第一次在貴版po文，如有違規麻煩告知一下，謝謝指教 = =|| =========================================================================== McDyess' move put him closer to ring http://0rz.tw/HGIyG By Jeff McDonald - Express-News Web Posted: 01/06/2010 12:00 CST McDyess' move put him closer to ring 馬岱尋夢 One night in September, Antonio McDyess left his home on the city's Northwest side and did what any just-off-the-moving-truck arrival to a new neighborhood might do. 在九月的某個晚上，McDyess離開他位處聖安東尼奧市最北側的家，如同每個來到新地區 定居的移民都會作的一般開著卡車四處閒逛。 He ventured out to meet the neighbors. 他鼓起勇氣去拜訪鄰居們。 After dinner at Tony Parker's house a few doors down, the Spurs point guard took McDyess, a recently signed free agent, on a tour of his estate. Encased in a corner of Parker's trophy room, taunting its guest from behind a block of Lucite, was the 2005 NBA championship ring claimed at the expense of McDyess' Detroit Pistons. 在Tony Parker的家裡用了點晚餐後，Parker帶著新同學McDyess在他家裡四處遊覽。彷彿 在嘲弄它的客人似的，在Parker的獎盃室裡頭的一角，用合成玻璃裝著的是擊敗McDyess當 時身處的底特律活塞隊而奪得的05年NBA冠軍戒。 “I didn't remember he was on that team,” Parker swears. “He thought I was doing it on purpose, but I really didn't remember.” 「我不記得他當時在(活塞)隊裡」Parker斬釘截鐵地說，「他認為我是故意的，但我真的 不記得了」 Five months later, McDyess still isn't buying it. 五個月後，McDyess仍不買他的帳。 “I know he did it on purpose, to rub it in my face,” said McDyess, who played five seasons in Detroit before signing with the Spurs in July. “I should have taken (the ring) out of the case and took it home.” 「我知道他是故意的，他惹毛我了」在七月加盟馬刺前在活塞待了五年之久的McDyess說， 「我應該把那戒指從玻璃裡面幹走然後把它帶回家」 McDyess' old team makes its annual trip to the AT&T Center tonight, bringing with it a stark reminder of why his 14-season championship chase has relocated to South Texas. Had he remained in Detroit, larceny would have been the only plausible manner for McDyess to obtain a ring. 今晚McDyess的前母隊帶著他滿滿的回憶造訪AT&T Center，他那為何將他14年來的冠軍夢 寄託在德州(馬刺)的回憶。假使他留在活塞，McDyess獲得冠軍戒的唯一方法就是去犯竊 盜罪(幹走戒指)。 In the throes of a painful rebuilding process that began the day Chauncey Billups was dealt to Denver, the Pistons are mired in a 10-game losing streak, their longest since dropping 13 straight during the 1993-94 campaign. 從Chauncey Billups被交易到丹佛的那一天起，活塞開始了痛苦掙扎的重建期，自93-94年 奪冠後13年來最長的10連敗。 “It's sad,” said McDyess, who nevertheless will be rooting for Detroit to extend that streak tonight. “It's sad to see those guys go through that. Nobody wants to be on that end of it, losing (10) games in a row.” 「傷心」今晚仍會為連敗的活塞加油打氣McDyess說，「看到這群小子們一直連敗真傷心， 沒有人想當他們開胡的對象」 There was a time when a visit from the Pistons rivaled a visit from the Lakers on the Spurs fan's Must-See Meter. 曾跟踢館的湖人打過的活塞隊造訪聖安東尼奧，是馬刺迷一定要看的衡量指標。 The Pistons were the Eastern Conference's winningest team of the last decade, making six straight conference finals, two NBA Finals trips and one Larry O'Brien Trophy. 活塞隊是東區過去十年來最強的隊伍，曾連6年打進東區冠軍賽，2次NBA總冠軍賽並獲得 一次NBA總冠軍。 Only three players remain from Detroit's 2004 championship team — Richard Hamilton, Tayshaun Prince and Ben Wallace, who returned via free agency last summer. 活塞2004年冠軍隊成員只剩3名球員 — Richard Hamilton, Tayshaun Prince以及去年 夏天回鍋的Ben Wallace。 Plagued by injuries, particularly to Hamilton and Prince, Detroit is 11-22 under first-year coach John Kuester, in a tug-o-war with Indiana for last place in the Central Division. It's a strange sight for a Spurs team that had come to regard each game against the Pistons as a potential Finals preview. 受傷兵之苦，尤其是Hamilton跟Prince，活塞隊在第一年執教的John Kuester帶領下戰績 11勝22敗，在中央組跟溜馬隊拼爐主。對馬刺來說，過去令人尊敬，曾是"我們會在冠軍 賽見面"的活塞隊變到如此境地是個奇怪的景象。 “They've been good for so long,” Parker said. “At some point, it's going to turn. It's sad to see that.” 「他們已脫離強隊之林」Parker說，「滄海桑田。看到他們這樣令人傷感」 For the Pistons, the beginning of the end of an era came Nov. 4, 2008, when team president Joe Dumars orchestrated a point-guard swap with Denver. Billups became a Nugget. Allen Iverson came to Detroit, in an ill-fated experiment to determine how many ball-dominating shooters a team could employ at once. 對活塞來說，當球隊總裁Joe Dumars精心安排的Billups-Iverson交易案開始進行時，東 區霸主的喪鐘於2008年11月4日敲響了。Allen Iverson來到底特律，不幸的試驗造成了被 一堆球隊的主宰射手有機可乘的結果。 Also sent to Denver — briefly, and for bookkeeping purposes — was McDyess. McDyess也曾經被送往丹佛一陣子，目的是省錢。 McDyess didn't play a game for Denver, accepting a buyout and re-signing with Detroit for the balance of the season. But the Pistons as he'd known them were no more. McDyess並未為金塊打球，接受買斷並且為維持該季戰力重新回到活塞。但這再也不是他 所認識的那支活塞隊了。 Detroit snuck into the playoffs as the eighth seed, only to be swept by Cleveland in the first round. A few months later, McDyess and Rasheed Wallace left for free agency. 活塞以第八種子進入季後賽，只在第一輪就被騎士隊橫掃。幾個月後，McDyess跟Rasheed Wallace成為自由球員離開了。 With the Billups deal, McDyess said, Detroit “broke up all chemistry.” 隨著Billups的離去，McDyess說，「活塞打破了所有的化學效應」。 “I really didn't understand the logic of that trade,” he said. “I guess they were in a rebuilding stage, and it's showing now.” 「我真的不知道交易(Billups)的邏輯為何」他說，「我猜想他們處於重建期，而如現在 你所見的」 Asked if he would still be in Detroit if Billups were still there, McDyess said, “I think I would.” 問他如果Billups仍留在活塞的話他是否會留在那兒，「我想我會的」McDyess說。 Instead, McDyess wound up in San Antonio, just down the street from Parker. He hasn't looked back since leaving Detroit — except for tonight, when his old team comes to his new town, leaving him no other choice. 相反地，McDyess選擇馬刺作為終點，就只住在Parker家的南邊。自離開底特律後他不曾 回顧 — 除了今晚，當他過去的母隊來造訪他的新歸屬球隊時，他別無選擇。 --

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