Crossing Jordan 与乔神之间的爱恨情仇 He played for the best team in basketball in 1989 and 1990 when the Pistons won back-to-back championships. The best times for Dumars was driving his car up I-75 or sitting on the team bus heading down Madison Ave. toward Chicago Stadium. The games against Jordan and the Bulls invigorated him. 老乔为当时联盟中实力最强且在'89、'90连续两年赢得总冠军的活塞打球。他最喜欢 把车开上I-75号公路及坐在沿着麦迪逊大道前往芝加哥体育馆的球队巴士上的时间，与MJ 及公牛的比赛让他精神亢奋。(译按：I-75号公路 http://0rz.net/ff1d0) The Pistons and Bulls were bitter rivals. Jordan could not become a champion until he figured out the Pistons, their mind-boggling Jordan Rules defense, and the sticky defense of Dumars. 活塞和公牛是竞争激烈的对手，MJ直到破解了活塞为他量身订造的乔丹法则及老乔如 影随形的贴人防守後才得以带领球队开创'91-'93三连霸的公牛王朝Part I。 Most players feared Jordan. Dumars embraced the challenge. 大多数的球员都害怕面对MJ，但老乔却热爱这个挑战。 Sometimes he'd pat Jordan on the side after a great play and say, "That was special." Jordan playfully would ask Dumars to cool down after he hit a few three-point shots. The banter turned into a friendship. 有时候他会在MJ一次精采进球後轻拍MJ说"刚那球进得真漂亮。"，而MJ也会在老乔难 得投进三分球後开玩笑地请他不要再开火了。这些看似戏谑的言语最终成就了两人之间的 友谊。 "It was always fun to play against him," Dumars said. "It was always a big game and he was always going to be spectacular. I was always juiced up." 老乔说"和MJ放对总是充满乐趣，那通常会是场重要的比赛，而他总会大爆发，我则是 会变得活力十足。" But didn't he fear Jordan breaking out a 60-point game on him? Dumars smiled: " I knew he was not going to score 60 on me." 难道他不担心MJ在他防守之下砍下60分吗？老乔笑着回答"我知道在我防守之下他一场 比赛是拿不到60分的。" The Pistons chose Dumars twice after nearly not picking him at all. In 1985 general manager Jack McCloskey wanted to select Michigan State star Sam Vincent . 活塞在几乎放弃挑选他後选了他两次，'85年的选秀会，当时的球队总管J.McCloskey 原本想挑选密西根州大明星球员S.Vincent。 But scout and basketball legend Will Robinson got in his ear and talked up the unknown kid from McNeese State. Robinson loved his shooting range and stocky build and felt he'd be more durable in the NBA. 不过前篮球传奇人物的球探W.Robinson靠在他的耳边大力赞扬这名来自麦克尼斯州， 默默无名的孩子。Robinson喜欢老乔的射程、健壮结实的身材，而且认为他比较有在NBA生 存的能耐。 Near the end of his playing career it appeared as if Isiah Thomas would lead the Pistons' front office. But the relationship between Thomas and owner Bill Davidson soured. Thomas left the organization but Davidson picked his sometimes tennis partner Dumars to rebuild a struggling franchise. 在老乔职业生涯末期时，看似笑笑汤就要接掌活塞球团高层，但他和老板B.Davidson 之间的关系降到了冰点，笑笑汤丢下了球队扬长而去，而Davidson则是挑选了他有时在网 球场上的夥伴来重建这支挣扎中的球队。 Dumars took a year off, learning the system under then-general manager Rick Sund, and went about building the team in his image in 2000. 老乔在退休後花了一年的时间向当时的总管R.Sund学习整套球队的经营系统，然後在' 00年时接手开始打造他理想中的球队。 -- Class act 老乔的个人行为剖析 His image is that of hard worker and gentleman. While his Bad Boys teammates fought, Dumars often acted as peacemaker. 他理想中的球队包括专干脏活的蓝领阶级及负责得分的优雅绅士。当其他坏小孩队友 与对手干上时，老乔总是扮演着和事老的脚色。 Dumars was soft spoken and seldom had fits or rage. That is why an outburst in Utah was so shocking. Following a game with the Jazz, soap drizzled into his eye during a postgame shower. A reporter walked up to Dumars asking questions about the loss. 老乔说话总是轻声细语也绝少情绪失控，那就是他某次在犹他勃然大怒使人如此震惊 的原因。在那场与爵士的比赛结束後，淋浴时肥皂水跑进了他的眼睛里，一位记者走向老 乔并向他问了一些关於那场败仗的问题。 Dumars cursed and said: "Can you give me a minute?" And then he walked away. It was the only public outburst beat writers could recall. Later he rushed up to the reporter to apologize. 老乔低声咒骂并说"你就不能让我一个人独自静一静吗？"然後他便走开了，那是记者 们可以回想起来的唯一一次老乔在公开场合发飙的情形。後来他跑向那位记者并为自己失 控的行为向他道歉。 His father, Joe II, taught Dumars to be respectful and to always show up for work. That is probably why Dumars continued to play in the 1990 NBA Finals in spite of his father's death. Joe's wife, Debbie, learned Joe's dad died before Game 4 in Portland, but she did not tell her husband. Dumars was brilliant, scoring 33 points highlighted by a high-arching shot in the lane. 老乔的父亲老老乔教导他要和善待人并且认真投入在工作之上，那可能是尽管父亲过 世，老乔仍坚持打完'90年总冠军赛的原因。老乔的老婆Debbie在他於波特兰的总冠军赛第 四场比赛前就得知老老乔过世的消息，但他并未马上告诉他的先生。老乔在那场比赛得了 33分，表现相当出色，而他在禁区内高弧度的进球更成了整场比赛的焦点。 "Somebody was looking after him," Thomas said. "I know it was his dad." 笑笑汤说"有人在他背後看照他，我知道那是他老爸。" After the game Debbie told Joe of his dad's death. Joe called his mother and said he would take the next flight to Louisiana. That would not fly with the Dumars family. His father drove an 18-wheeler for 33 years and did not believe in missing a day of work. His mother, Ophelia, got up every morning to bake at a local bakery. 赛後Debbie告诉老乔他父亲过世了的消息，老乔打了通电话给他的母亲并说他会搭下 一班的飞机回路易斯安那，他不会带着全家人一起回去。他的父亲开了33年的18轮大卡车 ，他根本就不相信自己会错过哪一天的工作。他的母亲Ophelia每天早上起来都会到当地的 面包店去烘焙面包。 Ophelia reminded her son of the lecture his dad gave him when he was drafted by the Pistons. "He said, 'Son, that is a pretty good job you got up there in Detroit,'?" his dad said. "Make sure you treat those people right and you keep that job. You hear?" Ophelia拿出老老乔在老乔被底特律选上时向老乔说的金玉良言提醒他的儿子"他说'儿 啊，你有幸在底特律获得这一份好工作，你一定要好好对待那群人并把这工作牢牢守住， 听到没？'" His mother would not allow him to return, saying: "You have an obligation. You keep it." 他的母亲不准老乔回家并向他说"你有义务要完成那一系列的球赛，你必须坚持到最後 一刻。" Dumars and Thomas always chased the perfect game. That is how driven they were to winning. We've heard all the stories about Thomas' desire to win but Dumars spent many late nights on the phone with Thomas trying to figure out a path to a title. 老乔和笑笑汤总是在球赛中追求完全的表现，那是他们能赢得球赛的原因。我们都听 过笑笑汤对於胜利的执着的故事，但其实老乔也花了很多深夜的时间和笑笑汤热线，试图 找出通往冠军戒指的途径。 "We never had the perfect game but we had some perfect moments." Thomas said. 笑笑汤说"我们从未打出完美的球赛，但至少有过一些完美的时刻。" Added Dumars: "We came close and we had some pretty spectacular moments." 老乔补充"我们的表现已经很接近完美，而且也共同经历了一些相当精采的时刻。" Now Dumars, the perfect teammate, joins Thomas in the Hall of Fame. He is just as thrilled to get in as Barkley but Dumars won't let you see the gleam that beams inside. 现在这位完美的队友加入了笑笑汤的行列，两人都入选了名人堂。老乔和老巴一样， 对於入选名人堂这件事都感到相当兴奋，唯一不同的是，他不会喜形於色。 "You know I grew up in a household that really preached humility," Dumars said. "I had those old southern Baptist people who did not believe in any of that. It was a certain way to carry your self. 老乔说"你知道我生长於一个相当推崇谦虚的家庭，我南方那群老浸信会教徒根本不信 那一套，我想这份喜悦我还是自己享受就好了。" "There were times I wanted (to scream) but it wasn't in me." "有好几次我都想纵声大笑，但我知道我不能这麽放肆。" --

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