Re: [外電] Nicolas Batum on Brandon Roy

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簡要翻譯

※ 引述《Aldridge (目標：明星賽我來啦)》之銘言：
: Two time All-Star, Portland guard Brandon Roy is now playing among the greats.
: Nicolas Batum, sharing his daily routine, describes a player both introverted
: and generous. An ideal teammate for the French wing.

: Brandon Roy, the basketball player.
: Brandon has an extraordinary sense of composure. I want to call him "Iceman"
: because he always plays under control. He doesn't do or try anything without
: reason. He only has three years in the NBA behind him but he really is very
: mature. He's already been an All-Star twice, that's not bad... In Portland,
: Brandon has assumed leadership very naturally. He speaks when it is
: necessary. He does it during time outs, for example, after the coach has
: given his instructions. You sense that there is a real trust between Nate
: McMillan and him. The veterans of this team noticed that evolution with
: Brandon last season. He wasn't like that the year before. In fact, he's more
: confident in himself.

總之就是把Roy盛讚了一通。

: His nickname
: Everyone calls him "B-Roy." Even the coach! You always hear "Give the ball to
: B-Roy!" in moneytime or at an important moment in the game. I call him by his
: nickname, like the others. He addresses me by calling me "Nic" or "Frenchy."
: From the beginning, we have had a good feeling between us.

Roy的暱稱是B-Roy，Roy叫Batum "Nic" or "Frenchy." 一開始Batum和他感覺就很好。

: The boss
: Last season, I was his rookie. It's better to be Brandon Roy's rookie than
: Joel Przybilla's rookie. He chose Jerryd Bayless and I can assure you that
: Jerryd went through hell... Joel didn't stop asking him for different things.
: For me, I only had to take Brandon's bag and bring it up to his room when we
: got to a hotel. That's all. I knocked on his door to make sure that
: everything was fine and he would answer: "OK, Nic, thanks. Goodnight." And
: then I could go. Bayless, however, had to go look for newspapers or different
: things for Przybilla. Rudy didn't do anything. At first, with Rudy, we were
: supposed to bring in breakfast for all the players. Brandon was the one who
: had established this rule with Travis. I worked out a little plan with Rudy:
: we never brought what they asked for... We took shelter behind the language
: barrier to justify the lack of understanding. After a week, Brandon told us:
: "OK, forget it guys..." (laughs). As a result, we were relaxed: no breakfast
: duty in Portland! Only Sergio Rodriguez was aware of our little game.

這段尤其有趣，是講Batum Bayless Rudy三個新秀為老兵服務的事情，Batum比較幸運
分配給Roy，只需要幫他提包；Bayless有點慘，要幫大P買各種各樣的東西；Rudy本來
是要給全隊買早餐的，但Nic給他出主意，裝作聽不懂，每次都買錯。一周以後Roy受不
了了，終于赦免了他們這項任務。--而且全隊只有Sergio知道他們這個小把戲。XDD


: The pre-game
: Brandon is in the middle of the locker room. He doesn't speak. He's
: incredibly focused, with big headphones over his ears playing music that's
: for the others as much as for him, given the volume... He's already in his
: game, very concentrated. I think that he's like all the stars in the league:
: he is very pro and wants to focus on the game well before the warmup. The
: journalists know that and avoid bothering him. They leave him alone. I think
: that he needs that to prepare, it's his method. Others prefer to talk to
: reporters or other players, not "B-Roy." Personally, I sit between Greg and
: LaMarcus. They adopt a different approach, talking a lot. The fact that Oden
: and Aldridge are so loud doesn't seem to bother Brandon. He's an introvert.
: He's not the one who will liven up the dressing room like Travis does. If it
: bothered him, I think that he would intervene. But that's not the case."

賽前Roy喜歡戴著大耳麥集中注意力，這時候別人也不會去打擾他。而這種時候，Greg和
阿頂薪(/底薪 ？傻傻分不清楚XD) 兩個人比較喜歡大聲說話。

: The DJ
: At practice, the rookies are often at work, in the weight room for example,
: when he arrives. We'd put on our music and worked. Brandon would immediately
: stop our mixes and put on his own... It's not an abuse of authority because
: that's not his style. He told us one day, laughing: "Rookies, you listen to
: what we give you..." He's into rap, so it doesn't bother me, even if R'n'B is
: more my thing. But it's good, I like his tastes. Though Rudy sure doesn't
: have the same opinion... You can't say that he's a big fan of rap. Roy knows
: it, so he plays even more rap. That's his little provocative side, with
: Travis and LaMarcus. They're like kids with their rap. As soon as one of them
: leaves, the other changes the CD and so on. But those are the sort of things
: that create a good atmosphere on a team. Brandon does it with a lot of tact
: and always while adding nice words. We don't even pay attention to it anymore.

練習的時候，Roy比較有權威的一來就換掉之前新秀們正在放的音樂，換成rap. 不過
這樣也不算濫用權威啦，某天他換碟片的時候笑著說："菜鳥們，來聽聽我們給你們帶來
的音樂..."Batum對他的品味還ok，但Rudy不喜歡rap，Roy知道了有點挑舋似的放更多
rap。Travis和LA也是rap的fans。他們走了之後留下的人馬上又換上自己的CD。不過
Roy總是很和藹的這樣做，新秀們也不介意。

: The bodyguard
: You could say that Brandon took me under his wing, both on and off the court.
: One time, we went out together after a game. A guy started bothering me, Roy
: came and got rid of him real quick. Let's say that we get along well. When I
: wasn't playing well in mid-December, he came to reassure me. We were in
: Denver a few days before Christmas. He invited me to dinner, face to face,
: because he saw that I was getting tired. He gave me confidence explaining to
: me that he also struggled with the "rookie wall" at that point of the season.
: When your franchise player takes interest in you like that, it's reassuring
: and encouraging.

Roy在場上場下都罩著Batum小弟，有一次他們賽後出去遇到一個人找Batum麻煩，Roy出面
幫他很快解決了。去年12月中旬Batum撞上新秀牆時，Roy邀請Batum面對面共進晚餐，
幫忙開導鼓勵小弟。


: The phrase
: "Don't pay. A rookie doesn't have money." That's what Brandon kept telling me
: when we went out together. So he paid for things. He paid the bill at
: restaurants, gave me little presents from time to time... He doesn't go too
: far though, he's not the sort to splash out money. He's a simple guy and it's
: obvious. For example, he only has one car. All the veterans have two or
: three. I've already seen him come to practice on a bike... We live in
: Portland, a very green city. But seeing your franchise player arrive on a
: bike, in this environment, is pretty funny... With Brandon, I'm in good
: hands. It's in my best interests to listen and follow him: his personal
: career is a total success, from every point of view. I doubted my arrival in
: Portland after the end of the summer league... Today, it's the complete
: opposite, I'm really happy to be with the Trail Blazers. A big part of that
: is thanks to Roy that I'm living this adventure so fully.

Roy總說新秀沒什麼錢，不用付賬，所以他們一起出去都是他付賬，還送Batum小禮物。
平時Roy很低調，只有一輛車，甚至還騎自行車去訓練館練球。 "(去年)夏季聯賽結束
時，我曾經懷疑自己來波特蘭是否正確...今天，感覺完全是兩樣了，我非常高興能和
拓荒者一起，能夠有這樣的經歷很大一部分要感謝Roy。"


: Winning shots
: It's starting to become Brandon's specialty. There was Houston, New York,
: Phoenix... He catches on fire in the last four minutes. Each time, you sense
: that he's taking over. It's impressive. He's relaxed. When he scored 52
: points December 18th 2008 against Phoenix, it was crazy. It was his new NBA
: record. And it was live on TNT. When we went back to the dressing room, he
: didn't stop repeating: "I scored 52 points on TNT!" We sensed that he was
: happy for himself as well as the team. We won yet another big game. 50 points
: is a mythical mark in the NBA. All the big stars have reached it at least
: once. He immediately realized that. It was really funny to see him talking
: all alone... We sensed that he was really happy. I think that he was the
: third best guard in the league this year behind Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade.
: You can't call him selfish though, he gives up the ball without a problem.
: OK, he is a little selfish, like all the stars, but he doesn't go overboard.

投關鍵球是Roy的特長，他會在最後四分鐘火力大開。他得到52分新紀錄的那天晚上是TNT
直播，回到更衣室他一直不停的念著"我在TNT的直播中拿了52分"XDD

: Trash talking
: That was a bit new last season. As he was succeeding, he started to talk
: trash. In November, he wasn't like that on the court. Now, as soon as a
: player starts to make him sweat, he dishes it out. He doesn't hesitate to
: talk trash. It follows the evolution of his game: they go hand in hand.
: Brandon knows that he's playing better and better. He also knows that his
: opponent will play harder to stop him. So he tries to find something else to
: put a barrier between the others and him. He's becoming more and more
: vicious. Chalk it up to experience. Fouls come by more easily. It happens
: quickly when you have a status like he does... I saw this evolution in the
: space of several months because he's constantly making progress. He's really
: good at getting calls, something he didn't do in the same way at the start of
: the season. All the stars in the league know how to get calls. Some go too
: far. With Brandon, he hasn't yet but he knows that the whistle will be in his
: favor 95% of the time if he's up against a simple role player. That's also
: why the best players in the league have great games so often. If Brandon
: scores close to 23 points on average all while getting assists, there's a
: reason... The refs call the game differently because he is an All-Star.

上賽季開始，Roy開始說垃圾話，而且垃圾話和他的比賽一起漸長，要到的犯規也
越來越多。

: The positive attitude
: Brandon doesn't often criticize his teammates. He's constantly encouraging
: us. He is very positive in his manner of tackling things. When I was down, he
: found the right words so that I rebounded. It's especially on a psychological
: level that Brandon excelled. He took me aside, we talked just the two of us,
: he didn't do it in front of the whole team. I think it's good to do it like
: that. Put you in your place in front of the whole group, especially when
: you're a rookie, is hard. Roy doesn't make fun of you. Unlike Travis or
: LaMarcus, who don't hesitate to tease you. Only once I saw Brandon visibly
: shaken after a game. He wasn't negative, because he didn't talk, but he was
: desolate in his corner, close to crying. We had just gotten beat by at home
: at the buzzer by Orlando, on a three pointer from Turkoglu. He was mad at
: himself because just before, he had missed a free throw. He was yelling at
: himself, it was pretty impressive. I went to see him, adopting a positive
: attitude like he had the habit of doing. That's when I saw that he needed the
: support of others.

Roy很少批評隊友，他總是鼓勵大家，平時總是很樂觀。當Batum心情低落，Roy也會適時
安慰，找他單獨談話--避免在全隊面前讓他覺得尷尬。而Travis和LA總是毫不猶豫的當面
取笑。Batum唯一一次看到Roy很低落是主場被魔術絕殺那次，獨自待在角落裡，幾乎要
哭了。因為Roy之前罰球罰丟了一個，他對自己很自責，對著自己吼。

: Private life
: Brandon is very discrete. We know his wife and Brandon Jr., who is two. For
: the rest, not a word. We don't go have dinner at his place. I find it normal.
: We have lots of young single guys in the team and he's married pretty early.
: At 25 years old, he already has a full family life. I think that's also why
: he's already so mature. He doesn't have a "show off" side, no bling, like
: some. He keeps his head on his shoulders.

Roy私生活很低調，Batum認為Roy25歲就擁有了完整的家庭生活也是他表現成熟的原因。

: Red
: Brandon often wears red. I've deduced that it's his favorite color. Red
: jackets, red shirts, big red hoodies... You can't miss it! At the same time,
: it's also the color of the Trail Blazers. Maybe that explains it. I'm not
: going to hesitate to tell him about it because personally, I hate red
: clothes... (laughs).

Roy很喜歡穿紅色。

: Something annoying about him?
: It's something related only to basketball... He penetrates, drives to his
: left and dunks with his left hand when he's right handed. Look at his game:
: 70% of the time, he drives to the left even though he shoots with his right
: hand. If he really wants to dunk it, he goes with his right hand, but on the
: fast-break, he drives to his left. We asked him why and he doesn't have an
: answer. He says that it's natural, that it's always been like that... At the
: same time, it's pretty disruptive for the opponent. It's one of those things
: that makes him so good.

雖然是右利手，Roy喜歡帶球突破到左路，然後用左手灌籃。70%的時間他會突到左路，
盡管是用右手投籃。如果他真的打算灌籃，他肯定用右手。不過在快攻中他會走左路。

: The anecdote
: I found it a bit odd that he was hurt when his daughter Maria was born...
: During that week, he didn't play! The doting father at home... I thought it
: was a funny coincidence. What's more, we had big games against Boston, New
: Orleans, the Lakers, and Detroit. The day his baby was born, we beat Boston
: at home. He prepared a party for us in the locker room to celebrate that
: arrival of Maria, it was really nice.

當Roy的女兒Maria出生時，他剛好因傷休戰。Maria出生的那天拓荒者打敗了波士頓，
Roy在更衣室為大家準備了一個party慶祝Maria的出生。

: What else?
: Brandon is always the last to show up when we meet. Along with Travis, you
: get the impression that it's a contest... We're meeting at 2:45? Brandon
: turns up at 3:00 without a problem. Always late. Yet another "star" thing...

Roy聚會總是遲到，和Travis一起，有點像他們在比賽誰更晚。比如2:45集合吧，他
無疑會3:00到，球星耍大牌XD

: http://www.blazersedge.com/2009/10/8/1077436/nicolas-batum-on-brandon-roy

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 ╔ Greg Oden  LaMarcus Aldridge  Martell Webster   Brandon Roy  Steve Blake ╗
 ║ ████████████████████████████████████ ║
 ★         「RISE WITH US」 Let's back to RIP CITY!「GO BLAZERS!」          ★
 ║ ████████████████████████████████████ ║
 ╚ Joel Przybilla Channing Frye Travis Outlaw Rudy Fernandez Jerryd Bayless ╝

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推 BrandonRoy:Roy好酷
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→ Aldridge:不過Oden的薪水去年在隊中有打球的僅次於大P 還比LA和Roy
→ Aldridge:高呀 應該叫他出來付的 XD Rudy和Batum都只有1M JB還有2M
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修正了一些小錯誤XD
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