[外電] T-Mac saga nears end for Rockets
T-Mac saga nears end for Rockets
By RICHARD JUSTICE
Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle
Dec. 29, 2009, 11:36PM
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/6791664.html
richard.justice@chron.com
自翻
First, there was the matter of calming nerves in the locker room.
That’s why Rockets general manager Daryl Morey met with his players over the
weekend.
“We understand we’ve got something good going on,” he told them.
為了穩定更衣室裡面的氣氛, Morey在週末跟球員們談了一下.
"我知道球隊目前運作的很好."Morey告訴大家.
So does coach Rick Adelman.
“I wanted what was best for the team and not one individual,” he said.
“This team has a great group of guys. They bust their tails every night and
at practice every day.”
Adelman也這樣認為.
"我尋求的是對整支球隊有好處的事情, 而非對個人."他說.
"這支球隊有不少很棒的球員, 每個晚上無論在賽場上或是練習中, 他們都拼盡全力."
Things are simpler for the Rockets with Tracy McGrady out of the equation.
There’s no guarantee he’ll be traded, only that he won’t play for the
Rockets again.
Now we’ll find out if this team that has been such a joy to watch,
that has been smartly constructed and brilliantly coached, can continue to
grow together.
如果踢妹離開了, 很多事情就會變的更單純些.
目前無法保證他會被交易, 我們只知道他不會再為火箭隊打球了.
現在的火箭隊是賞心悅目的, 聰明的打法以及不斷地茁壯, 還有絕佳的教練.
Are they a championship team? Absolutely not. Are they a playoff team?
Possibly.
This season began with virtually no one thinking the Rockets could make the
playoffs without McGrady, Yao Ming and Ron Artest.
Wrong. Despite a brutal early schedule — 19 of 32 games on the road —
they’re on a pace to win 49 games after rallying from eight points down in
the fourth quarter to beat New Orleans 108-100 Tuesday night.
這是支冠軍隊伍嗎? 肯定不是. 這是支能打進季後賽的球隊嗎? 有可能.
在沒有踢妹姚明阿泰的開季當初, 沒有人認為我們可以打進季後賽.
他們錯了. 即使那麼基八的賽程之下 — 19場客場作戰之下,
在擊敗了黃蜂之後, 若依照這樣的戰績下去, 我們是有機會贏到49場比賽的.
They’ve done it with speed and toughness, with energy and unselfishness, by
diving for loose balls and making the extra pass.
They’re a living, breathing definition of a whole that’s greater than the
sum of its parts.
Morey overhauled the roster without benefit of a high draft pick or a
big-ticket free-agent signing.
He has put together a competitive, entertaining team and refused to make
short-term moves,
thereby keeping enough financial flexibility for next summer when he’ll try
to add an impact player.
球員們用速度以及打死不退的精神做到了 充滿著活力, 無私的傳球, 奮不顧身地爭取每
一個球權.
團結力量大, 他們就是活生生的一個例子.
這樣子的陣容並沒有一個高順位的選秀,或是交易來的大咖.
Morey就這樣建構出來一支拼鬥力十足的隊伍,
為了夏天的補強還保留著一些薪資的彈性
The Rockets had hoped to add McGrady to the mix at some point. If he could
recover from knee surgery and play at a high level.
If he was willing to accept a role and fit in. If this, if that.
McGrady either could not or would not. That’s the thing we’ll never know.
He’d always been his team’s centerpiece. Suddenly, he was part of one that
had moved on without him.
Morey and Adelman attempted to understand what McGrady was seeing.
He probably wondered if he’d ever again be what he once was. He probably was
scared.
火箭隊確實有認真思考過踢妹的回歸. 前提是在他能夠從手術裡完全康復並保持高檔的狀
態.
並且他必須要接受現況以及自己的腳色, 願意融入.
或許踢妹沒有辦法, 或許踢妹只是不願意, 我們無法得知他在想什麼.
他一直是球隊的核心人物, 不過突然之間, 他已經變成了球隊的其中一部份而已.
Morey與Adelman希望了解踢妹的想法,
他或許只是想證明他還是從前的踢妹, 他或許只是有一些害怕.
Fast and furious
As far back as training camp, Adelman had predicted how things would turn
out.
The Rockets had a group that needed to play fast to be competitive,
and they had a once-great player who was either uncomfortable with playing
fast or unable to.
在訓練營的時候, Adelman其實就有預料到事情的發展.
火箭的球風打快了起來, 不過踢妹似乎不太能適應這樣的改變.
“The thing people want to write about is who he was two years ago,” Adelman
said.
“He isn’t that right now. We have a whole team. It’s not just about what
he wants or what he was going to want.
It was about what can he do to help us win.”
"人們看到的還是那個兩年前的踢妹."Adelman說.
"不過他已經不是了. 我們要運作的是一整支球隊, 我們不能只考慮到他想要的東西. 唯
一的重點只在於球隊能獲勝."
Morey attempted to assure the players that the roster wasn’t about to be
torn apart to facilitate a McGrady trade.
Any deal would have to be in the best interest of the entire team.
If Morey can’t find one that makes sense, McGrady will sit out
the remainder of the season and collect his $22.4-million salary, the highest
in the NBA.
This is the path McGrady has chosen. The Rockets would have preferred he
remain in uniform
as they attempted to work out a deal. McGrady declined.
Morey保證踢妹的交易並不會影響到目前的輪替.
任何交易都會依據球隊的最佳化來做考量.
只要Morey找不到合適的人選, 踢妹就會繼續領著全聯盟最高的薪水並坐在家裡.
這是踢妹自己選擇的道路. 火箭隊希望他能夠繼續打球直到交易成真, 但是踢妹拒絕了.
Similarly, McGrady was not sent away from the Rockets on Saturday in New
Jersey.
Adelman had grown increasingly frustrated with McGrady’s public campaign for
more playing time and told him so.
“He’s coming back from major surgery and rehabilitating, and who knows when
he’s going to get there?” Adelman said.
“Right now, he wasn’t there. The explosiveness definitely wasn’t there.
That’s to be expected.”
踢妹並沒有隨著火箭隊到客場去征戰.
Adelman對於踢妹公開的言論感到有些挫折.
"他剛經歷過手術與復健, 沒有人知道他什麼時候會完全恢復."Adelman說.
"就目前而言, 他並沒有完全恢復. 我從他身上看不見爆發力."
Adelman worried that McGrady’s complaining — and his unproductive minutes —
were beginning to hurt the team on the court.
Over the last two weeks, the Rockets’ defense had gotten worse, their
offense inefficient.
McGrady asked for, and received, permission to leave New Jersey on Saturday.
Why stay? To support his teammates?
To cheer them on? To be there in case he was needed? Now you’re just being
silly.
So what now? Morey’s telephone began to ring moments after word got out that
McGrady was available.
He listened to sales pitches for older pitchers, injured players and overpaid
players.
No, Toronto didn’t offer Chris Bosh. Nor did Golden State offer up Anthony
Randolph.
Adelman擔心踢妹的言論, 以及他那些未必有貢獻的上場時間, 會開始傷害整支球隊.
這兩個禮拜以來, 火箭隊的防守越來越差了, 進攻也越來越沒有效率.
踢妹所要求的, 所被允許的, 是離開新澤西.
為什麼要留下來? 替隊友們加油嗎? 或是在關鍵時刻上場? 別開玩笑了.
當踢妹的交易新聞傳了出去, Morey開始瘋狂的接電話.
他聽到了各式的報價, 老球員, 受傷球員, 很貴的球員.
多倫多不會給我們Bosh的, 勇士隊也不會給我們Randolph的. 醒醒吧各位.
The Rockets said there’s only about a 50-50 chance McGrady will be moved.
Meanwhile, they play on.
Tracy McGrady’s time with the Rockets, which began with so much hope five
years ago, ended with a press release.
“We’ll see what happens now,” Adelman said.
“My job is still to help those other guys in that locker room. We’re trying
to stay where we are, and I know how fragile it is.”
火箭隊說踢妹離隊的機率大概是一半一半. 無論如何火箭隊會繼續前進.
踢妹五年前充滿希望地來到, 就這樣結束了.
"讓我們看看火箭瞳鈴眼會如何發展."Adelman說.
"我的職責是幫助在更衣室的那群球員, 朝目標前進, 這不是件容易的事情."
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