http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime Time For Iverson To Put the Game First By J.A. Adande ESPN.com If Allen Iverson means it when he says he'd rather retire than keep coming off the bench then this isn't an issue for Pistons coach Michael Curry or president Joe Dumars to resolve. This is a matter for Dr. Phil, because this is about Iverson's love of the game, his commitment to a relationship that's lasted for a quarter of a century. 如果当 AI 说他宁可退休也不要继续打替补是当真的话，那这就不是Michael Curry或 Joe Dumars 要处理的议题了。这是Dr. Phil的事，因为 AI 热爱比赛，他这份承诺持 续了四分之一个世纪。 （Dr. Phil -- 美国脱口秀主持人，专门提供人们生活上的策略。） The Pistons have asked Iverson to come off the bench for the three games since he returned from a back injury that kept him out for a month. He's reacting about as well as if they'd asked him to come in early for practice. 在因为背伤休息一个月回来後的三场比赛活塞要求 AI 打替补。他的反应就像他们 要他提早到场练习一样。 "I'm in a position now that I've never been in my whole life," Iverson told reporters in New Jersey after the Pistons lost to the Nets Wednesday night. "It's harder than I thought it would be. With the back injury, I have to sit out at the start, then go in, then sit again. It's tough to really get going. I take my hat off to the guys who can come off the bench and be effective. It's tough for me. I'm struggling with it. 「我现在的处境是我整个生命中没遇过的，" AI 在星期三赛後跟记者说。「这比我以为 的还难受。带着背伤，我得在一开赛时坐着，然後上场，接着又坐下来。很难把比赛的 感觉找到的。我对那些打替补还能很有效率的人致敬。对我来说很难受。我很挣扎。 "I'd rather retire before I do this again. I can't be effective playing this way. I'm not used to it. It's tough for me both mentally and physically. If I'm able to go out there, I should be able to get it done and I can't right now. It's my fault. I have to be able to overcome the adversity and do what I have to do. I just have to find a way to get it done. Not being 100 percent makes it harder and you can see that I'm not 100 percent." 「在再这麽做之前我宁可退休。这样打球我是不能有效率的。我不习惯。对我的身心 来说都很艰难。如果我能够上场，我应该把事情完成，但我现在做不到。这是我的错。 我得能克服逆境，做我该做的事。我只得找个方式把事情做好。没有百之百的健康让我 更难做到，你也看得出来我没有完全复原。」 If Iverson truly loves the game and wants to continue playing in the world's most prestigious league, he'll understand that it's time to continue on the game's terms. He had his turn in Philadelphia, when the roster was reworked around him while the likes of Derrick Coleman, Jerry Stackhouse, Tim Thomas and Larry Hughes came and went. He won an MVP that way, took a trip to the Finals that way. The game was good to him. It put him first. 如果 AI 真的热爱比赛，想要继续在这世界上最有名望的联盟打球，他将了解是继续 依照球队的作法的时候了。他当年在费城有他的班底，阵容都依他而重新打造，像是有 Derrick Coleman、Jerry Stackhouse、Tim Thomas 和 Larry Hughes 等来来去去。 他是那样赢得一座 MVP 的，那样打进总冠军赛的。比赛对他很好。把他放第一位。 This is the time to reciprocate, to realize that sometimes you have to put others ahead of you. The Pistons had a losing record with Iverson in the starting lineup after they acquired him in a trade with the Denver Nuggets. Richard Hamilton did his stint on the bench, did it without publicly questioning his desire to continue. It's not too much to ask Iverson to do the same. 现在是报答的时候，了解有时候你得把其他人放在你前头。活塞在把他交易来让他先发後 的战绩是不到五成的。Rip 也打过替补，而那时候他没公开怀疑过他想继续打球的渴望。 要求 AI 这麽做也不会太过份。 在下觉得这建议蛮中肯的 XD 只是要说也是可以说 Rip 的成就没 AI 辉煌 I take Iverson seriously when he says he wouldn't want to stay in the league as a bench player. He's said in the past that he will play as long as he's among the elite, the brand names. He said it again after the All-Star Game in Phoenix, only it didn't jump out at me then, but it stuck with me just enough that I searched through the digital recorder Wednesday night to hear his exact words: "For me, once I can't play like this any more, once I can't compete with the younger guys and do things that I'm accustomed to doing on the basketball floor, I'll know it's my time." 当 AI 说他不想做为一个板凳球员待在联盟时我是认真看待的。他过去也说过只要他还是 联盟中的名牌时他就会继续打球。他在凤凰城的明星赛後也说过，只是这次没有再让我 震惊，但我还是一直记着，在星期三晚上找了数位录音来听听他其他的话：「对我来说， 一旦我不能再像这样打球，一旦我不能和年轻人一同竞争，不能做我习惯在篮球场上做的 ，我将知道是我退休的时候了。」 The greats are often the last to know. They have to be told, explicitly. Nothing speaks louder than allocation of minutes. Iverson has played a total of 35 in the past two games, or two fewer minutes than Will Bynum. 最好的常常是最晚知道。他们得明白被告知。上场时间的分配可以看得最清楚。AI 在过去 两场比赛的总共上场 35分钟，或说比 Will Bynum少了两分钟。 There isn't a great big payday to be had for the free-agent-to-be. He won't be the second-highest paid player in the league like he was this season, when he made $22 million. The Pistons weren't going to pay him a lot to be a chemistry-clogging backup, especially if he balks at the role. The cash-strapped Grizzlies aren't going to lavish big contracts, the prudent Thunder won't go after a 33-year-old who still wants to be The Man. He'll have to go somewhere for less money, he'll have to go somewhere where he's asked to fit in. AI 在变成自由球员後他将不会像本季一样是联盟第二高薪的球员。活塞也不会付给他 很多钱当会破坏化学效用的替补，特别是如果他对这个角色还有所犹豫。薪资被卡死的 灰熊也不会给他大合约。精明的雷霆队不会找一个 33 岁还想要成为那个人的球员。 他将得找一个会给他少点钱，也会要求他融入球队的地方。 So it's a question of what has the greatest tug on Iverson's heart: his love of the game, or his love of the way he's used to playing it. 所以 AI 内心中拉扯的问题是：他对比赛的热爱，还是他对他习惯打法的热爱。 这句也很中肯 XD J.A. Adande is an ESPN.com senior writer and the author of "The Best Los Angeles Sports Arguments." --

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