在大家关注小米力跟阿搂油的动态的当儿~来点枪蜥的励志小外电吧~ http://0rz.net/5515s Big ups to Billups 枪蜥的大跃进 Pistons' priceless point guard voted Michigan's Best 活塞珍贵的控卫被评选为密西根洲之最 February 15, 2006 BY KRISTA LATHAM fREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER At one time, the disappointments in Chauncey Billups' career grew like a pile of dirty plates after a banquet, one on top of another, until the rickety stack nearly toppled to the floor. 在某一段时间枪蜥的职业生涯充满沮丧,就像宴会完洗不尽的脏盘子一般, 失意接踵而来直到成堆的稻草几乎要倒塌 That was the day Billups, the Pistons' All-Star point guard, almost gave up on his dream. 那段时间,我们家的全明星控卫枪蜥几乎要放弃他的梦想了 It was 2000, and Billups, just 23, found himself traded to the fourth team of his young NBA career, the Orlando Magic. He brought with him a shoulder injury that ensured he wouldn't play the rest of that season. And he knew the Magic likely would opt not to keep him at season's end, so he would move on to his fifth team in four seasons. 2000年,二十三岁的枪蜥,发现到在他年轻的 NBA 生涯中他将要被交易到他第四个球队,魔术. 他的肩伤让他在那个球季无法再上场.而他知道魔术将不会在球季结束後继续留着他,所以, 他将在他第四个球季结束时向第五支球队移动 "Those were dark days," Billups said. "那真是一段黑暗的时期"枪蜥说 So for a moment, he edited his dream, a matter of self-preservation. 所以在那一瞬间,因为自我保护的原因,他改变了他的梦想 He never thought it was over, "but I thought that at worst I'd be a good backup for a lot of years and not be able to reach what I thought was my potential," he said. 他从没想过那段时间会结束,"但我想最糟的不过是当很多年很多年的替补, 顶多就是无法达到我觉得我有能力达到的地步" Those thoughts likely stuck for about three nanoseconds. Because soon enough, Billups fell back into himself -- the ultra-confident and ultra-collected man who doesn't let a pile of disappointments scare him. 降的想法只存在十亿分之三秒,因为马上枪蜥就做回他自己--极端的自信,极端的冷静, 永远不让挫败感击倒他 He kept working, and now, six years later, his career has risen to a level even he didn't dream possible. 他持续的努力,直到现在(六年之後),他的职业生涯提升到一个程度, 甚至是他从没想过的程度 Billups' legacy as one of the best Pistons ever is no longer a question. Not after leading the Pistons to the NBA title in 2004, when he was named the most valuable player in the Finals. Not after becoming a first-time All-Star and future Olympian. 已经没有人怀疑枪蜥是活塞最好的球员之一了.在带领活塞拿到 2004 年总冠军, 他也拿到总冠军赛最有价值球员後,在他即将出席第一次全明星赛以及未来的奥运赛之後, 再也没有任何存疑了. What's more, Pistons fans love him, as do his teammates and the rest of the organization. His peers -- the coaches and opponents -- also respect him as one of the best in his position in the league. 再者,活塞的球迷喜欢他,他的队友及活塞的高层也是,盯着他看的人--教练以及对手-- 也尊敬他,视他为联盟最佳的控卫之一. "He's got size," said Miami Heat coach Pat Riley. "He's very strong. He shoots (43%) from the three. He can post up. He's very methodical. He plays the game until he needs to determine the difference between winning and losing. That's what he's developed into." "他的体型很好"热火教头莱里说."他非常强壮,他三分球命中率达四成三.他可以在低位单打. 他组织能力很好.他勇於在关键时刻出手.这就是他" And now Free Press readers have given Billups another honor. They voted him Michigan's top sports figure for 2005 in the annual Michigan's Best contest. Billups follows teammate Ben Wallace, who won the award for 2004. 现在邮报的读者给枪蜥另一个荣耀.枪蜥紧接在班蛙(2004)之後 被评选为 2005 年密西西根洲最佳的运动员.这是密西西根洲最竞争的一项殊荣. Billups finished ahead of athletes like Red Wings forward Brendan Shanahan, who spearheaded the move to change the playing rules in the NHL, and coaches like Carol Hutchins, who took Michigan to its first national softball championship. 枪蜥的票数领先密西西根洲有名的运动员像红翼队的前锋 Brendan Shanahan, 以及教练像　Carol Hutchins,他带领密西西根赢得第一次的全国的垒球冠军 It might seem like a small thing in a year of great accomplishments, but Billups said it's just another sign of how far he has come. 那也许就像在有一个好成绩的一年当中的一件小事, 但枪蜥说那是他可以前进到多远的其中一的记号 "I haven't seen somebody go through it the way I did," said Billups, 29. "I came in on top, third pick, and before too long I was written off as a player. There were people who were like, 'He's done.' And to make it back to the top of that mountain, it's crazy. Especially how I did it. "我还没看到有其他人经历过我所经历的"枪蜥说."我是从顶端进入联盟的,第三顺位, 而身为球员,我有很长的一段时间处在挫败当中,但之後我又回到山的顶端, 那就像是有人在对我说"他做到了",这真的很不可思议,尤其是我努力的过程" "I climbed that mountain. Some people get a helicopter ride up. I climbed it. It's beautiful." "我爬上山顶.有些人是搭直昇机上山的,但是我是用爬的,那很美好" Billups' first basketball disappointment came in his teenage years, a blessing in disguise that taught him a life-changing lesson on how to deal with setbacks. 枪蜥篮球生涯的第一次挫折发生在他青少年的时候, 但是幸运的是他学到了改变他一生的重要的一课, 他学会如何处理挫败感. As a freshman at George Washington High in Denver, Billups had one all-encompassing dream. He wanted to be a McDonald's All-American. After leading his high school team to two state championships, the recognition followed, and Billups was selected to the 1995 team of All-Stars. 身为丹佛的乔治华盛顿高中的新生,枪蜥环绕着梦想. 他想成为 McFnald's All-American的一员(应该是全美高中生的明星队吧). 在带领他的高中球队拿了两次冠军後,他被选入 1995 年的高中全明星队 Two weeks later, he suffered a torn right shoulder. He still has a two-inch-long jagged scar as a reminder of that injury, which kept him out of the one game he had worked so hard to make. 两周後,他遭受右肩撕裂伤.现在仍然有两寸长的大伤疤在他受伤的地方, 这个伤势让他无法出赛他努力才得到机会出赛的那一场比赛 He still sees kids from time to time wearing his McDonald's jersey, and every time, he thinks, "And I didn't even get to wear it!" 他看着那些年轻人穿着他的麦当劳的球衣,他总想到 "我甚至都没有机会穿" "That was my first time I was like, 'Dang, man, every time I get right there, I can't get over that hump,' " Billups said. "那是我第一次想,"可恶,每一次当我快要抵达终点时,我总是无法越过那个障碍物"　" 枪蜥说 But the lesson was learned. With help from his mother's wise words, he developed the attitude that still guides him today. 但是因为母亲的帮助,他学到了人生最重要的一课,降的态度直到今日仍带领着他 "If there's something that I can't control, I don't let it bother me," Billups said. "I don't let it consume my time. And if there's something that I can control, and it don't work out, what can you do? There's nothing really you can do about it, so move on." "如果有些事是我无法控制的,就不要让他困扰我"枪蜥说"我不能让它花掉我的时间, 而有些事是我可以控制的,但是并不成功,你能怎麽办呢?你真的没办法改变神麽, 所以就让他过去吧" Once in the NBA after two seasons at Colorado, Billups clung to that philosophy while five teams determined he wasn't worth the risk of a long-term contract. 在科罗拉多州两个球季之後,当五支球队都认为枪蜥不值得冒险给予长期的合约时, 枪蜥秉持着他的哲学. Billups, 6-feet-3 and 202 pounds, spent time as a starter at Boston, Toronto, Denver and Minnesota before he signed a six-year, $35-million deal with the Pistons in the summer of 2002, but none of those teams really invested in him. 六尺三, 202 磅的枪蜥在　2002 年暑假跟活塞签了一张六年三千五百万的合约前, 曾担任过波士顿,多伦多,丹佛,明尼苏达的先发,但是这些球队并不真的想要投资他 Then Joe Dumars, the Pistons' president of basketball operations, stepped in. 然後,老乔介入了 "He had never been handed the ball and been told, 'Look, you're the point guard, you're the guy we're going with,' " Dumars said. "Everywhere he went, it was either, you're a combo guard, you're a backup, but never, 'You're the guy, here's the ball.' " "并没有人真的让他掌握球权并跟他说,'嘿,你是一个控卫,你就是我们要的那一个人,'老乔说 "他所到之处,不是得当双能位,就是得当替补控卫,但从不是'你就是那个人,这是球'" Giving Billups the ball was a risk for the Pistons, simply because he had never been in that position, so Dumars could only guess how he would respond. 把球给枪蜥对活塞而言是风险,因为他从来没有真正打过那个位置, 所以老乔只能用猜测的猜他会有神麽结果 But a few things convinced Dumars that he was making the right decision. 但是一些事证实了老乔做了一个正确的决定 He did extensive background checks and found out what a good guy Billups was. He had noted Billups' impressive playoff series at Minnesota, when the Timberwolves played Dallas. He saw the potential in the 22 points and 5.7 assists Billups averaged in the three games -- all losses. 他调查了很多背景资料,然後发现到枪蜥是多好的一个球员. 他注意到枪蜥在明尼苏达季後赛系列中令人印象深刻的表现,当灰狼在季後赛碰上小牛, 老乔看到枪蜥的潜力,他那三场比赛平均得二十二分,5.7次助攻,虽然最後都输球. So when faced with the prospect of signing one of three free agents -- Billups, Jeff McInnis or Travis Best -- Dumars took a chance. 所以当要从三个自由球员--枪蜥,　Jeff McInnis, Travis Best 选择一个时, 老乔选了枪蜥 "The position we were in as a team and an organization, you had to take chances," Dumars said. "I didn't think you could conservatively try to put a team together. I think you had to take chances then. "在当时我们的状况你必须冒险,"老乔说"我不认为我们可以保守的试着整合这个球队, 我想那时我们必须做一点冒险" "We had won 50 games, we were pretty good, but I thought, either we're going to stay and hover around this 45-50 wins -- we could be one of those 45-, 48-, 50-win teams forever -- or we could really take a chance and do something good here." "我们那时赢了五十场,我们很不错,但是我想,我们要不就是保持在 45-50 场胜利的战绩 --成为其中一支能有　45-50 场胜利的强队 -- 不然我们就得冒险做些能让球队更好的事　 Try something great. 尝试让事情变得更好 Within three seasons, Billups had taken the Pistons to the NBA title as the series MVP against the Los Angeles Lakers. And then last season, he took them back to the Finals, where they lost in seven games to San Antonio. 枪蜥在活塞的三个球季中,前年带领活塞拿下总冠军并获选总冠军赛的最有价值球员, 去年活塞同样战到总冠军赛,在最後一刻才输给了马刺 Billups considers the championship season the best overall of his career. But he thinks he has reached a new height in his personal game this season. He is averaging career bests in points (18.9) and assists (8.5) and has led the Pistons to an NBA-best 42-9 record. 枪蜥曾想总冠军的那一年是他生涯的最高点了,但是他在本季再冲向一个新高, 他平均得分十八点九分,八点五次助攻,这是他职业生涯最好的纪录, 并且还带领活塞在上半季拿下四十二胜九败的龙头位置 Those days of disappointment now seem far away. 那段失意的日子好像已经是很久之前的事了 "I'm very happy with where I'm at and where we're at as a team right now and as a person," Billups said. "I'm just happy. I couldn't be happier right now." "我真的很高兴我们目前的状况,不论是对球队而言或是对我个人而言"枪蜥说 "我很高兴,我现在已经高兴到不能在高兴的地步了" And while the on-the-court honors and attention mean a lot to a player who was once so close to giving up a dream, the simple act of hearing how much fans respect him for who he is, that's just as important. 对於几乎要放弃梦想的球员来说这些场上殊荣以及注意意义真的很重大, 还有听到球迷如何为他所做到的事而尊敬他,这些对枪蜥来说都很重要 "I get a lot of fans telling me they love the way I carry myself, and the way I interview and the way I speak," Billups said. "Stuff like that I really love to hear, because it's stuff that's outside of these lines and stuff that I was taught as a kid and reflects on my upbringing. "我听到很多球迷对我说他们喜欢我的处事态度,喜欢我的访谈,喜欢我的言行举止"枪蜥说, "我真的很喜欢听到这类的称赞,因为这些事反映我是如何被教养长大的" "People appreciate that. That's the kind of stuff that means a lot to me. That means a lot to me because that's me outside of basketball, that's me for real, for real." "如果人们赏识这些,那对我来说意义很重大,因为那些反映在球场之外的我的行为, 就是真真正正的我" --

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