Jeremy Lin Helps Usher Lakers into Life of More Modest NBA Reality
林書豪幫助豪門湖人進入更實際的NBA現實生活 http://tinyurl.com/lf56m32'
「能用紫金色翻譯真～～～～～～～～～～爽」
If you're unlikely to win the NBA championship, there have to be other ways
to remain relevant.
若你不太可能贏下冠軍金盃, 那就得換個方式來保持球隊的熱門度
The Los Angeles Lakers embraced one of them Friday with their trade for
Jeremy Lin, whose arrival meshes well with the Lakers' massive global brand.
湖人這週五就採用另一種方式, 交易來林書豪, 來搭配湖人的全球品牌行銷
Lin first captivated that worldwide audience two years ago with an underdog
run of success for the New York Knicks as the NBA's first American of
Taiwanese or Chinese descent.
兩年前在尼克的林來瘋, 就大大捕獲了全球觀眾的目光
Last season, the Houston Rockets had additional international media on hand
every day not because Dwight Howard joined the team, but because of Lin. Even
though Lin averaged just 12.5 points and 4.1 assists and split time with
superior point-guard defender Patrick Beverley, there is a star quality in a
different sense to Lin.
上一季, 火箭每天都得到了額外的國際媒體關注, 不是因為DH的加入, 而是因為林書豪
, 雖然上一季林書豪僅有12.5分4.1助攻, 還得跟PB分享控衛的位置, 但林書豪還是在
不同的定位展現出風迷萬千球迷的球星特質
And make no mistake, the Lakers are in pursuit of star power. That's why they
decided to go all-out in pursuit of free agent Carmelo Anthony and offer him
a max contract because even though they had reservations about how much of a
winner he is, he has already proven to be a rare one-name-only marquee
persona.
湖人總是精準的追逐球星所能帶來的群眾魅力, 這就是為什麼他們追逐甜瓜並提供頂薪,
即便他們對於甜瓜是不是一位贏家持保留意見, 只要他是頂級球星, 就夠了
At a time when the Clippers have built a championship contender for the city
and are transitioning to respectable ownership, the Lakers' move for Lin is
an attempt to ensure the purple and gold colors retain their sense of royalty.
在快艇打造出有能力奪冠的隊伍後獲得了不少LA球迷的愛, 湖人轉向林書豪也是為了讓
LA球迷繼續維持對紫金球衣的忠誠
Having Lin—a hugely popular person and pitchman in China, the world's most
populous country with 1.36 billion people, compared to the United States' 315
million—fits from a business perspective much like it did to overpay to sign
Kobe Bryant to his contract extension.
擁有林, 他背後有著13億人口的中國市場, 對比3億人口的美國市場, 從商業角度來看,
KOBE的約還比較像是overpy
And same as with Bryant, it's not solely a business transaction.
所以如同給kobe的大約, 這不僅僅是單一的商業考量
Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak has been intrigued by Lin for a long time
—to the point that Lin's family was led to believe the Lakers would draft
the former Harvard star with the 58th overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft.
(The Lakers instead opted for power forward Derrick Caracter, whom,
ironically, they waived at the height of the Linsanity phenomenon.)
早在2010選秀時湖人就有想過網羅林書豪了
The Lakers tried to sign Lin after he went unpicked, but the Golden State
Warriors offered guaranteed money in the wake of Lin's show-stealing outing
at summer league against John Wall. The Lakers also put in a waiver claim to
get Lin once the Warriors later cut him in a salary-cap-clearing move, but
the Rockets got him because their record was worse than the Lakers'.
那次湖人本想在選秀後簽下林, 可是勇士在看到林書豪於夏季聯盟vs牆臥展現出的抄截
功夫後, 勇士捷足先登簽走了林(去當抄截癡漢), 以下是當時影片
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvkXmMcGfLo&feature=kp
之後在勇士放掉林時湖人還想著林, 但因為那時火箭戰績較湖人差而導致林被火箭攔走
Lin is still an inconsistent shooter dependent on driving to the rim, but
Linsanity showed undeniable peak ability—which is why the Rockets overpaid
to get him. He turns 26 next month—on the exact same day Bryant turns 36—
and will get a chance to play more than ever and make or break his career
with the Lakers.
林書豪雖仍是位不太穩定的射手, 相當依賴他的切入, 但因為林來瘋實在的展現出無可
否認的票房熱力, 所以火箭還是捧上了肥約來簽回他. 下個月林書豪26歲, 同天生日的
Kobe則滿36歲, 下一季在湖人對林書豪來說是天與地的機會, 創造或是破滅就看在湖人
下一季合約年的表現了!!
If he makes it, the Lakers will have something huge. If he doesn't, the
Lakers still will have brought in a new stream of revenue and excitement for
this season—perhaps even the Western Conference's All-Star starting
backcourt via fan vote given the global popularity of Bryant, Lin and the
Lakers.
如果林書豪打得好, 湖人就爽翻天賺的盆滿砵滿, 如果表現不盡人意, 湖人至少能在下
一次的明星賽中, 靠著全球林迷科迷滿滿的愛, 讓林書豪跟Kobe聯袂打西區明星賽的先
發後場得到些好處
L.A. made this deal now because Lin fits its current parameters: He is a
player who has upside and no future contract obligations beyond the coming
season that might infringe on free-agent spending—plus the Lakers got the
Rockets' 2015 first-round pick, likely to be in the 20s but serving as a
means to more young talent if not a future trade asset.
湖人交易來林也符合現在的球隊策略：他是位有優點的好球員, 到期約, 火箭給湖人的
下一季首輪約(可能是首輪第20左右)
The Lakers might make a similar trade with the Chicago Bulls, who could pay
free agent Pau Gasol even more if the Lakers agree to a sign-and-trade and
take back overpaid power forward Carlos Boozer. If Gasol winds up deciding he
likes Oklahoma City, the Lakers could make a deal to take on overpaid center
Kendrick Perkins and take back a young talent such as Perry Jones or Jeremy
Lamb.
相同的事湖人也打算拿Pau Gasol對公牛(Boozer)跟雷霆(KP)進行先簽後換
太嗨了～ 合約年能到湖人真的超爽der~
希望下一季林書豪能在湖人打出精彩表現!!