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There’s a quiet algebra underneath the NBA’s trade deadline. Front offices
scout on-court talent and evaluate skill sets and conduct background
intelligence, yet many players sent to a new team, halfway through each
season, get included simply because their contracts’ values can be
substituted for X. Their salaries balance the equation so their life becomes
uprooted and a career can get left behind.
NBA交易截止日期底下有一種悄然的代數運算。球隊管理層會對球場上的天賦進行調察，
評估技能組並進行背景調查，然而，許多球員在每個賽季中途轉會到新球隊，只是因為他
們的合同價值可以替代X。他們的薪水平衡了這個等式，使他們的生活變得顛沛流離，職
業生涯也可能被拋在腦後。
That’s how and why Tony Snell was traded to New Orleans in February 2022, a
necessary variable to help the Pelicans acquire C.J. McCollum from the Trail
Blazers. Snell held a role in Portland, playing 14.4 minutes and flanking
opposing wings with his 7-foot wingspan. He appeared in just 15 games for the
Pelicans, shooting along his career average of 39.6% from distance, only to
fade entirely from the playoff rotation. Head coach Willie Green never called
his number, and no teams came calling that summer after Snell became an
unrestricted free agent.
這也是Tony Snell在2022年2月被交易至紐奧良鵜鶘的原因來讓CJ McCollum的交易案成行
。Snell原本靠著他7尺的臂展去手對方側翼而在波特蘭有個位置，並能上場14.4分鐘。他
在鵜鶘雖然他有著跟他生涯平均相去不遠的39.6%三分球命中率，他卻只能打15場比賽並被
剔除在了季後賽名單之外。Willie Green從未叫他上場過，而沒有球隊在夏天接洽成為非
受限自由球員的Snell。
And so one year after his world flipped, when Snell returned to a
professional court with a G League jersey now on his back, a strange
sensation came with each step of his sneakers. The buzzer blaring and the
pregame clock reaching zero always brought a euphoria he could only capture
on hardwood, whether Snell was leading the New Mexico Lobos or after the
Chicago Bulls made him a first-round pick in the 2013 NBA Draft. A decade
later, joining the Maine Celtics at the end of January 2023, Snell found a
string of nerves knotting his insides.
在他的世界被翻轉一年以後，Snell回到了職業賽場上但只能作為G League球員上場，每踏
出一步都伴隨著一種奇怪的感覺。當蜂鳴器響起和比賽結束鐘響起的那一刻總是帶來一種
只有在硬木地板上才能捕捉到的愉悅，無論是Snell帶領新墨西哥Lobos贏得勝利或是他在
2013年第一輪被芝加哥公牛選中。在10年後，2023年1月加入緬因賽爾提克，Snell發現一
串神經在他體內打結。
“Of course, I want to come back and play, but I have a bigger purpose now,”
Snell told Yahoo Sports. “It’s not about me anymore. It’s about my boys.”
"當然，我想回到NBA打球，但我現在有更大的目標"Snell告訴Yahoo體育"這不僅僅是為了
我自己而已了。這是為了我的孩子們。"
Snell is now in his second straight season with Maine, Boston’s affiliate
club, still flashing the two-way strengths of his prime. He practices each
day and plays each game hoping all his hard work can generate an NBA call-up
— not just the 10-day contract so many of his peers would absolutely crave.
The 32-year-old 3-and-D specialist seeks to find his way onto an NBA team’s
active roster by Friday, signed for the rest of the season, in order to
compile a 10th year of service for the players association’s retiree
benefits program. That additional season would make Snell eligible for the
union’s premium medical plan — beyond his current single qualification —
which would also cover his whole family, including his two sons, Karter, 3,
and Kenzo, 2, who were both diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
Snell現在已經是連續第二個球季與緬因賽爾提克(波士頓賽爾提克的所屬球隊)合作了，他
仍展現他巔峰時期的攻守優勢。他每天練習，每場比賽都希望自己的辛勤工作能夠讓他重
返NBA，不僅僅是像他的許多同行一樣渴望簽下一份為期10天的合同。這位32歲的3D球員希
望在星期五之前找到加盟NBA球隊活躍名單的方法，簽署到賽季結束，以便為球員協會的退
休福利計劃累積第10個賽季的服務。這個額外的賽季將使Snell有資格獲得協會的高級醫療
計劃，而這個計畫可以幫助他的整個家庭，包括他的兩個兒子Karter（3歲）和Kenzo（2歲
），他們都被診斷患有自閉症譜系障礙。
“It’s something I truly need,” Snell said. “Not only for myself, but for
my wife and my kids.”
"這是我非常需要的東西"Snell表示"這不只是為了我自己，這也是為了我的老婆與孩子。"
During his 2020-21 campaign with Atlanta, the Snells’ nanny first mentioned
Karter was showing textbook signs of stalled development. By 18 months, the
family’s first born could only say one word, pointing at the household’s
NBA player and calling him “Dad” or “Dada.” Karter would need five toys
in his hands at all times, typically featuring a miniature basketball. “And
you take one, he’ll have a temper tantrum,” Snell said.
在Snell於2020-21球季效力於老鷹時，Snell的保母第一次提到Karter表現出停滯發展的典
型症狀。在18個月時，這個家庭的第一個孩子還是只能說一個字。指著家裡的NBA球員，叫
他"爸"或"爸爸"。Karter通常需要一次拿五個玩具，其中通常包括一個迷你籃球。"如果你
拿走一個，他就會發脾氣，"Snell說。
Snell thought nothing of his child’s behavior. He recalls not talking
himself until he was 4 or 5 years old. He never felt he could relate to his
sister or his cousins or his uncles, and they all left him to shoot baskets
and play video games in solitude, repeating the same rhythms for hours on
end. He kept to himself even after all those repetitions honed a shooting
stroke worthy of the NBA. Snell even met his wife, Ashley, at a barbecue
hosted by his Chicago Bulls teammate, Jimmy Butler, because he was sitting by
himself. She has an explorer’s heart and mind — Snell lovingly calls her “
Dora” — and Ashley wandered across the backyard wondering why this
professional athlete wasn’t the life of the party. “She caught an interest,
” Snell said. “And that’s all she wrote.”
Snell當時沒對他孩子的行為想太多。他想起自己直到4歲5歲才開始說話。他從來沒有覺得
自己能與姊姊表兄弟姊妹或是叔叔這些親戚相處，而他們也只是把他丟在一旁讓他自己投
籃或是打電動，重複同樣的節奏好幾個小時直到結束。即使這些不斷重複的事情讓他打進
了NBA，他依然得在他對有Jimmy Butler的燒烤大會中才能愈到自己現在的老婆Ashley，因
為他獨自一人做在那邊。她有一顆探險者的心和頭腦