NBA史上的 Dirty Player

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[閒聊] NBA史上的 Dirty Player
時間 Fri Sep 15 10:38:53 2006
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原文部份翻譯如下

Reader's Request: Dirtiest players

by Charley Rosen / Special to FOXSports.com
(Charley Rosen是FOXSports.com的NBA分析家，且有13本相關的著作。)


讀者X先生投書：『我知道你不會怕引起爭議，所以何不聊聊誰是最髒的球員？』

Charley Rosen回答：打球粗暴的球員(rough)和打球齷齪球的球員(downright dirty)是有所區別的，前者使用身體打球，而這些行為是屬於被認可的技巧範圍之中，例如侵略性將手肘擺在適當的位置；用臀部頂撞；用前臂推擠，以及某些不會對球員職業生涯造成傷害的蓄意犯規等等。

然而，所謂骯髒 (dirty)的球員，就是經常的作一些超出這個範圍的動作，只在乎贏得比賽，而無視於這些打擊手段在對手身上所造成的嚴重傷害。

據說，在NBA的開幕賽季(1946-1947)有最多真正骯髒的球員（當時叫BBA(Basketball Association of America)），因為當時 11個加盟權的經營者或其代表人都是球館的擁有者，而這些人或多或少也是在這些球館打球的職業冰球隊的老闆。因此，一般認為要炒熱比賽和吸引觀眾的不二法門就是來一場熱鬧的拳賽 (rousing fistfight)。

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其中有一位被公認是最噬血和最濫用肢體的球員-- Ed Sadowski。但這位"Big Ed"可不只是位殺手(hatchet man)而已，他用6呎5的身高與240磅的身材在低位強勢取分，在波士頓Celtics有職業生涯最高每場19.4分的表現。

Wally Osterkorn (1951-55) 因為大腿肌肉撕裂而縮短了他的職業生涯，但在他健康時，對於對手可是毫不仁慈。對於一位評價還不錯的新人 Jack Molinas，Osterkorn賞給了他一雙惡毒的肘擊，然後說：『Welcome to the NBA, Jack.』。

但 Osterkorn 這位暴力分子也有被馴服的時候，當他跟一位叫 Zeke Zawoluk的傢伙正在摔角時，Zawoluk 的老母衝進球場用雨傘去打 Osterkorn的頭，由於 Osterkorn不想攻擊一位母親，於是讓她追著滿場跑，直到 Zawoluk 把她攔下來。

教練 Red Auerbach 總喜歡有一兩個打手(hit-man)在他的隊上，最有名的是：Bob "The Tank" Brannum (1948-55)；Dwight "Red" Morrison (1954-58)和"Jungle" Jim Loscutoff (1955-64)。

Charlie Share 有多壞呢？身高6呎11，245磅重的他在 1951-1960替好幾支球隊效力過，以設下最邪惡的移動掩護(evil moving screen)著名於NBA，當他在 Fort WaynePistons時，他的教練是
Paul Birch，一位常跟他的球員發生混戰的衝動教練，在某次的衝突裡，Share 直接對著 Birch的頭來記加強版的手肘掩護，讓他直接躺平。當然，Share 很快的就被交易到 Milwaukee 去了。

Zelmo Beatty (1962-1975)是一致公認善於在中央利用手肘來幫他自己清出空間的All-Star，跟他對戰的中鋒並不諱言在面對 Big Z 的狂暴時就像惡夢一樣。
看起來就像位唱詩班男孩的 John Stockton，然而，他的背掩護閃光肘(elbow-flashingback-screens)是他的一個招牌動作。

尼克的 Anthony Mason 和 Xavier "X-Man" McDaniel 也是榜上有名，這對組合是在Pat Riley 放棄了slick-Showtime的戰術時出現，要模仿當年成功的活塞壞孩子們。

說到這，當時的活塞教練 Chuck Daly 聲稱，他球員的腰部以下小動作(below-the-belt antics)與他無關，當然，這是胡說八道。無論以什麼時候來看，這隻球隊毫無疑問的都是最骯髒的球隊。
Bill Laimbeer 是其中最著名的，他的絕招是粗殘獵頭術(brutal head-hunting) 和響哨後犯規(after-the-whistle fouls)；他的隊友-- Dennis Rodman 也不遑多讓。但是，在這個隊上最壞傢伙的則是 Isiah Thomas (Zeke)。

Zeke最鍾愛的小招式是用在防守時，當對手要帶球起跳或上籃時，他就把腳踩在進攻者的還留在地上的那隻腳上。即使裁判沒有抓到這些骯髒手段，Thomas的同輩也清楚的知道們當他們想要把Zeke給 K進籃框時會危及他們的職業生涯，這也是夢幻一隊中只要有Thomas參加的話，MJ便會拒絕出賽的原因。

Bruce Bowen 的拉抓功(grabbing,scratching)和奪命剪刀腳(under-cutting)讓他當之無愧是現今的球員裡最髒的一位；Kenyon Martin的蘆鰻步(bully-boy tactics)遊走在危險的邊緣，不過也只有在自己家裏打球時才會出現；Ruben Patterson和DannyFortson 有時也會做的較超過一些。

算起來在NBA歷史上最骯髒的球員應該是Dave Cowens，當然，他很有技巧，也很強悍，然而他的全面進攻卻經常是失去理智且純粹就是虐待（在他大學時的一場酒吧打鬥中，Cowens把對手的鼻子咬一大塊下來）。超越先人的Cowens，被同輩的人公認是最有可能將對手直接送進醫院，是一位超越狠毒巔峰的球員。

OUCH！

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原文：

A distinction must be made between players who are rough and those who are downright dirty. Although those in the former category play physical, rock-'em-sock-'em basketball, they do so within the boundaries of certain accepted techniques having to do with appropriate placements for aggressive elbows, hip bumps and forearm thumps, plus the execution of deliberate fouls that are not career-threatening, and so on.

Players who are considered to be dirty, however, routinely overstep these boundaries and are more concerned with winning than with the possibility of their tactics inflicting serious injuries on their opponents.

That said, the NBA's inaugural season of 1946-47 (when the league was known as the Basketball Association of America) featured the largest number of truly dirty players. The reason for this was that most of the BAA's 11 charter franchises were administered by men (or their representatives) who owned arenas, and who also were either total or partial owners of the professional ice hockey teams that played in those arenas.

Accordingly, it was believed that nothing pepped up a game and brought back customers more than a rousing fistfight. Despite the fact that zone defenses were legal (if for only the initial 10 weeks of that first season), the players gleefully assaulted each other on a regular basis. The referees lacked any real authority to curtail this violence &3151; technical fouls incurred a mere $25 fine and were used to pay the commissioner's salary. There were no automatic penalties for blatant punches, elbows to the face, trips, kicks or bites.

As a result, early BAA action was as much mayhem as it was skilled competition. Even so, one player was deemed to be the most bloodthirsty and physically abusive of them all — Ed Sadowski. But "Big Ed" was more than just a hatchet man. He was a 6-foot-5, 240-pound powerhouse scorer in the low post, who averaged a career-high of 19.4 ppg with the 1947-48 Boston Celtics.

Wally Osterkorn (1951-55) had his career shortened by a torn muscle in his thigh, but he showed no mercy to opponents while he was healthy. He once greeted a highly-touted rookie named Jack Molinas with a pair of vicious elbows to the stomach before saying, "Welcome to the NBA, Jack." And Osterkorn used to dare Bob Cousy to drive the ball into the middle. But Osterkorn's untrammeled ferocity was tamed when he got involved in a fight with Zeke Zawoluk resulting in Zawoluk's mother racing out of the stands and beating Osterkorn's head with an umbrella. Unwilling to hit a woman, Osterkorn allowed her to chase him around the court until Zawoluk finally corralled her.

Red Auerbach always liked having a hit-man or two on his roster, the most notable being Bob "The Tank" Brannum (1948-55), Dwight "Red" Morrison (1954-58) and "Jungle" Jim Loscutoff (1955-64).

How mean was Charlie Share? At 6-11, 245, he played for several teams from 1951-1960, and was noted for setting the most moving screens in the NBA. During part of his tenure with the Fort Wayne Pistons, Share's coach was Paul Birch, an infamous hot-head who wasn't very far removed from his own active career to the point where he often scrimmaged with his team. During one such scrimmage, Share enhanced one of his attack screens with an elbow to Birch's head that sent his coach sprawling. No surprise that Share was quickly traded to Milwaukee.

Zelmo Beatty (1962-1975) was a certified All-Star who used his elbows to help carve out space for him to operate in the pivot. Opposing centers weren't afraid to admit having nightmares in anticipation of facing the Big Z's wrath.

Nor was John Stockton quite the choir boy he seemed to be. Indeed, Stockton's elbow-flashing back-screens were a constant menace.

A pair of Knicks also make the list — Anthony Mason and Xavier "X-Man" McDaniel. This pairing came about when Pat Riley dropped his slick-Showtime game plan in order to mimic the contemporary successes of the Bad Boy Pistons.

Speaking of which … Chuck Daly claimed that he had nothing to do with the below-the-belt antics of his players, which was, of course, nonsense. In any event, these guys were arguably the dirtiest team of all time. Bill Laimbeer was the most obvious offender, with his brutal head-hunting and after-the-whistle fouls — and Dennis Rodman wasn't far behind. But the worst offender on that team was Isiah Thomas. Zeke's favorite little trick was exercised on defense, when he was wont to step on an opponent's plant-foot just the unsuspecting player was trying to take off with ball in hand and jump to the basket. If the refs never caught on to this nasty business, Thomas's peers were well aware that their careers were jeopardized whenever they tried to beat Zeke to the hoop. And this was the primary reason why MJ refused to play on the original Dream Team if Thomas was included on the roster.

Of today's players, Bruce Bowen's grabbing, scratching and under-cutting defense qualifies him as the dirtiest. Kenyon Martin's bully-boy tactics hover on the edge of danger, but only when he plays at home. Ruben Patterson sometimes crosses the line, as does Danny Fortson.

But the dirtiest player in NBA history was Dave Cowens. Yes, he was skilled. Yes, he was tough. Yet his all-out aggressiveness was frequently mindless and downright sadistic. (In a bar-fight while he was in college, Cowens once bit off a large piece of an antagonist's nose.) Cowens, more than any of his predecessors, was considered by his contemporaries to be the one player whose over-the-top brutality was most likely to send an opponent to the hospital.

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