders. But even through a rash of injuries and inconsistent team play on both sides of the court, Fields has continued to make the most of his minutes. One night, he’s penciling in 18 points and seven assists against Denver, and another, he’s grabbing five steals with another 18 points in a win against Detroit. His high basketball IQ is a major reason for his improvement, but it ’s his work ethic that has raised his offensive game higher – even if the transition to a ’Melo-led offense has stifled Fields’ rebounding percentages to an extent (from 6.4 last year to 3.8 per game). 不管你買不買單這個答案，LF是對的。尼克最大的問題是他們什麼都有問題，他們還不習慣跟彼此打球，並不是每個球隊都可以像2007-08球季的塞爾蒂克一樣擁有三巨頭，三巨頭還立刻融入了彼此的體系中。（私心推一下Garnett，他真的很棒>////<）在一陣傷員不斷中，LF還是努力在進攻防守兩端都努力表現。一晚對上金塊他得18分，送出5抄截，另一晚對上活塞也是拿下了18分，他的高籃球智商是他的進步關鍵，但他的職場倫理使得他進攻端的表現上升，儘管甜瓜為主的攻勢導致他的籃板一定程度地下降，去年6.4個，今年3.8個。（其實是因為甜瓜單打的話大家比較難先卡好位搶，而且前陣子LF其實防守端做得比進攻好很多，當然要是兩邊都好會更好喔，LF！！） “Personally, I think we have all witnessed Landry’s progress,” says Andy Rautins, Fields’ former Knicks teammate and one of his best friends, who’s currently hooping overseas for CB Lucentum Alicante in Spain. “At first, he shot out of a cannon, making a smooth transition from college to the pros, leading the league in rebounds as a guard, scoring and defending well and embracing his status on the team as a great role player. He is the kind of guy who makes those adjustments, as he is showing, and helps a team win. He’ s very versatile.” 「我個人覺得我們都目睹了LF的進步。」前隊友暨好友且目前人效力於西班牙的Andy Rautins說，「一開始他推翻了刻板印象，順利地從大學過渡到職業水準，在聯盟的後衛當中擁有一流的籃板數據，很好的得分和防守能力，而且認為自己要為團隊奉獻他是一個善於調整的人，這可以從他嘗試協助隊伍取得勝利中看出，他其實很多才多藝。」（多才多藝的熊～） That versatility, and “an amazing appetite to get better” according to Coach Dawkins, will make Landry Fields a very desired commodity for his NBA years to come. But will it always be in New York? While he has held down the starting shooting guard spot seemingly since Day 1, Fields will also become a restricted free agent this summer. It’s no secret that he fits well into Gotham’s build for the future – Dawkins, Lin, Rautins and Fields all agree as such – but is that same future built on stable ground? 這種多才多藝，和渴望能夠表現得更好的決心，會使得LF在合約到期以後成為炙手可熱的商品，永遠都會留在紐約嗎？當他在第一天接下得分後衛先發的一職後，LF在今年夏天也成為了受限自由球員，他的確是尼克隊未來重要的一員沒錯，大家都這麼認為，包括他自己，但未來真如預期嗎？ Maybe the Knicks did give up too much in the Denver trade. Maybe the biggest fishbowl of a media market has placed more pressure on this team to win than is fair. More likely, it’s far too early to tell what the Knicks’ future will hold, even as much as we would all like to prognosticate. What is clear is that Fields should remain a cornerstone of the franchise. Because with as much as the bright lights and All-Star names dazzle in the Big Apple, a guy like Fields keeps you grounded in playing the right way. 也許尼克的確在與丹佛的交易中給得太多、也許像魚缸般的大城市擁有最多的媒體聚焦給予這支隊伍取勝大且失公允的壓力，更甚至，目前預告尼克的未來還太早，儘管我們已經洞悉一二，唯一確切知道的就是LF應要繼續擔任尼克的磐石，畢竟在炫目的紐約裡，像LF這樣的球員，能確保球隊好好打球。 “I mean, I would love to stay with New York, that’s the whole plan right now,” says Fields when asked about his future. “But I’m only going to focus on one game at a time.” 「我想繼續待在紐約打球，至少那是我目前的計畫。」LF被問到未來時如是說，「但我現在只想專注在球場上。」 It’s the smart answer – the only answer, really. The kid did go to Stanford after all. 這是個聰明的答案，事實上，也是唯一的答案，沒辦法，這小子畢竟是史丹佛畢業的。－－－－ Landry的介紹文章其實沒有很多，這篇是球季開始後的文章，一月底採訪的，照片也拍好很久，但是一直等到最近才發行。還是一樣，如有翻錯的地方，懇請不吝指教。感激不盡。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 114.24.74.7

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