[外電] 小巴與丹丹的一段情
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=2871543&type=story
原文提到了這系列比賽的一些外籍球員的故事
包括了Parker,Barbosa,以及Elson
我只翻了可愛的小巴部分,其他略過…XD
The carpet in the Suns' locker room is purple, comfortable and plush, and Leandro Barbosa knows it because he spent his first night in Phoenix sleeping on the floor near his locker.
舖在太陽隊更衣室裡的紫色地毯既舒適又豪華,關於這點Leandro Barbosa最瞭,因為他來太陽隊的第一天就是睡在更衣室的地毯上.
He'd come from Brazil, where he had no bed, no money and no piles of shoes. So he asked if he could stay there, in part to pinch himself, but also because it was one of the most beautiful places he'd ever seen.
他從巴西來,在巴西他沒有床,沒有錢,更沒有像在太陽隊更衣室裡有的一堆鞋子.他問能不能睡在更衣室裡,有部分因素是為了激勵他自己,但另一部分卻是因為---這是他有史以來見過最美的地方.
"He probably looked at it as a luxury hotel," Suns assistant Dan D'Antoni says. "He was so excited, he just didn't want to leave. This is what his dreams were. I guess probably in his mind, if he walked out of the room, it might not happen."
“他大概把這邊看成最豪華的旅館了吧”太陽隊的助理教練Dan D'Antoni說.“他實在興奮極了,就是不肯離開.這裡就是他的夢想.我猜大概他心裡是這麼想著,只要他一走出這間房間,現在的這一切可能就不會發生了”
They were paired in 2005, D'Antoni a high school coach/teacher from Myrtle Beach, and Barbosa a kid from Sao Paulo as innocent as the day is hot in Arizona. D'Antoni wouldn't say it then, that Barbosa was on the verge of being shipped out.
他們兩個是在2005年被送作堆的. Dan D'Antoni,一個從Myrtle Beach來的高中教練/老師;Barbosa,一個從熱得像Arizona 一樣的Sao Paulo的鄉下來的小朋友. D'Antoni不會說出來, Barbosa當時差點就被打包送回巴西.
The kid just wasn't catching on. The language barrier was too hard; his confidence was too low. So that was D'Antoni's first assignment when he arrived in Phoenix, to make Barbosa right.
沒辦法,這個小朋友就是沒法跟上.語言障礙實在太艱難.他的信心更是嚴重不足.所以這就是D'Antoni來太陽隊的第一件任務:幫助Barbosa發揮他的潛能.
"It came to kind of a head," says D'Antoni, whose younger brother Mike is the head coach. "Crisis or necessity creates adventure. I had to step forward a lot faster than I probably would've normally. I'm not pushy that way.
“這實在令我頭痛” D'Antonig說. Dan是太陽隊總教練Mike的哥哥.”危機跟必要性
製造了冒險,我必須用超越我自己步調的方式往前進,而我一向並不是那麼魯莽的人.”
"I just felt like it would be a mistake [to let him go] because he was so talented."
“我只是覺得,如果讓他走了,將是個天大的錯誤,因為他是那麼的有天分”
Taking a page from his days as a teacher, D'Antoni decided to start writing Barbosa notes. He'd hand him sheets of paper with simple words such as "trap down" or "pick and roll." By reading them, they became more clear and real to Barbosa. They also helped him learn English faster.
從以前的教學經驗, D'Antoni決定開始寫給Barbosa筆記.他給他上面寫著像"trap down"或"pick and roll"這些單字的小紙條.透過閱讀,這些戰術對Barbosa來說變的更清楚且真實了.而這也幫助他學英文學得更快.
Barbosa is described by the coaches as a gung-ho player, and when he'd get in a game, he tried to do too much. D'Antoni told him to "stay on the floor, don't do a whole lot, and don't mess up."
Barbosa被教練群們形容為”一個熱血球員”,當他在場上時,他總是試著要做太多工作. D'Antoni告訴他”雙腳踏好地板,不要想著做每一件事,不要搞砸”
The tutoring worked. Barbosa averaged 18.1 points this season and earned the league's Sixth Man award. He calls D'Antoni "a father, a brother, everything."
這教導的確有效. Barbosa本季平均得到18.1分還贏了聯盟的最佳第六人獎.他說D'Antoni是”一個父親,一個兄弟,以及一切”
Just before Monday night's game, D'Antoni handed Barbosa another note. It told him to get in Michael Finley's face when the Spurs guard shot 3-pointers. In the second half, with the series on the line, that's just what Barbosa did.
就在星期一晚上的比賽前, D'Antoni給了Barbosa另一張紙條上面寫著,當Finley要投三分球的時候,你就撲到他面前就對了.在系列賽下半場, 這正是Barbosa所作的.
Barbosa is in the showers late Monday night -- he's still one of the last ones out of the locker room -- and D'Antoni lets out a few southern chortles when he thinks of how far they've come.
比賽完Barbosa正在洗澡—他仍是太陽隊最晚離開更衣室的球員之一.-- D'Antoni想到他們一路走來辛苦的成果,開心的大笑了起來.
"Sometimes you're on the pendulum and it's going up," D'Antoni says, "and sometimes, you're going down. We were just swinging together."
“有些時候你就像在鐘擺上,而且正在往上擺” D'Antoni說.”但有時候你是往下擺.不論往上或往下,我們就是擺在一起”
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