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Hello!
As I write this, we are getting ready to play the Minnesota Timberwolves, led by Kevin Garnett. This is the first long road trip that we have madethis year and will prove to be a good test for our improving team. I believe that I have the best job in the world, playing basketball in the NBA. I get to wake up every day and live my dream. I know I am lucky and blessed.

Many of my friends laugh at me when I tell them that playing in the NBA is more difficult than you may believe and from what you see on television or read from newspaper. The most difficult part of our job is probably our schedule with all the travel that comes with the job.

Here is a slice in the week of a road trip on the NBA. Hopefully you will understand that the NBA is a difficult job!

Tuesday 7:30 pm - Play the Golden St. Warriors, depart after the game.

Wednesday 2:00 am - Arrive in Minneapolis (I usually don't fall asleep until 3:00 am after games too!)

Wednesday 4:00 pm - Team meeting to discuss the Timberwolves

Wednesday 7:00 pm - Play Minnesota Timberwolves, depart after game

Thursday 2:30 am - Arrive in Charlotte (we usually have a recuperation day >after back to back games)

Friday 10:00 am - Practice for Charlotte Bobcats

Friday 7:00 pm - Play Charlotte Bobcats, depart after game

Saturday 1:00 am - Arrive in Washington DC

Saturday 4:00 pm - Team Meeting to discuss Washington Wizards

Saturday 7:30 am - Play Washington Wizards, depart after game

Sunday 2:00 am - Arrive in Houston

Whew! I am tired just thinking about it! As you can see, we have a lot of late nights and long flights. This is only one week in the NBA!! Imagine 30 weeks just like this. Like I said earlier, however, I wouldn't trade this job for any other job in the world.

Wish me good luck this week, I will check back in after the road trip!

Until then,
Go Rockets!

Shane

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大家好！

在我写这篇文章的时候，我们已经做好了和加内特领衔的森林狼比赛的准备。这是我们这个赛季第一次长期客场之旅，这将给我们的球队提供一次很好的考验。我相信我获得了世界上最好的一份工作，那就是在NBA中打篮球。我习惯了每天醒来，但是感觉好像生活在梦里。我知道我很幸运，可以说受到了神的祝福。

当我告诉我的朋友，在NBA中打球要比他们能够想象的困难的多，也要比他们在电视上和报纸上看到的困难的多的时候，他们都嘲笑我。也许在这项工作中，最困难的部分就是那些因为比赛的旅行了。

下面一起来看看我们这周的客场之旅，希望你们能够理解在NBA打球是一项非常困难的工作！

周二晚上7点半，和勇士队比赛，比赛之后起程。

周三凌晨2点，抵达明尼阿波利斯（一般来说，在比赛结束之后，我在凌晨三点之前都睡不着。）

周三下午4点，球队开会，讨论森林狼。

周三晚上7点，和森林狼比赛，比赛结束之后起程。

周四凌晨2点半，抵达夏洛特（一般来说，在背靠背的比赛之后，我们都有一天恢复时间。）

周五上午10点，在夏洛特训练。

周五晚上7点，和山猫比赛，比赛之后起程。

周六凌晨1点，抵达华盛顿。

周六下午4点，球队开会，讨论和奇才的比赛。

周六晚上7点半，和奇才队比赛，比赛之后起程。

周日凌晨2点，抵达休斯顿。

哦，我光是想想这些已经感到疲惫了。就像你看到的这样，我们经常要很晚睡觉，并且要做很长时间的飞机。这只是NBA中的一周！想象一下要度过30个这样的星期。但是就像我之前说的一样，不管怎么样，我不会用这个工作去交换世界上任何一个其他工作。

祝我们这周好运吧，我会在客场之旅之后来看看你们的祝福。

前进吧，火箭！

肖恩