SLAM: I read that if you didn’t make it in the NBA, you were going to try out for the NFL… SLAM:我聽說你之前,如果沒進NBA,你會去NFL MB: I was a receiver. I was All-American in high school and I led the nation in touchdowns. So football was really my number one sport. But at UCLA they weren’t really high on me playing football so I ended up just playing basketball. But there were some teams that were willing to give me a private tryout. When I was going into my first Golden State season and I told myself that if this doesn’t work, maybe it’s time to make a switch. But luckily Don Nelson gave me a chance and I’ve kinda been rolling ever since. Barnes:我以前是個接球員(跑來跑去接球去touch Down的那位),我是高中全明星還有我 是全國Touch Down最多的球員,所以其實美式足球才是我的本行,可是我在UCLA的時候,他 們不太在意我打美式足球,所以我最後跑去打籃球,可是還有很多隊私底下給我機會, 所以當我一開始在Golden State的時候,我告訴我自己說,如果不行,就是轉行的時機了, 可是好運的是,Don Nelson給了我機會所以我一只打到現在 SLAM: How badly did you want to come back to the Clippers this offseason? 上個球季結束後,你有多想要回到快艇? MB: They were obviously my number one choice. Chris Paul and I talked during the season and we were kind of going to be a packaged deal. Playing with him was unlike playing with anybody I’ve ever played with. I felt comfortable and strong in saying that I think we could win a Championship together, and we ’re both glad that we got a chance to come back to the Clippers. 他們是我很多選擇的其中之一,Chris Paul在球季中有跟我談到我們應該會有一些交易 跟他打球是我人生的一個新的經驗,我感到很棒,而且覺得我們會拿到冠軍,所以我們很 開心可以一起回到快艇 SLAM: Does this Clippers team have what it takes to get over the hump and get a title? 你覺得這個快艇隊有拿到冠軍的實力嗎 MB: Definitely. It’s Championship or bust. We feel we have the talent level from a player standpoint, and now we have the coach to match that. So anything less than a Championship is going to be a pointless season. We won the division last year—56 wins, 17 in a row—and then won the first two and then lost four straight, so basically to be swept out of the Playoffs…Last year really didn’t mean anything to us. We accomplished a lot of franchise goals but we didn’t accomplish our team goal, which was to win. So last year is a driving force for this summer for people to get better. 有的,基本上就是有冠軍跟沒冠軍,我覺得我們有那個天分,然後我們現在有好教練去 發揮那個天分,所以其實沒拿到冠軍跟失敗沒甚麼兩樣,我們去年拿到分組冠軍,56勝 連17場贏球,然後我們季後賽連贏頭兩場,然後再連輸4場,然後就被踢出季後賽了, 所以其實去年對我們來說甚麼都不是,我們有很多目標,可是我們沒有對我們的球隊設下 目標,其實就是贏球,所以去年應該會是一個助長我們成長的一個動力 心得: Matt Barnes頭腦還算很清楚,不愧是UCLA出身的 --

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