Nearing 40, Kidd Chases a Second Wind 外电连结：http://0rz.tw/AGgnd (没全翻，全文请点连结) Jason Kidd(1973/03/23) The Kidd of today is simply not as quick or quite as durable. And the Kidd of today will turn 40 on Saturday, marking his birthday as he and his Knicks teammates take on the Toronto Raptors at Madison Square Garden. Presumably, he will not be saluted with a “How old are you now?” serenade. 基德现在不仅仅是快速或相当耐用，3/23(星期六)KIDD将满40岁，那天他和他的队友将在 MSG主场对战暴龙，据推测，MSG将会响起“How old are you now？”小夜曲向他致敬。 (http://0rz.tw/mCHKE→“How old are you now？”，大家记得当天要注意主场响起的 音乐声 XD) At 40, Kidd is not even the oldest player on the Knicks, a reflection of their risky strategy this season of adding one aging player after another in the hope that they could surround Carmelo Anthony, Tyson Chandler and Amar’e Stoudemire with enough veteran savvy and skills to grab an N.B.A. championship. 40岁的KIDD还不是尼克最老的球员，尼克用一群经验丰富的老将围绕在Carmelo Anthony, Tyson Chandler and Amar’e Stoudemire建队，企图获得NBA总冠军。 The pitfalls of that plan have grown increasingly apparent as the season has progressed. Rasheed Wallace, 38, played 20 games before bowing out — probably for good — with a stress fracture in his foot. Marcus Camby, who turns 39 on Friday, has had his own injury issues and has played in only 21 games. 随着赛季的进展，该计划的缺陷越来越明显。西蛙(38岁)打了20场比赛，因脚应力性骨折 而缺赛；坎比(1974/03/22)（星期五）是他的39岁生日，因为伤病问题，只打了21场比赛 。 Kurt Thomas, who is five months older than Kidd, has incurred a stress fracture, too, and may not play again in the regular season. If he does, the Knicks will become the first team in N.B.A. history to have two 40-year-olds play in the same game, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. KT(比KIDD大五个月)，有应力性骨折反应，并在常规赛可能不会再上场比赛。如果他上场 ，尼克将成为第一支在NBA历史上有两个40岁的球员同时上场比赛。 (这也算是纪录？夺冠这个纪录会更加耀眼，Knicks加油呦 ~^o^~) Kidd, of course, is by far the most important member of this rickety group. He has played in 61 games this season, the fifth most on the Knicks, and is averaging 27.1 minutes a game. He continues to move with grace around the court and continues to make a difference, even if there have been any number of moments during this long grind of a season in which he seemed to slow down even more than he regularly does. KIDD，当然是尼克老将中迄今为止最重要的一员，本赛季他上场了61场比赛，是尼克上场 数最多的前5人(平均上场27.1分钟)。他继续在各地的球场上有所作为，在这漫长的赛季 中，他推进的速度似乎比他之前所做的速度慢。 Whether he can get a second wind for the postseason, when the constant pressure takes a physical toll, is open to conjecture. 当经过漫长赛季体力的消耗，他是否能在季後赛回春，是大家公开猜想的话题。 For the moment, though, as his birthday approaches, it is enough to marvel that Kidd has made it this far. When asked recently how he was able to play into his 40s, Kidd said, “Good teammates, a lot of luck, and God gave me an I.Q. to play this game.” 但是，就目前而言，它已足够令人感到惊奇不已，基德已经走了那麽远。当记者问他怎麽 能上场比赛到40岁，KIDD说，“好的队友、很多的好运，上帝给了我IQ上场比赛。 As for the changes in his game, Kidd acknowledged them, saying: “I changed, and I had to accept it. Ego, pride, whatever you want to call it, can get in the way.” 关於他在比赛中的改变，KIDD承认：“我改变了，我不得不接受它。自我、骄傲，无论你 怎麽称呼它，我都可以放下。” (光这点就很了不起，值得敬佩) With Kidd, they really haven’t. In 2005, Bob Thate became Kidd’s personal shooting coach. It was around that time that people in N.B.A. circles began sarcastically referring to Kidd as Ason Kidd — because he didn’t have a J, slang for a jumper. But with Thate’s help, what Kidd does have now is a solid 3-point shot. 2005年，Bob Thate成为基德的个人投篮教练，在那个时候，人们讽刺Kidd没有跳投得分 能力，但在Thate的帮助下，现在的Kidd已经有3分球投射能力。 Before the Knicks played the Los Angeles Clippers last Sunday, Kidd asked Thate, now the Clippers’ shooting coach, to help him with his mechanics. An hour before the game, Kidd shot 3’s for 30 minutes. Thate was behind Kidd the entire time, giving the advice he has always given Kidd: don’t jump forward, jump straight up; release the ball high; lock your arm up and extend it for the correct follow-through; shoot the ball higher to give it a better arc; always believe the shot will go in. 在尼克对战快艇前的星期日，基德要求Thate(现在是快艇队的投篮教练)，帮助他调整投 篮技巧，在比赛前一个小时，Kidd练投3分球30分钟，Thate在背後看着Kidd投篮并给他建 议；跳起时不要向前要跳直线上升，丢球时高举手臂，并把它升展；投篮时把球丢高出给 它一个更好的弧度，始终相信它会进篮筐。 “It’s fun because his shot is a mess, and then after 75 jump shots it looks like it’s coming back,” Thate said of working with Kidd. Thate在和KDD投篮工作後这麽说：这是有趣的，因为他的投篮看起乱七八糟，然後经过75 个跳投後，它看起来像它回来了。 Against the Clippers, Kidd was 3 of 5 from behind the arc. Kidd has shot 53.3 percent from 3-point range in the Knicks’ last three games (8 of 15). 对战快艇时，KIDD三分球5投3中；KIDD在尼克最近的三场比赛中，3分球命中率高达53.3 ％(15投8中)。 When he is not shooting 3’s these days, or passing the ball, or stealing it, Kidd is an adviser. His most eager audience may be Anthony, who pushed the Knicks to sign Kidd in the off-season and has called him a genius. 当他没有3分球命中率的那些天，他仍然很努力的传球或抄截，KIDD就像是尼克的一个顾 问。最渴望他的观众可能是MELO，他促使尼克在休季时签下KIDD基德，并说他是个天才、 守护神。 (我怎麽记得之前外电说KIDD是拳王打电话找来的，原来MELO也是推手之一) “It’s times where he sees something way before it even happens,” Anthony said of Kidd. “I’m coming to him like, ‘How did you just see that two plays before?’ He knows the quality of each possession.” MELO说：他可以在事情发生时预见到，我想像他一样，可以推测到对手的前两个步奏？( 其实不太明白这句是什麽意思@@) Kidd said: “When you’re on the playground, you want to win. You learn really quickly who your scorers are and who the best player is on the court, and you want to give him the ball. That’s where that started, in understanding that if you want to stay on the court, you get it to your best player.” KIDD说：“当你在球场上，你当然会想要赢。你必须知道谁是你的得分手，在球场上最好 的球员是谁，你要想办法把球传给他。这就是开始，如果你想留在球场上，你必须想办法 把球传给最好的球员。“ He still is doing that, even with 40 candles in the cake, on the oldest team in the N.B.A. 他现在仍然这样做，即使蛋糕上插了40根蜡烛，在NBA最老的球队。 .................................................................. 如果说Melo是 My Idol，Kidd就是我敬佩的人 ^^ Let's Go KNICKS!!! Beat the Raptors !!! 拿下B2B的这两场给 Camby(3/22)和 Kidd(3/23)当生日礼物 ~^o^~ Happy Birthday to Kidd \^o^/ Happy Birthday to Camby \^o^/ --

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