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http://lakeshowlife.com/2013/11/10/invisible-games-pau-gasol/

His difficulties cannot be hidden. He cannot do what he used to do, not at his age, not against younger, more athletic bodies. He has lost a level of explosiveness. His elevation is affected by injuries. Add to that he is not American born, not raised in a cultural world that honors winning over everything. Lately Pau Gasol appears abandoned. The very nature of his game, his incredible skill, has been left behind somewhere. There is a line that is crossed when you realize you have left the world of greatness behind and are just another good player. That is the world Pau Gasol has just entered.

These days Pau treats every offensive possession as if he no longer has the ability to see his hands. He has lost confidence. He runs from the ball and from the moment. He admits to being a changed player. But there is a distinction to be made between a loss of elevation and a death of desire. Pau used to have an expression when he was on the court, a fierceness that seemed to bleed from his eyes. It was the only way you knew of the fire he had inside of him. Now he has the blank stare of someone who is not connected to much of anything anymore. It is similar to the passive look he had when he was playing out the days in Memphis. Perhaps that is what it has come to now, this twelfth year in the NBA. Pau is waiting it out, going through the hardships of a grueling season by remaining aloof and detached just in case what is coming is a disaster. He has the look of a person who is satisfied he got this far.

Pau’s bread and butter has always been his offensive skill set, his array of moves, his competency. Unlike Dwight Howard, Pau could get you a bucket when you needed one most. Until recently that is. He is woefully compromised. He cannot score. Outside of Tim Duncan, Pau is the most skilled big man of his generation. Duncan is 37 and is still as effective and as motivated as he was five years ago. His desire has not died.

Pau’s skills seemed to have eroded overnight. He looks like some watered down version of a European center. He has struggled for a variety of reasons. It has been a tough early schedule. Pau had to go up against Andrew Bogut and Tiago Splitter, both seven feet and younger. He had to defend athletes like DeAndre Jordan, Dwight Howard and Anthony Davis. Once again, younger players. Recently, Chris Webber said Pau was no longer an elite player and it is hard to argue with that evaluation. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that Pau has been playing basketball a long time. Pau has a variety of global interests away from his basketball career. Perhaps he has reached that point in his career in which it is just not that important to him anymore.
Perhaps he is old; when big men go they go in a hurry. Perhaps his knees are shot. Perhaps he is exhausted from all the scorn. Watching him these last three games has been a lesson in grief. It is watching a person trying to hang on to something that they themselves have buried. Sure, the 35% shooting nights, the blocked shots, the turnovers, seem to signal a significant change for the worse but what Pau did these past three games that was truly stunning was to play as if he did not want to be there.

There is a theory. It says Pau is dependent upon Kobe. He needs Kobe’s willfulness and drive and punishment. Kobe makes him better because Kobe elevates Pau from the inside out. Beneath a perfectionists glare Pau is able to rise to another level, to ratchet up his intensity. Without Kobe on the floor, playing with a group of good guys but average players at best, Pau wanders in and out of games, losing focus. Once Kobe returns Pau will return. That is what many think. That is a reasonable explanation to what we have been seeing but there is something a little disturbing about a veteran who cannot take advantage of an opportunity. With Dwight gone and with Kobe gone Pau was expected to assert his will and excellence upon opposing centers.

There is a competing theory. When Kobe is on the floor he makes up for other players flaws and mistakes. The consequence of his brilliance is that everything revolves around him. You just don’t notice the rest of it. Maybe this is the natural Pau progression that we had not given much thought to or even noticed until the glare of Kobe was gone.

It is easy to overact to what you see. Phil Jackson used to have a rule. Don’t judge a team until twenty games. That is when you know what you have and what you don’t have. It makes sense and yet a lot of life is an eye test. You know what you know because you see what you see. In Pau we see disinterest and age and a bridge to nowhere. He is not posting up anymore, not even setting up on the block. You cannot blame D’antoni’s offense. Jordan Hill does not seem to have a problem asserting himself close to the rim.

n a way it seems like a trick, like something not true. He is the Lakers co-captain. Before the first game of the season Pau greeted the fans and talked about having a great year. He is the one who is supposed to be holding things together until Kobe’s return. He is the two time champion. By the very nature of his accomplishments, he is the one person who is supposed to set the tone, maintain confidence, encourage the defeated, provide the glue. But of course to do all that he has to care. It is the basic value of competition. It has to mean something to you. At this point it is irrelevant if he is an elite player or not. The question remains: is he a competing player? An effective player? A motivated player?

Anyone can have a stretch of bad games.
It happens as you get older. But Pau’s body language on the court seem to suggest something else, that he is not playing hard, not playing for himself, not sacrificing for his teammates. He talks about the things he needs to do to compensate for what has been lost over the duration of his career. But even then, in his analysis, there is a sense that he is intellectualizing his faults instead of trying to overcome them. It is as if he still doesn’t understand that what the Lakers need out of him is fight, and grit. And a lot of heart. But this is the thing that is more overwhelming for Pau and for the Lakers too. Ten years ago basketball was one thing. Today it is another. Pau may never ever be what he used to be. What you see now may be all there is.

是我理解偏差还是怎么滴，我怎么看着感觉这么消极
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字太多又是英文… 无奈啊救命啊天阿求翻译!

他的困难已经不能隐藏。他不能做他曾经做过的事，不在年轻，不再有一个充满活力的身体。
他已经失去了一个水平的爆发力。水准受到了伤害。又由于他不是美国人，不是成长在一个文化的世界，肃然赢得了一切荣誉。
最近，加索尔似乎放弃了。他令人难以置信的能力，已被抛在后面的某个地方。
有一条线穿过当你意识到你已经离开世界后，伟大的只是一个好球员。
这是加索尔刚进入世界。
这些天，保罗对待每一个进攻好像他再也没有看到他手的能力。
他已经失去了信心。他从球的那一刻起。他承认自己是一个改变的球员。但是有一个区别是一个海拔损失和死亡之间的欲望。保罗曾表达他在场上的时候，一只凶猛，似乎从他的眼睛流血。这是你知道的他在他的火的唯一途径。现在他有了那些没有连接到任何东西了空白的注视。它类似于被动的看他时，他正在在孟菲斯的日子。也许这就是它已经到了现在，这第十二年的NBA。加索尔是等待出来，经过一个艰苦的赛季剩余的冷漠和超然的艰辛以防万一，什么是未来的灾难。他有一个人谁是满足他走了这么远看。
迈克德安东尼明确对加索尔他的思想在赛季开始前。加索尔有全明星的一年。只有这样，湖人达到他们的目标。在本赛季的第一场比赛，相匹配的德安德鲁-乔丹的快船，加索尔打41%。他的照片是在外线。在加索尔的接下来的六场比赛，他是主管或可怕的。他拍了50%，47%，27%，44%，10%，25%。他的失误一样不稳定。他开始与五。他有三个，两个，三个，三个，零，零。一致贯穿他所有的统计是，加索尔仍然是一个有效的篮板。通过前六场比赛中他场均十个篮板。但这就是他现在是，一个篮板？是，你能说的最好的事情？
他的职业生涯平均51%的命中率，18分，9个篮板。今年，作为主要的进攻威胁，投篮命中率为35%，平均每场12分，10个篮板。眨眼和一个伟大的球员成为一个普通的球员。一名球员的价值突然损坏。
加索尔的面包和黄油一直是他的进攻技能，他一系列的动作，他的能力。不像德怀特霍华德，加索尔可以给你弄一桶时，你最需要的。直到最近。他完全妥协。他不能得分。提姆邓肯在外面，加索尔是他这一代最熟练的大男人。邓肯是37，仍然是有效的和积极的为他五年前。

任何人都可以有一段不好的比赛。
这确实是由于年龄所造成，但是加索尔的身体语言，似乎暗示的东西，他是不是很难打，牺牲自己，为队友。他说他需要补偿已经在他职业生涯的时间失去的东西。
但是，在他的分析中，有一种感觉，他是机制的，他的缺点
没有试图克服它们。这是因为如果他仍然不明白，
湖人需要的是勇气和他战斗意志，和很多的心。十年前，篮球是一回事。今天是另一个。
加索尔可能永远不会知道他曾经是怎样。你现在看到的又是怎样.......

感觉高端黑啊

发这么多英文简直惨不忍睹！