就在底特律欢庆老虎队晋级季後赛的同时，活塞的球季即将展开啦！ 王细姨漫长的等待终於结束。 http://www.nba.com/pistons/features/truebluepistons_121001b.html 既然大班还不在阵中，小王子计画让每个人知道球季的开始有多麽重要。 “We are capable,” he said. “There are a lot of teams that are capable. The question is going and doing it. The important thing for us is how we start the season off. We’ve got a nice road trip coming up at the start of the season, so we’re going to have to steal some games there. It’s all how you start. You get off to a bad start, you put yourself in a hole and all of a sudden the playoffs get out of reach. 开季要好好打，因为球季就像比赛一样，刚开始打不好就是挖了洞给自己找麻烦， 季後赛就远啦。（上个球季开季4胜20负的惨痛教训啊） Frank提到带兵哲学。 “We just try to be very real with the guys,” he said. “Every day, whether you win or lose, what did we do well? What did we do poorly? What do we need to fix? Watched a lot of tape with them, showed it to them. There are times you’ve got to be a hope teller – not a hype teller, but a hope teller. But at the end of the day, we’re going to be real. We won’t always be right, but we’ll be real. 对球员要非常真诚、实在。不管赢球或吞败都要检讨。 “Everyone had a very focused summer development plan,” he said. “We really saw great strides. Virtually the whole entire team here in September. It was all voluntary. You didn’t have to pull any teeth. Guys want to create their own memories of what Detroit Pistons basketball is. When people talk about the Pistons, they’re no longer talking about ’04. They’re talking about what’s happened the last three years and we want to change that perception and understand it’s going to take a great deal of sweat equity. It starts with what our guys did this summer.” 九月的时候整队都自发性的到练习场练习。 http://tinyurl.com/8mldqcv 小王子准备保住他的先发小前锋位置，成为一位更好的领导者。 "I am here to play basketball whether it is to be a leader or whatever," Prince said. "That is something I am willing to do and help out with. "I am here to remain a starter of course. I don't plan on coming off the bench." "I just want to go out and have fun first off," Prince said. "I want to get back to playing the type of basketball I am accustomed to. The leadership role will be more important, especially with the young guys. Whatever the team needs I am willing to do." http://tinyurl.com/8qp2hrs "It was very different," third-year veteran Greg Monroe said Monday during the club's annual media day. "With six new players and five of them being younger players who never had any experience in the NBA ... it's definitely good having a full offseason as opposed to last year. Monroe说：球队今年有六位新球员，其中五位没有 NBA 经验。所以和去年不一样有 个完整的球季的确是好事啦。 Andre Drummond has new secret move. http://tinyurl.com/8hknf2g Psst. Wanna know a secret? Andre Drummond has spent almost three months in Detroit, working out at the Pistons' training facility, developing a top-secret weapon in the post. Drummond花了将近三个月的时间练习他的禁区绝招。 "I can't tell you what it is," he said, flashing a smile on Monday afternoon at the Pistons' media day. What is it? "You gotta see," he said. Hmm. Is it a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar sky hook? Or a Shaquille O'Neal dunk? Or a Wilt Chamberlain finger roll? "I can't tell you," he said. Is it effective? "I put points on the board," he said. Drummond坚持不肯透露他的秘密武器。 On draft day, one knock against Drummond was his work ethic, but several Pistons praised his effort this summer. "He works extremely hard," said Corey Maggette, a 13-year veteran. 选秀当天被质疑的工作态度，新队友帮他平反啦。 Frank also praised Drummond's work ethic: "He is working extremely hard. He has been extremely committed. He wants to learn, looks you in the eye. He is eager to learn. He has definitely made progress." 教练也称赞他的态度。 Maggette has grown close to Drummond. And if you get close to Maggette, he gives you a nickname. "His nickname is Pimp Juice," Maggette said. "And he calls me Sea Drizzle, and then I call him Bee-Dizzle." 活塞前几年离开一个爱帮队友取绰号的溪蛙之後，现在来了一个 Maggette。 Frankly, we have no idea what that means. But it sounds like a good thing and Maggette has become Drummond's mentor: "This is a guy who is 19 and is still learning this game. He needs somebody around him. He needs a big brother, and I'm going to help anyway I can." 除了打嘴炮之外 Maggette 还愿意指导19岁的菜鸟。 http://tinyurl.com/9t4nr8y If the Pistons are to return to NBA relevance, second-year pro Brandon Knight must make the jump from promising prospect to standout point guard. "He's the key to the team because he's the point guard, the general," Pistons newcomer Corey Maggette said Monday. "He's gotten better, he's gained more weight, and he has the eye of the tiger, so we will see what happens." Maggette：Knight 是球队的关键人物。他增重而且有老虎之眼。 "I think the great thing about Brandon, as a young player, he was one of hardest workers, and day in and day out, he was the same guy, which is a hard trait for anyone -- let alone (a young player)," Pistons coach Lawrence Frank said. "He's made a lot of strides. No one is going to outwork Brandon. He's relentless in his quest to become as good or as great as he possibly can be." 教头也说 Knight 是很勤奋、努力不懈的年轻人。 Knight added 15 pounds of muscle on his 6-foot-3 frame, although he teasingly declined to say how much he weighs. Knight 增加了15磅的肌肉。 "You just get to spend more time with your players, your coaching staff," Knight said of the difference. "It just helps the chemistry, it helps a lot of things instead of just being thrown right into the fire and not really knowing anybody. "I think having that time gives you a lot more confidence, a better comfort level, and it just prepares you for the season." 「多和球员、教练团相处能增进队上的化学效应，有这样的时间也给我更多的信心， 更大的舒适感来准备这个球季。」Knight 说。 王细姨今日小心得：看来Maggette有成为活塞新任嘴炮王的架势 xD --

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