原文出处： http://www.nba.com/pistons/news/gen_next_080126.html -- Lennon and McCartney were very good separately but utterly brilliant together. A good burger becomes a gastronomic masterpiece when complemented by perfectly done french fries. Greatness often is the product of the synergy that results from the marriage of two elements that stand on their own just fine but zoom to the far end of the bull curve when coupled. 约翰蓝侬和保罗麦卡尼本身就非常杰出了但他们合作可说是所向无敌。一个好汉堡只 要补上一份精心制作的薯条就成了一道美食经典钜作。而伟大通常是来自两个本身只是不 错但合并後效果会呈现如牛角般爆炸性成长曲线的个体间的协力合作。 So it’s been for Pistons backcourts for more than two decades spanning three generations of guards inexorably linked. 就活塞後场而言，过去超过二十年间就有三个世代的完美後卫组合横亘其中。 Isiah and Joe. Hunter and Houston. Chauncey and Rip. And now … Stuckey and Afflalo? 笑笑汤和老乔。猎人和休士顿。枪蜥和RIP。而现在...Stuckey和Afflalo？ Too soon to allow the rookies on this side of the velvet rope yet. Rodney Stuckey flashed moments of brilliance throughout the preseason, but then went down with a broken left hand that cost him the first 25 games of the season and now has him fighting through a crash course in NBA 101. Arron Afflalo has established himself as a quality perimeter defender content to pick his spots offensively, but it’s a battle for minutes now that Stuckey is back and the Pistons are force feeding him playing time to accommodate his NBA indoctrination. 拿这两个菜鸟和这群星光燿燿的前辈相比不稍嫌过早了些吗？Rodney Stuckey在季前 赛展现了卓越的才华，但左手骨折使他错过了本季前25场比赛，所以现在他还在奋斗，试 图突破几乎每个甫入NBA的菜鸟必经的撞墙期。Arron Afflalo早就以外线防守大锁的角色 证明自己的能耐并藉此挣得攻击端出手的机会，但在Stuckey归队後他得更尽力争取上场时 间，因为活塞势必得给予Stuckey足够的上场时间，让他尽快适应，融入NBA之中。 But all indications are that Joe Dumars – one-half of the combination that began this Noah’s Ark course for Pistons guards and, as president, the one charged with making sure the backcourt stays stockpiled – hit home runs in expending first-round picks on Stuckey and Afflalo last June. 但这一切是老乔 - 开启活塞後卫诺亚方舟之旅的元老之一，同时身为必须负责让後场 保持高度竞争力的总管老乔 - 在去年六月选秀会以第一轮选秀权挑选Stuckey和Afflalo是 否押对宝的指标。 Thomas and Dumars, of course, were central figures in the hanging of the first two NBA championship banners in franchise history from The Palace rafters. Allan Houston and Lindsey Hunter never got the chance. Drafted together with the 10th and 11th picks in the 1993 draft held at – of all places – The Palace, the promising pairing died in 1996 when the Knicks stunned the NBA with a huge contract offer that pried Houston away from the Pistons three years into a highly productive career. 笑笑汤和老乔当然是活塞迁队宫殿球场後得以夺下首两座NBA总冠军的灵魂人物。 Allan Houston和猎人从未拥有这样的机会。在'93年於宫殿球场举行的选秀会上第10顺位 和第11顺位一起被挑选入队，这对看似充满无限希望的组合在'96年就拆夥了，因为尼克以 一纸震惊NBA的巨额合约吸引休士顿离开待了三年的活塞，前往大苹果继续发光发热。 Chauncey Billups and Rip Hamilton also arrived together, thought not via the draft. Dumars, two years into his run as Pistons president, set the wheels for the franchise’s third NBA title in motion over the summer of 2002. That’s when he identified Billups from among a seemingly unremarkable crop of free agent point guards and inked him to a contract that is widely hailed as the most prescient mid-level exception deal ever. A few months later, he swung the trade that sent All-Star Jerry Stackhouse to Washington for Hamilton. 枪蜥和RIP虽然都不是藉由选秀入队但也是在同一个球季一起加入活塞。担任活塞总管 两年後，老乔在'02年夏天成功奠定了活塞夺得队史第三座总冠军的基调。那年他在自由人 肉市场，啊不，是自由球员市场茫茫人海中相中看似平庸的控卫枪蜥，并和他签下了一纸 日後被普遍认为是有史以来最有远见也最划算的中产合约。几个月後，他推动了另一笔重 要的交易，把全明星球员牛排屋送至华盛顿巫师换来当时还默默无名的RIP。 Now come Stuckey and Afflalo, bristling with potential and teeming with an earnestness to fit in, find roles and await the passing of the baton. 现在轮到Stuckey和Afflalo，这两位充满潜力，富於热忱希望尽快融入球队，正在寻 找自己定位，等待接下前辈手上棒子的菜鸟了。 All four generations are represented by this year’s Pistons team, too, one celebrating the 50th anniversary of its relocation to Detroit from Fort Wayne, Ind.: Dumars as president, Hunter in his 15th and presumably final season, Billups and Hamilton as All-Star mainstays, Stuckey and Afflalo as obedient students delighted to have landed in a place where guards are cultivated and valued. 这四个世代都同时现身於今年的活塞队上，也算是活塞自印第安那州韦恩堡迁至底特 律50周年庆一件纪念的事：老乔是球队总管，猎人走到职业生涯第15个同时很可能是最後 一个球季，枪蜥和RIP再度连袂入选全明星队，Stuckey和Afflalo则是一对乐於加入一支後 卫受到重视并且是重点培训对象的球队的受教菜鸟。 That cultivation process doesn’t happen by accident, either. Long before Dumars took off his jersey and moved into the seat of power, he and Isiah took steps then that they couldn’t have known would still be paying dividends two generations later. 後卫培训过程并不是突然开始有的。远在老乔褪下球衣坐拥球队运筹帷幄大权之前， 他和笑笑汤就已经是那时球队的发展重心，但他们可能不知道後卫建军成功的影响力在两 个世代之後还存在着。 You’d think that Houston and Hunter, despite their first-round draft status, would have been hopelessly in awe of Thomas and Dumars and wary of the reception they’d get from players who’d both been MVP of the NBA Finals and multiple-times All-Stars during their Hall of Fame careers when the new kids arrived in ’93. 你会想那休士顿和猎人呢，尽管他俩都是第一轮就中选的球员，他们在'93年新秀球季 时还是有可能因为对笑笑汤和老乔感到敬畏以及从他们两个球员时代都曾获选为总冠军赛 最有价值球员并且多次入选全明星赛的名人堂球员身上获得的待遇抱持小心翼翼的态度而 无法顺利成长茁壮。 And they might have been. Except Thomas and Dumars went out of their way to embrace them when they just as easily could have held the rookies at arm’s length and let them know they would never have an easy time sliding into their positions. 而他们确实可能这样。因为笑笑汤和老乔不只没有拒两位菜鸟於千里之外反而一开始 就对他们展开双臂，欢迎他们加入球队，并且让他们知道，想要获得像他们那样的实力和 地位绝对不可能是一蹴可几的。 “Those guys called us all summer after we were drafted,” Hunter said, the appreciation for their gestures still evident in his eyes and voice. “It was, ‘Hey, you guys, don’t worry.’ I can’t tell you how good that was for us. They worked out with us that summer. "那些家伙在我们被选後，整个暑假都不断打电话给我们，"猎人说，对於他们亲切态 度的感激一直到今天还明确地留在他的眼睛和声音之中。"就像，'嘿，小夥子，不用担心 。'我没办法告诉你那对我们产生多大的激励效果。他们那整个夏天都陪着我们练球。" “Allan and I were kind of in awe of being around guys who had accomplished so much. We learned so much about how they went about their business, as far as basketball was concerned. We learned valuable lessons. I think that’s why I’ve lasted as long as I have in this league.” "休士顿和我对於和这些已经拥有如此多成就的球员为伴多少感到有些敬畏。我们从他 们对待篮球的态度上面学习到很多。我们学到相当宝贵的经验。我认为那正是我得以在联 盟中打滚至今的原因。" It was a lesson Hunter absorbed and has applied over his career as other newcomers – in theory, at least, challengers to his livelihood – have been brought on board. 那是猎人吸收到并应用於他职业生涯中去对待其他新进成员，那些已经加入球队的新 战友 - 那些人都是至少在理论上，可能对他的生计造成影响的挑战者 - 的宝贵经验。 “Most definitely, that’s how I’ve approached it, too,” he said. “You don’t ever want guys to feel like you’re trying to protect your turf or that he’s imposing. When you get to a certain point, it’s past all that, especially with an organization like this. You want to bring those guys in and help them get better, help them fit in and teach them how to help us out.” "最为肯定地，那也是我得以待到今天的原因，"他说。"你绝对不会希望有人对你抱持 那种试图把你挡在领土之外的态度或是说他一副就想占你便宜的感觉。不过当你有一定的 把握，那一切都不重要了，特别是待在像这样的球队之中。你会希望引领那些小夥子融入 球队并帮助他们变得更好，帮助他们适应并教他们如何对球队产生帮助。" Dumars, in fact, remembers he and Isiah actually being thrilled when the Pistons picked up Hunter and Houston. 事实上老乔还记得他和笑笑汤在活塞挑选猎人和休士顿後真的感到芒刺在背。 “I think I was about 30 at the time and Isiah was a couple of years older,” he said. “You understood, at that point, if they can get two really good guards, you better get ’em now because who knows when they’re going to get another chance. We welcomed it at that point. Isiah and I didn’t look at it as they were coming to take our jobs. It wasn’t a threat to us. We thought they would be nice players, nice backups, who would one day step in when we were retiring. "我想那时候我大概30岁而笑笑汤还比我大上几岁，"他说。"你懂的，在那个时间点， 如果他们能得到两个真的很优秀的後卫，你最好马上把他们带回家，因为天晓得什麽时候 还会有另一次机会。在那个时间点我们很乐於接受这件事。笑笑汤和我并不把他俩看作准 备来抢我们饭碗的眼中钉。那对我们来说不是威胁。我们认为他们会成为优秀的球员，优 秀的替补，当我们退休後总有一天会接下我们手中的棒子。" “I think Chauncey and Rip are looking at it the same way. I talked to them a lot over the summer about the position they’re in – hey, guys, been there, done that.” "我认为枪蜥和RIP也会这样看待他们。我整个夏天重复地跟他们说他们现在的地位 - 嘿，兄弟们，上场去，拿出你们应有的表现。" It’s been a few years now since the Pistons have been comfortable with their backcourt backups. The toll of heavy minutes on Billups and Hamilton was felt in the playoffs last season when they couldn’t find a passing gear as the Pistons – after storming through the first two rounds – lost in the Eastern Conference finals to Cleveland. 距离上次活塞对他们後场替补球员感到满意已经有数年时间了。太过倚重枪蜥和RIP导 致他们在去年季後赛无法找到可靠的替补 - 在前两轮秋风扫落叶後 - 於东区冠军赛苦吞 恶果，败给了克里夫兰骑士。 They went into this season feeling much better about their perimeter depth. And just like 14 years ago when Isiah and Joe embraced the idea of drafting two young pups for relief, Billups and Hamilton smiled on draft night when their boss supplied support troops. 本季他们对於外线球员深度已经满意许多了。就像14年前笑笑汤和老乔乐於接受球队 挑选两名潜力後场新秀以纾解他们的压力那样，枪蜥和RIP在选秀夜他们老板用两枚第一轮 选秀权挑选他们的准接班人後开心地笑了。 -- 未完待续 --

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