10 things to know about Dallas Mavericks guard J.J. Barea, including how tall
his mother says he is
http://tinyurl.com/zphv7wr
JJB正夯!10件關於JJB的小事以及他媽媽說出了她的實際身高到底是多少。
1. The basics
Real name: José Juan Barea
Born: June 26, 1984 in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
真名： José Juan Barea
生日及出生地： 波多黎各，瑪亞圭斯市。( http://tinyurl.com/z3akjl2 )
2. Mother knows best
He is only the seventh Puerto Rican to play in the NBA, and even though he is
officially listed at 6 feet tall…but his mom says he is only 5' 10 ¾".
JJB僅僅是波多黎各第七位打NBA的球員，即使他報給官方身高有6呎高，但根據他媽
的說法是只有5呎10又¾。XDDDD
3. When you're hot, you're hot
For the first time in his career, Barea earned NBA Player of the Week this
season for his play in between March 28-April 3.
He averaged 23.5 points and 6.8 assists per game while shooting 52.1 percent
from the floor and 48 percent from 3-point range.
"Absolutely awesome week," Barea said. "I'm in a great rhythm. Coach and my
teammates are doing a great job of putting me in the right positions. And
we're winning games, which is most important."
He was the first Mavs to claim the honor since Monta Ellis in 2014.
4. And that wasn't even the most important thing to happen to him that week
On March 31, Barea's girlfriend, Viviana Ortiz, gave birth to his second
child - Paulina.
The next night, J.J. went out and dropped 29 points in Detroit as the Mavs
defeated the Pistons, 98-89.
上週是他生涯首次成為NBA單週最佳球員，每場平均23.5分及6.8次助攻，投籃命中率
高達52.1%，三分球命中率78%。
「明顯的，這是很棒的一週。我在很棒的節奏裡，而教練和隊友們把我放在最理想的
位置上做得很棒，而我們也贏得了比賽，這才是最重要的。」JJB這樣說。
他是自從2014的Ellis後，小牛首次有球員獲得此殊榮，然而這些都沒有比他女友在3
月底幫他生下第二個女兒(Paulina)來得重要。
隔一晚，JJB在底特律攻下29分，幫助小牛以98-89勝出。
5. Part of history
Barea is one of only two Puerto Rican born players to ever win an NBA title.
He joined Butch Lee who won a ring with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1980 (even
though he did not play after suffering an injury that would force his
retirement).
Barea played in all 21 playoff games for the Mavericks during their 2011
title run.
JJB是唯二波多黎各球員在NBA拿下總冠軍的球員之一。另一位是Butch Lee，在1980
年幫助洛杉磯湖人拿下總冠軍，即使隨後Lee因傷被迫退休。
JJB在2011幫助小牛奪冠的那年，小牛21場季後賽都有上場。
6. Fan favorite
J.J. probably won over most Mavs fans for the rest of his career after taking
hard fouls from both Ron Artest and Andrew Bynum in their 2011 playoff series
against the Los Angeles Lakers on their way to the NBA title.
除此之外，也是球迷的最愛。特別是在那年季後賽被Ron Artest和Andrew Bynum肘擊
之後。(代價也太大XDDDD)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAVflqU_KIo&nohtml5=False Artest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d12YVBOrP00&nohtml5=False Bynum
7. International success
While playing for the Puerto Rican national team, he won a gold medal at the
2006 and 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, along with another gold
medal from the 2011 Pan American Games. He has 12 medals (six gold, five
silver, and one bronze) from various events in his international career.
國際賽的成功。
當他代表波多黎各國家隊時，他分別在2006年及2010年的中美洲盃及加勒比賽事拿下
金牌，2011年也在泛美洲賽事拿下金牌。他總共擁有12個獎牌：金牌X6、銀牌X5、銅
牌X1，在他的國際賽生涯裡頭。
8. "Super J.J."
Due to his size, Barea's speed and agility have become his biggest strengths.
When he gets the ball in his hands, it's as if Super Mario just picked up an
Invincibility Star. Luckily, someone out there in the internet world has
created a video to properly display this…
由於他的個子太小，他的速度和敏捷性都成為他的優勢，當球在他手上時，那就像是
超級瑪利歐吃到無敵星星。就有網友用超級瑪莉的配樂成下面這段影片......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7R6qf7EtCA
9. Size advantage
Along with his speed, Barea plays to his creativity, demonstrated by this
moment in time where he tried to dribble the ball (and himself) between 7'3"
Hasheem Thabeet's legs.
伴隨著他的速度，他總是發揮他的創造力，像是他試圖從7呎3吋高的Hasheem Thabeet
胯下運球過去......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGiD6m19HJs&nohtml5=False
10. Show me the money
When DeAndre Jordan reneged on his 4-year/$80 million deal this past summer,
Barea may have had the most to gain. He went from most likely making the
league minimum, to signing a 4-year/$16 million contract to stay with the
Mavs.
當去年夏天DeAndre Jordan食言事件上演時，他幾乎以最低薪資，4年1600萬美元
的合約選擇留下來。