ESPN/周末特别版：进步最快！！！
[size=3][color=navy]链接：[/color][/size][url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dailydime-070407-08][size=1][color=darkred][b]http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dailydime-070407-08[/b][/color][/size][/url][size=3][color=navy][img]http://espn.go.com/photo/2007/0406/nba_g_martin_268.jpg[/img][img]http://espn.go.com/photo/2007/0406/nba_ap_boozer_garnett_395x210.jpg[/img][/color][/size]
[size=3][color=navy]由NBA官方于本周发出的选票直到常规赛结束后才会重新回到联盟办公室来审核．[/color][/size]
[size=3][color=navy]但有一项评选值得我们的关注！[/color][/size]
[size=3][color=navy][b]因为我一直都在计划对＂进步最快球员＂作一个深度的剖析．其实斯特恩的＂幕僚们＂都认为最佳教练和进步最快球员是参选人数最多的奖项．．．．．可今年进步快的球员实在是忒多了[/b]．[/color][/size]
[size=3][color=darkred][b]事实上，我们可以从５个方面来评选进步最快球员[/b][/color][/size]
[size=3][color=darkred][b]１：那些名不见经传的新人：纽约的David Lee，湖人的Luke Walton和勇士的Andris Biedrins , Monta Ellis[/b][/color][/size]
[size=3][color=darkred][b]２：还有一些从来没人愿意报道的边缘配角，他们一直在寻找一支适合的球队并期待有所表现：纽约的Mikki Moore,夏落特的Matt Carroll和迈阿密的超级射手Jason Kapono[/b][/color][/size]
[size=3][color=darkred][b]３：曾经红及一时，但又流落平庸的新星：凯尔特的Al Jefferson，费城的Andre Iguodala,雄鹿的Mo Williams，亚特兰大的Josh Smith，掘金的J.R.Smith和国王的Kevin Martin.[/b][/color][/size]
[size=3][color=darkred][b]４：在选秀中顺位很高，但实力不相符的，如纽约的Eddy Curry,黄蜂的Tyson Chandler和爵士的Deron Williams[/b][/color][/size]
[size=3][color=darkred][b]５：刚刚打到全明星水准的一线球员如奇才的Caron Butler,公牛的Luol Deng，太阳的Leandro Barbosa和爵士的Carlos Boozer.[/b][/color][/size]
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[size=3][color=navy]除了以上的２０人，我相信你们还会在email中有更多的选择．[/color][/size]
[size=3][color=navy]那么，首先，我想在每个分类中都选择一个人，但第一项和第三项实在很难抉择．Lee,Biedrins和Ellis都有脱影而出的实力．第三项中的Jefferson和Martin情况也相同．．．而且他们可一直是进步最快球员的最佳人选．．．．．[/color][/size]
[size=3][color=navy]Kapono应该是第二集团中的翘楚．．．从一个默默无闻的小卒，突然间成为了联盟的三分王（５１．８％），而且在卫冕冠军球队牢牢占了一席之地．[/color][/size]
[size=3][color=navy]第四项的孩子们比较背，因为那些选择他们的老油条都希望他们可以成为球队的基石．．．因此，虽然他们都在本赛季打出了极其出色的比赛，但在心理上还是很难把他们任何一个人加入到进步最快球员的选择范围之内．．．[/color][/size]
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[size=3][color=navy]好吧，现在考虑第四个和最后一个，而我要排除Boozer.其实我也想过把他评为最佳，只要你看看他如何在错过了在爵士的最初两个赛季后还能如此牛X地抓篮板后就会明白了． 没有几个球员会在签了６年６千８百万的合约后还如此声名狼籍的．而他的球队呢？谁会想到他们能进季后赛？ 而且在一个booz仅仅缺席８场比赛的赛季中以同样的坚韧取得了５０多场胜利？？？ 别忘了，boozer刚刚从胫骨骨折中康复．[/color][/size]
[size=3][color=black][b]那他为什么没戏呢？[/b][/color][/size]
[size=3][color=black][b]联盟有明确规定：＂进步最快球员＂必须是个＂冉冉上升＂的新星，而不是一个＂涅磐型＂的昔日球星．．．．[/b][/color][/size]
[size=3][color=navy]那么，一个经历了５年职业生涯，曾经入选过美国梦之队的boozer也就不能被规为新星了．．．他是继小斯之后最棒的＂最佳回归＂球员－－－但联盟中可没有这个奖项． 而且Williams和教练Jerry Sloan也在爵士的崛起过程中起了不可磨灭的作用，Boozer的进步最快资格也就不那么名正言顺了．．．[/color][/size]
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[size=3][color=navy]所以，Martin ,Jeffeson , Biedrins[/color][/size]
[size=3][color=navy]这些是我的最终三人，而我要选那个左撇子．．但我绝对不是因为martin是左手球员而选择的他[/color][/size]
[size=3][color=navy]在＂时局动荡＂的国王队中，他从开赛后就一直保持着２０分的优异表现．．．Jefferson，和爵士的Williams一样，在身体素质和球技上有很大提高，从而也在被作为AI和Gasol交易的陪衬后证明了自己．从一个没什么出息的倒霉蛋蜕变成球队的绝对先发．．．．所以他和Martin在我选择范围之内．[/color][/size]
[size=3][color=navy]然而，没有一个人像Biedrins那样对自己的赛场风格特点有了如此大的改变．上个赛季还只有３．８分，４．１篮板和０．７盖帽的大个子在这个赛季成了个两双高手，而且球队甚至有进入季后赛的机会－－－这和国王，凯尔特不同－－－即使Troy Murphy才应该是最受益的那个人．．．．[/color][/size]
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[size=3][color=darkred][b]我知道，我知道．就连勇士队自己都不知道到底谁应该获得这奖项，Biedrins或是Ellis.[/b][/color][/size]
[size=3][color=darkred][b]但我确信．或者就像读者们可以很轻松地作出自己心目中进步最快球员的选择一样．．．．．他们的球迷数量正在与日俱增，Martin在上赛季季后赛的杰出表现和夏季联盟中的表演为他赢得了大量新簇拥．．．而Biedrins呢？ 在这赛季之前，在遥远的拉托维亚，他可没那么多狂热的球迷！[/b][/color][/size]
原文
The NBA's official award ballots, which arrived this week via e-mail, are not due back into the league office until the day after the regular season ends. But one ballot in particular demands our immediate attention. That's because I've been promising an extended dissection of the deep-as-ever Most Improved Player race all season, knowing I'd need all that time to settle on one choice. Regular visitors to Stein Line HQ know that we always say Coach of the Year and Most Improved Player are the most crowded award races, but the MIP field this term is ridiculously overcrowded. There are at least five different player genres, in fact, from which to pick an MIP. [b]1.[/b] You have the kiddies from whom nothing (or close to it) was expected before the season began: New York's [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3956]David Lee[/url], [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3735]Luke Walton[/url] of the Lakers and the Golden State duo of [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3828]Andris Biedrins[/url] and [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3966]Monta Ellis[/url]. [b]2.[/b] You have the unheralded guys who've been bouncing around the basketball world, looking for a team they could latch onto and making a surprising impact instead: New Jersey's [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3308]Mikki Moore[/url], Charlotte's [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3785]Matt Carroll[/url] and Miami sharpshooter [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3734]Jason Kapono[/url]. [b]3.[/b] You have the group of youngsters who've shown flashes in the past but are suddenly delivering regularly: Boston's [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3832]Al Jefferson[/url], Philadelphia's [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3826]Andre Iguodala[/url], Milwaukee's [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3750]Mo Williams[/url], Atlanta's [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3834]Josh Smith[/url], Denver's [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3835]J.R. Smith[/url] and Sacramento's [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3843]Kevin Martin[/url]. [b]4.[/b] You have the high-lottery selections who are now living up to their draft positions: New York's [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3514]Eddy Curry[/url], New Orleans/Oklahoma City's [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3512]Tyson Chandler[/url] and Utah's [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3929]Deron Williams[/url]. [b]5.[/b] And lastly you have the frontline players who made the very difficult leap to All-Star status (or thereabouts): Washington's [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3608]Caron Butler[/url], Chicago's [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3824]Luol Deng[/url], Phoenix's [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3731]Leandro Barbosa[/url] and Utah's [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3632]Carlos Boozer[/url]. That's 20 guys in total and I'm sure you'll e-mail me more. As a first step, I wanted to narrow that list down to one choice from each of the five genres, but the first and third aren't so easily whittled. Lee, Biedrins and Ellis all deserve the strongest consideration from pool No. 1. Ditto for the onrushing Jefferson and Martin, who has been at the forefront of everyone's MIP list since he started the season so strongly, from pool No. 3. Kapono also has to make the list of finalists out of pool No. 2, coming from nowhere to lead the league in 3-point shooting percentage (.518) and seize a major rotation role with the defending champs. The lads from district No. 4 are at a disadvantage, here and with other veteran voters, because they were all drafted to be franchise cornerstones. As such, it's a philosophical struggle to get behind any of them for a serious MIP push, even though Curry, Chandler and Williams have all posted breakout seasons and with Williams making an All-Star push of his own in just his second season to help the Jazz maintain a wire-to-wire bid for top-four status in the West. That brings us to the fifth and final genre, from which Boozer jumps out. I'm actually tempted to make Boozer my winner, too, given how he rebounded from missing almost half of his first two seasons in Utah with injuries to become a full-fledged face of the franchise. Few players had their reputations savaged like this guy after signing that six-year, $68 million contract with the Jazz in 2004. This Jazz team, furthermore, was not exactly a consensus pick to make the playoffs but will wind up winning 50-plus games with a newfound toughness personified by Booz missing only eight games this season after suffering a fractured tibia. The problem? The league's MIP guidelines clearly state that the award "is designed to honor an up-and-coming player" and that it is "not intended to be given to a player who has made a 'comeback.' '' Don't know that Boozer, in his fifth season and with some Team USA experience on his résumé, can really be classified as an up-and-comer. Since he's also just below the Suns' [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3607]Amare Stoudemire[/url] on the mythical list of Comeback Kids -- there is no official Comeback Player of the Year award in the NBA, remember -- and since Williams and coach Jerry Sloan also have been major factors in Utah's rise, Boozer's MIP candidacy has to be classified as somewhat flawed. So ... Martin. Jefferson. Biedrins. Those are my top three … and I'm going with the lefty. But that's not why. Martin has been a 20-point scorer since opening night in spite of unprecedented chaos in Sacramento. Jefferson, like Utah's Williams, improved his physique substantially by slimming down and rose to a level of consistency that prompted the Celtics to deem him off-limits in trade talks for [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3094]Allen Iverson[/url] and [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3513]Pau Gasol[/url]. Progressing so quickly from underachiever to untouchable status is as substantial as improvement gets and thus puts Jefferson right there with Martin. Yet, no one else in this conversation reinvented himself like Biedrins. He averaged 3.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and 0.7 blocks last season. He's now a double-double guy for a team still challenging for a playoff spot -- unlike the Kings and Celtics -- even though it was the since-traded [url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3524][color=#666666]Troy Murphy[/color][/url] who was supposed to benefit more than any other Warrior from Don Nelson's arrival. I know, I know. The Warriors like to say that even they're not sure who qualifies as the most improved player on their team: Biedrins or Ellis. But I'm sure. Or as sure as you can be in a season where you can make a passionate case for so many different kinds of MIP candidates. Pretty much every other player listed here had someone touting him somewhere, Martin especially after his strong playoffs and stronger summer league. Outside of Latvia, did Biedrins have any fans before this season? 不错，我以后要慢慢的研究一下英文 看原文~不要看翻译 今年好多人都有进步 2K7里的比德林斯超好用！
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