The truth was, he showed up hurt that day, a Friday. He’d just come from workouts for other NBA teams that Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Thursday was in Chicago, where the Bulls had him doing some crazy stuff with medicine balls. 事实上是，他只有在那天，星期五显露出受伤的样子，他在星期一、二、四才刚参加 完其他NBA球队的选前测试会。星期四在芝加哥的测试会，公牛更要求他使用药球(供以运 动投接用的实心皮球，体积虽小却有一定重量)去做一些疯狂的事。 “I got to Detroit, woke up the next morning and my back was all messed up. Once Randy fouled me and I fell into the basket support … my back was already tight, as it was.” "我到达底特律，隔天早上起床後发现背部状况一整个糟。在Holcomb对我犯规而我撞 到篮架时...我的背已经完全地绷紧了，就如同之前那样。" Perry and Dumars both held their breath. Perry和老乔同时屏住呼吸。 So did Tayshaun Prince. 小王子也是。 “And then he popped up. And he said, ‘All right, let’s go,’ ” Dumars remembers, “and I looked around and said, ‘That’s my guy. That’s my guy right there.’ ” "之後他爬了起来并说，'没问题了，继续吧。'"老乔回忆道"然後我环顾了一下并说' 那就是我的人，我要的家伙就在这里。'" If his conviction needed any bolstering, it came immediately. 如果他的信念需要任何的支助，那马上就会浮现。 “He gets up, checks the ball to Randy, because he’s still on offense, and he went right back at the basket,” Perry said. “I was sold. Ninety percent of guys playing probably would have settled on a jump shot and not challenged him. When he did that, that answered any questions right there.” "小王子起身後把球交给了Holcomb，因为他仍在进攻，而自己则马上走回篮框处，" Perrys说。"我完全被收服了，90%的家伙会选择投篮而不会去挑战他。当他这麽做时，那 已经解开了我们心中任何的谜题。" Yup, Joe Dumars had found his guy. 是的，老乔已经找到了他心目中理想的球员。 Except he wasn’t at all sure his guy would get passed over 22 times before the Pistons’ turn came up. Go back and look at the 2002 draft. It was remarkably unremarkable. Yao Ming has been a solid No. 1 choice and Amare Stoudemire a steal at No. 9. But with rare exception, the rest of that draft is littered with busts or mediocrity. Some might still prefer Denver’s Nene for his growth potential, but there’s not another player beyond Yao and Stoudemire taken in that first round with the resume and the future of Tayshaun Prince. 除了他不能很确定他想要的家伙会被跳过22次直到活塞拥有的第23顺位为止，让我们 来回顾一下'02年的选秀会，那是相当引人注目同时也是不值得注意的。姚明在选前就是状 元的不动人选而小史在第9顺位由凤凰城太阳挑走被视为一偷，但那次选秀会其他的球员尽 是一些令人失望的家伙或是一些不上不下的鸡肋。有些人可能仍对丹佛金块那个巴西大个 Nene的身体潜质抱持希望，但除了姚明和小史外，没有其他在第一轮中选的拥有和小王子 一样紮实的大学篮坛经历和光明的未来。 As the late-June draft approached, Dumars picked up signals that Houston at No. 15 and Phoenix at No. 22 held interest in Prince. 当六月底的选秀会接近之际，老乔发现拥有第15顺位的休士顿火箭和第22顺位的太阳 似乎都对小王子有那麽一点兴趣。 “I was holding my breath,” he said. “Once it got to around 15, you’re sitting there, and just when they’re ready to call out the name, you’re thinking, ‘I don’t want to hear T-t-t come out of their mouth.’ ” "我屏息以待，"他说。"一旦选秀会进行到第15顺位附近，你坐在那里，然後当他们准 备唱名时，你会这样想着，'我不想听到T-t-t的声音从他们嘴巴中发出来。'" What came out of Houston’s mouth was a tongue-twister, Bostjan Nachbar. Phoenix went for Stanford shooter Casey Jacobsen, one pick after Portland grabbed another athletic small forward, Qyntel Woods, who went right behind this forgettable string of players deemed better NBA prospects than Tayshaun Prince: Marcus Haislip, Fred Jones, Nachbar, Jiri Welsch, Juan Dixon, Curtis Borchardt, Ryan Humphrey and Kareem Rush. 出自火箭口中的声音相当拗口，B.Nachbar。在波特兰拓荒者选走了另一个体能劲爆， 号称T-Mac二代的小前锋Q.Woods後一个顺位，太阳则挑中了史丹佛的射手C.Jacobsen，前 面还有一长串选前被认为在NBA发展性比小王子还要好但事实证明可以被遗忘的球员，包括 ：M.Haislip、F.Jones、Nachbar、J.Welsch、J.Dixon、C.Borchardt、R.Humphrey和K. Rush。 Yikes! 噢，yes！ Prince proved to Dumars during his rookie year that his faith was justified, but he had a hard time winning the confidence of then-Pistons coach Rick Carlisle, who preferred Curry, a known quantity. But when the Pistons fell behind Orlando 3-1 in their first-round playoff series that spring, Carlisle turned to Prince in desperation to help contain the Magic’s mercurial Tracy McGrady. There was no keeping him out of the lineup after that. 小王子在菜鸟球季就证实了老乔没有看走眼，不过他确实费了好大一番功夫才赢得活 塞当时的教练R.Carlisle的信心，因为Carlisle原本偏好使用已经被认为具有在NBA立足能 力的老将M.Curry。但当活塞在那个春天的季後赛第一轮以1胜3负落後於奥兰多魔术时， Carlisle死马当活马医，把小王子调上场去防守魔术身手敏捷的攻坚主力T-Mac，之後他就 没再掉出固定上场名单过了。 The next season – Carlisle gone and Larry Brown on board – Prince moved solidly into the starting lineup and proved invaluable during the playoffs as the Pistons stunned the basketball world by not just beating the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals, but dismantling them. 下一个球季 - Carlisle走了而由老布朗接下了总教练的职务 - 小王子变成了活塞固 定的先发小前锋，而且当季後赛球队以总冠军赛不只是击败，更像是将湖人大卸八块的表 现震惊了整个篮坛的期间证实了自己无法衡量的价值。 Yet he was still the fifth Beatle, last in the pecking order behind the Wallaces – brute-strength Ben, the pillar of a defense-first champion, and stir-the-pot Rasheed, the final piece to the championship puzzle – and the NBA’s best backcourt, Mr. Big Shot, Chauncey Billups, and the Energizer Bunny, Rip Hamilton. They all had a calling card, a shtick. 没错，他仍是活塞先发五虎中最不起眼的那一位，排在双蛙 - 肌肉健美度可以跟K. Malone媲美的防守台柱班蛙以及活塞获得总冠军最後一块拼图，爱搅和的溪蛙 - 以及全 NBA最杰出的後场组合关键一击先生枪蜥以及劲量兔子RIP之後，他们各具特色，全都拥有 不同而有趣的称号。 Tayshaun Prince had a frozen image – coming out of nowhere to swat away that Reggie Miller breakaway layup, as big as any play in the Pistons’ championship run. 小王子则以那个静止不动的一幕着名 - 不晓得从哪里冒出来硬生生地将雷击米勒的最 後上篮拨掉，不管和活塞获得总冠军中的哪个play都丝毫不逊色。 All four of his fellow starters were All-Stars a year ago. Pistons coach Flip Saunders, who has come to appreciate Prince’s subtle influences on a game in the year since taking over for Brown, thinks this is the season Prince becomes an All-Star – officially. 一年前他四个一同先发的夥伴全都入选了全明星赛，老桑在去年接下老布朗留下的总 教练职务後某一场比赛中盛赞小王子对於球赛细微而重要的影响力，他并认为这个球季小 王子会成为真正的明星球员 - 官方的。 “He should have been last year, in our minds,” Saunders said. "他去年在就应该是了，在我们的心中，"老桑说。 ...to be continued ...未完待续 --

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