6.14马刺最佳防守bowen生日
[img]http://nba.cpgl.net/attachments/month_0606/060612_banner_urKub2PNMiCu.gif[/img]对于很多摇摆人来说，他就是上帝的化身，他传播恐惧。他们离开的时候都诅咒着他的名字。肮脏？也许吧。但如果说Bruce Bowen不是全联盟最好的防守球员的话，嘿，这可真是一种亵渎。
Written by Michael Bradley
对于Bruce Bowen而言，摆在面前的其实就是这么一个简单的二选一：迎合大众还是特立独行？NBA总冠军已成过去，奥林匹克运动会近在眼前，而他的家人则始终默默地为其支持。他干的是脏活，因而他惯于接受各式各样的憎恨，却甚少听到溢美之词。但他每天仍旧兢兢业业的恪守其职，他的队友在场上或许还时不时地能够偷个小懒，但只有他却要始终面对接踵而至的挑战。在一个永远鼓吹高得分的联盟，他无疑就是个异类。这就好像是在转播NBA比赛的时候突然弹出一个“我恨这比赛！”的广告一样，另类而特别。死缠烂打的贴身防守？在这个联盟里？当然，在第四节这还是必需的。但，肯定不是大部分时间内人们所希望看到的。因而，这也就注定了他不会成为一个超级明星。那么，还是那个问题：迎合大众还是特立独行？
如果不去理睬他的话，那么他每天晚上也许可以得到20分。但这并不是他所最中意的事情。恰恰相反的是，Bowen每天所做的事或许正是体育中最吃力不讨好的——防守。在每天晚上同对面疲惫不堪的球员呼出的浓重的气息亲密接触的同时，Bowen还默默承受着他们的各种评价，通常是“肮脏”，当然也会有更过分的词。完成自己的职责、领取薪水，这是一个球员在正常情况下的工作流程。然而对于球队来说，他所做的一切不仅是为其自己，更是大大的帮助了球队。过去3年中2次夺冠的圣安东尼奥离不开Tim Duncan，离不开Tony和Manu。当然，更少不了，Bruce Bowen。
然而对于这个防守机器来说，防守也曾经只是惊鸿一瞥罢了。因为就像其他人一样，他也曾经梦想当一名得分手。在95、96年，他在法国联赛中也确实做到了这一点。在Éclair队他场均得到30分，而为Escargot队效力时他场均攻下25分。即使是后来在CBA联盟，这个数字也并没有下降多少。然而当Bowen进入NBA之后，他很快就发现，相比之前那种进攻缓慢的比赛，他还有很多需要学习的东西。“在欧洲以及CBA时，如果我能防住我的对手不让他得分，同时自己还能够得分，那么无疑我就会成为场上瞩目的焦点，”Bowen说，“因为联盟中竞争激烈，唯有适者方能生存。”
不过，直到他来到迈阿密之后，他才开始逐渐成长为一名能锁死任何人的防守专家。在那儿，他们告知Bowen，要多观察Zo、Majerle、Hardaway和Mashburn，学习他们是如何打球的。你想要留在联盟中吗？可以，那就必须找到一条与众不同的道路。所以，他成功了。“我找到了一些我能做，而其他人又不在乎的事情。”Bowen说道。
现在？他们会在乎的。在圣安东尼奥，他们可真的很在意。而全联盟中，那些摇摆人都会非常在意的。因为他们知道，同马刺打比赛，意味着要有40多分钟在硬地上打橄榄球。如果可以给被Bowen防守的球员选择的话，他们大概都会选择篮筐而非Bowen作为对手，因为篮筐可不会带来这么多的身体接触。然而，现在他们不得不在整晚都同一只八爪鱼搏斗，竭尽全力才好不容易能挤出少许空间完成投篮，然后眼巴巴的指望录像能给他们刚才所遭受的侵犯提供有力的证据。对于希望看到“优雅”、“好看”的比赛的人来说，Bowen无疑就是那白纸上的黑点。对于他来说，比赛可不是空对空的，而是实实在在的肉搏战。场上的时时刻刻都是寸土必争，不容退让。这或许有点野蛮，Bowen也清楚这一点。不过你知道么？他不会因此而改变自己。
“这没什么，”他轻描淡写的说道，“我的目标就是防住对方最好的球员。当你不断努力试图提高自己的球技时，你需要不断寻找新的目标来提升自己。当对上东部的那些球员时，我一定会竭尽全力，因为每年只能碰到他们2次。我可不希望他们回家的时候会这样想，‘Yeah，我搞定他了。’而对于西部的那些球员，他们有时候会在我面前打得特别出色，不过我能经常对上他们，所以下一次我也许就能把债讨回来了。”
当然，有些时候，太过熟悉彼此也会带来一些麻烦的。好比说，Bowen同Ray Allen之间的“恩恩怨怨”。这要追溯到去年春天那场针尖对麦芒的令人窒息的比赛了。那时，在西部的第二轮季后赛中，Bowen竭尽全力来看防Allen。然后，Allen就又开始重复他已经唠叨了好几个赛季的陈词滥调：“Bruce Bowen是个肮脏的球员。”对此，Bowen做出了自己的回应。他表示他确实在比赛中同对方有很多身体接触，但并没有超出规则所允许的范围。在他看来，像Allen这样的球员当然希望能在场上跑出空档然后接到传球完成投篮，而这正是Bowen所要竭力阻止的。“碰撞和对抗本来就是比赛的一部分，”Bowen说，“当进攻球员靠一些小动作来获得空档的时候，他们可不会说什么。”
而今年三月，两人的恩怨又再起波澜。在西雅图的一场比赛中，Bowen又和Allen发生了口角。两人互相攻击，而后一同摔到了地上，Bowen脚踢了Allen的背。他被吹了一个技术犯规，后又被联盟追加处罚10000美元。之后Bowen作出了道歉——他说：“我确实踢到了他，对此我很抱歉。”——但在这种情况下，Allen却并没有表现出应有的风度。“这球真是打的太脏了，”Ray说，“这是完全、彻彻底底的肮脏的篮球。你们都已经快把我们在过去几年的较量汇编成册了吧，我并不介意竞争，也不会逃避在球场的两端都和某人对位……但当有人拿肘子打人，在别人倒地的时候踢人，那么这就是彻底的肮脏了，我不会尊敬那样的人。”
哦，但他应该尊重Bowen的。不喜欢他？这很好理解。但尊重？这可就费思量了。每次防守时，Bowen总是很把前臂靠到对手的背上，动作非常干净，而他所得到的回报则是球衣被拉扯或是对手将他“温柔”的推开。更不用说每次对方在进攻中设置掩护时，他必须小心翼翼，从而不被对手掩护时伸出的胳膊打到。关于Bowen，欣赏他？当然不会。但是尊重他？靠，这难道不应该么？
而不管怎么看，下面这次谈话似乎都像是无稽之谈。美国篮球08奥运代表队选拔委员会的主席Jerry Colangelo日前征询了Bowen的意见，想知道他是否有兴趣代表美国队出战奥运会。开玩笑么？或许Bowen应该为能在美国队拥有一席之地而跑到天安门广场上高喊“打倒资本主义”的口号？“能同Colangelo先生一起坐下来交谈，并听到他告诉我有关他所计划的那些事情，这太令人激动了，”Bowen说道。是的，就是这样的，他是这是“令人激动的”。一个已经拥有2枚总冠军戒指的球员终于收到了来自祖国的召唤——Bowen就是这一事件的最佳例证。在篮球世界中，要证明一个球员的实力，还能有比为美国国家队效力来的更有说服力的么？在04年耻辱性的仅得到铜牌之后，显然人们开始意识到，比之别国的队伍，美国队各个球员的风格相差过大，互相的磨合也并不理想，因而他们认为有必要在球队中增加一些有经验的老将了。或者说，好歹至少增加一个老将吧。他们需要有人去防守欧洲的那些神投手以及南美的那些外线火炮。尽管Bowen的打球风格也许会在国际赛场上造成冲突，但美国队需要他这样的球员。而他，也希望得到来自祖国的召唤。
“有些人经常代表国家出战，因而他们也就没有如此强烈的感觉了，因为他们已经干了很长时间了，”Bowen说，“我曾经同Hedo Turkoglu谈过，他说，‘今年夏天我不希望代表国家出战(世锦赛)。我希望休息。’Tony Parker也为国效力了很长时间，我不清楚他是否和我有同样的感受，因为我曾经为此而努力了相当长的时间。对我来说这就像是个终极目标，那就是要把金牌带回家。”
不过现在，Bowen还将继续努力以帮助马刺为圣安东尼奥带回又一个总冠军。他还将照旧做着那些2001年加入球队以来就一直做的事情。对于Bowen和马刺来说，二者的结合可谓天衣无缝。Bowen防守出色，并能时不时的在外线施放冷箭。而主教练Gregg Popovich恰好喜爱防守，并且他需要有球员能在外线提供火力，来帮助内线被对方严密包夹的Duncan。正因为如此，马刺才会将Bowen作为先发的小前锋，或许在联盟中没有几个球队能做到这一点。
不妨好好想想。他的风格是独一无二的，因而很多体系对他来说都是不合适的。球队中有3名球员能得到两位数的得分。虽然Bowen也能做到这一点，但马刺并不需要他这么做。因为他的身边有Duncan、Ginobili和Parker。Bowen并不介意在进攻端成为多余的人，因为他知道相比简单的技术统计，如何赢得冠军奖杯才是最重要的事情。这听起来有点扯淡，但究竟有多少NBA球员能全心全意不计回报的为球队服务？为了胜利？为了奖杯？
“我同其他许多球员最大的一点不同就是，他们仅仅用眼睛去看东西，”Bowen说，“他们认为如果他们每场比赛能得到30分，那么他们就能得到一份大合同，同时名声远扬。但他们并没有意识到，如果我们以一个团队来工作的话，那么每个人都会得到应有的荣誉。”
尽管如此，Bowen还是很难得到别人的赞誉。那个“肮脏的球员”的标签始终挥之不去，而在他同Allen的纠纷之后，看起来这就更加难以平息了。去年客场对阵新泽西的时候，Vince Carter声称当他跳起投篮的时候，Bowen把脚垫在下面试图弄伤他，而这个动作同之前一个赛季Carter在多伦多时，使其受伤的动作十分相象。Bowen并不否认他打的防守非常具有侵略性，并伴随着很多的身体接触。但他表示，媒体总是不能公平的看待事情，他们的那些指责很多都是夸大其词的，而这种放大镜式的报道也迫使他在球场上做动作时必须更加小心谨慎。“当我上场的时候，我会对自己说，Bruce，你知道的，他们在那边看着你呢，”他说，“我不得不做到尽善尽美。”
这几乎是不可能实现的，因而Bowen总是为此而付出百分之二百的努力。对手抱怨他打得太粗野——那就当作是侧面的赞扬好了。在一次又一次类似的言论之后，你也许会在脑海中听到他朝自己傻笑，“想要打得舒服一些么？去玩溜冰吧。”但实际上他并没有这么说。他只是默默的努力工作，始终坚持如一。而当他得到些许的尊重之后——即使是有一些奇怪——这一切都变得值得了。去年的ESPY颁奖典礼上，他碰到了爱国者队的Rodney Harrison，后者也是个防守大师。Bowen说当他见到Harrison的时候他很激动，但他还没来得及说话，Harrison就先开口了。“他说：‘我喜欢你防守的风格。’”Bowen大笑着说道。他几乎无法相信这一点。因为人们注意到了他的努力。他们真的注意到了。迎合大众还是特立独行？这并不矛盾。对于Bruce Bowen来说，鱼和熊掌，二者皆可得。
最后，我还要说一句：
“6月14号——Bruce Bowen 35周岁的生日。生日快乐，Bruce。哦对了，不管Ray Allen送你什么礼物，可千万不要打开哦。”
[[i] 本帖最后由 Super→ManU 于 2006-6-15 01:39 编辑 [/i]] :girl: this is from the new slam mag w/ greg oden on the cover that i thought i'd scan & post. it's my favorite b-ball mag, cuz i can't picture espn giving feaures stories to guys like bowen, but his name is shown on the cover of slam as a feature. he's not attractive to the casual fan, but true b-ball fans appreciate or respect what he does. hope you enjoy the read:
BRUCE ALMIGHTY - In Bruce we Trust
He strikes the fear of God into opposing swingmen, many of whom are left cursing his name.* Dirty? Maybe. But calling Bruce Bowen anything less than the league's best lockdown defender would be blasphemy.
Written by: Michael Bradley
For Bruce Bowen, it comes down to a simple choice: Popularity or legitimacy? The Olympics are in front of him. The NBA championships are behind him. His family is with him always. His work is the hard stuff, for which he receives little positive attention and plenty of hate. But he fights on, every night, knowing that while his teammates may get a break here and there, his challenges never stop. In a League where the high score is almost always celebrated, he is an anti-hero. Almost a pop-up ad screaming "I hate this game!" on the NBA screen. Relentless, unapologetic defense? In the League? In the fourth quarter, of course. But not every minute. And definitely not on The Stars. Popularity or legitimacy?
Leave him alone every night, and he might just get you 20. Not that he would feel all that good about it. There's a noble quality to what Bowen does, toiling on at sports' ultimate thankless task, absorbing body blows from those frustrated types who call him "dirty," or worse. When he's finished at the office, he's earned his paycheck, and that's fulfilling. Better still, he's helped the team, not just himself. San Antonio doesn't win two championships in the last three years without Tim Duncan. Or Tony and Manu. And definitely not without Bruce Bowen.
It's been one crazy second act, this defensive thing. Like everybody else, he wanted to be a scorer. He sure lit up the French League back in '95 and '96, scoring 30 a game for Eclair, or whatever that team was called, and 25 for Escargot. Even rocked it a little in the CBA. But once Bowen made it to the big time, he learned there had better be something more to his name than a step-slow offensive game. "In Europe and the CBA, if I could stop my guy from scoring and could still score myself, it would bring attention to me," Bowen says. "It would help out in the process of elimination."
But the idea of being the full-fledged stopper, the guy who shut down everybody, well, that didn't start brewing until he landed in Miami. They told Bowen to look around at Zo and Majerle and Hardaway and Mash and figure out how many plays would be run for him. You want to stay in the League? Find another way. So, he did. "I found something I could do that others didn't care about," Bowen says.
Now they care. In San Antonio, they really care. And around the League, wing guards and small forwards most definitely care, because they know a game with the Spurs means 40 or so minutes of rugby on the hardwood. A lot of the guys Bowen guards probably chose hoops because there wasn't supposed to be much contact. Instead, they get an evening with the octopus, trying to shake loose long enough to squeeze off a few unmolested shots and hoping the video presents a case strong enough to bring assault charges. In a game sold on grace and beauty, Bowen is a definite changeup. For him, the game is not played in the air, but in the trenches. Ground is given grudgingly and never without a fight. It's almost barbaric, and Bowen knows it. But guess what? He isn't changing.
"It is what it is," he says simply. "I look forward to going up against the top talent. Whenever you continue to try to perfect your craft, you look for things to improve your craft. When I see an individual on the East Coast only two times a year, I have to do my best. I don't want him to go back home thinking, 'Yeah, I got him.' Out here in the West, some guys have gotten the best of me, but I see them more often and can get another crack at them."
Sometimes, that familiarity can lead to trouble. Take, for example, Bowen's "relationship" with Ray Allen. It grew from a heated man-to-man showdown into a Celebrity Death Match last spring, when Bowen used all of his powers to stifle Allen during the second round of the Western Conference playoffs. Afterward, Allen reiterated a refrain that he has sung for a couple seasons: "Bruce Bowen is a dirty player." Bowen disputes Allen's claim, allowing that he plays physically but doesn't cross the line. To him, a jump shooter like Allen wants free passage around the court, something Bowen isn't about to give. "Bumping and grinding are part of the game," Bowen says. "When an offensive player does some tricky things to get open, nothing is said,"
Plenty was said this March, after Bowen had another altercation with Allen during a game in Seattle. The two j players had hit the deck, and Bowen kicked Allen in the back while they were down. He was assessed a technical foul and later fined 10 large by the League. Bowen did apologize—"I did what I did, and I'm sorry for that," he said—but Allen wasn't at all cool with the situation.
"It's just dirty basketball," Ray said. "It's plain, outright, dirty basketball. You guys have chronicled our battles over the last couple of years, and I don't mind the competition, someone going at me on both ends of the floor… But when guys start throwing elbows and kick you when you're down, that's dirty basketball, and I don't respect guys like that."
Oh, but he should respect Bowen. Don't like him? That makes sense. But respect? That has to come. For every forearm Bowen so neatly applies to an opponent's back, he gets a pulled jersey or "gentle" push in return. And don't even talk about those headhunting screens he must avoid every possession. (Damn right! Nobody talks about this) Affection? Definitely not. But respect? Hell, yes.
It was, by all accounts, a ridiculous conversation. Here was Jerry Colangelo, head of USA Basketball's selection committee for the '08 Olympics, sitting down to see if Bowen had interest in playing for Team USA. Are you kidding? Bowen would shout capitalist slogans in Tiananmen Square for a shot at a place on the team. "It was so exciting to sit down with Mr. Colangelo and have him tell j me the things he has planned," Bowen says. Yeah, that's right; he said it was "exciting." A big-time NBA player with two rings is actually juiced about playing for his country. In Bowen's case, it makes perfect sense. Can there be a greater stamp of approval from the basketball world than a berth on America's Team? After the '04 bronze medal debacle, when it became clear that the version of ball played over here isn't quite compatible with the form practiced abroad, somebody must have thought it was time to get some grown-ups on the team. Or one, at least. Someone who would D up all those Euroshooters and disarm South American snipers. There's always the risk that Bowen's style might spawn an international incident, but the US needs someone like him. And he wants to be needed.
"Some other guys who represent their countries more frequently don't realize what they do, because they've done it for a long time," Bowen says. "I was talking with Hedo Turkoglu, and he said, 'I don't want to play for my country this summer [in the World Championships]. I want to rest.' Tony Parker has been doing it so long, I don't know if he feels the same way I do because of the struggle I've had. It's the ultimate for me, to bring the gold back home."
Until then, Bowen will continue his work to help the Spurs bring another title to San Antonio. He'll do it the same way he has since joining the team in 2001. It's a perfect marriage. Bowen plays defense and hits the occasional outside shot for a coach, Gregg Popovich, who loves defense and knows he needs the longball threat to keep people from crowding Duncan. It makes sense that the Spurs are one of the few teams in the League who would be happy to start Bowen.
Think about it. His is a unique style that wouldn't fit with some systems. Three men are supposed to score in double figures. Bowen could do that, but San Antonio doesn't need it. That's why Duncan and Ginobili and Parker are around. Bowen doesn't mind being a spare part on the offensive end, because he understands how important it is to play for the prize, rather than the stats. Sounds like a cliché, but how many NBA players are really committed to the team? To the win? To the trophy?
"To me, the biggest problem with a lot of players is that they look at things only through their eyes," Bowen says. "They think that if they average 30 a game, they'll get the big contract and the notoriety. They don't realize that if we do it as a team, everybody gets the credit."
Not that Bowen is always getting pats on the back. The whole "dirty player" issue continues to dog him and certainly wasn't quieted by his actions against Allen; Vince Carter says Bowen tried to injure him by setting up underneath Carter while he shot a jumper in Jersey last year—a play similar to the one in Toronto that ended Vince's season the year before. Bowen doesn't hide from the fact that he plays physical, relentless defense, but he says the accusations have been fueled by media members who won't look at both sides, and that the scrutiny forces him to be careful about what he does on the court. "I get on myself and say, Bruce, you know they're watching you," he says. "I have to be almost perfect."
That's impossible, so Bowen settles for maximum effort. For the backhanded compliment of an opponent's complaining that he's too physical or rough. You can almost hear him smirking to himself, after another round of that talk, "You want it easy? Try figure skating." But he doesn't. He keeps working hard. Keeps on showing up. And when he gets some respect—even from an odd source—it's all worthwhile. At last year's ESPY Awards, he ran into Patriots safety Rodney Harrison, himself a master of the dark defensive arts. Bowen says he was excited to meet Harrison, but before he could say a thing, Harrison started. "He said, 'I love the way you play defense,'" Bowen laughs. He couldn't believe it. People are paying attention. They do notice. Popularity or legitimacy? No contest. For Bruce Bowen, it's both.
oh, and a gem from their "this month in basketball' section:
"6/14 - Happy 35th birthday, Bruce Bowen. Whatever Ray Allen got you, DO NOT open it." “6月14号——Bruce Bowen 35周岁的生日。生日快乐，Bruce。哦对了，不管Ray Allen送你什么礼物，可千万不要打开哦。”
。。。。 35拉 嗯 防守者上了岁数就靠经验了 下一个就是7.28 MANU~~~~~~~~~ 老子讨厌他，准备删贴 呵呵,ALLEN碰到BOWEN可要头疼啦~ [quote]原帖由 [i]大蔚的结论[/i] 于 2006-6-15 17:34 发表
老子讨厌他，准备删贴 [/quote]
同意,删掉吧 下一个就是7.28 MANU~~~~~~~~~
还有段时间 [quote]原帖由 [i]Super→ManU[/i] 于 2006-6-15 06:00 发表
下一个就是7.28 MANU~~~~~~~~~ [/quote]
NO NO no
下一个是偶!!
6.22!!:bad_smile :cool: 7.5 udrih 小武郎只记的马刺的人。。。 小武郎只记的马刺的人。。。 是的
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