原文出处： http://0rz.tw/d63Ds -- Chauncey Billups came to Detroit as a journeyman guard just looking for a chance to start. Richard Hamilton hit town as a young, unheralded replacement for the team's popular, well-established All-Star. 枪蜥当年加入底特律时只是一个寻求机会重新开始的浪人後卫。而RIP当时还是一个默 默无名的年轻人，只是为了取代离队的牛排屋 - 原本活塞最受欢迎，已享有盛名的全明星 球员 - 而加入球队。 After a few days of training camp together in the fall of 2002, they felt their careers were about to take off. They quickly developed an on-court chemistry and off-court friendship that would lift the Pistons, and themselves, to dizzying heights. 在'02年秋天的训练营相处一段时日後，他们认为自己的职业生涯就要起飞了。他们很 快就培养出场上的默契及场下的情谊，而这一切将把活塞的战绩和他们本身的战功提升到 令人目瞪口呆的顶点。 Some 5 1/2 years later, they are the gold standard by which other backcourts are measured. Along with Rasheed Wallace, an injury replacement for Kevin Garnett, they'll represent the franchise on the Eastern Conference All-Star team for the third consecutive season tonight. 大约五年半过去了，他们现在是说是其他球队的後场组合的标竿。今晚，连同替补因 伤不克出赛的Kevin Garnett先发的溪蛙，他们将连续三年代表东区全明星队上场比赛。 "When we came here, we set some lofty goals to try to win a championship and be looked at as the best backcourt in the world, in the league," Billups said. " We've won a championship and I feel like we're the best backcourt. That's not being cocky or arrogant. You can do the homework and I feel like we're the best as a tandem. It makes it special for us three years in a row to have been picked together." "当我们加入活塞时，我们设定了一些崇高的目标去试图赢得一座总冠军并希望被视为 世界上、联盟中最棒的後场组合，"枪蜥说。"我们已经赢得一座总冠军而我也认为我们是 最棒的後场组合。那并不是骄傲或自大。能达到自己设定的目标，我觉得我们合作是所向 无敌。对我们来说，连续三年一起入选真的是别具意义的事。" Billups and Hamilton were perhaps the only people in the world who saw this coming. Even president of basketball operations Joe Dumars, who acquired them in that fateful 2002 offseason, couldn't have predicted they would form the franchise's most potent backcourt since he and Isiah Thomas were paired up. 枪蜥和RIP或许是世界上唯二预见到这些事情即将发生的人。就连在命中注定的'02年 暑假将他们纳入球队的总管老乔也没料想到，他们将会成为自笑笑汤和自己以来，球队最 强而有力的後场拍档。 Billups had bounced around five organizations in his first five seasons. When he became a free agent that summer after two seasons in Minnesota, he was just hoping some team would give him a chance to be their floor leader. 枪蜥在他职业生涯前五个球季如同人球般辗转流连於五支球队之间。结束在明尼苏达 的两个球季後，那个夏天他成为自由球员。他只希望有支球队愿意给他一个机会，让他成 为他们场上的指挥官。 Luckily for Billups, Dumars and then-coach Rick Carlisle felt Billups was the best point guard on the market and made a strong push when the free agency period began. Carlisle was scheduled to go to Europe for a clinic during the second day of free agency, so Pistons owner Bill Davidson arranged to have a private plane take Carlisle to Billups' home in Denver. He met with Billups for a few hours, then left for the clinic in the middle of that afternoon. 枪蜥很幸运，老乔和当时的总教练Rick Carlisle认为枪蜥事市场上最佳的控卫并且在 自由球员市场展开後马上强力争取他的加入。因为Carlisle计画在自由球员市场展开後第 二天前往欧洲看病，所以活塞老板Bill Davidson安排私人飞机送Carlisle到枪蜥位於丹佛 的家去登门拜访。他和枪蜥谈了几个小时後在那个下午离开去看病。 By the end of the weekend, the Pistons' pitch won Billups over. 在那个周末结束时，活塞的诚意打动了枪蜥。 "Joe and I both liked him a lot," said Carlisle, who is now an ESPN studio analyst. "Joe saw a lot of himself in Chauncey. We both felt he was an undervalued player." "老乔和我都很喜欢他，"现在是ESPN电台球评的Carlisle说。"老乔在枪蜥身上看到许 多自己的影子。我们都认为他被低估了。" The original plan was for Billups to join forces with Jerry Stackhouse, who led the team to the second round of the playoffs the previous season. But Stackhouse planned to opt out of his contract after the 2002-03 season and the Pistons were unsure if he was worth a large, long-term investment. 原本计画枪蜥加入後会和前一个球季季後赛曾带领球队力闯第二轮的牛排屋并肩作战 。但牛排屋计画在'02-'03年球季後跳脱合约，而活塞无法确定他是否是值得球队砸大钱签 长约的良驹。 When Washington Wizards president Michael Jordan proposed a trade to Dumars that September with Stackhouse and Hamilton as the centerpieces, the Pistons rolled the dice once again. 当华盛顿巫师总管Michael Jordan向老乔提议在九月进行一笔以牛排屋和RIP为主菜的 交易时，活塞选择了再赌一把。 "I had very little input on it," Carlisle said. "I'll never forget, I was driving back from Jerry Stackhouse's golf outing on a Monday afternoon and Joe called me on my cell and said, 'We've got a good chance to trade Stack for Richard Hamilton. What do you think?' I told him I thought he was a terrific young player. "我不是很有信心，"Carlisle说。"我永远不会忘记那个星期一下午，我刚参加完牛排 屋主办的高尔夫聚会，在回程的路上老乔打我的手机说道，'我们有一个绝佳机会可以用牛 排屋换到RIP。你觉得怎麽样？'我告诉他我认为他是一个很不错的年轻球员。" "The next day, the deal was done. That's as fast as I've ever seen a trade consummated. Usually, it takes weeks or months to get a trade like that done." "隔天，这笔交易就成定局了。那是有史以来我看过最快成真的交易。通常，一笔交易 在完成都得谈上几个星期甚至是几个月。" By the following season, Billups and Hamilton were ready to carry the Pistons to the pinnacle of NBA success with Larry Brown as their coach. They've been to three more conference finals and another Finals since then and they're on track for another long playoff run this season. The Pistons headed into the All-Star break with a 10-game winning streak and a 39-13 record, second only to Boston. 在接下来的球季，枪蜥和RIP已经准备好和他们的教练Larry Brown一起将活塞带往NBA 的最顶端。除了一次顺利夺冠外，他们还有三次至少打进分区冠军赛以及另一次不幸在总 冠军赛铩羽而归，而本季他们正走在前往另一次漫长季後赛的路上。活塞挟着10连胜以及 仅次於超赛的39胜13败佳绩进入全明星周末。 "They've been teammates for six years and that says a lot," Brown's former top assistant and current Atlanta Hawks coach Mike Woodson said. "When you run in the backcourt with the same guy for that period of time, you're going to know him inside-out and he's going to know you inside-out. There's nothing those two guys haven't been through. They're battle-tested and they've won a title together. They've been in so many big games, so many close games, that it doesn't really affect them at all. It doesn't even faze them." "他们成为队友已经六年而那说明了很多事情，"Brown之前的头号助理，现为亚特兰大 老鹰教练的Mike Woodson说。"在那麽长的时间内都和同一个人合作，你会从里到外了解他 ，他也会从里到外了解你。那两个家伙没有什麽事情没有一起经历过。他们历经千锤百链 而且还一起拿过一次总冠军。他们已经一起面对过许多关键比赛以及与对手实力相近的比 赛，但那并未对他们产生什麽影响，甚至不曾造成他们的困扰。" What makes them different as people and players makes them perfectly suited for each other. Billups is a natural born leader, tough and powerful yet steady and calm. He's always under control while the hyperactive Hamilton skitters around the court like a toddler who just ate a oversized candy bar. He's in constant motion, stopping only to fire up the sweetest mid-range shot the league has to offer. 是什麽让这两个不管是人格特质或是打球风格都南辕北辙的人配合得天衣无缝呢？枪 蜥是一个天生的领导者，坚毅而有力，但不失稳健与冷静。当有过动倾向的RIP在场上四处 乱窜，活像是个嗑了太多药而嗨过头的摇头族时，枪蜥总能保持一贯的冷静态度。RIP会一 直跑动，只在有绝佳中距离出手机会时才会停下来。 "My poise and demeanor and all of that kind of meshes with him being so relentless," Billups said. "He's just so all over the place and I think I bring him to the right level all the time. And I think him being so up and wired, and ready to go so much and so aggressive, it brings me to a point where I need to be. This has been perfect." "虽然我的行为举止和他大不相同，"枪蜥说。"他会满场跑而我认为自己总能引领他到 最正确的地方。我认为他总是很兴奋，随时准备要上场拼斗，能够让过於冷调的我也嗨起 来。我们两个配合可说是相辅相成。" Perhaps the only thing that's not outstanding about them is their statistics. Hamilton is averaging 18.3 points, nothing unusual for a starting shooting guard. Billups is averaging 17.3 points and 7.1 assists. 或许他们俩唯一不够出色的就是个人攻守数据吧。RIP每场比赛平均拿下18.3分，这对 一个先发得分後卫来说是个再普通不过的数字。枪蜥则是平均攻得17.3分，送出7.1次助攻 。 Hamilton has never averaged more than 20.1 points a game for an entire season; Billups' career-best is 18.5. But the Pistons are not built to feature a particular player. They'd easily score five more points a game on a mediocre club. RIP单季平均得分不曾高於20.1分；枪蜥生涯最佳成绩则是18.5分。但活塞的成功并不 是来自於单一球员的杰出表现。如果他们在一支中等球队，平均再多个五分应该是轻而易 举。 "One thing I always say about Chauncey and Rip, they both believe their legacies will be more defined by winning than by statistics and All-Star appearances," Carlisle said. "Lets face it. Either one could have a much more significant statistical impact on another team but neither one wants to do that ." "关於枪蜥和RIP我时常说，他们都相信自己在历史上的定义多半是由球队获得的胜利 多寡而决定，而非个人攻守数据或入选全明星的次数，"Carlisle说。"面对现实吧。他们 俩都可以在其他球队拿出更漂亮的个人成绩单，但他们俩都不愿这麽做。" The only question about Billups and Hamilton is whether they'll have the same amount of staying power as Dumars and Thomas. Billups just signed a five-year contract while Hamilton is signed through the 2009-10 season, though he can opt out prior to that season. But like no one could have imagined how dynamic they would be together, it's hard now to imagine them being apart. 关於枪蜥和RIP唯一的疑问是他们能否和老乔及笑笑汤一样，成为球队长期的金字招牌 。枪蜥只签下一纸为期五年的合约而RIP的合约将持续到'09-'10年为止，尽管他可能在那 个球季之前就选择跳脱合约。不过就像没有人能料想到他们合作会激出如此惊人的火花， 我们也难以预测他们分开之後会是怎样。 "I hope for their sake and the sake of the Pistons they retire as Pistons," Carlisle said. "Joe and Isiah were really the quintessential backcourt of the mid-'80s and early '90s. Chauncey and Rip have the same profile in the new millennium. They're the perfect match." "不管以他们本身或以球队的角度想，我都希望他们能在活塞退休，"Carlisle说。"老 乔和笑笑汤真的是'80年代中期和'90年代初期後场组合的经典代表。枪蜥和RIP则是新世纪 的代表人物。他们俩是绝佳拍档。" --

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