The shortest player in the NBA
NBA史上最矮的球員
Spud Webb was born in Texas, the USA, in 1963. He was very small-much smaller than the other kids at school. However, he had a big dream-he wanted to play in the NBA.
斯巴德·韋伯1963年出生在美國的德克薩斯州。他很矮小——比學校里的其他孩子要矮不少。然而,他有一個偉大的夢想——他想成為NBA球員。
While attending junior high, Spud tried out for the school team, but he was refused to play at first because he was too small.
斯巴德上初中時,他覺得參加校隊選拔,但是剛開始,他因為個子矮小被拒絕了。
He did not lose heart. When he finally got the chance, he scored 20 points in his first game. From then on, he was star of the team.
然后他并沒有灰心。當他最終有機會入隊時,在他第一場比賽中他就獲得了20分。
In senior high, Spud often had to sit in the stands because of his height. He practised even harder and got the coach to change his mind.
上高中時,斯巴德由于身高的原因,經(jīng)常不得不當替補隊員。他于是更努力地訓練,并并決心讓教練改變對他的看法。
Spud went on to become leader of the team. In his last year of senior high, he was named Player of the Year in Texas.
斯巴德隨后努力成為球隊領(lǐng)袖。在他高中的最后一年,他被評選為德克薩斯州年度最佳球員。
However, no university would invite him to play basketball simply because he was only 170 cm tall.
然而,他沒有受到任何一所邀請他打籃球的大學的邀請,原因是因為他僅僅是只有一米七的身高。