2德懷特-霍華德——休斯敦火箭隊

2012-13數據：17.1分，12.4個籃板，2.4次封蓋
2012-13球隊狀況：常規賽45勝37負，一輪遊（湖人隊）
2012-13 Stats: 17.1 PPG, 12.4 RPG, 2.4 BPG
2012-13 Team Outcome: 45-37 Regular Season, First-round exit (L.A. Lakers)

       分享一個人生經驗，有些時候，理由會成為藉口。在霍華德即將到來的第10個NBA賽季，人生不會再給他創造那麼多“重啟”的機會了。作為全聯盟最具身體統治力的球員，健康的霍華德再沒別的藉口，他必須“承認”他終於在火箭隊找到了最合適的隊友並且拿出成績。當他從可以改變職業生涯的背部手術恢復，並進入他的第二個完整賽季時，霍華德期望可以重新做回那個人們印象中的聯盟前三的球員，那個在2009年作為球隊核心征戰總決賽的“超人”。

      那時的霍華德，就對手的防守而言是極具殺傷性的摧毀力量，他能扭斷對手的擋拆配合併迅速回防，保護籃圈。當他進入聯盟時，霍華德就展示了他不僅是是球場上統治級別的球員，還是魔術當時年輕新生代更衣室的領導者。儘管由於調整時期，迅速衝進決賽讓人覺得有些不切實際，可不管那些對他已無期待的人們在批評什麼，霍華德還是這個聯盟最有統治力的大個子，無論公平與否，現在就是他的時代了。

Paraphrasing a life’s lesson once bestowed upon me, at a certain point, excuses become just that: an excuse. As Howard enters what will be his 10th NBA season, life won’t afford him very many (if any) ‘reset‘ buttons from this point on. As one of the league’s most physically dominating forces, when healthy, Howard has to hope he’s finally found the proper mix of players to run the court with in Houston. As he heads into his second full season following career-altering back surgery, Howard is looking to rekindle the type of play that had most people placing him in the discussion for the league’s top-three players following his 2009 Finals run as the leader of the Orlando Magic.

At that point, Howard was such a destructive force to all aspects of the opposing team’s offense in how was able to disrupt the pick-and-roll and recover in time to protect the rim. As he enters what should be his prime years in the league, the time has come for Howard to show that he is not only still a dominating presence on the court, but the leader his young locker room is certain to need. Even though an immediate run to the Finals may be unrealistic due to a natural adjustment period, Howard also has a new wave of improving big men to contend with in the near future. Regardless of what those whom are understandably disenchanted with him have to criticize, Howard is still the league’s most physically dominant big man. His time, fair or not, is now.

☆☆☆☆☆五星級詞彙
☆BPG (Bloacks per game) 場均蓋帽。
☆pick and roll 擋切戰術。 
☆adjustment period 調整期間。單詞adjustment n. 調整，調節；調節器,例句With the real estate industry gradually enters into the adjustment period, the competition is increasingly fierce.而隨著地産行業逐漸的進入調整時期，其競爭也越來越激烈。
☆contend with 處理；應付。例句：I have enough to contend with; don't bother me with your problems.我的事都應付不過來了，別再拿你的事麻煩我了。
☆fair or not 不管公平與否,表示一種對客觀事實不得不承認的立場。例如，In China, during the transition period, personal income distribution is generally the basis and criterion for people to evaluate whether a society is fair or not. 在社會轉型時期的中國，收入分配狀況通常是人們評價社會是否公平的依據和標準。