[外電] JR史密斯的最佳第六人進化之旅

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J.R. Smith's evolution to Sixth Man of the Year By Paul Flannery on Apr 23 2013, 1:00p 原文：http://tinyurl.com/d5kwn7b http://i3.hoopchina.com.cn/blogfile/201304/26/136694654314608.jpg

J.R. Smith is the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year. We take a look back at his long, unique journey to this point. JR Smith 成為了本年度NBA最佳第六人，現在就讓我們來重新回顧他的這個動盪，卻又非比尋常的賽季。 NEW YORK -- J.R. Smith is the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year. Let that swirl around your synapses for a moment. The man that referred to himself as a #STARER, posted Instagram photos of his coach giving him a WTF look on the bench and dared ask the important questions -- You trying to get the pipe? -- is our Sixth Man of the Year. 紐約——JR史密斯榮登今年最佳第六人的寶座。不過反觀他另外魔鬼的一面或許又會使你困惑不已：他把自己稱作為#Starer 1 ；他把教練責怪自己的照片拍下來發上Instgram 2 ；他對“You tryin to get the pipe”事件3 用一張照片淡然處之。但是別去在意這些東西了，現在的事實就是，他成為了NBA今年的年度最佳第六人。 And how can we forget the best hoops anthem since Kurtis Blow's Basketball? 還有千萬別忘了，他的那首《So right》可能是Kurtis Blow的《Basketball》之後最動聽的籃球歌曲了。我們來看看歌詞： -------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGT1dQHEd7E

So Right (JR Smith Song) I crossed over, from journeyman To Sixth Man ... of the year In a contract year... with an option It's my option, to shoot or to pass To score, you got to shoot To score more, you got to shoot more To score more, you got to shoot more. No can argue with that. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Knicks fans are reveling in their man's triumph, but this is also a victory for the freaks and geeks who bought a ticket to ride the J.R. Roller Coaster this season. He is, oddly enough, a man of the people and the id of every weekend baller's extended hoops fantasy. J.R. Smith plays basketball the way we all secretly wish we could, as an uninhibited gunner with nary a conscience or seemingly a worry in the world. 尼克斯的球迷們此時正在為他們球員獲得的成就而感到高興，而另一方面，對於那些把寶押在大起大落的史密斯身上的奇葩們，這也是一場勝利。JR史密斯，這個在生活中怪異十足的傢伙，幾乎每個人，每個ID，都會願意在周末把他加入自己HOOP FANTASY的名單當中。他在球場上的表現無懈可擊，每一個熱愛籃球的人其實內心都想變得像他一樣：無限的開火權予取予求，除了進攻之外他對於另外的所有一切都毫無顧忌，半點都不去操心。 Of course, Smith never would have the award if he had simply remained a charming chucker. No one besides Knick fans seriously had him atop their Sixth Man Power Rankings at the All-Star break. To reach his potential, Smith had to adapt his game. Over the last few months he has upped his scoring and increased his efficiency by playing -- more or less -- like a grown up. 不過回正題，平心而論：僅憑著上述的那些表面風光是難以讓他獲得最佳第六人的。事實上，回想在全明星周末的時候，除了紐約球迷之外，也沒有多少的人會認認真真地把JR當成最佳第六人爭奪者。而隨後，為了發揮全部潛能，JR不得不更好地適應比賽，在過去幾個月當中他確確實實做出了改變：通過或多或少更加成熟的打法，JR在增加了場均得分的同時更提升了自己的效率。 There's a moral in there somewhere, but there's also a danger in ascribing a deeper lesson beyond a player finding a more refined game. Nevertheless, his evolutionary arc has been one of the more enduring, and yes endearing subplots of the 2012-13 season. With a huge assist from Poasting & Toasting's Seth Rosenthal, let's examine the journey: 從JR的爆發我們是能學到一些道理的，但如果把這事兒說得過火了，超出了一個球員改良了自己的打法的範疇，那也有點危險。不管怎樣，他的進化過程是2012-13賽季NBA中最持久、最跌宕起伏的故事之一。借助著Posting and Toasting網站方面的資料，現在我們就來看看JR的這一段進化之旅。 PRESEASON 賽季前 While his nocturnal adventures drew the ire of many a talking head, as well as his coach, not all of his nighttime activities were NSFW. In September, Smith took fans on an after-hours bike tour of Manhattan. This was J.R. at his weirdest and sweetest. Just an overgrown kid on a bike connecting with the people. JR的大部分夜間活動通常都會引來媒體們的評頭論足，成為輿論焦點，他的教練伍德森也對此頗有微詞。不過呢，JR的夜間活動也並非盡是些尋歡作樂的風流之事。在9月的某個夜晚，他和自己的粉絲在曼哈頓一起進行了一場持續幾個小時的夜騎。兩相比較，我們又看到這個怪異的傢伙的善良率直一面，沒有多餘，僅僅是一個騎著單車的大男孩。 http://tinyurl.com/7eu4a5g JR的夜騎之旅 Speaking of his coach, Mike Woodson deserves a very large hand for shepherding Smith through his breakout season. In camp, he announced his intentions to bring him off the bench, leading to the classic #STARER hashtag. 說到他的教練，就要說到麥克-伍德森對JR的幫助，可以說JR能獲得最佳第六人與他的安排調配密不可分。伍德森無比正確地引導並使用了從CBA練級歸來的JR。早在訓練營中，伍德森就表示了打算把JR放上板凳的意圖，也是這個決定讓JR在推特上寫出那個著名的 #STARER標籤。 In retrospect this was one of the key decisions Woodson made. By bringing Smith off the bench, he allowed him to take a leading role when Carmelo Anthony was taking a break. In other words, he allowed J.R. to be J.R. Not that it was always that simple ... 不過現在看來，伍德森的這個決定絕對是明智之舉。被放在板凳上的JR，在甜瓜休息的時間段裡成為了替補陣容的核心及領袖。換句話說，正是這個決定解放了JR潛在的能力與激情，要能讓JR能夠那樣充分的發揮實力其實並非易事。 IN THE BEGINNING 火熱的賽季開始 Like the Knicks, Smith started the season on a roll, averaging 18 points and shooting an absurd 74 percent from three-point range as they won their first six games. It was a wonderful beginning ... and look, he's even wearing suits now! 賽季一開始，尼克斯隊便勢頭兇猛，JR也一樣手感火燙。他在開季初期能獲得場均18分，並有著讓人乍舌的74%的三分球命中率。尼克斯隊以一波六連勝迎來了新賽季，這絕對是一個夢幻開局。還有不提不說的是，JR這個傢伙甚至穿起了西裝 ! He regressed almost immediately, then rebounded with a stretch of fantastic performances highlighted by two game-winners in the course of three weeks. With Melo out of the lineup following a Christmas Day loss to the Lakers, Smith took 27 shots and missed 16 of them, including all four of his three-pointers, in a game against the Suns. He also made two ridiculous jumpers in the final 10 seconds to tie and then win the game for the Knicks. 接下來，JR突然啞火了，而一段時間的沉寂之後，他又用三週內命中兩記制勝球的表現宣稱了自己的歸來。聖誕大戰輸給湖人之後，在缺少甜瓜的情況下，尼克斯背靠背客場挑戰太陽，JR在這場比賽中，出手27次投失16球，4次三分出手更是無一命中。但他卻在比賽的最後10秒命中兩記匪夷所思的跳投，一個扳平了比分；另一個帶給了尼克斯勝利。 The first came on a step-back fallaway corkscrew number with P.J. Tucker all over him. The second came on a running leaner at the buzzer. There were options on the play, but only one as far as Smith was concerned. 第一球，面對PJ塔克的嚴防死守，他轉身撤步後仰命中；第二球，他則是漂移著在近乎失去平衡的情況下投進。當時場上尼克斯還有其他進攻選擇，但是只要史密斯在場上，球肯定交給他投。 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jOyRPgOHPC4

JR絕殺 "It was premeditated," he said after the game. "I was walking around the court going, 'You are going to make it, you are going to make it.'" “我之前就有預感，” 他在賽後說，”我走場球場上對自己說：'你能投進，你一定能夠投進。'” MID-SEASON MALAISE 賽季中期的動盪 By February, Smith was airballing free throws and playing in halftime games with kids, who froze him out. This was classic angel on one shoulder, devil on the other, with a huge dose of class clown in the middle. It was maddening. It was hilarious. It was J.R. 二月之前，JR曾有一次在罰球中投出三不沾還在中場與孩子們的對抗遊戲中被凍結。他是典型的一面天使一面魔鬼，中間還有大量開心果成分：他有時候讓人瘋狂，有時候讓人感到愉快，這就是JR史密斯。 He beefed with Lance Stephenson and got kicked out of a dreadful 34-point loss to the Pacers, and that seemed to be the way things went for Smith. He alternated between Good J.R. and Bad J.R. with little rhyme or reason. A few weeks after the Indiana loss, he nearly beat the Thunder by himself. Then, he was horrific in a loss to the Warriors later that week. 在以34分慘敗於溜馬的那場比賽中，JR由於抱怨蘭斯-斯蒂文森被驅逐出場，這看起來才是JR嘛，因為一點小插曲就在天使和魔鬼之間切換的雙面人。在對溜馬那場失利之後幾週的另一場比賽中，JR差點僅憑藉一己之力做掉了雷霆；而在尼克斯輸給勇士的比賽中他又表現得相當糟糕，讓人抓狂。 Things reached their nadir in a 93-80 loss to the Clippers during a dreadful West Coast trip when he hoisted 20 shots and missed 16 of them. The loss left the Knicks at just 38-26, staggering and reeling under the weight of so many injuries that Kurt Thomas essentially sacrificed what was left of his career to give them a few minutes. 而最壞的事情發生在讓人沮喪的西海岸客場之旅中，尼克斯80-93輸給快艇的那場比賽， JR出手20次，投丟了當中的16個。那場失利讓尼克斯的戰績來到了38-26，過多的傷病是尼克斯難以承受之痛，而為了每場讓球隊多扛過幾分鐘，科特-托馬斯也燃盡了職業生涯最後一絲能量。 THE REDEMPTION 賽季末的救贖 It was around then that Smith's whole game began to change and take shape. He no longer settled for contested jumpers. He drove the lane and drew contact, calling on the vast array of scoring skills that coaches have been trying to draw out of him for years. 就在那之後史密斯的整個比賽風格開始發生變化。他不再強行跳投。他開始殺入內線製造身體接觸，激活了十八般得分利器，這是這麼多年這麼多執教過他的教練都想讓他開發出的打法。 He destroyed the Celtics in late March when the C's looked like they still had some fight left in them, kickstarting a run of three straight 30+ games. How was this the same guy who launched 40 (!) three-pointers in a three-game stretch in February? 三月末的一場比賽，他摧毀了當時看起來還剩些拼勁的賽爾提克，甚至連續三場拿下30 分以上。這和二月份三場比賽出手40個三分的傢伙還是一個人嗎？！ Both Woodson and Smith described their relationship as something like father-son, but it's telling that Woodson seems to have been able to reach Smith on a different level than others have. 伍德森和JR兩人都形容兩人的關係就親如父子。這也正說明了伍德森和JR關係超過了之前所有執教過JR的教練，達到了一個新的高度。 "I think you've got to put him in the right positions and you've got to be demanding with him and not let him off the hook, and I've tried not to do that with him," Woodson said at the time. "Sometimes I can get away with things I say with him and sometimes I can't." “我覺得你需要把他放到正確的位置上面，並對他提出要求，不能讓他隨心所欲脫離控制。我就是試著不讓那些不好的事發生而已，”伍德森告訴我們：“當然我也不是所有時候都能夠成功地做到我所說的那些。” This kind of interplay takes place all over the league. Take a demanding coach and pair him with a headstrong, albeit talented player, and sparks will inevitably fly. The real lesson here is the mutual understanding the two have forged, which appears to be the key to everything. 其實像伍德森和JR這種教練和球員的相互作用在聯盟內到處可見。一個有要求和經驗的主帥，配上一個頑固卻天賦十足的球員，兩人不可避免會產生一些摩擦。所以真正的問題是兩個人能否相互理解、磨礪提升，這是所有問題的關鍵癥結。 Let's not pretend that success on the court means maturity in a human sense any more than failure necessarily indicates a lack of growth. Sometimes the two things are connected. Sometimes, they're not. Somewhere along the way, Smith and Woodson were able to reach some kind of an understanding, and that's to be applauded. 請不要認為球場上的成功比成長過程中必要的失敗更能使人成熟。有時成功與失敗相互聯繫，有時候卻毫不相關。或許有一天，伍德森和JR能夠真正地理解彼此達成共識，如果有那一天，絕對是值得讚賞慶祝的。 And Smith is to be applauded as well for turning around a career that was on the fast track to nowhere to the Sixth Man of the Year. And to think, it never would have happened had he been allowed to be a starer. 當然啦，回顧JR之前動蕩的職業生涯，再看看他如今取得最佳第六人這樣的成就，絕對是值得被稱讚的。最後開個小玩笑，讓我們祝福他有一天能夠真的成為一名#STARER。 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 註釋： 1.由於麥克.伍德森在賽季前宣稱要將JR放入板凳，引起JR的不滿，JR發出推特，說自己是一名首發，但是卻不小心將Tag打成了#STARER 2.在一月一場比賽當中，比賽暫停時，伍德森給了JR一個責怪的眼神。JR隨後將照片發上了IG http://i2.hoopchina.com.cn/blogfile/201304/26/136694932998799.png

其實這張照片武僧的寶貝女兒也完全認同 XDDD http://web.stagram.com/p/366634174684442267_11766386 mariah_woodson: He gives me the same look too. 武僧女兒表示：他也都給我一樣的眼神。Q^Q 3.JR在賽前和一位十八九歲的女生聊天時說出了：You tryin to get the pipe. 引起輿論的軒然大波，但他隨後僅在IG上發了一張煙斗的照片回應。 http://i3.hoopchina.com.cn/blogfile/201304/26/136694948364942.png

4.另外這是JR最近在IG上嘲笑武僧穿名牌的照片 http://web.stagram.com/p/431074664215081421_22138451 http://web.stagram.com/p/431078317487419921_22138451 而且還笑他到現在還在使用折疊型的手機 XDD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 翻譯：http://bbs.hupu.com/5513526.html -- ─── ▊ ◣ [[ ◣ =◥" ◢ ． ∵ ◆]] ╱ ▁◥▼ ────────── ▊◢◤ ◣ ◥◥ ▂◤▊ ◥ ▂ ▼◢◤\ ◢▼ ▲Once a Knicks, ▊◤ ▊ ◥◣▊ ◢◤◥ ▊◢◤◢◤◥ ▼‵､ ◥ ◤◢ always a Knicks. ▊◥◣ ▊ ▊ ▊ ★ ▊◣ ◥◣ ─-.╳ ▲◤ ▲ ▊ ◥▎▊ ◤▊ ◥◣ ▊◥◣ ◣◥◣▲ ρ\ `,▼▼ ψsherry821224 ─── ◥ ◥ ◤ ◥ ◥ ◥ ◥▆ ◥ | ◢◢▲ ────────── -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 114.40.232.132