http://0rz.net/bd10M Jones back home again EJ回来了 Eddie Jones was bitter about last year's trade that sent him to Memphis -- the former Heat shooting guard might be what Miami is missing this season. Eddie Jones对於去年被送到曼菲斯还是有鼓淡淡的哀伤-但这位前热火得分後卫也将是 迈阿密今年会想念的人 原文: ISRAEL GUTIERREZ 迈阿密传令报 [email protected] Eddie Jones never figured he'd be riding a bus in Philadelphia in January, wearing Memphis Grizzlies garb and talking about his days as member of the Miami Heat. 艾迪琼斯从来没想过他在一月会坐着前往费城的游览车，穿着灰熊队的衣服，哈拉着他 身为热火队员的往日时光 Not when, just seven months earlier, he was helping the Heat organization reach heights it never previously attained. 但是差不多7个月前，他正在帮助让热火球团达到以前从来没达到的巅峰 Jones never figured he'd be sitting in a Four Seasons hotel lobby discussing the irony of Heat fans suddenly missing him, calling Jones the misplaced piece to a championship puzzle. EJ从未想过他会坐在四季饭店（Four Seasons hotel）的大厅谈论着热火球迷突然的将他 遗忘，甚至说他是冠军拼图上错误的那一块 Not after Jones stood in AmericanAirlines Arena last May with fans chanting his name, displaying an appreciation he had waited five years to witness. 去年5月，EJ还站在美利坚航空体育馆（AmericanAirlines Arena，以下简称AAA）与球迷 们介绍他的姓名，并且得到了他等了5年的赞美 Jones never figured he'd be making his lone appearance this season on the AmericanAirlines Arena floor tonight, playing against his former team. EJ也从未想到他今晚将孤单的出现在AAA的另一端，并且对抗前队友与前东家 Not when his last game on that court was so painful that all he wanted was one more chance at the Finals, one more chance to make his hometown team the best in the NBA. 更不用说他在AAA的上一场球赛是多麽的痛苦，因为他想要的只不过是一个进军总冠军赛 的机会，一个让他的家乡球队成为全联盟最佳球队的机会 Yet there he was, doing all the things he never guessed he'd be doing, days from a game he never guessed he'd be experiencing. 然而他只是，作着他从未想过会发生的事情，体验着他从未体验过的球赛 Jones came to the Heat in 2000 thinking a championship opportunity was very much within reach. Instead, it took five years to even come close. Now he's in another uniform, watching the Heat from afar and wondering why he never got a chance to finish the job. 当EJ在2000年来到热火队时，他想着总冠军的机会就快要到来了。然而，他花了5年才 快要接近这个目标。现在，他穿着其他队的制服，从远处看着热火(总部)，并想着为什麽 他没有这个机会完成这个任务 ''It's tough to swallow when you're so close to doing something you thought you were going to do here when you first signed,'' said Jones, who went to Pompano Beach Ely High. ``That's what hurts more than anything. And the fact that you were home.'' 「这真的很难让人接受，尤其是当你在第一次签约时，你是如此接近你梦中会作的事情 的时候」EJ在前往邦帕诺海滩高中(Pompano Beach Ely High，EJ高中母校)的路途中说 「这比任何事情还要来的伤人，尤其你是在家乡打球的时候」 Jones' trip home, which began in 2000 when the Heat acquired the free agent for $86 million over seven years, wasn't all he expected it to be at first. EJ的返乡之旅，是从2000年热火以7年8600万美金的签约金获得他展开的。然而，事情的 发展却从一开始就不是他想像的那样 He was brought on as the much-needed slasher who would perfectly complement Tim Hardaway and Alonzo Mourning. But when Mourning was out because of a kidney ailment, Jones was forced to play through a three-year rebuilding process. 他的到来被认为可以更充分的帮助提姆哈德威（Tim Hardaway）与阿朗佐莫宁（Alonzo Mourning）。但当莫哥因为肾脏疾病必须退出球场时，EJ被迫面对长达3年的球队重建期 At the time, Jones wouldn't succumb to his frustrations and ask to be traded. He chose instead to work a little harder, mentor his younger teammates and hope the good karma comes back around before his seven-year contract expired. 当时EJ不愿屈服於这种挫折，并且要求球队将他交易出去。然而，最後他还是选择工作得 更卖力，教导他比较年轻的队友，并且希望好运能够在他7年合约快要结束时回来 Jones was tempted, though. Especially when he heard his name involved in trade rumors. 不过，EJ仍然对交易跃跃欲试，尤其当他听到他的姓名与交易谣言扯上关系时 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GETTING TIRED 累了… ''Yeah, there was a time I felt like maybe this wasn't the place for me,'' Jones said. 'As players, you get tired of hearing trade rumors, and you get to the point where you say, `Maybe they should trade me.' '' 「是啊！曾经有一段时间我认为这地方不适合我」EJ说「身为球员，你会对交易的谣言 感到厌烦，你甚至会想说"也许他们应该把我交易出去"」 But that trigger was never pulled. And Jones spent three seasons leading a team in scoring but never feeling like he accomplished anything. It wasn't until the 2003-04 season, when the surprising Heat team featuring Lamar Odom and Dwyane Wade reached the second round of the playoffs, that Jones felt relevant again. 但是手枪的板扣始终没有拉上来。EJ在这3个球季是队上的得分王，可是他却感觉不到 他有什麽成就。直到2004球季，令人感到惊奇的热火队，来了拉玛欧登（Lamar Odom） 与杜恩韦德（Dwyane Wade），并进入季後赛的第二轮，才让EJ再度感觉自己与球队的 关联 And last season, Jones was happy to take a back seat to Wade and Shaquille O'Neal, as long as it meant him finally being in position to win a title. But after the Heat fell one game short of reaching the NBA Finals last June, Heat president Pat Riley shook up a team that seemed so close. 在球队的最後一季，EJ很高兴因为有了闪电侠与侠客欧尼尔（Shaquille O'Neal）在前方 坐镇，让他终於可以在最适当的位置上竞争总冠军。可是去年6月，热火只差一场比赛就 能进入总冠军赛而铩羽而归之後，热火总裁派特来利（Pat Riley）又将球队阵容作了一 番改组 That included Jones being sent to Memphis in a five-team trade that brought Jason Williams, Antoine Walker and James Posey to Miami. 这包括EJ在这次五队交易案被送到曼菲斯，并将杰森威廉斯（Jason Williams）、安东华 克（Antoine Walker）与詹姆斯波西（James Posey）带回迈阿密 ''It's sort of a tough situation being the coach and president,'' said Riley, who coached Jones for his first three seasons with the Heat. ``On one side of the coin I've got to coach him, and on the other side I'm always fielding questions about whether or not I'm going to trade him. That's hard. I have great respect for him. 「同时担任教练与总裁真的不是一份简单的差事」曾经在EJ在热火前三年担任总教练的油 头老来说「一方面我必须教导他，但另一方面我又要每天去面对我该不该把他交易掉。这 问题真的让人苦恼，但我相当的尊重他的意见」 ``At the very end, after I traded him, I left him a message. He never really communicated back to me, . . . I think he was probably pretty hurt.'' 「最後，在我把他交易出去之後，我还是有寄给他简讯。但是之後他就从来没有跟我联络 过了。我想他的心真的受伤了」 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MISUNDERSTANDING 误解 Jones was stunned. But he wasn't hurt until he heard that Riley said, ``If we had come back with the same team as last year, it would have been a disaster.'' EJ呆住了。但是一直到他听到油头来说「如果我们回到像去年那样的状况的话，那将会是 一场灾难」，他的心才真正的受到摧残 ''I don't understand that,'' Jones said of Riley's comment. ``I would just like to know what he was insinuating.'' 「我不明白」EJ谈到来利的评论「我只想知道他在谄媚谁」 Riley thought that Heat team had peaked with its appearance in the Eastern Conference finals, and without improvements, it would not have won a title. It was not, in Riley's mind, an indictment of Jones. 油头来认为热火以当时的阵容打进东区决赛已经是最佳表现了，如果不再作调整，就没有 赢得总冠军的机会。但是老来的心中，并没有指责EJ的意思 ''It was not reflective of him,'' Riley said. ``If he took it personal, then that's something he's just trying to hang his hat on, because I didn't mean that about him.'' 「我这句话并没有特别针对他」老来说「但如果他把它当作针对个人的言语的话，那麽那 就只是他自己对号入座罢了，因为我真的不是要说他的不是」 It's only fitting that Riley and Jones would have a misunderstanding after they parted ways. They didn't exactly have a sincere bond when they were together. So Jones' return to Miami tonight won't include an emotional reunion with Riley. EJ跟老来在分开之後到头来只有误会。他们在一起的时候并没有那种"麻吉"方面的死忠 情谊，所以今晚EJ回到迈阿密不会跟老来有感情上的重聚 'It would be, `Hey, how are you doing, coach?' and that would be it,'' Jones said. 「有可能是"嘿，近来如何啊，教练"，就这样吧」EJ说 Jones' reconnection with the Miami fans will probably be a lot more heartfelt. It wasn't until Jones' final season here that fans truly embraced the lanky 6-6 guard, particularly for what he did on the defensive end. 倒是EJ与迈阿密球迷的重新结合可能会变得更真心诚意。一直到EJ在热火的最後一季， 球迷才真情流露的拥抱这位6尺6寸的瘦长後卫，尤其是他在防守上所作出的奉献 'I worked my [butt] off trying to let them know, `Hey, I'm still here,' '' Jones said. 「我用尽全力让他们知道"嘿!我还在这里"」EJ说 Halfway through this season, it's that type of disciplined individual defensive effort that Heat fans believe is absent. And just like 2000, there's a sense that Jones is what's missing in Miami. 在今年球季进行一半之後，正是这种个人在防守上所下的严谨苦工让热火的球迷感觉到 他们今年少了些什麽。就像2000年，有种第六感感应到EJ正是在迈阿密正在寻找的 ''I appreciate the fans remembering me,'' Jones said. ``It feels great that they even remember me or that they even care that I'm gone. At least I made an impression on them.'' 「我很感激球迷们仍然记得我」EJ说「他们仍然记得我的名字，甚至在乎我已经离队了， 都让我感到欣慰。至少我可以让他们记得」 Jones has made an impression on the Grizzlies, with younger players such as Mike Miller and Dahntay Jones saying he's the type of veteran Memphis needed. EJ也让灰熊队其他的队友印象深刻，因为叫年轻的球员如麦克米勒（Mike Miller）与 丹泰琼斯（Dahntay Jones）都异口同声的说EJ正是灰熊队需要的那种老将 Jones might be what the Heat needs, too. And fans will probably let him know when he's introduced tonight as a Memphis Grizzlies player. EJ大概也是热火队需要的力量。不过今晚球迷们将会让他知道他今天是以灰熊队队员进入 球场的 ''I love the fans down there,'' Jones said. ``I'm looking forward to playing there again.'' 「我喜欢这里的球迷」EJ说「我希望能在这里再度打球」 ============================================================================== 编按:这是昨天传令报的消息 可以供喜欢艾迪琼斯的球迷们参考看看 我怕翻译有不够周全的地方 还请多多指教 谢谢啦! --

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