Jeremy Lin, Houston Rockets, James Harden, Mike D’Antoni? It’s Not Going to Work 林書豪，休士頓火箭隊，詹姆斯 – 哈登，丹東尼？這是行不通的

If the only two choices Jeremy Lin has in the upcoming free agency involve the Houston Rockets and someone else, he needs to go as far from Houston as possible. The Mike D’Antoni hiring and factor isn’t enough. James Harden is still king of the ring there, and until Daryl Morey is fired, his influence might be diminished, but never gone.

如果林書豪在自由球員市場裡只有兩個選擇-進入火箭隊和其他。那他就應該盡可能地離開休士頓愈遠愈好僅僅只有丹東尼被雇用並未讓林的歸來有足夠的正當性。哈登還是球霸，而且莫雷還在那，只要他一天沒被開除，莫雷那個死胖子的影響力就還在

Lin isn’t going to have two options. More like a dozen, or close to that. The Charlotte Hornets alone are a strong possibility (although there are better ones), but the best one, considering inside competition and the coach he’s going to play for, is probably the Brooklyn Nets. Kenny Atkinson might not be as experienced and proven as D’Antoni, but he worked under him, was an assistant with the New York Knicks during the 2012 Lin breakout, and is thought of as a bright basketball mind.

更何況林如今不只兩個選擇，可能有一打球隊在等著他簽約，夏洛特就是其中一個(儘管不是更好的)而如果考慮到未來性和教練的能力、個性(林想要的那種打法)，林更應該考慮去籃網，儘管籃網的教練阿特金森不像丹東尼那麼有經驗，也不曾獨當一面，但他曾在丹東尼麾下做過事，在2012年的紐約林來瘋時期，阿特金森就被認為他有一個很聰明的籃球腦。

No matter how you turn this, the Rockets still have Harden. D’Antoni might be able to offer some interesting changes to the Rockets basketball style, but everything hinges on Harden being accepting of these changes, and above all else, willing to put his ego aside, and start playing like the shooting guard he was meant to be. The Rockets have made other mistakes besides pushing Lin out of town back in 2014, but the whole concept of pairing Harden up with point guards willing to simply play 3 & D or something of the sort isn’t going to work.

不管怎麼說，火箭隊仍然有哈登。德安東尼也許能提供一些有趣的變化進入火箭隊的籃球風格，但一切都取決於哈登是否接受這些變化，並且將之視為圭臬，願意拋棄太過自我的那種打法，並開始像他本來應該成為的得分後衛那樣的打球。包括太早在2014年將林送走這件事在內，火箭隊已經犯下太多錯誤，我認為尤其是整隊要讓哈登像控球後衛那樣(簡單的打3D或其他戰術)根本行不通。

Chris Baldwin always shoots fire and truth to his readers about the Rockets situation. He’s a Lin supporter, and is very happy about D’Antoni becoming the head coach in Houston. He wrote an interesting article about what could be now that D’Antoni has joined the staff, but his glance into the crystal ball relies on Harden changing. He puts Les Alexander’s stripping Morey of power at the center of a reality in which Harden becomes the league’s best scorer and Lin leads the NBA in assists. Yes, the team’s identity being formed by the head coach instead of the general manager might be a good change, but the article slightly ignores who Harden is.

克里斯包溫總是向火箭隊開火並且很坦白地向他的讀者講述火箭隊面臨的真實困境。他是林的擁護者，並且他很高興聽到丹東尼將成為火箭隊的主帥他寫了一篇關於丹東尼將如何駕馭火箭隊的有趣文章，但講老實話，除非哈登願意改變，不然火箭隊還是那個死樣子。若他能讓亞歷山大首肯，讓莫雷遠離權力核心，或許哈登可以成為聯盟的最佳得分手，而於此同時，林則會成為聯盟最會助攻的明星。是的，如果火箭隊能夠讓總教練來主導而不是讓一個只會研究數據的總經理插手一切將會煥然一新。不過奇怪的是，文章中對於哈登並未著墨太多。

Maybe I’m pessimistic, but we’ve seen everything that has happened in Houston over the last four years, and we can add stuff up to figure out where it’s pointing to. The Rockets might be very successful with D’Antoni as the head coach, but it’s hard for me to believe that it’s going to be easy making Harden share the rock and even become a secondary ball handler in the new look offense. And Lin can’t be waiting for Harden to notice him for another year, two or more.

也許我是悲觀的，但我們已經看到休士頓在過去的四年裡所發生的一切，而我甚至很好預測這支球隊未來會繼續沉淪。讓丹東尼作為主教練，火箭隊可能會非常成功，但我很難相信，這將很容易讓哈登分享球或融入團隊，甚至成為新的進攻體系裡的第二控球員。我也認為林不能再讓哈登搞砸了他無與倫比的籃球天分。

The offseason will probably begin with everyone trying to get a piece of Kevin Durant before teams (almost everyone) move on to other signings. Lin will probably wait, like the others, for Durant to make up his mind, and then try to land a deal as soon as possible. Although there’s plenty of cap space for teams this season, waiting for too long is never a good idea. As good as Lin can be, the number of openings for him to be a starting, dominant point guard are limited, and he can’t let the right opportunity slip away.

休賽期可能起於各隊開始爭搶KD成為球隊的一員。林可能也會像其他球員一樣試著等待KD決定好他的落腳處。雖然下一季每支球隊的薪資帽都大幅增加，蛋等太久絕對不是一件好事。像林這樣的合格控衛在下一季的自由球員市場非常有限，所以林可以好好挑選他未來的新東家，絕對不要讓大好機會輕易的溜走。