[外電] 卡特教頭

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原文:http://tinyurl.com/ykw3fo5 Vince Carter wants to coach after he retires posted by Bschmitz on Oct 26, 2009 10:26:23 AM When Magic shooting guard Vince Carter holds his summer basketball camps for kids and teens, he has occasionally heard campers say, “Hey, Coach.” Carter conceded that “it was weird at first.” 今年夏天，魔術後衛Vince Carter舉辦了一些青少年的訓練營，在訓練營中，他偶爾會聽見小球員們對他說「Hey, Coach」。 Carter表示，那聽起來簡直有些「不可思議」。 Now “Coach Vince Carter” isn’t sounding so strange to him after all. 現在「卡特教頭」這個稱謂終於不那麼讓他感到奇怪了。 Carter, who turns 33 in January, surprisingly says he plans on giving coaching a whirl once his NBA career ends. 1月份滿33歲的卡特令人吃驚的說，他打算自己的NBA職業生涯結束後試試當教練。 “I don’t see myself going right to the NBA. I don’t care where --- high school, college, pros,” Carter said, sitting alone with me after practice on Sunday at RDV Sportsplex. “I really enjoy teaching the game.” 「我認為我不會直接就到NBA，我不在乎在哪裡－高中，大學，職業聯盟。」週日在球隊訓練中心RDV Sportsplex結束訓練的卡特跟我單獨坐在一起時說，「我真的很喜歡教球。」 Spruce Creek men’s basketball coach Joe Giddens said that Carter, his former teammate at Daytona Beach Mainland, has even been picking his brain about various defensive alignments. Spruce Creek籃球隊的教練Joe Giddens、同時也是卡特在Daytona Beach Mainland隊的隊友。說卡特甚至以其多樣的防守調整而使他很驚訝。 Most superstars pass on the coaching gig after they retire. It’s for grinders and masochists, certainly at the higher levels. 大部分超級巨星在退役後遠離教練的職位。那種職業簡直就是磨工工人兼受虐狂，雖然看似高級了些。 One look at Stan Van Gundy and you wonder if the profession should come with mental-health warnings. “Vinsanity” would have an all new meaning for Carter. 看看大范吧，或許你會疑問，這個職業會不會影響到人的精神健康。這樣卡特還會是那個卡特嗎？ Guys like Vince have too much money and ego and lasting fame to deal with the aggravation. 像卡特這樣有錢、有聲望的人，卻要去忍受執教時可能帶來的惱怒。 Then again, Vince isn’t like other guys. 然而，卡特又不像其它人。 He’s something of a loner, never had an entourage and has been an unselfish player despite all the all-star fanfare. 他高傲但是宅心仁厚，是個不自私的好球員。他謙虛但是受萬人敬仰，儘管他有著足以誇耀的全明星生涯。就像在風中、在荒原裡獨行的狼那般的優雅。 Van Gundy even had to order Carter to quit trying to fit in during training camp, stop passing up shots to ingratiate himself with teammates. 大范在訓練營中甚至命令卡特無需適應球隊，不要過多傳球，而是讓隊友們去適應他自己的風格打法。 For another thing, he’s matured since his young, foolish days, when he wrestled with then -Toronto Raptors Coach Sam Mitchell and wanted out of Canada so badly his motivation waned. 還有就是，他已經從曾經的年少輕狂變得成熟了。過去他想要離開加拿大，甚至與多倫多暴龍時任主帥Sam Mitchell大動干戈，那使得他的動力衰退了。 Former Magic Coach Brian Hill has said that Carter was the most coachable player he’d ever been around while an assistant with the New Jersey Nets the past few years. 魔術前主帥Brian Hill說卡特是他執教生涯中見到過最虛心受教的球員，Hill過去幾年中是新澤西網隊的助理教練。 Coaching, broadcasting, promoting his sanctuary to treat addictions and becoming a restaurateur --- “Vince Carter’s” is set to open in Daytona Beach soon --- is what Carter envisions for his basketball afterlife. He was sitting on some steps at the sportsplex, rubbing a hand across the top of his head where there once was plenty of hair. 執教、轉播球賽、設立戒毒中心幫助人們戒毒、當個餐館老闆(Vince Carter餐館即將在Daytona海灘開業)，這些是卡特為自己職業生涯結束後所預期的職業。他坐在訓練中心的樓梯台階上，摸著曾經是有頭髮的頭。 http://nicekicks.com/files/2009/07/vince-carter-olympic-dunk.jpg

Carter can see down the road — and that road for him is I-4. 卡特可以看到樓梯下面的道路。 It might be a nightmare for daily commuters. But Vince hopes to play four more years to reach his goal of 15, maybe "squeeze out" a total of six more seasons. He prays he'll finish his career still driving from his Isleworth mansion to Magic headquarters and back. 每天都通勤上下班可能是個噩夢。(魔術主場安麗中心離卡特的家約45分鐘車程。) 但是卡特希望自己能再多打4年以達到自己打15年NBA的目標，甚至能「燃燒體內的小宇宙」再多打6年。他祈禱自己能在魔術完成職業生涯。 "Yes, right here," he said. "That would be the plan." 「是的，就在這裡，」卡特說，「這就是我的計劃。」 If this were a dream scenario for Vince, the round trip would include an NBA championship in Orlando and ultimately, a retirement ceremony with the MC being a near-30-year-old Dwight Howard. 如果這就是卡特夢中的場景，這一定得包括總冠軍獎盃、還有陪伴Howard直到他三十而立然後在魔術退休。 Why, he even broke one of the NBA's oldest player commandments: Vince said he'd consider playing "for less" just to stay in town. The Magic hold a team option on his contract in 2011-12 at a whopping $18 million — and they surely expect a title first. 他甚至願意打破了NBA老將年資的潛則：卡特說過，為了能待在這裡他願意少拿錢。魔術擁有卡特在2011-12賽季的球隊選項，那時的年薪是$1800萬。(買斷的話則為$400萬) －當然了，他們想要先奪冠。 Everything he has ever wanted awaits him now, beginning Wednesday when the Magic's Carter Era starts at home against the Philadelphia 76ers. 現在，他想要的東西都在等著他了。卡特的魔術時代將於週三晚上魔術主場對陣費城76人上演。 The Raptors had their Carter Era. The Nets had theirs. None were truly fulfilling. 暴龍有過卡特時代，籃網有過卡特時代。但是實際上他們都沒有圓滿的結局。 Orlando is Vince's biggest chance, probably his last chance at this stage. He hasn't ever played with this much talent, and certainly with nothing resembling Howard in the middle. 魔術是卡特最大的機會，或許也可能是他最後的機會。他從沒有與這麼多才能一起打球的經歷，特別是他從沒有過跟Howard這樣強大的中鋒一起打球過。 An eight-time all-star, Carter realizes his legacy is at stake. He's never gone past the second round of the playoffs. He knows what people are thinking. Same thing that they thought about Dominique Wilkins and currently think about his cousin, Tracy McGrady. 八屆全明星卡特知道自己的榮耀就在此一博，他沒有突破過季後賽第二輪。他知道人們在想什麼。就像人們怎麼認為Dominique Wilkins和現在人們怎麼想他的表弟Tracy McGrady 一樣。 "If I don't get a championship, they'll say, 'Well, he could score,'" Carter said. "So I definitely want things to work out here." 如果我不奪冠，他們就會說：『看，他只會得分』。」卡特說，「所以我肯定想在這裡搞定一切。」 Carter followed the Magic growing up in Daytona Beach and returns to Central Florida after the club reached the NBA Finals for the first time since 1995. He says the "only pressure I've really felt was pleasing my teammates. That's it. I'm being honest. 卡特出生在Daytona海灘，他是看著奧蘭多魔術打球長大的。2009年夏天，在魔術1995年以來第一次打進NBA總決賽但鎩羽而歸後，他們引進了卡特。卡特說「我唯一的壓力是如何取悅隊友。就是這個，我說的是實話。」 "I know I'm here to help the team get over the hump. But it's not something that scares me. I'm used to having pressure on my shoulders." 「我知道我來這裡是幫助球隊跨過這道門檻的。但這對我來說並不可怕。我早已習慣了承擔壓力。」 Sounds like a coach already. 聽上去就像他已經是個教練了。 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 140.116.103.36