Diop has made the trek back almost annually.

迪奥普几乎每年都长途跋涉回到老家。

In four seasons with Cleveland, Diop was deemed a bust.

在克里夫兰的4个赛季，迪奥普被视作水货。

Diop progressed on the basketball court and, even more important, in the classroom.

迪奥普在篮球场，更重要的是在教室获得了长足进步。

Diop is quick to point out that basketball is only one aspect of life that he teaches.

迪奥普随即指出，篮球仅仅是他教的人生之一面。

Diop says he sometimes wonders if he would have become a star with better tutelage as a youth.

迪奥普说，有时他很想知道，如果在年轻时得到更好的指导，他会不会就成为明星了。

But like some of the campers, Diop ventured into basketball only after he grew too tall for soccer.

不过与有些营员类似，迪奥普是在他个头长得太高不适合踢足球之后才转投篮球的。

The basketball court, DeSagana Diop explains, is in Parcelles Assainies, the neighborhood in which he grew up in Dakar and the unlikely starting point for a nine-year N. B. A. career.

这个篮球场，据迪奥普介绍，位于与达喀尔邻近的帕萨雷斯阿萨尼斯（Parcelles Assainies），这里是他生长的地方，也是他九年NBA生涯不可想象的起点。