http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/pistonsblog/index.php Posted by Chris McCosky (The Detroit News) on Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 5:29 PM The Allen Iverson project failed, and it failed for a lot of reasons. Mostly, though, it failed because Iverson's game didn't fit with the Pistons' concept of team. It doesn't have to be any more than that. We don't have to have this battle between the Iverson lovers and the anti-Iversonites, which has clogged my email basket and I am sure is dominating the chat-room blather. 失败最大的原因是 AI 打法和活塞对於一个球队的理念不合。 Before I go on, please understand that it's over. Iverson won't wear a Pistons uniform again, not in the regular season or the playoffs. He's done. They will knock his $21.9 million salary off the books in July and get on with rebuilding this team. AI 不论在例行赛或季後赛都不会再穿上活塞球衣。 There are some indisputable facts. Iverson, at 33, has lost a step, some of his explosiveness and his jump shot, never great, got a whole lot worse. Same could be said for his defense. As much as people kept waiting for his break-out game, waiting for him to dazzle like the AI of old, it wasn't going to happen. And missing those 16 games, more than a month of complete inactivity, pretty much insured that he wasn't returning to form. Do you really think he would just recapture the magic once the playoffs started? AI 退化了，防守也是。不要再期待他会像以前一样。缺了16场，超过一个月的时间， 差不多确定他的体能没法找回来，更别期待季後赛。 If you want to argue that coach Michael Curry's offense held him back, you aren't being honest with yourself. Curry never told him to miss layups and easy jumpers and free throws. He wasn't encouraging him dribble 20 seconds off the shot clock then throw the ball out of bounds. Did anybody expect the Pistons to start running and gunning because they acquired Iverson? It wasn't going to happen. MC 的进攻跟他上篮、简单跳投和罚球不进没有关系。 MC 也没要他运球 20秒後把球 传出界。 If you want to argue that the veteran Pistons didn't go out of their way to welcome him, you are right. And I wrote that a couple of months ago. They never made the extra effort to help him fit in. And when Curry chose to send Richard Hamilton to the bench instead of AI, well, if the team wasn't fractured before, it was then. Yes, the veteran Pistons could have helped facilitate a smoother transition, but that doesn't excuse or change the fact that Iverson was a liabilty on defense and a low-efficiency producer on offense. 活塞老将是没有好好帮他没错。他们没有做额外的努力帮他融进来。当 MC 要 Rip 打替补而非 AI 时球队也出现了裂痕。活塞老将是可以帮他，但不能做为 AI 攻守 两端表现不佳的藉口，也不能改变这个事实。 I thought he showed his true colors this week. For all his talk about doing whatever it took to win a championship, he couldn't do the only thing the Pistons asked of him. Come off the bench. He says his back still hurts, and you have to take his word. But, to miss a month and not do any conditioning, not even as little as riding a stationary bike, of course he's going to be sore when he first comes back. What was the old Sparky Anderson line, "Pain don't hurt you." Had Iverson been starting and being asked to play 35 minutes, my guess is he would have fought through the pain. But to do it for a bench role? He wanted no part of it. AI 做不到活塞唯一要求他的事。打替补。一个月时间都没有练体能在第一次回来时 背痛是一定的。如果让他先发打35分钟，他会可以撑过去。但板凳可不行。 So, he's gone. It's kind of sad. This is a sure-bet hall-of-fame player whose skills have been eroded by time. The problem is, Iverson still doesn't believe his skills have diminshed. He will look you in the eye and say he's still the same player, capable of scoring 30 points a night consistently. Delusional. 所以他离开了。有点令人难过。名人堂球员的身手会随时间退化。但 AI 还是不相信。 Iverson will get a chance to prove he's not washed up. This experience with the Pistons won't kill his market value. His age will. The economy will. But he's still Allen Iverson. He's still a popular brand and he puts butts in arena seats. Somebody surely will sign him next season. It will be a bad team, you can bet on that. It will be a team that needs a gimmick to sell tickets. 活塞的经验不会降低他的市场价值，但他的年纪和经济环境会。 People are speculating that he will be reunited with Larry Brown in Charlotte. That's not going to happen. Brown had his time with Iverson and he's not looking for a sequel. No, I could see Iverson with the Clippers, maybe the Warriors, maybe even in Phoenix. But he better make up his mind now that he's going to take a severe pay cut. He won't command anything close to $20 million. AI 不会去山猫。或许会去快艇，勇士或太阳。但薪资不会接近两千万。 Last thing: Because I wrote some critical things about Iverson in the last week, fans and some in the media think I had some personal grudge against him. Not only is that insulting to me, it's wrong. There was never any issue between him and I. We never exchanged any harsh words, not even after I criticized him for some of his bizarre statements. It's funny, when the team is winning 50-plus games and I never write anything negative, people think I am a suck-up. When I do criticize a player, I must be acting out on some personal vendetta. Ridiculous. How about this -- I was just doing my job. 我和 AI 没有任何过节！！！ --

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