首先，我要向青海地震灾民表达我的问候。我知道不久之前中国四川就曾经发生过类似的灾难。请大家一起为灾民们祈福！中国人民拥有超强的韧劲。尽管再次面对命运的考验令人有些难以接受，但我相信中国人民能够战胜灾难。

今天我们将迎来赛季的最后一场比赛：对阵黄蜂。这个赛季我们已经获得了42场胜利，确保了最终的胜率高于50%。我觉得大多数人可能不能认为我们球员和教练通过努力获得42胜是一个成就。错了，这是一个伟大的成就。许多人赛季初都认为我们不可能达到这个高度，他们都把目光聚焦在我们的短板上，在注意我们的缺点，但对于那些更衣室里、午夜航班、疲惫的长途大巴上的我们来说，回顾这个赛季，记得的将是：不断的厮杀和将大家团结在一起的力量。

没有姚明，没有麦蒂，没有了7英尺巨人，伤病侵袭，残酷的赛程，身处西部，没有全明星球员，赛季中的大交易，所有这些都反过来印证了这个赛季的伟大。不错。应该说很不错。在NBA只有5、6支球队有机会赢得总冠军。很多球迷都抱着这样的心态(套用里奇-鲍比的话)“如果你不是第一，就是倒数第一。”我为这样的球迷感到遗憾，因为你错过了一些精彩的旅程。克服逆境取得成功，给你带来的快感不亚于获得总冠军。当然了，如果能够克服逆境并夺得总冠军，那是最好，但这不是享受整个赛季的唯一方式。

当初，很多人认为我们的战绩会和一些传统弱旅差不多，但我们一直是季后赛席位的有力争夺者，直到最近才掉队。

至于个人的表现，我也觉得很满足。职业生涯到了今天，我不再关心数据上的突破。这根本没什么。说实话，把自己职业生涯平均分提高4、5分，这并不会让我个人、教练或队友感到开心。所以，只有一项数据是应该在乎的：那就是胜场！我认为自己竭尽全力帮助球队取得胜利。我本希望自己能投进更多三分，获得更高的罚球命中率，但没办法事与愿违。今年我第一次成为了更衣室中的“老人”。我努力每天在训练馆营造出一种积极的氛围，为新人老人们树立榜样。我希望我的态度和这种想法能够渗透给全队。你们肯定都不知道，但是这是我真实的想法。在防守上，我也作出了改变，因为我的身后没有能经常盖帽的大个子了（我现在是球队中最厉害的盖帽手……亚克西！）所以，我现在不得不去用一些更传统的方式去防守。我最想推翻的一项NBA奖项就是“最佳防守球员”，这其实是一个谬论，因为他们根本就不存在。他们能够成功，多是因为他们身后存在着能“盖帽”的伟大球员。哈！姚！穆大叔！回来吧!

我认为自己很坚强。

所以，当我们告别09－10赛季时，我会记得的是，虽然从一开始就不被看好，但我们拼得有多凶。尽管没拿到总冠军，但这段旅程依然甜蜜。

肖恩

原文如下——

First of all, I want to send my prayers and thoughts to the people of the Qinghai province. I know that is was not too long ago that China felt the devastation in the Sichuan Province. Please send your prayers with the people of this terrible disaster. The Chinese people have shown they are extremely resilient. It is difficult to continue to be tested, but I have faith that the Chinese people will overcome this.

Getting ready to play the New Orleans Hornets in the season finale. We just won our 42nd game of the year, ensuring us a winning record for the year. I don’t think most people can appreciate the efforts of our players and coaches that we put in to win 42 games. A winning record for a team that went through the adversity that we went through is not a good accomplishment, it’s a great accomplishment. While most people will look at this year and lament at what we failed to accomplish and focus on our shortcomings as a team, for those who were in the locker room and on all the late flights and tired bus rides will look back on this year and remember the scrapping, clawing, and energy it took to keep us a relevant team.

No Yao, no McGrady, No 7 footers, injuries, brutal scheduling, playing in the Western Conference, no all-stars, a huge mid-season trade and all we have to show for it is a winning season. Not bad. Not bad at all. Realistically in the NBA, only a handful, maybe 5 or 6 teams have a legitimate shot to win the title. Many fans get caught up in the attitude (to paraphrase Ricky Bobby) “if you’re not first, your last.” I feel sorry for the people who believe this because you sometimes miss the incredible journey that you find yourself on. Overcoming adversity and succeeding in spite of it, can bring you as much satisfaction in the task at hand as a championship can. Obviously, overcoming adversity AND winning a championship trumps all, but it’s not the only way to enjoy a season.

Most people picked us to finish amongst the perennial lottery teams, and we kept our name in the playoff race until the waning weeks of the season.

For me personally, I felt fulfilled. At this point in my career, I could care less about statistical achievement. It simply doesn’t matter. Averaging 4 or 5 more points above my career average would not make me any happier nor my coaches or teammates to be honest. At this point, there is only one stat that matters: Wins! I thought I did everything in my control to prepare myself and my teammates to win games. I would have liked to make a few more 3’s, and shot a higher percentage at the free throw line but things like that just happen. This was the first year that I was the senior in the locker room. I tried to bring a positive attitude to the gym every day, both as an example for the young guys and the veterans.I’d like to think that my attitude and resolve rubbed off. You never know, but I’d like to think so at least. Defensively, my whole attitude had to change without the threat of shotblocking behind me (I was the team’s leading shotblocker……yikes!). I had to play a much more conservative style of defensive. My favorite fallacy in the NBA is the existence of a ‘lockdown’ defender. They don’t exist anymore. There are only very good defenders with GREAT shotblocking behind them. Ha. Yao, Deke come back! Ha.

I thought I was solid under the circumstances.

So as we close the door on the 09-10 season, I’ll look back and remember how hard we fought when we were counted out from the beginning. It might not be a championship, the journey was still sweet.

Shane