新闻出处(必填): http://ppt.cc/c3af PHOENIX — Questions about his NBA future leave Jermaine O’Neal in a painful pause. The Suns center and former Celtic, who claims to have found basketball peace under new Phoenix coach Lindsey Hunter, has moved on from his sport of the last 17 years in many respects. O’Neal was worried he had suffered a heart attack earlier this season, but the symptoms turned out to be an irregular heartbeat. Also, a beloved aunt died from a stroke and aneurysm. And his daughter, 13-year-old Asjia, is scheduled to have heart valve surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital on March 5. O’Neal will leave the Suns to be at his daughter’s side, with the rest of his Dallas-based family, for three days starting on the day of surgery. “I don’t know if God is trying to tell me something, because I’ve had to fly back to my family quite a bit this year,” he said before last night’s 113-88 C’s win. “My girl just had a balloon put in her chest three days ago. When you’re 17 years into the league, you have to look at that.” Asjia is undeterred by the prospect of heart surgery. Like her father, she’s an athlete. “My daughter is 13 years old and she has a chance to be one of the best volleyball players in the country — 6 feet tall, 158 pounds. College coaches are already calling about her,” said O’Neal. “She has a leaky valve that’ s making her heart work too hard. She’s having complications. “We’ll be (at Mass. General) from the 4th to the 8th of March. I’m positive everything will go well,” he said. “My daughter is actually taking it better than me and the mother. We haven’t told her that, but we talked about it yesterday and she said, ‘Let’s get it over with.’ “She started playing volleyball this year and has really taken to that. The biggest thing for her is that she couldn’t play volleyball (with her condition). She’s not talking about surgery. Me and her mother are talking about surgery, but she’s talking about volleyball.” “She played soccer in Boston for a couple of years, and you could tell, she’ s not going to play soccer. She’s not interested in basketball because she’ s been around it for too long with me. As a father, you want the best for her and I have to be there.” Little wonder that any mention of O’Neal’s career forces him to hesitate. He talks of how Suns teammates expressed a desire for him to remain in Phoenix in the days leading up to Thursday’s trading deadline. O’Neal said he simply wasn’t interested in several publicized opportunities to join contenders, including some outreach by the Knicks. “I’m no longer looking to go and try to win a championship. When you don’t fit, it looks like you can’t play,” said O’Neal, who admits to savoring his surroundings a little more. “Basketball justifies a lot for people, but I don’t need that. I have a great family, and that’s my concentration. “This year I’ve enjoyed going into every arena for some reason. I’ve enjoyed the bus rides, the dinners, the locker room stuff, all of that. Maybe it is the last one.” --- 简单说，就是这一年来小欧私底下遇到很多问题 除了自己发现有心律不整外，他敬爱的阿姨也因为中风及患有动脉瘤而过世。 然後他13岁大的女儿，也将在3月初於麻省的医院动心瓣膜手术。届时小欧会 向太阳队请假三天去陪在他女儿身旁。 小欧表示:我不知道上天是不是在试着告诉我什麽，这一年来我很常回家。 而他也说自己已经不想再加入有夺冠机会的球队，"如果我不适应，看起来 就像不会打球阿。""今年当我踏入每个球场都是带着享受的感觉，我也很享 受搭巴士的时光，晚餐，还有休息室的事物。或许这会是最後一年了。" --- 小欧毕竟也在这待过两年，我个人是觉得他很尽力做好教练希望他做到的。 虽然没有什麽突出的数据，但起码他去年制造进攻犯规平均数是全队第一。 可惜他太多伤病缠身，祝福他女儿手术顺利，也希望他不管他在联盟会待多 久，都能享受这些时光。 -- It start with 6,then 17 ,then 33 ,then 34 ,then 9. It's all about Pride and Responsibility. And the Cigar. --

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