David West Has Obama's Back http://rumorsandrants.com/2008/10/david-west-has-obamas-back.html October 8, 2008 – 3:07 pm by TheBaker On Wednesday, the New Orleans Hornets were in Indianapolis for a preseason game against the Indiana Pacers. 星期三晚上和溜馬的比賽 The game is at the Pepsi Coliseum inside the Indiana State Fairgrounds (i.e. a piece of shit old arena where the Indiana Ice, a minor league hockey team play) . Inside the Fairgrounds is a racetrack with a large stage, which is often used as a venue for concerts. On Wednesday morning, the stage was Barack Obama’s. 早上的時候，舞台是歐巴馬的 More than 20,000 people packed the stands, and I mean packed the stands to hear the Democratic nominee for president. I was among them. Believe it or not, I actually got up before 10 a.m. (7 a.m. to be exact) so that I would get preferred seating. As I took my “preferred” seat, I noticed right next to me there was a bloc of seats left vacant with “Reserved” signs on them. The next time I turned around, I saw the whole Hornets team. I’m even talking Sean Marks and Ryan Bowen. Who knows if Bowen or Marks, who is from New Zealand, even care about Obama, but it’s hard enough for whiteboys in the NBA. If you want any cred with your teammates, you go with them to an Obama rally. No ifs, ands or buts about it. 雖然Bowen和Marks是澳洲來的白人，卻很關心歐巴馬 During Obama’s speech, a protester, a young white male, sitting about six rows in front of the entire Hornets team started yelling. 歐巴馬演講期間，一個坐在黃蜂隊前面的年輕白人抗議者大喊著。 I’m not sure exactly what he was saying, but it sounded roughly like, “Obama, this isn’t your new world order!” I’m not sure if that makes sense but he was raising both his arms in what might be described as a double-barreled Nazi salute. And seeing as David West knows a little something about defense (he averaged a career-high 1.3 blocks a game last year), it was fitting that the All-Star forward was the first to come to Obama’s defense. 阿西，一個明星賽的前鋒，(去年平均有1.3個火鍋)，首先起身幫歐巴馬抵擋 為啥要強調火鍋＝ ＝? “Shut up!” West yelled down to the protester. "閉嘴！"阿西怒斥抗議者 The protester kept on. 抗議者不理會 “Shut up!” "閉嘴！" I’ll say the protester was roughly 5-foot-10, maybe 165 pounds. 我估計抗議者大概五呎10吋，體重約165磅 West is 6-foot-9, 240 pounds. 阿西六呎9吋，240磅 Advantage: West. 阿西勝 Luckily for the protester, a member of the Secret Service got to him before West could. 那名白人十分幸運，一位秘密保安人員在阿西逮住他之前先抓住他了 Perhaps West would have shown him the same type of respect he showed Dirk Nowitzki. 或許阿西會用同樣對付挪威司機的方式來對付那名抗議者 As the Secret Service agent was removing the protester, he escorted him right by the Hornets. And I’m going out on a limb here, but I doubt he figured he’d hear Chris Paul or Tyson Chandler call him all sorts of nice things on his way out. 抗議者被架走的路上，CP3和拳王用嘴巴補刀? The commotion caused Obama to stop his speech. “What’s going on up there?” he asked. It’s simple, Senator. David West has your back. On a lighter note, the Hornets also provided those sitting around them with a moment of levity. During Obama’s speech he talked about his tax cut plan for 95 percent of the country and told the crowd that anyone making about $250,000 would receive a tax cut. He then asked for a show of hands of who made less than $250,000. I’m pretty sure the only one to raise his hand among the Hornets contingent was the team’s trainer, or what looked like a trainer (could have been the team’s bus driver for all I know). 歐巴馬發表減稅演說 Some of the players enjoyed a laugh about it, and wouldn’t you if you made $10 million a year? West makes more than $250,000 playing in just two games ($259,756 to be exact). Maybe they’ll tip the driver a little more next time. ========================================== 翻得很爛請見諒:p 官網有合照圖 --

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