[翻譯]McGrady looking for the glaring omis …
McGrady 找尋那明顯的缺失
: McGrady looking for the glaring omission
得分王注意於球隊的成功，以在個人榮耀上增添財富。
: Scoring champ eyes team success to add to wealth of individual honors
: By JONATHAN FEIGEN
: Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle
: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/sports/2874727
沒有展示了什麼。淡淡的微笑，懶洋洋的雙眼。這似乎暗示著他在策劃著什麼，或是已得
出了結論。
: Nothing shows. There is a slight smile. Sleepy eyes. The look seems to
: indicate he is plotting something, or reaching some sort of a conclusion.
這微笑是不是只是個假笑？它有否提供了什麼提示？這是否啟示了，或至少提示了我們，ꔊ他手中究章有什麼牌？
: Is the smile a smirk? Does that offer a clue? Is it a "tell" that reveals, or
: at least hints, at the cards he holds?
Tracy McGrady分享了他的想法，有的時候，他口中的話就像他往籃框切入的第一步般猛
戳。但那樸克臉似乎還掩藏著更多。
: Tracy McGrady shares a few thoughts, sometimes with verbal jabs as sudden and
: startling as his first step to the basket. But the poker face seems to be
: hiding more.
在對Orlando的季前賽，因Jeff Van Gundy要看看他的隊友，而沒有讓他出賽的那一場，
他坐在後備席的時候也掛著那個表情。我們很輕易就能想像，他在想所有能讓他在那些質疑
和中傷他的人面前，證明自己的事。在他道出失敗的痛的同時，他的眼就更加地合上了(?)
這洩露出他的決心。
: He wore that look on the bench in Orlando when he was held out of a preseason
: game so Jeff Van Gundy could get a look at his teammates. And it was easy to
: imagine him thinking of all he wanted to prove to those who would doubt and
: malign him. He talks of the pain of losing as his eyes seem to close even
: more until he almost glowers. And he seems to divulge a resolve.
McGrady描繪出他的球員生涯和他得到了什麼。他說那些成功不再讓人滿足，也說他的潛力
還未完全發揮。雖然他那露齒的笑從未離開他，但看起來，他完全沒有感到欣慶。
: McGrady describes his career so far and what is left of it. He speaks of
: accomplishments that no longer satisfy, of potential unfulfilled. And though
: that grin never quite leaves him, he doesn't seem at all amused.
相反地，他在來到Houston後堅持，雖然沒有人有異議，他要去證明一些事。他看起來差不
多要放棄在那笑容和懶洋洋的眼後的東西。
: Instead, he arrives in Houston insisting, though no one argues, that he has
: something to prove. And he almost seems to give away what is behind that slight
: smile and sleepy eyes.
「就是這樣，」McGrady說。「當你過了我剛過著的球季，當你是我那種球員，所有人質疑
你，所有人對你指指點點。去年，我的肩膀上有很多很多。有很多關於我的說話都是負面
的。問題就是你要如何在逆境中反彈。
: "That's what it's all about," McGrady said. "When you have the type of season
: I had, the type of player that I am, everybody questions your drive, everybody
: points fingers at you and has these things to say about you. There was a lot on
: my shoulders last year. There was a lot said about me in a negative way. It's
: how you bounce back from that.
「批評使我更強。當你站出去並證明批評者是錯的，他們要照照鏡子，想想他們想說的究
竟是不是他們說過的話。
: "Criticism to me always makes me stronger. When you go out and prove your
: critics wrong, they have to look themselves in the mirror and wonder if they
: meant what they said.
「這沒有困擾我。我對此並不擔心。我想證明我能戴上冠軍指環。」
: "That doesn't bother me. I don't worry about that. I want to prove that I can
: wear the (championship) jewelry."
Looking inside
McGrady像是一個能夠贏取總冠軍的人。他提供了證據去支持這假設。但他並未證明了它。
: McGrady looks like a player who can win championships. He has offered evidence
: to support the assumption. But he has not proven it.
邁向另一步的時候似乎是正確的。上兩季，在得分榜上力壓群雄，McGrady完成了輝煌的個
人成就。助攻失誤比是不錯的，but they make shoes and commercials for the scoring
champion.(完全不懂譯)
: The timing for that next step seems right. In leading the NBA in scoring the
: past two seasons, McGrady has achieved the most glorified individual
: accomplishment. Assist-to-turnover ratio is nice, but they make shoes and
: commercials for the scoring champion.
但McGrady有時是第一個提及他從未贏個一個季後賽系列的人。他從未在一支較強的隊伍輸
過(因為未待過？) 但現在他有一種覺得自己是一隊夠好的隊伍的一份子，而他的表現是可
以用球隊的表現來量度的感覺。
: But McGrady often is the first to mention that he has never won a playoff
: series. He has never lost one with the better team, but now there is a sense
: that he is a part of a team good enough that he can be fairly measured by how
: well his team performs.
「他有很多事要證明。」Rockets 教練 Jeff Van Gundy說。「我也有很多要去證明。我們
有很多很多事事要去證明。」
: "He has a lot to prove," Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy said. "I have a lot to
: prove. We all have a lot to prove.
「我認為自己能夠成為冠軍隊的教練，但到現在為止，我所證明的，就只有我能帶領球隊
走到那兒。我未證明自己能越過難關並拿下冠軍。他證明了自己能把球隊帶入季後賽，但
未能再進一步。你可以和Garnett比較一下。」
: "I think I can be a championship coach, but until I do it, all I proved is
: can get a team there. I haven't proven I can get over the hump and do it. He's
: proven he can get a team to the playoffs, but hasn't been able to advance yet.
: You can make a great parallel to (Kevin) Garnett."
但Garnett在贏得第一個季後賽系列，並帶領Wolves進入西岸決賽之前，並沒有跌得如此痛
。他接受了他應得的批評，但McGrady所受的譴責是更個人和輕蔑的。
: But Garnett did not fall as hard before winning a playoff series for the first
: time and taking the Timberwolves to the Western Conference finals last season.
: He received his share of criticism. But the censure of McGrady was much more
: personal and contemptuous.
「在這聯盟，當你敗了，他們就嘗試去破壞你的籃球名聲。」Van Gundy說。「所有人希望
去標籤所有人。他們會繼續對他說三道四直至他勝利了。」
: "When you lose in this league, they will try to assassinate your basketball
: character," Van Gundy said. "Everybody wants to label everybody. They're going
: to say what they say about him until he wins.
「這就是Jordon在他贏之前所穿越的情況。『如果你是聯盟中的高得分者，你不能贏』然
後他贏了。三年前說能些話的人被指責，他們便說：『他變了』。他沒有變。圍繞著他的
球隊變了。」
: "It's the same stuff (Michael) Jordan went through until he won. 'You can't win
: when you're the high scorer in the league.' Then he won. ... The same people
: that coronated him three years before had the criticism. Then they said, 'He
: changed.' He hadn't changed. The team around him changed.
「現在有太多要說了。如果你想聆聽並回應所有事，這能侵蝕你。他需要維持頭腦清醒。
我們希望他，我也知道他希望自己，成為卓越的、偉大的。
: "There's so much talk now. It can sap you if you want to listen and respond to
: everything. He has to be clear-headed. We expect him, and I know he expects
: himself, to be great."
Taking it all in
McGrady, 25，和其他大部份球員很不同。他知道別人怎樣說他，但沒有掩飾他的漠不關心
。他說他有讀報紙、收聽訪談節目和收看電視報導。
: McGrady, 25, is different from many players. He knows what has been said about
: him and does not feign indifference. He said he does read the newspapers,
: listen to the talk shows and watch television reports.
「我們所有人都知道。」他說。「因為如果我們不知道，媒體也會告訴我們。」
: "We all know," he said, "because if we didn't, (the media) would tell us."
McGrady在Orlando時並不知道，要被人告訴其他人說了什麼話是關於他的。雖然他的表情
並沒有表達出任何憤露，他表明他並不欣賞這些譴責。
: McGrady did not, however, have to be told what was said about him in Orlando.
: Though his expression again displayed no anger, he has made it clear he did not
: appreciate the condemnation.
「讓我告訴你一些事吧！當事情發展至此，他們就搬出所有藉口並完全歸咎於明星球員」
McGrady說。「所有的責難都是指向我的。我在餘下的生涯都要帶著它。即使在這球隊，如
果我們輸了，我也會被指著說，因為我們是這隊的明星球員。」
: "Let me tell you something, when something goes on like that, they're going to
: come up with all kinds of excuses and blame it on the star player," McGrady
: said. "All the blame is pointed on me, which is cool. I'll take that the rest
: of my career. Even with this team, if we lose, it's going to be pointed at me
: because we are star players of the team.
「我看了一些Weisbrod說的話，說T-mac可以在得了30或40分後，在離開體育館時，說他做
了他該做的。他並不清楚我在回家後會怎樣。我或不會把它在球員之間或在這兒表達，但
當我回到家，回到我的小圈子裡，我是為了輸球而憤怒的。」
: "I was reading a couple of quotes where (Magic general manager John) Weisbrod
: said T-Mac can leave the gym having 30 or 40 and he walked out saying he did
: his part. He doesn't understand what I was going through when I went home. I
: might not show it around the players or around here, but when I go home to my
: people, to my inner circle, I'm (angry) because we 're losing.
「他嘗試去破壞我的聲譽。某些跟我共事的人，說『那家伙不知自己在想什麼。他不認識
你。』但他們都能明白球賽。當你交易我這種等級的球員，以及所有發生的事，你要為了
你的聲譽去掩飾。」
: "He tried to destroy (my reputation). Some of the things people that work with
: me ... say, 'That guy is out of his mind. He doesn't know you.' But they all
: understand the game as well. When you trade somebody of my caliber, with all
: the stuff that went on, he has to cover his (reputation)."
Weisbrod說他交易掉，至少無法欣賞McGrady是因為McGrady看來不會為輸球而沮喪。所以
在他眼中McGrady是第一個要去交易掉的人。
: Weisbrod has said he dealt or at least could not relate to McGrady in part
: because McGrady did not seem upset by losses. That would make McGrady the first
: player ever traded because of his eyelids.
但McGrady是這隊輸了61場賽事的隊伍中最好的球員。他可以扺抗批評但不可以扺抗紀錄。
: But McGrady was the best player on a team that lost 61 games. He can dispute
: the criticism but not the record.
他和Van Gundy認為這可能對他有用。
: He and Van Gundy also can argue it might have been useful for him.
「對他來說這是沒了銳氣的一年。」Van Gundy說。「你不會在19連敗後不去想竟發生了什
事。我想我們在他的生涯中，一個正確的時間得到了他。他在正確的時間來到了這裡。這
可以是一個很好，很好的配搭。
: "It was a very humbling year for him," Van Gundy said. "You don't lose 19 games
: in a row and not look within for what's going on. I think we're getting him at
: the right time of his career. He's coming here at the right time. It can be a
: very, very good mix."
Hard work ahead
McGrady不是唯一一個正在看在的。聯盟知道McGrady的名聲變得怎樣。那些標籤或許不是
並未刻下，但至少，已經跟著他。
: McGrady was not the only one looking. The league knew what had become of
: McGrady's reputation. Labels might not have been tattooed, but they were stuck
: to him like Post-its.
Rockets已經考慮交易機會夠久了。他們已決定他們對所有事，包括McGrady那不時疼痛的
背到他的工作習性。他們看了錄影帶，參考資料並聽取他了助理教練，McGrady在Orlando
的前任隊友，Patrick Ewing的心裡話。
: The Rockets juggled the trade possibility long enough to decide what they
: thought about everything from McGrady's often sore back to his work habits.
: They watched tapes, leaned on sources and called in assistant coach Patrick
: Ewing, a former McGrady teammate in Orlando, for a heart-to-heart.
「我告訴Jeff，我認為他是一個非常棒的球員，對我來說也是個非常棒的隊友。」Ewing說
。「我認為Jeff能把他帶到下一個層次。我就是說了這麼多。」
: "I told Jeff I thought he was a great player and a great teammate for me,"
: Ewing said. "I thought Jeff could get him to the next level, and that's what
: I told him."
Van Gundy並沒有忽略McGrady在上個球季的毛病。防守上，他從在Toronto時的傑出，變成
了在Orlando時的交通路標(按：在香港是叫雪榚筒吧？！不知在台灣是叫什麼？)但Van
Gundy深信他的不足之處並不是難以管教的。
: Van Gundy did not consider McGrady without fault last season. Defensively,
: McGrady had gone from outstanding in Toronto to a traffic cone in Orlando. But
: Van Gundy was also convinced that his shortcomings were not intractable.
「不知不覺地，當你度過了一或兩個差勁的球季，你會墮進一些壞習慣中。」Van Gundy說。
「因為，並不是每一場球賽都是重要的。過了去年的首二十場比賽，他們就完了。跌倒是
件很容易的事。」
: "Subconsciously, when you go through a bad year or two ... you fall into some
: bad habits," Van Gundy said. "Because not every possession or every game is
: important. After the first 20 games last year, they were out. It's easy to slip.
「Derek Harper是我共事過的球員中其中一個最好的競爭者。當他從Dallas到New York，
他們在Dallas過了一日段艱辛的日子。當他來到New York，但喪失了正常的水準。解決問
題就是承認它的存在。他承認了它並把他的工作習慣帶回正常。如果一個了不起如Derek
Harper的競爭者也會跌倒，所有人也會。所以，有的時候，交易需要一些時間才成有成效。
: "One of the best competitors I ever dealt with was Derek Harper. When he got
: traded from Dallas to New York (in 1994), they had gone through some tough
: times in Dallas. When he got to New York, he had slipped. Solving a problem is
: acknowledging it existed. He acknowledged it and got his habits back to where
: they should have been. If a great competitor like Derek Harper can let it slip,
: anybody can. That's why a lot of times trades take a while to really work.
「Tracy清楚知道他是誰，他的強處和他能怎樣影響勝利。」
: "Tracy has a good handle on who he is, what his strengths are, how he can
: affect winning."
在最後，只有勝利才能回應批評或滿足McGrady。他所成就的還未證明他能贏。
: In the end, only that ?winning ?will answer critics or satisfy McGrady. For all he
: has accomplished, he has not proven that.
「我想，我們所有人都有很多事要去證明，個人的，或是團隊的。」Van Gundy說。「能夠
成為一隊季後賽常客的一份子，我是幸運的。我甚至曾幾次進入總決賽和分岸總決賽。但
我未曾證明我能帶領球隊到達頂峰。這驅使我前進。我想這也會驅使個別球員前進。」
: "I think all of us have a lot to prove, individually and together, starting
: with me," Van Gundy said. "I've been fortunate to be a part of teams that
: have always been in the playoffs. I've even been able to get to the finals,
: conference finals a couple times. But I haven't proven that I can get a team
: over the top. And that drive: s me. And I think (it drives) individual players."
但時間和歷史會首先指向McGrady。他說他歡迎所有質問，但不會在Rockets老闆Leslie
Alxander說他是NBA最好的球員時有所爭論。
: But timing and history point that finger first at McGrady. He said he welcomes
: that demand but also did not argue when Rockets owner Leslie Alexander called
: him the NBA's best player.
「我接受，但我不會如此看待自己，因為我沒有任何冠軍指環。」McGrady說。「我不在
Kobe Bryant的等級上，因為他有三隻。」
: "I would accept that, but at the same time I won't put myself as the best
: player in the NBA because I don't have any jewelry to show for it," McGrady
: said. "I'm not at Kobe Bryant's level because he has three rings.
「我感到我是這聯盟中其中一個傑出的球員。如果你在球季結束時這樣問我，而我的陳列
櫃上已有冠軍指環，我會告你：『Yeah,我是這聯盟中最好的球員！』」
: "I feel I'm one of the elite players in this league. If you ask me at the end
: of this year and I have some jewelry to showcase, I'll tell you yeah, I'm the
: greatest player in this league."
到了這裡，當McGrady微笑而沒有胡說什麼，看來，他知道他要證明什麼。
: Until then, when McGrady sort of smiles and barely squints, he seems to know he
: has something to prove.
: jonathan.feigen@chron.com
: 個人認為寫得很棒的一篇文章…不過太長了，所以沒時間譯…
: Hope that T-mac will become a really great player with rings, one day.
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