Sielski: Dirk digs Dario: Mavs star impressed by Sixers rookie Updated: MARCH 17, 2017 — 6:47 PM EDT http://bit.ly/2ncj7u9 by Mike Sielski, Inquirer Columnist @MikeSielski | [email protected] It's not quite right to say that Dirk Nowitzki is envious of Dario Saric. After 20 years in the NBA, after winning a championship and an MVP award, after scoring more than 30,000 points, Nowitzki would be envious of . . . whom exactly? 说Dirk忌妒Super Dario听起来像是天方夜谭。 他是三万分俱乐部的会员，有一座冠军，一座MVP， 还有其他数不清楚的荣誉，所以....到底在忌妒三小？ He moseyed around the three-point line Friday morning at the Wells Fargo Center during the Dallas Mavericks' shootaround, hours before their game against the 76ers. He was smiling, flicking 22-footers through the hoop as if he were tossing coins in a fountain, needling his teammates about the shots they were clanking and one of the Mavs' trainers about the handlebar "porn-stache" that ringed the guy's mouth. 大前天在Wells Fargo Center赛前练习时， Dirk在三分线上闲庭信步一如往昔。 带着招牌的微笑，他在22尺外丢三分跟游客拿硬币对准尿尿小童一样准， 还有时间挖苦打铁的队友，并且开玩笑说他的训练师嘴唇上的胡子， 跟监狱剧集的狱卒George Mendez一样。 He seemed a man at complete ease, even though the Mavericks entered Friday's game 3 1/2 games out of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference - even if, as he reportedly has said, he might retire at season's end. 反正他看起来很放松，虽然离西区第八名还有3.5场的胜差， 但他没有一点愁云惨雾的样子，虽然之前有报导他因为伤势曾经考虑过退役。 It's good to be Dirk, and it has been for a while. But it wasn't all that great in 1998, when he became the NBA draft's first European lottery pick. When the Mavericks flouted the conservative and conventional focus in scouting circles on American college players and traded for him. When Don Nelson, then the team's general manager and coach, predicted that Nowitzki would win the league's rookie of the year award. Dirk的人格特质与个性让他一直如此的稳定， 但在1998他还是个愣头青时，事情却没有这麽顺利。 当年小牛跟整个传统球探帮与他们的经验法则对杠， 运作交易这个来自德国的瘦子作为NBA史上第一个来自欧洲的乐透区新秀。 而且当年Don Nelson还预测他会成为当年的最佳新秀， 包袱不可谓之不重。（按：而且最後他的新人年非常挣扎） Saric is the leading contender for that honor this season; he would be just the second European-born player, after Pau Gasol in 2002, to win it. He had been on a remarkable 16-game run ahead of Friday, averaging 20.3 points and 8.0 rebounds and shooting 48.4 percent from the field over that span, and his rapid development into a centerpiece player for the Sixers serves as a reminder of how different things were for Nowitzki two decades ago, how difficult he had it compared with Saric or any international player today. Sisi现在则是最佳新秀的热门人选， 而且他可能是继Pau Gasol之後第一个欧制最佳新秀。 这十六场比赛下来（算到对上小牛之前）他平均可以拿到20.3分， 外加8.0个篮板，并且有着48.4的投篮命中率。 他在球季当中不断的进步，并且在Embiid关机後的球季中迅速成为球队的中心， 这等老练的表现是二十年前的Dirk没有作到的， 考虑到欧洲球员通常会有的适应问题，Saric目前的表现令人眼睛为之一亮。 "I was struggling there for a long, long time," Nowitzki said. "He's playing a lot better in his first year than I did." Dirk: 「当年我的低潮持续的非常久， 因此作为新秀我认为他比我当年的表现好上非常多。」 Of that, there's no doubt. In his rookie season - the lockout-truncated 1998-99 campaign - Nowitzki hardly seemed destined to mature into what he became: a 7-foot-tall post-perimeter hybrid, one in a wave of versatile big men who moved their games out of the lane and to the rest of the court, including beyond the three-point arc. As Saric did years later, Nowitzki had impressed pro and college scouts at the Nike Hoop Summit, marking himself as a prospect worth watching, but the NBA at the time didn't offer a soft landing spot for him. 这绝对不是恭维之词。 Dirk的新人年，也就是上上个封馆球季， 看起来不像是会有个名人堂级的生涯，也不像是会长七尺高的无解高位炮台的样子。 虽然跟Saric一样，在Nike Hoop Summit里面Dirk展现出自己令人惊艳的天赋， 但来到NBA的第一年他显然不是软着陆，而是彗星撞地球。 Before joining the Mavericks, Nowitzki had never lived outside of Germany or on his own for any significant length of time. He had never found an apartment, let alone in a foreign country. He was hesitant to speak English, afraid that he would marble-mouth the language. Because of the lockout, he didn't go through a normal training camp with the Mavericks, and when the season began, he was ill-equipped for the nightly demand of defending stronger, more seasoned players. 加入小牛队之前，Dirk从来没有离开过德国常住的经验。 他必须自己孤身一人，在异邦找到落脚之处； 不熟练的英文更加深了他与周围环境之间的不安全感，让他抗拒开口。 更糟糕的是，他加入NBA的时候适逢封馆， 因此他没办法获得一次完整的训联营调整。 综上所述，他等於是一个没有被完整武装的青涩战士， 被迫上战场面对高强度的对位，日复一日的被老鸟吃乾抹净。 When Nowitzki entered the league, for instance, teams were forbidden from playing zone defense. So possession after possession looked the same: a star player isolated on one side of the court, pounding the ball in the post, backing down a man-to-man defender. The NBA has since changed its rules to open up the flow of play, allowing Nowitzki to flourish over time, but his struggles made Nelson look like a blowhard for that boastful prediction. As a rookie, Nowitzki averaged just 8.2 points and made barely 40 percent of his shots. 而且当Dirk刚来到美国时，NBA当时并不允许区域防守。 所以比赛内容看起来非常的单一：一个球星拉开强边单打， 不断的被框往里头挤，搞得像是推土机一样。 後来开放区域防守後，Dirk很明显得如鱼得水，受到完全的解放， 但新人年的挣扎让Don Nelson当年的豪语一直被当作笑话。 至少8.2分，低於40的命中率并不是人们对Dirk的期待。 "There would be guys who were just backing me down for 10 seconds," he said. "All those things are out now. Once we put the zone in, things were a lot easier for the European shooters to adjust, and it's been fun to watch how many guys come into this league and have an impact and are big-time players." Dirk: 当对手的明星球员在我面前要到球时，就会马上进入推土机模式， 花十秒推我这团烂泥。但那个时代过去了。 当区域防守解禁後，NBA变得更适合欧洲来的射手， 并且让球赛内容变得更精彩，适合各式各样的球员大显身手。 Saric appears the latest, and he hasn't confronted the same culture shock that Nowitzki did. The Sixers traded for Ersan Ilyasova, who mentored Saric during their 3 1/2 months as teammates, and Saric's mother, Veselinka, traveled with him and the team on a recent road trip. And generally speaking, the league's modern, more fluid style of basketball allows a European player to make a faster transition, which in turn allows him to earn his new teammates' respect more quickly, which in turn makes everything about his experience easier. Saric显然是最新一批的受益者，而且他受到的文化冲击不如Dirk当年。 七六人在上半季找来了Ersan，土耳其人跟Saric并肩作战的三个半月中， 给予他不少的帮助；Saric老木Veselinka也远渡大西洋来到美国， 甚至会陪着Saric一起奔赴客场。但归根究底联盟的比赛内容在二十年 当中的变化，尤其是变得更快速的攻守转换直接让欧洲球员受益，并且 更能靠着表现赢得队友的尊敬：这一切让过去欧洲球员适应上的高墙开 始崩塌。 "It's hard to play well on the court if you don't feel well off the court," Nowitzki said. "Maybe he's feeling [good] here and the team welcomed him in, because he's playing really well. . . . It feels like they run a lot of stuff to him now. His specialty is that he can go both ways. He's a good driver. He can create contact. He can finish. He can get to the foul line. He's able to step out and knock down that three-point shot, and that really opens up the drives for him. In big situations, they give him the ball to create." Dirk: 「场上的表现与场下的互动息息相关。也许Saric的自信心来自於他突出 的表现，使他迅速的为队友所接纳。看起来目前七六人的打法大量围绕 在Saric身上。他比赛内容中驵最特殊之处则是他两边都可以切入，并且 不畏惧碰撞，勇敢的把球塞进篮框或站上罚球线。加上他的外线也足够 优秀，能够为他的切入制造空间。在重要的场合上，七六人目前仰赖着 Sisi的创造力以打开局面。」 Sounds familiar. Sounds like what the Mavericks have done with Nowitzki for all these years. That doesn't mean Saric is bound to become Nowitzki's equal. The Sixers, or anyone else, would be foolish to expect such a thing. But they'd settle for something relatively close, and the greatest European player in NBA history will tell you himself: He's seen a worse start to a career. 这个既视感非常强烈。听起来跟Dirk这几年做的很像。当然我们不是说 Saric会变得跟Nowitzki一样优秀（哪这麽大胆）。但他们有些特质是 类似的，而且这个目前为止欧洲史上最伟大篮球员用自身经验告诉你， 小时候胖不是胖（疑） --

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