[ 王 ] Over and out

[pennymarcus (De-troit Basketball)]

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Posted by Chris McCosky (The Detroit News)
on Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 5:29 PM

The Allen Iverson project failed, and it failed for a lot of reasons. Mostly,
though, it failed because Iverson's game didn't fit with the Pistons' concept
of team. It doesn't have to be any more than that. We don't have to have this
battle between the Iverson lovers and the anti-Iversonites, which has clogged
my email basket and I am sure is dominating the chat-room blather.
失敗最大的原因是 AI 打法和活塞對於一個球隊的理念不合。

Before I go on, please understand that it's over. Iverson won't wear a
Pistons uniform again, not in the regular season or the playoffs. He's done.
They will knock his $21.9 million salary off the books in July and get on
with rebuilding this team.
AI 不論在例行賽或季後賽都不會再穿上活塞球衣。

There are some indisputable facts. Iverson, at 33, has lost a step, some of
his explosiveness and his jump shot, never great, got a whole lot worse. Same
could be said for his defense. As much as people kept waiting for his
break-out game, waiting for him to dazzle like the AI of old, it wasn't going
to happen. And missing those 16 games, more than a month of complete
inactivity, pretty much insured that he wasn't returning to form. Do you
really think he would just recapture the magic once the playoffs started?
AI 退化了，防守也是。不要再期待他會像以前一樣。缺了16場，超過一個月的時間，
差不多確定他的體能沒法找回來，更別期待季後賽。

If you want to argue that coach Michael Curry's offense held him back, you
aren't being honest with yourself. Curry never told him to miss layups and
easy jumpers and free throws. He wasn't encouraging him dribble 20 seconds
off the shot clock then throw the ball out of bounds. Did anybody expect the
Pistons to start running and gunning because they acquired Iverson? It wasn't
going to happen.
MC 的進攻跟他上籃、簡單跳投和罰球不進沒有關係。 MC 也沒要他運球 20秒後把球
傳出界。

If you want to argue that the veteran Pistons didn't go out of their way to
welcome him, you are right. And I wrote that a couple of months ago. They
never made the extra effort to help him fit in. And when Curry chose to send
Richard Hamilton to the bench instead of AI, well, if the team wasn't
fractured before, it was then. Yes, the veteran Pistons could have helped
facilitate a smoother transition, but that doesn't excuse or change the fact
that Iverson was a liabilty on defense and a low-efficiency producer on
offense.
活塞老將是沒有好好幫他沒錯。他們沒有做額外的努力幫他融進來。當 MC 要 Rip
打替補而非 AI 時球隊也出現了裂痕。活塞老將是可以幫他，但不能做為 AI 攻守
兩端表現不佳的藉口，也不能改變這個事實。

I thought he showed his true colors this week. For all his talk about doing
whatever it took to win a championship, he couldn't do the only thing the
Pistons asked of him. Come off the bench. He says his back still hurts, and
you have to take his word. But, to miss a month and not do any conditioning,
not even as little as riding a stationary bike, of course he's going to be
sore when he first comes back. What was the old Sparky Anderson line, "Pain
don't hurt you." Had Iverson been starting and being asked to play 35
minutes, my guess is he would have fought through the pain. But to do it for
a bench role? He wanted no part of it.
AI 做不到活塞唯一要求他的事。打替補。一個月時間都沒有練體能在第一次回來時
背痛是一定的。如果讓他先發打35分鐘，他會可以撐過去。但板凳可不行。

So, he's gone. It's kind of sad. This is a sure-bet hall-of-fame player whose
skills have been eroded by time. The problem is, Iverson still doesn't
believe his skills have diminshed. He will look you in the eye and say he's
still the same player, capable of scoring 30 points a night consistently.
Delusional.
所以他離開了。有點令人難過。名人堂球員的身手會隨時間退化。但 AI 還是不相信。

Iverson will get a chance to prove he's not washed up. This experience with
the Pistons won't kill his market value. His age will. The economy will. But
he's still Allen Iverson. He's still a popular brand and he puts butts in
arena seats. Somebody surely will sign him next season. It will be a bad
team, you can bet on that. It will be a team that needs a gimmick to sell
tickets.
活塞的經驗不會降低他的市場價值，但他的年紀和經濟環境會。

People are speculating that he will be reunited with Larry Brown in
Charlotte. That's not going to happen. Brown had his time with Iverson and
he's not looking for a sequel. No, I could see Iverson with the Clippers,
maybe the Warriors, maybe even in Phoenix. But he better make up his mind now
that he's going to take a severe pay cut. He won't command anything close to
$20 million.
AI 不會去山貓。或許會去快艇，勇士或太陽。但薪資不會接近兩千萬。

Last thing: Because I wrote some critical things about Iverson in the last
week, fans and some in the media think I had some personal grudge against
him. Not only is that insulting to me, it's wrong. There was never any issue
between him and I. We never exchanged any harsh words, not even after I
criticized him for some of his bizarre statements. It's funny, when the team
is winning 50-plus games and I never write anything negative, people think I
am a suck-up. When I do criticize a player, I must be acting out on some
personal vendetta. Ridiculous. How about this -- I was just doing my job.
我和 AI 沒有任何過節！！！

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※ 編輯: pennymarcus     來自: 163.25.121.62        (04/08 10:21)
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推 fantasyF:頭推，不愧是底特律反AI大老McCosky的文...XD
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推 ntoufatman:我只是做好我份內的工作～～（不就是反AI）XD
推 Paraguay:推辛苦了
推 friven2002:其實AI走了，反而可以正視MC，因為焦點不會被模糊
→ friven2002:季後賽魔術越來越逃離我們的魔掌，這才是考驗
→ ntoufatman:正視MC？你是說認真玩NBA Live 2009？
推 ntoufatman:公牛今天贏了～魔術看起來快輸了～好消息是76人也輸了
→ ntoufatman:不過山貓本日贏球，所以活塞季後賽保證班還是M2
→ ntoufatman:魔術跟綠軍場差一場～到底活塞能不能順利對上魔術呢？
→ ntoufatman:以現況看，23種子第二輪有機會碰上，綠軍應該會考慮
→ ntoufatman:先當老三,讓活塞直接對上魔術.這樣第二輪有機會對活塞
→ ntoufatman:以上是我的一廂情願～～XD
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→ kolay:要幹就要幹大的...騎士先幹掉...
推 freijaking:跟騎士打我很怕Sheed抱怨的那件事..何況實力也今非昔比
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推 Maxiell:已經翻譯的很含蓄了，原文直接看McCosky大概會被戰很慘
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