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By Matt Fitzgerald (Featured Columnist) on October 8, 2012

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New Houston Rockets point guard Jeremy Lin has certainly heard the chatter
from his former New York Knicks teammates who have downplayed his abilities
in various ways. With a fresh start and a team that will look to him as a
leader, Lin will prove them wrong.

揪咪林肯定已經聽到前隊友們批評他的話，而他會證明那些話是錯的

To start, we will backtrack to what Newsday reporter Rod Boone tweeted in
July. New York superstar Carmelo Anthony responded to Boone's inquiry of
Lin's pending contract situation, and whether the Knicks would match the
Rockets' offer.

首先是在尼克還在考慮是否跟進火箭隊的毒藥合約時，Melo竟然形容這合約ridiculous

It seemed to be a little more than just sour grapes for Melo, who was
overshadowed by the "Linsanity" movement that took Madison Square Garden by
storm in 2011-12. Anthony should be even more bitter now, with the likes of
first-round bust Raymond Felton and the aging future Hall of Famer Jason Kidd
running the offense.

去年球季都籠罩在"林來瘋"的陰影下，Melo這樣說可能有點酸葡萄心理

但當 Melo 見到 Felton 和 Kidd 的進攻端的能力後，現在應該更心酸了

Bringing Felton back for a second stint in New York was one of the biggest
head-scratchers of the offseason. Perhaps Kidd can teach him a thing or two,
but Lin was a far better option than both players, taking into account the
respective points of all their careers.

把 Felton 帶回紐約是個讓人不解的決定

考量到各自的特點，林比 Felton 和 Kidd 都好上太多

Now onto Chandler's chime-in. According to a post by Matt Shetler of SI.com's
Buckets Over Broadway Knicks blog, Lin couldn't run the offense last season.

Jeremy was a young point guard who was inexperienced, who brought a great
light to the organization. But as far as being able to run the offense and
putting players in the right position he just wasn’t there. We got some
veteran point guards that are capable of doing that.

Chandler 也加入批評的行列，他認為 Lin 在上個球季沒辦法順利引導球隊進攻

這個球季他們得到有經驗的控衛可以做這件事

Far be it from me to question the opinion of a Team USA member, but if given
the choice between Felton and Kidd or Lin to be my hypothetical franchise's
point guard, how could an argument possibly be made for the former duo?

假設只能在 Lin Felton Kidd 這三人中挑一個出來當控衛

難道會有人跳出來爭論 Felton 和 Kidd 比較適合?

In any event, Lin gets to move on to a team and a coach that believe in him.

揪咪需要去一個球隊和教練都相信他的地方!

Head coach Kevin McHale had glowing things to say about Lin in a New York
Post story by Marc Berman, and he emphasized that the young point guard still
has much to learn about the game.

McHale stated that he wants him to truly learn the offense, but still be a
"basketball player," which implies Lin needs to use his savvy instincts to
make plays for his teammates but that he also must do a little bit of
everything.

火箭隊的教練 McHale 強調林書豪還有很多需要學習的地方

他希望揪咪可以徹底融入進攻戰術中，利用他超高的悟性替隊友製造得分機會

同時在各方面都必須幫上球隊一些

There's no doubt he's still a work in progress—particularly on defense—but
he is surrounded by a ton of young talent, since the Rockets had three
first-round picks.

2-guard Jeremy Lamb and forwards Terrence Jones and Royce White will get to
develop alongside Lin, who keyed an outstanding run for the Knicks last
season even without Anthony and fellow superstar Amar'e Stoudemire in the
lineup for the beginning.

揪咪還在學習當中，尤其他的防守

但火箭隊有三個深具潛力的球員在他身邊幫助他

His knack for getting to the bucket should open up chances for Lamb and Kevin
Martin from beyond the arc.

The passing ability of White and the mismatches Jones can create with his
athleticism and size should produce a symbiotic relationship between Lin and
his rookie teammates, and this should speed up their development processes.

Lin 切入攻擊籃框的能力可以創造 Lamb 和 Martin 在三分線外的投射機會

White 的傳球能力與 Jones 造成錯位的能力可以跟 Lin 相輔相成

這些因素使得揪咪和他的菜鳥隊友們可以學得更快

This Rockets team is stacked for the future, while the Knicks will be
struggling in a couple years with major salary cap issues. According to
HoopsHype.com, both Anthony and Stoudemire will be paid over $23 million in
salary, and Chandler will make just over $14.5 million.

By then, the Knicks will likely be in disarray if they haven't made a deep
playoff run with that trio, and Lin's critical teammates will be eating their
words.

火箭有著充滿希望的未來，而尼克卻被三巨頭龐大的薪資所困

之後尼克很可能難以擺脫季後賽早早打包的命運

到那個時候，前隊友們會把他們說過的話收回去

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