By Jeph Duarte | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2024-08-11 19:00:00
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邓肯、吉诺比利、帕克，还有……杰弗森
前几天晚上，我和家人去54街餐厅和啤酒屋吃饭。对于那些不熟悉这家餐馆的人来说，这是一家提供各种美式舒适食物的餐厅，装饰着许多许多（许多）小摆设。电影周边、著名杂志封面、卡通人物雕像、勾勒出美国地图的车牌，以及体育纪念品。那种能让詹妮弗·安妮斯顿对自己的“天赋”感到难为情的地方。你懂的。
当我们走进餐厅时，我看到这张海报摆放在迎宾台旁。
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我猜这应该是2009年的，当时马刺球迷对理查德·杰弗森（Richard Jefferson）的加盟感到兴奋不已，但我最初的反应是在脑海中响起了《芝麻街》里“其中一个孩子在做自己的事”。
带着我2024年马刺球迷的眼光来看，三位身披马刺战袍的最伟大球员中，有一个家伙的职业生涯开始走下坡路，只在马刺效力了三个赛季。
我是不是对“那个”理查德·杰弗森太苛刻了？
他的贡献是否达到了足以让他与蒂姆·邓肯（Tim Duncan）、托尼·帕克（Tony Parker）和马努·吉诺比利（Manu Ginobili）一起出现在海报上的水平？他是否比我记忆中的更重要？
毕竟，在RJ身披银黑战袍的同时，以下球员也都是马刺的一员——迈克尔·芬利（Michael Finley）、乔治·希尔（George Hill）、马特·邦纳（Matt Bonner）、丹尼·格林（Danny Green）、加里·尼尔（Gary Neal）、鲍里斯·迪奥（Boris Diaw）、斯蒂芬·杰克逊（Stephen Jackson）和帕蒂·米尔斯（Patty Mills）——具体取决于年份。这些人中是否有人更有资格与马刺三巨头并列？
你对杰弗森作为马刺球员有什么记忆？围绕他签约的炒作是否足以让这些海报出现在当时马刺铁杆球迷的墙上？
顺便说一句，“其中一个孩子”这首歌还有体育版。
点击查看原文：Open Thread: A poster prompts a look back at Richard Jefferson’s time in San Antonio
Open Thread: A poster prompts a look back at Richard Jefferson’s time in San Antonio
Duncan, Ginobili, Parker, and…Jefferson
My family was out at 54th Street Restaurant and Drafthouse the other night. For those unfamiliar with the eatery, it is a restaurant with a wide Americana comfort food-style menu adorned with many, many (many) tchotchkes. Movie paraphernalia, famous magazine covers, statues of cartoon characters, license plates outlining as map of the United Staes, and sports memorabilia. The kind of place where Jennifer Aniston might feel self conscious about her “flair.” You get the picture.
When we entered the restaurant, I saw this posted framed by the hostess station.
I assume it is from 2009, when Spurs fans were initially excited about the acquisition of Richard Jefferson, but my initial reaction was to hear “One of These Kids is Doing His Own Thing” from Sesame Street in my head.
My 2024 Spurs fan glasses saw three of the greatest players to ever don a Spurs uniform with a guy who only lasted three seasons as his career began to decline.
Am I being too hard on Richard “The” Jefferson?
Did he contribute at a level that would warrant he be posterized with Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili? Was he more significant than I recall?
After all, at the same time RJ donned the Silver & Black, the following players were Spurs — Michael Finley, George Hill, Matt Bonner, Danny Green, Gary Neal, Boris Draw, Stephen Jackson, and Patty Mills — depending on the specific year. Do any of those guys have more of a right to be grouped with the Spurs Big 3?
What are your memories of Jefferson as a Spur? Was the hype around his signing enough to put these posters onto the walls of diehard Spurs fans back then?
By the way, there’s also a sports version of the “One of the Kids” song.
By Jeph Duarte, via Pounding The Rock