他強任他強 麥基尼克楊
JaVale McGee
賈維爾·麥基McGee, after stints in Denver, Philadelphia and Dallas, signed with the Golden State Warriors in 2016. He played in 77 games last season, averaged 6.1 points and 3.2 rebounds and won a championship as a lightly used reserve.
輾轉于丹佛高原，費城和達拉斯過後，麥基在2016年選擇與勇士簽約。作爲板凳球員，麥基上賽季爲勇士出場了77場常規賽，在很少的出場時間裏，能夠得到6.1分3.2個籃板，並跟隨勇士奪得冠軍。Nick Young
楊少俠
Young bounced from the Clippers to the 76ers to the Lakers, where he spent four seasons and in 2016 was the not-so-innocent victim of a prank by then-Lakers rookie D'Angelo Russell in which Russell surreptitiously recorded Young talking about how he cheated on his then-fiancé Iggy Azalea.
楊少俠先後混跡於快船、76人，之後來到湖人隊，一呆就是4年。湖人生涯期間，他遭遇了讓人憋屈的錄音門事件：拉塞爾與隊友尼克-楊的一次私人對話視頻被曝光，尼克-楊在沒有意識自己被錄像的情況下，向拉塞爾全盤道出了自己揹着當時的未婚妻Iggy Azalea與其他女子有染的實情。The Nick & JaVale Show
楊少俠和麥基的表演He and McGee both played bench minutes this season and in the playoffs, too, though McGee managed a few shifts with the Warriors' starters. After four games of minimal contributions during the Finals, they are both NBA champions. Young wasted no time partying and hyping up their story.
除了麥基偶爾在首發陣容亮相外，楊少俠和麥基都在勇士隊扮演板凳球員的角色。儘管他們在四場總決賽上少有鮮有亮點表現，兩人還是美滋滋地躺冠了。對楊少俠來說:是時候嗨起來，是時候秀一波操作了。In November 2011, to pass the doldrums of the NBA lockout, JaVale McGee and Nick Young, then Washington Wizards teammates, shot a YouTube video in which they attempted the "CinnaMon Challenge."
2011年11月NBA停擺期間，奇才隊好基友麥基和楊少俠決定帶來一股清流洗刷無聊的歲月，於是乎他們在YouTube上傾心給我們獻上了“肉桂挑戰”（是在網絡流行起來的挑戰遊戲，參加者要求一分鐘內在不喝水的情況下生吞下一勺肉桂粉。）表演。McGee coughed up his spoonful of cinnamon, wheezing while he leaned into a sink to lap up water, as Young swallowed his share and raised his arms in victory. Within hours, video of the stunt, part of a YouTube series called "The Nick and JaVale Show", rippled through the blogosphere, triggering a heavy backlash.
挑戰過程中，麥基忍不住吐出了肉桂粉，一邊咳嗽一邊取水喝。而楊少俠卻如有神助地吞下了肉桂粉。關於他們的一些視頻 “The Nick and JaVale Show”，馬上就火起來了，尤其是他們生吞肉桂粉的騷操作，在幾個小時內就引起吃瓜觀衆地圍觀，反響強烈。
McGee and Young have long had a penchant for harmless mischief. But in their combined 21 years in the NBA, they have come to understand a curious truth: Players' behavior is perceived differently based on their teams' success.
麥基和楊少俠一直就很熱衷於表演一些“人畜無害”的操作。但這兩個老男孩在NBA呆的時間加起來已經有21年了，他們終於明白了一個奇怪的事實：球員的行爲會因球隊的成功而變得不同。Many wanted to know why, instead of working on their games, two young rotation players for one of the NBA's worst teams were goofing off on YouTube.
當他們倆在戰績不好的球隊裏時很多人都不解：這兩個輪換球員不僅沒把心思花在改善球隊戰績上反而成天在YouTube上刷關注。More than seven years later, McGee and Young are finally shedding the knucklehead label that video helped inspire. McGee, a defending NBA champion, is the Warriors' newly minted starting center. Young is Golden State's backup shooting guard.
“士別七年，刮目相看”，用了七年，他們倆撕去公衆特別是電視節目給他們貼上的“逗逼”的標籤。麥基如今已是衛冕冠軍勇士隊的一個新首發中鋒。楊少俠則是勇士隊的一名替補分衛。It is a change for two players insistent on not letting how others view them keep them from being themselves. In a Golden State locker room that prizes joy, McGee and Young are much appreciated for their ability to lighten the mood of an NBA season that can often feel like a grind.
他們們找到了一個可以不畏人言，保持本真的地方。在勇士更衣室裏，大家都喜歡開心愉快的氛圍。整個漫長枯燥的賽季因麥基和尼克楊的存在顯得格外有趣，因此他們倆在隊裏頗受歡迎。They dance at practice, in the locker room and on the team plane. When a teammate looks worn down, McGee or Young will rib each other to elicit a smile. Their Instagram, Twitter and SnapChat accounts offer a near-constant peek inside their lighthearted antics.
他們倆可以在訓練時跳舞，在更衣室時跳舞，在飛機上也還能跳舞。當看到有隊友精神不佳時，麥基或楊少俠就會相互調侃，這經常可以使疲倦的隊友重獲笑臉。他們的Instagram, 在Twitter and SnapChat等社交媒體賬戶上，他們上傳了一些精心製作的搞怪作品。"They go way back," Warriors guard Stephen Curry said. "They egg each other on in most situations, which is fun. I think it's been good for Nick to kind of feel comfortable here, having someone here he's played with before."
“他們在這裏找到了自我，勇士後衛庫裏說道” “他們總是互相作弄對方，這可好玩了。我覺得對尼克楊來說，有個和他好好玩耍的小夥伴挺好的” 。McGee and Young have even discussed bringing back "The Nick and JaVale Show" and reprising the "Cinnamon Challenge." Should he again need an edge over his longtime buddy, Young knows a certain trick.
麥基和楊有一起考慮過再次上演“The Nick and JaVale Show”，並再次上演生吞肉桂粉挑戰賽。楊再想要不要再次展現他真正的技術，鬼點子王尼克楊知道怎麼贏下這個比賽。"I cheated last time," Young said with a chuckle. "I had a little water in my mouth. (McGee) doesn't know I did that. To this day, nobody knows. It was fun."
“我上次在比賽時作弊了，楊笑着說，我事現在嘴裏含了一小口水。麥基不知道。事實上我現在不說的話沒人知道，這很有趣。”更多精彩內容請關注微信公衆號、新浪微博：籃球英文堂
