※ 引述《jerod (來些有創意的答案)》之銘言： : 標題: [外電] Ready and raring to go : 時間: Tue Oct 4 17:09:12 2005 : : http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/sports/basketball/12810563.htm : : 還蠻長的一篇，期待強者的到臨。 我不是強者，只是對NBA有興趣而且想逼自己多看些英文而已。 希望不會翻得錯誤百出，一樣，有錯請指正，謝謝~ -- 灰狼蓄勢待發 : Timberwolves all-star Kevin Garnett spent the offseason watching his : team undergo a significant transformation. 灰狼的全明星球員K.Garnett花了整個暑假的休兵期間看著他的球隊經歷了 重大的改變。 : With the hiring of rookie head coach Dwane Casey, the trade of point guard : Sam Cassell and the free-agent departure of swingman Latrell Sprewell, : Garnett is the veteran leader of a much younger team. 歷經球隊聘請了菜鳥教頭D.Casey、控球後衛S.Cassell被送至快艇的交易及 L.Sprewell離隊投身自由球員市場....等事件，狼王在這個擁有許多年輕球員的 球隊，顯然已是經驗最豐富的領袖了。 : Garnett spent much of the offseason at his home in Malibu, Calif., : where he worked out to strengthen a tender knee that was reportedly the : source of discomfort last season. He opens his 11th training camp with : the team today, hoping to shake off a disappointing 2004-05 season that : ended without a playoff berth. 暑假休兵期間，最多的時間狼王選擇待在他在加州馬里布的家以強化去年 據傳是他不適來源的脆弱膝蓋。今天，他和他的球隊開始了他在NBA的第十一 次季前訓練營，希望能擺脫去年球季未能進入季後賽的惡夢。 : Speaking with the media for the first time since the second-to-last : regular-season game in April, Garnett discussed his thoughts during : a question-and-answer session Monday. 上一次和媒體說話是四月份的事了，當時還在進行上個球季正規賽的倒數第 二場。狼王在禮拜一舉行的問答會議和大家分享了他的想法。 : Q: Are you looking forward to starting the season? 你在期待球季開始嗎？ : A: Yeah, actually I am. There are a lot of variables, a lot of unknown : variables and a lot of new faces. We'll see what happens this year. 嗯。事實上是的。有許多變數，不可知的變數和許多新面孔存在於球隊中。 我們期待今年將會發生些什麼事情。 : Q: How different is this team going to be without Cassell and Sprewell? 球隊失去了Cassell和Sprewell會有什麼不一樣嗎？ : A: I don't know. It's going to be a different year. Can we win? Can we : not win? What kind of team is this going to be? Our identity... we'll : find out pretty soon. 我不知道，這將會是很不一樣的一個球季。我們能贏得比賽嗎？或者不能？ 灰狼將會變成怎樣的球隊？我們的定位....嗯，我們會很快地找到。 : Q: Coach Casey comes in talking about defense, defense, defense; is that : music to your ears? Casey教練來了之後一再地強調防守、防守還有防守，你們聽進去了嗎？ : A: I'm just taking this all in. I can't really sit here and say there's a : specific way I'm feeling. Everything's so new; I'm just going to take this : thing one day at a time and with a grain of salt. This will be my : second time working with (Casey). The first was in (Las Vegas this summer). : Training camp is where you start to put all the variables that you have : together. As much as this is new for you all, it's new for me. 我全都聽進去了，但我真的沒辦法坐在這裡就說我認為那是個有效的方法。 每件事都是嶄新的，我只能每天都再花點時間完完全全地複習一遍。這是我第二 次跟Casey共事，第一次是在我們開始把所有新變數結合在一起的拉斯維加斯暑期 訓練營。就像你們覺得這有多陌生，我就覺得多陌生。 : Q: What are your impressions of Casey so far? 到目前為止，你對Casey的印象如何？ : A: It's good. Our dialogue is perfectly fine. We talk. In any relationship, : you have to be able to communicate. I'm trying to know him as much as : he's trying to know me. It's just a new relationship. 不錯，我們之間對話的情形非常好。我們以各種你所能想到的方式交談、 溝通。我試著去多了解他一如他也試著多了解我，這是一段嶄新的關係。 : Q: Was there any anxiety on your part over the summer about the changes : in the roster and the coaches? Or do you just kind of put faith in Wolves : vice president of basketball operations Kevin McHale and owner Glen : Taylor? 暑假期間球隊在球員名單和教練上所作的改變有任何使你覺得不安的地方嗎？ 或者你就只是信任灰狼副籃球總裁K.McHale和老闆G.Taylor？ : A: Whether you want to put faith in them or not, they do what they do. : It's not my team. Taylor and McHale try to put together a plan, : and I guess, for whatever reason, try to enforce it. I don't think I'm the : person to ask that. Ask them. : 不管你願不願意信任他們，他們做他們的，這不是我的球隊。Taylor和McHale 試著彙整計畫，而且我猜，不管什麼原因，試著強制執行。我不認為對於他們所做的 事我有資格過問。 : Q: How long did it take to put last season behind you? 你花了多少時間去遺忘去年那個失敗的球季？ : A: It's a new year. Every year is different. Obviously, we can't forget, : but at the same time, the players, the team, things are different. : Last year was last year. We have a lot to prove. We have a lot to forget, : but at the same time, we have a lot to prove. I wasn't happy about last : year. Nobody in this gym other than you guys (the media) should be happy. 這是全新的一年，每年都不一樣。很明顯，我們沒辦法忘記，不過同時間，球 員、球隊，事情都不一樣了。去年就只是去年，我們有許多進步了。對於上個球季 ，我感到不高興，在這體育場內除了你們媒體以外的任何一個人都不應該覺得高興。 : If you sense a little bit of a chip on my shoulder, there is, because : last year wasn't pleasant. There was a lot of finger-pointing. I felt : like people didn't really look at themselves in the mirror. It's a new : year, a new day. I'm happy to be back in the gym, and I'm ready to get : after it. 如果你們在我身上看到一些殺氣，沒錯，因為去年球季是令人不愉快的。有太 多人在那邊比手畫腳，我覺得他們真的沒有看見自己在鏡子裡的樣子。這是嶄新的 一年，全新的一天。我很高興回到這個體育場，而且我也準備好要開賽了。 : Q: What do you think the dynamic will be like in the locker room without : Cassell and Sprewell? 失去Cassell和Sprewell後，球員休息室的氣氛將如何呢？ : A: It will be less comical. Sam was our personality. He came in with a : comical kind of attitude every day. He kept things loose. We have a lot : of new guys in here. 可能會少一些笑聲吧，外星人是我們的活力來源。他每天總帶某種有趣的姿態 回來，那使得大家放鬆。今年，我們有很多新成員加入。 : Q: Was it hard for you when Cassell was traded? 得知Cassell被交易時你覺得難受嗎？ : A: It was hard, very hard. Just because of the bond that not only he and : I shared, but the one with Spree, even with Ervin (Johnson, another : free-agency departure) and some of the different guys. 不，是非常難過。因為我們的組合不只是有我和他，還有Spree，甚至包含 E.Johnson(另一個以自由球員身份離開的球員)及其他人。 : It's hard to duplicate NBA experience and knowledge and those things. : Just for the leadership and the things they've been through and the : situations they've been in, as a player, I tried to soak up that : knowledge. I've always had veterans around me. This will be the first : year that I don't have that. We'll see, man. 他們的NBA經歷和知識及其他東西是難以複製與取代的，例如領袖特質、其他 他們帶給球隊的東西和他們身為球隊一份子時與球隊一起面對的狀況。我試著吸收 那些知識，之前身邊一直有些老將輔助我。這將是我身邊沒有其他老將幫忙的第一 年，等著看吧！ : Q: Are you coming in healthy this season? 你帶著健康的身體回來面對本季嗎？ : A: Yeah. I'm 100 percent healthy. I bulked up a little bit : (up to 253 from 240). I'm excited. I'm ready to get after it. 嗯，我的身體處於一百分的狀態。我增加了一些體重(從240磅增重至253磅) 我很興奮，我也準備好要開賽了。 : Q: Why did you put on the extra weight? 為什麼你要增加額外的重量？ : A: I took a bit of a pounding last year. … The bulk helps. It helps for : injuries. It helps for health reasons; you bounce back quicker. It was : good for me to do that. 去年我遭受了一些挫敗，而增重將對我的傷勢有所幫助，就健康的觀點而言 也一樣，傷勢能恢復地比較快，增重對我來說是件好事。 : Q: Were the reports about one of your knees bothering you last season : overblown or was there something to it? 有關去年膝蓋傷勢對你有所影響的報導已經停息了或仍然困擾著你呢？ : A: I just think you guys wanted me to absolutely give you 100 percent that : I was hurting, and I wasn't going to do that. (Heck), I was hurting more : from losing than my knee. I wasn't going to feed into what you guys were : wanting me to say. I'm not a puppet. If my leg wasn't hurting, it wasn't : hurting. If it was bothering me, it was bothering me. As long as I : perform, what difference does it make? I'm going to be out here playing. 我想你們這些該死的傢伙一定是希望膝蓋傷勢完全把我毀了對吧？我絕不會 讓你們稱心如意的！輸球對我的傷害遠大於膝傷，我沒可能說出你們想聽的話， 我不是一個傀儡。如果我的腳沒受傷，就是沒受傷。如果它對我不造成影響，它 就不造成影響。只要我上場比賽，有沒有受傷對我根本沒有影響，我已經準備好 要上場比賽了！ --

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