The Vince Carter Apologist - 布魯克林籃網 Brooklyn Nets

By Austin Burton
http://dimemag.com/2008/05/29/the-vince-carter-apologist/

Public perception is a peculiar thing. In the annals of ballplayers who came
into the NBA as highlight-makers who dunked on everyone in their path and
lived in the lane, the inevitable point in their careers when they have to
adjust and become jump-shooters is met with varying responses.

大眾的認知是一種奇妙的事情。在每一個高飛灌籃球員進入 NBA 後，
他們每一次在禁區大個子前或是擺脫防守好手來個大灌籃留下的記錄，
是很難讓球迷抹滅的。

不可避免的一點是，當他們的生涯要進行轉變成跳投手的時候，總是會遇見
不同的反應。


Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant were universally praised for it.
Dwyane Wade is currently being encouraged to diversify his game and prolong
what has been an injury-riddled career, after which he’ll no doubt be
praised. And eventually critics will look more toward LeBron James and \
Josh Smith to change it up from the constant attack mode.

Michael Jordan 和 Kobe Bryant 是被大眾讚揚。

D-Wade 也正遭遇改變他球賽方式的時機，以延長那傷病困擾的生涯時期，
還無疑問的，他還是會被讚揚。當 LBJ 和 Josh Smith 改變目前的進攻模式時，
恐怕批評將會著眼在他們倆身上更多。

Vince Carter? He gets called “soft” and “fragile” (or worse) and is
accused of “settling” for jumpers when all he’s done is make the same
adjustment every wildly athletic wing player eventually makes. Personally, I
don’t get it. At a time in his career when injuries started to become a
problem and he was approaching 30, Vince naturally became less of a slasher
and more of a shooter. And it’s not like he didn’t get good results: in the
past three seasons he’s shot around 45% from the field (compared to about
46% his first few years in the League), plus he’s still good for at least 21
points per game, several trips to the free throw line, and those occasional
40-point explosions.

關於 VC ? 有些人說他軟弱或是易受傷(甚至更差)，
而且因為同樣像每一個運動能力很好的搖擺球員最終需要改變自己的球賽時，
因為以跳投進行他的球賽而遭受批評。

在他生涯的一個時候，當傷病成為一個問題時，還有當他年紀接近 30，
Vince 自然而然的成為一個較少灌籃、較多投籃的球員。

但這並不代表他沒有得到很好的結果，在過去三個球季，他以 45% 左右的
命中率在聯盟生存，他在聯盟初期也約 46% 。

而且他依舊每場可以拿下至少 21 分，七次上罰球線的機會，甚至偶爾的40分爆發。

Because he was such an amazing dunker in his younger days, it’s like people
are mad at Vince because he doesn’t get 75 percent of his points above the
rim. But who does that? Look at George Gervin; famous for the finger roll,
but his game was really very dependent on his jumper. MJ became the game’s
biggest endorser on a foundation of dunking and the whole “Air” persona,
but his jumper was the foundation of his game. That’s just how elite
two-guards operate.

只因為在他較年輕的日子裡，他是一名非常讓人驚訝的灌籃高手，
就像人們會開始感到生氣，當 Vince 的分數有百分之七十五不在籃框附近取得。

再看看還有誰也是如此，George Gervin，他的切入上籃是很著名的，
可是他的球賽依舊很仰賴跳投。

MJ 成為球賽當中“高空飛行”最大的背書者，但是他球賽的本質也是跳投，
這就是優秀的得分後衛如何在他的生涯當中進行的。

For someone who’s often called lazy and a one-dimensional scorer, Vince
Carter is far from it — he’s actually one of the best all-around players in
the sport. This season he put up 21 points, six boards and five assists per
game, making him one of only a handful of guys (LeBron, Kobe and T-Mac were
the only others) to average 20-5-5 across the board.

對於某些人被稱為懶惰或者是單方面的得分球員，Vince Carter 離那裡遠得很。

事實上，他可是眾多優秀全面球員之一，上一個球季，平均 21 分，
帶有 6 籃板，5助攻。 其餘可以辦到如此的球員，也只有這幾個
Kobe, LeBron, 和 T-Mac，可以平均 20 - 5 - 5。

The biggest knocks on Vince are that he isn’t aggressive enough, he’s
always injured, and that he doesn’t play hard. To address all three:

對 Vince 的批評中最多的是他不夠積極，或是他總是受傷，或是不夠認真。
我們來看看這三點。

(1) Vince still dunks on cats regularly and attacks the basket often. You’d
have to regularly watch Nets games to see it — which I’ve been able to do
living in the NY/NJ area — but you can also look at his 429 free throw
attempts this past season, which ranked 22nd in the League. Vince took more
free throws (a good indication of attacking the basket) than notoriously
aggressive scorers like Baron Davis, Monta Ellis, Deron Williams, Chris Paul,
Brandon Roy and Tony Parker, among others. And according to CBS Sportsline’s
unofficial “Dunk-O-Meter” ticker, Vince threw down 71 dunks this season,
38th-best in the League and higher than Gerald Wallace, Lamar Odom, Caron
Butler, Tim Duncan and Jason Richardson.


(1) 事實上， Vince 依舊經常灌籃和進攻籃框，你必須經常看籃網的球賽來
看到這事實，這也是住在 NY/NJ 區域的我常看到的，在上一個球季他有 429 次
上罰球線的機會，這在聯盟排行第 22 。

Vince 跟一些積極的進攻者比較起來還拿了更多的罰球機會，包含 Baron Davis,
Monta Ellis, Deron Williams, CP3, Brandon Roy, Tony Parker 等。

CBS Sportsline 的非官方灌籃統計， VC 依舊灌了 71 次的籃，比 Gerald Wallace,
Lamar Odom, Caron Butler, Tim Duncan, Jason Richardson 還多。



(2) Over the past four seasons, Vince has played in 314 of a possible 328
regular season games. In that same span, Kobe — who no one’s ever accused
of being fragile — has played in 305 games. Kevin Garnett, another guy given
all the warrior credit in the world, has played in 305.

(2) 在過去四個球季，328個出場機會，他出場了314場。

以同樣的標準， Kobe - 從未被批評易受傷的，出場了 305 場。

KG，這位被世界公認為戰士的球員，也出場了 305 場。


(3) The perception that Vince consistently doesn’t play hard all stems from
the infamous interview where he admitted he didn’t always give it his all in
Toronto. If you really think Vince Carter is the only NBA player who has
occasionally played at less than 100 percent, you’re kidding yourself. Watch
a Clippers/Bobcats game in March and tell me everyone on the court is going
all-out. And on a bigger stage — and I hate to keep bringing up Kobe, but he
is the game’s most visible player and the standard by which active
two-guards are judged — look at the two Game 7 losses Kobe suffered at the
hands of the Suns in ‘06 and ‘07. In fact, in Game 1 of this year’s San
Antonio series even Lakers fans were saying Kobe didn’t go all-out in the
first half when he scored only two points.

(3) 會有人說 VC 不夠努力，可能因為他接受的一次訪問中，說在Toronto 沒有付出
全力。 但如果你覺得 VC 是NBA 唯一這樣的球員，那你一定是在開玩笑。

看看在三月的比賽 快艇和山貓，並試著告訴我他們全部都是拼了老命在打。

在看看更高的階層，先說，我不喜歡把Kobe 的話題帶起來，但是他是一個
最容易注意到的球員，並且樹立了目前得分後位的標準。

在06,07 對上太陽的那兩個系列賽，甚至今年對馬刺的系列賽，一些球迷
也說Kobe 上半場不夠認真，因為只拿了兩分。

I’m not a huge Vince Carter fan, but I don’t think he deserves all the hate
fans seem to have for him. If you’re in that group, what’s your reason for
disliking VC so much?

我不是一個 VC 的狂熱球迷，但我不認為他必須承受這些憎恨者給他的東西。
如果你是那個團體的人，你討厭 VC 的原因究竟是什麼？

--