原文出处： http://0rz.tw/843C4 -- AUBURN HILLS -- The NBA is littered with players who talk about making sacrifices and being team players. 奥本山讯 -- NBA中到处都有口口声声说着要为球队牺牲个人成绩以争取团队荣誉的球 员。 Tayshaun Prince isn't one of those guys. He never talks about it. He just does it, game in and game out, year in and year out. 小王子不是那样的人。他从不说类似的话，只是年复一年，在每场比赛中身体力行。 And for his efforts, Prince, universally regarded as one of the most diversely skilled small forwards, will not be selected to the Eastern Conference All-Star team for the sixth straight year. 而小王子的付出已经普遍地受到肯定，被认定为技巧最全面的小前锋之一，但他将连 续第六年成为东区明星队的遗珠。 "I am never going to be recognized as an All-Star player unless I put up numbers," Prince said after practice Sunday. "In this league, they won't say that, but you have to put up numbers to be an All-Star. If there was ever a situation where you didn't have to put up numbers to make an All-Star team, I would have already been on one a long time ago." "除非提升统计数据，不然我永远不会被认定为全明星球员，"小王子在星期天的练习 後表示。"在联盟中，他们不会明说，但你必须提升统计数据才可能成为全明星球员。如果 说不用提升统计数据就能入选全明星队，那我大概好几年前就入选了。" Prince is averaging 13 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists -- not All-Star numbers, to be sure. But the Pistons have the second-best record in the East and, third-best in the league. And Prince's versatility has been as responsible for that as Richard Hamilton's 19 points a game or Chauncey Billups' 18 points and seven assists. 小王子平均每场比赛可以攻得13分、抓下4.8个篮板并送出3次助攻 -- 很显然地这不 是全明星级的数据。但活塞拥有东区第二、联盟第三的战绩。而小王子全方位的表现和RIP 每场比赛19分或枪蜥每场比赛18分、7助攻的贡献可说是同等重要。 "My family, you know, they always say, 'Why isn't your name ever mentioned (as a potential all-star),' " Prince said. "I say the same thing -- only a few guys make an All-Star team, ala Ben Wallace, for what they do on the defensive end. Marcus Camby is another guy who I think is deserving, and he's only averaging 10 points a game. I'm not one of them. The stuff I do on the floor doesn't really show up on the stat sheet. "我的家人，你知道的，他们总会说，'为什麽你的名字从不曾在遴选全明星球员时被 提出来做讨论呢？'"小王子说。"我总会说 -- 像班蛙这样以防守着称的球员，只有一小部 分能入选全明星队。勉族是另一位我认为应该入选全明星队的球员，而他平均每场比赛只 能拿下10分。我不像他们。我在场上所做的事并无法完全反映在统计数据之中。" "But what really makes me proud is that my teammates know, and the coaching staff knows and appreciates what I do. When I can be rewarded that way, it makes me feel good." "但真正让我感到骄傲的是我的队友们知道，而且教练团也知道并欣赏我的努力。我的 付出能得到那样的回馈，这感觉好极了。" -- What could have been 其实可以是这样 Understand this: If Prince wanted to, he could easily have put himself in a situation where he was the first or second offensive option on another team, and he would certainly be putting up All-Star worthy offensive numbers. 你要知道：如果小王子愿意，他很轻易地就能在其他球队成为主攻手或第二箭头，而 且他肯定能把统计数据提升到足以入选全明星队的水准以上。 Prince was a restricted free agent in the summer of 2005. Just about every team in the league was interested, many of them would have been glad to make him their top offensive option. Prince wasn't interested and re-signed quickly and quietly, a six-year, $50 million contract that will keep him with the Pistons through 2011. 小王子在'05年暑假成为受限自由球员。联盟中几乎每支球队都有意延揽他入队，其中 很多球队还很乐意让他成为他们的第一进攻选择。对此小王子一点也不感兴趣并且很快地 就和活塞签下了一纸为期6年，总值5,000万美金的新合约，这将会让他在'11年前都还是活 塞的一员。 "It's been worth it because we've been winning, we've been successful," Prince said. "We've had the opportunity to get to the Eastern Conference finals and make a run at the Finals every year that I've been here. There's definitely been some sacrifice as far as what I am able to do on the floor, but the reward has been great." "这很值得，因为我们一直胜多败少，我们一直很成功，"小王子说。"自从我加入球队 後，我们每年都有机会进入东区冠军赛，甚至进一步晋级总冠军赛争取最高荣誉。就我在 场上所能做到的事来看，我确实有所牺牲，但获得的回报一直都很棒。" Pistons assistant coach Michael Curry was the starting small forward during Prince's rookie season. He has seen many talented young players come into the league, and in their haste to establish themselves, disrupt a team's chemistry. 　　活塞助理教练Michael Curry是小王子菜鸟球季时球队的先发小前锋。他看过许多进入 联盟的年轻球员都急着要建立他们自己的名声，但也破坏了球队的和谐。 "Guys as talented as Tay, they tend to want to come in and show their value by getting stats," Curry said. "I don't think that's who Tay is anyway, but he came into a winning environment. From the beginning he learned that when you win as a team, you get all the individual glory. The contracts and all of that, he got from winning, not from what he was doing individually." "像小王子这样资质突出的球员，他们通常会希望能够上场，并且用统计数据来说明他 们的价值所在，"Curry说。"我认为小王子完全不是这样的人，不过他加入了一个习惯赢球 的球队。从一开始他就学到，当球队赢球，个人也能获得相对的荣耀与肯定。不管是有形 的优渥合约或其他无形的肯定，都是因为球队赢球而非个人表现突出而获得的。" Curry said if Prince were ever to change and adopt more of a scorer's mentality , the delicate balance of the Pistons' starting unit would be thrown out of whack. Curry说如果小王子曾经改变心态，想成为一个攻击手，那活塞先发球员间的微妙和谐 将会被破坏殆尽。 "You could take all of our guys and put them on different teams and they would all score more and have better statistics -- but not necessarily the same type of success," Curry said. "Tay is the perfect complement for this team. Defensively, he can guard multiple positions. Offensively, he's able to go get his shot or draw a double-team and get his teammates shots. He's the total package and for him to play so unselfishly, he just fits with the whole theme of this team." "你可以把我们的球员放到其他球队而他们会拿出更好的统计数据 -- 但球队不一定能 获得同样出色的战绩，"Curry说。"小王子是最适合这支球队的球员。防守方面，他能从一 号守到四号。进攻方面，他能自己找到空档出手，也能吸引对方包夹以便队友轻松投篮。 他无所不能而且他这样无私的表现，完全符合了球队所有的需求。" -- Hitting stride 大步向前行 Prince, by his own admission, hasn't had his best season up until now. But the victory against Orlando on Friday was an example of why his offensive production has fluctuated so much this season. The Pistons established Rasheed Wallace and Hamilton early in the game, and both were smoking hot. 小王子自己承认到目前为止还没打出职业代表球季。但星期五对奥兰多胜出的比赛刚 好成了本季他得分表现起伏不定的最佳注解。活塞打从一开赛就把攻击重心摆在溪蛙和RIP 身上，而他们两个的表现只能用热得发烫来形容。 "At that point, I've got to fall back and let them do their thing," Prince said . "I just have to get in where I fit in. But look, if I shoot 3-for-12 and we're up by 25 points, I have to roll with the punches. There have been a lot of scenarios like that this year." "在这样的情况下，我得自动退让，把空间留给他们发挥，"小王子说。"我只要看清楚 哪里有需要并适时补上就行了。不过你看，如果我12次出手只命中3次但球队却领先多达25 分，我必须顺应形势。这个球季类似的情形已经出现很多次了。" Prince, by the way, found a way to contribute a season-high eight assists and six rebounds in addition to his usual sturdy defense in that game. 附带一提，多才多艺的小王子很快找到了贡献的方法，在那场比赛中除了一贯强硬的 防守之外，他还递出了本季新高的8次助攻并抓下6个篮板。 So, don't cry for Prince because he's left out of the All-Star discussion again . He will gladly take a four-day vacation in February in exchange for extra work in May and June. 所以，不用因为小王子再一次被遗忘在全明星的讨论之外而感到难过。用二月份一个 四天的假期换取在五、六月份的额外工作，他将会欣然接受。 "Hey, if I can play here the rest of my career and do the same things and have the opportunity to go to the playoffs and win a championship every year, then I'll darn sure do that," he said. "嘿，如果我能负责和现在相同的工作，就这样在活塞度过我剩余的球员生涯，然後每 一年都能闯进季後赛并且夺得总冠军，那我将会毫不考虑就答应的，"他说。 (译按：其实最後一句如果是溪蛙说的会变成"那我他妈的一定答应的啊，"，小王子果然是 斯文人。另外，darn就是damn的委婉说法。) --

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