Re: [外電] Q & A with free agent Allen Iverson

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剛點了一下網址，網頁下面又多了這麼一大段(原本沒有= =) (2 of 2) Q: I’m older than that. A: You ain’t playing basketball, though. Q: You said hopefully the next stop is a place you can retire. How many years do you think you might have left? A: I used to say that I didn’t want to go over 40. I see young guys emulating the way I play ... and I used to think it would be weird to be 40 years old and doing the things I do. You can’t be 40 years old still trying to cross people over and stuff like that. ... But the one thing God gave me is the stamina to be able to run all day, as far as being a freak of nature. My teammates always say that about me. I honestly feel like I’m not slowing down. I’m just thinking I don’t want to go past 40. I’ll push it to the limit. I hope God gives me six more good years. Q: You’ve been wealthy since you first came into the league. You’re going to have to take a pay cut (Iverson made more than $21 million last season and might have to settle for the salary-cap veteran’s exception of $2 million). How big a deal will money be? A: Man, if money is a concern to me at this point in my life, after all that I’ ve made, then I’ve got a problem. So that’s not going to be a big deal. The biggest deal is going to be being happy. That’s it. ... In Denver I was happy all the way through, but that was what, two years? I’m talking about a steady diet of happiness all the way through. That’s all I want at this point in my career. Obviously I want a championship, but I don’t care about statistics anymore like I did when I was younger. I don’t care about All-Star games. I don’t care about scoring titles, MVPs, none of that. I just want to play basketball, be effective and be happy. Be a great teammate. I don’t even care about being dominant on the court like I used to be. I don’t have any more individual goals. I’ve done basically everything you can do in a basketball game. Q: You seem to get along well with Carmelo Anthony and (coach) George Karl in Denver. Did it torque you off when people said, “Look at the Nuggets. They traded Iverson for Chauncey Billups, and now they’re in the Western Conference finals"? A: Last year we didn’t have a healthy Nene. It was a different situation. And that’s taking nothing away from Chauncey Billups. I love him, he’s a great basketball player, he’s a friend of mine. ... Maybe I wasn’t that fit. They won 53, 54 games this year (actually 54) in the regular season? When I was there (in 2007-08), we won 50. We played well, we did a lot of positive things. But they were a better team with Chauncey obviously. Is Chauncey a better player than me? I wouldn’t say that. And I’m sure he wouldn’t say that I’m a better player than him. It’s just a different situation. I was happy to see it, just the fact that I almost got to see Melo accomplish what I wanted him to accomplish. And Kenyon (Martin) and Nene. Guys that were great friends of mine when I was there. I don’t think that was a knock on me. But I knew that was going to happen. I knew people would say that. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 118.165.120.127 ※ 編輯: Scott91 來自: 118.165.120.127 (07/08 21:46)

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