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   原文連結:http://tinyurl.com/pcvxkts

   原文作者:ESPN Jackie MacMullan

   第一次翻譯外電還請多多指教


    How Moses Malone mentored a young Charles Barkley


    When Charles Barkley swaggered into Philadelphia as the No. 5 overall
pick of the 1984 NBA draft, he fully expected to take the city by storm.

    當Barkley以1984首輪選秀第五順位降臨費城，他被期待為這城市帶來一陣
   旋風。

    Instead, he was thrust into a basketball environment teeming with veterans
who had no time to wait for the new kid to hit his stride.
    "I was really struggling in the beginning," Barkley admitted.

  但事實上，他是加入一個充滿NBA老鳥的環境，而那些人可沒有時間去等待一個
   菜鳥來慢慢適應步調。"我在一開始其實是過得很掙扎的"Barkley承認。

     Barkley said he reported to camp weighing close to 300 pounds. Few in the
Sixers' organization, particularly coach Billy Cunningham, saw the humor in his
nickname -- the Round Mound of Rebound. Barkley , who expected to step in and
be a starter, saw limited action in the early days of the season.

     Barkley說他訓練營報到時體重將近300磅。在76人陣中可沒有人，尤其總教練
 Billy Cunningham, 覺得他他大學時期的綽號"the Round Mound of Rebound"(籃板小
圓丘)有趣。Barkley曾經被期待一加入就能夠成為先發，但在新人年季初，他
的貢獻十分有限。

     He turned to the one veteran who offered the most encouragement---the
imposing Moses Malone -- and asked him for some feedback.
     "I pulled Moses aside and asked him, 'Why am I not playing more?'" Barkley
recalled on Sunday

     Barkley 尋求一位在未來給他最多激勵的老將---堂堂的Moses Malone 的幫忙。
Barkley在週日回憶道"我把他拉到一旁問他，'為什麼我上場時間如此的少?'"

    Malone turned, looked him up and down and declared, "You're fat and you're
lazy , that's why. You can't play basketball if you're not in shape."
    Moses instructed the rookie to lose 10 pounds, then told him to meet him
at the gym an hour ahead of practice the following morning. For the next month,
he trained Barkley before and after the team workouts.Barkley shed 15 pounds in
a week's time and started to notice a difference in his stamina.

     Malone回頭,從頭到腳的打量他之後直接地說道，"你又肥又懶，這就是原因。當
你沒有保持好的體態，你是無法打好籃球的。"


    "So now I'm playing a little bit," Barkley said, "and Moses says to me,
'Lose 10 more.' I get down to 275 and I'm close to breaking into the starting
lineup and the big man tells me, 'Ten more. Give me 10 more.' By the time he
was done with me, I was down to 255 pounds."
    Barkley started the final 60 games of the Sixers' season, averaged 14 points
and eight rebounds a game and was named to the All-Rookie Team.

    "And, as they say, the rest is history," Barkley said.

    "我現在開始增加一些上場時間了"Barkley說道 "而Moses只跟我說'再減10磅' 我
減到275磅而我已經接近成為先發名單中的一員然後那個大個跟我說，'再10磅，再多給我
10磅。' 當一系列的特訓結束，我體重已經減為255磅了。
      Barkley在接下來的60場比賽都以先發出賽，平均14分8籃板並在季末入選新秀第一
隊。"而剩下的，你們都知道如何發展了"Barkley說

    Barkley never forgot the kindness the notoriously private Malone displayed
toward him in his early days as a pro. He never would have become an MVP or one
of four players who amassed 20,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 4,000 assists,
he insisted, without Moses' guidance.

    Barkley從未忘記Malone在他生涯早期私下對他的慈愛。他在未來成為MVP以及
成為20,000分10,000籃板4,000助攻俱樂部的四名成員之一，而Barkley堅持說如果沒有
Malone的教導的話，他是不可能有此成就的。

   "He never said anything about what he did for me," Barkley said."Most guys,
when they mentor a young player like that, they go around saying, 'Yeah, that
was me. I did that.' Not Moses. He never told anybody. And that was the best
part."



    Once Malone retired, whenever Barkley saw his old teammate, which was a
handful of times a season, he always greeted him in the same manner:

                                 "Hey, Dad!"


    當Malone退休，每當Barkley看見他多年的老隊友，他總是用相同的方式問好：

                                "嘿，老爸！"

    "I saw him Friday night at the Hall of Fame," Barkley said. "I thanked him
again for making me the player I became, like I always do."
    Moses Malone died Sunday, two days after Barkley embraced him warmly and
promised, "I'll see you soon."

    "我們禮拜五的時候在名人堂還有見面，" Barkley說 "我就像平常一樣再次地向他
表達感謝，感謝他讓我成為這樣的球員。"
       Moses Malone在禮拜天過世，就在他們見面並擁抱後的兩天，"我們很快會再見面
的"當時Barkley對Malone說道。


     He knows Moses had a reputation for being aloof, even difficult, at times.
When asked if he wished the rest of the basketball world knew him as he did,
Barkley answered, "No, not really. I'm honored to have known the real man, not
the one people supposed he was. When he got into the gym with his teammates, he
was one of the best guy in the world.

     "I'm crushed he's gone. He was my guy. Forever."



     "當我知道他走了的時候我真的心碎了，他是我的兄弟，永遠都是。"

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Moses對於後輩無私的提攜
兩位名人堂球員之間的惺惺相惜
也透過這篇文看到老巴感性的一面且不忘本的個性
整個文章充滿了洋蔥QQ




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更新翻譯 感謝Warlock大大的指正




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