Free to Go, Star Finds His Way Back Home Fourteen years after bypassing him in the draft — a decision etched in franchise infamy — the Knicks finally signed Artest on Monday. He is 33 and goes by the name Metta World Peace. He is a bit slower, but no less tenacious. He is downright giddy about the possibilities. “I’m getting more excited to play with the players,” World Peace said by telephone Monday night. “I’m more excited to play with the players than I am to be in New York City, you know? I’m more excited to play with the team. That’s what make me excited.” 距离阿平被选进NBA已经过了14年，这位纽约人终於回家了。 阿平用了四个excited来表示自己的兴奋:"我现在超兴奋的拉，我超期待去纽约打球， 你知道吗?我超期待跟那只队伍一起打球，这真的让我超兴奋的。" The Knicks signed World Peace to a two-year deal worth up to $3.25 million, the second year a player option, according to a person with knowledge of the contract. He became available when the Los Angeles Lakers waived him under the N.B.A.’s “amnesty” option, removing his $7.7 million salary from the books while still paying him. 两年325万合约，第二年球员选项。 He spent the last several days musing on Twitter about playing in China, or in the Arena Football League, or just about anywhere. “I’m so happy to be Metta this morning,” he tweeted on Monday, “because at 4 a.m. I turned into the Geico lizard. I was so scared I would be in NY as a Lizard!!” 阿平:"今天早上起来，我对於我还是阿平感到开心，因为现在是凌晨四点，我即将变成 Geico lizard，真的是太惊讶了，我将要去纽约就像是Geico lizard~~" Geico lizard:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acCfnwTpdxU In the phone interview, World Peace mentioned the allure of reuniting with Tyson Chandler, his former teammate with the Chicago Bulls and another defense-first player. He was bursting with praise for Iman Shumpert, the Knicks’ young swingman, a defensive demon who is rapidly evolving into a true two-way player. “He’s one of my favorite players,” World Peace said, adding that he has been texting encouragement to Shumpert all season. “I can’t wait to be on the floor and watch him every night. I think he has a chance to be whatever he wants to be.” 阿平谈老钱跟香波:"老钱是我最爱的球员之一，至於香波，我恨不得每天晚上都去球场看他 我认为他有机会成为他想成为的球员。" “Whether I come off the bench or start, it really doesn’t matter,” he said. “Whether I’m a starting player or sixth, seventh man or eighth man. For me, it’s all about how can I help the young guys.” 阿平谈位子:"不管是替补或先发，我都不在乎，不管我是先发还是第六人，第七人，第八人 对我来说，我只在乎我可以帮助年轻人做到甚麽?" World Peace, who was raised in Queenbridge, said he would continue those efforts in New York, with the same passion he brings to the court. “You know me, I give 100 percent,” he said. “It doesn’t matter how many years I got left in me. It’s about giving 100 percent in everything I’m doing.” 阿平:"你懂我的，在场上我会100%付出，不管过了几年，我就是尽全力去做每件事。" "We all know it's the hardest place to win," said World Peace, who agreed to a two-year contract with the Knicks on Monday. "Since [the] '73 [title]. Why not take on something that's hard? Why not?" 阿平:"我们都知道最难的就是赢球，尼克自从1973年後就没赢过冠军了，为何不来接受这个 挑战呢?" World Peace said Monday that signing with the Knicks wasn't his priority. He initially thought of playing football. "Y'all know I like to be adventurous," he said. "I have no filter and I have no filter in my creativity. Very bold. I changed my name. So the thing with the Arena Football League was really appealing to me. That was something I mentioned to everybody. And I'm pushing kids to play multiple sports, like Bo Jackson did back in the day." 阿平被问到尼克是否是第一选择 阿平:"你们知道的，我喜欢冒险，我最先想做的就是去打室内美式足球。" 阿平说尼克以外的第二选择是去中国打球。 "Being in my prime, I think China would have been very inspirational," he said. "But then you get back to that orange and blue, and you know that orange-and-blue blood; you've got to come back home." 阿平:"我认为中国是个激励人心的地方，但是我身上流着蓝橘色的血，你知道的，我得要 回家。" 阿平谈尼克的合约:“我甚至都不需要去看合同。就算只有一美元？那也没有问题。只要 把合同拿来让我签字就行了。” The Knicks now have 11 players with guaranteed contracts and some still to fill on the bench, primarily at point guard and center. They can offer only minimum contracts at this point, having split their so-called mini-midlevel exception between World Peace and Pablo Prigioni. 尼克现在有11个保证约罗。 http://ppt.cc/ArN8 http://ppt.cc/tHd5 -------------------------------------------------- 11个保证约 後卫: 小胖子(PG/SG) 老普(PG) 香波(G/F) JR(G/F) 小哈德威(G/F) 前锋: 瓜(F) 阿骂(F/C) 巴格压尼(F/C) 阿平(F) CJ(F) 中锋: 老钱(C) 看来我们需要老钱的替补... 另外去年联盟进攻火力最强的组合是我们:小胖子/老基/JR/瓜/老钱 -- ─∥ ─── ◣ =◥"◥’． ∵ ◆∥ ψsherry821224 ────────────── ∥ ◤ ◥ ◤ ◥ ∥ ◤ ◢◤\ ◣◥ Teammates don't ∥ ╱ ∥◤￣◣ ﹍◣∥◤￣╲∥ ╱∥◤￣╲ ▼‵､λ﹀▼▼ play with each ∥◆◇ ∥ ∥∥◣∥ ∥╱ ∥◣＿ ─-.╳ ︶- other, they play ∥ ╲ ∥ ∥∥ ∥ ∥ ╲ ◥∥▲ ρ\ `, ▲▲ FOR each other. ─∥ ╲ ∥ ∥∥ ∥◣＿╱∥ ╲╲＿◢∥ ◥ | ◢────────…‥． --

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