原文出处： http://0rz.tw/ea2wy -- I do not envy Hall of Fame committees. 我不怪罪那些名人堂选委们。 I understand it is a tough, unglamorous decision to look at a variety of worthy people in a certain field and whittle down the list into the most worthy, the truly revolutionary, or the indisputably blessed. And I can't claim to know what the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame looks for when it inducts its members. 我知道去检视在各个领域中各式各样的杰出人物并把名单削减为最值得、真正具有革 命性或无任何争论余地是件困难且吃力不讨好的事。但我不能说我知道奈史密斯篮球名人 堂是以什麽标准去挑选其成员们。 Everyone has his or her own opinion. Last year, when Pistons president Joe Dumars got in, a majority of the basketball community applauded. But there were dissenters. 每一个人都有他或她自己的意见。去年，当活塞总管老乔入选名人堂时，篮球圈中大 部分的人都表示认同。但还是有持不同意见的人存在。 This I do know -- the people who have worked for Pistons owner Bill Davidson seem to be unanimous in agreement. They think their boss belongs in the Hall of Fame, for which he was nominated but not selected this season, and they're not saying that just to earn brownie points. 不过这我确实知道 -- 在活塞老板B.Davidson手下工作的人似乎都一致同意。他们都 为他们的老板本季被提名而未入选抱不平，他们都认为他应该入选名人堂，而他们这样说 并不是为了得到考绩点数。 I believe they really mean it. 我相信他们是真的这麽想的。 "There's no question," Tayshaun Prince said. "His resume speaks for itself. And he's a great person, first off. The organization he has put together and the things he has done, that just speaks for itself." "毫无疑问，"小王子说。"他的个人简历就足以说明一切。首先，他是个伟大的人。他 所打造的球团和他所达到的成就就足以说明一切。" Davidson is responsible not just for putting the pieces in place to win three NBA titles and two WNBA championships, but for revolutionizing the sports-arena experience with the building of the Palace, for helping the league construct a salary cap and free-agency system that promotes fiscal responsibility while leaving a good chunk of control in the hands of the players, and introducing things that are now universally part of the NBA, such as team planes. Davidson应该入选名人堂，不只是因为他适当组织了球队，让活塞和震动队分别赢得 了三次NBA和两次WNBA的总冠军，也因为他打造的宫殿球场彻底颠覆了以往运动界球场的使 用经验，另外他在主控权握在球员们手中时帮助联盟建立了薪资上限及自由球员制度，提 升了财务的合理性，还有率先引进了现在看来已经是稀松平常的东西，例如球队的专属飞 机。 "Being the innovator he is, he brought the aspect of having your own arena, having your own everything, your own plane," Pistons point guard Lindsey Hunter said. "He started all that. When you're a trailblazer like that, you set precedence for other people, and I think that's what really puts you apart." "像他这样的改革者，他带给大家一些崭新的观念，包含拥有自己的球场，拥有自己专 属的每一样东西，自己专属的飞机等，"活塞控卫猎人说。"那全都是他开创的。当你是像 那样的一个先驱，你为其他人设立了标竿，而我认为那才是真正让你与众不同的原因。" Davidson is somewhat an aloof personality in Detroit. He doesn't give many interviews, and he keeps most of his thoughts about the team to himself. Davidson在底特律是个有点超然离群的人。他不会接受太多访问，而且会把对於球队 大部分的想法藏在自己心里。 "He doesn't say much, but he says enough to let you know he's watching," former Piston Ben Wallace said. "他不会说太多话，但他会适度的说一些话让你知道他一直在关注着，"前活塞球员班 蛙说。 Davidson often can be spotted in his front-row seat along the baseline by the Pistons' bench -- usually with a smile on his face. Besides those public appearances -- and the occasional news that he has donated another lump of his fortune to a cause near to his heart like the University of Michigan -- he is not at center stage when it comes to the Pistons. 你常可以看到Davidson坐在他底线的活塞板凳席旁的专属前排座椅上 -- 脸上通常都 挂着笑容。除了那些公开露脸外 -- 还有偶尔一些关於他为了最关心的密西根大学又捐出 大量财产的新闻 -- 当提到活塞时他并不会是目光的焦点。 His employees praise him for that, because he always does what needs to be done to make the organization a winner, but does it while staying in the background. 他的职员们称赞他，因为他总是做到那些必须去做的事，让整个球团成为赢家，而且 一样只是在幕後运筹帷幄。 (译按：为什麽我觉得作者好像是在呛西区那个留着络腮胡，常被罚款的老板XD) "He provided a family-type atmosphere for the guys," said Wallace, who played for Davidson's team for six years before signing with the Bulls. "He did everything that he could do as an owner to help us reach the goals we were trying to achieve. "他为我们提供了一种家庭式的氛围，"在和公牛签约之前为Davidson的球队效力了六 年的班蛙说到。"他做到了身为一个老板应该做到的每件事，帮助我们完成我们所尝试达到 的目标。" "If we needed something on the plane, he made sure we got it. If we needed something in the arena, he made sure we had it. If we needed to change seats for our family, he made sure those things got done. So he was not only an owner , he was around, he was aware of what was going on." "如果我们在飞机上需要某些东西，他会保证我们能拿到。如果我们在球场上需要某些 东西，他会保证我们能得到。如果我们需要为我们家人们更改观赏比赛时的座位，他一样 会保证完成我们的心愿。所以他并不只是老板，他无微不至，随时随地关心我们的事。" Wallace said after he chose to leave the team, he continued to work out at the Auburn Hills practice facility, knowing he had Davidson's blessing. 班蛙说在他选择离开球队後还是继续使用奥本山宫殿的训练设施，他知道自己会得到 Davidson的祝福。 And he said Davidson never had a bitter word to say to him, even though he left . 而他说Davidson从没对他说过一句尖酸刻薄的话，尽管他选择离开活塞。 "He told me I deserve everything I was getting," Wallace said. "He's always been a classy guy." "他告诉我那一切都是我应得的，"班蛙说。"他就是这样，好人一枚。" And although the committee chose to keep Davidson out for now, the people who know him well are convinced he can't stay out forever. 而尽管这一次委员们选择将Davidson排除在外，熟悉他的人们都确信他迟早还是会入 选名人堂的。 "He's been an icon in the league," coach Flip Saunders said. "他已经成为联盟的指标人物，"教练老桑说。 --

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