1.前NBA选秀榜眼贾巴里·帕克目前在巴塞罗那队征战欧洲篮坛第二个赛季,已成为球队重要球员之一。
2.帕克在一场比赛中砍下34分,创下欧洲赛场职业生涯最高分。
3.尽管经历了多次伤病,帕克仍然认为自己的人生充满意义,实现了自己的梦想。
4.他表示,能够继续打球本身就是一项成就,金钱和去过的地方对他来说并不重要。
5.帕克对巴塞罗那俱乐部充满感激之情,表示永远都会珍藏球队球衣。
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作者:亚历克斯·莫利纳
翻译:阿乐
在穿着巴塞罗那队球衣打出了他表现最佳的一场比赛后,贾巴里·帕克敞开心扉,谈及了自己的过去、现在与未来。
前NBA选秀榜眼贾巴里·帕克正在巴塞罗那队征战他在欧洲篮坛的第二个赛季。
他已成为巴塞罗那队最重要的球员之一。在对阵莫拉班克安道尔队的比赛中,他砍下了在欧洲赛场职业生涯最高的34分。之后,这位美国前锋在接受巴塞罗那俱乐部官方媒体Barça One的采访时,敞开心扉,讲述了自己的经历。
伤病是帕克NBA职业生涯的一大特点,这使得很多人对他产生了怀疑,尤其是考虑到他作为选秀榜眼以及大学时期的明星球员所承载的极高期望。
贾巴里·帕克表示:“人们说我是个悲剧故事。可我身上有什么悲剧的呢?我挣到了数百万美元,我养活了我的家人,我让家人摆脱了贫困街区的生活。那些可能写了这些故事的人,他们所取得的成就甚至还不到我所取得成就的1%。”
尽管经历了种种,他仍觉得自己的人生是充实的。
这对我来说才是重要的。至于其他的一切——金钱、我去过的地方——我甚至都没把我的选秀顺位当回事。我已经实现了自己的梦想,这对我来说才是最关键的。当然了,如果能成为NBA最优秀的球员之一那也很好,但对我而言,在这里打球也是一样的。我在这里的生活很美好,这就是为什么我会脚踏实地——没有什么是有绝对保障的。我14岁的时候本可能就放弃篮球了,而现在,我30岁了,仍然在从事着我热爱的这项运动,在欧洲篮球联赛中竞技,身处一座了不起的城市,效力于一家很棒的俱乐部。”
就像贾巴里自己所说的,仅仅是能够继续打球这件事本身就是一项成就。
“我喜欢提醒自己——我甚至都不应该还在打球了。在经历了我所经历的一切之后,还有多少人能在高水平的赛事中打球呢?我两次撕裂了前交叉韧带,还做了两次半月板修复手术。我甚至都不应该能正常走路了,但我却仍在高水平的赛场上打球。”
“我曾一度认为自己不会再为任何球队效力了。我不接经纪人的电话,他来到训练场找我,对我说:‘我从小就认识你,你得继续打球。’后来我的经纪人打电话跟我说起欧洲的事情,还问我第二天能不能赶到巴塞罗那。”
这一路走来,巴塞罗那俱乐部在他心中永远占据着一个特殊的位置。
“我从来不会把奖杯留在家里,但有一件球衣我会一直珍藏在家里,那就是巴塞罗那队的球衣。” 贾巴里·帕克总结道。
附英文原文:
After playing his best game in a Barcelona jersey, Jabari Parker opens up about his past, present, and future.
Former No. 2 NBA Draft pick Jabari Parker is playing his second season in European basketball with Barcelona.
He has become one of Barça’s most important players, and after scoring a European career-high 34 points against MoraBanc Andorra, the American forward opened up in an interview with Barça One.
Injuries marked Parker’s NBA career, leading many to doubt him, especially considering the high expectations he carried as a No. 2 draft pick and standout college player.
“People say I’m a tragic story. What’s tragic about me? I made millions of dollars, I fed my family, I brought my family out of the ghetto. Those same people who probably wrote those stories haven’t even achieved 1% of what I’ve done,” Jabari Parker said.
Despite everything, he feels fulfilled.
that matters to me. Everything else—money and the places I’ve been—I haven’t even given any importance to my draft position. I’ve fulfilled my dream; that’s all that matters to me. Of course, it would have been nice to be one of the best players in the NBA, but for me, playing here is the same. My life here is wonderful, and that’s why I keep my feet on the ground—nothing is guaranteed. I could have quit basketball at 14, and now, at 30, I’m still playing the sport I love, competing in the EuroLeague, in a spectacular city and club.”
As Jabari himself says, simply continuing to play is an achievement in itself.
“I like to remind myself—I’m not even supposed to be playing anymore. How many people are playing at a high level after what I’ve been through? I’ve torn my ACL twice, with two meniscus repairs. I shouldn’t even be walking normally, but I’m playing at a high level.”
“I was at a point where I was accepting that I wouldn’t play for any team. I wasn’t answering my agent’s calls, and he came to see me at the training ground and said, ‘I’ve known you since you were little, and you need to keep playing.’ Then my agent called me about Europe and asked if I could be in Barcelona the next day.”
This entire journey has made Barça a club that will always have a special place in his heart.
“I’ve never kept trophies at home, but the only shirt I’ll always keep at home is the Barça shirt,” Jabari Parker concluded.