[外電] 甜在心
Sloan likes Suton's defense, determination
甜在心
By Steve Luhm
The Salt Lake Tribune
Nearly a month since the start of training camp -- and three games into the
NBA exhibition season, which continues Thursday night against Portland --
second-round draft choice Goran Suton remains a mystery.
At least to the untrained eye.
經過了訓練營與三場熱身賽的洗禮，
菜鳥中鋒酥糖究竟有幾分料在一般人眼裡看來依然是團迷霧。
Utah coach Jerry Sloan has been watching the wide-body center out of Michigan
State, however, and he sees a young player who possesses an ability that the
Jazz have been lacking in recent seasons.
老教頭對於出身密西根州大的這名大個兒倒是自有一番看法，
少年仔擁有的天賦或許正是猶他近幾季以來所欠缺的。
"Goran has played pretty well," Sloan said Monday. "His size is a little bit
of a factor. He's not the biggest guy out there at his position. But he has a
great concept of trying to help his teammates defensively."
「這小子打得不賴，」教皇評論道：「身型多少佔了點便宜，」
「雖然算不上是巨無霸中鋒，但他的協防觀念非常良好。」
Remember, the Jazz allowed 100.9 points a game last season -- 18th out of the
30 teams in the NBA.
Utah's opposition also shot 46.5 percent from the field -- a 15-year high.
Although Suton remains squarely on the bubble as far as making the Jazz's
final regular-season roster, he knows that doing what doesn't show up in the
box score is his trump card in the nerve-racking poker game of NBA survival.
說到防守，爵士上季的每場平均失分可是排在全聯盟的後段班，
敵隊的命中率(46.5%)則是創下15年來的新高。
雖然現在談酥糖能否進入爵士開季的輪替名單尚且言之過早，
他自己可心知肚明在細微處多下苦工才是他的生存之道。
"It's a new role for me," said Suton, who averaged 10.4 points and 8.4
rebounds as a senior at Michigan State. "But I know I don't need to score
here. I just need to do the little things."
「對我而言這是個新角色，」大四這年平均10.4分8.4籃板的他說，
「這兒不需要我得分，我應該要做好的是些粗活兒。」
Said Sloan: "Athletically, he overcomes a lot of things by playing hard. ...
He's done a good job."
「他用努力來克服部分運動力不足的問題...他幹得很好。」教皇悅道。
If Suton is discouraged by averaging only two points and 2.3 rebounds in a
total of 31 minutes during preseason games against Denver, Chicago and Real
Madrid, it doesn't show.
雖然三場熱身賽總共只有31分鐘的上場機會，平均僅2分2.3籃板，
酥糖臉上並沒有顯露絲毫沮喪怨懟。(廢話，這麼菜！)
"I'm feeling pretty good -- just controlling the things I can control," he
said. "I'm trying to play hard and compete hard."
「我感覺很OK啊，不是自己能控制的事就別去理會它啦！」
酥糖說：「我的本分就是認真打球，提升自己的競爭力。」
Suton's journey to the Jazz has been well-documented.
沒留 鬍子 卻還是這麼有 禮貌 的酥糖個性是如何養成的呢？
He grew up outside Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. As war refugees, his family
moved to East Lansing, Mich., in 1999.
於波赫聯邦首都塞拉耶佛外圍地區出生成長的他，
1999年一家人以戰爭難民的身份獲准移居美國。
Suton attended Everett High School -- Magic Johnson's alma mater -- and led
his team to a state championship in 2004.
酥糖隨後進入艾佛雷特高中就讀，
並帶領學校贏得2004年的州冠軍，
值得一提的是魔術強森也是這所學校的校友。
Like Johnson, Suton stayed close to his family's adopted home and attended
Michigan State.
追隨偉大前輩的腳步，酥糖畢業後也順利進到密西根州立大學。
In all, he played 134 games and, as a senior, Suton helped lead the Spartans
into the NCAA championship game.
酥糖在NCAA出賽了134場，大四這年更帶領校隊打進總冠軍戰。
He finished his collegiate career as one of only eight players in Michigan
State history with more than 1,000 points and 800 rebounds.
酥糖也是校史上僅八位拿超過千分與800個籃板的球員其中之一。
Still, Suton slipped into the second round of the NBA draft, where the Jazz
grabbed him with the 50th overall selection.
不過酥糖在選秀會上還是一路滑落到第二輪第50順位才被爵士撿走。
No problem, especially because Utah has a history of finding overlooked
players in the second round.
可別因此而小覷了他，爵士在第二輪挖到寶的頻率可是出了名的高呢～
Noting similarities between Michigan State coach Tim Izzo and Sloan, Suton
said, "The program here is very disciplined. It's very blue-collar. I'm glad
it is similar to what I'm used to."
當被要求比較從前大學教練與現在教皇體系有何相似處時，酥糖答道：
「同樣都是講求紀律與苦幹實幹精神的藍領球隊，我一點兒也不陌生啦。」
If Suton has been surprised about anything in the preseason, it's been the
attitude of the veteran players around him.
如果硬要說新環境有啥跟酥糖預期不同而令他吃驚的地方，
那麼大概就是隊上老鳥對待這位小老弟的態度了吧。
"You don't really know how nice these guys are when you watch them on TV," he
said. "They have been very accommodating, especially the older guys. They've
gone out of their way to try and help me when I'm out here. So I'm very
pleased about that."
「你光從電視上看真的不知道他們本尊怎麼都這麼耐斯耶～～～」
酥糖_大聲_說：「學長們都會很親切地主動對我噓寒問暖喔，」
「能夠成為猶他的一份子_人家_真的超HAPPY的啦～！*^^*」
人如其名的甜嘴酥糖，看來已經站穩了他在NBA的第一步。
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