Jeremy Lin & Charlotte Hornets – The Realistic Take on Staying or Not
林書豪與黃蜂面前的現實, 是留? 是走? http://tinyurl.com/jzztzl2 (文青風翻譯)
Yesterday was about the fantasy, wishful thinking – What would be the ideal
situation for Jeremy Lin in order for him to stay a Charlotte Hornets player
this offseason. Today is about reality, which most likely pulls him in
another direction.
昨日一如夢幻般的綺麗, 球迷們心中的美麗遐想, 一層層的塗抹著今夏過後, 林書豪再
度披著黃蜂球衣在場上揮灑汗水的身影, 可現實卻總不如人意, 美夢也總成泡影, 前進
的方向, 竟悄悄的的在林迷們紛起紛落的期待囈語聲中, 撇頭轉了個方向
The most important thing to remember is this: The Charlotte Hornets aren’t
changing themselves for Lin. There might be teams in the league willing to
give him the starting point guard position, but the Hornets are not one of
them.
諸君啊, 您可願記得, 那份來自黃蜂的愛, 可曾滿溢到足以為了留下林書豪去改變自己
呢? 牆裡鞦韆牆外道, 牆外書豪, 牆裡Walker笑, 我們始終不曾忘懷的那份林書豪追求
先發PG的執著, 黃蜂的愛, 卻給不起; 天若有情天亦老, 放下這季以來對這球隊點滴積
累成的愛吧, 轉身, 才有你要的未來
Steve Clifford isn’t going to get fired after a 48-win season, although we
have seen something similar happen over the last few years: A head coach
leading a team to their best season in a while and still get fired for
underachieving. Don’t think it’s the case this time.
縱使見過許多名將們功成後的殞落, 但這並不會發生在本季拿下48勝的Clifford身上
Kemba Walker isn’t getting traded, and isn’t going to get moved. Not to the
bench to become a scoring sixth man (although his playing style is perfect
for it) or become a guard that plays off the ball. He’s a terrible defender
and too often gets locked up in his isolation mode, but Michael Jordan wants
him as the star of this team, Clifford is eager to please (or just thinks the
same thing), and that’s that. If Lin stays, it’ll always be as either a
backup to Walker, or his inferior partner in the backcourt.
Walker仍會是首席控衛, 不會轉職第六人, 也不會改打無球, 因為他是Michael Jordan
心裡這支黃蜂隊的球星, 留下來的林只能永遠當他的替補, 或一起上場當個護法
And money. Well, the Hornets might offer Lin the $7-8 million or maybe
slightly more he should be worth now once he opts out of his deal (and it’ll
be insane for him to not opt out, even if his main goal is staying in
Charlotte), but I’m assuming other teams will be offering just as much. The
Hornets have a lot of free agents to re-sign and add to the team, not to
mention think about the long term and the next contract they give Walker,
although there’s some time until we get to that point.
至於年薪, 黃蜂大概就是提供個US$7~8M或更少點左右, 但其他對林書豪有興趣的可能將
會提供比US$7~8M略高的價碼, 今夏黃蜂要續簽的球員太多了, 再考慮到Walker的長期狀
況以及要給他的下一份合約, 黃蜂無法給林太多
While the playoffs move on with the Heat, Raptors, Cavaliers, Hawks,
Warriors, Blazers, Spurs and Thunder, teams already on their summer vacation
begin thinking about next season, and the offseason. The draft prospects they
’ll be working out. The missing pieces from their rosters and lineups. Lin
could be a great fit for a number of teams. He could be a great fit for the
Hornets too, but for that to happen it’ll take changes that simply aren’t
going to happen. Lin might love playing in Charlotte, but it comes down to
what’s the most important thing to him at this stage in his career, and in
the end that’s probably going to lead him somewhere else. They’re not going
to be selling a lot of these in Charlotte a few months from now.
林會適合許多球隊, 也包括黃蜂, 但續留黃蜂所得引發的遊戲情節卻不會發生, 林書豪
或許真的愛著黃蜂, 但卻不得不去優先考慮到他自己在NBA的未來, 這念想勢必引導著林
書豪走向離開黃蜂的方向