SLAM: I read that if you didn’t make it in the NBA, you were going to try out for the NFL… SLAM:我听说你之前,如果没进NBA,你会去NFL MB: I was a receiver. I was All-American in high school and I led the nation in touchdowns. So football was really my number one sport. But at UCLA they weren’t really high on me playing football so I ended up just playing basketball. But there were some teams that were willing to give me a private tryout. When I was going into my first Golden State season and I told myself that if this doesn’t work, maybe it’s time to make a switch. But luckily Don Nelson gave me a chance and I’ve kinda been rolling ever since. Barnes:我以前是个接球员(跑来跑去接球去touch Down的那位),我是高中全明星还有我 是全国Touch Down最多的球员,所以其实美式足球才是我的本行,可是我在UCLA的时候,他 们不太在意我打美式足球,所以我最後跑去打篮球,可是还有很多队私底下给我机会, 所以当我一开始在Golden State的时候,我告诉我自己说,如果不行,就是转行的时机了, 可是好运的是,Don Nelson给了我机会所以我一只打到现在 SLAM: How badly did you want to come back to the Clippers this offseason? 上个球季结束後,你有多想要回到快艇? MB: They were obviously my number one choice. Chris Paul and I talked during the season and we were kind of going to be a packaged deal. Playing with him was unlike playing with anybody I’ve ever played with. I felt comfortable and strong in saying that I think we could win a Championship together, and we ’re both glad that we got a chance to come back to the Clippers. 他们是我很多选择的其中之一,Chris Paul在球季中有跟我谈到我们应该会有一些交易 跟他打球是我人生的一个新的经验,我感到很棒,而且觉得我们会拿到冠军,所以我们很 开心可以一起回到快艇 SLAM: Does this Clippers team have what it takes to get over the hump and get a title? 你觉得这个快艇队有拿到冠军的实力吗 MB: Definitely. It’s Championship or bust. We feel we have the talent level from a player standpoint, and now we have the coach to match that. So anything less than a Championship is going to be a pointless season. We won the division last year—56 wins, 17 in a row—and then won the first two and then lost four straight, so basically to be swept out of the Playoffs…Last year really didn’t mean anything to us. We accomplished a lot of franchise goals but we didn’t accomplish our team goal, which was to win. So last year is a driving force for this summer for people to get better. 有的,基本上就是有冠军跟没冠军,我觉得我们有那个天分,然後我们现在有好教练去 发挥那个天分,所以其实没拿到冠军跟失败没甚麽两样,我们去年拿到分组冠军,56胜 连17场赢球,然後我们季後赛连赢头两场,然後再连输4场,然後就被踢出季後赛了, 所以其实去年对我们来说甚麽都不是,我们有很多目标,可是我们没有对我们的球队设下 目标,其实就是赢球,所以去年应该会是一个助长我们成长的一个动力 心得: Matt Barnes头脑还算很清楚,不愧是UCLA出身的 --

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