Udrih has case for long stay http://www.sacbee.com/kings/story/767573.html It was only 10 minutes. And as Beno Udrih saw it, it wasn't a pleasant 10 minutes. 　　那只是短短的十分钟而已，但对Beno Udrih而言，那十分钟成了他人生的重大转折点 。 Before the point guard became the rising star in Sacramento, signing with the Kings on Nov. 1 as an emergency fill-in for the injured Mike Bibby and beginning his career anew four years in, he was a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves. 　　Udrih 在11月1 日被国王签下，补上Mike Bibby的位置，现在他成为了在沙城上昇中 的新星。在那之前，他曾一度是灰狼的一员。 A welcome trade from San Antonio had landed him with the T-wolves on Oct. 29, but just as Udrih prepared to stay afloat in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, he was cut. Set free, really. 　　10月29日，马刺把Beno送往明尼苏达。当Beno正准备好要前往这个万湖之州时，灰狼 把他给砍了。 "My agent told me I'd have to fly to Minnesota the next day," said Udrih, who signed a one-year contract with the Kings for the league minimum of $826,046. "He had called the general manager or somebody (in the Timberwolves' front office), and he said, 'Yeah, we want to see what Beno is going to bring to the table.' 　　「那天，我的经纪人跟我说明天要飞到明尼苏达。他和灰狼上层的人联络过了，而对 方说：『我们很想看到Beno会为我们带来些什麽。』」和国王以联盟最低薪签约的Beno说 。 "And then, 10 minutes later, they waived me." 　　「十分钟後，他们和我说掰掰...」 Udrih sought a setting in which playing time would be plentiful and competition minimal, and Minnesota obviously was not it. At point guard, the T-wolves had the well-respected Randy Foye, the seventh overall draft pick in 2006; Sebastian Telfair, the 13th overall pick of the 2004 draft with plenty to play for; and established veteran reserve Marko Jaric. Udrih 想要找一个地方能让他有充足的上场时间，可明尼苏达看来并没有那个空位。 在控球上，他们早就有了积极培养的2006第七顺位Randy Foye，天下第一控的亲戚2004第 十三顺位Sebastian Telfair ，另外还有老将学友哥。 Udrih, who spent so much of his first three seasons dreaming of big minutes with the Spurs while playing behind Tony Parker and, in the later years, Jacque Vaughn, was concerned. 　　在生涯的前三季，Udrih 都是在Tony Parker 的身後当替补，後到的Jacque Vaughn 最後也插队排到他前面。 "They had a bunch of guards … so I was really not sure about going (to Minnesota)," Udrih said. "I was not happy about that trade. But still, it was a young team, and I just told myself that they were going to need some players. That's what I was telling myself. 　　「他们有一海票的控卫，所以我也很好奇我去了要干嘛？虽然我觉得这个交易并不适 合我，但灰狼是只年轻的球队，那边也许会有我帮上忙的地方，我这麽告诉自已。」Beno 说。 "Ten minutes later, my agent says they waived me." 　　以上是Beno对灰狼队的控诉。 The outcome, of course, has fallen largely in Udrih's favor. Minnesota enters Arco Arena tonight with the second-worst record in the NBA (12-48), unable to know how different things would have been if Udrih had stayed. 　　正所谓「塞翁失马，焉知非福」，灰狼的决定成就了今天的Udrih 。当初他们如果把 Udrih 留下来，战绩可能不会到联盟第二糟的12胜48败吧！ The day after the Timberwolves waived Udrih, they learned Foye had a stress reaction in his kneecap. Foye missed the season's first 43 games. Ironically, Timberwolves vice president of basketball operations Kevin McHale told Minnesota media that his questions about Udrih's durability were a factor in his decision to cut the guard. 　　在灰狼砍掉Udrih 的隔天，他们就得到了Foye受伤的消息，Foye因此缺席了前43场比 赛，真是相当囧的一个情况。相当讽刺地，Kevin McHale告诉明尼苏达的媒体他砍掉Udrih 的原因，就是因为觉得他的耐战性不足。 "When you do your investigation, I guess the biggest concern I had was that (San Antonio) really felt that, injury-wise, he had been hurt quite a bit," McHale said. "You're (thinking), Well, we've got unknowns right now (on the roster). I don't think we were in a situation where we were willing to bring in two unknowns. We already had Sebastian here." 　　「当我在思考要不要留下这个球员时，容易受伤是一个相当负面的因素。我们的名单 还没有定下来，而我不希望名单中有太多的不确定。更何况我们已经有Sebastian 了。」 大家都在等着他辞职的McHale说。 Meanwhile, Udrih has played well enough in Sacramento to earn a nickname. "The Tasmanian Slovenian," so named by Kings television personality and team director of player personnel Jerry Reynolds, has been on quite a tear in the last five games. 　　在McHale大力宣扬他砍人正当性的同时，Udrih 已经在五场比赛後获得了沙城所有人 的喜爱。他甚至被球评Jerry Reynolds取了个绰号「塔斯马尼亚的斯洛维尼亚人」。 （Jerry：http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Reynolds_(basketball_coach)） （注：绰号的其他相关放在最後，不过这个绰号好像真的就这麽鸟Orz） In that span, Udrih has averaged 22.6 points and 5.8 assists while shooting 56.5 percent from the field and continuing to prove himself. When the Kings traded Bibby to Atlanta on Feb. 16, Udrih's emergence was no small part of the equation. 　　在这段时间中，Udrih 交出了平均22.6分、5.8 助攻的成绩，而命中率是56.5趴。当 国王在2 月16日将Bibby 交易至老鹰，其中有很大一部分就是认为Udrih 已经足够担起控 球的重任。 His impending free agency this summer meant the Kings would most certainly lose Udrih if Bibby had remained, and Udrih's early play had intrigued the Kings' front office more than enough to warrant a closer look at the situation. 如果Bibby 还留在这儿的话，那麽即将成为自由球员的Udrih 就会离开。但Udrih 用 他的表现，使国王球团做出另外一个选择。 And it appears Udrih, 25, could be here for years to come. This summer, the Kings will be in a position to offer part or all of their midlevel exception (approximately $6 million) to retain Udrih. The chance the Kings gave him after his 10-minute Minnesota stay, Udrih said, will not be forgotten. 　　看来25岁的Udrih 将会在沙城留上一段时间了。这个夏天，国王将会以部份或者全额 的中产来留下Udrih 。国王给Beno的机会，他说他将永远不会忘记。 "This is the team that gave me an opportunity to show myself," he said. "I'm really happy here. I like it. We'll see what comes at the end." 「我在这只球队得到了机会证明自我。我在这里很高兴。让我继续证明我到底能够做 些什麽吧！」Udrih 说。 -- 注：塔斯马尼亚的斯洛维尼亚人原因似乎只是Udrih来自Slovenia而且是Tasmanian族... 下文的作者说这样叫他不就像叫「非洲来的美国人」之类的... 好像已有不少人对这个绰号提出反感，但是我不确定是不是还会这样叫他 http://charlotteblogcat.blogspot.com/ One of the Sacramento announcers called Udrih the “Tasmanian Slovenian,” although I’m not sure if that actually works as a nickname. If you wanted to label him as a sort of whirling-dervish type, wouldn’t he have to be called the “Slovenian Devil”? After all, it’s the “Devil”-part of “ Tasmanian Devil” that lets you know someone’s crazy and out-of-control; otherwise, the person is merely from Tasmania and not necessarily crazy (unless you’re prejudiced against Tasmanians). A “Tasmanian-Slovenian” would technically just be a guy who lives in Slovenia and has Tasmanian ethnicity, similar to an African-American here in the U.S. 有错请指正<(__ __)> --

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