http://0rz.tw/8e2Rg BY KRISTA JAHNKE FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER LAS VEGAS -- Last month, as he introduced the Pistons' two first-round draft picks, team president Joe Dumars tried to correct a misconception about Arron Afflalo. 上个月当球队总裁Joe Dumars介绍活塞队的两个第一轮新秀时，他试着去纠正关於Arron 的误解。 Dumars said it wasn't just Afflalo's defensive skill that led him to pick the reigning Pac-10 player of the year, that Afflalo's overall versatility really sold the deal. Dumars说不光是Afflalo的防守技巧让他选了这位Pac-10的年度球员，Afflalo多方面的技 巧也是原因。 But it is that defensive grit that will likely first endear him to typical Pistons fans. 但首先强硬的防守会让典型活塞球迷喜爱他。 It's not just that Afflalo understands defense or has the right body to play it. He's 6-foot-5 with enough athleticism and quickness to guard multiple spots on the floor. But beyond that, he is simply driven to stop his opponents. Afflalo不光是了解防守或是有适合的身体去执行防守。6尺5寸加上足够的速度和运动能力 让他在场上可以守多数个点。除此之外，他也驱使自己阻止对手。 "I think you can see that he has the mentality of, 'I want to defend, I want to guard somebody, I want to be the guy to make the big stop,' " said John Hammond, the Pistons' vice president of basketball operations. "He welcomes that. I think a lot of times it seems the good defenders have to have that kind of mind-set." 「我想你可以看到他有『我要防守，我要守住某个人，我要成为大锁』的精神。」活塞的 篮球事务副总裁John Hammond说。「他欢迎这种想法。我认为很多时候好的防守者都会有 那种头脑设定。」 Even in summer league games and scrimmages this week, Afflalo has been a take-away-your-space, cut-you-off-on-the-way-to-the-rim, knock-the-ball-out-of-your-hands pest. 即使是在这礼拜夏季联盟的混战，Afflalo已经成为了一个「把你挤出去」、「切断你到 篮框的路线」、「把球从你手上打掉」的讨厌鬼。 He provided a huge stop late in the Pistons' win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday afternoon, shutting down point guard Louis Williams on a key possession of a tied game. 在星期六中午活塞赢得与七六人的比赛中他提供了一次很好的防守─他守死了控卫Louis Williams的一次关键持球，而当时双方比数相同。 Those are the kind of game-changing moments he lives for. 这是那种他经历过的改变比赛的时刻。 "The older I got, the more I realized how much I hate to lose," Afflalo said. "I've always hated to lose, even when I was little. It would bother me, even more than winning makes me feel good." 「当我越年长，我越了解我多麽讨厌输球，」Afflalo说。「我总是痛恨输球，即使是我 小时候。输球会干扰我，甚至比赢球让我高兴的感觉强多了。」 He wasn't known as a defender, though. Afflalo has worked hard to add defensive intensity to a game already marked with offensive talent. 虽然他不被认定是个防守者。Afflalo在被认可的进攻能力之外努力增强防守强度。 Afflalo grew up in Compton, Calif., living with his mother, Gwen Washington, until his was 10. He then moved in with his father, Benjamin (Danny) Afflalo, who worked for the Los Angeles Housing Department for 25 years. Afflalo出生在加州的Compton，和妈妈Gwen Washington住在一起直到10岁。他搬去和爸 爸Benjamin (Danny) Afflalo同住，他爸为洛杉矶的房屋部门工作了25年。 Gang activity and street violence were never far away, Afflalo said, although he managed to keep them at arm's length. 帮派活动和街头暴力总是在不远之处，Afflalo说，虽然他试着与他们保持一段距离。 "I wasn't on the streets or anything like that," Afflalo said. "But the area I grew up in was pretty bad." 「我不是在街头或是其他像那样的地方，」Afflalo说，「但我成长的环境很糟。」 Before high school, he and his father moved to an area of the city where zoning allowed farm animals and the lots were much roomier. 在高中之前，他和爸爸搬到城市里较为宽广和允许农场动物的地区。 The neighbor across the street had a horse; his next-door neighbor kept chickens. 对街的邻居有一匹马；而他隔壁的邻居养了鸡。 "It's not the typical landscape you think of when you think of Compton," Afflalo said. 「那不是你提到Compton时会想到的景色。」Afflalo说。 But anywhere he went, Afflalo found a way to shut out distraction and focus on basketball, the game he first fell in love with when he was just 2. 但任何他去的地方，Afflalo发现一个方法可以挥别干扰并专注在篮球上，他在两岁时爱上 了篮球。 Because his house didn't have a hoop, he often went to school -- Compton Centennial High, just five minutes away -- early to work out, sometimes with Gabe Pruitt, a high school teammate and another player the Pistons had their eye on in last month's draft. 因为他家没有篮框，他常跑到学校--Compton百年纪念高中，就五分钟路程--早早去练习， 有时和Gabe Pruitt， "When we were playing in seventh and eighth grade, Arron was also known as a scorer," said Pruitt, now a rookie with the Boston Celtics. "You'd also see him back in middle school putting up 30, 40 points." 「刚我们七八年级打球的时候，Arron已经被认定成得分手了，」现在是塞尔提克新人的 Pruitt说。「你也会看到他在中学得到3、40分。」 It was at Centennial where Afflalo first decided to focus more on his defensive skills, helping lead him to UCLA, where he carried the Bruins to the NCAA title game in 2006 and the Final Four in 2007. Afflalo第一次决定更加专心在防守是在百年纪念学校，也帮助他到了UCLA，他在那带领 Bruins2006年打到了NCAA的比赛，2007年更进入最後四强。 "My high school coach (Rod Palmer) wanted me to defend," Afflalo said. "And my freshman year (in college), I wanted to get as many minutes as possible, so coach told me, 'You want to play the whole game? Get out there and defend.' So I did." 「我的高中教练(Rod Palmer)希望我防守，」Afflalo说。「我大学第一年，我希望能尽可 多上场一些时间，所以教练告诉我『你想打满整场比赛吗？给我去防守。』所以我就这麽 做了。 Pruitt, who Afflalo still calls a good friend, was a rival in college, attending USC. The two faced off in a scrimmage at Cox Pavilion on Sunday afternoon. Although no official score was kept, the Celtics won two of the three 10-minute quarters, and Pruitt often looked like the best player on the floor. Pruitt，Afflalo仍称他是一个好朋友，在大学就读USC变成了Afflalo的对手。他们两个 星期六在Cox Pavilion的混战照了面。虽然没有官方得分纪录，塞尔提克赢了三个10分钟 的小节里赢了两个，而且Pruitt似乎是场中的最佳球员。 Afflalo didn't guard Pruitt much, but ask him, and he'd probably say he should have. He's the one who asked coach Terry Porter to switch him on to Williams in Saturday's scrimmage, and he has made it clear to the team executives that he will guard anyone who works the perimeter. Afflalo没有守到Pruitt很多，但问他，他大概会说他应该要守。他是那种在星期六的比赛 中要求教练Terry Porter让他换防Williams的人，他对球队行政人员表示他愿意防守半场中 任何一个家伙。 "At one point I said to him, 'Well, we know you can guard threes and you can guard twos,' " Hammond said. "And he said, 'Hey, John, I can guard ones also.' " 「下午一点我告诉他，『恩，我们知道你可以守二号、三号位置，』」Hammond说，「然後他 说，『嘿，John，我也可以守一号。』」 After the scrimmage Sunday, as the roster hopefuls came off the court to put on shoes, grab their gear and head upstairs to watch No. 1 draft pick Greg Oden play, Afflalo kept working. Shooting free throws, running off screens set by assistant coach Michael Curry, even guarding a few of the other guys as they attempted jumpers. 星期天的激战後，球员们希望可以离开场地高挂球鞋，修生养息到楼上欣赏状元Greg Oden 的比赛，Afflalo仍持续练习。练罚球，从助理教练Michael Curry设定的掩护後移开，甚至 在其他球员跳头时嚐试防守。 "It's all pride and effort with me," Afflalo said. 「这就是我的尊严与努力。」Afflalo说。 He was the last player off the court, not leaving until the Sixers started to crowd the baseline, waiting to get onto the practice court themselves. 他是最後离开球场的球员，一直等到七六人球员塞满底线做练习时才离去。 That's just Afflalo's style -- always trying to keep opponents off their game. 这就是Afflalo，总是试着阻挡对手。 --

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