Jordan's shortcomings Jordan的缺点 A word here about Jordan. A brilliant player, yes, but he has a few things to learn about dignity and championships. His comments over the weekend were enough to make you ill: "The people I know are going to be happy (the Pistons) aren't the reigning champions any more. We'll get back to the image of a clean game. . . . When Boston was champion they played true basketball. Detroit won . . . but it wasn't the kind of basketball you want to endorse." 这里来谈谈Jordan。是的，他是一个才华洋溢的球员，不过关於尊严和冠军，他还有 一些事情需要学习。过去这个周末他的评论足以让你感到反胃："我认识的人对於活塞不会 再占据王位这件事都会感到高兴。我们会让比赛回复乾净的本质...过去波士顿打纯正的篮 球拿冠军，活塞靠的则是...但那并不是种你能够认同背书的篮球。 Well, as Mr. Endorsement, Michael ought to know. But before he reduces the world to good guys and bad guys -- the good, of course, being players like himself who will talk trash non-stop, while getting fouls called whenever another player breathes on him -- he should understand that there are many ways to reach the playoffs but only one way to win a championship: you must be the best. The Pistons were. For two years. They didn't win because they were dirty. They won because they were unselfish, because they played great defense, because they never gave up hope, and because they didn't put one player on a pedestal above the others. You may notice, Michael, that your team didn't get past the Eastern Conference until it did exactly those same things. 嗯，身为正义化身的新警察，Michael应该知道。但在他将这世界上的人归类成好人和 坏人两种 -- 当然，好人就是像他，就算对手只是在身边呼吸就被吹判犯规时口中仍旧念 念有词，不断说着垃圾话的那种人 -- 他应该知道要进入季後赛有很多方法，但要赢得总 冠军只有一条路：你必须成为最棒的。活塞曾经是，至少在那两年间。他们并不是因为打 球脏而赢球，他们是能赢是因为无私，是因为他们防守出色，是因为他们从不放弃希望， 而且是因为他们不会像是众星拱月似的把一个球员捧上天。你或许注意到了，Michael，你 的球队一直到做了和上述类似的事情之後才首度闯过了东区冠军赛。 "If Jordan thinks we're so bad for basketball, let him buy the league and replace us," Rodman sniffed afterward. "He's got all the money, anyhow." "Bad for basketball?" Dumars said, when informed of the comments. "Hey, if us winning two championships was bad for basketball, it was damn sure good for me. I got two rings in my closet." "如果Jordan认为我们篮球打得太糟糕，让他买通这个联盟并取代我们好了，"之後小 虫嗤之以鼻地说着。"不管怎样，反正他钱赚那麽多。""篮球打得很差？"听到这些评论後 老乔说。"嘿，如果说我们赢得两座总冠军是篮球打得不好，对我来说还真是好极了。我柜 子里珍藏了两枚冠军戒。" No tears. 不用流泪。 Can we ever forget? 我们真能忘记？ And that's the spirit we ought to wake up with this morning. In the days to come, there will be talk about changes -- trades, free agents -- there is always such talk after a crown is lost. But for today, as the final embers of this championship era die, better to remember the Pistons for what they were. 而那就是今天早上醒来时我们应该怀有的情绪。在接下来的日子里，会有一些关於改 变的话题出现 -- 交易、自由球员 -- 在失去王冠後总会有类似的话题出现。但今天，在 这个冠军王朝结束，只剩最後余烬的此刻，我们最好记住活塞曾经的样子。 Can you ever forget their dance off the Silverdome floor the night the Celtics were finally vanquished? Or their champagne shower in the visitors locker room of the Forum, after sweeping the Lakers and claiming the crown? Or the stunned silence of the Portland Memorial Coliseum after the Pistons went there and did the impossible, three straight road victories to win Title No. 2? 你真能忘记他们在历尽千辛万苦终於击退塞尔提克後在银顶球场狂欢热晚的那个夜晚 ？或是他们在横扫湖人获得总冠军盃後在客军球员休息室洗的那个香槟浴？或是活塞在波 特兰纪念体育馆拿下不可思议的客场三连胜以顺利完成二连霸後，全场球迷因过度惊讶而 鸦雀无声的那一阵静寂？ Can you ever forget the slogans? "Bad Boys"? "U Can't Touch This"? "Three The Hard Way"? Or the music that played when they took the floor, the trumpets of that "Final Countdown" song that sent shivers down your spine? Can you forget the sight of Chuck Daly, Mr. Dapper, croaking out instructions, waving his arms like a mad scientist? And the players. Most of all, can you ever forget the players? Thomas, hitting those magic shots against Boston in overtime, or Dumars, coming back from his father's death last year to lead the title charge, or Laimbeer, defying the boos in every arena, or Rodman, waving that fist after his 16th or 17th rebound, or Edwards, turning and sinking yet another fallaway jumper, or Aguirre, lighting up the nets from long distance, or Vinnie, who goes all the way back to the embarrassing years with this franchise, hitting that jumper last spring in Portland that now and forever will be known as :00.7 ? 你真能忘记那些标语？"坏小孩"？"你别想碰"？"连三冠很难吗"？或当他们上场时拨 出的音乐，让你背脊感到颤抖的"倒数计时"喇叭声？你能忘记短小精干的Chuck Daly眼中 散发的凶狠目光，用低沉沙哑的声音吼出的命令，摆动手臂如同疯狂科学家的那副德性？ 而球员呢，首先，你真能忘记那些球员？笑笑汤在对上波士顿时於延长赛所投进那几颗如 魔术般神奇的球，或去年在老爸过世回家奔丧後还归队强忍悲伤带领球队拿下总冠军的老 乔，或在每个球场视对手球迷嘘声如无物的大象，或在抢得个人第16或17个篮板後用力挥 拳鼓舞士气的小虫，或转身潜进又一次後仰跳投得手的Edwards，或屡次长射破网的 Aguirre，或陪着活塞一路成长茁壮，且在去年春天对上波特兰的比赛剩下0.7秒时投进一 记永远会被记住的跳投的微波炉。 "How do you think history will remember this team?" came the question. "你认为这支球队在历史上会留下什麽？"以这个问题来说。 Salley: "As the blue-collar guys that beat the glamour boys in LA." Salley说："一群在洛杉矶击败了风采迷人的篮球明星的蓝领工人。" Aguirre: "As a team that defied the odds and kept coming back to win.'* Aguirre说："一支不放弃任何机会并且持续寻求反败为胜可能性的球队。" Thomas: "As one of the greatest that ever played." 笑笑汤说："史上表现最杰出的球队之一。" In the final seconds Monday, the scoreboard flashed the image of two fans, holding up signs that read "THANK YOU FOR 2" and "YOU'LL ALWAYS BE CHAMPIONS IN OUR HEARTS." A nice way to say good-bye. Hell of a run, guys. Hell of a team. No tears. Just a handshake and a nod of thanks. 在星期一最後几秒钟，计分板上闪过两位球迷的影像，他们手上拿着自制标语，上头 写着"谢谢你们为底特律拿下两座总冠军"以及"你们在我心中永远都是冠军。"一个很好的 说再见的方式。完美的王朝，完美的球队。不用流泪，只要挥手、点头表达感谢就行了。 Now. 现在。 How are those Tigers doing? 看那群老虎在搞什麽鬼？ --

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