Magic Johnson, another player who defied positional pigeon-holing, once said that great players should add a missing element to their game every offseason. That’s a little tough for Prince, who came to the NBA as a polished player if not a finished product. He might have room for improvement, but there’s not one area of his game that has ever counted as a liability. Magic，另一个才华洋溢，能从控卫打到中锋的球员曾说伟大的球员们应该在每个暑假 休兵期间都应该再为自己添加一点不一样的全新元素。那对进入NBA时就算称不上是一个完 成品至少也是个洗练的球员的小王子来说有点困难，他或许还有进步的空间，但他没有任 何一个方面曾被认为是不堪一击的死穴。 “I never concentrate on one thing,” Prince said, “because you try to get better at just one thing and the other things are going to weaken a little bit. I pretty much do a little bit of everything in the summer. That’s how it should be. When I get on the floor, there are going to be situations I’ll be in when I have to do something different.” "我从未专注於某件事情上，"小王子说，"因为当你尝试让某方面变得更好，那其他方 面势必会变得相对地差一些，夏天的时候我宁愿辛苦一点也要在每个方面都做一些努力。 那才是我应该做的，因为上场後一定会遭遇某些情境我必须拿出一些不同的本领。" “He’s so multitalented, it’s hard to pinpoint one thing,” Lindsey Hunter said. “He’s an excellent passer, he can score the basketball, he can shoot the basketball, he can defend. I think the thing he also brings to the table is his leadership and being more vocal on the court and that type of thing. He has no problem doing that.” "他是如此多才多艺，所以他很难针对某件事特别下功夫去磨练，"猎人说。"他是一个 卓越的传球者，他能得分、能投射也能防守。我认为他还具备领袖特质，在场上也越来越 乐意发声并肩负领导人的角色，他完全能够胜任这类的事情。" To be sure, it might have surprised outsiders when the Pistons named Prince captain along with Billups and Hamilton during the preseason. Dumars has sensed those qualities in Prince all along. 无疑地，当季前活塞授命小王子和枪蜥及RIP共同担任球队队长时可能使许多外人感到 讶异，但老乔却是一直以来都相信小王子具备这个能力。 “As you watch him, you realize this is a kid with tremendous basketball IQ, which goes unsaid way too much,” Dumars said. “When people speak of Tayshaun, for whatever reason, it’s never mentioned how smart he is. I tell people a couple of things about Tayshaun. "当你看着他时，你会了解这是一个拥有高度篮球智商的孩子，只是他太低调导致一般 人难以察觉，"老乔说。"当人们谈论到小王子时，不管是因为什麽原因谈到他，从没有人 去提过他有多聪明。就让我来告诉你们一些关於小王子的事吧。" “First of all, he’s the smartest guy on this team. He has the highest basketball IQ. The second thing I always say is that if there’s a guy on this team who could make the transition to the seat I’m sitting in right now, it’ s him. He has that perspective. He has that kind of depth to him. And discipline. He has the type of discipline it takes to sit here.” "第一，小王子是全队最聪明的家伙，他拥有最高的篮球智商。第二，我常说如果球队 中有任何一个能转换到我现在坐的这个位置的，也非小王子莫属，他有那个视野，那个深 度，以及修养。他拥有那种坐在这个位置上必须具备的修养。" “Basketball IQ has a lot to do with playing the game,” Prince said. “ Watching basketball, playing the game, playing under veteran people, playing different positions, all those kinds of things. You can have a basketball IQ without even playing the game, but your IQ gets better depending on what you do on the basketball court. "篮球智商和在场上表现好坏是有很大的关系的，"小王子说。"看着篮球，打着球赛， 和经验丰富的老江湖一同打球，担任场上各个不同位置，诸如此类的事。就算没有比赛你 也能拥有篮球智商，但它会随着你在篮球场上所做的事而变得更高。" “Dating back to when I was little, I was always the tallest in my class in school, so I always played center. Then in high school, I was about 6-7, and the coach knew I could dribble, so he used me at point guard. Over the course of high school, I played some two and some three, and I got to college and even played some four. That has a lot to do with it.” "回溯到我还小的时候，在学校我总是班上最高的那个人，所以我总是担任中锋的位置 。之後进到高中，我大概有6尺7寸高，而教练知道我能运球，所以他要我主打控卫。在高 中期间，我偶而也客串二号及三号位置，上了大学之後我甚至还必须分摊一些大前锋的工 作。那全都是让我变有智慧的原因。" There’s something else Dumars has come to greatly admire about Prince – his unflappability. 还有另外一件事也是让老乔极度敬佩小王子的，那就是他面对关键时刻一样不慌不忙 的镇定态度。 “So many times, the last couple of years I’ve looked out on the court and he’s been the youngest starter – but he’s also been the most steady, the most calm, the most stable. He is like this” – and now Joe Dumars is holding his hand, palm down, at eye level, on the same plane as the horizon, and moving it left to right on a line – “and it’s unusual to find that from your youngest starter. You expect that from your veterans. But he is, to me, the stabilizing force. And you’ve got to have guys – you have got to have guys – like that in your lineup.” "非常多次了，过去数年来我一直都在观察场上的情形，他是先发五虎中最年轻的 - 却也是最沉着、最冷静、最稳定的。他就像这样" - 而现在老乔举起他的手，手掌向下， 在眼睛的高度，在同一个水平面上，从左到右画出一条线 - "那通常是不会在你的年轻先 发球员身上看到的，你只会期待在阵中的老将有这样成熟的风范。但他确实如此，对我来 说，那是一股安定的力量。而你已经拥有这些家伙 - 你必须拥有像这样的球员 - 在你的 球队当中。" Perry was well acquainted with Prince at every step of his development. He first spotted him while Perry was an assistant coach at Michigan during the days the Wolverines were prominent national recruiters and Prince was a rising phenom at California prep power Dominguez Hills in Compton. Then Perry was head coach at Eastern Kentucky when Prince arrived in Lexington and even coached against him during Prince’s freshman season. Perry对於小王子成长的每个阶段都很熟悉，他第一次遇到小王子是在密西根担任助理 教练期间，当时密西根大的美式足球校队狼獾是全国最耀眼的新队伍而小王子则是加州坎 普顿社区多明尼加预备学校的明日之星。之後在小王子抵达莱克星顿时，Perry正担任大东 区肯塔基大的总教练，甚至还在他大一新鲜人的球季指导过他。 “I’ve been watching him since ninth grade,” Perry said. “The thing that always stood out about him was that he liked to play and he was obviously a very smart player. And his versatility. He played guard and forward in high school and played all five positions at Kentucky throughout his career. He’s one of those rare players who knows the game from every position.” "我从他九年级开始就注意他了，"Perry说。"让他显得特别突出的是他热爱篮球的那 颗心，而且他很明显地是个非常聪明的球员，还有他几乎五个位置都能胜任的多功能性。 他在高中时主打前锋和後卫，在肯塔基的四年期间则是五个位置都担任过，他是少数几个 不管在哪个位置都了解该怎麽打球的球员之一。 And maybe, someday, from the general manager’s position? 而且或许某天，他会当上球队的总管。 “I’ve never really thought about it,” he says, “but I know if I did do something, it would be in the front office. Joe’s been around me long enough to know how I work. You get a feel for a person just by watching him on the basketball court. I do know this – I would not want to coach.” "我从没有仔细想过这件事，"他说，"但我知道如果退休後还要从事跟篮球有关的职业 ，那肯定会是球团高层之类的工作。老乔已经跟我相处够久，久到相当了解我有多敬业了 。你可以藉由观察一个人在篮球场上的作为去了解他。我只知道我不想担任教练的职务。 For Dumars – who’s never wanted to coach, either – that’s probably another confirmation of exceptional basketball IQ. They’ve been on the same wavelength , Joe Dumars and Tayshaun Prince, from the moment the man who rebuilt the Pistons thought his stabilizing force might have gotten his brains scrambled, courtesy of the wild man he enlisted Scott Perry to find. 对老乔而言 - 一个同样从来不想执教的人 - 那或许是另一个具备高度篮球智商的证 据。老乔和小王子，从负责重建活塞的老乔认为那个他拜托Perry物色，内心狂热却温文有 礼的小王子身上那股安定的力量或许可以让他的那些球员更加积极开始，他们就一直抱有 同样的想法。 Well, to be precise, it wasn’t that moment. It was the moment after. The moment Tayshaun Prince came back for more. The moment Joe Dumars found his guy. 嗯，要精确点说，不是那个时候，那时候已经是之後了，在老乔找到他要的那个人时 ，小王子已经能提供活塞更多於他们原本想像的了。 The End 全文完 --

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