※ [本文轉錄自 Celtics 看板 #1HAGqy0V ] 作者: piercepaul (Be a Green Forever&ever) 看板: Celtics 標題: [外電] 老朋友小歐 時間: Sun Feb 24 02:40:56 2013 新聞出處(必填): http://ppt.cc/c3af PHOENIX — Questions about his NBA future leave Jermaine O’Neal in a painful pause. The Suns center and former Celtic, who claims to have found basketball peace under new Phoenix coach Lindsey Hunter, has moved on from his sport of the last 17 years in many respects. O’Neal was worried he had suffered a heart attack earlier this season, but the symptoms turned out to be an irregular heartbeat. Also, a beloved aunt died from a stroke and aneurysm. And his daughter, 13-year-old Asjia, is scheduled to have heart valve surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital on March 5. O’Neal will leave the Suns to be at his daughter’s side, with the rest of his Dallas-based family, for three days starting on the day of surgery. “I don’t know if God is trying to tell me something, because I’ve had to fly back to my family quite a bit this year,” he said before last night’s 113-88 C’s win. “My girl just had a balloon put in her chest three days ago. When you’re 17 years into the league, you have to look at that.” Asjia is undeterred by the prospect of heart surgery. Like her father, she’s an athlete. “My daughter is 13 years old and she has a chance to be one of the best volleyball players in the country — 6 feet tall, 158 pounds. College coaches are already calling about her,” said O’Neal. “She has a leaky valve that’ s making her heart work too hard. She’s having complications. “We’ll be (at Mass. General) from the 4th to the 8th of March. I’m positive everything will go well,” he said. “My daughter is actually taking it better than me and the mother. We haven’t told her that, but we talked about it yesterday and she said, ‘Let’s get it over with.’ “She started playing volleyball this year and has really taken to that. The biggest thing for her is that she couldn’t play volleyball (with her condition). She’s not talking about surgery. Me and her mother are talking about surgery, but she’s talking about volleyball.” “She played soccer in Boston for a couple of years, and you could tell, she’ s not going to play soccer. She’s not interested in basketball because she’ s been around it for too long with me. As a father, you want the best for her and I have to be there.” Little wonder that any mention of O’Neal’s career forces him to hesitate. He talks of how Suns teammates expressed a desire for him to remain in Phoenix in the days leading up to Thursday’s trading deadline. O’Neal said he simply wasn’t interested in several publicized opportunities to join contenders, including some outreach by the Knicks. “I’m no longer looking to go and try to win a championship. When you don’t fit, it looks like you can’t play,” said O’Neal, who admits to savoring his surroundings a little more. “Basketball justifies a lot for people, but I don’t need that. I have a great family, and that’s my concentration. “This year I’ve enjoyed going into every arena for some reason. I’ve enjoyed the bus rides, the dinners, the locker room stuff, all of that. Maybe it is the last one.” --- 簡單說，就是這一年來小歐私底下遇到很多問題 除了自己發現有心律不整外，他敬愛的阿姨也因為中風及患有動脈瘤而過世。 然後他13歲大的女兒，也將在3月初於麻省的醫院動心瓣膜手術。屆時小歐會 向太陽隊請假三天去陪在他女兒身旁。 小歐表示:我不知道上天是不是在試著告訴我什麼，這一年來我很常回家。 而他也說自己已經不想再加入有奪冠機會的球隊，"如果我不適應，看起來 就像不會打球阿。""今年當我踏入每個球場都是帶著享受的感覺，我也很享 受搭巴士的時光，晚餐，還有休息室的事物。或許這會是最後一年了。" --- 小歐畢竟也在這待過兩年，我個人是覺得他很盡力做好教練希望他做到的。 雖然沒有什麼突出的數據，但起碼他去年製造進攻犯規平均數是全隊第一。 可惜他太多傷病纏身，祝福他女兒手術順利，也希望他不管他在聯盟會待多 久，都能享受這些時光。 -- It start with 6,then 17 ,then 33 ,then 34 ,then 9. It's all about Pride and Responsibility. And the Cigar. --

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