放牛班的春天

Taylor Griffin could have taken his talents to Europe， where there’s more money to be had and — especially for him — less scrutiny to endure.

泰勒·格里芬本可以去歐洲打球，在那他能賺到更多的錢，而更重要的是，對他的苛責和審視也會更少。

Yet the older brother of Los Angeles Clippers star Blake Griffin still is chasing his dream in the NBA Development League， playing for relative pennies on the Santa Cruz Warriors with the hopes that it will eventually pay off. Like so many players in this 12-yearold， 16-team league that is looking more and more like Major League Baseball’s farm system① every year， he earns between$13，000 and $25，000 （plus benefits， free housing and a per diem） for an entire season.

不過作為洛杉磯快艇明星布雷克·格里芬的哥哥，他還是決定在NBA發展聯盟繼續追尋自己的夢想，在圣克魯茲勇士掙著為數不多的薪水，希望終有一天這些努力能夠獲得回報。和那些效力的很多球員一樣，在這個有著12年歷史聯盟里——由16支球隊組成的聯盟在經歷年復一年的變化后，現在看起來越來越像職棒大聯盟的后備基地——他能掙到13000美元到25000美元（還要加上獎金、免費的住宿以及每日補助）。

\"I’m trying to get back to the NBA，\" said Griffin， a second-round draft pick by the Phoenix Suns in 2009 out of Oklahoma who played for a season in Belgium before returning stateside. \"That’s the only reason I’m here. If it was coming down to money， I’d be overseas somewhere. I feel like I can develop better in the D-League. It’s the NBA game， NBA style of play. And then besides that， every NBA team is watching every game pretty much. It’s the best league in the world as far as NBA exposure.\"

“我正在努力重回NBA，”格里芬說，2009年來自俄克拉何馬大學的他在第二輪被菲尼克斯太陽選中，在比利時打完一年后，他回到了美國。“這是我來到這里的唯一原因。如果要是為了錢，我就會去國外。我覺得自己在發展聯盟能得到更好的發展。這里打的是NBA式的比賽，除此之外，每支NBA球隊都會看我們的每一場比賽。如果說面向NBA的曝光度，這是世界上最好的聯賽?！?/p>

And it’s only getting better.

現在的情況還在越變越好。

From Jeremy Lin （Houston Rockets） to Gerald Green （Indiana Pacers）， Danny Green （San Antonio Spurs）， Ramon Sessions（Charlotte Bobcats）， Patrick Patterson （Houston Rockets） and many more， the D-League success stories are many.

從林書豪（休斯敦火箭）到杰拉德·格林（印第安納步行者），丹尼·格林（圣安東尼奧馬刺），雷蒙·塞申斯（夏洛特山貓），再到帕特里克·帕特森（休斯敦火箭）以及更多的人，發展聯盟成功的故事有很多。

Nearly 30% of the NBA’s current players have had D-League experience.

接近30%的NBA現役球員有過在發展聯盟打球的經歷。

Last season， the 44 players who were called up made a combined $11 million.

上賽季，有44名球員被召回到NBA，他們的薪金總額達到1100萬美元。

This season， 12 players have been called up a combined 14 times.

本賽季，已經有12名球員共計14次被NBA球隊召回。

Franchise values that were once in the hundreds of thousands have grown as a result： The last team purchased， the Bismarck Wizards， went for about $2 million to the Golden State Warriors before they moved it to nearby Santa Cruz.

球隊的價值也因此得到了成百上千的增長：俾斯麥勇士隊是最后一支被并購的球隊，金州勇士花了200萬美元買下了他們，最終搬到了勇士附近的圣克魯茲。……