http://0rz.tw/M7yc6 AMICK: Cousins, other players poised for strong seasons *** Before the first question can even be completed, Cousins -- looking lean with a 6-foot-11 frame that is nearly 20 pounds lighter than it was at the end of last season -- provides a reminder as to why he's rattled so many cages in recent years. He is forever candid and uncouth, and, in this case, quick to correct the premise of a reporter's first question. 表弟看起来比上一季结束时还要瘦差不多20磅(将近9公斤)。 His experience with the U.S. select team in Las Vegas in July won't be remembered as a positive one, he insists, and his well-publicized dust-up with USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo is to blame. 他坚持七月在靶子队的经验并不好，尤其是和Jerry Colangelo的交手。 "No, it wasn't [positive]," Cousins interjected unapologetically. "No." 「绝对不是」表弟坚决地说 During the week in which the select squad played against the Olympic team as training for the London Olympics, Cousins drew criticism for being too physical in scrimmages. Colangelo told reporters that Cousins "has some growing up to do." Cousins later approached Colangelo to discuss their rift. 在那个礼拜，表弟被批评打得太凶(太凶也有事？)，Colangelo告诉记者表弟必须有所成 长，表弟之後就去找Colangelo谈谈。 "I didn't enjoy it," he said of the experience. "I went out there, and ... I'm not going to say I didn't learn anything from it, because I did. But it was just, in my mind, another political battle. I learned more about politics. I saw the work ethic of the so-called elite in the league, and I took some notes from that and took that back with me. But as far as the rest of it? No. 「我一点都不享受，我不是说在那边没学到东西，但在我心中也就只是另一场政治斗争， 我学到更多的政治。我看到了联盟菁英的工作道德，而且我也学到了一些。但至於其他的 部分就算了吧」 "Honestly, the scrimmages were one-sided the whole time. To even have a chance, you had to play hard as hell. We were out there getting our heads knocked off, and if they're going to play physical, then I'm going to play physical back. I'm not out there trying to start fights -- just trying to stand on my own. But I guess the ignorance of people is they take it as being immature." 「只要有机会你就必须拚老命去打。如果他们打的很硬，我就会硬回去。我不是去那边打 架的，只是我想有的人就将那视为不成熟」 Cousins was battling for the Olympic spot that opened when Griffin went down with a knee injury. (Griffin has become something of an arch nemesis in Cousins' mind, their one-sided tiff coming to a head last season when Cousins deemed Griffin "an actor" who is "babied" by the NBA.) While Cousins eventually lost out to another former Kentucky big man, No. 1 pick Anthony Davis, his tough play ultimately won him some fans. BG受伤时，表弟有机会进入国家队，虽然最後是AD入选，不过他的强硬让他赢得了一些 球迷 "He's had a couple really good days here back-to-back," Colangelo said after the select team camp. "His play, his demeanor, his conduct, everything." 「他有连续几天表现真的不错，他的表现、行为，所有事情」Colangelo说 More than two months later, Kings basketball president Geoff Petrie agreed that Cousins seemed to take a step forward this offseason. 两个多月後，Petrie同意表弟在这个季外似乎长大了。 "It has the potential for a really significant growth year for him," Petrie told SI.com. "On the physical side for sure, he really consistently worked on his conditioning, played every day for the past couple weeks here getting ready. He's shooting the ball very well. He's coming into camp in the best shape I've ever seen him, really. 「这很可能是他有长足进步的一年，身体方面是确定的，他一直持续在体能方面努力， 过去几个礼拜每天都有在打球。现在他的投射很棒，他会以最佳状态进入训练营，我 从来没看他的状态有这麽棒过」Petrie说 "So if we can combine the physical improvement with some skill improvement and some mental improvement, then there could be some real growth. ... It's all still in the development phase. He's a player where the elevator for him can still go way up, and we'll keep working with him to try to get him there." 「所以如果能够将体能、技巧以及心态上的进步组合起来，那就会是真正的成长，目前仍 然在培养阶段。他是个拥有无穷潜力的球员，我们会持续和他一起努力」 The list of elite NBA centers is a short one: the Lakers' Dwight Howard and Philadelphia's Andrew Bynum. But the idea that Cousins is closing fast in the big-man race is as real as the sneer on his face when he was asked to argue on his own behalf. 目前NBA杰出中锋没几个，湖人的魔兽以及七六人的Bynum，当要表弟为自己说话时他说 "I'm not going to even speak on" who is the best big man in the game, said Cousins, who averaged 18.1 points, 10.9 rebounds and 1.2 blocks last season for the 22-44 Kings. "Whoever you consider the best in the game, just check my game against theirs. Go look at the game stats and you tell me. 「我不会去谈论"谁是最佳大个"，不管你认为谁是最棒的，就去看看我和他们的比赛，然 後你来跟我说谁是最棒的」表弟说 "My game speaks for itself. Regardless of our team's record, their team's record, or who made the playoffs or whatever, I'm one of the best big men in this game right now." 「我用表现来说明，不要去管球队战绩，或者有没有进季後赛，我现在就是联盟中最佳的 大个之一」 Cousins' trainer, Keith Williams, believes his client has turned a corner. "I think a light has clicked on," he said as he sat near Cousins in his home. "It's not as bright as we want it to be, but it's getting there." 表弟的训练员Keith Williams认为表弟已经有所转变。「还不到最後，但已经迈向目的地 」 Should Cousins become a mainstay on the Western Conference All-Star team, he has the potential to be an All-Interview regular as well. Sometimes surly, other times comedic or insightful, and always unfiltered, Cousins is a reporter's dream when it comes to -- as the kids say -- keeping it real. In a 30-minute chat, he didn't hold back on a number of touchy topics. ‧ Cousins revealed for the first time that his former girlfriend from his hometown of Mobile, Ala., gave birth to his son, Amir, five months ago. It was, to be clear, one of the few times in the interview that he offered a hearty smile, speaking of how fatherhood had changed his perspective: "It's fun. I'm enjoying it. You've got to grow up fast. It's an added responsibility. Now you're not just a role model for the fans, you're a role model for someone who is actually looking up to you. It changes your mindset." 表弟第一次透露他的前女友五个月前替他生了个孩子。这是少数几次面谈他笑的这麽开心 。「这很有趣，我很享受，你必须快点成长，责任变大了，现在不只是球迷的榜样，还是 一个真的尊敬你的人的榜样」 ‧ On his distant memories of Paul Westphal, the former Kings coach who consistently battled with Cousins before he was fired seven games into last season: "Every chance [people] get, they bring it [the Westphal incident] back up, never accepting the fact that maybe it was Westphal and it wasn't DeMarcus. But hell, we're going to stick with DeMarcus, to say it was DeMarcus. I haven't had an incident since, so you tell me. "We've moved on, and we've gotten better from it. But I don't feel like I was treated right [by the organization] in that whole situation." 关於西佛，表弟说「人们只要逮到机会，就会提这件事，从来不接受是西佛搞的鬼，而不 是表弟弄的。但现在找的到表弟，所以就说是表弟。我们已经往前走了，已经越来越好了 ，但我不觉得在那事件我有被球团正确地对待」(翻的很烂，请指正) ‧ On his summer workout routine that has drawn so much praise from his Kings bosses: 谈到他夏天的训练赢得国王老板许多的赞美 "I basically doubled up my workouts. Even when [agent and adviser John Greig] wasn't in town, I still made sure I worked out. I was in the gym, running every night, watching the way I eat, watching my calorie count. Every little small thing. 「基本上我训练量加倍，甚至就算他(John Greig)不在，我还是会训练。我那时候会每晚 都待在健身房，关注我的饮食以及所摄取的卡路里，所有微小的事情」 "We haven't really worried about the [exact] weight, but I don't want to overdo it. I'm watching what I eat, trying not to eat too many heavy meals. I wasn't [doing that before]. Well, I was, but I wasn't as disciplined." 「我们并不真的担心重量，但我不想要做得太过火，我会试着不去吃太高热量的食物。过 去的我不会这麽做」 Last offseason and during the season under Westphal, Cousins said, "I put in the work but there was nothing positive coming out of it. No matter how much I did, it was never good enough. I wanted to be good. I wanted to be great. I wanted to be in the best shape. But at the same time, if I don't have the support system that's there and that's also trying to help me get there, then what can I do? What I'm saying is that was the Westphal era. Now we all have a goal, we know where we want to be. Me and coach [Keith Smart] are on the same page, so it's easier to get it done." 上一季还在西佛的魔掌下，表弟说「我有努力，但没啥好结果。不管我做多少，都还是不 够好。我想要变得更好，但如果我没有好的支援来帮我，那我要怎麽办？不过那已经是西 佛时候的事了，现在我们有共同的目标，我和教练想法一致，所以简单多了」 ‧ On the team and, specifically, the dynamic between him and fourth-year guard Tyreke Evans: 关於reke和他 "At the end of the day, everybody in that locker room knows this team is myself and Tyreke's. I don't give a [expletive] about no articles [asking whose team it is]. This team goes as far as we carry it." 「每个人都知道这支球队是我和reke的。我不会去评论那些文章，球队能走多远就看我们 的了」 ‧ On the Lakers' new Super Team: 关於湖人的超强阵容 "That's whatever. I don't care. Dwight, Andrew, same thing. That's something they have to work out. I couldn't care less about the Lakers." 「我不在意，魔兽还是败男都一样，他们还是必须去努力」 ‧ On playing in the frontcourt with rookie power forward Thomas Robinson, the Kansas product who fell to fifth in the draft after being projected as high as No. 2: 关於和TRob搭挡 "His motor is crazy. That alone will help him. I really see him being like [Utah's] Paul Millsap. He's going to help us out a lot as well. He's not really the political type [personality-wise]. He's going to get straight to the chase. He's got a lot to prove. He came in the league the same way I did -- thinking like, 'Why is no one else believing in me? Why did I drop down so much?' He's definitely got a killer-instinct mindset, which I like, and he's trying to prove people wrong." 「他的运动神经真的太不可异议了。我认为他很像Millsap。他会帮助我们很多，他不是 那种狡猾的人，他很直来直往。还有东西尚待证明，他和我当初一样，为什麽别人都不相 信我？他绝对有杀手的心志，他会证明人们是错的」 =========================================================================== 翻得不是很好，Amick这篇写的很棒 --

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