[外絮] 被打入冷宮的禪師 & Kobe？

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Snub Phil Jackson, Kobe Bryant again?
Updated: April 1, 2011, 3:18 PM ET
By LZ Granderson, ESPN.com


It may not be today.

可能不會是今天。

It may not be tomorrow.

可能不會是明天。

It may not be next week or even next year.

甚至可能不會是下禮拜或明年。

But one day the media is going to have to answer for its sins.

但總有一天，媒體必須為他們犯的錯誤給出一個解釋。

One day we're going to have to explain how Phil Jackson, arguably the
greatest coach in the history of the game, has only one coach of the year
award to his name, and his top current player, Kobe Bryant, the best player
of his generation, has one regular-season MVP trophy.

解釋什麼呢？解釋為什麼Phil Jackson--可能是有史以來最偉大的教練，這輩子只拿過
一次最佳教練，還得解釋為什麼禪師目前手中最好的球員：Kobe Bryant，生涯目前為止
只拿過一次例行賽MVP。

Just one I tell you.

這只有一個理由可以解釋。

If there ever was a sports example of taking life for granted, this would be
it. If there ever was a sports example of no good deed going unpunished, this
egregious oversight would also fit.

人們把精彩的表演當成理所當然，用近乎刻薄的標準來要求這兩個人，
而犯下這些錯誤之後，他們不會受到任何懲罰。

LeBron James may be willing to cede the hardware to Derrick Rose -- and don't
get me wrong, watching Rose bloom into a superstar has been wonderful -- but
even that would be a mistake. James tops the league in player efficiency and
Rose is not even in the top 10 (OK, he's 11th). But stats aside, Rose also
benefits from not only James' narrative being soiled by his defection to
Miami, but also that the Kobe narrative is the same old story.

LeBron James也許已經願意放棄和Derrick Rose的爭奪MVP了---不過別誤會我的意思，
能看到Rose蛻變成超級明星我很高興---但他也犯了一個錯誤。LeBron在EFF值中排名
第一，而Rose甚至還不到前10（好吧，實際上是第11)。而拋開數據，LeBron加盟
邁阿密熱火和Kobe的老化明顯讓Rose在MVP競賽中受益良多。

Bryant is doing work -- again.

但Kobe仍在繼續努力著。

Yaaaaawn. What else you got?

阿不然勒？

Yes, the Bulls point guard has carried his team as it battled injuries to key
players (Joakim Noah, Carlos Boozer). But the Lakers have also had injuries
this year (Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum, Matt Barnes), and that doesn't get talked
about as much. It doesn't get talked about as much because for the past
decade we have grown so accustomed to Kobe's exploits, we take him for
granted.

沒錯，在公牛遭遇重大傷病的時候(Noah、Boozer缺陣)，Rose把球隊一肩扛下。
可湖人也遭遇了傷病潮(Gasol、Bynum、Barnes)，但沒人會注意這些。
過去十年，太多人對Kobe的努力已經習以為常了，我們都把他的表現視為理所當然。

Or we nitpick at his legacy with hollow criticism such as he's had All-Star
teammates or a great coach -- as if Magic Johnson (three MVPs), Michael
Jordan (five) and Larry Bird (three) didn't have Hall of Fame teammates or
great coaches. True, he's having a down year compared to himself, but
compared to the league? Please son. And I'm not even a Kobe fan. But I do
know for the past decade, when the game's on the line, he's been the most
feared player on the planet.

吾輩都說Kobe的成就全是依靠全明星級的隊友或是名教練，說得好像
Magic Johnson(3次MVP)、Michael Jordan(5次MVP)、Larry Bird(3次MVP)這些人
全都是孤軍奮戰一樣。

的確，Kobe的職業生涯相對於自己來說有低潮，但對於整個聯盟來說呢？
拜託！我又不是科迷。但我相信的是，過去十年裡，每當比賽到了關鍵時刻，
Kobe是這個星球上最令人感到害怕的球星。

The only omission more glaring than the lack of MVP trophies in Kobe's case
is the lack of coach of the year awards in Jackson's. At least Bryant's been
recognized this century. Jackson's only award came in 1996. Here is a man
with the highest winning percentage of any Hall of Fame coach, a man who has
managed locker rooms with two of the most eccentric players in history
(Dennis Rodman and Ron Artest) and yet somehow, he has gone 15 years without
another end-of-the-year award.

只有一件事情比Kobe的MVP數量更讓人生氣，那就是禪師的最佳教練得獎次數。
至少Kobe在這世紀受到肯定了，但禪師拿下最佳教練獎已經是上世紀的事了。
1996年，禪師在名人堂教練裡勝率是最高的，管住了NBA史上兩大異類：Dennis Rodman
和Ron Artest。但每當球季結束，他除了一個獎之外什麼都拿不到。

Except for championships, of course.

沒錯，除了冠軍戒之外。

Yes, decades from now, at some sort of futuristic barbershop where they cut
hair using laser guns, NBA fans will be floating on their pods trying to
figure out how Bill Fitch, a man who won only 46 percent of the games he
coached, ended up with twice as many COY awards as Jackson. At the sports bar
of the future, where we'll be able to order our drinks using telepathy,
basketball historians will fry their cortexes trying to understand how Don
Nelson, a man who has never coached a single Finals game, owns three times as
many COY awards as Jackson.

想想看，等到科技發達，理髮師都用雷射槍剪頭髮了，到那時，那些坐在飛碟裡的NBA
球迷肯定都搞不懂為什麼像Bill Fitch這種只有46％的執教勝率的人，生涯最佳教練次數
怎麼會是禪師的兩倍？ 

而等到訂飲料都用心電感應的時候，肯定很多NBA歷史學家也搞不懂，
為什麼Don Nelson這種從來沒打過總決賽的球員，他的最佳教練次數會是禪師的三倍。

If you love the game the way I do, you don't see how any of this is right.
Heck, if you love the idea of logic, you don't see how it's right.

如果你和我一樣喜愛籃球且看法一致的話，你肯定覺得這事情並不單純。 
嗯哼，如果你有點邏輯性的話，你肯定搞不懂這是怎麼發生的。

Put it this way: at the conclusion of the 2002-03 season with a 50-32 record
and having won the previous three championships, Jackson finished 14th in the
COY voting, just one point ahead of Pacers coach Isiah Thomas. This year Tom
Thibodeau, George Karl and Gregg Popovich are mentioned, but it's Jackson who
is favored to win a title for the third consecutive time (and if it happens,
it would be the fourth three-peat of his career). How a man can repeat as
champion on seven separate occasions and be considered the top coach only
once is beyond me. Yes, it's a regular-season award, but Jackson has never
had a losing season and is the only man to have coached two of the 10
greatest teams of all time.

我這麼說吧：02-03年，前有三連霸，湖人戰績50－32，禪師在最佳教練投票中排第14位，
猜猜第15位是誰？ 前溜馬教練Isiah Thomas。今年Tom Thibodeau，George Karl、
Gregg Popovich都被提名，但人們都覺得禪師會贏得三連冠（如果成真了，那就是禪師
的第四個三連霸）。

一個人怎麼可能年復一年地只靠運氣獨冠？而這個人這麼多年竟然只得了一次最佳教練，
我實在想不通。確實，這是一個例行賽獎項，但禪師從來沒有執教過一個失敗的賽季，
而且他是唯一一個執教過歷史上最偉大的10支球隊中兩支的教練。

Like Bryant, Jackson is being punished because in this culture our
appreciation of things that are hard to get is much greater than our
appreciation of things we already have. We want something new and shiny and
we want it often, so we heap all of the accolades on Rose and this year's COY
front-runner, Thibodeau, because they are doing something unexpected -- not
great, just unexpected. Meanwhile Kobe and Jackson are afterthoughts because,
well, of course the Lakers have won 16 of 17 games.

就像Kobe一樣，禪師被鬼隱了，因為我們覺得驚喜比我們已經擁有的事情更有價值。
我們想要一些新鮮刺激的事情，且還需要它常常發生，所以我們拼了命的誇獎Rose和
目前排在第一的Thibodeau，因為他們做了出乎我們意料的事情---僅僅是出乎我們意料
而已。而Kobe和禪師現在才被人們提起，因為湖人最近17場裡贏了16場。

They're the Lakers.

就因為他們是湖人。

What else you got?

阿不然勒？

And that's the problem with assumptions of success. If blending talented
players together was easy, Mike D'Antoni and Erik Spoelstra wouldn't be
updating their résumés. Boston's Red Auerbach was similarly dissed,
garnering one COY award despite all of his success. But at least the trophy's
named after him. It seems Jackson only gets shout outs by talking heads and
in columns like this one. I guess it's partially his fault. Jackson makes it
look so easy, we lose sight of just how hard it is.

這就是成功與與否的問題所在。如果只是簡單的堆積明星公仔就能奪冠的話，
Mike D'Antoni和Erik Spoelstra就不必更新他們的履歷了。

波士頓的"紅衣主教"Red Auerbach也遇到類似的情況，他的生涯裡只有一次最佳教練。
但至少人們討論冠軍時都會說到他。而禪師似乎只有時不時的被那些名嘴們提及一下，或
者像這篇文章這樣的專欄才會提到一點。其實也是他自己的錯，誰叫他讓一切看起來如此
輕鬆寫意？ 我們又如何能看到這背後的艱辛？

Just as Bryant's continual brilliance has desensitized us to Bryant's
continual brilliance.

就像Kobe連續的精彩表演我們已經看到麻木一樣。

I get it, dude rubs people the wrong way. He used to take ill-advised shots.
He's been accused of tanking games to make a point. He's had legal trouble.
He ratted out Shaq. He tried to be a studio gangsta. Trust me, I get it all.
But he's not being considered for Miss Congeniality. And neither is Jackson,
who comes across as arrogant at times and pretends he doesn't like drama but
is not above starting and picking fights as he did with Bryant earlier this
year.

我明白，是Kobe把所有人都得罪了，人們開始對他吹毛求疵。他經常濫投，常把球隊陷入
困境，他還是個上過法庭的嫌犯，他趕走了Shaquille O'Neal，逼迫球隊妥協。

相信我，我全都懂了。他不是人們心目中的好典範，
禪師也不是，禪師總是被認為很自大，而且早期還和Kobe有心結。

However, if predictions hold true to form, come summer the two will not only
make it to their eighth Finals in 11 years together, but also hoist their
sixth trophy. Bryant would tie Jordan in that department, revitalizing the
comparisons, and Jackson would sail off into the sunset as the greatest coach
in the game's history -- but its best only once, the year Kobe was drafted.

然而，要是我們的預測都正確的話，等到夏天，這兩人不僅會是11年內第8次進入總決賽
，而且還會是第六次捧起總冠軍獎盃。Kobe至少在冠軍數量上和Jordan平起平坐，而他們
倆的比較又要開始了。

之後禪師開始閒雲野鶴，作為史上最偉大的教練---只拿了一次最佳教練的最偉大教練
，就在Kobe被NBA選中那一年。

Who knew back then the two would go on to be bonded by years of winning
together? Who knew the media would go on to punish them for doing so?

誰能預料到他們二人此後的命運竟會如此緊密的相連在一起，還贏了這麼多年的球？
誰又能想到這些媒體竟然會因為他們贏球而懲罰他們？


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這篇很有Fu~

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推 DavinTsai   :Sloan表示：
推 gaiaesque   :辛苦翻譯推
推 laogiby     :推科神與禪師 這篇實在太感人惹 最偉大的球員與教練
推 peardog     :湖版有一篇一樣的
→ yangshao    :教皇:沒關係，反正以後有一座獎項會叫Sloan獎
→ piercepaul  :大歐走跟Kobe有關係嗎
推 tsungg      :禪師戒指兩手都戴不完了會在意這個嗎=  =
推 voidmain    :....科比並不是最偉大球員, TD跟SHAQ都不敢說是最偉
→ Sakber      := =" 沒拿到就只是因為當年有人比你好阿..很簡單吧
推 RobertAlexy :COY是所有年度獎項裡最廢物的一項
推 molukino    :Sloan表示: 最佳教練? I don't care
→ RobertAlexy :CoY = 最佳GM
→ hjchang     :其實還蠻中肯的 贏太多就麻痺了
推 LoulDeng    :摳比很強沒錯 但是Lebron表現比他好阿 姑且不論冠軍
推 sidney78    :MB 還不是拿到最佳教練 lbj戰術
推 peardog     :當勝利跟喝水一樣時  你不會注意到他是如何努力取勝
推 louis123321 :kobe年輕時也很厲害阿...只是當初隊上還有大怪物~~
推 bye2007     :近年的COY跟季賽MVP都好像被詛咒一樣
→ louis123321 :但自從聯盟願意為了LBJ改變那看似走步的規則以後...
推 s24066774   :中肯,但是冠軍比較重要
→ louis123321 :我的確最近對LBJ沒什麼好感...
推 dudu5566    :因為禪師常常手下一堆強將 拿到好戰績會被視為理所
→ Sakber      :史隆沒拿到比較讓人意外= =
→ louis123321 :其實管得住強將就蠻重要的吧...
→ dudu5566    :當然 比起他 史隆一次最佳教練都沒得更冤枉
推 shihminglu  :Kobe在某些時刻的確令人感到害怕
推 tbmaker     :淚推phil and kobe
推 Caryniko    :生涯勝率最高的教練~ 全部球季勝率都高於5成 COY=1
→ Caryniko    :還有Sloan.... COY=0............
推 bluerainyi  :這篇說的就是重點了 你一直表現很少沒人會注意你
推 louis123321 :Popo得過幾次阿??
推 jqp9b       :總冠軍都被你們拿光了，分點湯下來還過份嗎??
→ bluerainyi  :聯盟喜歡雪中送炭而不是錦上添花 因此一直有好表現
→ bluerainyi  :反而會被認為是理所當然 偶然的失敗更會被放大
推 stocktonty  :高級食材本來就新鮮好吃 會讓人覺得只要隨便弄就很棒
推 cipherpol9  :這文真有fu~
→ ppit        :你每次都第一名終於有一次跌到第三名才會被注意阿
推 magicchen   :COY這種獎項在nba一點意義都沒有 內行人都懂吧
→ ppit        :不然人家都只會看到第十名吃錯藥衝到第二名那位
推 louis123321 :多少還是對於教練的肯定吧~
推 sheettrait  :淚推
→ ppit        :popo跟禪師應該對這種獎沒啥感覺了
→ sezna       :Mike Brown表示:
推 Dracunculus :好聞好聞`
推 Gian        :好久沒看到值得推薦的文章了
推 sam9595     :好文 大家都只看相對 穩定才是強權的關鍵
推 dOodoOhOw   :Sloan...
推 JQJ         :推Kobe
推 blaukatze   :推 雖然比起Kobe我更不喜歡Jackson
推 BaaaSwin    :推
推 molukino    :Mike Brown現在去哪了?
→ moose123    :                     你後面
推 DASHOCK     :他們兩個完美的NBA地位  已經不動如山了
推 will313     :事實推
推 georgeL     :翻譯有點瑕疵 used to 在這裡是以前的意思吧?
推 warm0808    :一生運氣很好  命很好 都在好球隊 好球員
→ georgeL     :不過還是謝謝你翻譯囉~
推 DASHOCK     :Kobe什麼獎都拿過了  戒指也一隻手滿了
推 Highflying  :很中肯阿
推 laogiby     :再推 好幾年沒看過這麼振奮人心的文章了
推 peardog     :推 → bluerainyi:聯盟喜歡雪中送炭而不是錦上添花
推 marstinlai  :中肯 推
推 oicecnir    :有一座就好了拿那麼多幹嘛..那越多不是冠軍本來就少
推 wanger      :中肯
推 junyanlee   :禪師:我不介意~~戒指可以戴在手上  最佳教練???
推 BlGP        :阿就是要有戲劇性阿
推 nosunfish   :有趣推
推 machinle    :這就像江蕙 歌技好到一個境界就不需要金曲獎了
推 ymsya       :但是球員不會說：我不再參加季後賽 (以江惠例)
→ ymsya       :            更正  是 我會到場 但我不參賽 XD
推 van2003     :坦白說,SHAQ也是,全盛期絕對可稱為MDE,但是生涯也是
→ van2003     :只有一座MVP,所以說除了實力,和你競爭的對手也很有關
→ van2003     :系
噓 sweetsmoke  :怪媒體囉
推 Caryniko    :樓上的~ 基本上這篇也是媒體寫的
推 ymsya       :突然想到這篇如果被某人搶翻就會看到一堆■
推 ooplus      :好菜炒不出來的大有人在..說禪師靠運氣本來就有問題
推 johntw      :湖人隊內有一個人的EFF、PER、場上/場下得失分差種種