奧巴馬：我早就知道會這樣！(圖片來源：江滬英語)Pesident Barack Obama called The Wire“one of the best shows of all time，” and curbed his Chicago bias enough to rave about New York Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin during a 24-minute basketball-centric conversation on Bill Simmons’“B.S.Report” podcast.
美國總統奧巴馬近日接受了BS Report播客時長24分鐘的訪談，奧巴馬表示這個節目是“一直以來最精彩的節目之一”。在與NBA名嘴比爾·西蒙斯談到紐約尼克斯隊赤手可熱的華裔球星林書豪時，奧巴馬盛贊他的這位哈佛校友，表示自己早就知道他很厲害。奧巴馬總統是芝加哥公牛隊的死忠球迷。
以下是訪談中奧巴馬與比爾·西蒙斯談到林書豪的部分：
Simmons：So you’re catching up, obviously，on the fact that you had been surpassed as the most famous person who was a Harvard graduate.
西蒙斯：很明顯，現在有了林書豪，總統您可不再是世界上最出名的哈佛畢業生了。
Obama：Jeremy is doing good.And I knew about Jeremy before you did，or everybody else did，because Arne Duncan，my Secretary of Education，was captain of the Harvard team.And so way back when，Arne and I were playing and he said，I’m telling you，we’ve got this terrific guard named Jeremy Lin at Harvard.And then one of my best friends，his son is a freshman at Harvard，and so when he went for a recruiting trip he saw Lin in action.So I’ve been on the Jeremy Lin bandwagon for a while.
奧巴馬：林書豪做得很棒，我很早就知道他了，我比全世界所有人都早知道他有多厲害。因為我的教育部長阿恩·鄧肯以前在哈佛大學籃球隊擔任隊長，很早之前，我們在打籃球的時候就談到過他，鄧肯跟我說哈佛有一個很厲害的控球后衛叫林書豪。然后我有一個很好的朋友的孩子進了哈佛，他在讀一年級的時候參加了招募旅行，親眼證實了林書豪的實力。我早就在關注林書豪了。
Simmons：Are you taking credit for “Linsanity”？ It kind of feels like you are a little bit.
西蒙斯：看來“林瘋狂”也有總統您的功勞！好像有點哦。
Obama：I can’t take credit for it，but I’m just saying I was there early.
奧巴馬：不能這樣說，不過我真的很早之前就在關注這個小伙子了。
Simmons：I’m surprised you didn’t steer him toward the Bulls.He was floating around and getting waived by teams.
西蒙斯：我真奇怪您怎么沒把他弄進公牛隊去，當時他輾轉好幾個球隊之間，還被火箭和勇士給裁掉了。
Obama：Well，we’ve got this pretty good point guard on the Bulls as well.So he might not have gotten as much PT as he did.
奧巴馬：公牛隊的控球后衛也很不錯。林書豪如果沒有之前的經歷，也不會得到那么多的鍛煉。
Obama：But look，it’s a great story.And what’s interesting is the fact that somehow folks were missing it in practice.I mean，that’s what’s interesting.Because you got to assume that during scrimmages he was running that pick-and-roll pretty well.And it is a terrific story.He seems like a wonderful young man.And，look，it elevates this great sport all around the world.It can’t hurt ratings for basketball in China.
奧巴馬：林書豪的故事很偉大，有趣的是，現實中人們會莫名其妙地錯過有才能的球員。真的很有趣。現在來看看，他在跟賽場上跟對手爭球時擋拆戰術做得非常好。這是一個很棒的故事，他看起來是個很不錯的年輕人。他讓籃球這項偉大的運動在整個世界的地位都得到了提升，中國人對籃球的關注也在高漲。
