http://0rz.net/cd12a Billups unsure of U.S. plans Billups还不确定是否接受国家队的邀约 Commitment to team depends on schedule of guard, whose wife will give birth this summer. 是否该做出承诺？活塞後卫还需要看看他的schedule，他的妻子今年夏天即将临盆 Chris McCosky / The Detroit News EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- In just a couple of short years, Chauncey Billups has gone from a vagabond player bouncing from team to team, to NBA champion and NBA Finals MVP, to most likely his first All-Star appearance this season and now, perhaps, a U.S. Olympian. Not bad work. 仅仅是几年的时间里，Chauncey Billups已经从当初一个游走各队的浪人球员，摇身一变 成NBA总冠军、总冠军赛MVP，并且极有希望在这一季第一次成为All-Star的一员，甚至也 许，美国奥运代表队？ 还不赖嘛！ "It's crazy, man," Billups said after shoot-around Tuesday. "It just shows that I've come a long way. It's an unbelievable honor to have that opportunity, and really to be in a position to be considered, it's great. I am loving it." 「拜托！那可是很令人疯狂的！」 枪蜥在星期二的投篮练习後说：「那只是见证了我已走 过好长一段路(才得到这样的成就)，能拥有这样的机会可是难以置信的荣耀，一定是值得 好好来考虑的。那太酷了，I am loving it！(按：是在帮麦当劳打广告吗 XD) Jerry Colangelo, managing director of the U.S. men's national basketball team, told The News on Monday that there is a spot on the team for Billups and the only question is finalizing the commitment. "I wish the timing was a little different," Billups said. 美国代表队的总经理Colangelo在星期一对媒体透露他们已经为枪蜥保留一个位置，现在唯 一的问题就是要立下承诺书了 (按：真的颇像卖身契...||) 「我真希望如果时机有点不同就好了...」枪蜥说 Colangelo is asking players to make a three-year commitment; to play in the World Championships this summer, perhaps another qualifying tournament in 2007 and the Olympics in Beijing in 2008. Billups' wife, Piper, is expecting to deliver the couple's third child this summer, so Billups probably would not play in the World Championships. Colangelo正在召集球员们，希望他们可以签下三年的承诺书--包括今年夏天举行的世界盃 ，也许还有2007年的一些资格赛以及2008的北京奥运--代表美国出赛 枪蜥的老婆，Piper，预期在今年夏天将生下两人的第三个孩子，这使得枪蜥也许没办法参 加今年的世界盃 Colangelo and Billups' agent, Andy Miller, have been discussing, among other things, the idea of Billups' joining the team in 2007 and being ready for the Olympics in 2008. 而目前，Colangelo与枪蜥的经纪人Andy Miller正努力洽谈让他在2007年加入代表队并且 准备参与2008奥运的构想 "We are having ongoing conversations right now, going back and forth discussing what might be agreeable for both parties," Miller said. "There is a lot of interest there, and we are just going about trying to find out how we can get Chauncey to represent our country." Colangelo told The News he could be flexible in terms of Billups' schedule this summer. 「我们现在正持续洽谈中，反覆讨论是否有能让双方都同意的方案」Miller表示，「这牵 涉到很多权益问题，而我们只想试着找出让枪蜥能代表国家最适合的方式 而Colangelo也对媒体表示对於枪蜥今年暑假的安排他可以是有弹性的 "We'll see," said Miller, who met with Billups here Tuesday and will talk again to Colangelo in a couple of days. "We are trying to find a solution that works for all parties' interests." 「我们会持续观察」星期二刚与枪蜥见面而且几天後将再次与Colangelo洽谈的Miller说 「我们正在试着找出两全其美的方法。」 Billups would be 31 in the summer of 2008, so he knows this is probably his last chance to play basketball for his country. "Yeah, I definitely want to play," he said. "Like I said, though, my most important thing is my family. Nothing else. If they did allow me that time, and I could join the team the next summer, or whatever, then I would definitely play." 枪蜥在2008年夏天的时候将已经是31岁的年纪了，因此他明白这可能是最後一次能够为国 家出征的机会 「Yeah，我当然是想打啦！」Billups说 「但就像我强调的，对我而言最重要的就是我的家庭，没有别的。如果他们(美国队)到时 能够允许我，让我明年夏天再加入，或是什麽其他方案的话，那我绝对想报一队的」 Colangelo, who envisions Billups and Jason Kidd sharing the point-guard duties, would like to announce the team during All-Star weekend Feb. 17-19. 而锁定Billups与Jason Kidd承接控球责任的Colangelo这方面，将可能在全明星周末 (二月17到19)的这段时间宣布代表队的名单 --- No grudges 没有成见 (按：grudge原意是嫉妒、怨恨) NBA commissioner David Stern isn't about to let on whom he might select to replace injured Pacers forward Jermaine O'Neal on the Eastern Conference All-Star team, but he made it clear Tuesday that he holds no grudges against Rasheed Wallace or any other player. NBA总裁Stern先生还不打算透露谁是他将选择取代受伤的溜马队小O'Neal参加东区明星赛 的人选，但他在星期二时特别澄清他不对任何球员抱有不好的成见，包括活塞的溪蛙 Asked directly if there is any trepidation on his part about having Wallace, who has had run-ins with the league in the past, playing in the game, Stern said, "We have always said that the All-Star Game is about what's being done on the court, and let the fans and coaches do the selecting of players. 当被直截了当的问到关於溪蛙--这位过去常与联盟有点小「过节」的球员--也许参加的时 候，Stern说：「我们总是强调，All-Star Game是关乎球员们在球场上的表现，而选择这 些球员的工作还是交给教练跟球迷们吧」 "Life is constantly evolving. Players and their relationships with their team, with other players and coaches and with the league are constantly evolving. We don't get stuck in any period of time." 「人生总是一直在走的，球员本身以及他们与球队、与其他球员和教练、还有跟这个联盟 的关系也总是会一直在变，我们可不能局限在过去任何一段时间(的印象里)」 O'Neal, with balloting closing Thursday, appears to have been voted in as one of the starters. He won't be able to play because of a groin injury. The system works like this: Coaches will select the seven reserves for each team. After that, Stern will select replacement players. 溜马队的小O'Neal，在星期四截止的票选中，看来将是会被选入明星队的先发阵容了，但 他却因鼠蹊部受伤而可能无法参赛，明星赛名单的系统是这样子的：由教练们选出剩下七 位的替补名单，最後由Stern决定缺席递补的人选 Because Wallace is running a strong third in the balloting and arguably having the best season of any power forward in the East, there is a good chance he would be selected by the coaches, and if not, then Stern. 因为溪蛙在球迷票选中也得到第三名的强力支持，而且几乎可说他在东区大前锋中拥有最 棒的一季，他是有很大机会被教练们选入的，就算没有，Stern先生也很可能会 Once Stern fills out the roster, it will be on Pistons coach Flip Saunders , who will coach the East, to decide who starts in place of O'Neal. 如果Stern将明星队名单补齐了，那接下来就是活塞队的老桑教练--他将执教东区明星队-- 要决定一下谁来顶替小O'Neal的先发位置 --- Three-peat for Saunders? 三连冠的老桑？ (抱歉peat不知如何翻..) Another Pistons victory Tuesday most likely would have secured an unprecedented third straight NBA coach-of-the-month honor for Saunders. No other coach has won the honor three straight months, let alone the first three months of a season. Saunders won it with an 11-2 November and a 13-2 December. The Pistons were 13-2 in January. 星期二，又是另一场活塞的胜利将很可能达成一项史无前例的纪录：让老桑连续三个月拿 下当月最佳教练的荣耀。从未有教练能连续三个月得到这个奖项，更不用说是开季以来的 头三个月了，老桑教练以11胜2败、13胜2败的战绩分别拿下11、12月的奖项，而活塞队在 一月份又拿下13胜2败了 (按：真的是都要输个两场..囧) --- 初次翻译，还请大家多多指教 ||b --

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