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: Allen Iverson -- and his image -- struggle to find job
: Source:http://www.detnews.com/article/20090723/OPINION03/907230384/1031

: Former Piston Allen Iverson still is looking for a home, but he's really
: looking for another kindred spirit.

前活塞隊員AI還在尋找著新東家，但是他真正在尋找的是另一個能呼應他的人。

: He's had two: John Thompson and Larry Brown. Thompson was Iverson's coach at
: Georgetown, but more importantly, a father figure when Iverson needed it most.
: Brown recognized Iverson's talents in Philadelphia, parlaying it to a Finals
: appearance in 2001. Thompson and Brown are Iverson's staunchest defenders and,
: ironically, coaches who have at times been labeled "rebel" and "misunderstood."
: Everything hasn't been rosy for the 6-foot, 180-pound Iverson, but it hasn't
: been all thorny either.

他曾經有過兩位：John Thompson和Larry Brown。Thompson是AI在喬治城的教練，更甚著
是以父親的形象出現在AI面前。Brown在七六人時發現了AI的天賦，並且運用著他使他們
在2001年打到總冠軍賽。Thompson和Brown是AI最可靠的肩膀，諷刺地，這兩位都給AI標
上了"反叛"和"誤解"的標籤。對6呎身高，180磅重的AI而言，沒有一件事對他是樂觀的，
但是同時也還沒癮上許多爭議。

: It's a Catch-22. Without his stubbornness, he never would be the 16th-leading
: scorer in NBA history. More impressively, he's averaged 41 minutes a game
: through his career, fourth most in NBA history. No player similar in height and
: weight is in the top 20.

奇怪的是，除了他的倔強之外，他不可能是NBA史上得分排名第16的人阿。更令人印象深
刻的是，他職業生涯到目前為止，是排名第四的41分鐘。沒有體型跟他相似的球員可以擠
進前20名。

: The same attributes that make him great, however, hold him back from signing
: with a contender at this stage of his career.

讓他變成如此優秀的理由，同時也組饒了他在他生涯舞台中奪冠。

: He's done things his way and had success. Based on his rough background, his
: game and life parallel each other, for better or worse. Consequently, he's been
: judged, deservedly or not.

他已經以他的方法做到並且成功了。以他坎坷的背景，他的球賽和生活是互相平行的，不
管怎樣，

: "I obviously feel like it's unfair, but it just makes the chip on my shoulder
: that much bigger," Iverson told NBA TV in an interview Tuesday night.

"我顯然感覺到這是不公平的，但是我扛上的這塊重擔似乎重的許多，"AI在一次NBA TV中
的禮拜二晚上中說到。

: There's precedent for players who have submerged their style of play to win a
: championship. Nate "Tiny" Archibald, who once led the league in scoring and
: assists in the same season, joined the Celtics late in his career, helping
: Larry Bird win his first title. Mark Aguirre went from scoring 25 points a game
: to splitting time with Dennis Rodman, but he owns two rings with the Pistons.
: If Iverson backed down a little bit, he'd be ideal for a team in need of
: someone capable of scoring in bunches. He could've changed the tenor of the
: entire offseason.

曾經有著先例那些奪冠的人們埋沒了自己的風格。Nate "Tiny" Archibald，這傢伙曾在
一賽季中當上得分王和助攻王，並在晚年加入賽爾提克，幫助大鳥奪得了第一次冠軍。
Mark Aguirre曾經以場均25分與Dennis Rodman聯手，但是他的兩枚戒指卻是在活塞拿到
的。如果Iverson稍微低姿態一點，他是隊伍中理想的人選去得分。他可以在整個休賽期
間朝著這方向去努力。

: From the outside, last season seemed to be the perfect opportunity for Iverson
: to ingratiate himself into the Pistons team-first style. The marriage was
: doomed from the start and both sides made errors. Iverson was branded the bad
: guy and didn't play after April 3 because of a back injury.

從這次看出，上一季是AI絕佳的機會去鈀他自己融入活塞中。這化學效應最後毀在先發的
問題上，而且雙方都做出了錯誤的決定。Iverson被標上了壞標籤，並且在4月3日以後就
因為背傷而沒有上場過。

: "The whole thing with me is to be in a situation where I can be happy," Iverson
: said. "Obviously the objective is to win a championship, but I've been thinking
: about it -- my whole thing is to be happy and finish my career in a happy
: situation."

"現在整件事情對我來說就是哪裡我可以開心的打球，"Iverson說到。"我的目標很明顯就
是要奪得總冠軍，但是我又想了一下，最重要的應該是開心的打球，然後完美的結速我的
職業生涯。

: Sounds like a man who's taken more beating from detractors than bruising
: 7-footers on drives to the basket.

看起來他承受了那些酸民過多的傷害。

: Contemporaries Ray Allen, Rasheed Wallace and Kevin Garnett are playing for
: contenders because they've conformed in some manner, while Iverson's biggest
: suitors are the Grizzlies and Clippers, hardly world-beaters.

同年齡的雷槍，怒吼天尊，KG還在競爭著冠軍因為他們遵照著規則。但是現在能迎來AI的
只有灰熊和快艇，而他們幾乎是不可能成功的。

: "I feel like I have to prove myself all over in this league," Iverson said.
: Sadly, he does. Chances are he wouldn't have it any other way.

"我感覺到我必須要加強我自己才能站穩這個聯盟，"Iverson說到。"遺憾地，他不會有著
任何機會。

: Red, white and Bluedevil
: Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski signed on as USA's basketball coach through the 2012
: Olympics.
: Good for him. He accepted the high expectations of getting USA back on top and
: exceeded them.
: Now he has the loyalty and admiration of multi-millionaires, and he will help
: replace and transition a new set of stars into the system with its showcase in
: Las Vegas on Saturday.
: Having Kobe Bryant and LeBron James on your team helps a little bit, though.

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