J.R. Smith's evolution to Sixth Man of the Year By Paul Flannery on Apr 23 2013, 1:00p 原文：http://tinyurl.com/d5kwn7b http://i3.hoopchina.com.cn/blogfile/201304/26/136694654314608.jpg J.R. Smith is the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year. We take a look back at his long, unique journey to this point. JR Smith 成为了本年度NBA最佳第六人，现在就让我们来重新回顾他的这个动荡，却又非 比寻常的赛季。 NEW YORK -- J.R. Smith is the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year. Let that swirl around your synapses for a moment. The man that referred to himself as a #STARER, posted Instagram photos of his coach giving him a WTF look on the bench and dared ask the important questions -- You trying to get the pipe? -- is our Sixth Man of the Year. 纽约——JR史密斯荣登今年最佳第六人的宝座。不过反观他另外魔鬼的一面或许又会使你 困惑不已：他把自己称作为#Starer 1 ；他把教练责怪自己的照片拍下来发上Instgram 2 ；他对“You tryin to get the pipe”事件3 用一张照片淡然处之。但是别去在意这 些东西了，现在的事实就是，他成为了NBA今年的年度最佳第六人。 And how can we forget the best hoops anthem since Kurtis Blow's Basketball? 还有千万别忘了，他的那首《So right》可能是Kurtis Blow的《Basketball》之後最动 听的篮球歌曲了。我们来看看歌词： -------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGT1dQHEd7E So Right (JR Smith Song) I crossed over, from journeyman To Sixth Man ... of the year In a contract year... with an option It's my option, to shoot or to pass To score, you got to shoot To score more, you got to shoot more To score more, you got to shoot more. No can argue with that. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Knicks fans are reveling in their man's triumph, but this is also a victory for the freaks and geeks who bought a ticket to ride the J.R. Roller Coaster this season. He is, oddly enough, a man of the people and the id of every weekend baller's extended hoops fantasy. J.R. Smith plays basketball the way we all secretly wish we could, as an uninhibited gunner with nary a conscience or seemingly a worry in the world. 尼克斯的球迷们此时正在为他们球员获得的成就而感到高兴，而另一方面，对於那些把宝 押在大起大落的史密斯身上的奇葩们，这也是一场胜利。JR史密斯，这个在生活中怪异十 足的家伙，几乎每个人，每个ID，都会愿意在周末把他加入自己HOOP FANTASY的名单当中 。他在球场上的表现无懈可击，每一个热爱篮球的人其实内心都想变得像他一样：无限的 开火权予取予求，除了进攻之外他对於另外的所有一切都毫无顾忌，半点都不去操心。 Of course, Smith never would have the award if he had simply remained a charming chucker. No one besides Knick fans seriously had him atop their Sixth Man Power Rankings at the All-Star break. To reach his potential, Smith had to adapt his game. Over the last few months he has upped his scoring and increased his efficiency by playing -- more or less -- like a grown up. 不过回正题，平心而论：仅凭着上述的那些表面风光是难以让他获得最佳第六人的。事实 上，回想在全明星周末的时候，除了纽约球迷之外，也没有多少的人会认认真真地把JR当 成最佳第六人争夺者。而随後，为了发挥全部潜能，JR不得不更好地适应比赛，在过去几 个月当中他确确实实做出了改变：通过或多或少更加成熟的打法，JR在增加了场均得分的 同时更提升了自己的效率。 There's a moral in there somewhere, but there's also a danger in ascribing a deeper lesson beyond a player finding a more refined game. Nevertheless, his evolutionary arc has been one of the more enduring, and yes endearing subplots of the 2012-13 season. With a huge assist from Poasting & Toasting's Seth Rosenthal, let's examine the journey: 从JR的爆发我们是能学到一些道理的，但如果把这事儿说得过火了，超出了一个球员改良 了自己的打法的范畴，那也有点危险。不管怎样，他的进化过程是2012-13赛季NBA中最持 久、最跌宕起伏的故事之一。借助着Posting and Toasting网站方面的资料，现在我们就 来看看JR的这一段进化之旅。 PRESEASON 赛季前 While his nocturnal adventures drew the ire of many a talking head, as well as his coach, not all of his nighttime activities were NSFW. In September, Smith took fans on an after-hours bike tour of Manhattan. This was J.R. at his weirdest and sweetest. Just an overgrown kid on a bike connecting with the people. JR的大部分夜间活动通常都会引来媒体们的评头论足，成为舆论焦点，他的教练伍德森也 对此颇有微词。不过呢，JR的夜间活动也并非尽是些寻欢作乐的风流之事。在9月的某个 夜晚，他和自己的粉丝在曼哈顿一起进行了一场持续几个小时的夜骑。两相比较，我们又 看到这个怪异的家伙的善良率直一面，没有多余，仅仅是一个骑着单车的大男孩。 http://tinyurl.com/7eu4a5g JR的夜骑之旅 Speaking of his coach, Mike Woodson deserves a very large hand for shepherding Smith through his breakout season. In camp, he announced his intentions to bring him off the bench, leading to the classic #STARER hashtag. 说到他的教练，就要说到麦克-伍德森对JR的帮助，可以说JR能获得最佳第六人与他的安 排调配密不可分。伍德森无比正确地引导并使用了从CBA练级归来的JR。早在训练营中， 伍德森就表示了打算把JR放上板凳的意图，也是这个决定让JR在推特上写出那个着名的 #STARER标签。 In retrospect this was one of the key decisions Woodson made. By bringing Smith off the bench, he allowed him to take a leading role when Carmelo Anthony was taking a break. In other words, he allowed J.R. to be J.R. Not that it was always that simple ... 不过现在看来，伍德森的这个决定绝对是明智之举。被放在板凳上的JR，在甜瓜休息的时 间段里成为了替补阵容的核心及领袖。换句话说，正是这个决定解放了JR潜在的能力与激 情，要能让JR能够那样充分的发挥实力其实并非易事。 IN THE BEGINNING 火热的赛季开始 Like the Knicks, Smith started the season on a roll, averaging 18 points and shooting an absurd 74 percent from three-point range as they won their first six games. It was a wonderful beginning ... and look, he's even wearing suits now! 赛季一开始，尼克斯队便势头凶猛，JR也一样手感火烫。他在开季初期能获得场均18分， 并有着让人乍舌的74%的三分球命中率。尼克斯队以一波六连胜迎来了新赛季，这绝对是 一个梦幻开局。还有不提不说的是，JR这个家伙甚至穿起了西装 ! He regressed almost immediately, then rebounded with a stretch of fantastic performances highlighted by two game-winners in the course of three weeks. With Melo out of the lineup following a Christmas Day loss to the Lakers, Smith took 27 shots and missed 16 of them, including all four of his three-pointers, in a game against the Suns. He also made two ridiculous jumpers in the final 10 seconds to tie and then win the game for the Knicks. 接下来，JR突然哑火了，而一段时间的沉寂之後，他又用三周内命中两记制胜球的表现宣 称了自己的归来。圣诞大战输给湖人之後，在缺少甜瓜的情况下，尼克斯背靠背客场挑战 太阳，JR在这场比赛中，出手27次投失16球，4次三分出手更是无一命中。 但他却在比赛 的最後10秒命中两记匪夷所思的跳投，一个扳平了比分；另一个带给了尼克斯胜利。 The first came on a step-back fallaway corkscrew number with P.J. Tucker all over him. The second came on a running leaner at the buzzer. There were options on the play, but only one as far as Smith was concerned. 第一球，面对PJ塔克的严防死守，他转身撤步後仰命中；第二球，他则是漂移着在近乎失 去平衡的情况下投进。当时场上尼克斯还有其他进攻选择，但是只要史密斯在场上，球肯 定交给他投。 https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jOyRPgOHPC4 JR绝杀 "It was premeditated," he said after the game. "I was walking around the court going, 'You are going to make it, you are going to make it.'" “我之前就有预感，” 他在赛後说，”我走场球场上对自己说：'你能投进，你一定能够 投进。'” MID-SEASON MALAISE 赛季中期的动荡 By February, Smith was airballing free throws and playing in halftime games with kids, who froze him out. This was classic angel on one shoulder, devil on the other, with a huge dose of class clown in the middle. It was maddening. It was hilarious. It was J.R. 二月之前，JR曾有一次在罚球中投出三不沾还在中场与孩子们的对抗游戏中被冻结。他是 典型的一面天使一面魔鬼，中间还有大量开心果成分：他有时候让人疯狂，有时候让人感 到愉快，这就是JR史密斯。 He beefed with Lance Stephenson and got kicked out of a dreadful 34-point loss to the Pacers, and that seemed to be the way things went for Smith. He alternated between Good J.R. and Bad J.R. with little rhyme or reason. A few weeks after the Indiana loss, he nearly beat the Thunder by himself. Then, he was horrific in a loss to the Warriors later that week. 在以34分惨败於溜马的那场比赛中，JR由於抱怨兰斯-斯蒂文森被驱逐出场，这看起来才 是JR嘛，因为一点小插曲就在天使和魔鬼之间切换的双面人。在对溜马那场失利之後几周 的另一场比赛中，JR差点仅凭藉一己之力做掉了雷霆；而在尼克斯输给勇士的比赛中他又 表现得相当糟糕，让人抓狂。 Things reached their nadir in a 93-80 loss to the Clippers during a dreadful West Coast trip when he hoisted 20 shots and missed 16 of them. The loss left the Knicks at just 38-26, staggering and reeling under the weight of so many injuries that Kurt Thomas essentially sacrificed what was left of his career to give them a few minutes. 而最坏的事情发生在让人沮丧的西海岸客场之旅中，尼克斯80-93输给快艇的那场比赛， JR出手20次，投丢了当中的16个。那场失利让尼克斯的战绩来到了38-26，过多的伤病是 尼克斯难以承受之痛，而为了每场让球队多扛过几分钟，科特-托马斯也燃尽了职业生涯 最後一丝能量。 THE REDEMPTION 赛季末的救赎 It was around then that Smith's whole game began to change and take shape. He no longer settled for contested jumpers. He drove the lane and drew contact, calling on the vast array of scoring skills that coaches have been trying to draw out of him for years. 就在那之後史密斯的整个比赛风格开始发生变化。他不再强行跳投。他开始杀入内线制造 身体接触，激活了十八般得分利器，这是这麽多年这麽多执教过他的教练都想让他开发出 的打法。 He destroyed the Celtics in late March when the C's looked like they still had some fight left in them, kickstarting a run of three straight 30+ games. How was this the same guy who launched 40 (!) three-pointers in a three-game stretch in February? 三月末的一场比赛，他摧毁了当时看起来还剩些拼劲的赛尔提克，甚至连续三场拿下30 分以上。这和二月份三场比赛出手40个三分的家伙还是一个人吗？！ Both Woodson and Smith described their relationship as something like father-son, but it's telling that Woodson seems to have been able to reach Smith on a different level than others have. 伍德森和JR两人都形容两人的关系就亲如父子。这也正说明了伍德森和JR关系超过了之前 所有执教过JR的教练，达到了一个新的高度。 "I think you've got to put him in the right positions and you've got to be demanding with him and not let him off the hook, and I've tried not to do that with him," Woodson said at the time. "Sometimes I can get away with things I say with him and sometimes I can't." “我觉得你需要把他放到正确的位置上面，并对他提出要求，不能让他随心所欲脱离控制 。我就是试着不让那些不好的事发生而已，”伍德森告诉我们：“当然我也不是所有时候 都能够成功地做到我所说的那些。” This kind of interplay takes place all over the league. Take a demanding coach and pair him with a headstrong, albeit talented player, and sparks will inevitably fly. The real lesson here is the mutual understanding the two have forged, which appears to be the key to everything. 其实像伍德森和JR这种教练和球员的相互作用在联盟内到处可见。一个有要求和经验的主 帅，配上一个顽固却天赋十足的球员，两人不可避免会产生一些摩擦。所以真正的问题是 两个人能否相互理解、磨砺提升，这是所有问题的关键症结。 Let's not pretend that success on the court means maturity in a human sense any more than failure necessarily indicates a lack of growth. Sometimes the two things are connected. Sometimes, they're not. Somewhere along the way, Smith and Woodson were able to reach some kind of an understanding, and that's to be applauded. 请不要认为球场上的成功比成长过程中必要的失败更能使人成熟。有时成功与失败相互联 系，有时候却毫不相关。或许有一天，伍德森和JR能够真正地理解彼此达成共识，如果有 那一天，绝对是值得赞赏庆祝的。 And Smith is to be applauded as well for turning around a career that was on the fast track to nowhere to the Sixth Man of the Year. And to think, it never would have happened had he been allowed to be a starer. 当然啦，回顾JR之前动荡的职业生涯，再看看他如今取得最佳第六人这样的成就，绝对是 值得被称赞的。最後开个小玩笑，让我们祝福他有一天能够真的成为一名#STARER。 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 注释： 1.由於麦克.伍德森在赛季前宣称要将JR放入板凳，引起JR的不满，JR发出推特，说自己 是一名首发，但是却不小心将Tag打成了#STARER 2.在一月一场比赛当中，比赛暂停时，伍德森给了JR一个责怪的眼神。JR随後将照片发上 了IG http://i2.hoopchina.com.cn/blogfile/201304/26/136694932998799.png 其实这张照片武僧的宝贝女儿也完全认同 XDDD http://web.stagram.com/p/366634174684442267_11766386 mariah_woodson: He gives me the same look too. 武僧女儿表示：他也都给我一样的眼神。Q^Q 3.JR在赛前和一位十八九岁的女生聊天时说出了：You tryin to get the pipe. 引起舆 论的轩然大波，但他随後仅在IG上发了一张烟斗的照片回应。 http://i3.hoopchina.com.cn/blogfile/201304/26/136694948364942.png 4.另外这是JR最近在IG上嘲笑武僧穿名牌的照片 http://web.stagram.com/p/431074664215081421_22138451 http://web.stagram.com/p/431078317487419921_22138451 而且还笑他到现在还在使用折叠型的手机 XDD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 翻译：http://bbs.hupu.com/5513526.html -- ─── ▊ ◣ [[ ◣ =◥" ◢ ． ∵ ◆]] ╱ ▁◥▼ ────────── ▊◢◤ ◣ ◥◥ ▂◤▊ ◥ ▂ ▼◢◤\ ◢▼ ▲Once a Knicks, ▊◤ ▊ ◥◣▊ ◢◤◥ ▊◢◤◢◤◥ ▼‵､ ◥ ◤◢ always a Knicks. ▊◥◣ ▊ ▊ ▊ ★ ▊◣ ◥◣ ─-.╳ ▲◤ ▲ ▊ ◥▎▊ ◤▊ ◥◣ ▊◥◣ ◣◥◣▲ ρ\ `,▼▼ ψsherry821224 ─── ◥ ◥ ◤ ◥ ◥ ◥ ◥▆ ◥ | ◢◢▲ ────────── --

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