https://goo.gl/MWo2dx Veteran guards Leandro Barbosa, Ronnie Price hope to be back with Phoenix Suns 老将 Barbosa 跟 Price 希望能回到太阳队 PHOENIX — Playing the final quarter of the final home game a week ago Sunday, veteran point guard Ronnie Price couldn’t help but take notice of his four Phoenix Suns teammates. He was joined on the court by a teenager, a pair in their early 20s and someone who had just been signed out of the NBA D-League. 一个星期前当太阳本季最後一次主场比赛的最後一节中，无法帮上太多忙的老将控球 Ronnie Price 不得不把注意力放在他的四名队友上。当他被叫上场时，场上由一个 十几岁的年轻人，一对二十几岁的小将跟一个刚离开 NBDL 的球员组成。 Asked about it later, Price, 33, laughed. 当之後被问及对此的感想，三十三岁的老普笑了。 “That’s been like all year,” he said. “In the locker room every day, I learn something new about the youth of this team just from daily conversations about music and TV shows and cartoons, things that they grew up watching and doing; then you realize how young this team is.” 「这就是这一整年的缩影阿。」他说：「我每天在更衣室都会学到一些新的东西：关 於音乐，TV show 或者卡通。在这支年轻的球队成长的过程中这是他们生活的一部分， 然後你就意识到，这支球队该有多年轻了。」 The Suns’ youth dominated much of the conversation this season, especially following the All-Star break. And it will continue to be the main subject matter moving forward as the Suns could add as many as three draft picks — one first-round and two second-round selections — in June. 太阳的年轻人在本季获得更多的话语权，特别是在明星赛後，而且这仍会是接下来的 主要议题──当你把太阳即将获得的三枚选秀权考虑进去的话。 But no matter how young this team is next season, there must be a veteran presence. 但无论下个赛季这支球队能年轻到什麽程度，老将都不应该在球队中缺席。 Center Tyson Chandler and forward Jared Dudley were those frontcourt voices last season, and each player is under contract for two more seasons. 中锋老钱跟前锋达利在过去一个球季担任前场发声的球员，而这两位球员都还有两年 以上的合约。 Price and Leandro Barbosa, meanwhile, did the same for the backcourt. Their futures, though, are unclear. 於此同时， Price 跟 Barbosa 在後场也做着同样的事情，但他们的未来却不是那麽 清楚。 Barbosa called his third stint with the Suns difficult. 小巴说第三次披上太阳战袍的日子很艰难。 Tired at the start of the year after playing for Brazil, the host nation in the Summer Olympics, Barbosa appeared in 67 games, averaging 14.4 minutes and 6.3 points. His season ended, however, on the inactive list as a right hamstring spasm sidelined him the last nine games. 小巴在暑假又随着巴西国家队出征奥运，随後在本季又出赛了 67 场比赛，场均上场 14.4 分并获得 6.3 分。他的球季在最後九场比赛的时候因为右腿痉挛而提前结束。 “I definitely could do better than I did. Unfortunately, I didn’t do the job that I wanted,” he said. 「我绝对可以做得比我做到的更好，不幸的是，我的表现并不符合自己的期望。」 小巴说。 Barbosa goes into the offseason, though, optimistic about next season. 小巴虽然提早进入休赛期，但对下个球季保持乐观。 “This is going to be my first offseason resting. No more for me,” he said, referring to the Brazil national team. “I can’t do it. I need to rest. This is going to be really good rest for me. That’s when I’m going to work on my game, work on my body. I’m not young anymore. I’m 34 years old. I still have a little gas to burn, and I’m going to work for that.” 「这是我第一次在休赛季能获得休息，我是指对我个人而言。」小巴的意思是指今年不 用再为巴西国家队出征了。「我没办法再去了，我需要休息。这对我来说会是很好的休 息，毕竟我还需要用我的身体去工作的时候──我已经 34 岁了，不再年轻。我还有一 点瓦斯能推动火焰燃烧，而我要为此做好准备。」 It’s likely Barbosa will be back with the Suns. His 2017-18 contract is only partially guaranteed, however. Of the $4 million Barbosa is due to make, the Suns will pay him $500,000 with the remaining $3.5 million being earned if he ’s on the roster July 3. 小巴回归太阳应该是有机会的，虽然他的 17-18 球季合约只是部分保障，但他的合约 毕竟只有 4M 。如果确定要在 7/3 的名单中留下他，太阳会支付他 0.5M 跟剩下的 3.5M 。 “My main thing is retire as a Suns player, but you never know. This is a business, you know how it goes,” he said. “I don’t know what’s the plan that they’re going to figure out. I’ll be available, but if not, my mentality is still the same. I want to get better and I have time to do that this summer and I’m happy about that.” 「对我来说最主要的是做为太阳的球员退休，但你永远不知道能不能，这毕竟是生意。 你知道生意有生意的规则。」小巴说：「我不知道他们在策画的计画会是什麽样子的， 我会是可以用的，但如果不考虑我，我的心态仍会一样。透过这个暑假，我希望变得更 好而且我乐在其中。」 Price, too, sees a future with the Suns. 老普同样在看待他在太阳的未来。 Added mid-season, first to a pair of 10-day contracts and then for the remainder of the season following the All-Star break, Price totaled 14 points, 18 assists and 11 steals in 134 minutes 他在球季中从十天短约开始，然後在全明星周末後一共上场了 134 分钟，总共获得了 14 分，18 助攻跟 11 次的抄截。 Like Barbosa, though, Price’s job description wasn’t so much on-the-court, but off. 他就像小巴一样，在场上对工作的贡献并不很多，但在场下可不是这样。 “I know my role here, and I accept it and I embrace that role,” he said. “ I love being able to see the progress of Tyler Ulis, I love being able to see the progress of (Devin) Booker, Alan Williams, Derrick Jones. We can go through the locker room and to feel like maybe I can give them — or have given them something that can help them, or has helped them, that makes me feel better about my situation for sure. I’m here to help in any way possible.” 「我知道我在这里的角色，而且我接受这个角色。」他说：「我希望看到鱿鱼丝、书人 、 AW 跟 DJJ 的进步。在更衣室内，感觉我可以给他们一些能帮助他们的东西。我很 确定对於我在这里的处境来说这让我觉得好多了。我是来这里做任何我能帮助球队的事 情的。」 Price played a career-low 14 games. And while he recognizes “Father Time is definitely creeping up on you,” Price believes he’s found the Fountain of Youth 老普本季只打了生涯新低的 14 场比赛，而当他承认：「当老爹的时候已经追上你了。」 同时他还是认为他找到了青春之泉。 “You keep your body fresh, keep your mind fresh and you can play a long time in this league,” he said. 「保持你的身体健康，包持你的心态健康你就能在这个联盟中打得更久。」 他说。 It’s how Price has survived 12 NBA seasons, including three different stints with the Suns. 这是 Price 在 NBA 打滚 12 年，特别又三度加入太阳队的心得。 “I’ll work my butt off this summer and I’ll be physically in the position to prove to whoever or wherever the situation I may be in that I can still help out. Hopefully, it’s here,” he said. 「这个夏天我会身体力行的证明不管我在甚麽情况下扮演什麽样的角色，我都会尽力去 帮助这支球队。我希望能够在这个地方证明。」他说。 Price will become an unrestricted free agent July 1, meaning he’ll be afforded the opportunity to sign with any team that calls. 老普在七月一号即将成为完全自由球员，这意味着他有机会跟任何一支球队签约。 Combined, Barbosa and Price have more than 25 years of NBA experience. Neither is expected to be that piece to put a team over the top. They can be, however, that piece that pushes a team towards a championship, or in the case of the Suns, back into the playoffs. 加起来已经有超过 25 年 nba 经验的小巴跟老普已经不太可能再被任何一支球队视为 FA 位置的大鱼，但他们仍然有能力补上夺冠球队的一角，或者帮助太阳这样的球队， 重新回到季後赛的行列。 “I’ll always be physically ready to play when my name is called,” Price said, “but if my role is to be a mentor, (I’ll) keep practices intense, push these guys and teach them what it takes to have longevity and to take care of their bodies and be prepared for any situation that they may face in a season. If that’s my role, I’ll embrace it and I’ll do it to the best of my ability.” 「我的身体会随时做好准备，只要你打了电话给我。」老普说「但如果我的角色是担 任球队的导师，我仍会保持实践，把这些人推上去并且教导他们如何在联盟中长久生 存并在球季前对所有的情况做好准备。如果这是我的角色，我会拥抱他，我会尽我所 能。」 -- ★▃▃ ◣ ▅▅▅▅ ▄▄ █ ▇▇ ▄▄◣ ◢ ██▋ 　 ▅▅ █ ▅▃▉ ▊ █▅ ◣◢ ▄▄ █ｓ▋▄▄▄ ◣▊▄ █ ▄▄▄◥ █▆ ◥◢ █▄ █ ▋ ▄▄▌█▊██▌ 04-05╴╴╴ ╴ ╴╴◤▄▄◤ ◤ █▅▅▅ ◤ █▄▌▄▄◤ █ Ｐｈｘ-Ｓｕｎｓ ▕▕▕▕╱ ├╯05-06 ◤◥▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ◥ ★ Ｄａｌ-Ｍａｖｓ --

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