原文出处： http://0rz.tw/ed3Hk -- AUBURN HILLS -- In his first five NBA seasons, Chauncey Billups seemed destined to be another high draft pick to not pan out. 奥本山讯 -- 在枪蜥前五个NBA球季，他似乎已经注定要成为另一个失败的高顺位选秀 球员。 Richard Hamilton, meanwhile, was shipped to Detroit after Michael Jordan, the Washington Wizards' general manager at the time, no longer wanted him. 同时间，RIP在当时的华盛顿巫师总管Michael Jordan认为球队不再需要他後被送至底 特律。 Billups and Hamilton achieved very little before their arrival in Detroit, which came just 56 days apart. But as a tandem with the Pistons, you would be hard-pressed to find a better backcourt duo in the NBA. 枪蜥和RIP在前後间隔56天，相继加入底特律前几乎没有任何值得一提的成就。不过在 活塞配成一对後，你应该很难在联盟中找到比他们更好的後场双人组。 "You can have other guys that play together that are great players," Billups said. "But our game is like a Lego set; we just go together perfectly." "你可以把其他杰出的球员搭配在一起打球，"枪蜥说。"但我们的球赛就像是一套乐高 玩具组环环相扣，缺一不可；我们一起打球配合得天衣无缝。" That's why for the third consecutive season, both have been chosen as reserves for the Eastern Conference All-Star team. 那正是他们俩连续三个球季被票选为东区全明星队替补球员的原因。 They join Hall of Famers Isiah Thomas and Joe Dumars as the only Detroit guard tandem in franchise history to be chosen to play in three or more consecutive All-Star games. 他们加入了底特律队史上後卫组合原本只有名人堂成员笑笑汤和老乔曾同时连续三年 或连续三年以上在全明星赛亮相的行列。 "They're the best backcourt in the NBA, so they should be there together," said Atlanta Hawks coach Mike Woodson, a former Pistons assistant. "Those two guys are a big, big part of why that Detroit team just keeps on winning." "他们是联盟中最佳後场，所以他们应该一起入选明星队，"前活塞助理教练，现为亚 特兰大老鹰教练的Mike Woodson说。"那两个家伙的好表现是底特律得以持续赢球的很大一 部分原因。" Their arrival before the 2002-03 season ushered in an era of unprecedented success for a franchise. 他们在'02-'03年球季的到达开创了这支球队空前的常胜新纪元。 Detroit advanced to the Conference finals seven times prior to their arrival, which includes trips to the Western Conference finals in 1958 and 1962. That total has nearly doubled since Billups and Hamilton arrived. The Pistons have reached the Eastern Conference finals or farther in each of the five full seasons they have been in Detroit. 底特律在他们加入前只有七次晋级分区冠军赛，其中包括年代久远的'58和'62年球季 ，当时活塞甚至还隶属於西区。不过那个总次数在枪蜥和RIP加入後几乎翻了快一倍。活塞 在他们来到底特律後的五个完整球季至少都走到东区冠军赛甚至还曾经拿下一座总冠军。 A sixth consecutive trip to the conference finals seems achievable as the Pistons enter the All-star break with the league's second-best overall record (39-13), and the longest current winning streak which stands at 10 in a row. 活塞带着联盟第二以及目前联盟最长的10连胜的佳绩进入全明星周末，看样子今年似 乎会是活塞持续缔造上述纪录的第六个球季。 Dumars, Detroit's president of basketball operations, had a feeling that pairing Billups and Hamilton together would make the Pistons a much improved team. 底特律篮球事务总裁老乔之前就认为把枪蜥和RIP凑在一起会让活塞的战绩大跃进。 But he acknowledges that their ability to play so well off each other has been even better than he imagined. 但他也承认他们合作实际拿出的成绩甚至比他原本想像的还要亮眼。 "You hope that when you bring them together, it'll work out," Dumars said. "But I would be sitting here lying to you if I said I knew it was going to be like this." "在你把他们凑作堆时你会希望这麽做能奏效，"老乔说。"但如果我说我知道会有这麽 好的效果，那我肯定是信口雌黄。" Both players agree that in order to play so well together, a bond had to be established. 两个球员都同意为了能够合作无间，必须要培养一种生死与共的革命情感。 Billups, a former No. 3 overall pick who played for five different teams in five seasons prior to coming to Detroit, said he and Hamilton hit it off immediately. '97年选秀探花枪蜥在加入底特律前的职业生涯前五年一共穿过五支球队的球衣，他说 自己很快就和RIP打成一片了。 "I never had a connection like that," Billups said. "It's like I always know what he's thinking." "我从没有过像这样的兄弟情谊，"枪蜥说。"感觉似乎我总会知道他在想些什麽。" Added Hamilton, "We were like brothers, right from the start." RIP补充道，"我们就像是亲兄弟，打从一开始就是。" As you watch the Pistons play, there are several occasions when Billups and Hamilton will communicate on the floor without saying a word to each other. 在你观看活塞比赛时，会有好几次枪蜥和RIP在场上根本连一个字都不用说就能沟通。 Both admit that a simple glance is often all it takes for them to know what the other is looking to do offensively. 他们俩都承认只要稍微使个眼色，通常对方就会知道接下来要采取什麽方式进攻。 Part of that bond gives them the freedom to speak candidly with each other, and not worry about hurt feelings. 他们能这麽自由率直沟通的部分原因是因为感情深厚，而且也不需要担心是否会伤害 对方的感受。 "He can tell me stuff that no one else can tell me, and I can take it for a grain a salt and not get up and get angry and defensive about it," Billups said . "I never have to go through that with Rip, because of the bond we've built." "他能告诉我没有其他人能跟我说的，而我会持保留态度并且不会因此感到生气而有所 防备，"枪蜥说。"因为我们之间建立起的兄弟情谊，我从不会因此和RIP闹翻。" When Hamilton told Billups he was going to be a father, Billups recalls a number of conversations he had with Hamilton in hopes of making him as prepared as possible for what was coming. 当RIP告诉枪蜥说他即将为人父时，枪蜥回忆道他告诉RIP好几个建议，希望他能尽可 能做好准备迎接即将出世的孩子。 Both acknowledge that Billups' words rang hollow at first, with Hamilton repeatedly telling his backcourt mate that he was wrong and that his life, by and large, would remain the same. 双方都坦承一开始枪蜥的话被当成了耳边风，因为RIP反覆地告诉他的後场夥伴说他错 了而他的生活，基本上，会保持原状。 "I wasn't trying to hear Chauncey talking to me about all these changes," Hamilton said. "But hey, he was right. Having a child changes you, and changes what you do and don't do, a lot." 我并未尝试将枪蜥告诉我将会有的一切改变听进去，"RIP说。"不过，他是对的。有一 个孩子会改变你，并大大改变你的所作所为。" The giving of advice goes both ways, although most of Hamilton's advice to Billups is on-the-court related. 他们俩都会给予对方建议，尽管大部分RIP给予枪蜥的意见都是和球赛相关的。 Billups recalls a few years ago when Larry Brown was coaching the team how Hamilton kept urging him to run this secondary offensive set that the team used to run. 枪蜥回忆几年前在Larry Brown担任教练时RIP是如何持续劝说他去跑这第二种球队习 惯使用的战术。 At first, Billups didn't want to do it. Hamilton persisted, and Billups continued to balk at the idea. 一开始，枪蜥并不想这麽做。但在RIP坚持之下，枪蜥开始犹豫了。 However, one day after practice, Billups was watching some film and saw how effective the Pistons were offensively when they ran the offensive set that Hamilton was pleading with him to do. 不过在一天例行练习结束後，枪蜥看了一些影片并发现活塞在使用RIP建议的那种战术 时效率极佳。 "All the reasons he gave for us putting it back in, Rip was right about that," Billups said. "If we didn't have the kind of bond we have, I don't know if he would have kept on me about it like he did; and to be honest, I don't even know if I would have listened, either." "RIP要我们回头使用那种战术的所有理由都是对的，"枪蜥说。"要不是我们有深厚的 感情基础，我不知道他是否还会像那样持续尝试要说服我；而且老实说，我甚至也不知道 我会不会把他说的话听进去。" Even with all they have accomplished in Detroit, Thomas and Dumars remain the gold standard of great backcourt play in Detroit. However even Dumars acknowledges that Billups and Hamilton are etching out their own place as one of the franchise's greatest backcourts ever. 就算把他们在底特律达到的所有成就都算进去，说到活塞黄金後场组合笑笑汤和老乔 仍是第一把交椅。不过就连老乔本人也坦承枪蜥和RIP已经逐渐威胁他们队史第一後卫组合 的地位。 When asked how they compare to him and Thomas, Dumars replied, "they're right there. Those guys are right there. Maybe Isiah and I had a few more All-stars, but one more championship and those guys should be seated right there." 当被问到他们和自己还有笑笑汤相比如何时，老乔回应道，"他们现在就已经取代我们 的地位啦。那两个家伙已经够格啦。或许笑笑汤和我入选全明星的次数略多几次，但只比 多拿一座总冠军，他们俩应该很快就能追平吧。" --

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