[外電] Lou a Renaissance man off the bench
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Timberwolves newcomer Lou Amundson doesn't look like a hard-nosed power
forward or center in the NBA. Maybe it's the ponytail hairdo he wears on court.
He doesn't fit the part of NBA tough guy, either. Amundson spends his spare
time drawing and working on oil paintings, or playing his acoustic guitar to
the mellow sounds of songs by Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and Otis Redding.
On the court, however, there are few artistic elements to Amundson's game.
"He's rugged," Wolves forward Kevin Love said Monday, Oct. 15, of the 6-foot-9,
six-year veteran. "He's a scrappy player who just wants to get the job done
and win."
也許是那一頭馬尾造型，讓 Amundson 很難和硬派禁區做連結。閒暇時沉浸在油畫
世界中，或是拿著一把木吉他自彈自唱。但在球場上，實在感受不到 Amundson 的
文藝氣息。Love 認為 Amundson 打法硬朗，鬥志高昂。
Amundson, 29, is showing this preseason that he can provide the kind of spark
off the bench the Wolves lacked last season on their front line. As a career
4.0-point scorer, Amundson has survived in the NBA as a role player who brings
energy into a game with rebounding, defense and tenacity.
Amundson doesn't score much, but when he does, it can be memorable. In the
fourth quarter of Saturday's exhibition win over Chicago at Target Center, he
blocked a shot by Bulls forward Taj Gibson, then sprinted downcourt for a
put-back slam dunk.
The sequence prompted Wolves players on the bench to leap from their seats and
cheer Amundson's hustle.
"I don't see being a role player as a negative thing," Amundson said after
Monday's practice. "There's maybe a handful of stars in the league, and
everybody else is a role player. I see myself as a basketball player, first
and foremost, somebody who cares about winning and wants to be competitive."
Amundson 跟聯盟大部分球員相同，都是隊上的角色球員，他不覺得有任何不妥。
也認為自己是一名求勝心高，喜好競爭的籃球員。
Those intangibles were lacking from last season's reserves, and the Wolves fell
apart when injuries sidelined Love, Ricky Rubio, Luke Ridnour and J.J. Barea,
losing 21 of their final 26 games.
Amundson, signed as a free agent in September, is expected to be a key player
on the Wolves' revamped bench. Coach Rick Adelman is so impressed with
Amundson's versatility that he is considering using him as a backup at power
forward and center.
Amundson's presence at center could be particularly vital, with the Wolves
trying to find someone to fill in for Nikola Pekovic, whose physical play
occasionally gets him into foul trouble.
"Every possession, he brings it," Adelman said of Amundson. "Every place he's
been, he's been an effective player. He's a very valuable guy to have on your
team."
替補四、五號位置，逐漸贏得總教練信任，Adelman 認為他是位有效率的球員。
The Wolves are Amundson's sixth NBA team after stops in Indiana, Golden State,
Phoenix, Philadelphia and Utah. Hard work and toughness had to become his
trademarks when he went undrafted in 2006 after completing his college career
at Nevada-Las Vegas.
Amundson played in the NBA Development League in 2006-07, then went through
four 10-day contracts in the NBA, and he started thinking it might be time to
put his degrees in English and philosophy to better use. Then he landed a
full-time spot on the Suns' roster in 2008-09, and he's bounced around the NBA
ever since.
Amundson 過去在選秀會也是乏人問津，職業之路開頭並不順利，曾有轉換跑道
的念頭，不過最後仍苦盡甘來，爭取到保障合約。
Amundson started taking guitar lessons four years ago as a hobby to get away
from the pressures of the game. He said he's still in the "early stages of my
skill level," but he admitted the day might come, after basketball, when he
would consider playing with a band.
And he's got a new music buddy in Love. On one team flight this month, Amundson
pulled out his I-pad tablet and showed Love how he produces beats for songs.
"We're not going to start a boy band anytime soon, but we talked a lot of music
in Mankato and Fargo," said Love, whose uncle, Mike Love, is the lead singer of
the Beach Boys. "I do want to learn the piano. I figure the music gene is in me
somewhere."
四年前開始學習吉他當作舒壓管道，未來也許籃球生涯告一段落，Amundson 會考
慮玩樂團。現階段，Love 是他在球隊內聊音樂對象，兩位文藝青年的對談，勢必
激盪出什麼火花。
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