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11月17日

美梦惊醒

某人说受不了偶的space用英语写,所以偶决定这次改为汉语,当然不代表以后一直用汉语。还有,崇拜某某人在自己的blog上灌水,赞。
现在我应该再写我的econ 57考试,但是一直想发牢骚,所以作业就归到一边。
本人的生活极其单调,除了学习和同学,家人以外,我的生命中还有两样东西,足球和篮球。(最近又加了网球,后话)在美国,本人对足球的追求转化成了对实况的执著,因为美国人不爱足球。对篮球,自然,每周的转播必看。
国人在网上每天姚蜜,姚黑的,让人看着烦。但这个赛季我也确确实实的在开赛的前两周作了一个美梦,直到马刺狠狠的将我刺醒。
赛季的前几场比赛,姚明着实给广大篮球迷,姚迷一个惊喜,在麦蒂一蹶不振,彻底成为火箭的“蒂”的时候,连续几场带领火箭打出了漂亮的胜仗。尤其是大胜dallas,然后用三分钟将miami掀翻,姚明更是在奥尼尔的头上拿下了35分和十个篮板(垃圾时间的那四个就不算了)。连我都在和奥蜜争论谁是第一中锋。
nba的问题是,无论多么弱的队都有机会赢每场比赛,所以当你以很大的优势赢了一只很强的队伍,你就要考虑是不是真正实力的体现。dallas开局5负0胜,miami的老头子们还沉湎在去年的喜悦当中,所以,当火箭来到圣安东尼奥时,他们知道,这才是他们最需要赢的一场比赛。而当他们第三节领先19分的时候,坐在计算机旁听比赛的我也在为他们激动。随之而来的三分钟好像中国足球的黑色三分钟,马刺21:2的高潮彻底将休士顿人的美梦打入了十八层地狱。
输比赛是可以接受的,但是这样输掉一场如此重要的比赛,确确实实一点颜面都没有留给火箭。姚明更是一场比赛只拿了4,5个篮板。
火箭的最大问题,不在球员的不积极,而在教练。范秃子又一次如坐针毡。火箭自从汤帅下课后,开始患一种很怪的病,他们可以在三节里命中率达到70%,然后突然找不到手感,将大优势拱手让给别人。我想范秃子是难辞其咎的。最简单的例子,对公牛的比赛,最后连续三次界外球火箭叫了同样的战术,结果被逼得叫了两次暂停。范甘迪在纽约时有尤因,有超级业余斯塔克斯,难道他真的认为姚明能达到尤因的高度,而这个伤痕累累,又偏爱在外面扔三分的麦蒂能有当初那个在乔丹头上扣篮的斯塔克斯的用处吗?难道他不知道不论联盟如何强调防守,真正赢球的方法只有一个,那就是进攻吗?火箭连续几场失掉大优势,难道真的只怪球员没有手感,集体进冰窖吗?难道将韦德换了麦蒂就能解决火箭的所有问题吗?还是范秃子应该好好想想自己是否有些迷信防守,何况火箭这些人又不是真的防守专家。
至于姚明,163,nba官方网站上都在放糖衣炮弹,说他是联盟里最具统治力的中锋,也许吧,因为这个联盟实在没有传统意义上的中锋。但统治力难道只是一场三十多分,命中率50%就够了吗?姚明的生理条件预示了他可以成为一名好中锋,但同时也注定了他不可能成为像大梦一样具有统治力的中锋,一场比赛队友传他30次球让他投,得不了30分只能说明他效率太低。真正的统治力,并不指得分的多少,而是得分的把握。如果在九五年,火箭在比赛的最后20秒落后一分,球交到大梦的手里,火箭其他人可以跑回自己的半场等着胜利。现在姚明可以吗?看看他在最后几分钟的失误率吧。
对于一个7尺6寸的中锋,一场比赛二十个篮板都不为过,诚然,姚明也有17,20个篮板的表现,但是当一场比赛只有5到7个篮板的时候,就该反省一下了。麦蒂有时是火箭单场篮板最多的球员,姚明,你还有脸见人吗?前两个赛季,姚明场均17,8分,7,8个篮板。设想,他只需要再抢下三个进攻篮板,然后扣进,得分就很轻松可以上20。
姚明在这几年的力量训练有了明显的效果,再也不是以前那个电线杆了。但是他永远不可能达到nba标准的,就是他的上肢力量。如果弹跳可以用高度弥补的话,姚明抢篮板的最大障碍就是他的上肢力量,而这又是他无法改变的。詹姆斯,韦德之所以神勇,就是因为他们可以随时在三分线开始,一次运球,然后将球抱住,两步跨到篮底,在两个人的拉扯和一个人的撞击下,把球投进。姚明呢?如果有人在网上听houston广播的火箭比赛,每场比赛必有5,6次,解说员会说,“Yao for the rebound,tipping it up, tipping it up, finally got it, had it knocked out of his hands, out of bounds, houston ball." 如果说前几次的跳可以以弹跳不好为理由,那么抢到篮板被拍出去难道还有什么理由吗?篮球这项运动最美的地方,除了像2001的国王队那样真正的向世人诠释什么是艺术,和像乔丹大帝那样一锤定音外,就是如何利用身体接触。而上身的接触又是最多,最不可避免,也因此最重要的,而这恰恰是姚明一个无法弥补的要害。为什么他每场比赛没有几次扣篮,就是因为他要扣篮的时候,经常被别人在后面挤一下,球就脱手了。真的所有责任都归给他吗不努力,不认真,体能不好吗?Nba里如果姚明不算努力,又有谁努力呢?
道森,真该考虑一下了,范秃子真的还有留下的价值吗?对于休斯敦这样一只必须为姚明降下速度的球队,半场的进攻就更显得重要。太阳队那些三分疯子们在纳什不在场上,进攻停滞时都投不进球,何况休斯敦这些三流球员呢?范甘迪也许跟尤因一样被乔丹害了,但是凭着当年的Knicks,难道在莱利的带领下他们就真的无法战胜公牛吗?
姚明会是一个很出色的中锋,因为他有7尺6寸,他已经是了,但他永远不可能做到历史上那些顶级中锋做到的事,同样因为他是7尺六寸的中国人。就像当年的王治郅,难道他真的坚持打了内线,老尼尔森就会让他打主力,他就会成为明星吗?成为小牛的百分投手是他的悲剧,但他又能做什么呢?诺天王不也是投三分出的名吗?
就像今年斯坦科维奇杯上的中美对抗中的一幕那样,当时美国队抢到防守篮板,球交给詹姆斯快攻,王仕鹏(具体是谁记不住的,反正是个后卫)在边线逮到了詹姆斯,要断球,但身体一靠上詹姆斯就被挤到了场中央。中国打世界高水平球队打不赢,最主要的问题不是体力和技术,而是身体素质,就如同中国足球队一样。(当然,足球国家队的问题远不止这些。)
姚迷们,醒来吧。我们还要一如既往的给火箭加油,但是不要被胜利和数据冲昏了头脑。姚明,我们支持你。
11月7日

everyone is unique, just like everyone else.

SO excited. Nov 6th, 2006, the day that I got my first salary. A little bit late by my standards, but still enough to get excited about, although everytime I go into that tutoring room I don't exactly feel too good, since Tim is always there, and the students are saying that if TIm quit tutoring, they are going to find where he lives and go to his appartment and ask him. Sometimes as much as I appreciate him and his genius, when I hear stuff like that, there is still some mixed up feeling in my heart that doesn't make me feel that good. But well, he IS GOOD. SO I guess I'll just shut up and do my job and don't think about him. Now I start to understand why categorizing people hurts people's feelings.
Thinking about what courses I am going to take next semester, it seems like all the professors are saying that courses in their own department are amazing. I am just fed up with all the econ courses, but I might take Econometrics, or simply just audit for it. After second thought, Complex variables will not be a choice. Really want to get all my perspectives filled up, and I have decided not to take Modern Algebra 1, because 2 is not offered till next year, and I don't feel like skipping half a year and withstanding the possibility of a faculty change in that course. Reason why I am taking 2? Because I don't think I'll feel too good if I get out of the math department without taking morris, after hearing liching talking so much about him and his course, and personally being his advisee.
  The Boston trip last week was pretty good. Although it was a little too much to do for a half day. We started out at 8 in the morning, then got to Boston at 11 ,went to eat dim sum for brunch, which was pretty good. Then I seperated from them. Everyone else went to Harvard Sq, and I went to BU to visit Ruiduan. Man, BU is big, I can feel that sense of competetiveness the moment I stepped into the Management School building. Such a different environment from Clark. And it's just minutes' walk away from Fenway, so I got a chance to go to Fenway as well, just for a peek from the outside. We had hotpot for dinner, it was pretty good. All we did was stuff food into our mouth as soon as possible, imagine six people eating about 9 plates of meat as well as some noodle. There was an old guy taking pictures of us, and when asked for his cause, the response was: " I am just taking pictures of interesting people. " Guess people as hungry as us don't always exist so when he does meet couple of people like us he got excited. That day we returned around 1 at night. Such a tiring day, but plenty of fun.