[外電] Truth be told, Paul Pierce likes new role

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Truth be told, Paul Pierce likes new role 

By Steve Bulpett
Friday, October 2, 2009

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※ 此翻譯依照本人自己的理解翻譯的，若有錯誤或誤解，煩請告知~



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NEWPORT, R.I. - Celtics [team stats] practices end, and the questions move
toward Kevin Garnett and his right knee. People want to talk to Rasheed
Wallace, and they want to know how Marquis Daniels is fitting in, too.

當超賽的練習結束，人們所有的問題幾乎都圍繞著KG的右膝，或是想要和SHEED談談，
甚至也想知道Daniels該如何融入我們的團隊。

Across the way, Paul Pierce [stats] sits and ices his knees in relative
anonymity. As training camp gets rolling, he’s not The Story.

而真理──坐在旁邊，正冰敷著他的膝蓋。

彷彿是昨天，卻不再是昨天，但這一切可不包括PAUL PIERCE.

“Yeah, that’s true,” coach Doc Rivers said after yesterday’s session. “But
he’s still Paul Pierce. We certainly don’t lose sight of that.”

在昨天的(球隊)會議之後，河流說道：「千真萬確......PAUL仍然是我們的PAUL PIERCE
，我們深信不疑。」

The Celtics will be much better this season if Garnett can stay healthy and
Wallace and Daniels can raise the level of the reserves. The team will be
stronger all around if Kendrick Perkins [stats] can pick his spots with a
newfound offensive proficiency, and Glen Davis improves on defense thanks to
quickness from a newly toned body.

只要KG健健康康的，SHEED和Daniels又增加了球隊的戰力，超賽在新球季將會更強大，
而且這支球隊還會獲得來自PERK和大寶貝的奧援。

But when the games get big, the C’s success still will be determined largely
by Pierce’s ability to put the ball in the hole. Teams win championships, and
the captain still carries a lot of figurative weight.

但是當比賽進入更大的場面，超賽能否成功有很大一部分仍然取決於PP的能力。這支球隊
仍然相當依賴隊長.

“Each guy is critical in his own way, but Paul’s our primary scorer,” Rivers
said. “I mean, when we need a bucket, Paul’s our guy. When we need an open
shot, Ray (Allen)’s our guy. But Paul is such a big part of everything we do.”


河流表示：「球隊每個人都是不可或缺的，但是PAUL無疑是我們主要的得分好手。
我的意思是當我們需要他的時候，他一直都在，就像我們需要RAY出手投籃時，RAY
不會讓我們失望。只是我們所做的一切，PP正是其中『巨大』的一部分。」

As his eyes peered out from his hoodie warmup jacket, Pierce laughed at his
fall from media attention.

旁邊的PP笑起河流身上的熱身衣了！

“I’m still here,” he said. “I’m still in the building.

PP說：「我一直在這裡，我還在改進。」

“But really, I’m just trying to help my new teammates fit in and make them as
comfortable as possible. That’s what it’s all about. Hey, I know what the
story is when you bring in new guys. People want to know how they’re going to
fit in. That’s what everyone’s going to talk about. But here inside the team
it’s different. I mean, having new guys is fun for us, too, but we know what’
s important. We know what we have to do. We’re here just trying to get
everything and everyone on the same page, and that’s been going really good.”

PP表示：「老實說，我還在試圖幫助新隊友融入球隊，儘可能讓他們感到舒適，這
就是我在做的。我知道當有新球員加入時，大家都想知道我們要如何融合，然而實際
上這又是另外一回事，我的意思是，這其實是一件很有趣的事情，同時也很重要，
我們大家在同一條船上，同體同心，這才是最棒的！」

It’s not that Pierce shies away from the spotlight or doesn’t embrace the
need to produce in crunch time. But where some great players prefer to be more
singular stars, he prefers to blend in with others, only stepping out for a
solo when necessary.

以上的談話並不表示PP將從此遠離球場上的焦點，或是在關鍵時刻消失。比起那些
偉大的球員獨自引領球隊，PP更喜歡成為隊友的後盾，然後在必要的時候當仁不讓。

“It’s great having stars around you because you feel less pressure,” Pierce
said. “You know that on any given night you’ve got guys that can carry you. I
pick times when I need to step up for this ballclub, but when you’ve got this
type of supporting cast and All-Stars around you, it makes it great. With the
kind of players I have around me, it’s a no-brainer to want to share the load.

PP表示：「當你被很棒的隊友圍繞，你的壓力會減輕，每個晚上當你需要幫助，
你永遠不孤單，球場上的一切很美好，我有這樣的隊友，這是每個球員都想要的。」

Sharing will, in turn, make Pierce better in the long run. The captain was
visibly drained by the end of last season but has a new energy.

「分享」改變了PP，我們的隊長在去年的球季尾聲顯然枯竭不已，但現在他元氣滿滿。

“Paul’s playing terrific,” Rivers said. “You can see he likes this team,
especially the second unit. He looks good now, and I think he’ll be able to
sustain that longer. Paul knows what our depth means to us and to him.

河流說：「PAUL真的非常棒！你可以感受到他有多喜歡這支球隊，甚至不停鼓勵新人，
PP了解這支球隊的精神，也明白球隊之於他自己的意義。」


“He’s the kind of star that likes the team situation. I think most young guys
need to be (individualistic). I think the older you get, for the most part, the
more you appreciate more stars on your team and you realize you can’t do it by
yourself. I mean, there are some exceptions to that rule, but for the most
part, when you look historically in basketball, young guys want to be stars.
When they get older, some of that goes away.”

Players like Pierce don’t need to stand out as much. And it doesn’t bother
him in the least that the attention wanes . . . as long as his game remains.

河流接著說：「PP是那種會接受球隊處境的球星，我認為現在很多年輕球員個人主義太重，
多數的老球員比較會理解球隊，明白不光只是做自己就好的道理，也許會有例外......
但是綜觀過去的籃球歷史，有些年輕球員太想成為球星，然後當他們年華老去，就這麼
消失了。」



像PP這種球員不需要太搶眼，只要他的比賽還在，他就會存在。



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