A Little Man, A Giant's Heart Mar 19, 2008, Posted by: Dave McMenamin http://my.nba.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5700001103 PHILADELPHIA, March 19, 2008 -- Outside of the Wachovia Center there’s a statue of Sixers great Wilt Chamberlain and on the base of it, chiseled in bronze, is the quote: 在Wachovia Center外面有一座伟大的七六人球员--张伯伦的雕像, 它的底部刻着一段话: (译注: Wachovia Center是七六人主场球馆) “The true measure of a man is the size of his heart.” "衡量一个人最重要的标准就是他的心" When the Big Dipper uttered those sentiments, he assuredly wasn’t talking about Allen Iverson. 当Big Dipper讲出这句话的时候, 他谈论的肯定不是AI. (译注: Big Dipper是张大帅的外号, 北斗神拳 XD) Chamberlain passed away weeks before the start of the 1999-2000 NBA season, back when Iverson was just a young player with potential, instead of the probable Hall of Famer he is today. 张伯伦在99-00赛季开始前几周过世, 那个时候AI还只是一个年轻有潜力的球员, 不过现在他已经是大有可能入主名人堂的球员了. But take the time to mull the quote around in your head for a minute and you’ ll realize there is no man those words can be more aptly applied to than Allen Ezail Iverson. 当你在脑海里细细品味这番话, 你会发现没有人比AI(Allen Ezail Iverson)更适合诠释那段话. (Yes, “Ezail” really is his middle name, no wonder he makes a little man scoring amongst the giants look so E-Z.) ( 是的, "Ezail"正是AI的middle name, 也难怪他可以在长人阵中如此E-Z地取分 ) Remember Iverson’s early days in Philly? Before Dwyane Wade fell down seven and got up eight, A.I. fell down 7,000 and got up 8,001. Before his teammate Carmelo Anthony had the corn rows, head band and sleeve on his left arm, A.I. had the corn rows, head band and sleeve on his right arm. Before LeBron was the King, A.I. was the Answer. 还记得AI早先在费城的日子吗? 在Wade在场上不断地碰撞跌倒又站起来之前, (fall down 7, get up 8) AI早已是一个不会被轻易击倒的战士; (fall down 7000, get up 8001) 在Melo编发, 戴头带, 左手带护肘袖套之前, 这些早已是AI的基本配备了; (AI戴在右手) 在LBJ被称做小皇帝之前, AI早已有一个响亮的外号 -- "The Answer". (译注: 描述Wade和AI那句话, 看原文会比较有感觉, 7-8对7000-8001 XD) People always tried to qualify and quantify A.I. The shortest MVP in league history … the third highest scoring average in league history, the owner of four scoring titles, the seven All-Star bids in 10 seasons as a 76er. 人们总是试着要去衡量AI的能耐, 在费城的10个年头, 他的成就非凡: 史上最矮的MVP 生涯平均得分排名史上第三 四届得分王头衔 七次入选全明星赛 But none of those numbers, no matter how staggering or mind-bending they may have been, did any justice to Iverson. 但不管这些数据多惊人或令人难以置信, 都无法公道地评断AI的地位. Well, maybe one number did, actually: 65 seconds. As in how long the cacophony of raucous cheering poured down on Iverson lasted after he was the first player introduced on the visiting team on Wednesday - a full one minute and five seconds. 不过或许有一个数字可以: 65秒. 当他在礼拜三被介绍出场时, 全场给他的standing ovation持续了65秒之久. (译注: 这边用standing ovation感觉比较high XD) As the Philadelphia P.A. announcer started to bellow, “From Georgetown University…” Iverson bounced off of the Nuggets bench, threw two kisses, pounded his chest and then moved his cupped hand to his ear, causing the pitch of the crowd to reach the loudest level it’s been in the building since playoff runs of yesteryear. ( 译注: AI被介绍出场时的片段, 请看http://0rz.tw/8a3Ke ) The signature hand-to-ear move not only brought the crowd to hysterics, but gave Iverson’s ovation the extra push it needed to max out at 65 seconds and eclipse the 42 second love fest that Charles Barkley’s first return as a Phoenix Sun inspired. AI的招牌动作(把手放在耳朵旁要观众欢呼更大声)不只让观众陷入疯狂, 也让全场球迷给AI的standing ovation持续到了65秒之久, 使得Barkley转队到太阳後第一次回费城时得到的42秒相形失色. “Don’t feel like nothing’s changed, honestly,” Iverson said. AI说: 老实说, 我觉得一切都没有改变. Well, not exactly nothing. What about being in the visitor’s locker room? 嗯, 也不是说都没有变, "待在客队的球员更衣室感觉如何?" “That’s different. That’s a locker room that I never wanted to end up in. But it is what it is.” AI说: 相当不一样, 我从没想过会进来这边, 但现实就是如此. A couple other things changed, too. After unleashing his crossover on Willie Green in the third quarter, Iverson put up an airball. Philly fans aren’t used to seeing that. Also, Ann Iverson was in the crowd wearing the Nuggets blue and gold instead of the Sixers white and red. Philly fans definitely aren ’t used to seeing that. 有一些事情也改变了... 第三节一次cross-over过了Willie Green後, AI投了一个面包球, 费城球迷并不常见到这种情形. 除此之外, Ann Iverson不再穿着七六人球衣, 而是穿着金块球衣在观众席上, 费城球迷绝对不习惯看到这样的事情. (译注: Ann Iverson是AI的妈妈) Even if the Sixers already had an official bunny rabbit mascot named Hip-Hop, Ann Iverson was looked to by Philly fans just as much during the Iverson era to ignite the masses as the hoopin’ hare. 即便七六人有一只名叫"Hip-Hop"的邦尼兔吉祥物, Ann Iverson受费城球迷关注的程度, 跟在AI时代激起观众情绪的他和吉祥物不相上下. ( 译注: Hip-Hop http://0rz.tw/ac3Rn ) But it’s not his on-the-court exploits that have changed so much as his off-the-court antics, or lack thereof. 他在球场外的不当行为已经消失殆尽, 但他在球场上的英勇表现却不曾改变. “I’m 32-years old, man. I don’t make mistakes and do some of the things I was used to doing. I don’t want to be that person anymore.” AI说: 我已经32岁了, 我不会再犯下我曾经犯过的错误, 我不想再当那种人了. But make no mistake about it, “that person” is still loved in Philadelphia. 但别搞错了, 即便他曾经是那种人, 他在费城依然受到爱戴. Iverson said that he still gets approached by fans toting his 76ers No. 3 jersey around the world and still gladly signs them, “What am I supposed to do?” he joked. AI说仍然会有来自世界各地的球迷拿着他的七六人三号球衣找他签名, 他依然很高兴地的帮他们签, AI开玩笑说: 不然我应该怎样做? The cheers subsided and there was a game to play between A.I.’s current team 12-games over .500 and out of the postseason standings in the West against his former squad, a game under .500 and holding the East’s seventh seed. Go figure. 当欢呼平静下来後, 比赛即将开始. 金块目前超过五成胜率12场, 却还在西区季後赛名单之外; 七六人低於五成胜率, 但在东区排名第七. And what was this? Iverson’s first play of the game when it looked like he had a step on his defender towards the hoop? A dump off assist to Carmelo Anthony for an open three in the corner. 看看比赛中发生了什麽事... AI的第一个play看起来像是已经过了防守者准备上篮取分, 然後他把球传给了角落的Melo, 三分球应声入网. Maybe this was a different Allen Iverson. 或许这就是变的不一样的地方. His first basket of the night was a lot like the thousands of ones he made in a Sixers uniform from 1996-2006, a pull-up fadeaway from the foul line that’ s supposed to be impossible for a 6-footer to get off in an NBA game, but Iverson made it look routine. 这场比赛他投进的第一颗球就像他还穿着七六人球衣时投进的几千球一样 -- 一个在罚球线突然拔起的fadeaway, 这对一个只有6尺高的球员来说应该是相当不可能的, 但是AI使得这样的进球看起来相当平常. At one point in the second quarter Iverson finished a lay-up on the fast break and a couple fans sitting on the lower level got up and started bowing in the four-time scoring champ’s direction. Philadelphia; where a 165-pound man is bowed down to like a God happens. 第二节一次快攻上篮取分後, 一对坐在较低排的球迷对着这位四届得分王弯腰膜拜. 费城是一个会发生有人会对165磅的男人做出弯腰膜拜的动作的城市. (Philadephia; where a 165-pound man is bowed down to like a God happens.) (译注: 最後一句看原文比较有感觉, 仿NBA的广告词Where ... happens) Eventually the game became about two teams making sure they take care of business in March so that they’ll be still be part of the fun come playoff time in late April. 最终, 球场上的两支球队还是得全力以赴, 为了四月下旬开打的季後赛努力. Philly fans’ unbridled love started to wear off in the fourth quarter with the Sixers up by eight and Iverson going to the line. They booed him, as if to say, “Hey, no offense A.I., but you know all we’ve ever wanted is a winner. Nothing personal.” 费城的球迷在第四节开始收起对AI的热爱, 当七六人领先八分, AI站上罚球线时, 他们开始嘘他, 就像在说着: "嘿, 不要再进攻了, AI. 你知道我们想要的就是获得胜利. 这无关私人情感." There were moments of vintage Iverson down the stretch. After being called for a blocking foul and giving up a three-point play to Andre Miller, the player he was traded for last year, Iverson came down and stuck a three from the wing with a minute remaining to tie it. 在比赛的最後阶段, 看到相当典型的AI... 在被吹了一个阻挡犯规并让Andre Miller打了一个三分打之後, AI旋即在45度角附近投进一个重要的三分球, 在时间还剩下一分的时候追平比数. The following play was just as spectacular, with Andre Iguodala falling to the ground and seemingly losing control of the ball only to find Sam Dalembert for the impromptu go-ahead alley-oop with :32.9 remaining. 接下来的可说是全场最关键的play... 就在小AI跌倒快要失去对球的控制之前, 他及时地将球抛向空中, 给Dalembert来了一个alley-oop补进关键两分, 此时时间只剩32.9秒. The Nuggets had the ball and trailed by two points for the game's last possession when Iverson got the shot everybody paid to see, a pull-up jumper from the left wing. But it went long. The Nuggets had a couple feeble attempts in the final scrum to tie it up, but the Sixers held on for the 115-113 win . 金块落後两分并握有球权, 最後一波进攻大家都在看着... AI在左侧急停跳投, 球弹了出来, 其他人争抢篮板并尝试补进追平比数, 但七六人最终还是坚持住了, 以115-113获得胜利. Despite the loss, Iverson got everything he could have possibly asked for. He scored 32 points, dropped eight assists, had a chance to be the hero and even though he didn’t make the big shot, still walked away with a hero’s welcome. 尽管输球, AI仍得到所有他想要的. 他得到32分, 8助攻, 而且有机会在比赛最後当英雄. 及使他没投进关键一击, 仍然在英雄式的欢呼之下步出场外. “I dreamed in up a certain way, and it was better than that,” Iverson said. “It made me feel appreciated. It made me feel like the time that I was here was worthwhile.” AI说: 我常梦到我回来这边, 实际上比我梦到的好上太多了. 这让我觉得很感激, 让我觉得我在这边的时光是值得的. Sixers coach Maurice Cheeks, who only became the franchise patriarch in the first place in part due to Iverson’s insistence, spoke to the media about what happened between him and A.I. 七六人教练Maurice Cheeks对媒体述说他和AI之间发生了什麽事. “It ended,” the former coach/mentor/buddy said. “Unfortunately it ended in a way neither of us wanted.” 他说: 结束了(指他和AI), 只是不幸地以我们两个都不想要的方式结束了. Not only did their relationship as player and coach end. But their relationship as person and person was over too. 结束的不只是他们之间球员和教练的关系, 他们之间的交情也结束了. Iverson and Cheeks didn’t speak at all in the 15 months since he was traded to the Rockies (as in the area, not the baseball team). 自从AI被交易之後, 他们已经15个月没有联络了. But when Iverson made his entrance tonight, he made sure he covered all his bases. He shook hands with the security guards, slapped five with the ball boys, hugged his former coach and even kissed the emblem of his former team at center court. Heck, he probably flushed his favorite urinal in the building too, just to let it know he was back. 但当AI今晚踏进球场, 他确保他有跟每个人打过招呼. 他与保安人员握手, 跟球童击掌, 跟他的前教练拥抱, 甚至还亲了中场的七六人队徽. 他大概也冲了球场内他最爱的小便斗, 好让所有的人都知道他回来了. (译注: 最後一句...XD) “If I would have done thinks different, maybe I’d still be seeing those people.” AI说: 如果我那时有不一样的想法, 或许我现在还可以一直看到那些人. But if he did things differently, would be even be Allen Iverson? 但假使他做得不一样了, 那还会是我们所熟知的AI吗? Allen Iverson is real people. AI只是一个现实中的人物. Allen Iverson is three parts hustle, one part lazy. Two parts selfish, two parts sharing. Six parts star, four parts regular dude from Newport News. Four parts nice, one part nasty. One part Nugget, one part Sixer. But he’s 10 parts heart and that, after all, is the true measure of a man. (译注: 最後这段看原文应该蛮容易的, 中文有点难表达出他的精髓, 这段看了蛮令人动容的.) -- 有点长的一篇外电 不过觉得写得很好 所以大概的翻了一下 若有错请指正 科科 --

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