Croce: Iverson should be on the court Pat Croce counseled and coddled Allen Iverson, tried to trade him once, then watched the star guard turn the slight into an MVP season and a trip to the NBA Finals. Pat Croce 照料并且常劝告Iverson. Croce曾经试着要把他交易出去,交易失败後却看着这 名明星後卫把被球团轻视的心情转化为场上的拼劲,并且因此创造了2000-2001这个传奇的 球季,不但得到了MVP的头衔并且帮助球队一路打进NBA总冠军战. Maybe if Croce were still president of the Philadelphia 76ers he would have traded Iverson before this season, or perhaps he would have put the talent around his mercurial guard to keep the Sixers a title contender. 如果Croce还是76人队的总裁的话,或许他就会做出更明智的抉择,比如说在正确的时机把 Iverson交易出去(例如这个球季开季前). 或着,更好的是或许他会给Iverson这个王牌後 卫一些有才能的队友,而让76人队仍是有能力争贯的强力队伍(而不是像现在一样在淘汰边 缘). Impossible to know for sure. But Croce said there's no way he'd try and shop Iverson while the former MVP was sitting home on his sofa, getting paid millions for doing absolutely nothing but wait for word on his new destination. 当然以上的假热我们都不可能再有机会去求证. 但Croce说,若是他是老板的话,他不可能选 择让这名曾经得过MVP的球员,坐在家里光领薪水却什麽也不能做,只能等待球队告诉他他将 要被配发到哪个新球队. "Allen Iverson is resting at home while they're shopping him," Croce said Wednesday. "That amazes me. I don't know the dynamics or the drama behind that decision, but it just amazes me they sent Allen Iverson home, not suspended, when you're telling everyone you want to trade him." Croce 星期三的时候这麽说"把Iverson放在家里待售" "这真是太令我惊讶了,我不知道事 实背後在上演着什麽戏码,但这真的很令我惊讶" "当球队告诉每个人他们要把Iverson卖掉 的时候,他们竟然把Iverson送回家" All the NBA knows Iverson is available. What's been harder to figure out is who exactly wants him, and for what. Once expected to be completed within days, a deal for Iverson dragged on without an answer for another day, and there's no telling when the Sixers will make one. 现在全NBA的人都知道Iverson现在上市了. 比较难搞清楚的是有哪一队想要争取他,以及用 什麽价格来买. 一旦这笔预计在几天内就会完成的交易完成了之後,这笔蹉跎Iverson的交 易会使得费城失去他们的"答案",而谁也不知道76人队什麽时候会再有一个. "You can follow me, but I'm not saying anything," team president Billy King said to three reporters trailing him before Wednesday night's game, cell phone pressed to his ear. "你们尽可以一直跟着我,但是我是什麽也不会说的"球队总馆Billy King再星期三晚上的比 赛前这样告诉一直跟着他的记者. Iverson was inactive against the Celtics Wednesday night, his fourth straight game on the list. Boston sent Philadelphia to its ninth consecutive loss, 101-81. 当76人队在星期三晚上对上Celtics的时候,Iverson还是被排在非上场名单中,这已经是连 续第四场比赛他没有上场了.然而, Boston 送给费城第九连败. Chairman Ed Snider said Iverson has probably played his last game for the Sixers , after the four-time scoring champion requested a trade last week. 董事长Ed Snider说上礼拜的比赛可能是Iverson为76人对打的最後一场比赛了.因为曾经得 过4次联盟得分王的Iverson在上礼拜要求球队交易他. "It's a stressful situation for a lot of people," coach Maurice Cheeks said. "I don't have any news for you. My job is really about coaching the players in the locker room." "很多人都感到压力很大"教练Maurice Cheeks这样说 "对於这件事情我没有更新的消息,我 的工作只是指挥还在队上的球员打球而已" The bitter parting surprised Croce, who was Sixers president from 1996-01 and erupted in jubilance when they won the draft lottery in 1996 and plucked Iverson out of Georgetown with the No. 1 overall pick. Croce always thought Iverson would end his career in Philadelphia. 如此难堪的离开使得Croce非常惊讶. Croce这位1996年到2001年76人队的前总裁,在1996年 以第一顺位乐透选秀中,选中从Georgetown大学来的Allen Iverson的时候, 他高兴的欢呼 大叫. Croce一直觉得Iverson会在费城一直打到他退休. "He talked often about ending his career (here) like Julius Erving and that his father was a Sixers fan and it meant a lot to him to play for the team," Croce said from Los Angeles in a telephone interview. "Iverson常常提到他希望像Julius Erving一样在费城打到他退休,还有 他爸爸也是个76人 队的球迷 还有 能再这个球队打球对他来说意义非常重大等等" Croce在我们打到洛杉矶的 电访中这样说. But Iverson could no longer work with Cheeks, and the star player still hadn't used up his allotment of defiant acts, blowing off a team bowling event which earned him a fine. Those were two of the final straws that saw Iverson and the Sixers realize they'd be better off without each other. 但是Iverson已经没办法再跟Cheeks一起同心比赛了. 这名明星球员违抗藐视的行为还不只 这些, 未按时出席球队的保龄球比赛让他受到球队的罚款, 这两件事是压垮Iverson和76人 队合作关系的最後两根稻草. 这让球队跟Iverson都意识到, 或许分开会比较好. They were the kind of brewing blowups where Croce would once try and act as mediator, like he did in 1999 when he sat Iverson and former coach Larry Brown in a room and persuaded them to hash out their differences. Croce rejects building criticism that he was too soft on Iverson. Iverson和球队有点是已经积怨已久的了. Croce曾经想要作个调停人,他曾经在1999年的时 候把Iverson和教练Larry Brown一起叫来并要求他们消除歧见. Croce试着要反抗那些他 对Iverson太放纵了的批评. "I suspended him in Boston. I suspended him in Miami," Croce said. "We had a war over Larry Brown at one time. We had a war over his rap lyrics." Croce later added: 我曾经把他留在Boston. 也曾经把他留在Miami, Croce这麽说"我们曾经对於教练Larry Brown的事情有过争执" (注 这一断怪怪的 sorry 应该是要解释他曾经怎麽试着管束过 Iverson) "Larry Brown didn't want be the bad guy. He'd call me when he left a shootaround or a practice and I'd suspend him. Larry Brown曾经在Iverson翘掉投篮练习或是练球的时候打电话来说他不想要这样的坏球 员. 若日这样的时候我就会是着管管他. "I'm not saying he wasn't coddled as a star, because he was. But there was no way I'd look the other way, therefore my staff looked the other way." '我不是说他不能像明星一样被爱戴照料'他是个明星没有错. 但我没有办法用别的方法看 到他, 因此我的幕僚人员就用别的方法来管他. Fed up with a string of embarrassing incidents, the Sixers were set to trade Iverson to Detroit in the summer of 2000 before the deal infamously collapsed. Motivated by the near-deal, Iverson went on to win the MVP the next season and led the Sixers to the NBA Finals before losing to the Lakers. 在2000年暑假的时候,76人队受够了Iverson了.并且准备要把Iverson交易到Detroit去,但 後来这笔交易声名狼藉地失败了. 受到这件事情的启发,Iverson加倍努力的赢得了那个球 季的MVP且带领球队打进总冠军战. Whatever team acquires Iverson, still leading the league in scoring with 31.2 points, will get a player who gives the opposition a headache on the court and his own team a migraine off it. 无论哪个球队得到Iverson,他都一定会有平均每场31.2分的得分,任何拥有Iverson的球队 都可以让敌对的球队非常头痛,但是也会让自己队偏头痛 "I think Allen Iverson thrives in chaos," Croce said. "Every two weeks he would do something that would cause chaos to the franchise and we'd have to iron it out, straighten it out. I think because he's brought up in that environment, that's how he thrives. What he does off the court and on the court are very similar. He thrives in chaos on the court." "我想Iverson是个在混乱中成长的人" Croce说"每半个月他就会作一件造成我们团队混乱 的事情,然後我们就会需要用熨斗把他烫平. 我想这是因为他就是在这样的环境中长大的. 他在场上和场下做的是其实是非常相似的. 他在场上就是专门打乱对方阵势的好手" Former Sixer Todd MacCulloch is sorry to see Iverson's time here end like this. Now the team's radio analyst, MacCulloch remembers Iverson as an outgoing, fun teammate to be around in the locker room and on the team plane. Iverson would keep everyone loose with jokes, songs, even caricatures he would draw to tease teammates with. 前76人队球员Todd MacCulloch很遗憾看到Iverson在费城的时代就这样子的结束, Todd MacCulloch现在是76人队主场的播报球评,他回忆中的Iverson是一个直率的,有趣的队友, 无论是在球员休息室或是在球队的飞机上. Iverson常会用一些笑话,音乐,甚至是模仿秀来 让队友放松. That's what MacCulloch thinks Iverson's legacy will be. 以下是他的前队友MacCulloch认为Iverson会给後人的影响. "When he goes into the Hall of Fame, it will probably be in a Sixers jersey," MacCulloch said. "I think people will remember the finals in 2001 and he was the biggest reason the Sixers got back to the championship. It was how hard he played."Obviously that's not what's fresh on anybody's mind right now when he's still here and there's been so much turmoil on the court." 当他进入名人堂的时候,他的球衣可能会在76人队退休,我想人们对记得2001年的总冠军战. 记得他是76人队能重回总冠军战的最大原因.并且记得Iverson在比赛中是多麽的全心全意. 显然并不是每个人都会这麽想,他们所记得的更可能是Iverson在场上所造成的骚乱. Turmoil is as much a part of Iverson as cornrows, tattoos, 30-point games and his killer crossover. No one can talk about his magnificent talent without mentioning him as a magnet for trouble. 所谓的骚乱指的是他一头的玉米辫子,全身的刺青,一场比赛30分的得分,和他的杀手技 -CrossOver.没有人在说起他的伟大成就的时候不会顺带提起他也是个问题人物. "Yeah, there's going to be the other stuff, the off the court antics and the trouble, but that's a footnote," Croce said. "I think he'll be remembered as someone who took us to the Promised Land on his back." 是的没错,那里总会有一些不是重点的问题,例如场下的的行为举止和他所造成的麻烦. 但 那些只是附注, Croce说 我想我们最後会记得他是那个带领我们进入最美好的境界 (Promised Land)的人. (注 Promised Land 旧约圣经中上帝承诺要给(在苦难之後)犹太人的美丽土地, 也称 迦南美地 Canaan 位置就在现今的以色列国区域, 在欧美的基督教文化中是一个非常 重要的理念) 翻译又一发...大家可以看一下.为什麽要翻这一篇是因为Croce是在之前的Iverson纪录片 中有大大的出现,就是片中那个活力四射的老板. 就是他抽到第一顺位把Iverson选入 76人队中. 同时也是我的心声,不要再让一堆商业阴谋阻碍Iverson回到场上,场上才是他的舞台,回到 场上他才可以用他的表现好好的打Billy King一巴掌(还有76人队的高层). --

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