Truth be told, Paul Pierce likes new role By Steve Bulpett Friday, October 2, 2009 http://rubyurl.com/XUp9 ※ 此翻译依照本人自己的理解翻译的，若有错误或误解，烦请告知~ --------------------------------- NEWPORT, R.I. - Celtics [team stats] practices end, and the questions move toward Kevin Garnett and his right knee. People want to talk to Rasheed Wallace, and they want to know how Marquis Daniels is fitting in, too. 当超赛的练习结束，人们所有的问题几乎都围绕着KG的右膝，或是想要和SHEED谈谈， 甚至也想知道Daniels该如何融入我们的团队。 Across the way, Paul Pierce [stats] sits and ices his knees in relative anonymity. As training camp gets rolling, he’s not The Story. 而真理──坐在旁边，正冰敷着他的膝盖。 彷佛是昨天，却不再是昨天，但这一切可不包括PAUL PIERCE. “Yeah, that’s true,” coach Doc Rivers said after yesterday’s session. “But he’s still Paul Pierce. We certainly don’t lose sight of that.” 在昨天的(球队)会议之後，河流说道：「千真万确......PAUL仍然是我们的PAUL PIERCE ，我们深信不疑。」 The Celtics will be much better this season if Garnett can stay healthy and Wallace and Daniels can raise the level of the reserves. The team will be stronger all around if Kendrick Perkins [stats] can pick his spots with a newfound offensive proficiency, and Glen Davis improves on defense thanks to quickness from a newly toned body. 只要KG健健康康的，SHEED和Daniels又增加了球队的战力，超赛在新球季将会更强大， 而且这支球队还会获得来自PERK和大宝贝的奥援。 But when the games get big, the C’s success still will be determined largely by Pierce’s ability to put the ball in the hole. Teams win championships, and the captain still carries a lot of figurative weight. 但是当比赛进入更大的场面，超赛能否成功有很大一部分仍然取决於PP的能力。这支球队 仍然相当依赖队长. “Each guy is critical in his own way, but Paul’s our primary scorer,” Rivers said. “I mean, when we need a bucket, Paul’s our guy. When we need an open shot, Ray (Allen)’s our guy. But Paul is such a big part of everything we do.” 河流表示：「球队每个人都是不可或缺的，但是PAUL无疑是我们主要的得分好手。 我的意思是当我们需要他的时候，他一直都在，就像我们需要RAY出手投篮时，RAY 不会让我们失望。只是我们所做的一切，PP正是其中『巨大』的一部分。」 As his eyes peered out from his hoodie warmup jacket, Pierce laughed at his fall from media attention. 旁边的PP笑起河流身上的热身衣了！ “I’m still here,” he said. “I’m still in the building. PP说：「我一直在这里，我还在改进。」 “But really, I’m just trying to help my new teammates fit in and make them as comfortable as possible. That’s what it’s all about. Hey, I know what the story is when you bring in new guys. People want to know how they’re going to fit in. That’s what everyone’s going to talk about. But here inside the team it’s different. I mean, having new guys is fun for us, too, but we know what’ s important. We know what we have to do. We’re here just trying to get everything and everyone on the same page, and that’s been going really good.” PP表示：「老实说，我还在试图帮助新队友融入球队，尽可能让他们感到舒适，这 就是我在做的。我知道当有新球员加入时，大家都想知道我们要如何融合，然而实际 上这又是另外一回事，我的意思是，这其实是一件很有趣的事情，同时也很重要， 我们大家在同一条船上，同体同心，这才是最棒的！」 It’s not that Pierce shies away from the spotlight or doesn’t embrace the need to produce in crunch time. But where some great players prefer to be more singular stars, he prefers to blend in with others, only stepping out for a solo when necessary. 以上的谈话并不表示PP将从此远离球场上的焦点，或是在关键时刻消失。比起那些 伟大的球员独自引领球队，PP更喜欢成为队友的後盾，然後在必要的时候当仁不让。 “It’s great having stars around you because you feel less pressure,” Pierce said. “You know that on any given night you’ve got guys that can carry you. I pick times when I need to step up for this ballclub, but when you’ve got this type of supporting cast and All-Stars around you, it makes it great. With the kind of players I have around me, it’s a no-brainer to want to share the load. PP表示：「当你被很棒的队友围绕，你的压力会减轻，每个晚上当你需要帮助， 你永远不孤单，球场上的一切很美好，我有这样的队友，这是每个球员都想要的。」 Sharing will, in turn, make Pierce better in the long run. The captain was visibly drained by the end of last season but has a new energy. 「分享」改变了PP，我们的队长在去年的球季尾声显然枯竭不已，但现在他元气满满。 “Paul’s playing terrific,” Rivers said. “You can see he likes this team, especially the second unit. He looks good now, and I think he’ll be able to sustain that longer. Paul knows what our depth means to us and to him. 河流说：「PAUL真的非常棒！你可以感受到他有多喜欢这支球队，甚至不停鼓励新人， PP了解这支球队的精神，也明白球队之於他自己的意义。」 “He’s the kind of star that likes the team situation. I think most young guys need to be (individualistic). I think the older you get, for the most part, the more you appreciate more stars on your team and you realize you can’t do it by yourself. I mean, there are some exceptions to that rule, but for the most part, when you look historically in basketball, young guys want to be stars. When they get older, some of that goes away.” Players like Pierce don’t need to stand out as much. And it doesn’t bother him in the least that the attention wanes . . . as long as his game remains. 河流接着说：「PP是那种会接受球队处境的球星，我认为现在很多年轻球员个人主义太重， 多数的老球员比较会理解球队，明白不光只是做自己就好的道理，也许会有例外...... 但是综观过去的篮球历史，有些年轻球员太想成为球星，然後当他们年华老去，就这麽 消失了。」 像PP这种球员不需要太抢眼，只要他的比赛还在，他就会存在。 # --------------------------------- GO GO CELTICS ~ --

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