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Nice article. Too bad I´m not good at translating.
Traslate, please:
http://www.canchallena.com/1227103
Acá estoy, comiendo un alfajor y listo para contarles algunas cosas. Vino mucha gente de la Argentina últimamente y tengo la alacena llena de mi golosina preferida. ¡Acepto toda clase de alfajores, jaja! Después del triunfo contra Atlanta del miércoles a la noche estamos más contentos porque ya era histórico lo que nos estaba pasando: 5 derrotas en 6 partidos y las 3 últimas como locales.
Una situación muy rara, a la que nos cuesta encontrarle solución. Porque no es cuestión de química de grupo o de estilo de juego, además la convivencia y el vestuario siguen siendo espectaculares. Lo que pasa es que por momentos jugamos muy bien y nos entran todas las bolas, como con Atlanta, cuando hicimos 66 puntos en el 1er tiempo y después nos caemos, perdemos confianza, nos bloqueamos y por ahí entramos en individualismos. Nos cuesta horrores encontrarles respuesta a esos bajones. Y lo extraño es que generalmente se dan al regreso del vestuario luego del entretiempo. Bueno, en los playoffs del año pasado, contra New Orleans, perdimos los terceros cuartos en 6 partidos seguidos. Eso fue insólito.
Y no es cuestión de esperar que los astros se pongan en linea y nos favorezcan, hay que defender más duro, atacar más el aro y duplicar el esfuerzo. Si se me nota más enchufado en estos partidos es porque me siento muy bien físicamente y asumo una gran responsabilidad por revertir esto. Si bien contra Atlanta erré bastante, no creo que haya jugado mal y tampoco es algo que me preocupe, es cuestión de confianza, ya van a entrar; lo importante es que me siento fuerte, ágil, con mucha pila.
Si miramos la tabla de posiciones en la Conferencia (6tos, con récord 26-18), no parece muy preocupante nuestra situación porque estamos con sólo 4 derrotas más que el 2do del Oeste (Denver, 31-14); lo complicado es que nos quedan 24 partidos de visitante y sólo 14 como locales para terminar la serie regular. En febrero y marzo casi no vamos a estar en San Antonio.
El miércoles próximo comenzamos la tradicional gira del rodeo, con 8 partidos seguidos fuera de casa. Y si bien históricamente este momento sirvió para amalgamar al equipo y salir de algunas crisis, no nos podemos confiar en eso porque los primeros 5 juegos serán contra equipos muy difíciles, entre ellos Portland, los Lakers y Denver.
Mi sensación es que dejamos pasar una gran oportunidad en el arranque de la temporada y que deberíamos tener 5 derrotas menos.
Alguien me decía ayer que parece que estuviese jugando como con bronca, muy enchufado, y se refería a mi situación contractual o a la posibilidad de que no me renueven en los Spurs. ¡Nada que ver! No juego con resentimiento ni con ganas de revancha. Ni siquiera siento que juegue distinto. Estoy muy bien físicamente, eso sí, y lo único que quiero es ganar y repetir el título. Además, mientras más lejos lleguemos con los Spurs mayor será mi salario el año próximo.
Para que se entiendan bien algunas cosas quiero aclarar que hasta hace unos meses esperaba y me preocupaba por la llegada del ofrecimiento de extensión del contrato, pero ya no. Estoy más relajado en ese sentido. No espero que me renueven antes del 30 de junio, cuando finaliza el acuerdo. Veremos qué pasa en julio.
Hace dos años suponía que mi carrera terminaría en San Antonio, pero ahora estoy cada vez más abierto a la posibilidad del cambio. Si uno mira la historia de la NBA, muy pocos jugadores hicieron toda su carrera en una misma franquicia. Son las reglas del juego. Este año los Spurs se armaron para ganar el título y si no se logra el objetivo todo puede suceder. Son las reglas del juego. Pueden hacer cambios para intentarlo de nuevo en la próxima temporada.
Hay muchos rumores y crecerán más hacia mitad de año porque como nunca en la historia de la NBA hay un gran grupo de estrellas que serán agentes libres el 1° de julio, como Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Chris Bosh, Amare Stoudemire y varios equipos que reservaron dinero para salir al mercado con todo. Justo a mí me involucraron en un cambio directo con Phoenix por Stoudemire, pero no le veo el negocio para ninguno llevarse un jugador por 6 meses que en julio quedará libre.
Repito, no sé qué puede pasar, estoy abierto a todas las posibilidades. Si me tengo que ir de San Antonio no me molestará cambiar, lo hablaré con mi esposa (por suerte lo mellizos no van a opinar... todavía) y evaluaremos las posibilidades; sí me va a doler dejar atrás una historia de ocho años en esta ciudad, donde siempre estuve muy a gusto.
Por ahora nadie puede hablar oficialmente de negociaciones hasta julio, está prohibido, así que hay que esperar, tratar de jugar lo mejor posible y especialmente buscar recuperar terreno con mi equipo. Ojalá lo podamos lograr en estos duros partidos que se vienen.
Nice article. Too bad I´m not good at translating.
why Spurs go through rough stretches, Manu?
1. live by the 3 die by the 3
2. inconsistent D
3. old team
4. Richard Jefferson
i hate when people don't realize this is an english site lol
You realize the original poster asks for someone to translate it to English, right?
It's pretty much routine here... people post the international articles, then some nice person will come in and translate, so that everyone can benefit from the news.
You do realize she posted it so that someone would be kind enough to translate, right?
I'll tell you what, I hate when newbies complain without using their brains.
I got this, give me 10 minutes
-Overall Manu says that as the days go by he's more open to changing jerseys.
-He surprisingly talks about his market value going up if the Spurs go deep into the playoffs.
-Doesn't believe that a team will rent a player for 6 months (Amare issue).
-Says if you notice his aggressiveness/crankiness lately that it doesn't have anything to do with the contract negotiations, he says that he's just extremely healthy and wants to pick up the slack.
Here is the article translated through Google. Hope this helps until someone else can do a better translation:
*Deleted to avoid confusion*
Last edited by Kindergarten Cop; 01-29-2010 at 12:21 PM.
I'm working on it...
Thank God someone beat me to it.
I was trying real hard.
Dude everybody can do that please delete the post to avoid confusion with the actual translations... thanks...
hmm sounds like this being the last season for manu is not out of the realm of possibility. Hope he goes out wiht a championship. Although a good performance might ensure a new contract.
I was honestly trying to help and don't really understand how anyone would confuse it "with the actual translations" considering that I prefaced it with "Here is the article translated through Google. Hope this helps until someone else can do a better translation." I will go back and delete it, but do you honestly feel that the tone in your response was warranted?
What do you say we just get back to the issue of translating.
Awesome article. Can't wait until I understand it.
I'm every time more open to the possibility of change.
By Manu
Translation - urunobili
Here I am eating an “alfajor” (a south American traditional candy) and ready to tell you some things. A lot of people from Argentina came over recently and I have my drawers full of these! I accept all kind of alfajores so feel free to send more! Lol After the win over Atlanta last Wednesday we are happier since it was historical already to lose 5 out of the last 6 and the last 3 at home.
It was a very weird situation and difficult to find a solution because this is not about group chemistry or game style. The relationship in between us and the locker-room keep being spectacular. What is happening is that for moments we play very well and all the balls go in, like against Atlanta that we scored 66 points at halftime and after that, we slow down and we lose confidence, we block ourselves mentally and maybe some times we fall into individualist kind of play. It’s been very difficult to find an answer to those melt downs. The strange thing is that it happens after coming back from the lockerroom in halftime. Well in the 2008 playoffs we lost the 3rd quarter on 6 straight games. That was unheard of.
It is not a matter of waiting for the stars to align and favor us, we have to defend harder, attack the rim more and double our efforts. You can tell I have been more on these matches and that’s because I am feeling very well physically and I am assuming a great responsibility to try to revert this. Although I did miss a lot against Atlanta, I don’t think I played bad at all and it is not something that is currently worrying me, it’s just a matter of confidence, they will fall eventually; the most important thing is that I feel strong, agile and with a lot of energy.
If we look at the standings in our conference (currently 6th with a 26-18 record), our situation doesn’t seem very concerning because we’re just 4 losses away from the west’s 2nd team (Denver 31-14); the complicated thing is that we have 24 games as visitors and just 14 at home to finish the regular season. In February and March we will barely be in San Antonio.
Next Wednesday our traditional road rodeo trip will start with 8 straight matches played away. Even considering that historically this moment have always helped us to mesh as a team and get out of some crisis, we cannot trust that just that will happen because the first 5 games will be against very tough teams like Portland the Lakers and Denver.
My sensation is that we let a huge chance slip away at the beginning of the season and that we should have 5 less losses.
Someone told me yesterday that it seems like I’m playing with anger, very focused, and he was referring to my contractual situation or to the possibility that I am not renewed by the Spurs. It has nothing to do with that! I do not play with any kind of resentment neither with revenge. I am not even feeling that I am playing any differently. I am fine physically and what’s for sure is that I want to win and repeat the le after that. Even more the further we get with the Spurs this year the biggest my salary is going to be next.
To be understood appropriately I would like to clarify that until a couple of months ago I was worried and waiting for a contract extension offer but not anymore. I am more relaxed about that now. I don’t think that I will be renewed until June 30th when the actual deal finalizes. We’ll see what happens in July.
For years I have supposed that my career would finish in San Antonio, but now I am more open than before to the possibility of change. If you look at NBA’s history very few players played their whole career with the same franchise. Those are the rules of the game. This year the Spurs got prepared to win it all and if the objective is not met anything could happen. Those are the rules of the game. Changes could be made and try again next season.
There are lots of rumors and they will grow as the year keeps rolling because like never in the history of the NBA, there is a group of superstars that will be free agents in July 1st like Dwayne Wade, LeBron James, Chris Bosh, Amare Stoudamire and there are several teams that reserved some cash to go out shopping very aggressively. I was just recently involved in a rumor saying that a straight swap with Phoenix was happening for Stoudamire, but I don’t see good business in having a player just for 6 months that will then end up leaving in July.
I repeat, I don’t know what can happen, I am open to all possibilities. If I have to leave San Antonio I will not be mad to chance scenery, I will evaluate it with my wife (luckily the twins will not have a say… for now) and we will evaluate the possibilities; it would truly hurt to leave a history of eight years in this city where I have always been very happy.
For now, no one can speak officially about negotiations until July, it’s forbidden so you have to wait, I'll try to play to the best of my abilities and especially try to recover ground with my team. Hopefully we’ll get it done in these tough matches ahead.
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Last edited by urunobili; 01-29-2010 at 12:42 PM.
Thank you urunobili.
And Cherry to this day I still appreciate your photochopping skills.
I'm still proof reading / editing some grammar stuff so if you find funny stuff let me know...
Uru, don't forget Manu's pronunciation:
Rosher Mason
Shorshe Hill
and don't forget to add a che and a boludo once in a while. entendes?
Manu needs to shareHere I am eating an “alfajor” (a south American traditional candy) and ready to tell you some things. A lot of people from Argentina came over recently and I have my drawers full of these! I accept all kind of alfajores so feel free to send more!
Thanks to the translator.
Manu is really dragging this whole free agency subject out. I guess we should've known that the questions would be there when he wasn't offered an extension, but I still just don't understand how this is such a big surprise to Ginobili.
With the injuries he's had, this is the bed he's made for himself, albeit unwillingly. If he continues to stay healthy and play well, then of course the Spurs will offer him a fair contract. My bet is that they are still loyal to Manu, just not fool-heartedly. It's his prerogative, at that point, whether he wants to go chasing bigger dollars or le hopes somewhere or else.
Hey Kinder sorry for the tone of my request you're totally right... I was in the middle of the translation and I saw it and felt dissapointed.. my bad I'm sorry i hope you hold no grudge over me ST is a gr8 place to make friends
Gracias... I was just finished when I got your email...
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