From HOOPSWORLD http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=18167 Foster: I Want To Retire A Pacer By: Lang Greene Last Updated: 12/13/10 6:14 AM ET The Indiana Pacers organization has truly run the full spectrum of success and failure over the past twelve seasons. The team which only missed the playoffs once during the 1990s (1997) went from pushing the Los Angeles Lakers to six games in the 2000 NBA Finals to the club's current four season playoff drought. 印地安那溜马队在过去 12 年间，经历过辉煌与黯淡。这只球队在 90 年代只缺席过一 次季後赛（1997），并曾和湖人在 2000 年的总冠军赛鏖战六场，但已经四年没打进季 後赛了。 During this span numerous events led to club dropping out of the conversation of the Eastern Conference elite. Four different head coaches have patrolled the sidelines, the infamous brawl of 2004 and the retirement of future Hall of Fame guard and face of the franchise Reggie Miller were all driving factors. 这段期间发生了很多事，让人们谈及东区列强时忘了这只球队。换了四任总教练，2004 年恶名昭彰的打架事件，还有准名人堂球星、球队的象徵人物 Reggie Miller 的退休， 都是促成因素。 The revolving door at head coach represents a lack of stability which ultimately led to the club unsuccessfully searching for an on court identity over the past few years. The brawl robbed a team coming off a 60 plus win campaign the season before from reaching its full potential and their legitimate title aspirations. The brawl coupled with the retirement of the well respected Miller led to the franchise also searching to reestablish the identity of the team off the court in the community of Indiana. 总教练像旋转门一样屡屡走马换将代表了不稳定，而这最终也导致了球队过去几年在场 上找不到重心。而「The Brawl」更剥夺了一只前一季还有 60 胜佳绩的球队，发挥他们 天赋水准，公平地竞争总冠军的机会。打架事件，随後还有神米的退休，让球队必须寻 求方法重新建立在印城居民心目中的认同。 One player remains from the 2000 finals team that witnessed firsthand the rapid descent from legitimate title contention to postseason afterthoughts – veteran center Jeff Foster. 而有一位球员从 2000 年那只东区冠军队时起，目睹了这一切兴衰 -- Jeff Foster。 Through 22 games the Pacers record stands at 11-11, which would be good enough to secure the Eastern Conference's seventh seed if the playoffs were to begin today. After going 104-142 over the past three years, Foster is thrilled about the team's start and outlook for the rest of the season. 开季至今 22 场溜马战绩 11 胜 11 败，如果今天季後赛就开打的话将排名东区第七。 历经了前三年的 104 胜 142 败，Foster 不禁为球队开季的成绩和未来展望感到激动。 "It's great," Foster commented to HOOPSWORLD regarding the franchise getting back to its previous winning ways somewhat. "For the last four years we've been an offensive minded team. But I think the guys have figured out that to win games you have to play defense and we're doing that at a very high level right now. If we continue to do what we're doing we'll make the playoffs." 「这真是太棒了，」Foster 对 HOOPSWORLD 谈到球队重返胜利之路时说道：「过去四年 之间我们一直是支攻击导向的队伍。但我想这些小伙子们终於知道要赢球，就必须靠防 守的道理，而且我们现在执行得很有水准。如果我们能保持下去，我们将会打进季後赛 。」 Foster has spent his entire 12 season career wearing a Pacers uniform, with Indiana making the playoffs in the first seven. After being drafted by the Golden State Warriors in 1999, the center out of Texas State University was promptly shipped to the Pacers in exchange for shooting guard Vonteego Cummings and a 2001 first round pick which turned out to be current New Jersey Nets forward Troy Murphy. Foster 生涯的 12 个球季都身披溜马战袍，其中前七个球季都打进季後赛。这位德州州 立大学出身的中锋，在 1999 年选秀会被金州勇士队选中後就马上被交易到溜马，和得 分後卫 Vonteego Cummings 及一枚 2001 年首轮选秀权交换，而那枚选秀权後来变成现 在人在篮网的 Troy Murphy。 The veteran has also had the opportunity to play behind a diverse set of talented big men during his time in Indiana. During his rookie year he was able to battle and learn from now retired center Rik Smits. He was also able to observe the coming of age and All-Star level emergence of current Boston Celtics reserve Jermaine O'Neal. 这位历战老将在印城的生涯中，曾和各式各样的长人们合作过。在新人年的时候，他和 现已退休的 Rik Smits 对抗并从中学习。他也看着 Jermaine O'Neal（现在在 Celtics 担任替补）逐渐成长为明星级的球员。 Now Foster is witnessing the coming out party for fourth year center Roy Hibbert. The youngster is averaging 14.8 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.9 blocks so far this season. Foster has little doubt that Hibbert has the goods to keep Indiana relevant in the league for a long time. 而现在 Foster 正看着中锋 Roy Hibbert 的茁壮。这位年轻人本球季场均获得 14.8 分 ，抓下 8.7 篮板并送出 1.9 次阻攻。Foster 丝毫不怀疑 Hibbert 具有能让溜马长期 在联盟中占一席之地的能力。 "Roy is an extremely hungry individual. Today (Dec. 11) is his birthday and I didn't realize he's only 24. He looks like he's 27 or 28," Foster told HOOPSWORLD jokingly. "He's got a great work ethic. He's very devoted to his profession. You have a guy at 24 that can do what he's doing right now; hopefully he can continue doing it for a long period of time and it well bode well for the Indiana Pacers." 「Roy 是个极端饥渴的人。今天（12/11）是他的生日，而我完全看不出他只有 24 岁。 他看起来像是 27 或 28 了」Foster 对 HOOPSWORLD 开玩笑说道。「他有很棒的工作态 度。他全心投入。一个 24 岁的小伙子可以办到他现在作的这些；希望他能长期持续下 去，那将会溜马带来美好的明天。」 Hibbert himself has applauded Foster for his level of physical conditioning in the past and has stated that Foster pushed him hard in that area so that he could become more active on both ends of the floor. This season Hibbert showed up to training camp down 20 pounds from the 2010 season. Hibbert 也很佩服 Foster 过去维持体态的功夫，并说 Foster 有在这方面严格要求， 所以他才能在球场上攻守两端都保持机动性。本季 Hibbert 出现在训练营时比上一季要 轻了 20 磅。 Circling back to the topic of age Foster will turn 34 years old in January and while the thoughts of retirement isn't a daily topic; Foster fully accepts his role as a veteran mentor and locker room role model as his career winds down. 谈到年龄，Foster 一月就将要满 34 岁了，退休的念头还只是偶尔出现而已。Foster 完全接受了来到生涯末期，身为老将、心灵导师、更衣室领袖的角色。 "I just take it day by day," commented Foster on the subject of retirement. "I try to be a shining board for the young guys and when it comes time to play, go out there and do what I've always done. "So I'm just enjoying being a part of this team and I'm just looking forward to getting the Indiana Pacers back into the playoffs again." Foster 谈到退休：「我只是日复一日的去作。我尝试要成为年轻小伙子们的榜样，而当 轮到我上场时，全力以赴，作我平常作的。我很享受身为球队一份子的感觉，而我更期 盼着能让溜马重返季後赛。」 Foster will be an unrestricted free agent next summer and having spent his whole career with one franchise its extremely clear that the veteran doesn't want to leave the organization that gave him the opportunity to lace up the high tops on the pro level. Foster 明年夏天即将成为非受限自由球员。显而易见地，当他已经奉献了所有生涯在同 一只球队，他也不想离开这只队伍去抱别队大腿。 "It's extremely important," Foster told HOOPSWORLD on the significance of ending his career as a member of the Pacers organization. "I never thought about going anywhere else. Those thoughts have never even crossed my mind." 「这非常重要，」Foster 告诉 HOOPSWORLD 以溜马一员的身份为生涯划下句点的重要性 ：「我从来没有想过要到别的队伍。连想都没有想过。」 "I guess in a way it's a scary thought," continued Foster in regards to the prospect of ever having to play elsewhere during his career. "But we'll see how things go the rest of the year and see what plays out with the lockout next year. But nothing would make me happier than to finish my career as a Pacer. So that's what I plan on doing and hopefully we'll be able to follow that through." 「我觉得这样的想法有点可怕，」Foster 继续谈到关於为别队效力的念头：「但我们将 会看看这一年内事情如何演变，还有明年封馆的情况如何。但不会有什麽东西，能比以 溜马一员的身份退休更令我高兴了。这是我现在的打算，希望我们能照着进行。」 Foster's per game averages aren't going to get him press on the front page of national magazines, but his presence in the Pacers' locker room shouldn't be underestimated. Being a link to the organization's past and currently excelling at mentoring the team's present youth movement may bode well when it's time to begin contract discussions in the near future. Foster 的成绩从来不曾亮眼到让他登上全国杂志封面，但他的存在对溜马的意义绝对不 可小觑。连结了球队的光荣过去，现在也努力地教导队上的年轻人们，这些因素将会在 合约谈判将届之时带来好的结果。 --

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