原文出处： http://www.nba.com/pistons/news/langlois_blog_070301.html -- The similarities in Chris Webber’s mid-season addition to three years ago, when Joe Dumars pulled off the Rasheed Wallace heist at the trade deadline, are irresistible – especially for Pistons fans whose fervent hope is that it plays out the same way, with a parade down Woodward and another reworking of stationery and street signs to reflect the rechristening of Four Championship Drive to Six Championship Drive before the Five Championship Drive signs necessitated by the Shock’s 2006 title are erected. C.Webber於季中的加入和三年前老乔在交易截止日前完成的溪蛙抢劫案之间的相似性 之高让人无法视而不见 - 尤其是活塞球迷们来说，他们强烈希望结果也和当年一样，能够 再一次於Woodward举办封王庆功游行，并且将原本文具和街道上那个四座总冠军的标志改 为六座，虽然那标志在之前'06年底特律震动队拿下WNBA冠军盃时就应该先改为五座了。 We’ll have to get back to you on that one, but there’s another potential similarity at play, too – the pending free agency of Webber. 我们之後还会再回来讨论这个话题，不过活塞或许还需面对另一个和当年一样的问题 - Webber在球季结束後就会成为自由球员。 Wallace, likewise, was a pending free agent at the time of his acquisition. And I expect the pursuit of Webber to play out pretty much as Wallace’s free agency played out. That’s not to say I expect Webber to remain with the Pistons. (I do, but forget that for a moment for the purposes of this discussion. I know -- it’s all very confusing.) What I expect is that both sides – the Pistons and Chris Webber – are perfectly content to let what happens between now and free agency make the decision for them. 同样的，溪蛙加入那一季结束後他也成为自由球员。而我预期本季结束後即将变成自 由球员的Webber最终也会和溪蛙当时做一样的决定。那不是说我期待Webber留在活塞。(我 是希望他能留下，但为了要让这个讨论继续下去请先把它忘掉。我知道 -- 这听起来似乎 让人匪夷所思。)我所乐见的是双方 - 活塞和Webber - 都很满意地把未来交给从现在开始 到自由球员市场开放前这段时间内所发生的事情来决定。 That’s the way it worked with Wallace. The Pistons were delighted to have him, but they were mostly delighted because it greatly enhanced their chances to win the 2004 title. They weren’t necessarily thinking about 2005 and beyond. And they’re thinking foremost about their 2007 title possibilities now, not about 2008 and the great thereafter. 那也就是当时活塞对於溪蛙即将成为自由球员这件事的处理方式。活塞很高兴能得到 溪蛙，但更让他们高兴的是，他的加入大大提升了球队赢得'04年冠军的机会。他们根本就 不需去考虑'05年或之後的事。他们现在也认为当下最重要的事是他们有多少机会赢得'07 年总冠军，而非'08年或更久以後的事。 I remember talking to Joe Dumars a few times as the 2004 season dwindled away and the playoffs played out about Wallace, asking what stops the Pistons were pulling out to sway his thinking. 我依稀记得溪蛙加入後的'04年球季末段和季後赛期间时与老乔的几次面谈，我问他有 什麽事可能会动摇了溪蛙的想法，让他想离开活塞吗？ None, he said. 绝对不会有，他说。 I thought that curious, but his explanation made perfect sense. No amount of puffery was going to matter more than the day-to-day experience of being a Piston and coming to understand that the culture here was all about chasing championships at the exclusion of gamesmanship. 他果断的回答引起了我的好奇心，但他的解释让我一清二楚。不管受到多少吹捧都比 不上成为一个活塞人每一天的感受以及到这来亲身经验，不搞任何小动作，一心一意只为 追求总冠军的蓝领精神。 In other words, Dumars was saying, if Rasheed Wallace has a good experience, if we win a championship or come close, and he sees that he’s treated fairly by fans and management, and is won over by the extreme harmony of the locker room … well, why would he entertain leaving, money being relatively equal? 换句话说，老乔的意思是如果溪蛙有了一段好的经验，如果我们只差一点或真的赢得 了总冠军，而他除了受到管理阶层友善的对待及球迷热情的爱戴，还能沉浸在球员休息室 里的极度合谐气氛中...嗯，为什麽他在能领到相对合理的薪水的情况下还会考虑离开呢？ And that’s exactly how it played out. After coming to stand for all that Portland reviled about the team it derisively called the “Jail Blazers,” Wallace was given a clean slate by fans here – and he’s still heroically received at The Palace, three years later. His teammates unfailingly go to bat for him. Management doesn’t nit-pick his behavior, yet draws firm lines on the big stuff and won Wallace’s respect for it. 而结果也确实如此。在离开了被戏称为"监狱拓荒者"後，溪蛙摆脱了在波特兰带头作 乱的恶名，在这里重新受到球迷的拥戴 - 而直到三年後的现在，他依然在宫殿球场受到英 雄般的对待。他的队友们义无反顾地支持他。管理阶层对於他豪放的个性也不会鸡蛋里挑 骨头，尽管仍对某些严重脱轨行为订定了严厉的惩罚规则，但确实博得了溪蛙的尊重。 But it wasn’t just about Wallace getting a chance to evaluate the Pistons. It was all about the Pistons getting a chance to evaluate Wallace. Dumars obviously didn’t believe Wallace would be a toxic presence, or he wouldn’t have pursued him so aggressively. But he knew there was a chance the personalities wouldn’t work. He needed to evaluate the fit every bit as much as Wallace did. 但那不仅是因为溪蛙得到了评估活塞的机会，反而是因为活塞得到了评估溪蛙的机会 。老乔确信溪蛙不会成为球队的不定时炸弹，而他积极的打球态度也能一直持续下去。但 他知道溪蛙过去那些不好的行为有可能不会再犯。他和溪蛙一样都要尽力去评估彼此是不 是适合对方。 And the same process is unfolding now. It’s unfolding quite seamlessly, too. Webber’s transition within the framework of Flip Saunders’ offense hasn’t been the only smooth one he’s experienced. He’s also fit like a glove within the locker room. 同样的过程也在持续当中，而且一样进行地相当顺利。Webber出色的传导功力完美地 契入老桑的进攻体系之中，这并非唯一一件让他感觉如鱼得水的一件事。他在球员休息室 里也和大伙儿打成一片，相处融洽。 After experiencing the weight of expectation and the oppression of failure in Sacramento, followed by the dysfunction of Philadelphia, he’s delighted with both the concept of shared responsibility and the genuine camaraderie that exists at The Palace. And Saunders touched on perhaps the most telling aspect of Webber’s level of comfort after this week’s win over the Bulls. When the Pistons fell 16 points behind in the third quarter, it was Webber who took the initiative to gather his new teammates and tell them it was a game they could still win – would still win – if they started digging out of the hole, together, right then. 在沙加缅度体会过担负众人期待的沉重和失败的沉闷，接着在费城又因为和球队格格 不入而显得抑郁寡欢，对於在宫殿球场有人可以和他共同分摊胜败重任以及球员间真实的 兄贵情谊，Webber感到相当满意。而在本周活塞击败公牛赛後老桑所说的话或许就是 Webber在活塞有多如鱼得水的最佳写照。当活塞在第三节以16分落後时是Webber挺身而出 将他的新队友聚集起来并告诉他们，如果能马上回过神来，一起努力，这是一场他们还有 机会获胜 - 而且仍能获胜 - 的比赛。 That’s encouraging on a couple of levels. First, that Webber feels confident enough already amid a locker room of strong and entrenched personalities to take a leadership role, and second that he’s invested enough already to accept the burden of leadership. There were questions about that with Webber dating back to Michigan, when Jalen Rose was characterized as the Pied Piper of the Fab Five. 那在许多层面都起到了鼓舞的效用。第一，身在一个拥有许多强而有力，足以接下领 导者职务的好球员的球队中，Webber感到很安心。第二，他也已经得到了队友的信任，同 样可以担负领袖的责任。当Webber决定回到密西根时其实有许多质疑的声音，因为密西根 五虎之一的J.Rose就是被定义为一个光说不练，只会打嘴炮的家伙。 Webber told me recently that he feels more strongly now about his decision to come here than when he made it. He said it hit him after his very first game – the loss to Utah at The Palace – when he sat in the locker room and saw teammates who immediately shared both in disappointment and the banter he hadn’t experienced in a good long while. That’s what he wanted – teammates who care about winning and losing but also about each other. Webber最近告诉我说比起他做决定时他现在觉得越来越肯定自己加盟活塞是个正确的 抉择。他说在他身着活塞球衣的第一场比赛 - 在主场败给犹他爵士 - 结束後就开始有这 样的想法浮现，因为当时他坐在球员休息室里，看见队友很快地共同分担输球的失望情绪 并善意地互开玩笑(以鼓励彼此)，这是他已经有好长一段时间不曾体会过的融洽气氛。那 正是他所渴望拥有的 - 不仅关心球赛输赢，也真正关心彼此感受的哥儿们。 He also said that he wanted to retire as a Piston. 他也表示说他希望能以一个活塞球员的身分退休。 That all could change in a heartbeat, of course. Who would have guessed last year, as February bled into March, that within a few months Ben Wallace – portrayed as the epitome of a selfless teammate – would take his occasional grousing to open defiance of his head coach and, by some accounts, undermine the good karma of a team poised for a championship? 那当然也可能在一念之间全部改变。去年，在二月底到三月期间，有谁能料想得到， 接下来几个月的班蛙 - 一个被认为是无私的好球员典范的队友 - 会因为不经意间发的牢 骚挑起与总教练之间的不和，以及在日积月累之下，渐渐破坏了这支球队和谐的团队气氛 并间接导致活塞与总冠军擦肩而过。 It’s tough to see where the Pistons-Webber relationship goes sideways between now and July, but you never know. If the Pistons come up short of the NBA Finals, maybe Joe Dumars decides there’s a better way to spend what precious few discretionary dollars he’ll have this summer after tying up Chauncey Billups. Or maybe the seductive power of wearing a Lakers uniform – something Webber has openly mused about before – will lure him West. 我们很难判断活塞和Webber之间的关系在现在和七月时会有不会有什麽不同，但时间 未到，你就是无法知道结果是什麽。如果活塞在总冠军系列赛表现不佳，或许在这个暑假 留下枪蜥之後，老乔会决定将所剩不多的薪资空间做更好的运用也不一定。又或者身着湖 人球衣的强烈愿望 - 那是之前Webber曾经公开表态，梦寐以求想要达到的心愿 - 会让他 选择琵琶别抱。 But neither side seems even remotely interested in reaching conclusions that the experiences of the next few months could render meaningless. Around Five Championship Drive, that’s a tried and proven formula. 但双方似乎都不急於去寻求共识，因为接下来几个月的经历可能让它变得毫无意义。 底特律的篮球运动拥有五次夺冠的成功经验，那已经是一个经过试验而被证明可行的胜利 方程式了。 --

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