[外絮] Linsanity 再現：紐約有多想念Jeremy Lin？
Linsanity Redux: How Much Does New York Miss Jeremy Lin?
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Linsanity 再現： 紐約有多想念Jeremy Lin？
（看到版友在資訊區放的文章，順手翻了一下）
However long Jeremy Lin’s career lasts, he’ll have a special
relationship with Madison Square Garden, the site of those magical
weeks in February 2012, when the undrafted, twice-dropped point
guard leapt off the Knicks bench to transform a broken team and
inspire not just the city, but the world.
不管Jeremy Lin籃球生涯會持續多久，他都和MSG有無法抹滅的關係。
在2012年2月神奇的那幾週，
當一位選秀落選，又被二度釋出的PG
從尼克隊的板凳跳了出來，改變了當時支離破碎的尼克隊。
他影響不只是紐約這個城市，而是全世界。
He’ll hear echoes of the that rocked the rafters. He’ll see fans,
especially Asian American fans, in vintage Lin Knicks jerseys,
waving banners that refer to those glory days, and he’ll read
media reports loaded with puns based on his last name, many
of which will muse on what-might-have-been, had the Knicks
chosen to keep his effervescent playmaking and still-untapped
scoring potential on their roster.
他會聽到震耳欲聾的聲響。
會看到許多球迷，尤其是亞裔美籍的球迷們
在林來瘋那些日子裡，穿著Lin的尼克球衣，揮舞著標語。
他會看到媒體們爭先恐後的用他的姓 ” Lin ” 來發明許多單字。
這些現象接下來也引發了許多未來的猜想，
尼克隊會不會留下這位有效率, 且仍有許多潛力的PG呢？
They didn’t, of course — choosing to let him slide to the
Houston Rockets, who offered him a three-year, $25 million
deal to be starting point guard on a young, untested squad.
(The Rockets had been one of the teams that dropped Lin,
back in December 2011, due to their traffic jam at point —
he played a total of seven minutes in two pre-season games
before being informed, on Christmas Day no less, that he
was out of a job.)
當然尼克隊沒有這樣做。
他們選擇讓他和火箭隊簽下了三年2500萬美金的合約。
（在2011年12月，火箭隊曾因為人員太滿而將林釋出，
他總共只有在兩場熱身賽當中上場7分鐘，並且在耶誕節當天被釋出）
Though Lin was reportedly surprised and upset that the Knicks
chose to let him go, he instantly embraced his new team and the
new start that the change of venue offered, especially with the
Rockets’ clear commitment to winning, demonstrated by their
lucrative signing of 6th man par excellence James Harden to
play alongside Lin. Given the chance to start, Harden instantly
demonstrated his game-changing talents, further establishing
himself as one of the league’s top scorers and becoming the
Rockets’ playmaking center of gravity.
即使林對於尼克選擇讓他離開感到訝異以及失望，
他很快的就投入於他的新球隊，並且開始調適對於球場上的改變
像是在簽下了James Harden這位曾是球隊優秀的第六人後，
火箭隊特別想要獲勝的決心。
而Harden成為先發之後，也立刻展現出他接管比賽的能力
並且進而成為聯盟得分高手之一，以及火箭隊強力的進攻發起點
But with Lin having a very similar game — and one that was
far less tested — the new backcourt had problems jelling.
Lin’s court smarts, deft ability to read and penetrate defenses
and disruptive cut-and-create game conflicted with Harden’s
need for as many touches as possible.
但哈登和林扮演的角色太類似，這樣的後場組合卻出了問題。
林在場上優異的能力，
像是解讀並穿透對方防守，透過切入來製造機會
卻是與哈登重疊的。
And with coach Kevin McHale directing the team to run plays
through and to Harden, Lin’s play swung wildly from brilliant to
terrible, and averaged out as, well…average. You don’t pay
over $8 million a year for average in the NBA (at least, not quite),
and you certainly don’t build a team around it. By the end of the
year, Lin found himself on the bench in the fourth quarter of games,
in favor of undistinguished journeyman Toney Douglas.
而在教練決定將進攻發起點交給哈登後
林在場上的表現明顯的由出色變成了低落，
平均水準而已。
你不會願意付超過八百萬美金給一位NBA平均水準的球員，
當然你也不會以這樣的球員為中心建隊。
而季末，教練常常在第四節把林被放在板凳上，
寧願讓平凡的Toney Douglas上場。
And when the season opened this year, despite Lin being perfectly
healthy and hungrier than ever to prove himself, it was announced
that Patrick Beverley, a scrap-heap candidate who’d spent his
career playing Euroleague basketball, would be the team’s
starting point guard.
而這個球季開始，
即使林在健康狀況極佳，
並且在球場上比以往更積極來證明自己
但球隊仍然宣告小貝，這位大部份球員生涯都在歐洲聯盟的球員
成為了球隊的先發控衛
People familiar with the matter say that despite Lin’s public
declarations of support for the move — being part of the
second team meant he had more opportunities to score and
make plays without metaphorically colliding with Harden and
new superstar center Dwight Howard — he was hurt by the
decision, particularly since he’d spent the summer working on
the two aspects of his game that had been repeatedly challenged
by fans and the media: His defense and his outside shooting.
大家都應該有印象，即使Lin公開宣稱會支持球隊這樣的變動，
意指著他成為第二替補組的成員，
不是在Harden以及魔獸為中心的先發組，
會有更多得分以及組織進攻的機會。
但其實林對於這樣的決定是很受傷的。
尤其是因為他花了整個夏天的時間，
加強了最被媒體以及球迷所詬病的兩點：防守以及外圍投射能力。
(看到這裡好心酸呀 ~"~)
“Jeremy has one of the most rigorous offseason workouts ever,” says
someone who should know — Evan Jackson Leong, director of the
documentary “Linsanity” (still in theaters now, in Los Angeles,
San Francisco and Virginia).
Linsanity的導演 Evan Jackson Leong曾說過，
“ 林是我見過在休賽期間仍最嚴格要求自己的球員。 ”
（Linsanity 目前仍在 Los Angeles, San Francisco and Virginia的電影院上映）
And in the season so far, Lin, coming off the bench, has
shown the results of his sweat and dedication: He’s shooting
well, averaging 18.4 points per game on 52.7% shooting
(and a sick 46.5% from behind the three-point line). To put
that in perspective, Lin is scoring the same number of points
per game right now as acknowledged superstar Dwyane
Wade of the Miami Heat, with better efficiency.
而本季開始，即使林由板凳出發
他在場上也展現出努力的成果和貢獻
他的投籃命中率很棒，場均18.4分，命中率為52.7%
（三分球更是不正常的高達46.5%）
以此為假設，甚至可以和熱火隊的超級球星Dwyane Wade相同
並且林的效率更高。
Over the past few games before his return to the Garden,
Lin had lifted his game, with 31 point and 34 point games
respectively, hitting a record nine three-point shots in
Thursday’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers, a record
for the Houston franchise.
在他回到MSG之前的幾場比賽，
林對球隊貢獻極高，曾在比賽當中分別得到了31分以及34分
還在對上七六人的比賽當中，投進了9個三分球
追平了火箭的隊史紀錄。
So it’s not surprising that Lin’s latest visit to New York was
being framed as Linsanity 2.0 (“Don’t Call It a Comeback”)
— despite his openly saying that he “didn’t think it would
be a big deal” and he “hoped to be a subplot” during the game.
所以林這次回到紐約就被稱為”Linsanity 2.0”
(千萬別稱這狀況為”Linsanity 捲土重來 ”)
即使林曾經公開的說，
那只是一件小事，並且在比賽當中只是個小插曲
He wasn’t to the many fans who came out specifically to root
for him, like Ren Hsieh, founder of the Dynasty Project, a New
York-based nonprofit that works with youth in Asian immigrant
communities through organized athletics. “I’m a born and bred
Houston Rockets fan — born and raised in Houston,” says Hsieh.
“Jeremy being there is icing on the cake. But I’ve seen Jeremy
play plenty of times, college and NBA. I wouldn’t miss this one!
I begged a buddy for his season tickets, lower level section 110.”
他已經不再是許多球迷會特別來應援的對象了。
就像是Ren Hsieh（紐約的無營利組織Dynasty Project的股東之一）
“ 我生來就是火箭隊的球迷，我在休士頓出生長大。”
“ Jeremy來這打球不過是錦上添花而已，
我看他打球一陣子了，在他大學期間以及ＮＢＡ期間，
這次當然不能錯過，所以我從我朋友那拿了季票 ”
Other fans came from out of town to see the game, like
Ko Im, a reporter for the CBS local affiliate in Washington, D.C.,
who came up from the Beltway for the game. “I missed all the
initial craze, so I thought it would be awesome to go,” she says,
noting that her friend wore his Houston Lin jersey while she
sported a Linsanity Knicks tee. “There were definitely a lot of
his fans and Asians in the packed house, since it’s the only
time they play at MSG [this year],” she says. “I’m glad
I checked it off my bucket list.”
其他來看比賽的球迷，
像是Ko Im，CBS在華盛頓D.C. 的合作廠商的記者。
從Beltway 特別過來看比賽。
“我懷念最初的那些感動，所以來看比賽一定很棒”
她的朋友穿著林的火箭球衣，而她則是穿著林在尼克的T-Shirt
“ 毫無疑問現場有超多他的粉絲以及亞洲人，
因為這是他今年唯一一次在MSG打球，我很開心我下定決心買票過來 ”
Lin responded to the crowd and the challenge of his former
team with another sterling game — 21 points, three assists
and five rebounds, not taking over the game but meshing
well with his team, and totally outplaying both starting PG
Patrick Beverley(five points, just two assists) and his
replacement as Knicks point guard, Raymond Felton (eight
points, seven assists, but five turnovers and five fouls).
He even unleashed a neat right-handed dunk, which drew
even Knicks loyalists out of their seats to their reluctant feet,
experiencing a flash of Linsanity nostalgia.
林用21分3 助攻以及5籃板來回應全場觀眾及前隊友
雖然不是接管了比賽，但和隊友們合作無間。
表現優於先發PG小貝（5分2助攻）
以及之後取代他成為尼克隊的PG的Felton
(8分，7助攻但是有5犯以及5失誤)
他甚至表演了一下右手灌籃，
這使得原本對手的尼克的球迷們，都懷念起了當初的Linsanity 炫風。
Which brings us to the obligatory hypothetical: What if the
Knicks had kept him, despite his steep price tag, late-season
injury and uneven post-February play? What if they’d given
him the kind of longer term investment that he’d hoped for and
his fans had been expecting, given the massive goodwill and
merchandise value that the Knicks had accrued with Lin in
New York? As New York Times’s veteran sports scribe
Harvey Araton notes, “Lin, as an Asian American sensation, was
probably worth $2 in commercial appeal for every $1 he was paid.”
這樣的狀況讓我們不得不如此的假設
如果尼克當初還是決定留下了林
不管他的高價，在球季後期受傷，以及二月後的比賽狀況如何
或是如同林本人或是他的球迷期望的
尼克願意把林當作是較長期的投資，
對他釋出大量的善意以及考量他為尼克帶來場外價值
現在的狀況又會是如何？
紐約時報的資深體育記者Harvey Araton說過，
“Lin, 為亞裔美籍，在他身上投資$1，可以回收$2”
But the Knicks made the short-sighted decision to let Lin go.
And now, Linsanity — at least the New York edition —
is memories, echoes and nostalgia.
但尼克短視近利而決定放棄林。
而現在，”紐約”版的Linsanity已成了回憶，回音以及緬懷之情。
Maybe for the better. Some pundits have noted that in a smaller
market, with bigger stars alongside him (Lin publicly calls
Harden and Howard the “faces of the [Rockets] franchise”),
Lin has had the freedom to work out the kinks of his game,
without the pressure of the media’s piercing glare.
也許好處是，許多專家指出在較小的市場，和其他球星一起打球，
（林曾經說過哈登和魔獸是火箭隊的門面）
林有更多打球的自由，並且不會承受過多媒體關注的焦點
“At this point, i have no doubt that hes gonna do this again,
and play this good [indefinitely],” says Leong. “The doubters
can doubt, and haters can hate, but Jeremy can play.”
“ 從這點來看，我從不懷疑他應付不來，他可以打的很好”
Linsanity的導演 Evan Jackson Leong這樣說。
“ 即使人們繼續懷疑，繼續討厭，但是Jeremy毫無疑問的有能力打球 ”
Which is why even some of his biggest Asian American fans,
like Hsieh, agree that the time has come for us to move on from
“Linsanity.” “It’s time for a Linsanity moratorium,” he says.
“It’s contextualized, it’s past. Let it lie as a great piece of sports
history. To call out Linsanity every time Lin has a good game
only serves to diminish his actual talent. Like he has to be going
insane to pull it off. No, he’s just actually a good player.
He doesn’t have to be ‘Linsane’ to do it.”
這就是為什麼即使是他最大宗的亞裔美籍球迷，
像是前面提到的Hsieh都認為，該走出Linsanity的回憶。
“ 是該停止Linsanity了，那是過去的事情了，
就讓他成為運動史上美麗的一章，
每次林打的好的時候，
就把Linsanity搬出來只是在貶低他的能力而已
就好像是他要到瘋狂才能有如此表現
不～他確實是個優秀的球員，
他不需要發狂才能做到那樣 ”
Point made, point taken. But you’ll excuse some of us if we
still obsessively watch his highlights and cheer to ourselves
every time he delivers an on-screen reminder of those crazy,
heady days. Call it “Linstant Replay.”
即使明白這個道理，
但請容許我們當中有許多球迷
仍然沈醉的看著他的highlights，
每當他精采表現而讓我們想起那段引起瘋狂，和風潮的日子
總是讓如此的讓我們振奮不已
那叫做 ”Linstant Replay.”
註： Lin + instant （即刻） Replay（重播 )
~ＥＮＤ~
（我只能說最後一段真的講出我的心聲了！）
我還是三不五時就拿出林來瘋的高光
每一次看都還是很感動
這篇文章寫的很中肯，也不浮誇
但整篇讀完有種還是有淡淡哀傷
尤其說到他的努力那邊 ~"~
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